Ejwuusl Wessahqqan (1975)
There was a time, perhaps even still true, where I would seek out bands with names like Ejwuusl Wessahqqan. The more exotic, the less commercial, the better as far as I was concerned. Their music isn't quite as out there as the moniker suggests, but it nonetheless does meet the non-commercial purity test. The music is more towards an earlier era, that of Trikolon or even the Dutch band Ellufant. Essentially a three piece who play long form instrumental organ jams, fuzzed out properly. And the bassist brings along his own stringed creation called the Filouphon, drawing comparisons to Patrice Moullet (Alpes) and his Cosmophone. Despite the premise, the album does hold ones' attention for its duration, showing some adeptness at free form jamming.
The CD adds 17 minutes more of similar from a year later. Even better might be the 10 minutes from their 1980 incarnation known as Koala-Bar, though the band doesn't appear to have moved beyond their 1972 premise. Maybe a bit more composition is now being applied.
Like many albums in my collection, I haven't heard Ejwuusl Wessahqqan in approximately 25 years. The only recorded date is when I purchased the CD, pretty much as soon as it was released. Since the band name is so unique, I even scoured formed prog rock chat boards to see if I threw in a few sentences description. Not only did I not find anything from me, but the album has rarely ever been spoken about by anyone. Once obscure, always obscure I guess. That's what happens when you name your group Ejwuusl Wessahqqan*. I'm pretty sure I heard the album another time in the 1998 to 2002 time frame, but I wasn't taking diligent notes back then.
Though I did find that I posted an old want list in early 1996 that included this album. Yea good luck with that Genius Hans. I probably was just showing off that I knew of it haha. Today it's a four figure rarity, and I have no desire to own it, unless I somehow find it in the wilds (hey, you never know). The CD offers much more regardless. I must've came to the same conclusion 29 years ago, as the album fell off the want list that same year.
*If curious, the band name comes from a short story by Clark Ashton Smith called The Weird Of Avoosl Wuthoqquan. The Weird Of Somethin' I tell ya. Strangely this title is not mentioned in the historical liner notes.
Ownership: 1996 Penner (CD). Booklet with history, photos, and the four bonus tracks as noted above.
1996 (acquired); 7/12/25 (review)
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