philondendron & discovery

I used to think I knew a lot about music, all kinds too, but the older I get and the more I dig around the more I realize how little I really do know. Through this here blog I've met quiet a few people, often producers, who's knowledge is so extensive it boggles the last remaining braincells I have. But it's all good, one cant know everything and unlearning is as much a part of going forward as anything else is. a.n.o.e. is, if you haven't guessed yet, a journal of discovery, you go where I go (if you care to). I have, of course, put up tracks that have meant everything they could to me, but there are many, if not more I have discovered on the way. Well OK then, talk about taking a slightly tedious route to introducing the track below as one I only discovered yesterday.

I had seen the compilation 'Disco Deutschland Disco: Funk & Philly Anthems From Germany 1975-1980' before, it was released back in 2007 on Marina Records. It intrigued me, but somehow I forgot about it. The CD, which i now have, is an excellent example of doing right by the music; it has extensive notes and nice reproductions of the original record covers for all the tracks it features. Much more than that it contains a number of wonderful German takes on that lush, strings heavy, sweet melodic Philly sound. I find Veronika Fischer & Bands 'Philodendron' to be for the most part quiet brilliant; I could probably do without the cocktail Disco bits, but then perhaps the really deep parts wouldn't sound so deep. Check it! (now if somebody could get me a recording of the b side)

Veronika Fischer & Band - Philodendron