Machine - Machine - 1970 (Hard Progressive Jazz Brass Rock {Países Baixos})

Machine foi formada em Rotterdam por John Caljouw (vocal), Francois Content (trompete), Wim Warby (sax tenor), Maarten Beckers (saxofone, clarinete, flauta), Hans Sel (guitarra), Paul Vink (teclados), Jan Warby (baixo) e Jan Bliek (bateria). Caljouw era vocalista da lendária banda psic-rock holandesa Dragonfly, enquanto seus colegas de banda haviam tocado pop-soul como The Swinging Soul Machine, que lançou um álbum - "Through the eye" - em 1969, e teve um enorme sucesso local com "Spooky day's off".

Como Machine, eles adotam um som mais hard, parecendo uma mistura de Chicago com Deep Purple, como mostra a excelente "Spanish roads", que está cheia de guitarra underground e órgão Hammond em turbilhão. O álbum foi lançado pela gravadora Polydor Records, em 1970, mas foi vendido de forma decepcionante. No entanto, dois singles foram extraídos - "Lonesome tree/Mohammed street" (um pequeno hit local) e "Raimaker/Say goodbye to your friends". Quando a banda se separou em 1972, o compositor principal François Content se juntou à The Windmill Orchestra, Hans Sel se juntou à Heart, Paul Wink se juntou à Twelve O'Clock, Jan Bliek se juntou à Limousine e Jan e Win Warby se juntaram à Tantalus ao lado de François Content, por um tempo.

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Machine was formed in Rotterdam by John Caljouw (vocal), Francois Content (trumpet), Wim Warby (tenor sax), Maarten Beckers (saxophone, flute, clarinet), Hans Sel (guitar), Paul Vink (keyboards), Jan Warby (bass), and Jan Bliek (drums). Caljouw had been vocalist with the legendary Dutch psych-rocker band Dragonfly, while his bandmates had previously played pop-soul as The Swinging Soul Machine, who'd issued an album - "Through the eye" - in 1969, and had a huge local hit with "Spooky day's off".

As Machine they embrace a harder sound, sounding like a blend of Chicago and Deep Purple, as showcased in the superb "Spanish roads", which is full of underground guitar and swirling Hammond organ. The album was issued in the Polydor Records label, in 1970, but sold disappointingly. Nonetheless, two singles were extracted: "Lonesome tree/Mohammed street" (a minor local hit) and "Raimaker/Say goodbye to your friends". When the band split in 1972, principal songwriter Francois Content joined The Windmill Orchestra, Hans Sel joined Heart, Paul Wink joined Twelve O'Clock, Jan Bliek joined Limousine and Jan and Win Warby joined Tantalus, alongside Francois Content for a time.

Membros

John Caljouw - vocal

Wim Warby - sax tenor

Francois Content - trompete

Maarten Beckers - saxofone,

flauta, clarinete

Hans Sel - guitarra

Paul Vink - teclados

Jan Bliek - bateria

Jan Warby - baixo

01. Rainmaker

02. Virgin

03. Say goodbye

to your friends

04. God's children

05. Old black magic

06. Spanish roads

07. Lonesome tree

08. Sunset eye

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Machine - Machine - 1970