
Expanding and unraveling like the outer reaches of some lysergic nebula, this song displays the quieter, more reflective side of Amon Düül II (ADII), a German collective of hippies and freaks who produced some of the most bizarre and enchanting music of the 1970s. While some of their music was loud and heavy enough to draw comparisons with the likes of Sabbath and Hawkwind, this lovely number glides along effortlessly like some kind of soundtrack to a Kashmiri caravan of camel-riding hashish merchants. ADII, like many of their Krautrock peers, lived on a commune of sorts and had something of a revolving door policy when it came to band members; literally, you never really know who is playing on a lot of their tracks---frankly, they probably wouldn’t even be able to remember if we asked them…