In June 2004, my friend Paul Gelbach came for a visit from Seattle. We went to Flensburg (northern Germany) and hooked up with David Alleckna, another friend. Among other things, we spent a few hours improvising jams while switching around on various instruments. Sometimes we played two instruments simultaneously -- like David tapping out the pulse on the kick bass while laying down a bass line on his electric bass. Here's a few samples. It's rough, it's live, it's weird -- it's improvised.

 

Reformed Rabbit

Marco Klaue: electric guitar, keyboard, bottle;

Paul Gelbach: amplified mandolin;

David Alleckna: bass guitar, kick bass drum.

 

Bamboo Fjord

Marco Klaue: quena (bamboo flute)

Paul Gelbach: Erhu (Chinese violin)

David Alleckna: bass guitar, kick bass drum

 

Permanent Growth Phase

Marco Klaue: keyboard

Paul Gelbach: Erhu

David Alleckna: bass guitar, kick bass drum.

 

Distorted Guitar and Bass Solo

(these were the last seconds before our recording space ran out. Dave decided to go for a bass solo over a riff that Paul had set down.)

David Alleckna: bass guitar, kick bass drum

Paul Gelbach: electric guitar

Marco Klaue: quena.

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