I.D. Company (aka Inga Rumpf and Dagmar Krause Company) - I.D. Company (1970)

Split album between two soon-to-be well known female vocalists. Side 1 features Frumpy's Inga Rumpf and her masculine vocal style. The music is a combination of blues, jazz and Indian music - and sounds like some of the better moments of Krokodil's "An Invisible World Revealed". Dagmar Krause's side is considerably more experimental, foreshadowing her later work with Slapp Happy, Art Bears and Henry Cow among others. The music follows in a similar manner, and is clearly going for a free jazz sound. It's all a bit much to be honest, but fans of unhinged music + vocals will love it.

About as "underground classic" as you can get, even within the Krautrock genre, but one with some historical significance. Dagmar Krause & Inga Rumpf were both in the popular alt-folk collective "City Preachers", appearing together on the LP "Back to the City" in 1971. Someone, possibly Preachers producer Mike Laukeninks came up with the idea for doing a project that was "far out"...an understatement really, since the Dagmar side sounds completely like jazz music made by insect aliens.. she really should have joined Faust instead of just collaborating with them. The Inga Rumpf tracks are superb also. Highly recommended to anyone who likes their Krautrock weird and well-executed at the same time.

Tracklist:

Die eine Seite (Inga):
01. Bhagavad Gita (6'01")
02. Bum - Bum (5'45")
03. I watched the women (4'43")

Die andere Seite (Dagmar):
04. He's out now (5'01")
05. Dünne gläserne Frauen (4'30")
06. Schneeweiße Hände (3'18")
07. Schwarzes Insekt (4'50")

I.D. Company (aka Inga Rumpf and Dagmar Krause Company) - I.D. Company (1970)
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