Muharram 1392 (Sagittarius A-Star 2011)

Sagittarius A-Star, SAS #17
Vinyl
Released 2011

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Hartmut Geerken, Hubertus von Puttkamer, Michael Ranta, Omar el Hakim, Salah Ragab

Recorded February 17, 1972 in Heliopolis, Egypt.

this is all info on the lp, nothing else found online
cover is from discogs. I still dont know how to take a picture of a shiny black cover

JOHN TCHICAI & HARTMUT GEERKEN "CONTINENT" (PRAXIS, 1980)

John Tchicai, alto saxophone, bass drum, sudanese zebra drum, coptic church drum, pakhawaj, voice, piano (on A3)

Hartmut Geerken, piano, voice, gargling, whistle, rubab, dun harp, swarmandal harp, afghan sarangi,
tabla, wuhan gong, egyptian gongs, peking opera gongs, finger cymbals, egyptian circus cymbals,
egyptian waterseller's cymbals, finger cymbals, sudanese zebra drum, congas, lead camel bell,
egyptian donkey bells, afghan bells, egyptian ramzan drum bells, cappadocian door bells,
byzantine bells, waterphone, triangle, dar, beer tin, zallari, tibetan chinkas, sahara screw,
parnes steel, tibetan boo-chals, clockwork organ


A1. Marching Cara Cara     1:01
A2. I Saw A Continent     5:47
A3. To The President Of The Heavenly Empire     6:39
A4. The Indians Of The Continent     2:16
A5. The Dignity In The Belly     2:38
B1. Juanschukai Is Baader     5:17
B2. Maja Thurup     5:48
B3. Oktana A.E.     4:00
B4. Towards The Force World Age     6:04


Recorded at "Ploutashos Studios", Kifissa, Athens, October 18, 1980.

Praxis CM 102 (vinyl rip)

CAIRO FREE JAZZ ENSEMBLE "HELIOPOLIS" (GOETHE INSTITUT, 1970)

CAIRO FREE JAZZ ENSEMBLE "HELIOPOLIS"


Salah Ahmed Ragab, drums, conga, tambourine
Hartmut Geerken, piano, xylomarimba, gong, cymbals, tubular chimes, fire-brigade bell, camel bells, horse bells, temple blocks, bendire, conga, maraca, thunder sheet, “toy car producing the sound of a sirene”
Farouk Abdel Rahman, alto sax, Ramadan drum, cymbals, mokkatam pod rattles
Fathi Abdel Salam, tenor sax, conga, cymbals, mokkatam pod rattles
Abdel Hakim Zamel, baritone sax, two Ramadan drums, cymbals, mokkatam pod rattles
Mahmoud Ayoub, trombone, conga, cymbals, mokkatam pod rattles
Saddeek Bassouni, trombone, zebra drum, small gong, horse bells
Mohammed Abdel Rahman, tuba, african tin drum, african wooden drum, tambourines
Ibrahim Wagdi, trumpet, hand drum, darabukka, horse bells
Khalifa Ismail, trumpet, hand drum, bendire, small bell
Moohi El-Din Osman, bass, strings and wood
Abdel Ghani Metawally, bagpipes
Rofaeel Francis, bagpipes
Ahmed Kollaly, bagpipes


A1. Liberty For Iratilim 20:18
B1. Turnus 12:28
B3. Diagnosis For Percussion 07:02

All compositions by Hartmut Geerken.


Recorded on March 31 & April 01, 1970 at Deutsches Kulturinstitut, Cairo, Egypt.
Engineer: Joseph Hermeling.

Produced by the Deutsches Kulturinstitut, Goethe Institut, Cairo (Saut-el-Kahira).

GOETHE 7037080

(lp rip)

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HARTMUT GEERKEN / MICHAEL RANTA ‎– THE HELIOPOLAR EGG (QBICO, 2010)

Live in Teheran, Calcutta, Dacca, Manila, Seoul and Osaka in 1976


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K1. Excerpt From "Arrangements" (Toshi Ichiyanagi)
K2. Lonely Mountain (Shoko Shida)
L1. Same Trains
L2. Coda


Michael Ranta, mallet instruments, xylophone, marimba, metallophone, vibraphone, tabla, flexatone, castagnets, Japanese oboe, argool, gong, tamtams, short-wave receiver, Chinese violin, er-hu, jung-hu, wood block, echo machine, cup bells, Indian israj, voltage-controlled oscillator, voltage-controlled filter, vocals

Hartmut Geerken, piano, prepared piano, piano strings, Tibetan tingshak, water tingshak, waldteufel, mokkatam pot rattles, bells, water bells, sleigh bells, gongs, water gongs, Tibetan boo-chals, water boo-chals, musical clock, Tibetan horn, singing tube, maracas, wood block, temple block, Peking opera gongs, castagnets, lead camel bell, short-wave receiver, swarmandal, whistles, argool, monkey drum, toy xylophone, lion bell, gopichand, Egyptian cymbals & sagat, waterphone, voice, toy glockenspiele, thumb piano

José "Pepito" Bosch, congas [G,H]

Toshi Ichiyanagi, synthesizer [L2]



LP1 recorded on 25 November 1976 at Baghe Ferdows-Zafaranieh in co-op with Nirt, Teheran, Iran.

LP2 recorded on 3-4 December 1976 at Max Mueller Bhavan, Calcutta, India.

LP3 recorded on 8 December 1976 at the German Cultural Institute in co-op with the Academy of the Arts, Dacca, Bangladesh.

LP4 recorded on 13 December 1976 at Abelardo Inner Green (open air) in co-op with the U.P. College of Music, Manila, Philippines.

LP5 recorded on 15 December 1976 at the Korea Drama Center, Seoul, Korea.

LP 6 recorded on 18 December 1976 at the Goethe-Institute, Osaka, Japan.


Qbico ‎– QBICO 101

Vinyl Rip

Michael Ranta-Hartmut Geerken, The Heliopolar Egg-Live in Bangkok 1976

Here's another great Michael Ranta session , in a duo with Hartmut Geerken, From 1976 released in 2011 on the Qbico Omicron-Omega - 10 lp box set, unfortunately this is the only one in the set that i own.

..beautiful slowly unfolding waves of , Echo plex O.D , paradise, in  .. Taj Mahal travellers ....Kluster circa-Klopfzeichen, 1969....Psychedelic,continual Flux.......mode,no suggestion of imitation the textures rise and swell harshly at times...all .enveloped in a warm endless glow...

All pieces are untitled

Instruments [Mallet Instruments], Xylophone, Marimba, Metallophone, Vibraphone, Tabla, Idiophone [Flexatone], Castanets [Castagnets], Oboe [Japanese], Woodwind [Argool], Gong, Tam-tam [Tamtams], Electronics [Short-wave Receiver], Violin [Chinese], Erhu [Er-hu, Jung-hu], Wood Block, Effects [Echo Machine], Bells [Cup Bells], Esraj [Indian Israj], Electronics [Vco, Vcf], Vocals – Michael Ranta


Piano, Piano [Prepared Piano, Piano Strings], Bells [Tibetan Tingshak, Water Tingshak], Bullroarer [Waldteufel], Rattle [Mokkatam Pot Rattles], Bells, Bells [Water Bells, Sleigh Bells], Gong [Gongs, Water Gongs], Performer [Tibetan Boo-chals, Water Boo-chals, Musical Clock], Horn [Tibetan Horn], Performer [Singing Tube], Maracas, Wood Block, Temple Block, Gong [Peking Opera Gongs], Castanets [Castagnets], Bells [Lead Camel Bell], Electronics [Short-wave Receiver], Swarmandel [Swarmandal], Whistle [Whistles], Woodwind [Argool], Percussion [Monkey Drum], Xylophone [Toy Xylophone], Bells [Lion Bell], Ektare [Gopichand], Cymbal [Egyptian Cymbals & Sagat], Waterphone, Voice, Glockenspiel [Toy Glockenspiele], Kalimba [Thumb Piano] – Hartmut Geerken

Enjoy