East Of Underground - East Of UndergroundSoul, funk and rock recorded by US Army Servicemen during the height of the Vietnam War and released as a recruitment tool by the US Army. United States Army soldiers made the music contained on this album during the politically turbulent early 70s, towards the end of the Vietnam War. East of Underground was comprised of soldiers stationed in bases across Western Germany. While little is known about the band, the players, and the milieu they came from

sounding like sun-warped takes on wordless

with the tracks growing out of the drum recordings of Matt Schulz (HOLY FUCK

an absolute essential for fans of this seminal act

Gang of Four) as well as the 1970s German electronic experimentalism of Cluster

on the inside-out rocker "Nightmare Scenario": "You’re stressed out when you should be feeling very well

Ray Morgan is a writer

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Michael Angelo is a staggering

Talking about the release

Dexy’s Midnight Runners) for London Records in the wake of the band’s disappointing debut album (A Life With Brian) Weekender turned out to be good enough to get Flowered Up dropped

alongside Krautrock pioneers like NEU