Vive La Trance is the seventh studio album released by the German Krautrock

Krautrock

Krautrock is a generic name for the experimental music scenes that appeared in Germany in the late 1960s and gained popularity throughout the 1970s, especially in Britain. The term is a result of the English-speaking world's reception of the music at the time and not a reference to any one...

 band Amon Düül II

Amon Düül II

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, which was released in 1973. Produced by Olaf Kübler and Amon Düül II and engineered by Peter Kramper, Vive La Trance was recorded and remixed at Bavaria Studios with additional remixing done at Union Studio München. The album sleeve's photography was done by Falk U. Rogner and Gena Zimmerman, with additional design and artwork by Jürgen Rogner. The song "Mozambique" is dedicated to the political revolutionary Monika Ertl

Monika Ertl

Monika Ertl , the daughter of the camera man Hans Ertl, was a member of the armed political underground movement in Bolivia.-Biography:...

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Tracklisting

1. "A Morning Excuse" - 3:19
2. "Fly United" - 3:33
3. "Jalousie" - 3:27
4. "Im Krater Blühm Wieder Die Bäume" - 3:08
5. "Mozambique" - 7:40
6. "Apocalyptic Bore" - 6:38
7. "Dr. Jeckyll" - 3:00
8. "Trap" - 3:35
9. "Pig Man" - 2:38
10. "Manana" - 3:20
11. "Ladies Mimikry" - 3:18

Personnel

• John Weinzierl - electric guitar, acoustic guitar, bass guitar, vocals/lyrics
• Chris Karrer
  Chris Karrer
  Chris Karrer is a German guitarist and composer. He also plays oud, saxophone and violin.He is known as co-founder of Amon Düül and for his collaboration with Embryo.With his band Amon Düül II he composed film music for Rainer Werner Fassbinder's Niklashauser Fart...
  
   - electric guitar, 12 string guitar, violin, saxophone, mellotron
  Mellotron
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  , maracas, vocals/lyrics
• Peter Leopold - drums/percussion, grand piano, lyrics
• Renate Krötenschwanz Knaup - vocals, choir
• Falk U. Rogner - organ, VCS 3, harmonium
  Harmonium
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  , lyrics
• Robby Heibl - electric guitar, 12 string guitar, bass guitar, cello, violin, choir, gurke, vocals/lyrics

With guests:

• Peter Kramper - grand piano
• Lothar Meid - choir, finger snaps
• Keith Forsey
  Keith Forsey
  Keith Forsey is an English soundtrack composer, drummer, songwriter and record producer.-Biography:Forsey's first recordings were as the younger member of the group The Spectrum, better known for the end title theme for Gerry Anderson's Captain Scarlet, but hit makers across Europe in their own...
  
  - Percussion, choir, finger snaps
• Desmond Bonner - Vocals "Equipment"
• Ralf Basten - "Equipment"