Though sometimes quoted nonchalantly as the
German Keith Emerson or Rick Wakeman, the former Triumvirat leader Jürgen Fritz may indeed
have been a phenomenal keyboardist in his early days, yet he has been nowhere
near as prolific as his British counterparts.
He has done some production work (nothing
notable), and featured as a guest with Satin
Whale, Tanned Leather, Helmut Koellen, Gänsehaut (two albums), Trude
Herr (a German pop singer), Hollywood,
and even with Eric Burdon, but not much as a soloist.
Apart from some film and TV soundtrack work
(which seems to be unreleased), we only know of the one actual solo album,
which is also a film soundtrack, a computer music opera, totally overblown
conceptually, intriguing for the very pompous title "Hard To Be A
God" it reminds of some early Rick Wakeman instrumental works, but with
a more modern instrumentation. After this, he worked in the duo Millenium.
Ouverture / The Eyes Of Anka / Rumata's Arrival (opening titles) / Surens's Escape / Kyra's Theme / Anticipation / The Valley Of The Swords / Rumata & Pampa (The Ride) / Love Theme / The Shadow Of Death (Reba's Theme) / The Battle / The City Of Arkaner / Rumata & Pampa (reprise) / Finale & Epilogue / Hard To Be A God
CD CBS 466250 2 (1989)
Jürgen Fritz, + Grant Stevens (vocals)
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Early Triumvirat (up to 1976) are among my favorite prog / Kraut albums. Was not familiar with any of these related releases (Jurgen Fritz solo, Jessica, Zomby Wolf, etc)...going to give these other bands a listen...thanks for sharing!
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