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German (1967 – 1974, 1998 – present)

Agitation Free is a German band. The band formed in 1967 with Michael “Fame” Günther (bass), Lutz “Lüül” Ulbrich (guitar), Lutz “Ludwig” Kramer (guitar) and Christoph Franke (drums). They were initially called Agitation, a name they chose at random from a dictionary. Later, they added the word free to the name becoming Agitation Free to reflect their live performance style.

After losing guitarist Axel Genrich to Guru Guru in 1970 and drummer Christopher Franke to Tangerine Dream in 1971, the band recruited Jörg “Joshi” Schwenke (guitar), Burghard Rausch (drums), and Michael Hoenig (keyboards). They released their debut album, Malesch in 1972 on the Music Factory label. Their tour through Egypt, Greece, and Cyprus inspired the album sponsored by the German Goethe Institute. Later that year, they performed at the 1972 Munich Olympics.

They released a second album in 1973, but the band disbanded in 1974.

The band reunited in 1998 and released River of Return in 1999.
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  • Magnificent_M

    The live album is amazing! Those jams, right on! I know a guy who lived (and still does) in the building where the band rehearsed in Berlin in the late 60s / early 70s. He regularly hung out with them and heard them jamming away at the rehearsal space. This guy still goes to psychedelic shows, 40+ years later :-)

    last month

  • iconan

    Krautrock - Music for Your Brain. A spectacular mix, a magical whirlwind of sounds and colors, To go on a journey beyond the meaning of time and space... a pleasure renewed with each listen. -.-.-.-. om hari om .....

    March 2012

  • Robert161989

    Haunted Island

    March 2012

  • Color_Of_Sound

    Great stuff.......

    February 2012

  • LimbGambith

    Молодцы.

    February 2012

  • azachel

    2nd !

    January 2012

  • VelvetMesgue

    Malesch - awesome :) [4], I like the guitar sound

    January 2012

  • SleepingSuicida

    Fantastic until they became so jazzy..

    October 2011
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UK-Konzerte verschoben

31 Mar 2012 | from agitationfree.com

Aufgrund unglücklicher Umstände außerhalb ihrer Kontrolle bedauern AGITATION FREE sehr, dass ihre geplanten Auftritte bei MOHO in Manchester am 5. April und im Jazz Café in London am 6. April 2012 auf Anfang November verschoben werden mussten. …

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