Cargo Records

Kamasutra (O.S.T.)

Collective Better late than never? A good four decades after its making, a rare gem is up for release: the soundtrack to Kobi Jaeger’s erotic and educational epic Kamasutra – Consummation Of Love composed and recorded by IRMIN SCHMIDT & THE INNER SPACE. A precursor to krautrock pioneers CAN, SCHMIDT’S 1968 recording assembles CAN’S original line-up – MICHAEL KAROLI, JAKI LIEBEZEIT AND MALCOLM MOONEY – who later went on to craft the band’s seminal debut, Monster Movie.

The film Kamasutra – Consummation Of Love switches between India and Germany and stars Bruno Dietrich and Barbara Schöne. A prime example of late 1960s German erotica and the so-called sexual revolution, it liberated the subject of sex from dingy red light cinemas and whisked it away to the exotic Far East, to the realm that – more than a millennium earlier – had spawned the erotic teachings of the KAMASUTRA. Fast-forward to the present day and you will find the film’s well-intentioned, in parts pedagogical approach bristling with (un)intentional comedy.

Many bands and composers from the late 1960s were intrigued by eastern philosophy and influenced by oriental sounds. Besides several laid-back, percussive instrumentals laced with flutes and sitars, the soundtrack also features three vocal tracks: ‘I’m Hiding My Nightingale’ (sung by MARGARETE JUVAN), ‘There Was A Man’ (sung by MALCOLM MOONEY) and ‘I’m Around You Everyday’ (sung by MICHAEL KAROLI).

KAMASUTRA – consummation of love was mastered from the original analogue tapes by Calyx and is available as a CD digipack and limited gatefold double vinyl (both by Crippled Dick Hot Wax).

FOR FANS OF: CAN / SEXUAL REVOLUTION / VAMPYROS LESBOS / SCHULMÄDCHENREPORT / BARBARA SCHÖNE.