Aera - Humanum Est 1975 ~ software for linux

AERA is a band from Germany who performs progressive fusion in the style of NUCLEUS, EMBRYO and DZYAN. Spacey guitar passages are the strongest characteristic in their music, as well as good flute and saxophone passages. They have 6 albums, of which "Humanum Est" is considered their best effort. It is a pleasant jazz-rock album with a sound ranging from spacey, avant material (as in the intro to Papa Doing) to more mainstream fusion, approaching conventional jazz at points. The prominence of guitar in the compositions might lead the listener to expect a Mahavishnu Orchestra-like sound, but on balance they're closer to Weather Report and mid-70s Soft Machine - the band never really let rip and rock out as the Mahavishnus do.

Line-up / Musicians

Wolgang Teske/drums
Klaus Kreuzeder/sax,flute
Dieter Bauer/bass
Muck Groh/guitar
Peter Malinowsky/bass

Discography(Album)

Humanum Est 1975