william s. fischer, the black who kissed the ram’s arse uxeta labrit
It’s the year 1972. Nobody knows when, with who or why William S. Fischer turned up. Nobody remembers a musician called William S. Fischer who worked in Atlantic Records and played with the likes of Wilson Pickett, Roberta Flack, Eugene McDaniels, Les McCann and Herbie Mann. If William S. Fischer hadn’t released the record Akelarre Sorta in 1972, we would more than likely think of him as some lost ghost soul wandering around The Basque Country.
The record brought out by William S. Fischer was closely tied to imagery of witchery and their covens. The record is totally unknown outside collectors’ circles. The great DJ Makala was the one who put us wide about it. The DJ from Zarautz has a copy of Akelarre Sorta in his private collection. How could we define the record? Guitars funky as hell, killer psychodelic soul, groovy flute melodies, weird electronic effects from outer-space... all mixed in with traditional Basque instruments... while writing this we are not under the influence of any kind of drug.
What we do know is that man William S. Fischer was not following some hip-cool mixture of cultures and music like today’s “world music” when he released Akelarre Sorta. Truth be told, we know very little about William S. Fischer.
What was black man William S. Fischer doing in The Basque Country in 1972? What did he make of all of this when he visited us back then? What made him record a record based around traditional Basque music? What made him call the record Akelarre Sorta?
We don’t know. And we don’t want to. The answer is there on the LP Akelarre Sorta to be found...
original record 1972
wah wah records, re-edition 2005
The record brought out by William S. Fischer was closely tied to imagery of witchery and their covens. The record is totally unknown outside collectors’ circles. The great DJ Makala was the one who put us wide about it. The DJ from Zarautz has a copy of Akelarre Sorta in his private collection. How could we define the record? Guitars funky as hell, killer psychodelic soul, groovy flute melodies, weird electronic effects from outer-space... all mixed in with traditional Basque instruments... while writing this we are not under the influence of any kind of drug.
What we do know is that man William S. Fischer was not following some hip-cool mixture of cultures and music like today’s “world music” when he released Akelarre Sorta. Truth be told, we know very little about William S. Fischer.
What was black man William S. Fischer doing in The Basque Country in 1972? What did he make of all of this when he visited us back then? What made him record a record based around traditional Basque music? What made him call the record Akelarre Sorta?
We don’t know. And we don’t want to. The answer is there on the LP Akelarre Sorta to be found...
original record 1972
wah wah records, re-edition 2005
