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"Schattenmann" from 17 Hippies, Heimlich
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"Apache" from 17 Hippies, Heimlich
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17 Hippies, Heimlich
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Neither necessarily hippies nor 17 in number, this Berlin outfit covers a high count of moods and motifs here, from rambunctious to reflective, sunny to saturnine. Heimlich comes off like a cockeyed cabaret, flipping figments and fragments of pan-European folk and post-war pop, Asian inspirations and flickering movie-music mischief. Improbable interpolations are a specialty—“The Moving Song” could be George Harrison on Hee Haw, while their cover of the funky instrumental classic “Apache” is given a sombre Turkish rinse. 7.5/10

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