Achim Reichel

Achim Reichel (born on January 28, 1944) is a musician, producer and songwriter from Hamburg, Germany. He is known for his 1991 single "Aloha Heja He", as well as for having fronted British Invasion-influenced band "The Rattles", who, among other achievements, were selected to open for The Beatles on the "Fabs' " last-ever tour of Europe in 1966.

In 1968, he co-founded the psychedelic rock group Wonderland which also included English ex-patriate Les Humphries who would soon start his own Les Humphries Singers. In 1971, Reichel left the group for his own progressive Krautrock solo project, "A. R. & Machines", of which the first album "Die grüne Reise (The green journey)" was critically acclaimed and likened to bands such as Kraftwerk and Tangerine Dream. Since 1975, Reichel has taken a keen interest in recording traditional German songs and classic poetry as modern-style music, which includes such albums as "Dat Shanty Alb'm" (1975), "Klabautermann" (1977), "Regenballade" (1978), "Fledermaus" (1988), "Melancholie & Sturmflut" (1991, including the hit "Aloha Heja He"), "Wilder Wassermann" (2002), and "Volxlieder" (2006).

Discography

A.R. & Machines

A (German) Progressive Rock Band with Achim Reichel.

* "Die grüne Reise (The green journey)" (1971)
* "more to come..."

External links

* [http://www.achim-reichel.de/ Official website]