Achim Reichel (born 28 January 1944) is a musician, producer, and songwriter from Hamburg, Germany. He is known for his 1991 single "Aloha Heja He", and serving as the frontman for the 1960s beat group The Rattles, who, among other achievements, were selected to open for The Beatles on the Fabs' last-ever tour of Europe in 1966.[1]
In 1968, he co-founded the psychedelic pop 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 (1977), Fledermaus (1988), Wilder Wassermann (2002), and Volxlieder (2006).[1]
Achim Reichel - 1971 - Die Grüne Reise
Achim Reichel - 1972 - A.R 3
Achim Reichel - 1972 - Echo
Achim Reichel - 1972 - Propeller - Let Us Live Together
Achim Reichel - 1973 - A.R. IV
Achim Reichel - 1973 - Nachtmusik Im WDR [Live]
Achim Reichel - 1974 - Autovision
Achim Reichel - 1975 - Erholung [Live]
Achim Reichel - 1976 - Dat Shanty Alb'm
Achim Reichel - 1977 - Klabautermann
Achim Reichel - 1978 - Regenballade
Achim Reichel - 1979 - Heisse Scheibe
Achim Reichel - 1980 - Ungeschminkt
Achim Reichel - 1981 - Blues in Blond
Achim Reichel - 1988 - Fledermaus
Achim Reichel - 1989 - Was Echtes
Achim Reichel - 1991 - Melancholie und Sturmflut
Achim Reichel - 1993 - Wahre Liebe
Achim Reichel - 1994 - Grosse Freiheit [Live]
Achim Reichel - 1994 - Nachtexpress
Achim Reichel - 1996 - Eine Ewigkeit unterwegs
Achim Reichel - 1996 - Oh ha!
Achim Reichel - 1997 - Herz ist Trumpf - Das Beste [Compilation]
Achim Reichel - 1999 - Entspann Dich
Achim Reichel - 2000 - Der Spieler [Comp.]
Achim Reichel - 2002 - Wilder Wassermann
Achim Reichel - 2004 - 100% Leben [Live]
Achim Reichel - 2006 - Volxlieder
Achim Reichel - 2008 - Michels Gold
Achim Reichel - 2010 - Solo mit euch [Live]
Achim Reichel - 2015 - Raureif
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Achim Reichel - 1972 - Echo/01 - Invitations.mp3
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Achim Reichel - 1972 - Echo/02 - The Echo of Presents.mp3
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Achim Reichel - 1972 - Echo/03 - The Echo of Time.mp3
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Achim Reichel - 1972 - Echo/04 - The Echo of the Future.mp3
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Achim Reichel - 1972 - Echo/05 - The Echo of the Past.mp3