I found this album years ago, while surfing the internet for something new to hear. I have never seen this album anywhere to buy, but have found it online, for a ton of cash, so download it if you think you are interested. There isn't very much information to be found online for Foreningen Til Livets Beskyttelse, but this album isn't too bad and definitely worth a listen.
From what I can gather, Foreningen Til Livets Beskyttelse was comprised of different musicians that were in some sort of hippie-folk playing commune, in Holland around the early 70's; and their name means "The Organization for Protection of Life", how hippie is that? This self titled album is a really good example of progressive folk, mixed with early Danish psychedelic. The album is comprised of the usual instruments: guitars, bass, drums, woodwinds, etc., but the one thing that does stand out is the rhythms and structures of their songs. Most folk type albums that I have heard are your standard peace loving acoustic guitar with melodic vocals-not that exciting, and I'm not saying that this will rock your world, but they way they structure their songs with all the different instruments and beats produced by the drumming or rhythmical instrumentation lends to some unique tunage. With 9 tracks that cover a pretty broad spectrum, folk wise, this is something that can be a great addition to any music fans collection.
Now, with all that being said, it is folk, which in my opinion is not a genre that I am going to get too excited about; and with vocals being in Dutch, this is an album that is for that "certain niche". I like this album, and in fact I am sure that I played this when I was doing a local radio show with Gene Cesspool. I recommend this, but if you don't like being unable to understand the language of the vocals, don't like folk music and not a fan of early prog., then this will not be for you.
Official score- 3.5/5
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