Niagara is Klauss Weiss (1942-2008) studio project, a remarkable german rhythmic master with total feel and groove that many of his teutonic peers lacked at the time. He recruited up to 7 other percussionists from all over the world to record the unique self titled album in 1970. The 2 other albums have more of a psychedelic jazz fusion vibe, rhythm is the bread and butter of this music but theres more instrumentation as well as several psych/krautrock/funk and world music influences. This band never performed live so this basically encapsulates their whole sound. A shame, they would have been a killer avant garde dance band, its hard not to move after the first few seconds of Sangandongo.I hope this reaches out and influences percussionists everywhere, even today this is an extremely modern and creative way of approaching the instrument and rhythm in general. Sadly I feel im just going to attract a bunch of samplers that need to take beats from somewhere. (Which is alright!)Niagara - (1970) (0:00)1. Sangandongo2. MalangaS.U.B. - (1972) (39:54)1. S.U.B.2. Bones3. Niagara4. Kattarht5. Kikiriti6. Gibli7. Terra IncognitaAfire - (1972) (1:19:53)1. What for2. City Walk3. Terpsichore4. Rhythm Go5. Carnival6. Malanga Two7. Rolling8. Dane in Sweden9. Bangu10. The Third One11. Afire.