Panta Rhei ft. Veronika Fischer - Hier Wie Nebenan [1972 Heavy Jazz Hard Rock GDR Germany ]

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Panta Rhei (translated: everything flows), named after words of the Greek philosopher Heraclitus, existed for just under four years, and hardly any band split has ever produced such successful off-shoots as this - among other things, Karat and Veronika Fischer & Band. The line-up almost reads like a "Who's Who" of what later became the GDR rock scene. Panta Rhei was founded in April 1971 by singer and guitarist Herbert Dreilich, bassist Henning Protzmann and pianist / cellist Ulrich "Ed" Swillms, who all three had known each other since 1970 from the Berlin live band the Alexanders. Blood Sweat & Tears songs, as well as the three musicians' own songs, shaped the musical profile of the band and in the jazz lyricist Jens Gerlach they found an accomplished writer who understood how to transform the heaviness and harsh sounds of the melodically and rhythmically unconventional works into popular, lyrically political music.

In addition to Herbert Dreilich, it was Veronika Fischer who left her stylistic visiting card with Panta Rhei after taking her first steps as a singer in the Stern-Combo Meißen in 1971. When she left with drummer Frank Hille in 1973 and founded her own band, Panta Rhei came to an end. The wind section had already been reduced earlier and the jazz and soul orientation had proved to be a handicap for the public success. Popular bands like Renft or the Puhdys put on a better show or were simply closer to the tastes of the general public with their songs. Protzmann left the group and began building a new band. After Herbert Dreilich and Ed Swillms also moved there, the former core of Panta Rhei presented itself as the group Karat in February 1975.
In contrast to many other bands from the former GDR, which re-appeared soon after reunification with new records, Panta Rhei did not made a comeback, but co-founder Henning Protzmann started his own new version of Panta Rhei and has been playing live with this band again since 2015. Read the full Panta Rhei history at https://www.deutsche-mugge.de/portraits/2724-panta-rhei.html