You'd be forgiven for not knowing the story behind Phrydderichs Phaelda - after all, the short-lived band only ever released one album in 1981, and that was a ridiculously limited, private-press affair. To fill you in, the jazz-fusion/jazz-rock four-piece was the brainchild of West German schoolteacher Friedrich Schepers, who roped in fellow teachers and students to play alongside him. Reissued here for the first time, "Bruchstuecke" is an extraordinary collection of tracks - a breezy, positive and hugely entertaining romp through loose-limbed fusions of off-kilter jazz rhythms, fizzing double bass, Pat Metheny style guitar solos and excitable electric piano lines. In other words, this is an essential new edition of one of jazz's most obscure buried treasures.