There were some pretty cool comps of 60s modfreakbeatpsych coming out of Europe in the 90s like Digging For Gold, Incredible Sound Show Stories and so forth. While these provided many hoours of listening enjoyment, they were fairly straight updates of predecessors like Rubble and the European volumes of Pebbles. For something truly weird and different, there was a series devoted (mostly) to German beat and early psychedelia called Prae Kraut Pandaemonium (and its CD companion Elektrick Loosers). To say that these LPs present a rather deviant take on typical beat and psych templates is a gross understatement.

The liner notes of PKP Vol. 7 say little about the Loosers; only that another song called "Understand" appeared on vol. 3 (sorry, never found that one), and that this was a privately pressed German single. It is hooked by a guitar break that suggests falling down stairs.

Austria's Slaves released three singles in 1966. One of them, "Slaves Time" was compiled on the second Rhino Nuggets box. The one presented here appeared on Elektrick Loosers 3, and one of the international Pebbles comps. It is something of a high-water mark in beat dementia; while the band provides a very cool Pretty Things-style backdrop, some guy who lives in a dumpster mumbles about imagined slights, somehow managing to almost hook up with the band at the end of each verse. "Run away as fast as you can. Shut up. Shut up." Man, we love that.