Golem's ORION AWAKES is the only original LP on the obscure Pyramid label that I've seen for real, back in 1995, aged and tatty displayed on the wall of a Berlin record shop, and with a high price tag too.
On first listen Golem come across as a lost classic of Krautrock without a doubt. Totally instrumental, and a feast for guitar fans, Golem's style was highly derivative, yet also full of invention. A space-rocking hybrid of Gila and instrumental Hendrix type moves, in a music that also blends everything from Neu! to Novalis, and all crammed full of solos.
Although the CD cover credits that it dates from 1972/1973, the production and sound is often close to Mythos' Venus label releases circa 1978/1979. Clearly it was never intended as an album originally, seemingly from at least three different sessions, each with a different studio sound and style. This is especially notable with the new-wave edge of "The Returning".