Galactic Supermarket - 2021 Remaster＜限定盤＞

ASH RA TEMPELの3人にWALLENSTEINのHarald GroBkopf(dr)、そしてOhr/Piltzレーベル期からプロデューサー/エンジニアとして活躍し、後にSCOPIONS他ジャーマンHR/HMシーンを代表するプロデューサーとなるDieter Dierks(b/enginner)による奇跡のプロジェクトが独Kosmische Musikから発表した'76年作が独Kosmische Kuriereから新規リマスター音源を使用した限定180g重量盤アナログで'21年再発!!

新たに当時Manuel GottschingのパートナーだったRosi MullerとGille Lettmannが参加してデビュー作から一貫するリミット振り切れたトリップ・サウンドが展開される夜中に行われたジャム・セッション。全編に渡ってKlaus Schulzeの操るシンセが大活躍し、煌びやかで時に宗教的荘厳ささえ湛えた鍵盤から独特な音響加工を施したアッパーな酩酊感覚。ジャーマン・ロックの歴史に名を刻む名手達のトリップを混じり気のないまま音楽にしてしまった規格外の秀作です!!
マスターはDieter Wegnerによるオリジナル・マスターを元にした新規リマスター音源を使用。

The second Cosmic Jokers album, though originally not released under their name, offers another pair of sidelong roller-coaster rides into the cosmic void from the same musicians as the first album, with added vocals from guitarist Gottsching's girlfriend, Rosi Muller, and producer Kaiser's girlfriend Gille Lettmann. Whereas the Ash Ra Tempel elements were more dominant on the earlier record, this one relies more heavily on the conventional psychedelic sounds of the Wallenstein faction, though not to the point where it loses that loose Ash Ra vibe. Side one, "Kinder des Alles," begins with a funky driven beat before collapsing into a strange synth-saturated sound, falling deep into ambient space until eventually the track propels back into another galloping rhythm. The second side, "Galactic Supermarket," is even better as Gottsching's wah-wah guitar becomes more pronounced, riffing off Grosskopf's precise drumbeats. Like the first album, the tracks build up to a frenzy, die back down into abstract free form, before building back up, at times getting into a funky space-groove that outdoes Hawkwind. The women mostly add yells, whispers, screams, and spoken word with heavy effects, but there are long instrumental passages as well. Schulze's incredible synth tones sometimes threaten to drown out the rest of the band, and Dollase even adds some piano along with his usual Mellotron. Though not quite as organic or as unusual as the first record, Galactic Supermarket rocks even harder in some sections, and gets even further out into space in others. ~ Rolf Semprebon