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Neumeier,
Genrich, Schmidt
The Intergalactic Travel Agency Sunhair (sh 004)
This CD is the second live release of the intergalatic jams by guitar
wizard Ax Genrich and groove monster Mani Neumeier known from Guru Guru
along with the space bassist Dave Schmidt. There are five long (8:40 Ð
23:25) tracks of totally improvised cosmic psychedelia that was recorded
2004-2005 on the album. ÒIntergalacticÓ starts the journey and thereÕs
plenty of time to let the track grow slowly in its over 20 minutes length.
Little by little the rhythm get stronger and the jam starts to take more
solid shape. Hypnotic and floating stuff. ItÕs incredible how the trio
can produce such a psychedelic web with so plain line-up! These guys obviously
live for their music. The 15 minutes long ÒBeyond AcapulcoÓ continues
on the same paths previously mapped by Ash Ra Temple. Now there is also
some vocals. Really great, psychedelic jamming that in the end goes rather
wild, as well. ÒGofingerÓ presents the bit more jazzy section and I think
itÕs the weakest moment on this album, but still not bad at all. ÒUrugÓ
takes the listeners into more cosmic spheres again; a nice and varied
number. The almost 21 minutes long ÓLSD & Uschj NerkeÓ begins with psychedelic
cymbals and effects. At the four minute marker the laid back drums come
to life and a really dreamy, mesmerising jam begins. These fellows are
definitely the cream of the present krautrock! We also get to hear some
guitar soloing. At about fifteen minutes the track grows into a groovy
beat. Wild jam, cheers dudes! Ax shines especially in his use of effects,
Mani beats like during the best Guru Guru years and itÕs hard to imagine
a better bass player than Dave for the job. The chaotic boosting in the
end is a great ending for this marvellous album. Get it!
reviewed
by Dj Astro for Psychotropic
Zone, Finland, May 2006
Genrich-
Neumeier and Schmidt
"The Intergalactic Travel Agency" (Sunhair SH004)
This is the second release of improvised material released by the Sunhair
label of the Guru Guru members (Genrich and Nuermeier) with Dave Schmidt
(Sula Basana, Zone Six). The material was compiled from live concerts
they played in 2004 and 2005. The CD begins with a very slow spaced out
number called "Intergalactic" that lasts 23 minutes. It slowly builds
up around 10 minutes with Genrich kicking in with some wah guitar before
the jam really takes off.. He is still a master of some cool spaced out
guitar when he wants to. The track spaces out at about 18 minutes and
goes back to an ambient thing. "Beyond Acapulco" is another 15 minute
trip that is quite repetitive like CAN and built on some looped guitar
and/or bass. "Gofinger" is a very jazzy 8 minute piece showing Genrich
having a little work out. "Urug" is a totally experimental piece of music.
"LSD and Uschj nerke" ends the CD (21 minutes). Like the first piece,
it is spaced out sounds for the first 8 or so minutes before the guitar
and drums really kick in and a groove starts. At the end of this track
the whole band is really taking off and jamming hard. Cool psych rock!
This is a band that still really captures the experimental music feeling
of the early Krautrock years. Check it out if you like this stuff.
Reviewed
by Scott Heller for Aural
Innovations #33 (March 2006)
GENRICH-NEUMEIER-SCHMIDT
"The Intergalactic Travel Agency"
(Sunhair Music) 2005
Vec sam jednom prilikom napomenuo kako je space / psychodelic rock, takodje,
kao zasebna zanrovska forma, tokom druge polovine 90-tih uzeo svoj novi
zamah. Community koji je spreman da prihvati ovakvu poruku je istina proredjen,
ali nije mali, i egzistira, takodje, veliki broj glasila koji podrzavaju
ovakvu pricu. Veliki broj nemackih izvodjaca i artista iz onog zlatnog
vremena druge polovine 60-tih i prve polovine 70-tih i dalje je aktuelan
ucestvovanjem u raznim sastavima - projektima. Trojica etabliranih muzicara
koje predvodi basista, Dave Schmidt (The Zone Six i Sula Bassana), zajedno
sa jos dvojicom "prvoboraca" (jednog sadasnjeg i jednog nekadasnjeg clana
postave Guru Guru), Genrichom i Neumeierom, snimio je materijal koji se
poslednjih dana odlazece 2005. godine pojavio na trzistu. Inace, CD je
uradjen u digi-pack formi, limitiranog tiraza od 600 kopija. Genrich-Neimeier-Schmidt
su realizovali live materijal na nekoliko lokacija u periodu od 2004.-2005.
godine, i predstavili su se sa 5 dugackih numera trajanja samo nesto kraceg
od 80 minuta. "The Intergalactic Travel Agency" u potpunosti predstavlja
omaz periodu kraja 60-tih i prve polovine 70-tih godina. Svirka je, naravno,
spontana, opustajuca, prepuna space improvizacija. Donekle samo treca
numera, "Gofinger", stilski odudara sa svojim jazzy akrobacijama, ali
je finalna poruka na kraju sasvim jasna. Nema sumnje da je rec o jednom
ostvarenju koje je realizovano u najboljoj tradiciji space / psychodelic
poruke, ali koje se u svojoj kompletnoj postavci ni malo ne razlikuje
od ostvarenja koja su snimana tokom 6-te i 7-e dekade proslog veka. Ocena:
8,5 / 10
Branimir
Lokner for Barikada.com
NEUMEIER
GENRICH SCHMIDT
"The Intergalactic Travel AgencyÓ
(Sunhair / www.sulabassana.de)
Sie haben es wieder getan! Und hoffentlich wird es nicht das letzte Mal
gewesen sein. Die Herren Mani Neumeier (das Groovemonster an den Drums),
Ax Genrich (der Psychededelic Guitar Wizard) und Dave Schmidt (am Spacebass)
legen nach ihrem 2004er "Psychedelic Monsterjam"-Debüt nun mit "The
Intergalactic Travel Agency" nach. Wieder ein live eingespieltes Album,
das auf prallen 79 Minuten die drei auf ihrem Weg tief hinein in die unendlichen
Strukturen des Improvisierens und des Jammens präsentiert. Bestes
Beispiel hierfür ist das 23-minütige "Intergalactic", das sich
minutenlang Zeit lässt, ehe sich allmählich ein Rhythmus entwickelt
und die Gitarre Formen annimmt. Die hypnotische Wirkung bleibt nicht aus.
€hnlich aufgebaut ist auch "Beyond Acapulco", dessen Gitarrenrhythmus
(es ist ein Bassrhythmus, Anmerkung von Dave) von Beginn an den
Track prägt. Der Gesang verleiht einen gewissen mexikanischen Charme,
aber letztlich artet es in einer Drum-Gitarren-Orgie aus. Diesen beiden
im kultigen Würzburger Cafe Cairo aufgenommenen Tracks stehen drei
Stücke aus dem Jazzhaus zu Heidelberg gegenüber. Tatsächlich
sind "Gofinger", "Urug" und "LSD & Uschi Nerke" leicht jazzig angehaucht,
seien es nun die diffizilen Drum- und Percussionrhythmen oder auch die
schnelle Gitarrenarbeit. Somit zeigen Neumeier, Genrich und Schmidt auch
eine neue Facette.
Bernd
Sievers für Eclipsed
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