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THE INTERGALACTIC TRAVEL AGENCYNeumeier - Genrich - SchmidtKrautrock3.98 | 5 ratings |
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As I mentioned in my review of their debut, the band's name is Neumeier Genrich Schmidt not Psychedelic
Monsterjam as shown on the site here. Psychedelic Monsterjam was the name of a series of live events put on in
Wurzburg, Germany in the early 00's that this trio participated in. They also named their first album "Psychedelic
Monsterjam" but it's not the name of the band. In fact, you won't see that name anywhere on this second disc. What a
great album title for this kind of music "The Intergalactic Travel Agency".The appeal of these two live releases is first of all the re-uniting of GURU GURU legends Mani Neumeier and Ax Genrich after decades apart. Then throw in the young guy, Dave Schmidt(Sula Bassana) from ZONE SIX, ELECTRIC MOON and more. Then add the desire of these three musicians to perform improvised music in the style of GURU GURU's first two albums "Ufo" and "Hinten' and people in the know would be going crazy over these live shows. Listening to these two discs is the next best thing I suppose. And I have to say that last track "LSD & Uschi Nerke" is such an awesome title. Look at the cover art. Yeah, they look wired. And the name in that final tune Uschi Nerke was a well known actress in Germany who hosted a popular weekly Beat Club music show. So connecting this good looking lady to Krautrock is pretty cool. Krautrock being the polar opposite to Beat music. The music from the two live discs they released in '04 and '05 were taken from the same two shows they did in Zurburg, a couple of months apart. For the first disc they went for the gusto with most of the high energy music they performed, plus the three covers of GURU GURU songs. So you'd think that would be my favourite, but I prefer the tracks they chose for this second one. There's more space to breathe. There's even some haunting passages on the final two tracks with dark atmosphere. Come on! "Gofinger" has a lot of picking from Ax, hence the title. "Beyond Acapulco" even has some vocal expressions on it and Ax lights it up big time at one point. This may not rock as hard here as on the first one, but the trip is more interesting on this one, more psychedelic, and I like the contrasts.
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