MACULA TRANSFER

If you like intense mellotron, then you should like this record. There are indeed tons of mellotron here. On the first side, the echoed electric guitar of Edgar Froese gives a solid rhythm to the ensemble. His rhythmic guitar sound is often almost acoustic, distortion free. The keyboards sound like on the "Stratosfear" album (Tangerine dream), but the beat on the second part is more tribal & monotonous. The last song of the first side has this minimal beat that increases gradually in speed, while you hear Froese's basic hard rock electric guitar solos, through bizarre Krautrock voices and keyboards effects: at the end, this beat is fast enough to make you believe that a fictitious machine is about to explode!! Interesting experience!

On the second side, the beat is more sophisticated, and it sounds a bit like his records "Epsilon in Malaysian pale" and "Stuntman". The keyboards are more elaborated on this side. There is a beat-free bit where the floating keyboards sound very despairing, like on the "Zeit" and "Alpha centauri" albums. Compared to record "Stuntman", this side is really less electronically helium boosted.

Rating: 3.5 stars