Walter Wegmüller

The Cosmic Couriers present:

Tarot

1973


CD / 1994 / 320Kbps



Tracklist: 

1. Der Narr
 
2. Der Magier
 
3. Die Hohepriesterin
 
4. Die Herrscherin
 
5. Der Herrscher
 
6. Der Hohepriester 

7. Die Entscheidung
 
8. Der Wagen
 
9. Die Gerechtigkeit
 
10. Der Weise
 
11. Das Glücksrad 

12. Die Kraft 

13. Die Prüfung 

14. Der Tod 

15. Die Mässigkeit
 
16. Der Teufel 

17. Die Zerstörung
 
18. Die Sterne 

19. Der Mond 

20. Die Sonne

21. Das Gericht

22. Die Welt



Personnel: 

Bass – Jerry Berkers 

Drums – Harald Grosskopf
 
Drums, Electronics – Klaus Schulze
 
Guitar – Hartmut Enke, Manuel Göttsching, Walter Westrupp 

Keyboards – Jürgen Dollase 

Vocals – Walter Wegmüller 



This massive double album is cosmic Krautrock at its finest hour, as visionary Walter Wegmuller leads a tour through the entire major arcane of the Tarot deck while the Cosmic Couriers - basically Ash Ra Tempel, Wallenstein, and whoever else producer Rolf-Ulrich Kaiser could rope in - create a remarkable soundtrack encompassing space rock, folk music, funk, psychedelia, and electronic music.
 
Wegmuller's album followed in the footsteps of Timothy Leary's Seven Up, Ash Ra Tempel, and Sergius Golowin's Lord Krishna von Goloka, backed by Wallenstein, the duo Westrupp-Witthuser, and keyboardist Klaus Schulze. 

Tarot, with almost all these musicians on the roster, is the culmination, a bizarre roller coaster ride through sonic soundscapes, while Wegmuller intones in his deep voice, sometimes augmented by more effects, though he often remains silent for long instrumental stretches. From the opening track, a funky number with blazing guitar and rolling piano over which a circus-barker voice announces the band with grand élan, to the side four track's nonstop blast into hallucinogenic after-burn, this one is a monster all the way. Shimmering Ash Ra Tempel guitar freakouts blend with Wallenstein's more rollicking psych rock, Schulze's deep space keyboards, and Westrupp's cosmic folk to create strange blitzes of electronic weirdness.
 
This album provide an incredible pallet of styles that all seem to gel in a cohesive mass of pure mystical wonder.



Straight, no chaser.
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