Name: Gilles Zeitschiff 2
Brand: Sternenmadchen

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375 Media

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Release date

2023-05-19

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KM8400602

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4059251572800

KM8500606

4059251572794

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Sternenmadchen

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Kosmische Kuriere

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Krautrock

Kosmische Kuriere, the successor to Ohr, was a pioneering music label run by Rolf-Ulrich Kaiser. It started with three releases before changing its name to Kosmische Musik, also known as Cosmic Music in France. The label had three distinct types of labels throughout its original lifetime and was distributed by Metronome. Its iconic design was later featured on reissues by Bernhard Mikulski in the early 1980s.
During its original lifetime, Kosmische Kuriere / Kosmische Musik released a range of groundbreaking LPs. The label's design evolved over time, with different variations featuring center rings and raised dots. These releases were distributed by Metronome.
In addition to its original releases, the distinctive label design of Kosmische Kuriere / Kosmische Musik was also used on reissues in the early 1980s by Bernhard Mikulski for Pilz/Ohr/Kosmische Musik. These later reissues can be identified by their labelcode: LC 04124 / LC 4124.

Timothy Leary! - That was "Sternenmädchen" Gille Lettmann's almost breathed closing words on the 1974 album Gilles Zeitschiff, Vol. 1. That same year, the Cosmic Crew Gille, Dieter Dierks, Jürgen Dollase, Harald Großkopf and Mythos recorded Vol. 2, but it never came to a release at that time - let's say: due to circumstances. Until now. Almost 50 years after its recording, ZEITSCHIFF 2 can finally take off. Gille conjures up Leary's spirit here as well, comets and stars whizz through space on fluorescent ray trails - the Cosmic Couriers live up to their name. But unlike Vol. 1, everything here is of one piece. The careful remastering ensures compact sound, and where the "Queen of Sunshine" still outshone everything else on the first disc, a tidying hand ensures clarity in ZEITSCHIFF 2. This hand belongs to the Italian pianist and conductor Roberto Cacciapaglia. The Quadro album Sonanze, produced by Rolf-Ulrich Kaiser, was his ticket into the magic circle of cosmic magicians. Even if it wasn't called that at the time, Sonanze was an early approach to a genre we now call "ambient." One can guess what potential Rolf heard in Roberto's music. Dieter and Rolf knew how to integrate Roberto's expertise. ZEITSCHIFF 2 has become a fluently composed, effectively arranged work that radiates warmth and cosmic calm without lacking tension. A work that brings back to life the spirit of Space Rock of the early seventies and shows us today on which tracks the Cosmic Couriers already walked back then. GILLES ZEITSCHIFF 2 is more than just a sequel. And also more than a premiere: It is a discovery. Carefully transferred and remastered from the original analogue master tapes by HaGü Schmitz at Dierks Studios in Pulheim-Stommeln in 2022.

Gilles Zeitschiff 2

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