In all things cosmic, you can always rely on the Scandinavian princes, Lindstrom & Prins Thomas to pull a galactic masterpiece of 33 speed wonderment from deep within their wizard hats. If proof is needed, check out Lindstrom & Solale’s last 12″, “Let’s Practise” (12″ version still in our webspace here), or Prins Thomas’ rolling star-destroyer 12″, “Fehara”. Further proof?
Lindstrom & Prins Thomas – Nummer Fire En
Taken from the imminent “Reinterpretations” LP, full of alternate tracks from the previous batch of 12″s, “Nummer Fire En” is 1 second shy of 21 minutes, so, lets break it up into timely chunks for this cack-handed review:
0.00 – 2.00: The Egyptian Lover wandering lost, but not aimless, in a wormhole with only his frightened drum-machine for company.
2.01 – 12.59: Delia & Gavin reworked by Cerrone minus the strings, but with D&G wearing the masks from the ‘Supernature’ video.
13.00 – 16.50: Delia & Gavin reworked by Cerrone with the strings. The masks are now animated.
16.51 – 20.59: The Earth splits in two beneath you and the track fades out as it seeps down into the cracks.
OK, so strictly speaking Skatebard is not Cosmic, he’s more your dapper Italo gentlefellow who digs skateboarding and aviator shades. But fuck it, Wizards need something to dance to as well, and what better sound to get sexy in your purple cloak to on the dancefloor?
We bought you the vocal mix of “Love Attack” a while back and now here is one of the equally brilliant b-sides from the same 12″. ‘Disco Nonstop’ is slo-mo-robo-sex, with enough bionic bump n’ grind to raise the levels on your internal hard drive, um, oo-er. We love the ghostly synth panpipes and get all goose-pimply on our shiny synthetic skin when the low slung electro bassline kicks in after the pause. When, not if, you get the 12″, do not play at 45, it will ruin it.
When notorious albums that create buzzes in ‘dimly lit tavernas’ (thanks for that one Cas C) are actually released, its always a bit scary and nerve-racking on first listen. What if it sucks? What if its not amazing, just good, which means it will be forgotten by your intuitive iPod in a months time?
Thankfully Map Of Africa’s self titled debut does amaze, now that Whatever We Want Records has seen fit to release it. Out now on super-limited shiny gatefold LP, it contains enough cosmic energy to bend your mind, inducing drug-assisted mental images without the assistance of drugs, watch in awe as the music spews forth in a geyser from the tip of the Martian pyramids.
“Map Of Africa” sounds like Captain Beefheart produced by Larry Levan, with Can on rhythm section. It conjures up mirages in the deserts and sand dunes of your mind with sexy African women fading in and out of your hazy vision as they wind and grind. After listening to the lyrics, who knew collonisation could be this hot?
Those two bitchy unicorns in the middle-ground don’t much care for this remix, you can see it in their sassy eyes, but fuck them, Quiet Village don’t fear the venomous gossip of horned horses, anyway, that winged one on the ledge is loving it:
Ronny & Renzo – Uniqorns (Quiet Village Remix)
When discussing the Cosmic musical sounds, its always nice to end on an abstract note and this remix, taken from Ronny & Renzo’s debut 12″ is perfect. Quiet Village are floating through the clouds, but this image is reflected onto the calm rivers that flow below for that liquid-bass effect, whilst the industrial sound snippets just reverberates around nice and aimlessly until they get caught up in giant bubbles and are spirited upwards.
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