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Frigg's Day, A Suite in 5 Movements.
I. Der Kosmische Melodie Und Frigg (Prologue)
II. Apluculips Now
III. Der Kosmische Melodie Und Frigg (Interlude/Premonition)
IV. Fare Thee Well
V. Der Kosmische Melodie Und Frigg (Valhalla)
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Kosmische Madness: An interview with The F.S.O., Germany's newest Cosmic Sound Explorers.
The Far Seeing Oracle (And Her Many Gifted Children)
H.E.: "The story behind Das Frigg is very strange you know? It was very very strange. We had taken a journey to the Temple of Apluculips, in South America in search of the forbidden rhythms of the Sol'a Menti tribe. When we got to the top of the temple where the shrine was, we found the rhythms etched all over the walls, so Klaus and Hans started playing them; that's what you hear on the record, I recorded that part onto a 2 track tape machine we had brought with us, then the rest of it was overdubbed onto it when we returned to Koln, including Klaus' synthesizer sections.
K.S.: It was all very mystical... But of course, that was the time of Hans' passing. The Oracle (the band's mysterious 5th member) had told us that it was I who would die at the Temple of Apluculips, because of my desecration of the Sol'a Menti ghost drum (A very "Shitty" drum he found near the temple) , frankly I don't know what she was talking about...
-So Hans died at the temple?-
K.S.: I wouldn't say he died, more, he was taken from us. What happened was, we were about 6 hours into our transcription of the sacred rhythms when suddenly the entire room went to darkness. Imagine if you were playing on the firmament of space, but there were no stars. It was that. We were in such a trance state that we kept playing, but it was frightening because it was just as in the vision the oracle had showed us. It was then that I felt an eternity pass, as if some great being was judging us both... And then I saw Hans transcend into the next plane... I believe you can hear it on the record, it is that sweet tone at the end of the song, when the drums stop, it's very beautiful.
-You mean the ending of the band section, right?-
K.S.: Yes, yes, the end of the song, when the band stops playing. That's the end of the record.
-I thought the record ended with an ambient piece-
K.S.: Oh right, that's another strange occurrence with the album; We never actually recorded that final section, it was just there when we played back the tape at our studio in Germany.
H.E.: Very strange...
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credits
from Geist,
released December 21, 2016
Wulfgang "Der Mystik": Guitars, Chants, Master of Ceremonies.
Dieter Goehring: Bass Guitar, Loops, Vocals,
Heinrich Edinger: Organ, Piano, Flute.
Klaus Schmidt: Bongos, Marraccas, Tambora, "Spirit Drum", Synthesizer
Hans Jager: Drum Set(s), "Ritual Drum".
An inspired collaboration between Follakzoid and J. Spaceman, appropriately hypnotic and mesmerizing, a fantastic creation of spatial music and musical spaces.
Truly great stuff... rikm
Big, clanging psych-rock from this Arizona outfit fuses monk-like vocals with slow-winding guitars for songs that feel like strange hymns. Bandcamp New & Notable May 2, 2016
I was on a train travelling to Seefeld in Austria and had nothing but the Alps to look over from the windows. This was a perfect compliment to the environment I was in Robert A Johnson