Walter Wegmüller

Walter Wegmüller - Tarot (1973)

Walter Wegmüller - Tarot (1973)

Die Kosmischen Kuriere 58003

AMG REVIEW: 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 Westripp-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 Westripp'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. — Rolf Semprebon

Lineup:
Klaus Schulze - Drums, Electronics
Jerry Berkers - Bass
Harald Grosskopf - Drums
Manuel Göttsching - Guitar
Jurgen Dollase - Keyboards
Walter Westrupp - Guitar
Walter Wegmüller - Vocals

Other recordings related to this are:
Ash Ra Tempel -
JOIN INN (12/72) LP Ohr OMM 556032 (1973)
The Cosmic Jokers -
THE COSMIC JOKERS (2-5/73)
LP Kosmische Musik KM 58008 (1974)
GALACTIC SUPERMARKET (2-5/73)
LP Kosmische Musik KM 58010 (1974)
featured on: SCI-FI PARTY (2-5/73)
PLANETEN SIT-IN (2-5/73)
LP Kosmische Musik KM 58.013 (1974)

Disc1:
1. Der Narr 3:55
2. Der Magier 4:39
3. Die Hohepriesterin 4:17
4. Der Herrscherin 4:15
5. Der Herrscher 2:58
6. Der Hohepriester 3:10
7. Die Entscheidung 3:51
8. Der Gerechtigkeit 5:15
9. Der Weise 3:01
10. Der Weise 4:01
11. Das Gluckrad 3:36
12. Die Kraft 3:27

Volume 2:
1. Die Prufung 4:56
2. Der Tod 1:19
3. Der Massigkeit 4:47
4. Der Teufel 3:38
5. Die Zerstorung 4:00
6. Die Sterne 6:14
7. Der Mond 2:50
8. Die Sonne 3:03
9. Das Gericht 2:06
10. Die Welt 8:41