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Space Rock Unterirdisch

The spirit of the original German space rock "unterirdisch" lives on in the musik of S/T. this 10" mini-klassik of neo-psychedelic, space rock flashes back to the early days of Amon Düül 2 and Neu. The opening track, Airkraut, is a mantra of super-sonic phased guitar, keyboard drones and affected vocals. Their covers of the Amon Düül 2. track Erzengels Donnervogel, and Clustermonia their homage to Moebius, Rodelius, Rother and Dinger capture not only the spirit, but extreme nature of the early Kraut rock pioneers. Electronic frequencies and surges of guitar loop and undulate, as powerful waves of sound create striking cosmophonic vibrations. The whole affair is topped off by remarkable facsimiles of the LP’s. Now and Wieners sound so much like Edward and the Pinks in their early days, it’s unbelievable. Quirky, strange and downright surreal. A Limited edition of 500 copies on transparent blue vinyl. For those old enough to remember, or young and open minded enough to care, S/T is a rare musical treat.

2005-08-07: Expose Magazine

Psychedelic Pearl

German psychedelic / progressive rock (or Krautrock as we prefer to call it) is on the rise again. Indications for this improved situation are coming from unlikely places: Lone Starfighter Records is a new label from ... San Antonio, Texas ( U.S.A )! How this label ever got into contact with the german duo S/T (Mr. Miller and Horse Badorties) is a mystery to me, but their first mini LP (five tracks/31 minutes) is a fact. Catatonic Airkraut came out as a see-through ultramarine blue 10", tucked away in an artful gimmix sleeve. S/T is clearly very much influenced by early seventies German psychedelics because the five tracks on this nice blue platter all bear the mark of that period. Airkraut is over 10 minutes long and features Hawkwind-ish space drive combined with the weirder moments of an early Amon Düül II, fantastic brainsplitting mayhem. Erzengels Donnervogel (the title is a straight translation of Amon Düül II’s Archangel’s Thunderbird from Yeti) is a very spooky song based on phased, echoing keyboards and very stoned, recited German lyrics. The B side starts with Now, a very tripped-out ballad with dramatic (English) vocals, moody piano and weird background noises. Wieners is a more psychy folk track with dreamy vocals and some sparse keyboard support. Clustermania is an instrumental that brings back memories of early Kraftwerk / Popol Vuh / Cluster albums. Echoing keyboards dominate this excellent dreamaway into the cosmos experience. This is obviously an underground debut release made with very little money and equipment, but stoned ideas always shine through! A strange but very recommended debut, destined to become a collector’s item, since only 500 numbered copies were made of this cleverly packaged psychedelic pearl.

1995-12-08: Crohinga Well #11

Art-Psych

Gawd only knows what category the German band S/T consider themselves to belong to - "art-psych" perhaps - but their surreal little debut 10" release on the Lone Starfighter label (PO Box 500033, San Antonio, Texas 78250 USA) features diverse psychedelic elements which should appeal to a broad spectrum. Of the 4 songs on this fabulously packaged creation with its mindbending artwork by Joachim Gaertner of Get Happy Records, the opening Airkraut is far and away the strongest cut: the rhythms of the Wurlitzer dance around a hypnotic beat whilst a spaced-out vocal takes Mankind’s first steps - manic stuff indeed, and highly recommended by yours truly.

Link: Ptolemaic Terrascope

1995-11-10: Ptolemaic Terrascope #19

Intriguing Release

One track sounds like Hawkwind, one like the Dots, another like early, early Kraftwerk. If the progressive influences are schizophrenic, at least this is cohesive in the production....the overall sound is full of trebly echoing keyboard and vocals that give a continual impression of flying through chilly air in an open cockpit MIG. This is very innocent sounding for a German group and an intriguing release.

1995-10-09: ND Magazine #19