DOREMI FASOL LATIDO

This acid dazed cosmic proto Motörhead album really kicks ass and melts your brain! These marvelous songs were first known to me from their classic "Space Ritual" live album, and I did not emphasize collecting the early studio albums of this group, as I had got an impression from their two first albums that their first studio recordings didn't capture the raw power and collective improvisational playing as well as their live gigs. But this record certainly proved I was wrong. Over ten minutes long opener "Brainstorm" builds up from very aggressive and primitive trance oriented heavy rock riffs colored up with thick wall of electronics, giving birth to really strong sensations. "Space is Deep" is then more thoughtful wondering of the characteristics of the cosmos, continuing the hypnotic style, drums waiting up till the middle of the song until starting to drive the rocket forward. "One Change" is a short intro for "Lord of Light", another anxious cosmic ace rocker with loud bass solo from Lemmy, who also smashes the acoustic guitars in this album. His raw style playing it make that instrument fit better on this manic record, and I found this interesting as this instrument usually associates for me to more tender and sophisticated approaches. "Down Through The Night" continues the minor key trip, being also a really good song. Nearly nine minutes long "Time We Left This World Today" is also minimalistic smasher with repetitive chants hammering the air, and there's lots of free playing here too. The final track "The Watcher" is Lemmy's vocal and guitar dystopia, closing the album in both pessimistic and haunting way. I had the original version of this for listening, so I can't say anything about the CD re-issue bonus tracks.

In my opinion this album is a big improvement to their two previous albums, which are also interesting and have good songs in them, not forgetting their pioneerish qualities. But here the recording captures their furious live sound in a new marvelous way, and this is a rare psychedelic prog album as you can listen it also with your punk rock sci-fi fans. If I would try to introduce prog music to a Motörhead fan, I would start with this excellent record.