SCI-FI PARTY

Strangely disturbing faces gaze out from the sleeve at me as I try to think of some words of wisdom to put down whilst listening to this 'Kosmische' album. Sci-Fi Party is actually pretty good all round if you've not heard any of their other albums. If you have, then you'll realise quite quickly that this is basically a re-mix of their previous albums, hastily cobbled together for a quick buck. And therefore is pretty much a waste of time for fans.

The gang are all here - young Klaus Schulze with his 3 chords per minute keyboard notes, Old Harald pumps away uninhibited at his treated drums. Dieter Dierks competently produces and records despite his association with 'The Scorpions' and Manuel Göttsching as ever, twangs those guitar strings as he did ever so well with "Ashra Tempel".

The good thing here, as on all Cosmic Joker albums is that literally everything is put through some weird effect unit creating a sound unlike anything around at the time. This is where the 'Kosmische' moniker originates.

The bad thing is that it's all been heard before on their far superior self titled album and 'Galactic Supermarket'.

So do yourself a favour, seek out the aforementioned and give this one a miss. This is a cash cow.