TIMOTHY LEARY & ASH RA TEMPEL: SEVEN UP

In my opinion their self titled debut along with "Schwingungen" and "Join Inn" are by far their best albums.This one while excellent doesn't quite measure up to these others. What makes this release different is obviously Timothy Leary's involvement. He apparently brought lots of acid with him and spiked their 7-Ups(hence the album title) and contributed voices to this recording. Lots of like minded people were at this session in Switzerland, which is why so many(a dozen) people are listed as having contributed to this record.

The first track "Space"(16 minutes) features some blues flavoured songs with very spacey soundscapes inbetween and sometimes right over top of them. Crazy, psychedelic stuff.

The other track "Time"(21 1/2 minutes) is amazing. I understand this track is a reworking of "Suche And Liebe" from "Schwingungen". Sounds start to build before Gottsching begins to make some noise. Spoken words 3 1/2 minutes in as spacey sounds continue. The song drifts along until 13 minutes in when we come to my favourite part of the record as we get some female vocal melodies added to the already heavenly soundscape. Drums come in around the 17 minute mark. We get some distracting interference(thats what it sounds like) 20 minutes in to the end of the song.

The second track alone makes this one well worth getting for Krautrock fans.