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 Cosmic Trip Machine is a moving entity, constantly evolving, psychedelic, heavy, experimental and folk. Beginning February 2008, Cosmic Trip Machine, named in tribute to 60’s and 70’s records, started by recording one album, shortly after Will Z. and Majnun first group split (with angry quarrels and strong divergence in opinion). The two friends collected materials for an opus called Lord Space Devil, a never-completed project started in December 2000 (unreleased songs, instrumentals, experimental and conceptual ideas). Lord Space Devil In studio, Cosmic Trip Machine discovered musical freedom and were addicted immediately. The result is Lord Space Devil, a psychedelic concept album with songs that release themselves of any constraints and explore differing sonic boundaries (odd instruments, studio effects, imaginative rock inspired by indian music and B-movies). Few months later, Lord Space Devil was downloaded more than 3500 times from the official website, http://cosmictripmachine.be, by mere word of mouth and recommendations from websites and magazines. Cosmic Trip Machine worked on an electric live show melting instrumentals and new versions from Lord Space Devil songs. Vampyros Roussos In March 2009, Cosmic Trip Machine recorded Vampyros Roussos, an imaginary 70’s psychedelic erotic horror soundtrack and rock opera inspired by Vampyros Lesbos, Psych-Out, Beyond the Valley of Dolls, Suspiria, Carnival of Souls, The Holy Mountain and many more. The band played during Sloowjob Festival with Embryo and Peter Walker. In June, a first extract from Vampyros Roussos, (Not) Very High, is compiled on Trip inside this house : Summer Solstice 2009, with psychedelic UK, sweden and USA bands. During summer, Cosmic Trip Machine played at psychedelic Yellowstock festival in Geel, 40 years after Woodstock, with Vibravoid and Siena Root. The 18th September, a Vampyros Roussos tape collector version (70 copies) is out on Sloowtapes label, distributed in many countries and sold out in two weeks. The 26th November, a CD version is distributed by Record Heaven and, in January, by Clearspot. The Curse of Lord Space Devil Between 2009 and 2010, Will Z. and Majnun worked on Son of Lord Space Devil, a double album with four different suites : on its original concept, the first side told the story of Rothbart, an evil sorcerer, with musical quotations from Tchaikovsky’s Swan Lake ballet and references to B-movies and occult themes (like the Voynich manuscript or Basile Valentin’s twelve philosophical keys) ; the second part was composed by three progressive tracks, melting instrumentals and new versions from Lord Space Devil songs and ideas based on improvisations ; the next side was an acoustic one, based on philosophy texts, poetries, Buddhist goddess Quàn thê âm and Can Am Des Puig folk 70’s band’s Book of Am ; then, album conclusion was the 20 minutes master piece Amethyst. Cosmic Trip Machine had many difficulties with Son of Lord Space Devil preparation (disease, depression, technical problems...). The early takes were judged as "weak". Son of Lord Space Devil was shelved on March 2010 : the two musicians thought this album (and Amethyst in particular) possesses a negative power. However, some of the tracks were salvaged and rearranged. Majnun insisted to change the album title as The Curse of Lord Space Devil, which includes electric and acoustic fragments intended for the lost original project plus new material, floating on Corpus Hermeticum, The Book of Am, poetries and mystic texts. The Curse of Lord Space Devil recordings was finished on April after one month of intensive work, but Will Z. and Majnun expressed dissatisfaction with the result. So, OG was hired as a producer and an "exorcist" to stop negative forces and finish the work. The album is targeted for an end 2010 release. Will Z. and Majnun were left exhausted by the sessions. They needed to star over from scratch using other sounds with totally new songs. OG joined the band for a project called Kosmische Kraut Maschine, devoted to the experimental rock scene appeared in Germany during the sixties. |
