Limbus 3

The Profile

Limbus 3 was an experimental German trio formed in 1968 (members cited in reviews: Odysseus Artner, Gerd Kraus, Matthias Knieper). They performed spontaneous, free-improvisation music using strings, Western instruments and various ethnic instruments, and released the LP New Atlantis "Cosmic Music Experience" (CPM) in 1969.

Known for a 1969 LP titled New Atlantis "Cosmic Music Experience" (CPM). Lineup cited in reviews: Odysseus Artner, Gerd Kraus, Matthias Knieper. Use of ethnic instruments listed in reviews: oriental winds, valiha, tabla, tsikadraha, totalophone, and African percussion. Associated with early uses of the term "cosmic music" in Germany and with the prehistory of krautrock.

The single DeBaser review celebrates Limbus 3's 1969 New Atlantis "Cosmic Music Experience" as an original, radical artifact of early krautrock and free improvisation. The trio (Odysseus Artner, Gerd Kraus, Matthias Knieper) used acoustic and ethnic instruments to create noisy, meditative, and atonal soundscapes. The record is presented as a cult masterpiece and an important precursor to later cosmic-music labels and compilations. Recommended mainly for listeners of experimental and intransigent krautrock.