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WITTHüSER & WESTRUPP - Trips und Träume
WITTHüSER & WESTRUPP:TRIPPO NOVA In a dystopian reality, Mike Heron & Robin Williamson did not meet in misty Scotland but in the grayness of Essen; they did not found the Incredible String Band, but a duo: Witthüser & Westrupp. Instead of elves and fairies of the woods, there are cosmic journeys and Eastern philosophies, a voice less “out of tune” and more martial, but that armory of acoustic madness, improbable and absurd instruments, psychedelic folk, crazy and scattered, fantasy, and a "total" approach has remained unchanged.
Damn the Ohr (and the ESP too)! Labels from which I would buy anything blindly!
For at least 25 years I listened to this record with imagination! Then - finally - I had it in my hands and it was even better than I had imagined.
Bernd and Walter roam with their acoustic trinkets among a lot of absurd krautrock records, between electric guitars and grandiloquent moogs with their little bells, trumpets, and guitars (at least "Lord Krishna Von Goloka" by Sergius Golowin is an absolute must!). They will record 4 albums with the Ohr of Kaiser (besides "Trips und Träume", "Der Jesuspilz" should be listened to, which is a concept that mixes hallucinogenic mushrooms and gospel!), and then each will go their own way...
One day I’ll have to tell more about these paths, how they were the only ones to treat R. U. Kaiser decently when he was torn apart, for example. But this little comment is not the right place for that.
There’s just one thing I want to say to those who have been kind enough to read this far: those of us who are a bit older will remember that incredible thing called “L'altra domenica” by Arbore; well, among the many succulent discoveries of that fantastic showcase, there were two very strange "buskers": Otto & Barnelli. Do you remember them? Good: Barnelli WAS Witthüser!
How can I not love them madly?
Then, if they even title a piece "Trippo Nova".....
