Cosmic Couriers
Cosmic Couriers / Cosmic Music (also known as by its German name Kosmische Kuriere / Kosmische Musik) was a West German experimental/space-rock label set up by Rolf-Ulrich Kaiser in 1973 following his association with Ohr and Pilz. A number of influential records in the krautrock genre were released on Cosmic Couriers, including Klaus Schulze's Cyborg and Ash Ra Tempel/Timothy Leary's Seven Up. Couriers released many important Krautrock titles by artists including Klaus Schulze, Ash Ra Tempel, Manuel Göttsching, Wallenstein, Popol Vuh, and others, including Walter Wegmüller's Tarot.
Also recorded as Kosmische Kuriere
Cosmic Couriers
- Name
- Cosmic Couriers / Cosmic Music
- Founded
- 1973
- Founder
- Rolf-Ulrich Kaiser
- Headquarters
- Germany
- Dissolved
- 1975
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Cosmic Couriers / Cosmic Music (also known as by its German name Kosmische Kuriere / Kosmische Musik) was a West German experimental/space-rock label set up by Rolf-Ulrich Kaiser in 1973 following his association with Ohr and Pilz. A number of influential records in the krautrock genre were released on Cosmic Couriers, including Klaus Schulze's Cyborg and Ash Ra Tempel/Timothy Leary's Seven Up. Couriers released many important Krautrock titles by artists including Klaus Schulze, Ash Ra Tempel, Manuel Göttsching, Wallenstein, Popol Vuh, and others, including Walter Wegmüller's Tarot.
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However Kaiser got into trouble when he started releasing albums under the name of the Cosmic Jokers, a supergroup made up of artists who did not even realise they were participating in such a project: Kaiser had taken recordings of informal jams by various artists from the label and had released them under the Cosmic Jokers name without their knowledge. The musicians affected - and in particular Klaus Schulze - were far from impressed with Kaiser's release of this material and took legal action.
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• Name — Cosmic Couriers / Cosmic Music • Founded — 1973 • Founder — Rolf-Ulrich Kaiser • Defunct — 1975 • Status — Inactive • Genre — Krautrock • Country — Germany
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1973
Cosmic Couriers established.
1973
Cosmic Couriers is recorded from 1973.
1975
Cosmic Couriers ceased.
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- Germany
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The following albums were released on the Cosmic Couriers label: • Timothy Leary & Ash Ra Tempel - Seven Up (KK 58.001) • Sergius Golowin - Lord Krishna von Goloka (KK 58.002) • Walter Wegmüller - Tarot (2LP) (KK 2/58.003) • Witthüser+Westrupp - Live *68-*73 (2LP) (KM 2/58.004) • Klaus Schulze - Cyborg (2LP) (KM 2/58.005) • Wallenstein - Cosmic Century (KM 58.006) • Ash Ra Tempel - Starring Rosi (KM 58.007) • The Cosmic Jokers - The Cosmic Jokers (KM 58.008) • Popol Vuh - Seligpreisung (KM 58.009) • Galactic Supermarket (Cosmic Jokers) - Galactic Supermarket (KM 58.010) • Various - Sci-Fi Party (conceptual sampler) (KM 58.011) • The Cosmic Jokers & Sternenmädchen - Gilles Zeitschiff (KM 58.012) • The Cosmic Jokers & Sternenmädchen - Planeten Sit-In (KM 58.013) • Wallenstein - Stories, Songs & Symphonies (KM 58.014) • Ash Ra Tempel/Manuel Göttsching - Inventions for Electric Guitar (KM 58.015) • Mythos - Dreamlab (KM 58.016) • Popol Vuh - Einsjäger und Siebenjäger (KM 58.017) • Various - Take Your Headphones (promo sampler)
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- Gemeinsame Normdatei 10321146-9, Cosmic Couriers.
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- 1.Cope, Julian (1995). "Krautrocksampler," pp.86-88. Head Heritage, Great Britain
- 2.Freeman & Freeman (1996). "The Crack In The Cosmic Egg", p.223. Audion Publications, Leicester.
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Gemeinsame Normdatei 10321146-9, Cosmic Couriers.Deutsche Nationalbibliothek
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Cosmic Couriers is recorded as founded by Rolf-Ulrich Kaiser. Associated with Germany. Recorded from 1973.
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