Zweistein (two-stone) was born in an enlightened moment of the twentieth century – zweistein came into realization for the first time in trip - flip out – meditation.
consciously incarnated in 1970 zweistein is present – remembering the sorcerer’s kitchen of dr. faustus – still wandering amongst the pyramids of egypt, resting at the feet of the sphinx, meditating in the temple of delphi and playing with the seven-stringed lyra of orpheus.
since eight years we are living in the age of consciousness, the age of aquarius. consciousness is the key to everything – if you have precisely read shakespeare you will find yourself amidst the ‘hamlet dilemma’ through the magical medium of zweistein’s music. The motto is: to be or not to be is not a question. allow yourself to be swayed by the sound. Go with it. trip is a journey into the wonderland of the psyche of our century. your soul is in the music. your associations are mirrored in the magical vision of a musical self analysis. the first step into the evolution of consciousness, the understanding of over and underground melodies, rhythms, sounds is the beginning - a very simple song – which can be heard by everyone. objective and subjective are not being separated anymore, music is the sculptured tone in conjunction with the universal laws of nature, which we can recognize while listening and expressing.
the universe is singing and sounding with frequencies the human ear cannot always hear. a very simple song is the song we hear in these times when standing at the doorsteps of micro- and macro-cosmos.
zweistein (two-stone) is a symbol of overcoming these limitations through consciousness. the female principle of >>two<< forms the >>three<< with einstein (one stone) and returns into the principle of a >>three(st)oneness<<.
(Introduction liner notes from the original Triple-LP translated from German into English. Part of the reissue of ZWEITEIN - TRIP - FLIP OUT- MEDITATION CD)
The ZWEISTEIN Triple-CD is a very special reissue of an early Krautrock “legendary” experimental triple-album from 1970 which is one of the most sought after out-of-print album projects of this era. The last album version sold for 695.- Euro on ebay in November 2006.
The Triple-Album was originally released in 1970 by PHILLIPS in Germany. They manufactured 6000 copies and pulled it off the market after 1 year. There was also a single which was produced and released after the LPS were licensed which is added as bonus tracks on the CD reissue. Being a pop singer at the time I used a pseudonym for this production and nobody (until 2 years ago) ever knew that I was the artist and producer of ZWEISTEIN. Interestingly enough my sound engineer who created special sound effects and mixed Zweistein was also Amon Duul’s engineer.
I did not even realize until a few years ago that this project of mine had become a “Krautrock Kult” record – but thanks to the internet about 2 years ago I found all these posts and reviews about Zweistein and I also saw how many people were looking for this album. So I went to several krautrock sites and revealed my identity and the story behind the production.
I received many emails and reissue offers from all over the world and finally decided to go with a Japanese label by the name “Captain Trip Records”. It was a challenge to redo the elaborate artwork of the original release but I think KEN MATSUTANI, the owner of Captain Trip did an incredible job!
