Fit & Limo
Discolor
Fim Froil
Weltraumservice
The God Box
Pure Luege
Fit & Limo are more or less the germ cell of the whole Limo-musicworld. In the late 70ies the couple play a kind of woods and fields folk and then taking the means of production in their own hands inspired by the Punk, New Wave and the so-called ingenious amateurism. They found a cassette-label (Servil) and invent new bands every new day! (Pure Luege, Kannibalen & Missionare, Hans Kahl Combo….). In spring 1982 Fit & Limo release their 1st tape on Servil: “Haende Hoch”. Their casio-pop and folk-punk is well-received by the mags of those days (Spex: “little stories, playful naïve children tunes, refreshing results, pleasant”). Further tapes follow: “Kleine Schiffchen” (1982), “Rote Blumen” (1983), “Golden Trash” (1984) and then “Put On The Flipside” (1985) which is the origin of the early repertoire of the Shiny Gnomes with its mixture of Garage punk. The label Pastell listens to “Put On The Flipside” and wants to produce Fit & Limo. But the Shiny Gnomes go in to the studio instead and record the classic “Wild Spells”. From 1986 til 1988 Fit & Limo retire to return with their first longplayer “Retrospective 1983-1988”. With the help of the drummers Ufo and Haffi it has a more Rock-direction which continues with the albums “Revisited” and “That Totally Tore My Head Off”. In 1993 they release their groundbreaking “Angel Gopher” album which is pure folk with heavy psychedelic touches. The drums are out and the bongos in. Their tribute to the Incredible String Band “This Moment. Fit & Limo Play Incredible String Band” fulfills this new direction. “Autre Monde” (on their double cd-set “Folly Is An Endless Maze”, 1995), “The Serpent Unrolled” (1998), “As Above So Below” (2000) and finally “Ginnistan” with more and more cosmic folk touches bring Fit & Limo best reputation in the international indie-folk scene. Their forthcoming album “Terra Incognita” will be out in late 2004 and has new surprises. With their supporting guests (Bernhard Witthüser of the Krautfolk-legend Witthüser & Westrupp, Jeffrey Alexander and Miriam Goldberg also known as Black Forest Black Sea, Timothy Renner who collaborated with Fit & Limo on a split-single and Steffi & Peter Wolf (pals of Fit & Limo) and their cosmic art-folk influences marks a new step in the Fit & Limo catalog.
Discography:
Retrospective 1983-1988 (Lp) 1988 Bouncing Corp.
Tracklist : 1.Tripping Mind 2.Days Of Glasnost 3.Dear Monster Tentacles 4.Jane And Serge 5.Coming Home 6.Rote Blumen 7.Welshman Of Sorts 8.Chocolat Kiss 9.Daddy`s Stroboscope 10.Porridge
Review :
“Wer hatte die vielen merkwürdigen Instrumente wie Violinen, Sitars, Maultrommeln und Posaunen zu Hause rumstehen und strickte hinter und jenseits aller anderen Dinge, die sich auf der Welt und in der deutschen Musik abspielten, ganz eigene, seltsame Sixties-orientierte, melodienüberladene Werke, so sorgfältig und zart, und dann alles noch zunächst nur für Cassette? Es war nicht nur Limo von den Shiny Gnomes, sondern vor allem Fit, seine Frau, mit der er hier alle Stücke, im Gesang, in der Komposition oder im Text, je nachdem, teilt. Die Leichtigkeit dieser Acid-Simulationen ist erstaunlich, irgendwo bewölken sich die Himmel über Fit und Limo mit Kinks und den späten Beatles, doch dann reißen sie die auch noch herunter, um sie einzuspinnen in ihre eigene Welt zwischen Tripping Mind, Days Of Glasnost - jetzt wäre ich gerne ein Russenmädchen -, dem deutsch gesungenen Rote Blumen und Porridge, dem ultimativen Sitarstück, das Missing-Link-Stück zwischen dem deutschen Kraut-Underground-Rock und Experimental-Folk wie von der Incredible String Band, und das jetzt 15 Jahre danach, wo nur noch die sogenannte Weltmusik mit diesem schöngeformten Instrument herumhantiert. Exzentrisch. Jawohl. Rotes Vinyl!“ (SPEX)
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Revisited (Lp) 1989 Bouncing Corp.
Tracklist : 1.Everybody Is 2.Feather And Dust 3.Eyelet 4.Sailing Gils 5.The Fear Of The World 6.Bed Peace 7.Revisited
Review :
“Herr Lienemann (Shiny Gnomes) und seine Angetraute präsentieren uns ihr, meines Wissens nach, zweites Stück Vinyl nach zahlreichen Cassettenaufnahmen auf dem eigenen Servil-Label. Ein Blick auf die Coverrückseite zeigt uns, wo es langgeht. Flöte, Glockenspiel, Congas und, jawollja, eine Sitar auf Feather And Dust. Dies ist demzufolge natürlich auch mein Favorit auf dieser LP, die aber auch in den restlichen 40 Minuten nicht langweilig wird. Wunderschöne, acidtriefende Kompositionen wechseln sich mit schön zackigen Beat-Rhythmen ab (The Fear Of The World lässt mich tanzen). Falls ihr, liebe Leser, Sonntagmorgens beim Frühstücken nichts zu tun habt, dann hört euch einfach diese Platte an - die etwas andere deutsche Band.“ (Howl)
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That Totally Tore My Head Off (Cd) 1991 Hurdygurdybeat
Tracklist : 1.Seven Rings 2.Family Jam 3.Dumb Angel 4.Mountain Of Dub 5.Fish In A Glass 6.Sense Of Saturday 7.You Live In A Dream 8.Pretty Distracted 9.Kiss My Crown 10.Upstairs 11.Sounds From The Purple House 12.Bedpeace (Soundtrack/Live)
Review :
“Fröhliches Trippin´& Swingin´aus der Heimat. Die dritte Veröffentlichung (entstanden zwischen September 1990 und Januar 1991) des Paares, zusammen mit ihrem Drummer Ufo, gibt es aussschließlich auf CD. Limo hat sich - außer Sänger und Gitarrist bei den Shiny Gnomes zu sein - hier wieder reichlich was eingebrockt in die selbstkreierten Suppen und diese CD auch selbst produziert. Sie ist Brian Wilson gewidmet, klingt aber nicht so, sondern wie Kraulen durch verschieden gewebte, interessant gemusterte Songflickenteppiche, umhüllend, lieb, auch wenn´s noch so quietscht: Es quietscht kuschelig, kissig, dreckig. Annehmlich. Brian Wilson hatte doch einen bösen Zug um den Mund, Leute, den haben Fit&Limo nicht. Da sind wohl eher etwas weniger gut gestylte, aber dafür mehr frei flottierende Acid-Heads die musikalischen Vorbilder. Dafür gibt es diesen Ansatz in diversen Verfeinerungen, Geschmacksrichtungen. So zum Beispiel wird mit Sitar und Kazoos nicht nur nicht gegeizt, sondern sogar ein Dub herausgezupft. Es ist schon eine sehr fortgeschrittene Folk-Art, die die beiden betreiben. So wie das Kleid, das ich letztens sah, von einem Meister des Understatement, der überall extra die Fäden raushängen und die Säume unversäubert lässt und ein weißes Etikett ohne Namen reinnäht, aber einer der teuersten Couturiers ist. Also Fit&Limo befinden sich nicht im Designerladen, aber ihre wildwuchernde Folk-Psychedelik-wie-Hippie-Stuff-aus-dem-Müll-wiedergeborene Musik stellt sich inzwischen doch ein ganzes Stück konzeptueller und ausgetüftelter dar. Die wissen schon, wo sie welchen Fuzz rauslassen und wo auch mal ein Klopper wie Kiss My Crown gut reinpasst und wo ein komischer Soundteppich hinkommen soll, über den ein Text tappern darf: I took the LSD and that...totally tore my head off! Ah, da war das weiße Etikett, der versteckte Titelsong. Krönung der CD ist eine Live-Version von John & Yokos Bed Peace, die 18 Minuten langes Gitarren-Gesounde ist (entstanden 1988 im Forum Enger).“ (SPEX)
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This Moment. Fit&Limo Play Incredible String Band (Ep) 1993 Ruhra Pente
Tracklist : 1.This Moment 2.Come With Me 3.Three Is A Green Crown 4.Chinese White
Review :
“Plinky-plunk and clippety-clop go an amazing assortment of mandolins, clay drums, kazoos, tin whistles, sitars, autoharps and lots more besides. Yes, our whacky German duo summon up a most exotic picnic-hamper full of instrumentation and their finger-in-the-ear folkiest unison vocals and unleash what Robyn Hitchcock dare not - an EP´s worth of Incredible String Band covers. And wonderfully whimsical it is too”. (Bucketful of Brains, UK)
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Angel Gopher (Lp) 1993 Kickside Records
Tracklist : 1.Fortune Seller 2.Gopher Hat 3.Mystery 4.Baby Song 5.September 13th 6.Not From The World 7.The Carpet 8.Stony Glory 9.Panaeolina Themes 10.Black Berry 11.Mrs. Child 12.A Sigh About Time 13.Late Summer 14.Snake King 15.Goddess 16.The Little Girl Lost 17.Broken Strings
Review :
“Oh, dear, the hippies are back! That´s the first reaction an unprepared listener would have when listening to this album. Fit and Limo are a German folk duo, made up of Limo (central member of the German psych band Shiny Gnomes) and his lady companion Fit. They were already responsible for a few releases, among which the quite wonderful four track 7´´ EP This Moment - Fit&Limo Play Incredible String Band, right now the best played item on our cosmic jukebox. Fit&Limo have a unique sound in these hard, rational and digital times. Together they master a fair score of instruments like flute, melodica, autoharp, tin whistle, Glockenspiel, organ, guitar, sitar, tabla, and an even longer list of very strange and exotic instruments. Their songs are short but beautiful pieces of semi-acoustic psychedelic folk rock in the purest Incredible String Band/Witthüser&Westrupp/Tyrannosaurus Rex tradition. Here and there, the resemblance is so striking that in an unguarded moment, you might actually Think you´re listening to The 5000 Spirits Or The Layers Of The Onion or The Hangman´s Beautiful Daughter. Fit&Limo´s musical palette is a subtle and gentle mixture of Celtic folk, Middle Eastern melodies and Oriental atmospheres, all played with loving care and a real human-down-to-earth feeling, a sensation I only experience when listening to the Oroonies these last few years. This is a very psychedelic album, not only because of its exotic instrumentation and use of distorted vocals, but mainly because of its fairytale-like otherness. The LP is brought out in a handmade sleeve (as a matter of fact, each sleeve is differently ornamented) and on splashed-out coloured vinyl (the record makes it look as though a pot of Bolognese sauce exploded on your turntable. It´s also an instant future collector´s item, since there were only 500 numbered copies made. Angel Gopher is the best psychedelic folk-album of 1993, an instant classic, one to assemble your friends for on a pow-wow round de´ole water pipe. Mega recommended!” (Crohinga Well, Belgien)
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Folly Is An Endless Maze (Dbl-Cd) 1995 Strange Ways
Tracklist CD1 : 1.Fortune Seller 2.Gopher Hat 3.Mystery 4.Baby Song 5.September 13th 6.Not From The World 7.The Carpet 8.Stony Glory 9.Panaeolina Themes 10.Black Berry 11.Mrs. Child 12.A Sigh About Time 13.Late Summer 14.Snake King 15.Goddess 16.The Little Girl Lost 17.Broken Strings 18.This Moment 19.Come With Me 20.Three Is A Green Crown 21.Chinese White
Tracklist CD2 : 1.Lux 2.The Life & Times Of Pan 3.Fairy Ring 4.Pillow Mine 5.Working In My Garden 6.Curiousity 7.Nutshell 8.Old Hob 9.Scented 10.Tranceweg 11.All To See 12.God`s Press 13.Three Dances 14.I Know You 15.Introducing The Colours 16.The World
Review :
“Ein Gedichttitel des kryptoromantischen, mystischen Dichters William Blake, der surrealistische Dichter genauso wie Van Morrison inspirierte, ist gleichzeitig Programm und Titel der neuen, über 130-minütigen Doppel-CD, die Shiny Gnomes-Kopf Limo zusammen mit seiner Frau Fit eben veröffentlicht hat. Hier finden sich gesammelt jene wunderbar pastellfarbenen und oft herrlich melancholisch psychedelischen Klangzaubereien der bereits früher in limitierter Edition erschienen Werke Angel Gopher oder Autre Monde, die nur Insidern zugänglich waren. Wer noch keine Kontakt zur mystischen Welt von Fit&Limo hatte, in deren Songs und feingliedrigen Instrumentals Träume, Visionen und Fabelwesen ein Stelldichein geben, findet hier eine gute Gelegenheit. Fit & Limo sind auf dem Weg zu einer intimen psychedelischen Kammermusik.“ (Plärrer)
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Feather And Dust (A Collection Of Fit&Limo`S Early Tracks) (Lp+Bonusep) 1995 Catweezle Rec.
Tracklist : 1.Feather And Dust 2.Porridge 3.Daddy`s Stroboscope 4.Eyelet 5.I Know A Land 6.Rote Blumen 7.Dear Monster Tentacles 8.Ivan Pawle 9.Bed Peace Revisited 10.She Took A Long Cold Look (Wildwood Version) 11.She Took A Long Cold Look (´95 Version)
Review :
“Spätestens seit Angel Gopher weiß ein jeder, dass Fit&Limo nicht der Name eines dieser albernen Wellness Center ist, sondern die bessere musikalische Hälfte des Shiny Gnomes Meisters Limo und seiner Frau Fit. Hier vertonen die beiden, gelegentlich zusammen mit Freunden an Schlagzeug und Sitar, ihre virtuellen Jam-Sessions mit englischen Acidfolkies der 70er und spielen sich und den Hörer dabei, wie etwa auf dem über 20minütigen Bed Peace Revisited, oft in eine wohlige transzendentale Trance. Bis auf ein Stück tauchte das Material dieser Platte zwar bereits auf der vor Jahren erschienenen Retrospective LP auf (die Songs entstanden zwischen ´83 und´89), da diese jedoch inzwischen nur noch selten auftaucht und die Songs hier zudem komplett neu (und oft sehr zum Vorteil) abgemischt wurden, sollte das niemanden stören. Zumal man diesmal auch ein hübsches Klappcover bekommt und auch eine Bonus-7´´ beiliegt, auf der zwei Versionen des Syd Barrett Stücks She Took A Long Cold Look zu hören sind (eine vom Beyond The Wildwood Tribut-Sampler, eine neu eingespielte und beide sehr gekonnt zu sitargetränkten, bzw. ungewohnt rockigen F&L Songs transformiert). Feather And Dust gewährt dem heutigen Hörer einen wissenden Blick auf die Evolution der beiden Nürnberger. Wie sie sich, zunächst der gewöhnlichen Rock-Elemente bedienend (Songs wie Daddy´s Stroboscope klingen noch stark nach den guten frühen Shiny Gnomes Platten), stetig weiter in Richtung auf fernöstliche Klänge bewegten. Bongos ersetzen nach und nach das gewöhnliche Schlagzeug, Sitars und Bouzoukis kommen hinzu und die Stücke mutieren von leicht-psychedelischem Quasi-Pop zu einlullenden Orient-Jams (Eyelet), mit einer erschreckend selbstverständlichen Authentizität, die einen wie so oft bei Fit&Limo fragen lässt, weshalb man für die bescheidenen Ergüsse lächerlicher LSD-Ritter auf skrupellosen Sammlerlabels das doppelt und dreifache einer Platte wie dieser bezahlen soll, die zudem noch von einem rein musikalischen Standpunkt her wesentlich mehr zu bieten hat.“ (Hayfever)
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The Serpent Unrolled (Lp/Cd) 1998 September Gurls Records
Tracklist : 1.Morgenröte 2.Born In The 11th Month 3.Dark Star 4.Walking The Labyrinth 5.Song Of The Basilisk 6.Florence`s Birthday 7.Images Of April 8.Salad Day 9.Marry Me 10.I`ll Be Clay 11.Mondisch 12.Traumtür 13.The Dew 14.Her Ancient Theme
Review :
“With apologies to the sons and daughters of La Monte Young, I reckon that linearity will only get you so far. The practitioners of acid-folk tend to draw wiggly lines off into mysterious woods, and I thought I´d follow a few to see where they lead. Fit&Limo are an acoustic duo from Bavaria comprising Stefan Limo Lienemann (previously in the Shiny Gnomes) and his female compatriot, who is known to the world only as Mrs. Fit. Ill-advised monikers aside, The Serpent Unrolled is their first full-length release since Autre Monde in 1995, and it was worth the wait. In fact if you have that previous outing, the serpent is probably already unrolling around your turntable or inside your disc player and your are consequently probably in some far off place and not reading this at all. You always hear folks bemoaning the lack of current music that can stand up in the company of visionary works by The Incredible String Band, Pearls Before Swine, Third Ear Band, COB, Caedmon, Mellow Candle and the like. Fit&Limo create acid folk masterpieces that set the controls for the heart of the genre and end up with it glowing in their hands. The 14 tracks are a riot of pan-psychedelic instrumentation with Fit doing mostly keys and percussion duty (glockenspiel, autoharp, harmonium, metallophone, xylophone, toy piano and many more) and Limo doing the string-driven stuff (guitar, sitar, mandolin and so on). Plenty of swapping around of duties goes on though, with instruments flying between the two like enchanted emissaries. But what matters more than the musicology of it is the extraordinarily beautiful sonic spells that are cast with these tools. Twelve near-perfect originals are delivered, exquisite as the moment when a droplet of water on a leaf decides to fall to earth. You could pick anything, but allow me to direct you to the courtly medieval beauty of Born In The Eleventh Month, or the Byzantine ISB complexity Walking The Labyrinth for supporting evidence of greatness. Based on what they have achieved with their originals, no-one has more right to weigh in with covers of the Grateful Dead´s Dark Star and Tom Rapp´s Images Of April, and the versions here are illuminated with grace, easily matching their excellent cover of Rapp´s Surrealist Waltz on the For The Dead In Space tribute album.” (Ptolemaic Terrascope, UK)
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The Silence Of A Million Tongues (Split-EP By Fit&Limo And Stone Breath, USA) (EP) 1998 Hand/Eyesystems
Tracklist : 1.Treehugger/Decay(Stone Breath) 2.Lapis Theme (Fit&Limo) 3.Stein (Fit&Limo) 4.The Unbinding String (Epistle To Prydwyn) (Stone Breath)
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As Above So Below (LP/CD) 2000 September Gurls Records
Tracklist : 1.Owsley Blues 2.Measured Tides 3.The Highest Mountain 4.Haga's Painting 5.Stormcows And Thunderclouds 6.Christian Alchemy 7.Mondwasser 8.Glockenspiel 9.My Sweetheart's Voice 10.Before Babylon 11.World In A Grain 12.Open Scene 13.Umarmungen
Review :
“All the copies of the brand new Fit&Limo album for some time seemed forever lost in transit but fortunately the package with LPs and CDs showed up a couple of weeks later. By the time I got my copy the deadline is already history but despite the rush I simply couldn´t resist the temptation to write a few words about this fine release. On As Above So Below, our fearless German psychedelic folk guides show off some of their sharpest writing yet and on top of this they have slightly expanded the sound to include a more loose, improvisational kind of free form, mantra-like jamming. Not that they haven´t tread over these territories before but it feels like the extensiveness of these features marks a new and exciting direction for this mysterious duo. The fabulous opener, Owsley Blues ist of a particularly reflective mood, quietly transporting music at its best. Another treasure is to be found in the sitar-driven transcendentalism of The Highest Mountain which must be the same very mountain as Atman/Magic Carpathians have been exploring for such a long time. Fit&Limo approaches the mountain from a more song-based perspective but the result is equally fascinating. The ten minutes long Glockenspiel includes some excellent West Coastian electric psych guitar over layers of quiet exotic instrumentation. There´s a wide range of unusual instruments applied throughout the album´s 60 minutes but they´re never used to show off, rather to add yet another musical quality to the mesmerizing whole. My Sweetheart´s Voice sounds a bit like Stone Breath but perhaps it´s only the banjo that leads me to such comparisons. The softly flowing folkedelia of World In A Grain is another reason for immediate praise. The simple, beautiful melody is arranged with loads of traditional instruments in the most unexpected yet natural way, and the vocal juxtaposition between Fit and Limo is captivatingly brilliant. It´s still early but I´d be surprised if this album isn´t on a certain list in a about a year from now.” (Broken Face, Schweden)
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Ginnistan (Dbl-Lp/Cd) 2002 September Gurls Records
Tracklist : 1.Sub Rosa 2.Here`s The Place 3.A Girl Named Fabel 4.Green As Beginning 5.I Stood In The Streams 6.Gräser 7.Indica 8.By Water Fair 9.Mermaid 10.Dear Ginnistan 11.Sternenklar 12.Wonneberg 13.Der Kosmische Pfad 14.Swiss Bliss 15.Upper And Lower Ginnistan
Reviews :
“Ginnistan is the latest addition to the hopefully forever-swelling discography of the German husband and wife duo Fit&Limo. They´re still on September Gurls, and they can still be found somewhere in the midst of late-night acid-folk songwriting, but if there ever is a link between the most folky aspects of Fit&Limo and Limo´s more drone oriented work as Discolor, this is surely the ride to take. The first part of this epic journey (CD or double LP) sounds quite familiar though with rich folk/psych compositions, including traditional and exotic folk instruments, playing in rather uncommon time signatures. The further we to into this concept album the more cosmic and droning things tend to get. But even in the most intensely meditative and ambient textures like in the glorious Der Kosmische Pfad, there is something that keeps us right on the foundation of folk music, thus preventing the record from becoming too diverse or loosely knit. Instead this feels like a natural development where the unquestionable center piece, the 21-minute opus Upper And Lower Ginnistan close things on a highly improvisational note. As the track progresses, it moves effortlessly from the spiritual energy of Sun Ra and jazz-inspired emotion to something a whole lot more Krautish. In this very moment they manage to conjure up visions of the heavenly light of folks like Popol Vuh and to a certain extent even Tangerine Dream. If that´s not enough for you guys, I´m just not sure what you´re looking for.” (Ptolemaic Terrascope, UK)
“Angesichts der Tatsache, dass Limo einmal der Kopf der Shiny Gnomes war, verwundert der große Anteil psychedelischer Musik an dem Folk des Ehepaars Lienemann nicht - doch diesmal sind sie noch einen Schritt weiter als sonst gegangen: Gesang findet kaum mehr statt, dafür gibt es folkige Instrumetals, die fast verwunschene Bilder im Hörer hervorrufen. Das sind Hörfilme, wie man sie sich nur wünschen kann, mit einer Tiefe und Dichte, die man sonst lange suchen muss.“ (Oldie Markt)
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Terra Incognita (Cd/Lp) 2004 Septembergurls Records
Tracklist : 1.Seraph 2.Will You 3.Lasst Uns Auf Die Reise Gehn 4.Golden Floor 5.Wende Dich Her 6.The Weaving Song 7.Unknown World 8.Morning Wake 9.Mary Of Malibran – 10.In Den Gärten Salomos 11.Cantiamo 12.Weisse Asche
Reviews:
"Fit & Limo are a husband & wife team from Germany who play some of the most singularly beautiful psychedelic folk music I´ve ever heard…Among the highlights are “Will You”, a folk based psychedelic song with lilting sitar melodies, flowing acoustic instrumentation and mellotron backdrops that make for a beautiful blend of 60´s psychedelia and lush symphonic progressive orchestrations. “Lasst Uns Auf Die Reise Gehn” is a collaboration with Bernd Witthüser, who was half of the 70´s folk duo Witthüser & Westrupp. I´ve never heard of them but this is a remake of one of their songs and it´s an outstanding Dylan-esque slab of dreamy psychedelic folk music. “Golden Floor” is one of the most purely cosmic experiences of the set, featuring classic tripped out Indian flavored psychedelia, with acoustic guitar drones, flute like organ notes, darkly orchestral mellotron and chanting vocals that made me feel like I was floating along in a hallucinatory state. Another standout track is “The Weaving Song”, penned by Timothy Renner and featuring vocals and banjo by Renner. How often do you get to hear a banjo and sitar in the same song? The banjo and vocals create a traditional feel while the guitar and sitar trip out in space. A beautiful melding of contrasts. And “In Den Gärten Salomos” is the album´s stretched out 9 minute acoustic duo in space, free-improv jamming with the aliens dream sequence track. Wow, I could go on but in short, this is hands down the most seductively, psychedelically captivating albums I´ve heard yet this year. If you enjoy folk-psych of the most cosmic sort, then you will absolutely love this album." (from “Aural Innovations”/Jerry Kranitz)
"The consistently impressive German “husband and wife” outfit Fit & Limo is back with what I believe is their tenth full-length release. The band´s trademark psychedelic forest folk, influenced by folk like Incredible String Band, Pearls Before Swine and COB, is still very much present but the ample use of cosmic/Krautish characteristics as well as a bunch of collaborative tracks with other artists easily sets this one apart from any of their previous albums. Regularly Foxy Digitalis readers will be pleased to learn that Provicence ensemble Black Forest/Black Sea as well as Timothy Renner find their way into this album, somehow enabling their way to an even more engaging and mystical sound. While of the tracks with Miriam Goldberg and Jeffrey Alexander (of BF/BS) leans toward the wonderfully soft-spoken and masterfully crafted free folk of Tower Recordings and PG Six, the collaboration with Renner results in haunting, slightly gothic chamber folk. The latter is especially evident in “The Weaving Song”, where Tim´s solemn baritone and banjo playing corresponds beautifully with Fit´s autoharp and Limo´s harmonium, guitar, clay drums, sitar and tablas. But the further we go into this album the more cosmic and droning things tend to get. But even in the most intensly meditative and ambient textures like in the Popol Vuh-inspired synth/harp)mandolin/mellotron/bass/noise piece “In Den Gärten Salomos”, there´s something that keeps us right on the foundation of folk music, thus preventing the album to point in too many directions. I found it pretty difficult to describe this record in words but I know for sure that the exquisite and fragile music of Fit & Limo continues to amaze and “Terra Incognita” only further mystifies the deeply spiritual vista where their music can be found." (from Foxy Digitalis/Mats Gustafsson)
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A Garland of Roses and a Bunch of Herbs (Lp incl. CD) June 2006 Septembergurls Records
Tracklist LP : 1.September 13th 2.Three is a Green Crown 3.The Life and Times of Pan 4.Scented 5.Not from the World 6.Nutshell 7.The Carpet 8.Snake King 9.Goddess 10.Gopher Hat 11.Mystery 12.God’s Press 13.Come with me
Tracklist CD : 1.Lapis Theme 2.The Lizard and the Dragonfly 3.The Calm Whirl 4.Christian Alchemy 5.Mountain of Dub 6.When the World Began 7.Nocturnal 8.Stein 9.The Surrealist Waltz 10.She Took a Long Cold Look 11.Oh Sphinx 12.Mantra 13.Humpty Dumpty 14.Wer die schönsten Schäfchen?
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The Folklore of the Moon Indian Full Worm Moon Vol. XIII (Mini-CD-R) March 2006 Hand/Eye Records, USA
Tracklist : 1.Powwowpsy 2.Is it True? 3.Take me to that Place
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