Beyond Morgia: The Labyrinths Of Klimster

Beyond Morgia The Labyrinths Of Klimster is the legendary, previously unreleased 1976 Space Rock album and the soundtrack to an imaginary film. In June 1976, Lobby Loyde was at a critical juncture in his career; he stood at the metaphorical musical crossroads where a number of pathways lay ahead of him yet nothing was certain. He had already established himself as one of Australia ’s legendary guitarists and rock personalities, having toured and recorded relentlessly with The Purple Hearts, The WildCherries, The Aztecs, Coloured Balls and Southern Electric. Yet where was he to go from here? With his faith in Australian music at low-ebb, he’d already decided to travel to London to check out the scene over there. One final order of business he had to complete before his departure in early July was to record a new album. Lobby had written the music for a Space Rock concept album which he wanted to record as the instrumental soundtrack for a proposed Sci-Fi film, all of which was based on his unpublished novel called Beyond Morgia: The Labyrinths Of Klimster. Beyond Morgia was recorded at Armstrong Studios one weekend in June 1976, with the guys from Southern Electric on hand. With the studio’s tape operator Tony Cohen promoted to engineer and mixer, the session was recorded on the Saturday and then overdubbed and mixed on the Sunday. Loyde emerged with the mixed master tapes but for a whole raft of reasons (including his move to the UK ) the album never eventuated. In fact, Lobby burned the manuscript the day before he left for the UK “ In a fit of pique one night after I’d written this thing, I just threw the whole lot on the fire, ‘whompf!!’. I don’t know why. I’m a crazybastard sometimes; I just got fed up one day… The tapes went missing for many years, presumed lost forever but they recently surfaced. The album itself is an incredibly eclectic and diverse assortment of music: vast swathes of glacial keyboard notes with Loyde’s unique, soaring psych-rock guitar work to the fore. It is classic Space Rock, beginning with a brooding Electronic pulse (think early Tangerine Dream circa Electronic Meditation and Alpha Centauri), before building to a climactic guitar crescendo that echoes Pink Floyd at their most spacious and futuristic (think Ummagumma and Meddle - with just a hint of Hawkwind’s wind-tunnelling space explorations from Space Ritual). Finally seeing the light of day – 31 years after it was recorded – Beyond Morgia The Labyrinths Of Klimster is a worthy addition to the diverse catalogue of the great Lobby Loyde. The original tapes were found in a rubbish dump! All tracks ℗ 2007 Aztec Music - Licensed courtesy of Lobby Loyde. All Tracks Copyright Control. Aztec Music would like to thank: Lobby Loyde, Ton Cohen, Dave Lescun, Gavin Carroll, Lou Ridsdale, Angelos and Peter Stathopoulos, Liz Reed. Special thanks to the musicians who created the music on this album: Lobby Loyde, John Day, Janis Miglans, Andrew Fordham, James D. Thompson. Released as a 3 panel 6 page Digipak with a 16 page booklet.