2001 (Vibravoid album)

2001 (Vibravoid album).jpg 2001 studio Vibravoid 2000 1997–1999 Das Kleine Analoge, Düsseldorf Neo-psychedelic rock, neo-kraut rock 48:26 Triggerfish Music, Nasoni Records, Fall Out Boy Records, Krauted Mind Records, Stoned Karma Records Christian Koch Void Vibration 2002 2001 is the debut album by the Düsseldorf-based band Vibravoid. Released in 2000, it is stylistically classified as neo-psychedelic and neo-kraut rock, and is regarded in retrospective critical analysis as pioneers of the vinyl revival in Germany.Höhl Christoph Vibravoid Slam 10 2025 50 German Darüber hinaus erfanden sie den Neo-Kraut Rock, sind Pioniere des Vinylhypes... Furthermore, they invented Neo-Kraut Rock and are pioneers of the vinyl hype...Göller Uwe Vibravoid – 2001 Eclipsed Rock Magazin 28 December 2000 German an ruhige NEU! erinnernd [...] Syd Barrett hat seine Spuren hinterlassen evoking the quieter NEU! [...] Syd Barrett has left his mark History 2001 was recorded between 1997 and 1999 in Düsseldorf Germany entirely on analogue equipment at Das Kleine Analoge Studio. The album features Vom Ritchie (Dr. and The Medics, Die Toten Hosen) on drums. The analogue tapes were mastered by Kurt Dahlke (Pyrolator, Der Plan) at Ata Tak Studio. The album also features New York artist Mary Buck (cover artist for Die Krupps) on one track. The album was presented on German national TV as part of a feature on the Düsseldorf music scene on VIVA TV in an episode of Wah Wah before its release in the year 1999.VIVA TV Vibravoid 2001 (December 1999) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fgGvcD8l_xE Television broadcast Vibravoid official YouTube channel 3 October 2026 According to the band, the album was initially released independently by the band because no record label was willing to release it.Davide Pansolin: Kiss the sun. Il lungo viaggio dell'heavy psych 1980–2000. Tsunami Edizioni, Milano 2024, ISBN 978-88-948598-7-4, S. 219–224. The album was released in 2000 by the band via Triggerfish Records. In 2001, during a period of declining vinyl sales, the album was released through Nasoni Records on blue (playing from inside out) and yellow vinyl (playing from outside in).Vibravoid – 2001. first editions: CD, Triggerfish Music, 2000, Kat.-Nr.: TF 009 / LP, Nasoni Records, 2001, Kat.-Nr.: Nasoni 017.https://www.ox-fanzine.de/review/love-is-freedom-lp-28746 Vibravoid – Love Is Freedom LP Ox-Fanzine 10 October 2026Mall Andrew Vinyl Revival Journal of Popular Music Studies 33 3 73–77 September 2021 https://online.ucpress.edu/jpms/article/33/3/73/118549/Vinyl-Revival 10.1525/jpms.2021.33.3.73 subscription The album sleeve showcases vintage effect pedals from the 1970s such as tape delays, fuzz pedals and phaser units as well as vintage "space age" furniture. These effects were used to record the album and helped to create the analog sound. In addition to poster and lyric sheet the album contains a printed transparency with graphic patterns that can be moved over one side of the inner gatefold sleeve to create op art effects. The album was produced in Grundig 4D Stereo sound.Vibravoid, 2001, original album sleeve, Triggerfish Music, 2000. The record release party was held on 17. November 2000 at the Ratinger Hof, which is regarded as the birthplace of German Punk.Turning Point: Gegenüber https://www.goethe.de/prj/geg/en/thm/p50/27319451.html Goethe-Institut en Ratinger Hof—which is still widely regarded as the birthplace of German punkLaurin Stefan Ratinger Hof in Düsseldorf: Eine Wiege des Punk https://www.welt.de/regionales/nrw/article251571926/Ratinger-Hof-in-Duesseldorf-Eine-Wiege-des-Punk.html Die Welt 21 May 2024 de The album release party was documented as the first new rock concert at Ratinger Hof after a ten-year period dominated by Techno in the 1990s.Timetunnel: Dr. Koch's UFO Club + Vibravoid Co-Release + Triggerfish Party! Westzeit November 2000 German In 2005 the album was re-released for the Japanese market on Fall Out Boy Records.Vibravoid – 2001. Japanese edition, LP, Fall Out Boy Records, 2005, Kat.-Nr.: Fall Out 006. In 2015 the album was re-released as a 4LP boxset featuring live and demo recordings from the early 1990s.Vibravoid – 2001: 15th Anniversary Edition https://www.ox-fanzine.de/review/2001-15th-anniversary-edition-97447 Ox-Fanzine de "Kaufen, hören, süchtig bleiben." "Buy, listen, stay addicted." In 2020 the album was planned to be re-released as 2001 (The 30th Anniversary Archive Collection) 3 LP set including the unreleased 1994 album and extra tracks. Due to production (indicated by the copyright dates) the album was delayed until January 2021https://timemachine-productions.gr/2020/12/16/vibravoid-2001-the-archive-collection-2021-3lp-stoned-karma-records/ Vibravoid – 2001 The Archive Collection (2021, 3LP Stoned Karma Records) TimeMachine Productions 16 December 2020 12 October 2026 Reception 2001 has retrospectively been described as a landmark of the Düsseldorf neo-kraut rock and neo-psychedelia and was also reviewed in the major German magazines such as Techno magazine Rave Line although not being TechnoPlattenkritik: Vibravoid – 2001 Raveline November–December 2000 de ist zwar nix für eingefleischte Techno Kids aber verdammt gut. 5 von 6 Punkten. It's not really for die-hard techno kids, but it's damn good. 5 out of 6 points., Visions magazine compared the album to Kraut Rock album Die Grüne Reise by Achim Reichel and Syd Barretthttps://www.visions.de/review/vibravoid-2001/ Vibravoid – 2001 Visions 10 October 2026 Der psychedelische Faktor kann es locker mit völlig abgedrehten Sachen wie Syd Barretts Solo-Geschichten oder „Die grüne Reise“ von Achim Reichel aufnehmen. The psychedelic factor can easily hold its own against completely out-there stuff like Syd Barrett's solo work or Achim Reichel's Die grüne Reise., Eclipsed magazine. and Ox-FanzineVibravoid – 2001 https://www.ox-fanzine.de/review/vibravoid-2001-14872 Ox-Fanzine 2001 de "In Sachen Psychedelic, nein, überhaupt und absolut sind VIBRAVOID das Beste, was ich seit langem gehört habe." "In terms of psychedelia — no, overall and absolutely — VIBRAVOID are the best thing I have heard in a long time." Later anniversary editions and reissues were reviewed in publications including German RockTimesKerren Markus Vibravoid / 2001 – 15th Anniversary Remastered Edition https://www.rocktimes.info/Archiv/gesamt/uv/vibravoid/2001_15th_anniversary_remastered_edition.html RockTimes 31 May 2015 de "wird sie doch auch zumindest in der Szene als die Neudefinition des Psychedelic Rock gehandelt" "it is also considered, at least within the scene, a redefinition of psychedelic rock", British Record Collector magazine said "It’s the convergence of timelines where 60s and 70s psychedelia merge into the contemporary, and it’s just all one delightfully rewarding trip"Abrahams Ian Vibravoid – 2001: 15th Anniversary Edition https://recordcollectormag.com/reviews/album/2001-15th-anniversary-edition Record Collector 5 June 2015 en 28 May 2026 "It’s the convergence of timelines where 60s and 70s psychedelia merge into the contemporary, and it’s just all one delightfully rewarding trip." and music websites such as Prog ArchivesVibravoid – 2001 Album https://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=24015 Prog Archives en 28 May 2026, TimeMachine Productions described 2001 as "the album that opened the Gates so Psychedelia could enter the 21st Century".Lagopatis Michail Vibravoid: 2001 (The Archive Collection 2021) https://timemachine-productions.gr/2020/12/16/vibravoid-2001-the-archive-collection-2021-3lp-stoned-karma-records/ TimeMachine Productions 16 December 2020 en "2001 is the album that opened the Gates so Psychedelia could enter the 21st Century" The album also received international reviews in underground press. UK magazine Bad Acid reviewed the album in its 2002 issue.Gedge Dave Vibravoid – 2001 Review Bad Acid Magazine 2002 100 The Greek Gew Gaw fanzine wrote "Although their music seemingly draws on the sixties, they nevertheless give me the impression that they are the band that first played this kind of music".Vibravoid – 2001 review Gew Gaw Fanzine 2001/2002 el "παρολο που η μουσικη τους φαινομενικα στηριζεται στα σιξτις, παρολαυτα είναι σαν να είναι το γκρουπ που πρωτοπαιξε αυτου του ειδους μουσικη." "Although their music seemingly draws on the sixties, they nevertheless give me the impression that they are the band that first played this kind of music." Track listing Compact Disc edition (2000) The original CD first edition contains 9 tracks: 48:26 Three Minutes For A Free Tibet 3:00 (She's Just) 13 4:36 Mystery Ship 3:02 Inside The Electric Mind 5:28 Lovely Lady Deb O'nair 5:51 Ballspeaker 7:27 Psychodrome 5:40 Wokboy 5:09 The Tascam Mantra 6:48 First edition (2001) and Japanese Edition (2005) The original vinyl release through Nasoni Records and the Japanese version from 2005 use the following track listing: A1 Three Minutes For A Free Tibet 3:00 A2 (She's Just) 13 4:36 A3 Mystery Ship 3:02 A4 Lovely Lady Deb O'nair 5:51 A5 Ballspeaker Part 1 3:40 B1 Ballspeaker Part 2 3:47 B2 Inside The Electric Mind 5:28 B3 Psychodrome 5:40 B4 Wokboy 5:09 B5 The Tascam Mantra 6:48 References Category:2000 debut albums Category:Neo-psychedelia albums Category:Krautrock albums Category:Psychedelic rock albums by German artists