Roland Voss aka Lemongrass has a rich musical background spanning three decades. During the '70s, he played drums with numerous rock groups, funk bands, and jazz ensembles. During the '80s, Voss developed a penchant for electronic instruments. Having patiently honed his skills, in '93 Voss released his debut album, a largely breakbeat affair entitled Succa V. Four years later, he dropped his debut album as Lemongrass, Dramatic Universe, on a small German imprint called Incoming! After a short interlude with the side project Orbis, the Mole Listening Pearls debut "Lumière Obscure" from Lemongrass hit the stores and received much accolade by the music press while the accompanying single release "Comme Toujours" turned into a mellow club hit. Even before he had time to react to the tremendously positive and manifold press reviews on his third album called "Voyage au Centre de la Terre", he was already in the midst of the production process for his fourth album "Windows", which was released in February 2001, containing the charming cover version of the Winnetou melody. While "Fujijama," his ode to Japan's highest and holiest volcano, is a soft, melodic midtempo breakbeat cut, "Journey To A Star" is deep, downtempo, and extremely extraterrestrial.
This is Part 5 of the new "Listening Pearls Series", a series with ReReleases of the best and most important albums of the label "Mole Listening Pearls", which were mostly sold out for a long period of time. The album is also available as part of the Listening Pearls Series (Box Two).
