Even though I've owned Dreamlab the longest, it's the Mythos album I'm the least familiar with. It's much more cosmic than the heavy Krautrock of the debut or the weird hybrid of prog and hard rock that the follow up Strange Guys brings. Lots of echo flute, mellotron, synthesizers, and some rock rhythms define this excellent work. Kaske fortunately keeps his mouth zipped for most of this, though his voice isn't as offensive as usual here. I slightly prefer Side 2 as it's a bit more dynamic. Overall, Dreamlab very much fits the vibe of the Cosmic Courier movement, which was close to shutting down shop by the time this was released.
Ownership: LP: 1975 Kosmiche Musik. Single sleeve. Acquired in 1989 at the Mad Platter in Springfield, Missouri while passing through on the way to Chicago from Dallas. They also had this album on the Italian PDU label with a different cover, and I kept it for many years but eventually let it go. I bought a lot of records on this buy, my biggest score outside the state of Texas up to that point. I still have many of them. The store shut down long ago.
5/22/89 (first listen); 9/15/22 (review / new entry)
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