Record Label
An early-mid 1970s German label, hosted by Rolf-Ulrich Kaiser and Gille Lettmann. It was a division of Ohr Records, manufactured and distributed by Metronome. The label was born as [[label:418826]] with just 3 releases before becoming Kosmische Musik with distinctive Peter Geitner art/design. The music is mostly Space Rock, eclectic Krautrock and Electronic. The original label issued 14 albums. **French releases** were issued via Barclay on [[label:Cosmic Music (2)]] with blue labels based on the same design. **Italian releases** were issued via [[label:PDU]] of which some had the Kosmische Musik label with silver print on black. **Dutch releases** 4 are known to exist, 2 on "Cosmic Music", plus 2 more on "Kosmische Musik" (distributed by [[label:CNR]]) **LP and CD reissues** exist on various labels (sometimes with the original labels used), many from the current owners of the back-catalogue: [[label: Breeze Music Ltd.]], distributed by Pop Import, Bernhard Mikulski, ZYX Records, etc.. **Kosmische Kuriere / Kosmische Musik original LP releases** There are 3 label types known, with this chronology... 1. label with centre 20m & 15mm rings (as introduced in 1972 on Brain) 2. label with raised centre 20mm ring and with 3 raised dots 1973-74 3. label with raised centre 20mm ring but with no dots 1974+