This is the third full length release from Michael Cohen's solo project and the first on Vinyl.
He is also active with Electric Muezzin and the psychedelic rock group The John Mavericks as well
as Label Manager of PMR (Strasbourg) since the later 1990's.
As a whole this album sounds indecisive and distracted to me, he dips in a
lot of styles from space rock, krautrock, kosmische musik and overall
anything psychedelic but hardly leaves the tracks space to breathe.
Instruments used are whatever is seen fit be it electronic or electric.
Some of the tracks are lacking any direction and leave one dazed and
confused, some are more space ambient like; 'Acces aux plans subtils de
l'Êtrethe" or the title track "Connaissance des Lois Cosmiques" which
relates them to the more leftfield Psyclones. With "7 fractions
colorées" he takes the listener on an unhappy desert trip, prolonged
with "À l'aube d'une ère nouvelle" reflecting even more of the human
misery.
"108 Circuits Oscillants Actives" then has a merciless drift like
Helios Creed, here's an interchange between guitar and rhythmic
percussive sounds I could've listened to 10 minutes longer without
getting bored. This shows the true potential here, even if it's
obviously not the main interest of ASSID. The final tracks then get back to tenacious developments and are sadly instantly forgettable.
This is a co-release of two small french independents; Notte Brigante and P.M.R. Label and available via both. The limited LP has a hand screen printed cover realized in two different
colours, the digital version is very friendly priced.