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Queen Elizabeth is Julian Cope and Thighpaulsandra's ongoing "sonic ritual" project. Birthed in 1993, the first album was released in 1994 and the second double album, newly reissued, in 1997. Well over three hours of improvised music is spread over the three discs, the "shortest" of the seven tracks being thirteen minutes. As one might expect from these two space cadets, languid analog ambience (or "Ambulence" as Cope refers to it) via Mellotrons, Moogs and ARPs is the primary mode of space-time travel here, though percussion, guitars and miscellany also play a part.
On the debut, brash quasi-arpeggios make up the bulk of "Superstar" while intentionally distorted piano chords interrupt the knob twiddling drift in "Avebury: The Arranged Marriage of Heaven and Earth".
On 'Elizabeth Vagina', "Tal-y-Fan" is a shocker kicking off with bombastic rock drums and bass guitar groove, later settling into extensive modulations. And the tail end of "Temples of Ker" breaks into a charming piano and guitar led ditty, nearly negating the 11 minutes of chugging synths preceding it. It surprises me that with this much meat, there's not that much to really sink my teeth into. That is, instead of being engrossed, I more often than not find myself impatiently waiting for something better to happen. I love ambient minded music but I feel that most of this material is lacking in magick and is, well, rather self-indulgent. And everything here pales in comparison to Thighpaulsandra's later work with Coil and on his own. He took the Queen Elizabeth concept to the next level for his brilliant solo debut 'I, Thighpaulsandra' by fashioning ingenious songs amongst the meandering moments. Even Cope cops to this by admitting in the sleeve notes, in reference to a track on 'I' originally intended for a third Queen Elizabeth release, that it "vastly transcends the breadth of musical vision originally destined for the Queen Elizabeth version".
 
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'Kopf Zahl Bauch' (Head Number Belly) is finally his all-star album,featuring guest collaborators Mouse On Mars on "Toy Tech Two", alongwith Marcus Schmickler, FX Randomiz, Reuber, Blumm, Guido M?bius, andRon Martin (more or less the whole A-Musik crowd with Joseph Suchyco-producing). This is by no means a wild electronica avant-gardecelebrity album, but a collection of alternative pop tunes withcharming harmonies and melodies and the occasional vocal tunes aboutlost loves, daily observations, and vacations in New York. "Urlauber InNew York," for example, from the 'Staubgold 20' compilation, is used asthis album's opener. These songs can get quite emotional but never tothe point of sheer annoyance.
Ballads like "Einsam" (Lonely) or "Zwei Wochen Zwei" (Two Weeks Two,again with Joseph Suchy) or just songs like "Schenken" (Give a Gift,with Reuber) get better with each listening. The only track which is abit too drowsy for me is "Lila Regen" (Pink Rain), but otherwise, thisis a very cute and friendly album.
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