The beginnings of the Might of Coincidence are obscure. It all started around 1969-70. Ricco Anselmi, singer and guitarist (later famous in Zurich with Trio Grande, Ragazzi and Dschané) and Manfred Eyssel, percussionist, worked in the same company in Zurich. They started playing music together. Freddy Kessler soon joined in with his clarinets. Including the impressive bass clarinet.
This album was cut from the original master tape at Central Dubs in Bern by Adi Flück. Limited first edition of 500 pieces, hand numbered. When Might of Coincidence released their first album “Announcing the Birth of” in 1971, general interest was limited.
Album: Might Of Coincidence - Spectrum Of Life
Label: Triston Master Recordings – TMR 0006
Format: Vinyl, LP, Limited Edition, Stereo
Country: Switzerland
Released: 1 May 2024
Genre: Rock, Folk, World, & Country
Style: Folk, Psychedelic Rock
Tracklist:
A1 Lonesome Now 4:55
A2 Silent Majority 4:39
A3 Silent Roads - And We 3:52
A4 Inrerspace Wanderer 4:40
B1 Terra Magica - Elämään Tuuli 7:48
B2 Love Her Like I Do 6:52
B3 On The Footpath 4:21
Produced At – Jürg Schopper
Lacquer Cut At – Centraldubs
Limited Audiophile Edition Of 500 Copies
Somehow they came into contact with Athos Carlo Barata, ACB for short, poet, painter and “future philosopher,” as he called himself. He provided the lyrics to the songs. The group called themselves “Might of Coincidence” for short Might of Coincidence because, according to quantum physics, everything in the world is based on coincidence.
At that time I wasn't there as a bass player yet. Freddy Kessler knew me from Uster, where there was a lively music scene at the time. He asked me if I wanted to take part in the project. I said yes immediately. We rehearsed in Zurich in the basement of the Krokodil restaurant on Langstrasse. Soon we were ready to take our first recordings. The singer Mimina Panata also joined the recordings.
The recordings were first made in the Braun recording studio in Zurich, with engineer Stephan Sulke. Sulke then set up a studio in Biel, where the remaining recordings were made in 1971. ACB acted as producer.
This was made into an LP called “The Birth of Might of Coincidence”. ACB released the LP under a fictitious label called Entropia1), which didn't exist. The name appears on the cover of the LP. The LP is the only trace left of the Might of Coincidence. When Ricco Anselmi left in the spring of 1972, the band was dissolved. Ricco's voice and charisma were simply irreplaceable!
The tapes with the remaining recordings remained missing until Mauro Bozzi resurfaced them. Jürg Schopper then started the project for a new LP Spectrum of Life of Might of Coincidence which is available in April 2024.
Unfortunately, apart from me, the “Last Survivor”, all members of the Might of Coincidence are already in Nirvana, except perhaps Mimina, who I haven’t heard from anymore. Therefore, further information about the band can no longer be found.
1) Excursus: Entropy is a measure of the disorder in a system and the associated possibility of arranging the particles. The smaller the order, the greater the entropy. All systems strive for the greatest possible entropy, i.e. the most even distribution of energy possible.
- Beno Gerber, “The Last Survivor”, bass player. April 20, 2024"
