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Visions Of The Age To Come
In Zaire return with an eightfold kaleidoscope coming into blissful focus. It’s called „Visions Of The Age To Come“ and presents them in a feverish dance between rock heritage and psychedelic outlands. At the heart of it all is still the underlying hum of the universe and its infinite vibrations - this is boldly stated with „Hermes Dance“, the albums literal opening track. It functions as a foreboding vision showcasing the essentials of the band: rhythm as key to a broad palette of ever-shifting…
Vision's Fugitives
Franco Falsini's Sensations' Fix are one of the most mysterious and enthralling entities to come out of the rich italian 70's prog rock scene. Unless many of their contemporaries such as PFM, Le Orme or Osanna, which leaned heavily on the British sound of prog giants Emerson Lake & Palmer, Genesis or Soft Machine, Sensations'Fix music was always more akin to the experimental tendencies of German krautrock bands like Neu!, Can, Amon Duul II or the more adventurous directions those musicians took …
Altri Occhi Ci Guardano
Other eyes look at us - the literal translation of „Altri Occhi Ci Guardano“, the new record by Squadra Omega - applies in many ways to its sound and aesthetic. The Italian collective takes on the form of a three-piece for the time being, resulting in a double album paving the road from inspiration to innovation. Embarking on the trip that is this record means to enter a white room whose walls have a distinct grounding that evokes the ghosts of like-minded sonic adventur…
Blind Sun New Christology
**Ltd edition Blue vinyl** quoting Tinymixtape "Stefano Pilia’s Blind Sun New Century Christology is a sacred guitar-scape, a latenight ritual and/or animal sacrifice performed in silence in the light of the moonStefano Pilia, prolific solo performer and founding member of projects such as 3/4hadbeeneliminated (together with Claudio Rocchetti & Valerio Tricoli) and In Zaire, invites us to see the „Blind Sun“ - and also to experience a „New Century Christology“ as the subtitle of the record revea…
Volym 1
Gravmaskin's music might pull instant associations to classic Italian horror soundscapes and dreamy German psychedelia (the band cite Goblin, NEU! and Tangerine Dream as three of their main influences, alongside smoke, freeways and the Swedish nature reserve Hågadalen). But when looking further, descending over it is a funeral mist of something undeniably Scandinavian – that soul stripping melancholia present in Bathory and Bo Hansson alike – and a raw, jangly punk execution giving it groove, ne…
All To Pieces
After a stellar collaboration with Aluk Todolo and last years „The Cosmic Trigger“, the Der Blutharsch and the Infinite Church of the Leading Hand mothership planted four new seeds which are now in full blossom and ready to be harvested by you. Put them in your pipe, smoke them and let the mystic aural haze make your braincells dance a waltz of life, death and everything between the cracks. Shifting seamlessly between sinister channelings of Amon Düül II and the embrace of electronic inst…
White Sun Black Sun
At first it may seem like a sonic foray into well known territory: a guitar, drums and bass driven ride into psychedelic landscapes – colorful and mind-expanding. And if you’re looking for some lysergic adventures this is your ticket! But even though “White Sun Black Sun” is obviously and deeply rooted in the ongoing history of electrified rock-n-roll-to-blow-your-head-off (i.e. from Ash Ra Temple and Hawkwind to Up-Tight) In Zaire reach way beyond this admirable approach and successfully aim fo…
Split LP
Justin Wright / Expo 70 for this 12" keeps his psych drone space attitude mixed with kraut influences. Hanging the guitar at the wall in a corner, he recorded a great moog impro (using OPUS 3 and Realistic): a tranquil ambient soundtrack, dreamy as tangerine dream can be, perfect for a space journey, somewhere else near the stars, far far away from this earth we live on; a warm texture keeps us in vacuum place and no rythms come to bring us back to the reality. Listening to it, we thought there´…
In Psychic Defense
“In psychic defense” is the last work of Clay Ruby as Burial Hex. With this record Burial Hex faces a new chapter in his music where noise, post-punk, a wise use of the rythm, experimental wave and dark melodies match together in a perfect balance. The record is elaborated as a protection spell in psychic self-defense, and the lyrics are from an old hymn to the Archangel Michael, always been seen as a leader and protector of the faithful. This one sided also confirms the collaboration betw…
Iter
Orfanado is a great duo form north Italy. The two musicians come from interesting bands as In Zaire, Lago Morto, Lettera 22 and as Orfanado they are releasing their second album, after the first on Troglosound.The sound of the band is an incredible mix of psychedelia, folk, and prog played with acoustic guitars, sitar, wind instruments, percussions and processed voices for lovers of sun city girls, john fahey, jack rose, lula cortès and a lot of good world music. Timeless!