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Awakening CS50 (2009)
Prisms Adrift Luminous Sunbeams
Descending Celestial Moon Odyssey
Sloow Tapes
sloowtapes.blogspot.com
Limited to 70 copies!
SOLD OUT!
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From list No. 316
Normally we would spread out multiple releases by the same band over several lists and several weeks, but since these are so limited and folks are always so excited about new Expo 70 stuff, we figured fuck it, let's just do it, THREE new Expo 70 releases, all different formats, and surprisingly different sound.
This tape is limited to 70 copies. We got exactly HALF, it's already sold out at the label, so these are THE last copies anywhere. And it's awesome. Less heavy than some of the other Expo's, Awakening, features some super stripped down drumming (or drum machine, hard to tell), locked into an endless groove, pulsing over a swirling spacescape of smeared riffs and fragmented melodies, it sounds a bit like Goblin, very soundtracky and otherworldly, space-y and mysterious, and not at all cheesy, more sort of classic new age / krautrock, think Klaus Schultze, scoring some super abstract French sci-fi flick from the sixties, and you'll sort of get the vibe.
Like all Expo 70 stuff, dark and dreamy, warm and warbly, drone-y and hypnotic, but the addition of drums really adds a new dimension, and the soundscapes swirling around the groove seem to be endlessly shifting and transforming. Awesome stuff as always. Total blissed out new age spacey krautiness, as only Expo 70 can do it. WAY recommended. And it's also recommended that if you want one of these you don't dawdle, as we mentioned before, this is LIMITED TO ONLY 70 COPIES! AND WE GOT HALF!! Already sold out and out of print, so you get one shot at these. Nicely packaged in a hand colored psychedelic fold out sleeve.
MY RECORD COLLECTION.ORG
Sloow Tapes has always been a great place to find rare releases by some of the most wonderful underground artists out there today, so to find Expo '70 joining the club was only a matter of time. With Awakening, Wright gives us one of his most personal (and original) recordings to date. These two tracks find the artist exploring new grounds while remaining incredibly intimate and evocative. As powerful as most of his work is, this is the first time I find the music to include a potent emotional charge, a transcending spirituality if you will. It's like a personal trip into Wright's mind and soul. Prisms Adrift Luminous Sunbeams breaks away from some of the artist's monolithic tendencies to include a spectacular build-up which peaks into an ear-rumbling drone without ever losing any of it's poignancy. Descending Celestial Moon Odyssey is as haunting as the first track with it's slowly pulsating bass and dreamy background drones lulling us away into a meditative state. A must!
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