Posts Tagged ‘spacerock’

Øresund Space Collective: New CD Out Via Transubstans Records

Posted on Sunday, July 4th, 2010

Øresund Space Collective released its 6th album, Slip into the Vortex, via Transubstans Records.

Slip into the Vortex is the 6th CD (7th release) by the all improvised space rock band from the Copenhagen-Malmö region of Scandinavia (Øresund). It is a wordless drama where friends meet up to have fun and tell a story with music. It is a beautiful ritual without safety-lines where musicians paint on an empty canvas with brushes of sound. Thumbs up -to the control room, hit the record button and off we go! Where will we go? No one knows, but you are welcome to come along for the ride.

This artistic expression was captured at the massive Black Tornado Studios in October 2008 and featured new members on drums, bass, and saxophone that had never been in the studio with the band before. Stefan, from the Danish band Gas Giant and now Sumo Sun was joining to play guitar. Stefan was teamed up with Magnus on guitar from Mantric Muse and now also in Sumo Sun. Anders G. from the Swedish band, Bland Bladen, was playing drums and he had played on many of our early jam sessions but never in the studio.

On bass we had Jocke and Pär from the Carpet Knights. Jocke has played on most of our studio records but Pär brought in some new blood which helped to push some of the jams in a cool direction. Finally, Anders H. from the Danish band, The Univerzals joined us on saxophone. Mogens and Dr. Space created all the keyboard and space sounds, and have played on all the bands releases but as with every session, had some new synthesizers and sounds to add to the mix! The music is of a more progressive and laid back nature but the journeys and interactions between the musicians are amazing and create a fantastic aural experience where one can get lost and return to find new things with ever listen.

The CD was mixed by Tobias (The Carpet Knights) in Malmö, Sweden and the CD was mastered by Henrik Udd, who had mixed and mastered some of the band’s previous albums.

The band on this release was: Stefan- guitars; Magnus- guitars; Jocke- bass; Pär- bass; Anders G.- drums; Anders H.- saxophone; Dr. Space- Synthesizers; Mogens- hammond and synthesizers.

Tags: Slip into the Vortex, spacerock, Transubstans Records, Øresund Space Collective
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We Want Your Top 10 Albums Of The Decade

Posted on Sunday, December 20th, 2009

Update:  The votes are in, the points have been awarded and the math has been done. More than 150 of you have taken the time to forward your Top 10 list for the Roadburn Album of the Decade. Continue Reading (please note: the comment box down below is closed!) As ...read more

Album of the day: White Hills – Dead EP

Posted on Monday, December 14th, 2009

Lovingly pinched from SILive.com: At first blush, names can be misleading. Take White Hills, for example. If you were to think of white as sterile and hills as rolling mounds, you’d have the wrong impression. But if you think of white as in “white hot” and hills as “infinitely sprawling ...read more

White Hills Announce New Album, Set For A February 2010 Release

Posted on Tuesday, December 8th, 2009

NY’s White Hills new album, simply titled White Hills, will be released by Thrill Jockey on February 23, 2010. There will be a CD version and an LP version. Both have exclusive tracks and a different art work.  There is  a video for the track ‘Dead’ off of the upcoming ...read more

Album of the day: La Ira De Dios – Cosmos Kaos Destruction (World In Sound 2008)

Posted on Sunday, May 31st, 2009

(From our archives): Imagine Jimi Hendrix playing with Space Ritual era Hawkwind and getting into the spirit of the thing. Add a healthy dose of psychedelic thrash and doom and you’ve got just the recipe for a band like La Ira de Dios. Cosmos Kaos Destruction is their latest, having ...read more