Saturday, March 14, 2009

Sloow Tapes – Moon Of The Worms

Expo 70
Awakening
CS 50
Sloow Tapes – Moon Of The Worms

Crystallized visions of krautdrone love connecting you with the physical pleasures of analogue drum machines and celestial guitar odysseys. One of Justin Wright’s best shots so far. Hand-colored cover art wrapped around a big insert, 70 copies.
SOLD OUT
Cosmic synth drones and delicate guitar lines echoing into the distance. This comes with a colour cover and a fold-out poster / insert. (Boa Melody Bar)
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. (Aquarius)