Øresund Space Collective - Black Tomato
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Evil Dr. Smith: WHOOSSSHHH! Welcome to this outter spacefreaking intergalaxytrip from far beyond the worlds of Ozric and Hawkwind!
Is it supercalifragilisticexpialidocious?
Or is it superfunkycalifragisexy?
Might it be supergroovalisticprosifunkstication? None of the above, because it’s superpsychospacetrippingfreakalicious by the Øresund Space Collective! All black holes, worm holes and supernova’s on a Milky Way dinner-tray: these nine spacelords from Denmark, Sweden (and America) are completely far out! Spiritualized once tried it, but the Ø.S.C. achieve it: ““Ladies and gentlemen, we are floating in space!” Yes, this is one small jam for a band, one giant CD for mankind.

The album starts with a fade in, takes almost eighty minutes, contains nine tracks but only three song titles and ends with a buzzing keyboard fade out that would fit the soundtrack of Battlestar Galactica. In other words: if they had recorded an audio DVD that contains six hours of music, we would have had six hours of music. The band, founded in April 2004, is also the first one that admits this: they make improvised space rock music. They just go on and on and on and on… until infinity. Musically it’s very much in the vein of Ozric Tentacles, although it’s a little heavier and more guitar-orientated (on this album that is). They’re also very familiar with the space department of the German 70s Krautrock like Ash Ra Temple and Popol Vuh. Don’t expect ingenious song structures of highly technical musicianship, because these instrumental space jams only want to take you to hallucinating atmospheres. You also won’t find any groundbreaking material on it. But once again, these aren’t the ambitions of the band. They want to give you a musical journey through the galaxy and they’re pretty damn good in achieving just that. So if you’re into the floating sound waves of bands like 35007, The Spacious Mind, Gong, Acid Mother’s Temple, Fooz, Ship Of Fools, Spacemen 3 and especially the aforementioned bands, then here you have a superpsychospacetrippingfreakalicious band for a mind-blowing boost.

Evil Dr. Smith diagnoses: 77/100 (details)

http://www.oresundspacecollective.com