SAMSARA BLUES EXPERIMENT / LONG DISTANCE TRIP (LP) / レコード

ベルリンをベースに活動をしている現行ヘヴィサイケバンドのファースト・フル・アルバム。さすがにWORLD IN SOUNDからリリースされるだけはあり、非常にヴィンテージ感溢れるギター・サイケ・サウンドです。基本線はジミヘンですが、70Sのマイナー・ヘヴィ・サイケを相当に聴き込んでいるのが感じられる曲展開とファズの鳴りっぷり。長尺の曲を6曲のみ収録という潔さも良いですね!!ジャケ裏掲載のメンバー写真を見る限り結構若そうですがドイツの現行サイケシーン、気になります。

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This is the first full-length album of the Berlin-based heavy-psych quartet Samsara Blues Experiment (SBE). Founded in Summer 2007 by lead guitarist/singer Christian Peters (ex-Terraplane) the band existed for barely more than one year, when they recorded Long Distance Trip. Their demos are already rated as some of the best underground stuff from the past years. They have naturally conquered a remarkable international fan base on their way to becoming established as a truly authentic and stunning heavy rock act, which sometimes reminds of early Monster Magnet, Sleep, Jimi Hendrix Experience, Hawkwind?With a supernatural and organic flow they create an individual spirit, at first glance it does not appear as anything new, itA ́s that rather old-fashioned kind of heavy psychedelic rock -- BUT youA ́ll be blasted by the full load of passion and the warmth and epic atmosphere which fills every song, even if it's 3 or 30 minutes, SBE lives what you hear and feel; and they wonA ́t step back for one single note, until each one of their listeners will breath their groove and after the final 22-minute ride of 'Double Freedom,' will just gasp for MORE! A deeper listening will soon reveal the depths that linger within their mystic fusion of intense '70s feeling, spaced-out rock, extended blues guitar and oriental folklore. The debut, aptly titled as a Long Distance Trip presents the band from its various shades, often long-terms jamming but well conceived and never losing their point. See this album as an invitation to let your thoughts flow and explore the depths of your inner self. Are you ready to take the trip, then crank it up all the way -- SBE takes you back to those times, when music still was music!