Earthing
Society is back with another great record and features guest musicians Lew
Dickinson on sax and Neil Whitehead on synths. I picked this one up and
reviewed it previously when the vinyl edition came out but the band had more in
mind than a single LP when they recorded this album and so the LP release is
really a totally different record, containing only an edit of the full length
30min Zodiak and Astral Traveller. The rest of the CD is unique material and
the LP had the amazing track Silver Phase, which does not appear on the CD. The
CD starts off two tracks not on the vinyl edition, the City of Resurrections
and I don’t know Myself. The first is a short intro track that is mainly drums
and synthesizers and ends abruptly just as you enter the trance. I don’t know
Myself is a 6min track and quite psychedelic with lots of stuff going on while
Fred tries to distract you with his singing. What a tripped out song with
saxophone and weird disturbing sounds and strange lyrics. Zodiak is 30 mins
long and for the patient. It is a slow journey but one worth taking and if you
have the vinyl version you got to hear most of the track. Desolation is a slow
mellow track with some nice saxophone as well after the intense Zodiak. The
Astral Traveller is another long trip clocking in at nearly 22 mins and certainly
extended from the vinyl version. I love this track. The Elevator does not stop
at this Floor closes the CD and is also not on the vinyl and includes some nice
elevator sounds to get you into the mood for where this psychedelic monster
album is going to end..
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