The
German Kraut rock band, Electric Orange are celebrating 20 years and so have
released a new 4 song double LP to celebrate. Rumor has it they will play some
more gigs next year to support this. The band has released a lot of cool and
pretty diverse stuff over the years and is not afraid to step out the box and
experiment either. The four sides of vinyl all have different black and white
pictures but no other information so it is impossible to know what side is what
since every side is just one long track around 20mins long. Anyway, the first
side I put on (has a picture of some rodent) starts with a very slow stoned
spacey jam, that slowly builds up as each member (Georg, Dirk, Tom and Dirk
Jan) finds their way. It slows down to just some droning organ and guitar sound
experiments and but before it totally dies out, the bass and drums return. Maybe
this was supposed to be the last side you hear? Next side has a pictures of a
piece of wood with some like dried cement on it. It starts very slow and
spacey. The drum kicks in and tries to raise the tempo but the others resist
and stay in drone mode. Slowly, the bass also tries to push the track forward,
still the guitar and organ resist until the end and refuse to play a solid riff
or join the groove. Next side (Mountain Goat picture) plays from the inside out
and again is another organ drove thing to start but finally a real guitar solo
slowly jams the track out. This one was pretty cool. Flip the record over and
this is another starts with a real uptempo drum intro that ends after 15
seconds and the organ drone takes over but the kick drum keeps a rhythm as some
of the other guys start to bubble up from the bottom and the guitar drones in
as well. The guitar riff and spacey organ build this one up with a real feel of
tension, like something menacing is about to happen and then it all fades away
comes down at the end.
This
is a pretty strange stoned drone trip with not a lot of energy. I think a lot
of people will not really dig it and might get bored unless they play it really
loud and are really stoned, then you will hear it in another dimension…
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