Elevatorfører is a
new Danish psychedelic rock band. They are a large and quite funny band and all
the songs are sung in Danish and the band dresses in cool attire for their live
shows. This album was recorded live at the Copenhagen venue, Amager Bio. The
band was opening up for Young Flowers and Spids Nøgenhat. Den Magiske Skala
opens the record up with a pretty rocking uptempo track where as on most
tracks, the farfisa is the lead instrument. Søsangen (The Sea Song) starts with
the sounds of bubbles being blown into a large bucket as the singer tells the audience
it is ok to smoke your joints now. This is a beautiful floating song. Ukendt
Etage (Unknown Floor) starts with a real 60s style guitar line and the farfisa
again takes the lead. Skovtur (Forest Trip) features some acoustic guitar but
is a track you could imagine at the Matrix in San Francisco in the 60s. Side B
starts with Den Hypnotiske jakke (The hypnotic Jacket) features a more
psychedelic keyboard and is one of the longest, best and most psychedelic
tracks on the record. Vertikal Bus (Vertical Bus) is back to your
straightforward farfisa driven 60s track. Samerens Rejse (Same’s Trip) is a
quite spacey track as the band meanders and the different instruments add to
the slow moving soundscape and the singer gives his best vocals. Now the trip
is over, about 35mins. If they had used some vocal effects, more liberty with
instrument panning,etc. it would make
the music quite a bit more psychedelic. While the mix is really good, the ones
mixing don’t really have that much of a sense for the psychedelic even though
that is the genre this music is in. Cool
release, especially if you understand Danish and are fans of 60s organ driven
psych. The record is released on vinyl only in 500 copies but also comes with a
coupon for the digital version as well and a large full color booklet with
great photos of the band and event and all the information.
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