Saturnia
is the one man project of Portugese Luis Simones. He records all the
instruments himself and this is a lot of different instruments- drums, bass,
guitars, organ, gong, sitar, etc…. and he sings as well. This is his first new
album in 6 years and it was all recorded in the last 4 years. The lead off
track is…. The Real High (see video
below) is a cool Indian psych raga. A Burnt Offering reminds me a lot of MORE
era Pink Floyd. Mandrake Scream is a more uptempo affair with a really great
multilayered sound and nice organ playing between the sung parts. A bit of
sitar and stuff thrown in as well and around 4mins a guitar solo appears over
the really stoney groove. Amazing track.
Heavenly Bodies is another slow beautiful gliding psychedelic work. Most
Beautiful has some new agey feel with floating organ, wind sweeps and sublime
vocals. Tentacles is another floating psychedelic adventure with a nice laid
back space jazz feel to it with the Rhodes piano and guitar lines but lots of
spacey sounds. Shells is the last track and beautiful mellow piece, again
reminding me of the David Gilmour sung tracks from early Pink Floyd. Another
great record…. Obrigado!
This is a site where I post reviews of CDs, DVDs, LPs, and concerts. I have been writing music reviews on and off since 1984. I ran a heavy metal fanzine from 1984-1988 called Metal Madness and have been a staff writer for Aural Innovations for many years. I have also contributed to Chrohinga Well (RIP), Bad Acid (RIP), Lowcut (RIP), Roadburn and a number of other zines as well. I recently moved to Portugal so please request the new address and do not send any music to Denmark anymore. Tak..
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