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Saturday, July 13, 2019

PSEUDO SUN- Ozone Mantra (Self Released)


Wow.. This record took a long time to finally come out. My friend Juha, whom I first met at the Space and Rock Festival in 1998, when his band, Pseudo Sun played, has spoken about these recordings for the last 10 years or so. I am so happy they have finally made it to a CD.  It is the original band  except for the drums (Juba-bass, vocals, synths, mandolin), Mats- Guitars, Erca- Drums) and this was recorded a long time ago. The band has not played live or existed for at least 12 years now.  Anyway, this is 8 tracks of space rock! Mind Probe starts off with a bass line and fast pace, almost punky in nature.  The mid section has a long synth jam before the guitar solo. Mats can still really rip it up. The chorus part of the vocals really reminds me of Juba’s old band, Darxtar!  The New Breed starts with some synthesizers before the track kicks in.  The vocal is a bit more like spoken words for a lot of the track. The chorus vocal is also double tracked. The bass line is very much like early Motorhead but the guitar is a simple rock riff. Not that strong a track but I liked the guitar solo section a lot. Don’t Repair Me, slows things down with a drone synth, and slow vocal as the track very slowly grows.  Some very interesting lyrics on a lof the songs. It has a vibe like the song Zarazina from Chronicles of the Black Sword by Hawkwind. Heliosheath is instrumental and has an ominous feel and a nice organ line in the background as the bass and drums build things up. The guitar line has a bit of a mid-eastern flavour to it. Labyrinth is a bit like Deep Space Riders, the way the groove is sort of oriented but they lose it after a minute or so and then come back to it as the synth line takes the lead between the vocal sections. There is a longish synth and then guitar solo section as well. When the main riff returns the synth is sort of mellotron like. The Nature of Space Monsters starts with a heavy bass line before the drums and then guitars kick in. The guitar is making a lot of feedback for a while as the bass and drums just sort of jam on..  Strange instrumental. City of Dreams features the mandolin at the beginning of the track and has a very nice melodic guitar line. This again reminds me of early Darxtar showing Juba going back to his space rock roots! Lunar Phantasy closes the record and this one rocks hard like the opening of the record. One of the more psychedelic tracks.

Is this the last Pseudo Sun record?? One never knows now. Hope you enjoy it. Write to Juha if you are interested in a copy: pseudo_sun (at) hotmail.com


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