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Psych Fest - Volume One

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"Sounds like a killer jam band. I could see this being like a Grateful Dead kinda scene." Wade Guidry
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NvNvIwkFHh4


expose.org review by Henry Schneider:
"Selections from the bands that played at Psych Fest I and Psych Fest II in Russia, plus some planned for Psych Fest III are contained on this double CD set. Most of the bands are new to me with the exception of Vespero, who we’ve covered in the past, and Jahroom, a band I recently reviewed. Volume 1 for the most part is a collection of instrumentals, while Volume 2 contains a number of vocal tracks. In most cases a band has only a single track, but Atomic Simao contributed two on Volume 1, with Vice Versa and Transnadežnost’ contributing one track on each volume. Volume 1 opens with “Teatime” by the band Les, a quiet ambient instrumental with a strong resemblance to the Cosmic Couriers that slowly unfolds and then closes with subliminal voices. The next track is “Awakening” by Atomic Simao, that sounds like a reverbed Neu! or Harmonia. This is an excellent Russian take on Krautrock. Next is the ten-minute “Boneless” by Snakecharm, a cool pseudo-Krautrock freakout blending elements of motorik drumming and Amon Düül II. Matushka follows with “Mother Volga” that presents two slices of hard blues rock around a filling of excellent psych guitar jam. Atomic Simao then returns with “Future in the Past,” another Krautrock jam with a hint of Human League. Next is the Vice Versa psych jam “Hey! Jam” that sounds like the middle section from “Interstellar Overdrive.” The Night Collectors contributed an untitled cosmic jam instrumental with a ton of tremelo guitar. Then Transnadežnost presents their Krautrock influenced “Kallash.” Track 9 finally brings us to Vespero’s “K.A.M.S.A.S,” a psych amalgamation of Pink Floyd and King Crimson. Dröme follows with “Sacrifice,” another psych jam with drums, bass, and guitar. And the disc closes with the excellent “North Berry” by Polska Radio One, the only vocal track on the disc. This is a trippy 60s style song with similarities to George Harrison’s Indian influenced songs.

Volume Two presents a different side of Russian psych. This disc opens with the 20-minute opus by Dvory, “Obsidian.” Here we experience amorphous floating drone music with different sounds drifting in and out of the mix. This trance inducing dreamscape is reminiscent of Brian Eno and John Hassell. Track two is “Flattering Thought” by Pree Tone, a 60s style psych rock song that ends abruptly. Transnadežnost return next with “Ladoga,” an instrumental track with a strong Hawkwind influence. Markaria Rho follow with “Red Lodge,” a trippy 60s style song, buried vocals, and acoustic guitar. Following this song is “тебе 12” by бичкрафт, an energetic instrumental stoner rock track with the familiar I-IV-V-I chord sequence. The next track is “Cut-35” by Jahroom, which I recently reviewed. And the juxtaposition of “Cut-35” with the music on this set reveals some new elements. Lucidvox’ “Солнце” is next and the first song with female vocals. This song is an example of gothic psych with a cool bass riff. Next we experience Ministry of Flowers’ “The Gates,” with English lyrics and a vocalist channeling Lou Reed. The result is a song somewhere between The Seeds and The Thirteenth Floor Elevators. Kamni’s “Forest Song” is one of the best on the entire two volumes with its reverbed guitar and gothic western sound. Volume 2 closes with Vice Versa’s cover of Hawkwind’s “Master of the Universe,” with an extended jam that slowly fades away.

Since there are no ambient crowd noises anywhere, I suspect that the twenty-one tracks were recorded in the studio. So if you are looking for some new and exciting music, be sure to check out this excellent compilation."
www.expose.org/index.php/articles/display/various-artists-psych-fest-volume-one-volume-two.html




French\Belgium musicinbelgium.net review by Philippe Thirionet:
"Nouveau colis russe reçu à la maison et donc, nouvelle salve de chroniques décalées voir déjantées concernant les productions hors normes du label No Name Recordz/Addicted Label avec cette fois, deux opus en un (une compilation) du groupe moscovite VA produit originellement en 2016. Mélangeant manifestement le stoner-rock, le rock-psychédélique et le krautrock et la musique d’avant-garde, la formation nous propose d’emblée un dédale ou un labyrinthe selon, de sons éparses et disparates qui ferait perdre la tête à un homme très équilibré psychologiquement ! Comme une sorte de jam-session de jazz-rock, les notes des instruments s’additionnent voir s’entrechoquent sans réel ordre puis, on verse ensuite vers un rock-psychédélique tirant vers l’atmosphérique (Atomic Simao – Awakening) plutôt réussi qui vous emporte directement dans les nuages ! En fait on garde ensuite une coloration psychédélique tout en conservant des effluves de jazz-rock avec en sus, des montées de puissance et de saturation allant vers le stoner-rock voir plus loin encore…

Un psychédélisme littéralement survolté et débridé offrant une cacophonie délirante qui, plaira je pense à tous les amateurs du Festival de Woodstock et du grand Jimi Hendrix car ici, on revient à l’essentiel et donc au vintage et aux seventies avec un son de guitare fait tout en distorsion. Mais attention plus loin, on se surprend à entendre des tempos funky toujours accompagnés de rock-psychédélique et de sonorités de jazz-rock, histoire je suppose de perdre encore plus l’auditeur ayant déjà d’ailleurs perdu ses jeunes (comme le chat) et son équilibre psychologique ! Voilà pour ce qui est du premier disque (Volume one) qui nous offre un contenu sonore plutôt hétérogène et fortement décalé, tirant vers l’expérimental !

Passons ensuite à la seconde galette qui perdure dans l’étrange et l’expérimental avec tout d’abord une longue complainte atmosphérique et psychédélique de plus de 20 minutes puis, on bascule vers un rock-alternatif proche de la scène Batcave de Londres mais attention, la distorsion des sons est toujours de mise ! Entre rock-psychédélique, rock-alternatif, stoner-rock et musique expérimentale, la cacophonie débridée continue de nous lobotomiser le cerveau et les neurones avec une rare efficacité ! En tout cas ces deux galettes ne sont pas à mettre entre toutes les mains car, il y en qui vont tourner de l’œil assurément et, perdre la boule à force de supporter un tel déluge de sons agressifs, souvent lourds et gras."
www.musicinbelgium.net/reviews/va-psych-fest-volume-one-two/




battlehelm.com Review by Anders Ekdahl:
"...For some reason I thought that this was gonna be full of bands that played music similar to Monster Magnet and those kinda bands but I was wrong. To be honest I have no idea really what to make of this. but one thing I do know is that there are bands on these two compilations that I will keep checking out."
battlehelm.com/reviews/v-a-psychfest-vol-1-psychfest-vol-2/

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released May 21, 2016

Bands from Moscow Psych Fest 2014 & 2015 line-ups

Les & Dröme announced, but did not play Psych Fest I
Dröme track - live in Jao Da, 11.05.2014
Transnadežnost' added for upcoming Psych Fest III

official web-site: vk.com/psych_music

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