I have been privileged to listen to the next Øresund Space Collective release, who will be available to the public sometime in april 2010. The former releases by the fantastic ØSC, have been completely improvised in the studio and have all been excellent in this reviewers book. This time the guys from ØSC have teamed up with some new people playing saxophone, drums and bass giving them a more mature and complete sound, going a little away from the jammy sound that they have presented on their previous releases. Their earlier releases have been in the space rock category with obvious inspiration from the finnish masters of spacerock Hidria Spacefolk and the spacy releases from Gong. On this their newest release they are going in new directions towards a more progressive sound, which in my humble opinion is absolutelly excellent and a really really good way to go. If you decide to get your hands on "Slip into the vortex" (which i only can recommend that you do), you will be presented for 6 tracks with some new ideas and directions in the music, but still being true to their earlier releases and sound. My favourite track on the cd is the nearly 26 minutes long "Mothership machinery" which is a number that evolves and grows on you complete with slide guitar and saxophone - amazing. As you probably all ready have guessed i think this release is very good one and it should have its place in every progressive music fans collection, or every other music collection for that matter. I am looking very much forward to the next releases and the future of this amazing band. Take a trip into space with Øresund Space Collective, open your ears, and i will guarantee that you will not be disappointed !!!
Øresund Space Collective : Slip into the vortex (Transubstans 060).
I have been privileged to listen to the next Øresund Space Collective release, who will be available to the public sometime in april 2010. The former releases by the fantastic ØSC, have been completely improvised in the studio and have all been excellent in this reviewers book. This time the guys from ØSC have teamed up with some new people playing saxophone, drums and bass giving them a more mature and complete sound, going a little away from the jammy sound that they have presented on their previous releases. Their earlier releases have been in the space rock category with obvious inspiration from the finnish masters of spacerock Hidria Spacefolk and the spacy releases from Gong. On this their newest release they are going in new directions towards a more progressive sound, which in my humble opinion is absolutelly excellent and a really really good way to go. If you decide to get your hands on "Slip into the vortex" (which i only can recommend that you do), you will be presented for 6 tracks with some new ideas and directions in the music, but still being true to their earlier releases and sound. My favourite track on the cd is the nearly 26 minutes long "Mothership machinery" which is a number that evolves and grows on you complete with slide guitar and saxophone - amazing. As you probably all ready have guessed i think this release is very good one and it should have its place in every progressive music fans collection, or every other music collection for that matter. I am looking very much forward to the next releases and the future of this amazing band. Take a trip into space with Øresund Space Collective, open your ears, and i will guarantee that you will not be disappointed !!!