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Artist: Earthless Meets Heavy Blanket
Album: In a Dutch Haze
Label: Outer Battery Records
Playtime: 58:34 min
Genre: Psychedelic Rock
URL:
Rip date: 2014-07-11
Street date: 2014-07-08
Size: 126.21 MB
Type: Normal
Quality: 287 kbps / 4410Hz / Joint Stereo
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This July, a colossal collaborative concert, previously privy only to those
who were fortunate enough to have helped fill a Netherlandic concert hall
multiple moons ago, will be unleashed in awesome audio form as Earthless Meets
Heavy Blanket In A Dutch Haze. The out-of-this-world recording will see a July
8 release date via Outer Battery Records / Roadburn Records.
Back-story: an impromptu heavy psych jam between J. Mascis (Dinosaur Jr, Sweet
Apple, Witch and one of both Rolling Stone and SPINæs ôGreatest Guitarists of
All Timeö) and California space rock masters Earthless at the 2009 SXSW
Festival left an onlooking crowd stunned and breathless. When word of the
performance spread, the world-renowned musicians were asked to play the main
stage of HollandÆs annual international rock festival, Roadburn, to attempt to
recreate the magic that revved-up an Austin audience at what was thought to be
a one-time event.
Fast forward to the 2012 installment of the fantastic fest; when EarthlessÆ
guitarist Isaiah Mitchell had to back out at the last minute due to unforeseen
circumstance, six-string shredder Graham Clise from J Mascisæ loud,
psychedelic project Heavy Blanket (and who also plays with Mascis in Witch and
in the bitchinÆ Bay Area band Lecherous Gaze) stepped in on second guitar.
Backed by the best rhythm section in todayÆs adventurous rock world ù Mario
Rubalcaba and Mike Eginton from Earthless ù the quartet stormed the stage for
what would become an incredible one-time happening, leading to almost a full
hour of some of the most mind-bending heavy psych imaginable. The epic jam
session gave birth to shredding psychedelia and hard rock blues underpinned by
the muscular rhythmic sensibilities of kraut-rock and the unbridled energy of
70's guitar rock. The formidable foundation laid by drummer Rubalcaba became a
jumping off point for Mascis, Clise and Eighton to explore their inner cosmoi
for consciousness-expanding riffs and music-induced psychedelic experiences.
Now, the rest of the planet can ready their receivers and hoist headphones on
high as the full live set from that magical evening in Tilburg is set to be
unleashed upon an unsuspecting world! Far-out, gatefold-spanning artwork by
San Francisco tattoo artist and designer Tim Lehi (High on Fire, Black Anvil,
Xasthur) perfectly animates this incredible audio adventure, while matchless
mastering by Carl Saff (Boris, Guided By Voices), pushes this priceless
performance over-the-top. Flame retardant clothing is highly recommended!
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01. Paradise In a Purple Sky (58:34)
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