a r t i s t : Vibracathedral Orchestra
t i t l e : Wisdom Thunderbolt
d a t e : 2007
l a b e l : VHF
c a t : VHF#102
s o u r c e : CDDA
g e n r e : Psychedelic / Folk / Freak Out
r l s. d a t e : Apr/2007
t r a c k s : 07
b i t r a t e : VBRkbps
s i z e : 86,1 MB
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Oh psychedelic-noise fans your saviours have returned! After a
three year absence (okay so there were loads of odd limited
releases, but no proper albums) they're back with 'Wisdom
Thunderbolt' which to my mind one of the collective's
strongest offerings to date. You might have caught members of
this psych supergroup dotting themselves around the sprawling
scene - I know whenever I go to a gig these days I try to spot
the Vibracathedral member - it's a bit like a geeky muso's
version of 'Where's Wally', only more suited to the Boomkat
reader. You'll have seen 'em with Sunburned Hand of the Man
probably most recently, and of course if you missed Chris
Corsano with VCO mainman Mick Flower then you're clearly
deranged - that combo was about as blistering as improvised
psychedelic insanity gets. Still, we're here to talk about
this latest offering from the full band, and it's really just
as good as we could have hoped. More focused than much of
their droning oddness that has made it to cd (or cdr) in the
past, what we have here is a collection of improvised jams
with synthesizer, drums and various odd instruments poking
their shimmering faces into the mix at random times for
posterities sake. The dense slop of wavering sound is a little
like Sunburned Hand of the Man or No Neck Blues Band as
realised by a Thames Valley shoegazer, at all times deeply
spiritual and somehow harmonically intact. It's the sort of
music that is in itself devilishly difficult to explain;
you've got to live it, you've got to let it permeate your
every pore and let the music take you into new realms of
psychedelic enjoyment. Like all great transcendental records,
it can work with or without the aid of controlled substances,
but hell, if nobody's watching I can't see it'd do any harm?
Sit in a circle with some like minded friends, light a candle
and play on repeat - weeks will go by before they find the
bodies. Huge recommendation!
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01-Wisdom Thunderbolt [07:46]
02-A Natural Fact [08:52]
03-Order of the Broad Eraser [08:51]
04-Ochre Dust [06:32]
05-Rainbow Whirlwind [12:37]
06-Sway-Sage [04:38]
07-What!!! [06:41]
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55:57 min