Ghost - Temple Stone (Clear Green Vinyl)
Rezension
Dankenswerterweise legt Drag City die ersten drei Alben der aussergwöhnlichen, japanischen Psych-Folk Band auf Vinyl neu auf.
Das dritte Album ist einweiterer Geniestreich der japanischen Psychedlic-Folkies um Mastermind Masaki Batoh „Temple Stone“ wurdet an verschiedenen mysthischen Stätten aufgenommen, glänzt durch einen Klasse-Sound und einen gänzlich unerreichten und mit nichts zu vergleichenden Klangreichtum, ausufernd-begeisternden Improvations-Loops und einer dieser Musik innewohnenden Kraft, die sich nur schwer in Worte fassen läßt. Incredible String Band für Fortgeschrittene...
Review
Returned to us from early 90s Japan are the holy holy sounds of Ghost. Their collective, clearly inspired by various forms of transcendental music throughout history, created a new syncretic psychedelia with these albums, mixing the texture and vibe of multinational forms of traditional music, with strummed antique stringed instruments and the haunting wail of a recorder on top of their heavy beats and guitars.
These first three Ghost titles were originally released by P.S.F. on CD in 1990, 1992 and 1994, respectively, radiating enigma and energy in palpable waves with their original sound.
Now, it"s been 25 years since they were last offered on vinyl. In the twenty-year sweep of Ghost history, these first three releases qualify as primitive early Ghost - sort of like a German Os Mutantes (or perhaps a Brazilian Amon Düül). The subterranean presence of a diversity of progressive/avant classic rock influences (Pink Floyd, Incredible String Band, Captain Beefheart, Scott Walker, Led Zeppelin, Popol Vuh, Third Ear Band, to name but a few) provokes further synthesis, making for an entirely new meditation on the traditional order of psychedelic music. The first two studio albums, each one an iteration of Ghost"s unique lysergic folk music, were followed by the monolithic "live in various places" happening of Temple Stone, which raised the trippiness levels considerably.
Tracklisting
1. Sun Is Tangging< |
>2. Guru In The Echo< |
>3. Moungod Te Deum< |
>4. I've Been Flying< |
>5. Ballad Of Summer Rounder< |
>6. Moungod Asleep< |
>7. Moungod Radiant Youth< |
>8. Rakshu |
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