Post by thesoundmonitor on Jan 6, 2004 22:46:50 GMT -5
VIBRAVOID
Void Vibration
(Nasoni Records) NR 020
Vibravoid is a dedicated group of Cosmonauts from Dusseldorf, Germany, and this is their second full-length voyage into a cool psychedelic world in which you may well indeed want to live full time. If you fiend for the hallucinogenic good stuff as much as
these guys do, that is.
This go 'round, Vibravoid sets down a more rockin' vibe than past efforts, while incorporating the 60s-ish smooth edge that they do so well. 'Black and White' is a good sample of things to come, with its clean vocals, mid-eastern modalities, and organ reminiscent of Rick Wright on Pink Floyd's 'Saucerful of Secrets.' 'Creepy People' has an understated spy movie groove, clothing its social critique in a smooth, creamy vibe that lulls you into a trance until the guitars and theramin (!) come crashing in mid-song. This could easily fit on an early Porcupine Tree LP. 'Adjustment' has a Spiritualized, shoe-gazing feel shared by the last song on side one, 'Echovoid.' 'Vivid Vision' is the most hard rocking song on the LP, and is most reminiscent of Hawkwind or early Bob Calvert, say about the time of 1974's Captain Lockheed and the Starfighters. Void Vibration finishes you off with an ever-building tremolo trance filled out with lots of synth washes.
I'd be remiss unless I pointed out the gorgeous packaging; this is the kind of thing at which vinyl excels. The album comes in a beautiful embossed white gatefold cover printed on heavy stock. The album boasts a concert flyer and a circular cut out that you
may wish to remove to look at the swirling, super-psychedelic black and white picture disc, housed in a heavy vinyl sleeve of similar design. Needless to say, you could have hours of bleary fun creating op art effects with this baby. There's also a limitation page explaining the various editions of this album. Numerically speaking, the largest edition is the one I've got, and its limited to only 500 copies.
This album is definitely not the heaviest thing you'll ever hear. There's no Black Sabbath to be found in these grooves, no Electric Wizard, no Khanate, not even any Nebula. But if you're looking for a most satisfying alternative, pick up on Vibravoid's tasty brand of space rock. Enthusiasts of Spacemen 3, My Bloody Valentine, Spiritualized, and early Gilmour-era Floyd will dig this; you will, too.
by Kevin McHugh
Artist website:
Label website: www.nasoni-records.com/
Void Vibration
(Nasoni Records) NR 020
Vibravoid is a dedicated group of Cosmonauts from Dusseldorf, Germany, and this is their second full-length voyage into a cool psychedelic world in which you may well indeed want to live full time. If you fiend for the hallucinogenic good stuff as much as
these guys do, that is.
This go 'round, Vibravoid sets down a more rockin' vibe than past efforts, while incorporating the 60s-ish smooth edge that they do so well. 'Black and White' is a good sample of things to come, with its clean vocals, mid-eastern modalities, and organ reminiscent of Rick Wright on Pink Floyd's 'Saucerful of Secrets.' 'Creepy People' has an understated spy movie groove, clothing its social critique in a smooth, creamy vibe that lulls you into a trance until the guitars and theramin (!) come crashing in mid-song. This could easily fit on an early Porcupine Tree LP. 'Adjustment' has a Spiritualized, shoe-gazing feel shared by the last song on side one, 'Echovoid.' 'Vivid Vision' is the most hard rocking song on the LP, and is most reminiscent of Hawkwind or early Bob Calvert, say about the time of 1974's Captain Lockheed and the Starfighters. Void Vibration finishes you off with an ever-building tremolo trance filled out with lots of synth washes.
I'd be remiss unless I pointed out the gorgeous packaging; this is the kind of thing at which vinyl excels. The album comes in a beautiful embossed white gatefold cover printed on heavy stock. The album boasts a concert flyer and a circular cut out that you
may wish to remove to look at the swirling, super-psychedelic black and white picture disc, housed in a heavy vinyl sleeve of similar design. Needless to say, you could have hours of bleary fun creating op art effects with this baby. There's also a limitation page explaining the various editions of this album. Numerically speaking, the largest edition is the one I've got, and its limited to only 500 copies.
This album is definitely not the heaviest thing you'll ever hear. There's no Black Sabbath to be found in these grooves, no Electric Wizard, no Khanate, not even any Nebula. But if you're looking for a most satisfying alternative, pick up on Vibravoid's tasty brand of space rock. Enthusiasts of Spacemen 3, My Bloody Valentine, Spiritualized, and early Gilmour-era Floyd will dig this; you will, too.
by Kevin McHugh
Artist website:
Label website: www.nasoni-records.com/