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VIBRACATHEDRAL ORCHESTRA Smoke Song - (2010)Smoke Song's more gentle exposition starts with band member Adam Davenport's santoor (a type of hammered dulcimer) leading the band into a lengthy mid-tempo groove on 'Smoke Song,' followed on the second half of the side by the short, quiet 'Cholita Maria.' The second side's 17-minute 'Get It?' lays down the tremolo and phase in a manner reminiscent of the best Spacemen 3 comedowns, taking a pulse and riding it into organ- and percussion- fueled bliss.http://www.mediafire.com/?i0tlmzb0n4l
VIBRACATHEDRAL ORCHESTRAThe Secret Base - (2010)The Secret Base starts up at full throttle, straight into a raw-sounding live outing, with Mick Flower's overdriven guitar occupying the same sonic space that gives his Japan banjo / shaahi baaja workouts with Chris Corsano their urgency. The sound is dark and rough, almost Xpressway-like in its claustrophobic atmosphere. The percolating Krautrock stylings of 'If You Can't Smoke 'Em' chugs along hypnotically for over 13 minutes to close out the side. The entire B-side's 20+ minutes are devoted to the clanging free sound of 'Eyes of Wood,' where gamelan-like metal percussion dominates the proceedings.http://www.mediafire.com/?tjegmzh2jjz
VIBRACATHEDRAL ORCHESTRAJoka Baya - (2010)The ever-mysterious Vibracathedral Orchestra returns from another relatively quiet period with an uncompromising set of outré jams on a trio of limited-edition LPs. Slightly reorganized around a line-up of stalwarts Mick Flower and Adam Davenport with frequent collaborators John Godbert (Total) and John Moloney (Sunburned Hand of the Man), the band here stretches way, way out over these six sides. Joka Baya offers up a set of shorter pieces on the A-side in a high-fidelity style that contrasts the dark, smoky sound of the rest of the tracks. The percussive grooves are overlaid with Sunroof!-like shimmer, stabbing electric leads, gentle acoustic rain, and droning organ peeking through at opportune moments. The roaring side-long epic on the flip is a droning, phasing slice of psychedelia with Moloney's drums battering the tape in between long stretches of humming stasis.http://www.mediafire.com/?yt2tutgmzr2
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