SPACEFOLDS 8

It took a long time - six years - to produce a new sample. The Spacefolds series must be something like a playground for the band members I assume. At least for this example it sounds like designed for having fun at the weekend during several sessions with no pre-defined song structures/compositions - some experiments included and not knowing what results finally. Despite the fact they are making music which is not accessible for a huge audience regularly this is still more special and interesting only for die-hard band and space rock genre fans.

They once more define the emphasis on an ambient chilling mood with a lot of synthesizer soundscapes in the background. Good and mediocre recordings are alternating - totally instrumental again. Compared to the regular album releases some songs sound near to aimless noodling to me. The first two tracks starting with My Starship Has Mudflaps are provided with a nice piano work which serves a slight jazzy touch and a curious drum playing sounding like reduced on cymbals - probably with an electronic origin. But the flow of the songs is not very inspiring though.

Shifting Dervish on the other hand has a great meandering behaviour and a melancholic basis. Chet Santia's bass is present here excellently - dominant in the same way as on the other tunes. The two Far Gathering parts are ambivalent whereas the shorter nicely floating second part appeals better to me. The grooving Flight of the Architect also belongs to the convincing range of the songs - more in the vein of Oresund Space Collective provided with an electrical potential headed by a distorted echoed guitar style.

Who is newly interested to explore the band's cosmic music should not start here by all means. Don't want to be misunderstood - 'Spacefolds 8' is not a bad one - only a more decent QUARKSPACE output. Better efforts are waiting for you for sure - ' the previous flawless 'Spacefolds 7' for example or the regular studio albums - 2.5 stars.