COTTONWOODHILL

Cottonwoodhill is a delirious psych experience from Switzerland. The album has some of the furthest out-there hallucinatory music of the early 70s, and while not part of the Kraut movement, the music is certainly Kraut enough in style to be listed as such.

The first two tracks are the most conventional in form, offering heavy acid rock with a clear nod to the 60's. Great stuff. The more delirious side of the band can be found on the 26 minute Brainticket suite which is absolutely stunning for 10 minutes but rather boring for the remainder of it's duration. The funky organ loop and accompanying guitar strumming is absolutely brilliant but it doesn't build up. The song plays all of its cards right from the start and by the time the 'Conclusion' of part 1 starts the fun is over. The band continues to add interesting layers of cosmic sounds, samples and drugged female vocals but the harm is done. I've lost the groove and groove is what this track is all about.

An interesting obscurity but not one you should seek out unless you're in need of a musical surrogate for illegal hallucinatory substances.