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FORMULA ORANGESh'mantraPsychedelic/Space Rock3.75 | 8 ratings |
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SH'MANTRA have struck gold with their second album "Formula Orange" mixing the
minimalistic tones of RADIOHEAD with the spacey spectrum of PORCUPINE TREE and PINK
FLOYD. This space-rock quintet serve up some pretty far reaching music with lots of space
background atmospheres. Their music is quite involved and offers a wide range of tempo
and mood swings. Infrequently they inject heavy freaked-out KING CRIMSON'ish
interludes over their carefully etched musical canvass. They seem to love to play in
the "space/mind music" realm with their pattented airy tunes which are given lots of space
to meander about. Songs are deep and involved with lots of spacey riffs and lighter
rhythm sections. For the most part SH'MANTRA concentrate on playing mostly instrumental
music, however at times droned vocals do surface (I think this is where perhaps I get the
RADIOHEAD feeling). My personal favourite parts are when they layer on great space guitar and keyboard expressions over intoxicating percussive landscapes. Without a question fans of PORCUPINE TREE/IEM will drool over the music of SH'MANTRA. Hypnotic yet still very progressive and never repetitive. A real mind melt for sure......I love this album and find it to be a perfect Sunday evening listen. Inquiries about SH'MANTRA can be made at the following link... www.users.bigpond.com/dovoxe
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