ELECTRIC SILENCE

Dzyan's "Electric Silence" is an enigmatic album with colourful iconic album cover and colourful enigmatic music. There are huge influences of Indian mystical music and massive slabs of jazz throughout the album. If one has no interest in the Eastern Indian nuances and over indulgence in Sitar, they may be in awe of the last two tracks that are simply incredible musicianship on display and Krautrock at its best.

'For Earthly Thinking' is a 9 minute dramatic musical montage of jazz meets space rock. The dissonance of odd time sigs and jazz frenzy at the intro is improvised expertly. The percussion of Giger is an amazing accomplishment and the jangly guitar of Marron is terrific. As the song progresses we get conga drums squealing sax, and Karwatky's synth effects and pulsing improv bass work. The percussion solo is frenetic jazz metrics that fly off the handle; Giger is a master drummer.

'Electric Silence' is another of the gems on the album that resonates well with the listener. Simply brilliant musicality and structure throughout. The guitar harmonics ring out beautifully. The drums are sporadic and the bass changes time sigs with the drums constantly. It is beautiful chaos. This is an album that is important to Krautrock but is a one off for Dzyan. It definitely is worth checking out even if it is just for one or two treasures.