Sendelica "Requiem for Mankind"

Country: UK
Genre(s): Instrumental Psychedelic, Space Rock
Label: Fruits de Mer (vinyl)
Format: CD, digital, vinyl
Release date: October  2024 (digital), December 10, 2024 (CD, vinyl)
Tracklist

1. In The Beginning (Cosmic Slop) + Let There Be Light (22:56) 

2. Let There Be Light + Requiem For The Planet (20:35) 

3. The Downfall(16:09) 

4. Chaos + Requiem for Mankind (19:05) 

Total Time 78:45

Credits
Pete Bingham - Guitars

Colin Consterdine - Keyboards

Lee Relfe - Sax 

Glenda Pescado - Bass 

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Sendelica "And Man Created God"

Country: UK
Genre(s): Psychedelic, Space Rock
Label: Fruits de Mer (vinyl), FRG Records (CD)
Format: CD, digital, vinyl
Release date: August 14, 2021
Tracklist

1. Aeolian Sunrise (8:00) 

2. Exodus From Ur (10:40) 

3. Deuterosophia (9:34) 

4. Mmt (8:02) 

5. Tainted Goat (11:34) 

6. The Seekers (6:28) 

7. Illuminated Skies (6:02) 

8. Seren Golawr (11:39) 

9. Epilogue Sunset (4:26) 

Total Time 76:25

Line-up

Pete Bingham – guitars and noises

Colin Consterdine – beats, keyboards, electronics

Lee Relfe – sax

Glenda Pescado – bass

 With:
Elfin Bow – vocals (8)

Description/Reviews:

“And Man Created God” consists of 9 tunes, it starts in a slow futuristic way with “Aeolian Sunrise”, it has a cinematic feel and the band builds a Proggy-Ambient-like and Eastern-influenced Neo-Prog soundscape… On “Exodus From Ur”, the scenery becomes Space-Prog with a sharp Krauty attitude and a mood to experiment… On “Deuterosophia” the band makes another scenery-changing, serene, ambient music with a trippy beat and a gentle Sax sounding and an even more trippy guitar sound, creating a quiet relaxing atmosphere acting like an after-midnight let-loose jam that towards its end becomes cinematically orchestrated!

Read the full review at timemachine-productions.gr

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Nik Turner "I Do What I Like"

Country: UK
Genre(s): Psychedelic, Space Rock
Format: CD, vinyl, digital
Release date: August 6, 2021 (vinyl, digital), August 20, 2021 (CD)
Tracklist

1. Been Misbehaving (5:01) 

2. Cosmic Enchantment (11:37) 

3. Pyramid Magick (11:53) 

4. I Do What I Like (4:20) 

5. Deep Space Jam (6:04) 

6. Children Of The Evolution (6:40) 

Total Time 45:35

Line-up

Nik Turner (Hawkwind) - alto sax, tenor sax, clarinet, flute & voice

Colin Consterdine (Sendelica) - sounds, rhythms, atmospheres & magick

Pete Bingham (Sendelica) - guitar solos and textures

Glenda Pescado (Sendelica) - bass

Chris Mekon - cosmic electronics

Matt Lloyd - guitar

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Sendelica “Anima Mundi"

Country: UK
Genre(s): Instrumental Psychedelic, Space Rock, Krautrock
Label: FRG Records
Format: CD, vinyl, digital
Release date: November/December 2014 (digital), January 19, 2015 (CD, vinyl)
Tracklist: 
1. The Craeft Worker (4:57)
2. Master Benjamin Warned Young Albert Not to Step on the Uninsulated Air (12:19)
3. The Pillar of Delhi (6:39)
4. Azoic (5:23)
5. Baalbek Stones (5:03)
6. The Breyr, the Taeogion and the Caethion (5:35)
7. Searohwit (6:18)
8. The Hedge Witch (5:55)

Line-up: 
Pete Bingham: guitars, electronics
Colin Consterdine: synths, rhythms, atmospheres and sonic spells
Glenda Pescado: bass
Lee Relfe: sax
Jack Jackson:drums
Lord Sealand: Theremin
    With
Virginia Tate: flute and keyboards on Searowhit
Gregory Curvey: extra guitar on The Pillar Of Delhi

Description/Reviews: 

The fun begins with The Craeft Worker, an electro pulse driven tune with an underlying Kraftwerky, but also space-jazz feel, and a simple yet oh so beautiful guitar, bass and sax melody. The groove goes Motorik on Master Benjamin Warned Young Albert Not To Step On the Uninsulated Air, sounding like a spaced out Neu!, with robotic blazing guitar chords and jazzy saxophone. But as this 12 minute piece progresses the guitar and sax start to dominate, with the guitar ripping off wild Psych solos and chunky metallic blasts, and the sax swinging away. Eventually it all starts to gel and we’re grooving along in heavy Space-Kraut-Jazz rocking heaven. Really killer tune. The Pillar Of Delhi is another song with a simple yet seductive melody, being a lusciously floating deep space dream sequence. I love the mélange of guitar and synth effects and from beginning to end it feels like I’m being gently swept along and at the same time gradually dissolving.

 Read the full review by Jerry Kranitz at aural-innovations.com

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Sendelica “The Kaleidoscopic Kat and it’s Automated Ego”

Country: UK
Sub Genre: Space Rock, Psychedelic
Label: self-released
Release date: June 14, 2013
Tracklist: 
1. The Kaleidoscopic Kat - 05:11
2. Tinsel Tears - 03:56
3. Something in a Grain of Sand - 09:38
4. It Happened One Sunday Afternoon In Wales - 11:39
5. Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Buddha - 06:22
6. Clever Meat 06:30
7. 21st Century Autoscopic Ego Man - 08:27
8. It's The Neu!! Kosmiche Disco 13:54
9. The Kaleidoscopic Kat (Reprise) - 02:20

Line-up: 
Pete Bingham - guitars
Colin Consterdine - electronics, keyboards, programming
Glenda Pescado - bass
Jim Barner - bass
Lee Relfe - saxophone
   With
Nik Turner: flute on 9
Ian hawk Khan: Bulbul Tarang on 5
Doctor Locust: clarinet, harmonica on 4
Lord Armstrong Sealand: theremin on 4
Paul Fields: drums on 4
Nik Danger: drums on 2

Description/Reviews: 

The Kaleidoscopic Kat and its Automated Ego is a full 67-minutes of music, and opens with the rather simple and straightforward instrumental “The Kaleidoscopic Kat" a tune that basically takes a groovy riff and works it over a few times. Things get a little more trippy with the next track, “Tinsel Tears”  with its bluesy fuzz-guitar riff and ample stereo phasing. Then with track three “Something in a Grain of Sand”  we go off into space, starting with strange synth sounds and warbles which then morph into a tinny guitar at the one-minute mark that strikes up a lead line, with drums sounding like they’re played from a small cardboard box. You get the drift? It’s all about taking the traditional instruments and using whatever technology to create new sounds, new sonic landscapes. The longer songs will pick up a groove and slide around that riff inserting a Hendrix vibe or a blues Clapton vibe or something strange. There are other tracks where the blues influences the groove in a more dramatic way creating a rock solid foundation but even here the tune might suddenly change in mid-stream and trundle down another musical path. One is never quite sure where the music of Sendelica will go next.    

If you love the more experimental side of the space-rock genre with ample amounts of psychedelia I’d highly recommend you check out Sendelica, they’ve got that feel covered. The last half of the album showcases some great blues riffing a la early Savoy Brown so in my estimation Sendelica have got more than a few music bases covered. (Jerry Lucky)

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