Lamp of the Universe "Transcendence"

Country: New Zealand
Sub Genre: Psychedelic, Space Rock, Prog Folk
Label: Astral Projection
Release date: August 4, 2013
Tracklist: 
1. Pantheist (7:54)
2. Creation of Light (7:15)
3. Transcendence (8:28)
4. The Sign of Love (6:12)
5. Samsara Born (5:36)
6. Beyond The Material World (10:48)

Line-up: 
Craig Williamson: acoustic guitar, electric guitar, bass, drums, sitar, Rhoads, synth, djembe, mellotron, tanpura, recorder, vocals

Description/Reviews: 

...though Lamp of the Universe remains as expansive and intricately layered as ever on the newest release, Transcendence – .... there’s a sense of movement to the songs that’s continued both from Acid Mantra and from the work of the full-band. For example, with six tracks broken even between, Transcendence has a distinct vinyl feel, each of its two sides ending with a longer cut that serves to push into new territory for the project or at very least further develop the ideas that the two prior tracks present, whether it’s “Transcendence” at the end of the first half taking the headphone-ready textures of “Pantheist” and “Creation of Light” to gorgeous interplay of mellotron and sitar or the closing “Beyond the Material World” mounting a one-man space rock freakout that’s the only cut on Transcendence to top 10 minutes long. Throughout, Williamson’s vocal approach, soft and spiritually contemplative, serves as a uniting factor, and as ever for Lamp of the Universe, the flow is unmistakable and consuming. 

 Read the full review at theobelisk.net

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