Grombira "Desert Warp"

Country: Germany
Genre(s): Instrumental Oriental Psychedelic, Space Rock
Label: Tonzonen Records – TON112
Format: CD, digital, vinyl
Release date: January 21, 2022
Tracklist

1. So Far Goddess (5:46) 

2. Alien Communication (8:51) 

3. Desert Warp (8:18) 

4. Per Aspera Ad Astra (21:20) 

   I.Gravity

   II. Interstellar Gaze

   III. Gargantua

Total Time 44:15

Line-up

sheyk rAleph aka Ralph Nebl: Saz, Sitar, Oud, Percussion, Flutes, Voice

Ahmed la Funk aka Achim Schmidt: Bass

Fredh al Fezer aka Fred Feser - Lampe: Drums and samples

Habib L1 aka Andy Leins: Keys and synth

Description/Reviews:

The record starts with an ode to an Indian Goddess through So Far Goddess, a track riddled with spacey Sitar sounds and ambient oriental musings. It gets a lot weirder next with the extra terrestrial space funk song Alien Communication, which lets in some of those sweet Funkadelic influences and is deliciously larded with weirdo synths and reverb trickery. It is followed by the album’s title track Desert Warp, which is a heavier rocking, desert style jam that has an extremely cool and laid back camel riding vibe through it all. It is also the first track to feature some chanted vocals, although Grombira mostly keeps their jams 100% instrumental. The album closes with the ambitiously conducted Per Aspera Ad Astra, a twenty minute space odyssey that is cut into three separate chapters. It is a long jam, starting out funky, turning more into all out space rock through the middle, then getting very spooky and minimalistic for a while building up to a great crescendo that hurls us all in a desert warp around the milky way again.

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