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SENDELICA REVIEWS FROM AROUND THE WORLD…….Sendelica: Spaceman Bubblegum And Other Weird Tales From The Mercury MindThe disc starts off with the languidly mellow, mood setting sounds of "Sunfazed" which after four minutes segues into the muscular and driving force that is "Spaceman Bubblegum 2, a track which features a heaping serving of Bingham's inventive and torrid guitar work. "It's a Neu! Thing" like its title suggests, is an indirect tribute to the legendary Kraut rockers, featuring an airtight rhythmic workout between Pescado and Fields underneath a plethora of electronic sounds and triggered effects. "Siren-The Second Coming" starts of with a groove reminiscent of "Sunfazed" before Bingham's inspired soloing once again takes center stage for well over five minutes. By this point just over thirty minutes have elapsed, which gives the listener a pretty good idea of what Sendelica are all about, that is until they totally blow your mind with the absolute guitar tour de force on "Indrid Cold". Check out the crazy solo's Bingham tosses out on this twelve minute epic, not to mention Pescado's thick and rubbery bass lines and the busy work of Fields behind the kit. This is hands down the best track on the disc. "Mr. Floyd Walker", originally released on an earlier EP, is a minimal ambient piece of music which sounds a bit out of place compared to the frenetic pace of the first five tracks. Likewise the albums final number "Dawn Of The Dub Revisited", a song of the band's first album, is another gentle, floating and radiating track. I actually liked that they included these two tracks at the end, even though they didn't necessarily fit in completely with the rest of the disc. There you have it, another magical release and certainly one worthy of your attention, from the folks over at the Russian label R.A.I.G. If these guys keep finding talent like Sendelica, Vespero and Ahkmed they're certainly going to turn more than a few heads in the international music scene. Track Listing
1) Sunfazed
2) Spaceman Bubblegum 2
3) It's a Neu! Thing
4) Siren –The Second Coming
5) Indrid Cold
6) Mr. Floyd Walker
7) Dawn Of The Dub Revisited
Added: November 22nd 2007
Reviewer: Ryan Sparks
SEA OF TRANQUILITY, USA STARS **** http://www.seaoftranquility.org/reviews.php?op=showcontent&id=5903 **************************************************************************************** SENDELICA – SPACEMAN BUBBLEGUM AND OTHER WEIRD TALES FROM THE MERCURY MIND(CD from RAIG Hailing from Wales and released on a Russian label, Sendelica are a classic three-piece band, centred on the guitar prowess of Pete Bingham. Filled with electronic effects, opening track "Sunfazed" reveals itself to be a lazy slice of space rock grooving, the guitar flowing wonderfully above the rhythm section (Glenda Pescado-Bass, Paul Fields-Drums), creating a dream laden atmosphere that remains for the rest of the album. Merging beautifully with the opener "Spaceman Bubblegum2" sees the band pick up the pace, strap themselves in and head off for inner space, the music drawing comparison with Sundial, or The Spacious Mind, the guitar doing it's best to disintegrate you mind. Completely instrumental, it is a credit to the band that they manage to hold the listeners interest for the duration of the record, creating different moods and textures, whilst allowing the album to flow as if one long piece. Third track "It's A Neu Thing", is a good example of this inventiveness, the effects being applied to bass and drums, as well as the guitar, giving the song a very psychedelic feel, with the drums sounding particularly weird. Soon, however, the band push the song into overdrive, swooping and diving and sounding very much like early Hawkwind, as they fly through the universe, grinning with joy. Opening in a mellower state of mind "Siren The Second Coming", is warm and cerebral, the band using its looseness as a strength, reminiscent of those early Bevis pieces, enjoyment evident in every note. Possibly my favourite track is the magnificent "Indrid Cold", twelve minutes of guitar heaven, Pete Bingham laying the universe to waste as he romps across the fretboard, a solid and inspired rhythm section providing a perfect platform for the sonic wizardry that soars overhead. Here everything comes together, the song demonstrating everything that is good about the band, playful, spacey and able to rock out with the best of them. As we approach the end of the album, the band find the stillness at the heart of the universe, slowing things down on the elegant "Mr Floyd Walker", awash with drifting ambience and light, before "Dawn Of The Dub Revisited" allows us to finally touch down, filled with bliss, smiling and enchanted. (Simon Lewis-PTOLEMAIC TERRASCOPE). www.myspace.com/raigmusic) *************************************************************** Welsh psyche/space rockers Sendelica storm the asteroid belt with this blazing follow-up to their inaugural disc earlier this year, Entering the Rainbow Light. Pete Bingham (guitar, electronics), Glenda Pescado (bass) and Paul Fields (drums), along with producer Colin Awen ..boards, unleash a full metal jacket of psychedelic madness on the seven tracks that comprise Spaceman Bubblegum. The group's arsenal of sound is quite impressive: the hypnotic pulse of Can, the impressionistic atmospherics of Pink Floyd, the motorized proto-punk of Neu, the space patrolling guitar pyrotechnics of Hendrix and the otherworldly ambiences of The Orb. All of this and more pervades virtually every track on Spaceman Bubblegum. "Sunfazed," the album's opening cut, melds early psychedelic Floyd with a mesmeric ostinato guitar/bass pattern that slowly spirals out into the ether before rocketing straight into "Spaceman Bubblegum 2," a soaring track with some mind warping lead guitar that recalls the glory days of Manuel Gottsching in the original incarnation of Ash Ra Tempel. "It's a Neu! Thing," while well-intentioned in its unabashed homage to Rother and Dinger, is simply too repetitive and much too long to sustain interest. The group never quite breaks away from the rhythmic inertia that propels the song. But the cosmic jamming of "Siren" and "Indrid Cold" more than makes up for this temporary faux pas. Both tracks burn and smoke with the fires of a star going supernova. Bingham's acid guitar attack is especially coruscating, leading the way through the dustlanes of some imaginary nebula at the heart of the galaxy. The album's finale "Dawn of the Dub revisited" is pretty much what you'd expect and is, consequently, a minor letdown. But even here, the insistent bass line and swarms of synthesizer pads are enough to justify its inclusion. Their excesses aren't yet fully tamed, but the enthusiasm and commitment is there. From Aural Innovations 38 (Jan 2008) USA ******************************************************************************************SENDELICA/GRANT Et album fylt med psykedelisk galskap, og en verdig oppfølger til debuten ” Entering The Rainbow Light”. Syv spor med psykedelia-dub-rock hvor proto-punk attityden til Neu forenes med Can sine hypnotiserende rytmer og ytterlige friskes opp av tidlige Pink Floydliknende atmosfæriske landskap, the Orb sin ambiens og tidlige Black Sabbath riffing. I sum en ganske fyldig og fascinerende musikalsk cocktail som bandet fra Cardigan i den sørlige delen av Wales forretter på skiva med det lange navnet. Totalt instrumental er albumet, og for å holde på lytteren kreves det oppfinnsomhet og interessante musikalske lerreter i en jevn strøm. Denne sårt tiltrengte kreativiteten finner vi for eksempel på ”It..s A Neu Thing”. Bass, trommer og gitarer skaper en psykedelisk ramme i åpningen, og spesielt trommingen er herlig sprøtt legert. Ganske fort blir eventuelle fartssperrer effektivt fjernet, og låten slingrer i vei som et løpsk romskip. Ut i verdensrommet bærer det i et modus som ikke er fjernt fra tidlige Hawkwind, og hele tiden fylt med spilleglede og pur lykke. Selve skiva er spilt inn på bare en dag etter hva vi kan forstå, og det er kanskje en viktig årsak til den er blitt såpass varm, sjarmerende og tilgjengelig. Det fryktede kaos uteblir, og v iser at tross løse rammer har Sendlica god kontroll som viser at de er dyktige musikere. I sentrum er ofte Pete Bingham sine gitarer, og ypperlig understøttet, og diverse meget vel anrettede elektroniske krumspring som skaper variasjon og dynamikk. 12 minutter lange ”Indrid Cold” er et himmelrike for alle gitarelskere! En svært leken låt full av finesse, og med både heftig rock og spacerock. Mot slutten av albumet får vi den sofistikert ”Mr. Floyd Walker” som roer ned stemningen med sine slentrende ambiente legering. Det synes som om Sendelica har en tilnærmet utømmelig kilde av ideer som de smidig porsjonerer ut i de enkelte låtene. Det kan også virke som de tre musikerne har et solid eierskap til de nevnte, og derved klarer å sette de ut i praksis på en optimal måte. Dette speiler seg ved at alle syv låtene sitter svært godt, og er alt annet enn navlebeskuende friforms musikk. Tvert imot så leverer bandet en grådig bra plate som er både heftig og begeistret (Merlin Prog-Norway) And for those not up on their Norwegian… An album filled with Psychedelic madness, and a worthy sequel to the debut album "Entering The Rainbow Light". Seven tracks of psykedelia-dub-rock where the proto-punk Attityd of Neu and the Can hypnotize their rhythms and additional fresh out of the early Pink Floyd Similar atmospheric landscape, the Orb's Ambien and early Black Sabbath riffing. Overall a very rich and fascinating musical cocktail that band from Cardigan in the southern part of Wales starters on CD with the long name. Overall the album is instrumental, and to keep the listener requires ingenuity and interesting musical canvas in a steady stream. This much-needed creativity, we find, for example, on "It.. s A Neu Thing ". Bass, drums and guitars to create a Psychedelic frame in the opening, and particularly Drumming is wonderful crazy alloy. Pretty soon, any trading blocks effectively removed, and the track wobble in the way that a wild spaceship. Out in space carries it in a mode that is not shielded from the early Hawk Wind, and all the time filled with the joy of playing, and pure h appiness. The CD is recorded on only one day after what we can understand, and it is perhaps an important reason for it has been so warm, charming and accessible. It feared chaos uteblir, and shows that despite solving frameworks have Sendlica control showing that they are talented musicians. In the center is often Pete Bingham their guitars, and excellent supported, diverse and very well serve electronic twists that create variation and dynamics. 12 minute long "Indrid Cold" is a heaven-rich for all guitar lovers! A very playful song is full of finesse, and with the fiery rock and space rock. Towards the end of the album we get the sophisticated "Mr. Floyd Walker "calm down as the mood with its gently ambiente alloy It seems that Sendelica have a virtually inexhaustible sources of the source of ideas as they smooth porsjonerer out in the individual songs. It may also seem that the three musicians have a strong ownership of the above, and thus able to put those into practice in an optimal manner. This is reflected by the fact that all seven songs are very good, and anything but navlebeskuende friforms music. On the contrary as the band delivers a greedy good disc that is both vigorous and enthusiastic.
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WAKEFIELD - SLEEPWALKER FEVER
(DVD) DVD as a medium is not one that comes our way that often, but judging by this, it is a format that well serves the Terrascopic mind.
The relaxing and ambient, "Sleepwalker Fever" is a gently psychedelic ramble through our world, images of cityscapes and landscapes juxtaposed, with the glorious space rock of Sendelica adding a tranquil layer to the visuals. Treated, coloured, slowed down and speeded up, the visuals blend with the sound in unison creating a world of pure relaxation, the listener/viewer allowed o settle back and enjoy the journey. Just let the experience wash over you, the perfect way to soothe those frazzled nerve endings. An ambient treat without ever becoming new age bollox, the music is rich and rewarding with some fine saxophone playing stealing the show.
Fans of visual art are well served by these releases, offering the perfect blend of image and sound to the discerning purchaser. (Simon Lewis Ptolmaic Terrascope)
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SENDELICA are an instrumental trio from Wales comprised of PETE BINGHAM (Guitars and Electronics), GLENDA PASCADO (Bass) and PAUL FIELDS (Drums) that create lengthy, improvisational compositions with a psychedelic flavour. A measure of their amazing, and almost telepathic musical connection, is the fact that most of their second full length album was recorded in one day! SENDELICA have already had comparisons to the music of top bands such as Pink Floyd, Ash Ra Temple, The Bevis Frond, Hawkwind, Sundial and The Spacious Mind, and they deserve thier place in such high company. However, they still manage to retain the originality that has made them so many fans across the world !!!!!!!!!!! It is impossible not to be completely blown away by the sheer power of the music they create, and they manage to hold the listeners full attention for the entire duration of the longest of their masterpieces. With SENDELICA'S fanbase growing in rapid numbers, they band have produced the soundtrack for Sleepwalker Fever and have recently returned from a very sucessful tour of the USA. The future for SENDELICA looks very bright, and deservedly so. Every single person I talk to about the band shares the same excitement at the mere mention of the bands name, and I'm sure you'll agree with us, the fans of SENDELICA.MELLO JELLO SHOW, RADIO KESGARVE, UK ***************************************************************************************** SENDELICA
Spaceman Bubblegum and Other Weird Tales From the Mercury Mind
Released: 3rd September 2007
Label: R.A.I.G RECORDS (MOSCOW) Welsh psyche rockers probably want to win an award for longest album title of the year. After releasing an EP and a longplayer on a small label, they are now back with their second album on the Russian psychedelic prog label RAIG, making them probably also the first Western European band on their roster. Recorded in just one day, Spaceman Bubbleman hasn't become the mess you could have expected. Drawing from their live experiences, Sendelica start the album off with the short and moody Sunfazed before they add some stead with the longer Spaceman Bubblegum 2 that has some nice rocking guitars. The following 12 minute epic It's A Neu! Thing owes its name to the German kraut rock legend, although the bass line reminds me of Hawkwind's Silver Machine. Two further long songs elaborate on that tasty impro sound, combining elements of psychedelia, Seventies hard rock and the occasional dub elements. The CD ends with two songs that were previously released on the EP and the debut album. Strangely these tracks are more introspective and mellower, lacking the rock power of the first three quarters of an hour. If this is meant as a chill out after the no-holds-barred psyche rock session before, it definitely works. It seems as if Sendelica always have a couple of ideas for every song, around which they create agile improvisations that work all the time, proving that these are musicians that understand each other's ideas and who are used to playing together. I often have my problems with free-form music, because all too often, it ends up in self-indulgent navel gazing, but the Welsh three-piece Sendelica are a welcome exception, making Spaceman Bubblegum an interesting addition for fans of Hawkwind, Gong and Seventies psyche and kraut rock generally. Disagreement, Luxembourg http://www.disagreement.net/reviews/sendelica_spacemanbubblegum.html ************************************************************************ SENDELICA – Spaceman Bubblegum and Other Weird Tales From The Mercury Mind (RAIG) – Welsh band signed to a Russian label, is that a first? We're talking well played, well produced imaginative instrumental guitar based psych/space rock with a healthy retro blues/prog rock flavour.ORGAN MAGAZINE, LONDON, UK ************************************************************************ SENDELICA – Spaceman Bubblegum and Other Weird Tales From The Mercury MindMore psych-out rock from the south of Wales courtesy of Sendelica with their second album fantastically entitled 'Spaceman Bubblegum and Other Weird Tales From the Mercury Mind' For some people the seventies was a decade that occurred over thirty years ago, but not so for Sendelica as the pulsating sounds of Floyd et al are alive and well in the South Wales valleys.
Sendelica make no bones about being obsessed with a certain era of music and they wear their musical passions on their sleeves for all to see. This sound driven epic kicks off with 'Sunfazed', a guitar driven sound-scape that instantly transports you to a world of swirling colures and non stop freaky dancing that only girls in mini skirt can undertake. The entire experience is one of boho living with multi coloured bean bags all filled with Charley Croker's bevy of international beauties just waiting for a corrupting influence to come along. The fact that the album has been released by a Russian record label and is available in Eastern Europe just adds that fantastic edge of cold war 70's intrigue to the already overflowing pie of retro heaven.
Sendelica produce a sound that simply isn't the style of the moment but thankfully it has heart and tones of it, something else that really isn't in vogue today. For all those that struggle in imagining such music then you need to go and rent a copy of the 70's classic film More, sit back and bathe in the sounds. If anybody was alive today that had the balls to make such a movie they could safely turn to Sendelica to produce just such a space opera sound as would be required. This album is very much for those who can appreciate an entire sonic ineconcept and don't require a re-assuring hit single every three minutes. Strongly recommended for those sharp enough to appreciate it.
Review by: Aled Jones GLASSWERK, UK
http://www.glasswerk.co.uk/index2.php?db=wales&page=reviews,review&id=5688 ************************************************************************** Sendelica
Spaceman Bubblegum And Other Weird Tales From The Mercury Mind (2007, R.A.I.G., R026)
CD Audio ïñèõîäåëèê, ïðîã-ðîê / íîâèíêà! SENDELICA – èíñòðóìåíòàëüíîå ðîê-òðèî èç Êàðäèãàíà (Óýëüñ, Âåëèêîáðèòàíèÿ) â ñîñòàâå: Pete Bingham (ãèòàðà, ýëåêòðîíèêà), Glenda Pescado (áàñ) è Paul Fields (áàðàáàíû). Ãðóïïà ñôîðìèðîâàëàñü â 2006 ãîäó, õîòÿ Bingham (ó÷àñòíèê ãðóïïû KALD) è Pescadohttp://www.cisfordogrecords.co.uk/ – çàñëóæåííûå âåòåðàíû áðèòàíñêîãî ïñèõîäåëè÷åñêîãî äâèæåíèÿ. Ñâîþ ìóçûêó ìóçûêàíòû õàðàêòåðèçóþò êàê «ñïëàâ âèíòàæíîé ïñèõîäåëèè, êëàññè÷åñêîãî ðèôô-ðîêà è ýëåêòðîííîãî äàá-ýìáèåíòà». Äåáþòíûé ïîëíîôîðìàòíûé àëüáîì Entering The Rainbow Light áûë çàïèñàí â ÿíâàðå 2007 ãîäà ñ âîêàëèñòêîé Sarah E: áûëî îòïå÷àòàíî íåñêîëüêî äåñÿòêîâ ýêçåìïëÿðîâ ëþáèòåëüñêîãî CDR-èçäàíèÿ. Spaceman Bubblegum And Other Weird Tales From The Mercury Mind çàïèñûâàëñÿ âåñíîé 2007 ãîäà è ãîòîâèëñÿ ñïåöèàëüíî äëÿ èçäàíèÿ íà RAIG. Àëüáîì ïîëíîñòüþ èíñòðóìåíòàëüíûé. Ñòèëèñòè÷åñêè ðàñïîëàãàåòñÿ íà ñòûêå ïñèõîäåëèê-ñïýéñ-ðîêà, ïðîã-ðîêà è ýêñïåðèìåíòàëà AVANT, RUSSIA *****************************************
Last tonight I went to a really good gig courtesy of the Lampy SU Ents department. They've been in the habit of doing live-music nights every week, with local bands showcasing their stuff. Its good, i got to see Laying Jade again in Michaelmas Term, and other bands like Cantaloup, The Mighty FUOD. I kind of wish that the gigs would be out in the main entertainments' arena; The eXtension so i could dance, but then again i'm a bit of dancybunny so i'd always feel like that whatever the music was, It was a really balmy, hot evening; everyone sitting out by the campus river infront of the Students Union getting pleasingly merry while Sendelica sound checked. They were really good, they ran through a few jams i think just for us listening punters (before the crowd of pub-goers got in at half nine or so). Smiling faces, hot sunshine and the smell of cigarettes over the river. As the evening descending we drifted indoors in ones and two's, the Stage Manager and future Ents officer chatting away amiably with us punters, bar staff, musicians. Settling in the cosy SU it became apparent that having bands here in the smaller bar is kind of nice, close and personal; the crowd has got to be involved with the band that way. Billed as similar to 'an early Pink Floyd' this four-piece band presented an excellent and personally a long missed journey into psychedilia. An older band, the sorts you can tell spend a lot of their time on the festival circuits they were musically tight and at home during the soundcheck and responding to the needs of the amps and the space. Its always good when you get to see a band during soundcheck - understandably a lot of bands don't like general audience bods bopping around, but i think you get to know the band a little bit better. At one point the bassist (an impressively tall man seeming to have walked out of a 70's Rock and Roll band) and the guitarist blistered their way into an improvised solo for a good five minutes, just for the fun of it. Just as i and a friend were settling into the expected groove - as if by magic - up popped a Sax player! When they sorted out his output levels the sax started providing some punchier emphasis to the lead lines and background ambience to the melody lines. Marvelous.Their main set was perhaps five or six tunes, one a psych'version of a Black Sabbath number; one a very chilled out dub with accompanying samples excellently mixed into their live music. No lyrics, they weren't needed at all. I noticed a few of the students really digging it, a girl closing her eyes and swaying out to the soundscape, some far-off meditative looks on other faces as the spirit of greenfields and bright summersky incense wafted through some doorway back to a simpler time. This is what a gig should be like i thought, young people laughing and others trancing out and acting weird and personal and mellow. Well worth seeing again. ******************************************** Sendelica: Spaceman Bubblegum and Other Weird Tales from the Mercury Mind RAIG (R026) Sendelica on psykedeelistä rockia soittava bändi Walesista. Yhtyeen ytimen muodostavat Pete Bingham (kitara ja elektroniikka), Glenda Pescado (basso, ex-Nik Turner's Allstars) ja Paul Fields (rummut). Tämä on heidän toinen levynsä, jos ei lasketa mukaan kesällä julkaistua CD-R:ää joka sisältää soundtrackin ilmeisesti pian ilmestyvästä elokuvasta. Spaceman Bubblegum… sisältää seitsemän kappaletta, joista viisi on nauhoitettu tämän vuoden helmikuussa yhden päivän aikana. Näihin on kyllä jälkikäteen lisätty syntetisaattoria. Kaksi viimeistä biisiä on julkaistu aikaisemmin edellisillä julkaisuilla.. Kappaleet tuntuvat olevan melko pitkälti improvisaatioon perustuvia. Musiikki on tällä levyllä täysin instrumentaalista.
Levyn aloittaa rauhallinen ja tunnelmallinen "Sunfazed". Kappaleessa on mukavan leppoisaa menoa kitaralla, bassolla ja rummuille sekä pientä psyke-efektiä. "Spaceman Bubblebum 2" on kunnon psyke/happorockjamia á la Bevis Frond tai Sun Dial, ja sehän minulle hyvin sopii! Oikein hyvä esitys. Lähes 13-minuuttinen "It's a NEU! Thing" on voimakasta, mielestäni kyllä enemmän varhaisen Hawkwindin tapaista rokkausta. Kappale toimii todella hyvin kahden soinnun junnutuksena, mutta on ehkä turhan pitkä. Sisältää kyllä kunnon sekoilua! "Siren the Second Coming" alkaa rauhallisesti kitaranäppäilyllä. Komppi tulee mukaan kahden ja puolen minuutin kuluttua, ja kitara muuttuu raskaammaksi. Sitten tulee hyvä sooloa ja jammailevampaa menoa, kuulostaa hyvältä. Mukaan tulee myös hieman koskettimia. "Inrid Cold" sisältää aluksi aika rivakkaa kitaranrämpyttelyä ja tomien paukutusta. Sitten junnataan vähän aikaa yhdessä äänessä, ja tulee tauko. Sitten seuraa delaykitaraa ja tomeja. Kivaa jamia tässäkin kappaleessa. Loppu on aika ambienttia. "Mr. Floyd Walker" (josta tulee hieman mieleen Pink Floyd) ja "Dawn of the Dub Revisited" ovat kummatkin upeita, psykedeelisiä ja rauhallisesti soljuvia ambientteoksia, jotka lopettavat levyn hienolla tavalla. Tämä on hyvä levy, kannattaa tutustua! Iceland!! *************************************************************************** Pink Floyd. The Orb. Spaceman 3, Hawkwind. Neu, Tangerine Dream ... Just a few of our favorite space rock bands. We've got another to add to the list and that would be the Welsh group Sendelica, whose music recalls the aforementioned bands. They just released an instrumental CD called "Spaceman Bubblegum And Other Weird Tales From The Mercury Mind," and the songs range from just a couple of minutes to epic length. There's a range, also, in mood from warm and mellow to full-blown psychedelic soundscapes, and a little dub tossed in to boot. A very pleasant and stimulating head trip. They are on their first US tour and they're playing P.A.'s Lounge April 24 with Transparent, Axemonkee and Church of Flying Dreams. Tickets: $7. Starts at 9. JIM SULLIVAN, BOSTON GLOBE *************************************************************************** Sendelica – Spaceman Bubblegum And Other Weird Tales From The Mercury Mind
RAIG Records (2007)
(7 Stücke, 58:01 Minuten Spielzeit)Aus Wales stammt das Trio Pete Bingham (Gitarren, Elektronische Gerätschaften), Glenda Pescado (Bass) und Paul Fields (Schlagzeug), das unter dem Namen Sendelica psychedelischen Spacerock macht. Mit ihrem zweiten Longplayer „Spaceman Bubblegum And Other Weird Tales From The Mercury Mind", der im September 2007 erschienen ist, konnten sie einen Vertrag beim russischen Label RAIG, das spezialisiert auf psychedelische Musik ist, ergattern.
Und so wechselt die CD immer zwischen den spacigen, psychedelischen und streckenweise auch krautigen Stilen hin und her. Sehr angenehme, direkt ins Ohr gehende Passagen, wie in „Siren The Second Coming" wechseln sich mit rockigen Stücken „Indrid Cold" (klingt wie Rock aus den 70'ern) und spacigen „Mr. Floyd Walker" oder auch schrägen Klängen wie in „It's A Neu! Thing" ab. „Spaceman Bubblegum …" ist eine Scheibe für den geneigten Spacerock- und Psychedelic-Rock-Fan, die damit voll auf ihre Kosten kommen. Bei der Musik von Sendelica, bei der es auch recht hypnotisch zugeht, treten unweigerlich Gefühle und Erinnerungen aus den 60'ern und 70'ern zu Tage. Aufgrund der direkt ineinander laufenden Tracks wirkt die ganze CD sehr kompakt, wie ein einziges Stück. Mein Tipp: Eine Hörprobe gibt es auf der Myspace-Seite www.myspace.com/sendelicapsyche. Stephan Schelle, Mai 2008 http://www.musikzirkus-magazin.de/dateien/Pages/CD_Kritiken/cd-listen/cdkritik_s.htm *********************************************************************** A trio from Wales, Sendelica delivers spacey rock elements that at times conjure up Pink Floyd and also plays psychedelic and heavier styled music with some electronic effects resulting in a final sound that takes the listener to other worlds.
Their music is cool, "breezy" and serves as a good chill-out serving. The album has a groovy mood, and when it veers into the heavier parts (such as in "Spaceman Bubblegum 2") it serves as a good dosage of "freakout" to let your mind loose and sounds like either a late 60's psych band or some krautrock band jamming. Repetitiveness is quite abundant throughout the tracks, and at times I feel as if surrounded by walls of sounds, as if on a psychedelic acid trip.
Essentially this recording sounds to me like a collection of long jams that have a pre-conceived theme around which they develop and direct the music to whatever point it is they want to get to. And to me it sounds very well done. Jams may sound misleading, so let's say, instrumental mind-altering musical substance; long, pieces of dirty sounding excursions (in a good way) with no partitioning between lead and great rhythm.
The tracks flow very well from one to the next, continuing in the same spirit with a new melody or riff yet bringing a new vibe with each tune.
The music here is well played and most important highly fun to listen to. I can't help but get carried away and get sucked into the music as I listen to this.
Great album for tripping… Progressive Ears Reviews Die gut einstündige CD wurde von den drei Musikern in einer Session an nur einem Tag in einem mobilen Studio aufgenommen. Das hat aber keinen negativen Einfluss auf die Qualität des Materials. Psychedelische, spacige Gitarren sowie weite Synthieflächen bilden den Nährboden, auf dem die Musik von Sendelica ruht. So auch im Opener „Sunfazed". Sehr monoton und psychedelisch geht es in „Spaceman Bubblegum 2" zu. Auch recht schräg sägende Gitarren tun ihr Übriges dazu. Das erinnert streckenweise an die psychedelischen Acts Ende der 60'er bzw. Anfang der 70'er. Ein Flair einer Jammsession weht dabei durch den Raum. „It's A Neu! Thing" klingt streckenweise recht abgedreht. Da sind dann elektronische Klänge zu hören, die mich an ein fliegendes, wirres Insekt erinnern. Recommenced. Sendelica are an instrumental trio from Wales, comprised of Pete Bingham (guitars and electronics), Glenda Pescado (bass) and Paul Fields (drums), that specialize in creating lengthy, improvisational compositions with a significantly noticeable psychedelic flavor. The majority of the music performed on their second full length album, Spaceman Bubblegum And Other Weird Tales From The Mercury Mind was recorded in a single day session, with the final two tracks having been previously released elsewhere.
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