“Comparatively conventional on their studio efforts, Danish supergroup trio Edena Gardens (made up of Jakob Skøtt, Martin Rude and Nicklas Sørensen) are an entirely different prospect live. Recorded at the Jaiyede Jazz Festival in Odense in late 2022, this is an unrestrained explosion of free jazz and psychedelic kosmische over three lengthy tracks.”
Night Fishing – Live Bait (2023)
“Comprised of four seasoned Rocky Mountain Road Dogs (members of Call of the Void, Green Druid, Abrams, Muscle Beach), NIGHT FISHING exist to explore the boundaries of improvisation, mood and structure within the realms of heavy, instrumental sound. Waves of fuzzed-out Heavy Psych, hypnotic Krautrock and free-form jazz seamlessly weave together to create a trippy, virtuosic and mind-melting experience that could only be formulated live in the studio within the confines of the moment. NIGHT FISHING is for lovers and will take you where the vibe wants to go.”
:nepaal – Protoaeolianism (2023)
“We are living in infinity. Time doesn’t exist. Reality is a collectively agreed untruth. We can do all, we are the power. We are one. We are just parts of the same circle. Slices of the unity. We are one. All is one.”
Edena Gardens – Agar (2023)
“Multi-instrumentalist Martin Rude, Papir guitarist Nicklas Sørensen and Causa Sui drummer Jakob Skøtt form the Danish supergroup Edena Gardens. Following hot on the heels of their eponymous debut is second album ‘Agar’ (as well as a live album, ‘Live Momentum’) that opens up their artistry to cosmic new vistas. The freaky, stoner-folk epic centrepiece ‘Veil’ holds together a diverse blend of improvisational psychedelia, free jazz noodling and alternative rock anthems.”
Crude – Crude (2023)
“Jam based, trip focused stoner rock, acknowledging were we came from and setting the controls for the sun. Post Rock and Yo La Tengo catches Black Sabbath and Led Zeppelin trying to peg Pink Floyd.”
Hazeshuttle – Hazeshuttle (2023)
“Hazeshuttle is an instrumental heavy psychedelic stoner rock band formed in 2018 in Ingolstadt, Germany. The music style contains heavy fuzz driven analog sounds with mixtures of various spaced out psychedelic guitar harmonics, deep powerful bass sections and all combined with classic rock orientated rhythmic drum grooves.”
Shem – III (2023)
“Shem is a collective of musicians aiming to perform improvisational sound pieces influenced by a wide range of eras and strains of psychedelic and progressive music. Through combining elements of ambient, drone, psych and space rock into epic, reverb drenched jams, Shem try to reach out beyond the established boundaries of musical conventions to create their own realm of sonic experimentation. Constantly moving and shape-shifting within this realm, their third album sees the German collective explore further the meditative and ritualistic aspects of ambient music, the sonic outbursts of space rock and the atavistic rhythms of Krautrock.”