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Farthest South – Spheres & Constellations (2013) review

January 12, 2014

Farthest South – Spheres & Constellations (2013) review

Farthest South “Spheres & Constellations” (False Industries/FarSouthWest Records, 2013)
Israeli psychedelia of the highest order… and I do mean
high! The trio spent an eventful night in the Israeli desert and returned to
capture their spiritual enlightenment via one long (35 minute) track that
explores three phases of consciousness: external, internal, and eternal. Known
for their improvisational recording methods, the band flipped on all the
buttons and let the music swarm through them. It ebbs and flows as they
continually feed off each other in a synchronistic discovery of the music within
each of them. Fans of krautrockers Tangerine Dream Ash Ra Tempel will feel
right at home, but this is also a watershed of ambient, post-rock soundscapes
previously explored by the likes of Stars of The Lid, Hammock, and God Is An
Astronaut. Windy & Carl’s similarly themed (and titled) Consciousness is
another salient signpost.
               The
track works perfectly as the soundtrack to your own personal voyage to inner
space, with the processed vocals dropped in to anchor your mind inside your
skull. (At times it sounds like excerpts one of Terrence McKenna’s lectures!)
But the predominant sound seems to be electronically generated – swirling Moog
and Korg Trident intertwined with spacey effects and even a cell phone! They
all recreate the swoosh of your brain cells soaring through the outer (and
inner) universe. “Turn off your mind, relax, and float downstream.”
Review made by Jeff Penczak/2014
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