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Electric Magic Records Releases Free Download Sampler
Up and coming German imprint Electric Magic Records has unveiled a new digital sampler touting its wares. The 10-track comp features output from recent releases by House of Aquarius and Heat and...
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Soulitude, So Came Restless Night: The Storm above the Marksman’s Range
In the liner notes for So Came Restless Night, Berlin-based multi-instrumentalist/vocalist Christian Peters mentions that he’d never intended to release anything under the moniker of this Soulitude...
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Samsara Blues Experiment Mark Fifth Anniversary with Tour Dates
Time waits for no drone. German heavy psych medicine men Samsara Blues Experiment are passing their five-year mark this fall. They’ve had a great run so far, and as they look forward to the release of...
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Samsara Blues Experiment Announce November Release for Waiting for the Flood
In addition to adding a date to their previously-announced fifth anniversary tour, continually expansive German heavy psych four-piece Samsara Blues Experiment have unveiled a November release for...
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Samsara Blues Experiment, Waiting for the Flood: All the Brahmins Sing
The sonic adventure of Samsara Blues Experiment continues on their third full-length, Waiting for the Flood. Released by the German heavy psych foursome through guitarist/vocalist Christian Peters‘...
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Samsara Blues Experiment Fifth Anniversary Tour Underway Now
Last Friday, Samsara Blues Experiment began their fifth anniversary tour. It’s also the four-piece’s first stint in support of their new album, Waiting for the Flood (review here). That’s particularly...
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The Obelisk Presents: The Top 20 of 2013
Please note: These are my picks, not the results of the Readers Poll, which is still going on. If you haven’t added your list yet, please do. It’s always strange to think of something so utterly...
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Dunst, Archimedes Waffen: Daily Mantras
Originally recorded in 2011 and digitally released in 2013, the second and final full-length, Archimedes Waffen, from German progressive heavy psych instrumentalists Dunst sees a revived presence in...
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Samsara Blues Experiment, Waiting for the Flood (2013) There was a lot I liked about Samsara Blues Experiment‘s third album, Waiting for the Flood (review here), but nothing quite so much as the...
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The Obelisk Questionnaire: Christian Peters of Samsara Blues Experiment
For more than five years now, Berlin-based guitarist/vocalist Christian Peters has been working ceaselessly to bring his band Samsara Blues Experiment to the forefront of heavy psychedelic...
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Terraplane, Into the Unknown: And Back out Again
Originally released a decade ago in 2006, the second album from Terraplane, Into the Unknown, stands as another prime example of a record that would probably have a much different history if it had...
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Surya Kris Peters’ The Hermit LP Available to Preorder
Surya Kris Peters, the solo vehicle of Christian Peters, guitarist/vocalist of Samsara Blues Experiment, has two albums under its belt already in last year’s Status Flux and Moonstruck, but The Hermit...
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Surya Kris Peters, The Hermit: Intricate Experiments
To be withdrawn is the principal aspect of bring a hermit. One pictures a long white beard of someone living in a cave on a hillside, who has removed themselves completely from society and would...
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Samsara Blues Experiment Working on Fourth Album; Playing Berlin Next Month
Three quick years since Berlin heavy psych progressives Samsara Blues Experiment made their most expansive statement to-date with their third album, Waiting for the Flood (review here). That record,...
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Samsara Blues Experiment Announce German Weekender Shows
I’ve been doing my best to keep up with the impending 2017 resurgence of Berlin heavy psychedelic rockers Samsara Blues Experiment, who by next Spring should be back in full swing after a couple years...
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Surya Kris Peters, Holy Holy Holy: House of Worship
As was the case with Surya Kris Peters‘ first physically-pressed album, 2016’s The Hermit (review here), the key to Holy Holy Holy seems to lie in evocation. This solo-project from Christian Peters of...
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Tomorrow’s Dream: 200+ of 2017’s Most Anticipated Releases
Looks like it’s going to be another busy 12 months ahead. It’s been a busy better-part-of-a-month already, so that stands to reason, but you should know that of the several years now that I’ve done...
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Samsara Blues Experiment Confirm May Album Release; Announce More European...
Have I mentioned yet how much I’ve enjoyed watching the 2017 resurgence of German heavy psych rockers Samsara Blues Experiment take shape? I’d hope at least the sheer amount of posting I’ve done about...
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Samsara Blues Experiment Post One with the Universe Teaser Clip
It’s only a minute-long teaser clip, but there are still some things to learn from the first actual glimpse at the new and much-awaited fourth album from Berlin heavy psych trio Samsara Blues...
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Samsara Blues Experiment Premiere “Vipassana”; Reveal Art and Tracks for One...
As they returned home to Germany this past week from a South American tour and made ready to head out over the next month on a slew of European dates including festival stops at Under the Black Moon,...
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