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Samsara Blues Experiment - Waiting For The Flood (2013) [Gorgatz]
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Samsara Blues Experiment - Waiting For The Flood (2013) [Gorgatz]
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Samsara Blues Experiment - Waiting For The Flood (2013) [Gorgatz]
- I N F O -
"Four tracks and almost 50-minutes long Waiting For The Flood easily exceeds expectations. The third outing by German psych rockers Samsara Blues Experiment is their most balanced and harmoniously driven yet. 18-months in the making and averaging 10-mintues per tack, the record combines the best of the group’s two previous studio albums while drifting further into mid-‘70s prog rock. As seasoned professionals, Christian Peters (guitar/vocals), Hans Eiselt (guitar), Richard Behrens (bass) and Thomas Vedder (drums) have fused together their individual talents to create something truly majestic. Elements of British acts Man, Khan and Camel can be heard in the creative expanse of the individual songs while the occasional southern-style heavy rock of Corrosion of Conformity or Floodgate rattles the cage.
Side One kicks off with “Shringara” a blend of stoner heaviness and southern fried psych with an Indian raga vibe. A long moog solo gives the song a retro cosmic feel morphing like a giant nebula. Capitalizing on their progressive foundation second track “Don’t Belong” plunges headlong into the quartet’s collective dark side. A haunting doom blues lick snakes into an adventurous mid-section that bounces with a funky beat. The song ends in an epic ostinato complete with heightened guitar solo. On the flipside is the album’s title track “Waiting For The Flood”, a 12-minute opus so free and easy yet so complex. Composed as a hybrid between Hendrix and Santana it includes an impressive array of duel guitar with a thundering bass line. Closing the disc is “Brahmin’s Lament” a classic heavy blues number with a haunting chorus and stunning vocal. Its’ extended psychedelic mid-section features Indian rhythms and sitars with a vast Hawkwind-like finish into the chorus. Repeated listens are required to appreciate the magnitude of each composition.
On the edge of a musical frontier, Samsara Blues Experiment transcend the tag of Stoner, Psychedelic or Progressive rock. With a fresh innovative style they have amassed a passionate, visceral approach to modern jamming while pulling together cosmic elements that harness pure, metaphysical energy. They stand alone as genuine innovators of an undefined style in a class of their own. This is what makes them so special." (Todd K. Smith - The Cutting Edge - Biographer of FREE and UFO)
The album was recorded at Big Snuff Studio Berlin and mastered at Calyx Mastering. The coverart was painted by late great polish artist Zdzislaw Beksinski.
The opening title “Shringara”, which Hindi primal meaning has to do with romantic love and physical pleasure, is some luscious appetizer, a foreplay that slips somewhere in between Ravi Shankar’s sitar and fine synths arrangements. Somehow, this intro song reminds me of “Singata Mystic Queen” off their first record “Long Distance Trip”. As we could expect, the atmosphere on this album is set to a real change of scene. Christian Peters’ fiery singing contrasts brilliantly with the song’s lascivious feeling… which turns into a tidal wave of thick riffs driven by a very enthralling guitar solo. First song and already, the aphrodisiac filter is working well.
The feeling gets waaaaaaaayyy more sensual and hedonistic on the eponymous song: “Waiting For The Flood” is BY FAR the catchiest and most intoxicating song of the whole record. A river of love and positive waves is poured from the amps, liquid gold springs from the guitars and (jazzy) bass. Seriously, I’ve played this song on repeat for hours without even getting bored of it. Perfection, as sexy and captivating as it can be. What entrances me with real blues jammers like Samsara is that, no matter the length of the song they’d put out, it will always seize your guts from start to finish. In this way, “Don’t Belong” offers a dark and languid blues rock, until it reaches its half, then boom! The heaviness gets back the upper hand, the rhythm gets tense again, and… we have no other choice than to headbang. The sound and groove are worthy of The Jimi Hendrix Experience, until the fourth and last song “Brahmin’s Lament”, by far the most energetic song of the record. “Brahmin’s Lament” is heavy yet subtle, slowing down from time to time, blending sitar with a “desperadesque” riff: the trip slowly comes to an end, somewhere between Nepal and New Mexico. Said like that, it sounds a bit funky, but who wouldn’t feel spaced out after such a masterpiece? There it is, I just dropped the word.
With this stunning third record, Samsara Blues Experiment once again open their big hearts to us. Closer to “Long Distance Trip” than “Revelations & Mysteries”, “Waiting For The Flood” is a sheer concentrate of all the Berlin based foursome has of jammier and more exotic, the crushing and punchy side of their sound being put aside in order to focus on the sensations… What addictive sensations. Guitars are exulting, the groove is reaching its climax, Peters’ hoarse vocals wraps the whole thing wholeheartedly: there, we’re electrified, overjoyed by one of the most successfully completed records of the decade.
- T R A C K L I S T -
1. Shringara (13:34)
2. Waiting For The Flood (10:38)
3. Don't Belong (11:58)
4. Brahmin's Lament (12:25)
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