"Terracid aka Michael Donnelly returns with yet another solo album of his outback-fried psychedelic jamborees. Donnelly is extremely prolific, but that's a good thing for all of us. While he must be sacrificing something on the holy altar of the folk gods, he's surely not sacrificing quality for quantity. This is music that will lull you into a trance.
One thing I've been noticing about Donnelly's work, not only as Terracid but in Brothers of the Occult Sisterhood, Ffehro, and Soarwhole as well, is that you can really hear that he is inspired by his surroundings in rural Australia." foxy digitalis
One thing I've been noticing about Donnelly's work, not only as Terracid but in Brothers of the Occult Sisterhood, Ffehro, and Soarwhole as well, is that you can really hear that he is inspired by his surroundings in rural Australia." foxy digitalis
Pinnacles Upon Aesthetes in Glorious Row posee todo lo bueno que hacía de "Alltunia" mi disco favorito de Terracid, percusiones, mantras, Davenport, Brothers of the Occult Sisterhood, bows, jaw's harp & guitars, elegantes suites de guitarra, carraspeos, desafinación, flautas, campanillas, grillos, toda una galería de fascinantes detalles que además de convertirlo en el hermano pequeño de Free Country recupera a lo grande el precioso concepto field recording. me recuerda, sin parecerse demasiado, a The Solo Joint, porque todo transcurre a media voz, sin un principio ni un final, la música surge de la nada como breves apuntes que ni siquiera aspiran a ser canciones. hay que escucharlo de principio a fin, es doble, pero para hacerse una idea mejor perderse en la cálida y asfixiante 'Mergue Bicycle', o en 'the Gravity of Floating Iron': Nick Drake, Syd Barrett, Ben Chasny y ese crescendo que nunca llega, esa atmósfera que se respira, el desierto de Tanami. michael donnelly es como clay ruby, orgánico y sutil, una vez sustituido el matiz rural americano por el de la cultura aborígen australiana. igual pero diferente. como silvester anfang. pinnacle significa cumbre...
