"Music crafted for the sunny and tropical paradises of our minds. Seasonal temperament is shared via magnetic vibes; we can all exist in the same balmy and tropical headstate no matter what our physical locale may be. Pure vibrations that ebb and flow on the appeal of tidal moons."
sweat lodge guru
"Ivan from
Mpala Garoo also plays in
Sunbells Fenimore; a project that features the same island guitar tone and pace from Mpala
, but deeper oceanic;...things gets pretty turbulent in
Paradising, but no less hypnotic as the chaotic crashing and fizzing carries the metaphor of the sea, blistering heat, salty spray and boiling breakers into sonic realisation, recalling the fiery return to Earth of
Oneohtrix Point Never or the tranquility of
Dolphins Into The Future, a lucid sky-gazing treatise on sun-soaked mystical spirituality. Go to his
bandcamp for three tracks of meditational serenity."
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"Pairing the side-projects of luminaries like
Mpala Garoo,
Magic Beach,
Hobo Cubes, and
Bedroom Bear, this split from
Kon Tiki Gemini and
Cavernes begins with a roiling hot mudbath of crackling drones and claustrophobic melodies on the a-side. The kind that cakes to your hide and doesn’t slough off until your skin does. Cavernes softens the dried glaze with a gauze of shimmering notes on the flip, then peels your face off with sheer will to expose the beautiful, porcelain bones beneath..."
sweat lodge guru