Solanhum – Rostratum

 

 

Solanhum – Rostratum
LSDR Records – 2022
Rock, Psych, Fuzz, Stoner, Doom
Rated: ****

I might be mistaken here. I often am. But it seems that the Rostratum album by Mexican duo Solanhum has received way too little attention. Released early September by the very cool LSDR Records, the Mexican duo takes you on a wild, wonderful, and very psychedelic adventure. Five tracks, forty-five minutes of earthy, natural sounding psych that implores the fuzz to an awesome degree. Touches of stoner and doom are there to bring you into the more trucking realm of their album or the slow and downtrodden parts. Featuring two members of Vinnum Sabbathi, the duo also invites two guests on the album to deliver some keys on two tracks. Third track Shine On You Crazy Balrog features Hector Fernandez on keys, from the Grábale Grábale Studio, where the album was recorded. Hector Fernandez is also responsible mixing and mastering the album and does some fine key work on that track. What follows is fifteen minute long battleship track: Ariamnes (the Real Name of a Facehugger), with an extra layer of Moog synth, performed by Juan Tamayo from Vinnum Sabbathi. A special track that link chains all these different parts together with that Moog, and the combination of intense crashes, grooving rhythms and low roaring riffs. Special tracks are also the opener and closer. For opener Basti (Falling into the natural realm) pays homage to the guitar player of German band Weedruid Sebastian "Basti" Adolph who sadly passed away in 2020 and closing Weedruid - Eis Sieben, is that bands unreleased track. Which seems to fit perfectly with the overall feeling of Rostratum, that of paying homage to all that good and heavy stuff floating around in the world.

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Thanks to Solanhum…

(Written by JK)

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Rostro Del Sol – Rostro Del Sol

 

 

Rostro Del Sol – Rostro Del Sol
LSDR Records – 2021
Rock, Seventies, Prog, Psych, Jazz, Instrumental
Rated: ****

The Four-piece Rostro Del Sol from Mexico delivered their self-titled debut album in January and featured prominently on the Doom Charts of that month. And rightfully so; and hopefully they will be making the list this month as well. I sure as hell will vote for ‘em! Channeling those jazzy prog rock legends from the seventies, invoking the jam band spirit of every era; this is exactly the kind of luscious classic progressive sound every freak used to freak out to! Indeed, turn on, tune in and drop out; it’s time to start worshipping the good stuff in a huge way. A bit of vintage sounding funk here, some bluesy notes there and a whole lot of jazzy eb and flow. And the top that all off with the exact the right amount of psychedelic insanity and pure love for the virtuous notes that need to fly freely through the atmosphere. This is the music those notes make, music for music’s sake. It’s saying things that can’t be put into the tongue. This is good music.

(Written by JK)

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