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DE KLEER, MARTIJN - So close yet so far out

Format: do-LP
Label & Cat.Number: Beta-Lactam Ring Records mt055
Release Year: 2002
Note: lim. 500 gatefold-cover
Price (incl. 19% VAT): €18.00
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Solo-Album des LPD-Mitglieds mit ausuferndem Drone-Psychedelic-Cosmic-Folk! Im edlen Vollfarb-Klappcover mit Insert.

“ Full color gatefold jacket with two- 220 gram audiophile virgin vinyl LP’s and double sided printed insert. Packed in a protective plastic outer bag. Edition of 500 copies with the first 100 receiving a numbered and signed cardstock insert from Martijn.
And yetter still, so wonderful. This inaugural solo jaunt by Legendary Pink Dots guitarist/bassist/violinist Martijn de Kleer betrays a love for freeform freakouts of the 60's, with a special emphasis on the mellow, acid drenched stylings of the West Coast underground of the late 60's. All the I's are microdotted and all the mushroom teas crossed as Martijn's guitar gently seeps, crawls, oozes, boils and burns. And even though Martijn's Dotted past is in some evidence, this is hardly an LPD Karaoke album. This is a fully fleshed out beast of original design. Martijn's vocals occasionally punctuate the parade, but the majority involves instrumental clusters, some based in rock form and others more like giant swelling clouds, all thick with psychedelia (acid rain?). Besides the requisite fuzzing guitar (see also Damon and/or Helios Creed), Martijn employs such merry men as Ryan Moore (Twilight Circus), Raymond Steeg (Girlfriends, Legendary Pink Dots, Beequeen), Phil Knight (Legendary Pink Dots) and Cevin Key (Skinny Puppy, Download, Tear Garden), oh and a chorus of Himalayan children singing all vocals on the 26 minute acid mind tripper ‘The Apple Crumble Trail’. A beautiful production that is filled with sonic surprises at every turn and is sure to make any day trip, erm, trippier. 8 tracks over 2 albums, exactly the way any good psych record is supposed to be, damnit! The finale is a particularly rewarding climb to Heaven on a honeyed ladder, from which view is all poppies, beautiful poppies, and the sound is perfectly Kleer.” [press release]

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