Saturnia - The glitter odd (2001)

Исполнитель: Saturnia
Альбом: The Glitter Odd
Жанр: Progressive rock, Psychedelic, Space rock, Raga Rock
Страна: Portugal (Cranium Music NZD34.50, 2001)
Формат: ape image + .cue with EAC log
Битрейт аудио: lossless
Размер: 291 MB
Дополнительно: Full scans

Saturnia started off in late 96, founded by multi-instrumentalist Luis Simoes. Originally meant to be a free art communal project of several artistic areas such as literature, photography, design, painting and music. Filipe homem and Luis Simões named the project. The name came from the merge between the saturnia butterfly, the planet saturn and saturnalia. This association lasted throughout 97 and out of it came the first Saturnia demo.

In early 98 Saturnia turned into a genuine two piece group, with Luis Simoes on guitar, sitar, theremin, vocals, gong and programming, and Eduardo Vasconcelos (aka M Strange) on keyboards, out of it came the first Saturnia cd in early `99, later on M Strange left and his replacement was found in of Vasco Pereira, a space rock synthesist/organist. In 2000 the duo continued to play live. In the summer of 2000 Luis simoes and Vasco Pereira divorced and he was replaced on keyboards by Francisco Rebelo. Late 2000 and early 2001 were spent finishing Saturnia`s second long duration recording which was well received by music critics and was spoted by Cranium music who released it as The Glitter Odd.

Now here is a simply awesome mind melting experience that simply blew me away and will do the same for you. This 2 member Portuguese psychedelic progressive rock outfit play some of the best Avant-Garde music I think have ever heard. Saturnia are keyboardist/bassist/programmer Francisco Rebelo and singer/songwriter/multi- instrumentalist Luis Simoes. Self-confessed vinyl junkie and Audiophile Luis Simões came up with the wonderful concept of making a CD sound like a piece of vinyl... Complete throughout with hiss and vinyl ticks you would think you old turntable is spinning. “The Glitter Odd” is firmly in the psychedelic realm, though lots of fun spacey synths are prominent with Dubs. Tribal influenced percussion, freaky bleeping space synths, organ, sampled flute, sitar, Theremin, floating vocals, and other sound effects. Sonically this album is magical offering a pretty steady drone tempo throughout while blending a mix of classic Psychedelia, spacey ambient vibes and 70's prog flavoured organ.”

Track list:
01 Chrysalis
02 Bliss
03 Still Life
04 A Trick Of The Light
05 Amimuth - Menadel
06 Organo
07 Borealis
08 The Glitter Odd

Line-up :
- Luis Simoes / electric, acoustic guitar, sitar, lap steel, vocals, theremin, gong, rhythms
- Francisco Rebelo / organ, synthesizer, gong, rhythms