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DAN SUSNARA / GREG STOMBERG
The 2nd Annual Trips Festival

MUSIC

TRACKS :
  1. And Other Chemical Misadventures Of
  2. On Blackhawk's Land
  3. We're All Working For a Common Good
  4. Exports, Procession and Wolfbiker
  5. 13
  6. How's Greg Gonna Fly?
  7. Ambling Down
  8. Wreckij
  9. The Acid Rush of Living Dangerously
  10. Mary of the Morning
  11. The World's Oldest Man (And His Two Daughters)
  12. G.W.'s Blues (Friends and Home)
LABEL : Mumble Mumble

RELEASE DATE :

April 2010
FORMAT : 2CD
PARTICIPANTS :

Dan Susnara
Greg Stomberg

REVIEWS :

Stomberg narrates in a southern/midwestern voice (similar to David Lynch's) telling stories of tripping in the 70's with his friends and bandmates (Stromberg had a band called Syberite back then, some videos of which are available on youtube). Susnara's performance is nothing short of remarkable with his trippy experimentalism and fresh & inspired songcraft all coming into play. This is the best kind of psychedelia; great songs, forward thinking sound treatments, all working together to draw you into the trip and keep you moving through it for the duration of 2 CDs. Adventurous, fun, and stimulating, the ultimate psychic vacation, and in a sum, time well spent.—Dan Sweigert (9 On Bali)

Greg Stomberg excitedly relates an apparently true tale about a drug party. Dan Susnara’s music bed is comprised of samples, sound effects, guitars, and other stuff. The vibe is folky and spacey, befitting the subject. “And Other Chemical Misadventures Of” opens the proceedings with eight and a half minutes of sprawl. “On Blackhawk’s Land” adds a hint of menace to the trippy vibe, with heavily-effected drones flying around in both directions. This album takes full advantage of the stereo spectrum, again befitting the hallucinatory subject matter. Expansive and grandiose, this is the opposite of easy listening. “We’re All Working For The Common Good” fires up a bluesy bit of distorted guitar and drum machine, which is like Ministry with Joe Walsh or something. “…what are you talkin’ about, man…?” looped. One might ask the same of you. “Exports, Procession And Wolfbiker” is eighteen and a half minutes of freaked-out funhouse vibe, which is like Skinny Puppy’s “Spahn Dirge,” conceptually, at least. Pretty in some spots, rockin’ in others. “Ambling Down,” the closer, is definitely more along the rockin’, riffin’, almost prog rock-like in scope. Lo-fi prog rock for stoned baby boomers.—Ian C Stewart, AUTOreverse Independent Music Magazine Review, July 2010

 

 

 

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