Artist: Samsara Blues Experiment
Album: One With the Universe
Year: 2017
Rating: 86/100
Berlin's Samsara Blues Experiment occupy their very own niche within the stoner rock and psychedelic rock spectrum. They don't rely too heavily on a powerful vocal line to carry them through, instead preferring to let their musical dexterity take them wherever it is they wish to go. One With the Universe marks their tenth year as a band and their fourth studio album. What can we expect?
The usual fare of sparse but well placed vocals, guitars with fuzz and wah as the main pedals used (in much the same vein as their contemporaries Colour Haze), a taut, tight rhythm section that lets itself go wherever the music takes it, and occasionally anchors the band at whenever they need a new idea. Not only that, we get the odd swirly keyboards thrown in for good measure, which augment the SBE sound rather than hinder it. Not only that, while the music is more than sufficiently hypnotic to skirt the trap of it being boring, if SBE decide an idea needs something fresh and new doing with it, they change their course and off they go.
One With the Universe is an interesting and enjoyable listen. There's more than enough on here to keep the listener occupied, and it is fascinating to follow Samsara Blues Experiment on their trajectory, wherever it may take them.
Track listing
1. Vipassana
2. Sad Guru Returns
3. Glorious Daze
4. One With the Universe
5. Eastern Sun & Western Moon
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