For my first review of a 2021 album, if you are nostalgic in these troubled times of the psychedelic era during which the famous slogan 'it is forbidden to prohibit', credited to our national 'Jean Yann', has become a slogans for May 68 in France, here is the latest 'Samsara Blues Experiment', dubbed 'End Of Forever' which appeared on the streaming platforms on January 1 of this year, their previous opus 'One with the Universe' dating from 2017. With this last baby, the German formation offers us what could be their last album because they have decided to go their separate ways for an indefinite period but, let's not sulk our pleasure, because this opus is filled with remarkable compositions which are in the continuity of an authentic psychedelic with vintage tones taking us back a few decades.
The 11 minutes of 'Second Birth' welcome us by unfolding a slow tempo in a heavy and haunting atmosphere in which the melody captivates us and we quickly get carried away by keyboards from another time that accompany us in a kind daydreaming, the general atmosphere making me think of some 'Pink Floyd' compositions of their first period. With 'Massive Passive', we stay in this soaring sensation and this clever mix between the bewitching side and this heaviness close to metal is certainly one of the reasons that make us once again let ourselves be won over by this heady melody, then, change of decor with 'Southern Sunset' which begins with a South American rhythm close to 'Santana', then the sung part returns to a more classic rock from the 60s/70s, the vocals of 'Christian Peters' and the sonorities of the guitar accentuating furthermore that feeling. Then, follows the instrumental 'Lovage Leaves' which highlights the vintage sounds of the keyboards of 'Christian Peters' and the eponymous title of the album plunges us back into a psychedelic with stoner accents with a fairly linear rhythmic section that punctuates the changes of time with rolls of drums and which leaves plenty of room for keyboard and guitar solos. 'Orchid Annie' closes the album with a title that begins with a slow captivating and haunting tempo that rocks us in the first part and which accelerates the rhythm in the second part to offer us a more unbridled instrumental final, the keyboard sections us again reverting to the psychedelic of the late 60s.
In short, the Germans of 'Samsara Blues Experiment' offer us a quality album mixing progressive psychedelic and stoner of the 60s/70s sprinkled with a dose of progressive rock, which intends 'End Of Forever' to an audience loving long tracks with slow tempos and bewitching and haunting melodies with deep bass that take us back to the beginning of the progressive... | |
