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An Alien Heat is the 14th CD by international
collective Spirits Burning established 1986 in San Francisco by its leader Don
Falcone. I've been following their output since the debut album New Worlds By
Design in 1999 but have sadly missed the two latest releases. Don has always
collected some of the best musicians from several genres like space rock,
electronic, psychedelic, progressive and art rock, and this release is no
exception. Sci-fi writer Michael Moorcock has been involved before but this time
his presence is stronger than before. I really like that since he is one of my
favourite writers as well as an ex-member of my favourite band Hawkwind! Other
musicians featured include people from Blue Öyster Cult, The Damned, The
Groundhogs, Clearlight, Hawkwind, Chrome and Arthur Brown's Kingdom Come, just
to name a few. There are over 30 people involved altogether so I can only
imagine how much work it has taken to get this all organized and produced! Don
and his partners have made an amazing job, however. Lyrically Moorcock is
involved in most of the 16 songs and he also sings and plays some
harmonica.
The BÖC fans (myself included!) will love the
classic rock/pop styled tracks like the opener "Hothouse Flowers", the excellent
sci-fidelic "In the Future", "Fall in Love", "Back To 1896", "Seven Finger
Solution" and the space rocking "To Steal a Space Traveller", perhaps the
highlight for me. "Soiree of Fire" is a hypnotic, trippy and tribal-sounding
piece that I also really like. The melancholic "Doomed" makes the shivers go
though my spine, very effective as well! "Any Particular Interest" is something
special too... Oh well, so many great tunes! More electronic side is presented
with for example with the sort of Gothic rock sounding "Virtue & Mrs. Amelia
Underwood" and "Dark Dominion", still bringing to mind BÖC a bit, though! There
are also more atmospheric tracks closer to ambient but nothing completely afloat
or ethereal. The use on violin and also acoustic guitar on a track or two adds
some folk vibes too. All in all, this is another excellent sounding, interesting
and highly enjoyable album by the Spirits Burning collective, well done! If you
get the initial pressing, you will also get a bonus disc that includes all the
tracks in instrumental form which is cool.
CURRENTLY AVAILABLE FROM GONZO
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CURRENTLY AVAILABLE FROM GONZO
Spirits Burning is one of the most unique entities in the space rock galaxy. The group consists of one main member, Don Falcone, and many other participants from various bands and projects...
Healthy Music In Large Doses is the latest offering from the Spirits Burning space rock collective, this time featuring keyboardist Cyrille 'Clearlight' Verdeaux. Clearlight is a project of French son..
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