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Various Artists: Trail Records – Space Travel 2007 - 2014

Trail Records is a New York based label specializing in progressive music, mostly of the trippy variety. They also specialize in quality reissues similar to what Cherry Red and Angel Air have done in the U.K. The label formed in 2007 so to celebrate their seventh year we have the release of Space Travel 2007-2014 highlighting some of the more spacier tracks put forth by bands such as Siddhartha, Sky Cries Mary, Polska Radio One, Beyond-O-Matic and many more. The tracks cover the time period of 2009 to 2014 with emphasis put on the earlier years.

This is a long album (almost eighty minutes) so there is lots of music to explore here and is a good representation of what Trail Records has to offer.

The first track "Nervous Breakdown" is from the Turkish band Siddhartha who unfortunately broke up in 2001. The label decided to give these tracks a fresh make-over and I can hear why. This is eight minutes of trippy synth excursions and guitar work at times taking on an Eastern tinge.

"Land Of All" by Sky Cries Mary, who hail from the U.S. is a more 'rock' track with a catchy chorus and a hint of psyche infused guitar work.

Beyond-O-Matic, based out of San Francisco is another solid entry. "Time To Get Up", taken from their first album of the same name is a mellow laid back jam highlighted with spacey guitar and synthesizers. The laid back/melodic vocals match the minimalist style rather well.

"Deti", from Russian band Ole Lukkoye is a peculiar mix of world music, trance and modern psyche sounds. They use a variety of ethnic instruments to achieve what I think is a pretty cool sound, at least on this track. This is a band I am unfamiliar with but they do sound intriguing.

I think this is a good overview of what Trail Records has been up to the last few years. There is some quality tunage here so if you like your music a little 'out there' you might want to dig a little further.


Track Listing:
1. Siddhartha – Nervous Breakdown (Edit) (8:13)
2. Sky Cries Mary – Land Of All (5:09)
3. Beyond-O-Matic – Time To Get Up (9:41)
4. Ole Lukkoye – Deti (5:48)
5. Sky Cries Mary – Want (6:46)
6. Rada & Blackthorns – Interlude (7:02)
7. In The Labyrinth – Over The Wall (3:56)
8. Barrett Elmore – Woodlands (3:28)
9. The Narcotic Daffodils – The Crazy Dwarf (9:18)
10. Polska Radio One – Shangri-La (5:46)
11. Beyond-O-Matic – Wish (Edit) (7:47)
12. Plootah – Caronte (6:02)

Added: November 23rd 2014
Reviewer: Jon Neudorf
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Related Link: Label's Official Site
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Language: english

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