France
Destino Scifosi
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A total transcendental assault from the minimalist French psych trio - As you'd expect, this synches wailing hurdy gurdy with pummelling grooves that frog march your mind from your cranium and out into the welcoming void.
Recorded live, as per, the drunken revelry, instrumental damage, and tipped speakers cannot halt their all-consuming, motorik juggernaut. 'Destino Scifosi' is, to date, the only high quality sound recording the legendary hurdy-gurdy-powered kraut/psych/folk/drone band has ever produced, by a long shot. Mind you, if you notch that volume button to where the drums sound like they're in the room, you'll have a pretty good idea what the band sounds like live.
With the band heavily inebriated, suffocating heatwave weather, Gourdon playing in speedos, amps falling face flat on the ground a couple of times and mic stands pushed around by a rowdy audience, 'Destino Scifosi' comes out as a somewhat miraculous document of that evening.