Unknown Pleasures · 06.02.2025
We Germans now have a relatively large and diverse underground scene encompassing numerous musical genres. And I'm always amazed at who starts extremely interesting projects somewhere in the German provinces. This is what's happening with the duo "Sounds of New Soma" from Krefeld, which one would normally associate with the soccer club KFC Bayer Uerdingen. The two sound wizards Alexander Djelassi and Dirk Raupach have released numerous albums since 2013, and I discovered their project through a...
Daily Peaks · 18.12.2024
One of the most cited quotes in the early 80´s about Motörhead or Rush were: How can a three-piece create such a sound? Same could be said in 2024 about ze Germans Kombynat Robotron, hailing from Kiel. We saw them at the Desertfest in Berlin 2023 and at the Stoned from the Underground 2024 and both gigs just passed like two minutes although the songs actually started after two minutes. This band creates a fascinating minimalism and you as a listener are free to build your own pictures or...
Festivals · 19.10.2024
And again: alternative culture in Germany takes place thanks to clubs and cultural associations. Thanks to the non-profit status and some financial compensation, numerous festivals in Germany come about in the first place. This is also the case in Karlsruhe, where PsyKa not only organizes festivals and concerts, but also acts as a label for numerous underground bands. This year's PsyKa Festival offers an interesting cross-section of the underground of the underground, mixed with established...
Heavystoned Albums · 28.08.2024
"ÁCIDO Y PUTO'" features illustrations by Borja Fresno Benítez and Carlos Bedmar, and is available on CD and digital formats through Small Stone Recordings, as well as limited opaque blue vinyl (250 copies) via Kozmik Artifactz. The album opens with the over-eight-minute track "Space Nomad," which blends a bluesy soul with heavy-psych elements, reminiscent of the trippy moments of TEN YEARS AFTER. The track's vintage atmosphere, steeped in wah-wah and funky rhythms, transitions into a heavier...
Daily Peaks · 26.08.2024
BER is the short for Berlin Airport and for the rest of ze Germans, Berlin is a country for itself. I love Elder on stage and since 2014 I have managed not to pay too much attention to the two minutes of singing in their 11-minute songs. What bothers me about Elder is the skills-oriented songs, i.e. everyone in the band gets to show what they can do. The songs sometimes rush from one highlight to the next and somehow it's a lot of work for nothing because nothing sticks after an Elder concert....
Daily Peaks · 05.02.2024
The French duo Alber Jupiter holds the torch which was lost by Tuber after their record "Out of the Blue". The torch of danceable, instrumental rock with no matter of ingredients. "Daddy´s Spaceship" is a colorful trip through different soundscapes, driven forward by a straight 4/4-beat. I wish that this music had existed already in the 70´s and I´m looking forward to see this band on one of the countless summer open-airs in 2024.