Self/Radix Records
I Domo risiedono ad Alicante e rispondono ai nomi di Paco (drums, percussion), Sam (guitar, effects) e Óscar (bass, vocals). Immaginate i Blue Cheer con un attitudine prog ed avrete idea di cosa facciano questi tre bravi ragazzi spagnoli. Dopo aver invaso il web col loro ep vengono messi sotto contratto dalla compaesana Radix Records, rimasterizzano il loro lavoro e ci regalano sette pezzi veramente interessanti. Per l'esattezza, ho reperito prima la versione in mp3 dal web e poi ho preso la versione rimasterizzata dalla Radix Records. La morale è che, se volete aiutare un gruppo emergente, allora acquistate il cd presso di loro o presso la Radix, ma se volete ascoltare la loro musica prendete gli mp3 che suonano 500 volte meglio della versione remaster. Incredibile ma vero...
'Nadi' non lascia scampo, una delle più belle parti di basso registrate negli ultimi anni. Groove sixties, distorsore e wha per la chitarra, batteria ampia, godibile in ogni sua sfumatura. In pratica, i vari temi improvvisati dalla chitarra reggono l'intera linea melodica, anchese ogni tanto Óscar si produce in qualche imprecisione esecutiva resa meno evidente dal bell'andamento del pezzo nel suo insieme. In sostanza, 6:30 di improvvisazione blues psychedelica accompagnata da un suono di basso spettacolare. 'Prana' apre con un echo a nastro imbizzarrito e ci conduce in un eccitante giro di basso che culmina con la chitarra. Qui, l'unico neo, forse dovuto alla produzione, è che il suono di chitarra risulta generato, secondo me, da una combinazione di strumenti la cui qualità intrinseca non è proprio eccelsa. Però la personalità non manca, e nonostante la similitudine col pezzo precedente che potrebbe farci pensare ad una inutile ripetizione, questa volta Óscar irrompe con un tema di chitarra da applausi, il pathos che manca ai più. Se continua così i Domo faranno strada, non ci sono santi che tengano...al minuto 8:20 l'ottima sensazione ancora non cessa. Come se non bastasse, il pezzo, verso i 9:00 vira verso un piccolo intervento di voce, semplice ma azzeccato. Ascoltatelo che fate prima e vale proprio la pena. 'Asura': e senti la chitarra col riverbero 'vero' ed immancabile wha, quello che ti fa percepire ogni sfumatura...ma non ti immagini che il tutto sfoci in uno scorcio quasi-Doom; intervalli inusuali per la chitarra in ambientazioni quasi arabesche (ricordiamoci che siamo in Spagna...). Segue un riff ancora diverso dal precedente, ecco perché si parla di prog. (ascoltate il 'solo' di batteria). Non vi dico più nulla di questa canzone e ben poco del prosieguo, scopritelo da soli. 'Pretas' è un pezzo acustico, 'Yamantaka' è un altro pezzo 'arabo'; c'è anche spazio per una digressione space (Eta Carinae) e Samsara dura 24 minuti (ho detto tutto). Il guppo di punta della Spagna in questo momento.
Domo band resides in Alicante and responds to the names of Paco (drums, percussion), Sam (guitar, effects) and Óscar (bass, vocals). Imagine Blue Cheer with a progressive attitude and you'll have an idea of what these three good spanish guys do. After invading the web with their ep they signed for the spanish Radix Records, they do a remastering of their work and give us seven pieces really interesting. To be exact, I found first the version as mp3 from the web and then I got the remastered version from Radix Records. The moral is that if you want to help an emerging group, buy the cd at them or at the Radix, but if you want to take a listen to their music get your mp3s that play 500 times better than the remaster version. Unbelievable but true ...
'Nadi' leaves no way out, one of the most beautiful bass parts recorded in recent years. Sixties groove, distortion and wah for guitar, wide drums, enjoyable in every nuance. In practice, the various themes from improvised guitar govern the entire melodic line, even if Óscar occasionally occurs in some executive imprecision made less evident by the nice on goin' as a whole. In essence, 6:30 improvisational psychedelic blues accompanied by a spectacular bass sound. 'Prana' opens with a spooked tape echo and takes us on an exciting bass riffing that culminates guitar. Here, the only flaw, perhaps due to the production, is that the guitar sound is generated, in my opinion, a combination of instruments, whose intrinsic quality is just not excellent. But personality is not missing here, and despite the similarity with the earlier piece that could make us think of an unnecessary repetition, this time Oscar bursts with a w-o-n-d-e-r-f-u-l guitar line, the pathos that is lacking in most. If they keep this way Domo will be a famous band, there are no saints...at minute 8:20 ... the good feeling does not give up. What's more, the piece turns about at 9:00 into a small presence of voice, simple but guessed. Listen to that, it worths the effort. 'Asura': and you can hear the guitar with the 'real' reverb and feel the inevitable wha, just what makes you feel every nuance ... but can you can't imagine that all this should result in an almost-Doom foreshortening; unusual intervals for the guitar in environments close to something like arabesque (remember that we are in Spain ...). Follows a one more time different riff, that's why we talk about prog. (Listen to the drum solo). I will not say anything about this song, and very little of the following, see for yourself. 'Pretas' is an acoustic track, 'Yamantaka' is another arabian piece and there is also room for a space digression (Eta Carinae) and 'Samsara' lasts 24 minutes (that's all...). The leading group of Spain at this time.
Domo band resides in Alicante and responds to the names of Paco (drums, percussion), Sam (guitar, effects) and Óscar (bass, vocals). Imagine Blue Cheer with a progressive attitude and you'll have an idea of what these three good spanish guys do. After invading the web with their ep they signed for the spanish Radix Records, they do a remastering of their work and give us seven pieces really interesting. To be exact, I found first the version as mp3 from the web and then I got the remastered version from Radix Records. The moral is that if you want to help an emerging group, buy the cd at them or at the Radix, but if you want to take a listen to their music get your mp3s that play 500 times better than the remaster version. Unbelievable but true ...
'Nadi' leaves no way out, one of the most beautiful bass parts recorded in recent years. Sixties groove, distortion and wah for guitar, wide drums, enjoyable in every nuance. In practice, the various themes from improvised guitar govern the entire melodic line, even if Óscar occasionally occurs in some executive imprecision made less evident by the nice on goin' as a whole. In essence, 6:30 improvisational psychedelic blues accompanied by a spectacular bass sound. 'Prana' opens with a spooked tape echo and takes us on an exciting bass riffing that culminates guitar. Here, the only flaw, perhaps due to the production, is that the guitar sound is generated, in my opinion, a combination of instruments, whose intrinsic quality is just not excellent. But personality is not missing here, and despite the similarity with the earlier piece that could make us think of an unnecessary repetition, this time Oscar bursts with a w-o-n-d-e-r-f-u-l guitar line, the pathos that is lacking in most. If they keep this way Domo will be a famous band, there are no saints...at minute 8:20 ... the good feeling does not give up. What's more, the piece turns about at 9:00 into a small presence of voice, simple but guessed. Listen to that, it worths the effort. 'Asura': and you can hear the guitar with the 'real' reverb and feel the inevitable wha, just what makes you feel every nuance ... but can you can't imagine that all this should result in an almost-Doom foreshortening; unusual intervals for the guitar in environments close to something like arabesque (remember that we are in Spain ...). Follows a one more time different riff, that's why we talk about prog. (Listen to the drum solo). I will not say anything about this song, and very little of the following, see for yourself. 'Pretas' is an acoustic track, 'Yamantaka' is another arabian piece and there is also room for a space digression (Eta Carinae) and 'Samsara' lasts 24 minutes (that's all...). The leading group of Spain at this time.
Tracklist
1 Nadi 6:30
2 Prana 11:57
3 Asura 8:52
4 Pretas 3:12
5 Yamantaka 8:27
6 Eta Carinae 1:59
7 Samsara 24:03
1 Nadi 6:30
2 Prana 11:57
3 Asura 8:52
4 Pretas 3:12
5 Yamantaka 8:27
6 Eta Carinae 1:59
7 Samsara 24:03
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