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Krom Lek - "Inspirational Floatation Compilation"
From Consett, in the NE of England, comes a new release from what should actually have been one of the first Stone Premonitions bands. (A Krom Lek is the stone which lies across two upright standing stones as in the ones at Stonehenge.) Krom Lek plays trippy spacerock with hints of jazz, very much in the tradition of Gong and festie bands like Nukli and Omnia Opera; maybe even a bit of Ozric Tentacles in their lighter moments.
The vocals often sound remarkably like Daevid Allen. But make no mistake, this is no copy band. Krom Lek is a four piece consisting of Dave on guitars, keyboards, and vox, Tonksy on flutes, sax, and vox, Bazz on bass, bogeridoo, percussion, keyboard, and vox, and John on drums, percussion, keyboards, and vox. They are joined by various guests including the ubiquitous Tim and Terri~B.
There is lots of guitar and keys in Krom Lek's music, but the prominence of flute and the varied percussion is very much a part of the Krom Lek sound. Like Gong, the band excels at setting a cool groove that trips the cosmos fantastic. Jazz and Reggae influences give the music its head-bopping toe-tapping beat, much in the way these styles do for the Ozrics.
The male and female vocal combos are part of what reminded me of Omnia Opera. On a couple of songs we even hear some cool doot-doot-dootin' scat vocals. The space synths typically like to set sequenced patterns that have a direction rather than just bleeping and blurping. The electric guitar rarely solos but when it does it has a rockin' jam quality rather than being flashy. But overall, it's the rock solid rhythm section that gives a mighty anchor to the musical festivities throughout. And Krom Lek is happy to have fun and experiment as the various looped and collage segments attest. A must for fans of Gong at their trippiest and any of the festie bands. The music on this disc compiles tracks from Krom Lek mostly recorded between 1993-1995, but the band is now back in the Stone Premonitions stable and working on a new release.
- Jerry Kranitz, Aural Innovations
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Krom Lek - "Inspirational Floatation Compilation"
Krom Lek are a band from Consett in County Durham. The tracks on this CD are of a constantly high quality as the band flirt around space rock territory but not too close to Hawkwind or Mr. Quimby's Beard. They occasionally venture in The Rabbit's Hat direction but I guess this is not too surprising as Tim Jones and Terri~B appear as guests on this recording. There is a lot happening here and extensive use of the flute makes for a rich and attractive sound that promises much for their future work. A lot of the material here is worthy of developing further and it will be interesting to monitor their next step.
- Terry Craven, Journal Of The Classic Rock Society, UK
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Krom Lek - "Inspirational Floatation Compilation"
For those who have never believed in Druids, they still exist! Incognito they mingle among the usual mortals in the cities to observe their daily activities and behaviour. In the evening they disappear into the woods, in search of healing herbs and mushrooms, but most of all in search of well being and primeval sounds that must bring peace to the stressed human being of today.
These sounds are carefully stored in little boxes (DAT or minidisc recorders!) handed over in their underground laboratories (home studios?) to a team of alchemists (engineers or musicians?). In this case, it is Dave (guitar, keyboards & vocals), Tonksy (flute, sax & vocals), Bazz (bass, "bogeridoo", percussion, keyboards & vocals) and John (drums, percussion, keyboards & vocals) with some accomplices i.e. Wiggy (guitar, vocals & percussion), Tim (Jones) (guitar, vocals & programming), Terri~B (vocals) and Steve (Ellis) (keyboards) who can produce some fine songs, as this CD proves with some 40 minutes of music and electronics gently blended with Irish folk sounds, solid rock rhythms and tight guitar riffs with danceable and/or floating space-songs, somewhat in the same style as Phil Manzanera, that cover us in a thick fog in the direction of the future.
- Jempi Samyn, Stage Magazine, Belgium (translation by Danny Mathys)
From Consett, in the NE of England, comes a new release from what should actually have been one of the first Stone Premonitions bands. (A Krom Lek is the stone which lies across two upright standing stones as in the ones at Stonehenge.) Krom Lek plays trippy spacerock with hints of jazz, very much in the tradition of Gong and festie bands like Nukli and Omnia Opera; maybe even a bit of Ozric Tentacles in their lighter moments.
The vocals often sound remarkably like Daevid Allen. But make no mistake, this is no copy band. Krom Lek is a four piece consisting of Dave on guitars, keyboards, and vox, Tonksy on flutes, sax, and vox, Bazz on bass, bogeridoo, percussion, keyboard, and vox, and John on drums, percussion, keyboards, and vox. They are joined by various guests including the ubiquitous Tim and Terri~B.
There is lots of guitar and keys in Krom Lek's music, but the prominence of flute and the varied percussion is very much a part of the Krom Lek sound. Like Gong, the band excels at setting a cool groove that trips the cosmos fantastic. Jazz and Reggae influences give the music its head-bopping toe-tapping beat, much in the way these styles do for the Ozrics.
The male and female vocal combos are part of what reminded me of Omnia Opera. On a couple of songs we even hear some cool doot-doot-dootin' scat vocals. The space synths typically like to set sequenced patterns that have a direction rather than just bleeping and blurping. The electric guitar rarely solos but when it does it has a rockin' jam quality rather than being flashy. But overall, it's the rock solid rhythm section that gives a mighty anchor to the musical festivities throughout. And Krom Lek is happy to have fun and experiment as the various looped and collage segments attest. A must for fans of Gong at their trippiest and any of the festie bands. The music on this disc compiles tracks from Krom Lek mostly recorded between 1993-1995, but the band is now back in the Stone Premonitions stable and working on a new release.
- Jerry Kranitz, Aural Innovations
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Krom Lek - "Inspirational Floatation Compilation"
Krom Lek are a band from Consett in County Durham. The tracks on this CD are of a constantly high quality as the band flirt around space rock territory but not too close to Hawkwind or Mr. Quimby's Beard. They occasionally venture in The Rabbit's Hat direction but I guess this is not too surprising as Tim Jones and Terri~B appear as guests on this recording. There is a lot happening here and extensive use of the flute makes for a rich and attractive sound that promises much for their future work. A lot of the material here is worthy of developing further and it will be interesting to monitor their next step.
- Terry Craven, Journal Of The Classic Rock Society, UK
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Krom Lek - "Inspirational Floatation Compilation"
For those who have never believed in Druids, they still exist! Incognito they mingle among the usual mortals in the cities to observe their daily activities and behaviour. In the evening they disappear into the woods, in search of healing herbs and mushrooms, but most of all in search of well being and primeval sounds that must bring peace to the stressed human being of today.
These sounds are carefully stored in little boxes (DAT or minidisc recorders!) handed over in their underground laboratories (home studios?) to a team of alchemists (engineers or musicians?). In this case, it is Dave (guitar, keyboards & vocals), Tonksy (flute, sax & vocals), Bazz (bass, "bogeridoo", percussion, keyboards & vocals) and John (drums, percussion, keyboards & vocals) with some accomplices i.e. Wiggy (guitar, vocals & percussion), Tim (Jones) (guitar, vocals & programming), Terri~B (vocals) and Steve (Ellis) (keyboards) who can produce some fine songs, as this CD proves with some 40 minutes of music and electronics gently blended with Irish folk sounds, solid rock rhythms and tight guitar riffs with danceable and/or floating space-songs, somewhat in the same style as Phil Manzanera, that cover us in a thick fog in the direction of the future.
- Jempi Samyn, Stage Magazine, Belgium (translation by Danny Mathys)