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SAMLA MAMMAS MANNA

Samla Mammas Manna

 

RIO/Avant-Prog

4.04 | 142 ratings

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Bonnek
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4 stars Samla Mammas Manna, Zamla Mammaz Manna, Von Zamla,... all of them exponents of a nucleus of Swedish RIO creativity that kicked off with this charming debut album. Samla Mammas Manna is great mix of 60's psychedelics, avant-garde rock and circus extravaganza. I love it for its playful approach, its warmth and its pure emotionality.

The album is still indebted to psychedelic rock and isn't all that far removed from the Canterbury sound really. It's mainly due to the organic rocking sound and jazzy flavour of the material. But the vocals and the avant-garde elements of SMM make quite a difference. There is little here that reminds of the sweet pop music roots of a band like Caravan for instance. But Soft Machine is not that far away really.

The album is mainly instrumental, well played rock music with touches of jazz, circus music, folk, avant-garde and humour. It captures the early RIO spirit very much, being genuinely experimental without being contrived or artsy. The material is catchy and pleasant throughout but I regret that much of it is instrumental. The tracks with vocals such as the engaging opener Circus Apparatha stand out very much above some of the rather anonymous short instrumentals around it.

This is a very promising debut with a great authentic attitude and some superb pieces of music. After being charmed by the chamber rock of Von Zamla, I'm really looking forward discovering the remainder of the SMM output.

Bonnek | 4/5 |

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