KARAWANE DER MYSTIKS

Released a couple of years after the end of the magical and now cult kraut-kosmische rock era, this album from the obscure Blumen Des Exotischen Eises is a super-primitive, druggily psych-rock trip whose concept seems to open mind on liminal-peripherical states closed to transcendance and enlightement. The initial objective could be promising but the result is rather disappointed, mainly due to a very low budget sound production and emphasis on monotonous, static riffs and moods. The album starts with the mystical-eastern influenced Der Engel and its raga acoustic strings and ritual percussions. It carries on the extremely low-fi and destructive Die Kutukomben von goa, based on crashing chaotic percussions, fuzzed out guitars and organ moody vibes. The rest of the album is in the same mood: raw and harsh improvisations built on fuzzing guitars, buzzing drones and instearn-inflected atmospheres. Similar to Amon Düül (first) and Siloah but with much more primal, amateurish musical skills.