Sunray/Sonic Boom - Music for the Dreammachine (Phase One) 12"
(Earworm)
Since his departure from Spacemen 3, Sonic Boom has put out a whole lot of music.
Released under such names as Experimental Audio Research, Spectrum, and the eponymous
Sonic Boom, these releases have been pretty hit and miss.
Not so for this release! It's a hit from beginning to end.
Mr. Boom teams up with Sunray (who I know nothing about)
to thoroughly trip and rip through this one sided vinyl slab. If one can
imagine Spacemen 3's "Dreamweapon" performed by two vintage synths and a tremelo pedal,
you are pretty close. The sounds are dense and resemble a high-speed repetition of
light dancing across your speakers. This is exactly what was intended, judging by
the explanation of the music that graces the back of the 12" cover. Suffice
it to say that this release is beautiful in its repetitive complexity and hopefully
marks a return to greatness for Sonic Boom.
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