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The Oscillation Premiere “The Inner Void” Video; Untold Futures Out Tomorrow

Posted in Bootleg Theater on October 28th, 2021 by JJ Koczan

The Oscillation Photo by Julian Hand 3

UK blowout psychscaper outfit The Oscillation will release the new album, Untold Futures, tomorrow, Oct. 29, through Forte Music Distribution. That makes it sound kind of mundane, admittedly, but when you get past the basic bookkeeping factoids — the numbers and names, places and all that — you open the door to the encompassing spaciousness of “The Inner Void,” a new video set to VR compatibility such that even if you don’t have fancy billionaire goggles you can wave your phone around and look at the transformed universe around you.

Such psychedelic futurism perfectly — I mean that: perfectly — suits the consciously-titled Untold Futures, which is Demian Castellanos‘ umpteenth release under the banner of The Oscillation. Joined by drummer Tim Weller and intermittent percussionist Jem Doulton, the self-recording Castellanos sets out a presence like a sure hand reaching into churning lava. My ears keep returning to a molten version of a ’90s British cool, flashes of lysergic electroniche moving in and out around the five-song/47-minute procession, guitar drones and effects farouttery swirling in an urbane cosmos.

And as the 12-minute “Heart of Nowhere” rises to its nigh-on-maddening crescendo, having progressed along a deceptively linear thought pattern to get there, Doulton‘s percussion and Weller‘s drums play a not-at-all secondary role to the liquid tones surrounding. Coming off of “Dilated Mind” and “Forever Knowing” at the outset — the first a scorch and wash psych-rock blaster, the second feeling its way around the hole in space-time that its predecessor just tore — “Heart of Nowhere” and the subsequent “Obscured” (12:30) feel no less purposefully paired as Untold Futures works its pieces shortest-to-longest until capping with the aforementioned “The Inner Void.”

The Oscillation Untold FuturesMore than the run of its songs, though, it’s the feeling of pushing deeper into the ether that most pervades — yeah, it’s all psychedelia and way trippy as one would hope, but the cavernous reaches of even the early minutes in “Obscured” add a sense of drift that the more manic stretches of “Dilated Mind” and “Forever Knowing” were too manic in their thrust to convey. Slowed down? Why yes, it is a bit, thank you for asking. But there’s also a hit like two and a half minutes into “Obscured” when a genuine verse starts, vocals and all, and you get smacked in the face with the realization of just how far you’ve come in the time since you last experienced human speech. Thusly contacted through isolation, the only thing to do is keep moving, kind of swaggering laissez-faire style through Hawkwind-via-TheMatrix, too weird to be chic, too weird not to be.

“Obscured” gives reality the outright swallowing-up it deserves in its ultra-noisy apex, a rightful heir from the midsection of “Heart of Nowhere” but more, more, more, with an electric guitar solo cutting through somehow like the last radio frequencies being pulled into a black hole, background-radiation drone leftover when all is said and done and the great nom-nom-nomming of all that was and will ever be has taken place. Does that make “The Inner Void” a post-script? Maybe. But isn’t it just as likely that by transferring ourselves into this yet-unlocked dimensional plane we’ve actually embarked on the next stage of a grand renewal cycle, such that the end is a new beginning? Or maybe I’ve got the songs in the wrong order so it just sounds that way? Whatever is left of our matter/energy continuum still holds infinite possibilities and outcomes and nothing is more likely than anything. What do we say when it’s all over and the long fuzz fades into echoes? I don’t know. Thanks, probably? For the ride?

The deeper you go, the deeper you go.

Watch for flashing lights, and enjoy:

The Oscillation, “The Inner Void” video premiere

The Oscillation’s continuing journey into the centre of the mind and beyond shows absolutely no signs of slowing down. New album Untold Futures is less a consolidation of all that we’ve come to love and expect from the cosmic explorers and is more of a leap forward into an upcoming reality.

Redefining the possibilities of altered states through audio stimulation, Untold Futures finds The Oscillation at their most daring and breathtaking. A multi-layered assault on the senses, this is an unexpurgated experience for the seasoned connoisseur and unspoiled novice alike. Its power is felt in the multi-layered dissonance and undying throb of Dilated Mind, the metaphysical possibilities that beat at the heart of metronomic pulses of Forever Knowing and the face-melting attack of The Inner Void. Heart Of Nowhere is a mantra for the profane, while the dissonant beauty of Obscured realises re-birth and resurrection.

Following recent releases Droneweapon and Wasted Space, Untold Futures is an album that’s wholly distinct from its acclaimed predecessors yet unmistakably the work of Demian Castellanos, the driving force behind The Oscillation.

Revelatory in its brilliance and an intersection between the individual self and the collective unconscious, this is music to fuel the inner technology of the mind. So load up to the brim and give yourself up to Untold Futures.

The CD and digital versions of Untold Futures are augmented by ambient versions of The Inner Void, Dilated Mind and Heart Of Nowhere.

Recorded and mixed by Demian Castellanos at Xibalba Studios, London 2019-2021
Demian Castellanos: Vox, Guitar, Keys, Synths, Percussion, FX
Tim Weller: Drums on all tracks
Jem Doulton: Percussion on My Inner Void, Forever Knowing, The Heart Of Nowhere
Mastered by Carim Classman at The Fishtank

The Oscillation, Untold Futures (2021)

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Desertfest Belgium 2018: High on Fire Headlining, The Devil and the Almighty Blues, The Well, Admiral Sir Cloudesley Shovell, The Oscillation, Dead Quiet and Frayle Join Lineup

Posted in Whathaveyou on August 14th, 2018 by JJ Koczan

The story here is pretty short: ‘Really good lineup gets better.’ The end.

I’m not sure what more one could reasonably as of Desertfest Belgium 2018 that it isn’t already delivering. I mean, seriously. Just look at the names. Festivals happen all the time in Europe — hell, for the last couple years there’s been one through just about each successive week in October, somewhere, in some country, usually with a lot of the same bands. But even with that factored in, how could you look at the names below and not know it’ll be something special?

Even just the circumstances of timing. So many of these bands will have or already have new records out, from High on Fire themselves to YOB, AncestorsThe SkullEagle Twin, CastleSonic WolvesDopethrone, on and on. To have all these groups come together at the same time can only be a win. You know they’ll be fired up, and even those who aren’t directly plying their wares on new records still have stuff recent enough or coming — or, like Acid King, a new lineup — so yeah. It looks absolutely unreal. If you get to go, I’m jealous.

Here’s the latest announcement:

desertfest belgium 2018 poster

HIGH ON FIRE HEADLINES DESERTFEST 2018

The Devil & The Almighty Blues, Oscillation & 4 more

And so the cat’s out of the bag, so to speak… High On Fire is headlining Desertfest 2018 and we couldn’t be more thrilled. In fact, you might call it a fever dream come true! Especially since the band recently announced their new album cum Lemmy tribute ‘Electric Messiah’ to be released just 1 week before the Fest, so we can expect a freshly hot live set.

But of course, the good news doesn’t stop there. We still have a hefty load of names to drop unto you, and we start with The Devil And The Almighty Blues. The Norsemen have made it their mission to follow all the strains of blues that run through the history of rock’n’roll, and we’re totally on board for their killer blues trip.

Replace the blues by the psych, and you could end up with The Oscillation. For ten years Demian Castellanos and his cohorts have made their mark with their unique brand of psychedelic rock that points to everything from krautrock to new wave disco, all drenched in that sweet sweet echo chamber feedback that you love.

Admiral Sir Cloudesley Shovell are on board once more with their time machine into a mythical past when hardrock was only just turning to doom, and denim bell-bottoms were not frowned upon in society. From that time they bring along The Well, another keeper of the flame that sparked many a toke in the bonehead freak era.

If you can take a slightly more epic take on the genre, Dead Quiet will fit the bill. Their ‘Grand Rites’ album from end of last year was certainly a trip in many exciting directions. And finally, make sure you don’t miss the unique sounds of Frayle, occult blues with a female lead that draws comparison to anything from Sleep to Portishead.

We’re nearing the finishing line, so all you casual Festers screaming for day tickets will soon get their fill. But of course, there’s nothing like getting the full 3-day fix! So if you can make it, there’s still some combi tickets left at a reduced price – although how long they’ll last, we can’t tell for sure!

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High on Fire, “Electric Messiah” lyric video

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Yellowstock X: Lineup Complete; Kadavar to Headline

Posted in Whathaveyou on July 6th, 2016 by JJ Koczan

Set for Aug. 13 and 14 in Geel, Belgium, Yellowstock X is sort of where the summer festival season meets the fall festival season in Europe, thus reinforcing the notion that there is at this point no such thing as a festival season at all, and awesome shows are just a year-round occurrence. Either way, the lineup for the 10th edition of the fest is a striking international assemblage, from Kadavar confirmed to headline to the psych jams of Hills, The Midnight Ghost Train‘s bluster-blues, Zone Six‘s space rock triumphs, Greenleaf‘s hard-driving choruses and on and on.

With bands from Russia to the US, as well as Belgian acts like Flying Horseman, the why-would-you-call-your-band-this Kiss the Anus of a Black Cat, Tangled Horns and The Glücks, it looks like a well-curated mix of groups and should make for a great precursor to the busy autumn ahead.

Complete lineup and headliner announcement follow, courtesy of the fest:

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The Line-up is complete!!! We are siked to have the almighty KADAVAR to headline Sunday August 14th at Yellowstock Festival 10th Anniversary Edition!!! These retro rockers combine the finest 70’s Rock with enough Psychedelic & Stoner grooves to let y’all band or move!! IF you don’t know’m yet make sure to check’m out!!

Spread the words boys & girls; mothers & fathers; Psychedelic MoFo’s and all the rest!! See you at Yellowstock 2016!!!

TICKETS available now at: http://bit.ly/1prkFxW

EARLY BIRD TICKETS: SOLD-OUT!!!

ALL BANDS CONFIRMED
KADAVAR (Ger)
MICHAEL ROTHER plays NEU!, Harmonia and selected solo works (Ger)
HILLS (Se)
GREENLEAF (Se)
THE OSCILLATION (Uk)
THE MACHINE (Nl)
K-X-P (Fin)
SIENA ROOT (Se)
ZONE SIX (Ger)
THE FLYING EYES (Usa)
FLYING HORSEMAN (B)
PAUW (Nl)
THE MIDNIGHT GHOST TRAIN (Usa)
TERMINAL CHEESECAKE (Uk)
BIRTH OF JOY (Nl)
KISS THE ANUS OF A BLACK CAT (B)
LAY LLAMAS (It)
THE GRAND ASTORIA (Rus)
BLOWN OUT (Uk)
THE GLÜCKS (B)
MANTRA MACHINE (Nl)
TANGLED HORNS (B)

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Kadavar, “Filthy Illusion” official video

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