Ananda Mida to Release Live at Duna Jam July 12; “The Future” Video Streaming
Duna Jam — the permanently-small, willfully-unadvertised, not-quite-a-secret-but-not-far-off week-long festival held on I don’t even know what beach in Sardinia each year — remains the ultimate daydream. I’ve never been, and I’ll never be cool enough to go. Ever. But man, imagine watching the sun go down and some band is just up there jamming and the ocean is the vibe and the vibe is the ocean and then I guess you just party all night because you’re at fucking Duna Jam and you can sleep next week anyhow. Ananda Mida got to go.
And, clever psychedelic rocking sorts that they are, they recorded the set they performed in that most idyllic of contexts, and they’re soon to release it through Heavy Psych Sounds. Yeah, a little odd for it to not be on Go Down Records given the band’s association with that label through drummer Max Ear (also OJM), but I’ve got nothing bad to say about a bit of scene unity between Italian labels, bands, etc. Keeps the world afloat, that kind of thing.
Info and a video for “The Future” — which, oddly, I don’t see in the tracklisting but I assume is part of that whole “Doom and the Medicine Man” sequence — follow below, courtesy of the PR wire:
Psychedelic blues rockers ANANDA MIDA to release “Live at Duna Jam” album on Heavy Psych Sounds; first video “The Future” streaming!
Heavy 70’s blues collective ANANDA MIDA (with vocalist Conny Ochs) announce the release of the “Live at Duna Jam” album this July 12th on Heavy Psych Sounds, and premiere the video for “The Future.”
Ananda Mida is a stoner and psychedelic rock music collective led by Max Ear (OJM’s drummer and Go Down Records’ Art Director) and Matteo Pablo Scolaro. From the very beginning of the project, graphic imagery has been given a crucial role thanks to the precious collaboration with the visual artist Eeviac. Since 2015, they have been performing with different lineups, from three to six members, either as an instrumental outfit or featuring singers such as Conny Ochs. Their sound is inspired by seventies rock, mixed with desert and psychedelic grooves.
About the live album, the band comments: “On Tuesday, June 20, 2023, we had the privilege of performing live for the Duna Jam audience as the sun set over the beach and heat waves, along with sandstorms, rose from the Sahara to the west. It was an unforgettable concert that left a profound emotional impact on us as the entire scene and atmosphere seemed to “crystallize” in its own unique space-time, so to speak.”
ANANDA MIDA “Live at Duna Jam”
Out July 12th on Heavy Psych Sounds (LP/CD/digital)
Bandcamp preorder: https://heavypsychsoundsrecords.bandcamp.com/album/ananda-mida-live-at-duna-jam
Shop preorder: https://www.heavypsychsounds.com/shop.htm#HPS312
TRACKLIST:
1. Swamp Thing
2. Blank Stare
3. Doom And The Medicine Man (Pt V)
4. Doom And The Medicine Man (Pt Vi-Vii-Viii)
5. Doom And The Medicine Man (Pt Iv)
6. Lunia (Ear, Scolaro, Leonardi)
ANANDA MIDA is
Davide Bressan: bass guitar
Max Ear: drums
Conny Ochs: vocals, percussion
Matteo Pablo Scolaro: electric guitars
Alessandro Tedesco: electric guitars
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