Fuzz Sagrado to Release Cold Remains EP Dec. 2
The naked exploration happening in Christian Peters‘ work post-Samsara Blues Experiment continues as Fuzz Sagrado in just a few weeks unveils the new three-songer EP Cold Remains. Opener “Snowchild” is a four-minute fuzz sprawl that digs into some meatier-toned chug as it moves through its verse, while the Mellotron of “Morphine Prayer,” the title-track takes on a darker lyric with a steady psychedelic flow of riff pushing it forward, and as the title might hint, the closing “Neurotic Nirvana” has some element of grunge in its initial progression, but don’t be fooled by the misdirect as it spreads itself across a six-minute psychscape, way more about fluidity than making punk despondent.
The abiding feel of the 19-minute offering is that Peters is continuing the journey he’s been on certainly since relocating from Germany to Brazil, but especially since winding down Samsara Blues Experiment with a final album and taking on Fuzz Sagrado as a main project alongside his Surya Kris Peters solo work. Initially synth-based, the material has grown steadily more rocking as he’s gone on, and now with vocals, the songs feel born out of his particular vision of heavy psychedelic rock, but at the same time, they’re shorter individually, tighter in terms of structure, and the synth hasn’t gone away. What you get is a mix of new and familiar ideas emblematic of how Peters has progressed all along, pushing toward a moving-target expressive ideal. One way or the other, he can be safely relied upon to get the point across, and he does once again on Cold Remains.
Cover and info follow, courtesy of the PR wire. No audio yet, but keep an eye on socials:
So this was a slightly more difficult task for me, as all these four songs deal with heavier themes. The only new song here is “Snowchild”, which I created in just a few days in early 2024 and experimented with a few different fuzz sounds to give the song a bit of a 60s Psychedelic Rock-feeling perhaps.
“Cold Remains” is a leftover from Samsara Blues Experiment’s “End Of Forever”-period, but I’ve changed a few things here and of course don’t claim to be replacing the two former rhythm guys. But I like this new version better than what we played in the band. It’s simpler, more to the point. And no, I’m not suicidal.
“Morphine Prayer” is a very old track from 2011 (SBE “Revelation & Mystery”-period) that I never recorded well until now. All I had before was a dark black and white video recording of me playing this song in my Berlin apartment. It’s inspired from a hospital stay in Holland when SBE were supposed to play Roadburn Festival, and I suddenly fell sick and spent a painful night under strong medication.
“Neurotic Nirvana” was one of the very first ideas for Fuzz Sagrado in 2021 and somehow I haven’t managed to finish it earlier. I tried to play this in one of the recent band settings, but somehow I felt like I had to finish it myself. Like all of these four tracks it’s also a kind of goodbye to former “friends”. I try not to be bitter about any of it …
to be released December 2, 2024
All music & lyrics written, played, recorded, mixed & mastered by Christian Peters, Passos Brasil 2024.
Cover photography by my father Roberto Peters.
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