Couple cool tunes for your switched-on ears, that’s all. It’s a seven-minute seven-inch bringing two new tracks from the Cali/Minnesota-based four-piece Black Satori, but with the backing of Echodelick Records — see also: Lammping, Chino Burga, Mike Vest, etc. — diving in was an all the more enticing prospect, and I don’t regret it. With ’60s garage jangle and original-era blues-rock fuzz, psychedelia and purposefully stripped-down structure, there’s a lot being delivered in “Electric Kiss” than is being asked of the listener. Same holds true of “3 Minutes,” which, yes, is three minutes long (3:20, actually) and shifts to artsier rock with jazzy drums and howling guitar noise in the verse but but offsets this with a classic, near-rockabilly churn that’s answered later through a make-it-sing solo.

Black Satori released their debut album, Lucy Lane, in Jan. 2020. It was about 26 minutes long with four tracks on it, only one of them under six minutes on its own, and that song, “Comet Overdrive,” was a freakout instrumental. Clearly I have some digging back to do, but preliminary investigations find it to be delightfully jammed out. I guess if you need me, I’ll be on Bandcamp. Big change. Ha.

The new single is limited to 200 copies on 7″. Here’s info from the PR wire:

BLACK SATORI – Electric Kiss / 3 Minutes 7″ – Echodelick Records

Vinyl Release : August 6th, 2021

Black Satori is an eclectic rock band playing krautrock, stoner rock, psychedelic garage rock with confinement vocals, vintage vibes, and heavy space rock. They are a four-piece band with two guitars, expansive reverb, delicious fuzz tones, driving bass lines, steady drumming, and dual vocals that are energized and catchy. The band combines improvisational in-the-moment music with structured songwriting and vocals. Their music is about opening the door of perception and touches on political themes, contemplative musings, and storytelling.

Black Satori’s latest offering to be released in early November 2021 is the 7″ vinyl titled Electric Kiss from Echodelick Records. It features two new songs ‘Electric Kiss’ and ‘3 Minutes’. ‘Electric Kiss” is an early Jimi Hendrix rock styled psychedelic rock song with a catchy chorus. It is all about the tingly joy of meeting a new lover. The guitars are excited with vintage fuzz and echo, the vocals have an upbeat sing along chorus with exuberant backing vocals. The combination of vintage tones and contemporary rock is infectious with cosmic flair and popular appeal. ‘3 Minutes’ is a dystopian flower power punk song with powerful bass lines and far-out guitar effects. It stays true to the band’s desire for dark underground psych rock with lyrics about drones, political lies and how “hate will lose to love.” The charged guitar riffs, wonderful bass lines and stop and pop drumming are a rhythmic delight that will have the listener moving.

Black Satori started in Minneapolis, Minnesota in 2018 and now is partially located in San Francisco. Guitarist Joseph Holbrook started the band as a project for a course in audio recording and engineering. His longtime collaborator Michael Stubbe was recruited for drums and vocals. Nathan Rose joined the party on guitar and vocals after responding to a Craigslist ad following the departure from his band Cosmic Dream. Later the talented Alex Lode, who is a skilled guitarist, joined the band on bass. Black Satori set out to make psychedelic rock music that combined all the various branches of the contemporary rock and classic psychedelic rock genres. They all connected with a love of bands like Black Angels, Pink Floyd, King Gizzard, and various heavy metal music.

The band quickly hit the stage with their original music and opened for bands like Acid Mothers Temple, The Well, and Acid Dad. They released their first singles in 2019 on limited CD-R followed by Black Satori Live at the 7th St Entry which quickly sold out. They became known for their ability to perform on stage with the ethos of responding to the energy of the audience and leaving space for improvisation for inspired live performances.

Their first studio album Lucy Lane was released in 2020 and featured energized psychedelic rock with classic blues, punk, surf and experimental krautrock. This album features their first single and music video for ‘Listless’ a surfy song with open skies reverb, soaring guitar solos and California vocals. The opener ‘Another Dimension’ is an 8-minute song with a krautrock backend and punk verse chorus opening. The album was well received especially in Europe and hit the airways on underground radio and podcasts.

Music By Black Satori
Mastered By Arlen Thompson
Mixed by Joe Holbrook
Artwork by Joe Holbrook and Heart Of The Sun Light Shows
Design and Layout By Nathan Rose
Recorded at Essential Sessions
Produced by Black Satori
Engineered by Joe Holbrook and Brad Matala

Black Satori Is:
Nathan Rose – Guitar
Joe Holbrook – Guitar & Vocals
Alex Lode – Bass
Michael Stubbe – Drums & Vocals

https://www.facebook.com/BLACKSATORI/
https://www.instagram.com/blacksatori/
https://blacksatori.bandcamp.com/
https://blacksatori.wordpress.com/
https://www.facebook.com/ERECORDSATL
https://www.instagram.com/echodelickrecords/
https://echodelickrecords.bandcamp.com/
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Black Satori, Electric Kiss / 3 Minutes (2021)

Well of course I looked up what Mienakunaru translates to in English. It’s Japanese for “become invisible.” Fair enough. Lost Bones of the Holy Butterfly, which is the album that the intercontinental project produced in 2020, however, will be a little bit more visible as Echodelick Records steps up to release it in the US in a red edition where the original, on Dronerock, was green. Whatever color and however invisible it might be, the record boasts two side-long guitar freakfests and is wildly consuming all the way through. Shit goes wild, kid. Jazz.

Note the inclusion of psych-drone veteran Mike Vest of Bong et al here. I’m not sure what the association between Vest and Echodelick is, but the guitarist’s Bandcamp page was also where one could find UK/European preorders the other day for the Lammping record, so there’s some deal worked out there for distribution, which is worth keeping an eye on. If Echodelick is going to end up bringing North American distro to more of Vest‘s releases, well, that’s a quick way to build a label catalog for sure.

Future’s in the future. Here’s this till that:

MIENAKUNARU – Lost Bones of the Holy Butterfly – Echodelick Records

Vinyl Release : August 2021

Mienakunaru ‘Lava Red US edition’ coming out on Echodelick Records later this summer. Originally released on Dronerock Records earlier this year to critical acclaim. Echodelick is doing a US reissue with an alternate cover. The first 75 orders will receive a Mienakunaru patch.

Mienakunaru is a power trio of psychedelic noise rock and space punk. Mienakunaru – Lost Bones Of The Holy Butterfly features Mike Vest of the bands Blown Out, Ozo, Lush Worker, Bong, Melting Hand and many more. With skills that most musicians only dream of, Mike Vest infuses this album with non-stop rock that is highly impressive. Junzo Suzuki of Tokyo, Japan is the second guitarist in this mind-blowing album. He is known for his role in many underground psychedelic rock bands and has collaborated with Snakes Don’t Belong In Alaska, 20 Guilders, Astro and has over 20 albums released under his name. These two cutting edge guitarists team up, along with Dave Sneddon (Gruel, Bad Ra), for a display of raw guitar power and battering drums that go way beyond the term ‘Heavy Psychedelia’. Be prepared for the rollercoaster of fast lead lines, dual solos, heavy stoner riffs, and more. Simply put, Mienakunaru lay waste to all lifeforms.

As Mike himself said in a recent interview; “I always wanted to make music with Junzo and Sned and it came together pretty easy. Everyone is good with production and being able to record well from home. The musicianship is top quality and it didn’t take long to all come together.”

Mienakunaru are:
Junzo Suzuki – Guitar
Mike Vest – Bass, Guitar and Mix
Dave Sneddon – Drums

https://www.facebook.com/mienakunaru/
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https://echodelickrecords.bandcamp.com/
https://www.echodelickrecords.com/

Mienakunaru, Lost Bones of the Holy Butterfly (2020)

Pulling drive-bys on empty rooms, making tapes outta rekkids, watching the bottom fall out and going on anyway — Lammping‘s new album Flashjacks has enough cool-ass flow to well earn the arrogance it takes to call a song “The Funkiest” and release it to public ears. You start off with an Om ride cymbal in “Intercessor,” but like so much of the 33-minute long-player, it becomes a plaything in Lammping‘s hands. A fuzzy shimmer of nostalgia peppers the straightforward songs with aesthetic, samples and effects adding to the memorable melodies and hooks, hooks, hooks of the thing. Oh, it’s so right on. You gotta understand. You just have to.

Maybe you caught onto the band’s 2020 LP Bad Boys of Comedy (review here). Or maybe it was 2021’s New Jaws EP (review here) that did it. Or maybe it hasn’t happened yet. Point is, listen to this shit and let it click because if you let it it will and then everybody’s life gets better.

DL is out Aug. 27. I’ve got an album stream booked for Aug. 19. That’s right. I dig this so much I locked down an album stream two months in advance. Not taking any goddamn chances.

Preorders and such from the PR wire:

LAMMPING – Flashjacks – Echodelick Records

Digital Release : August 27th, 2021 / Vinyl Release : September 17th, 2021

Toronto psych band Lammping’s sophomore album Flashjacks is coming out digitally August 27th, getting a vinyl release through Echodelick Records on September 17th.

Presale Begins June 25th. Edition of 300. Oxblood/Black swirl. First 75 orders receive a Lammping patch.

USA orders
echodelickrecords.bandcamp.com

UK/EU orders
https://visualvolume-mikevest.bandcamp.com/merch

After their critically acclaimed debut LP release on Nasoni Records in July 2020, the band got to working on a new collection of songs, further expanding the sonic possibilities of heavy music. The foundation of the sound remains rooted in Jay Anderson’s heavy drumming and Mikhail Galkin’s melodic riffs, but with the addition of samples, drum machines and a variety of instrumentation, the upcoming LP’s sonic palate is just as indebted to Stereolab, De La Soul and Kraftwerk as it is to Black Sabbath, Blue Cheer and Sleep.

Thematically, the record is about a general sense of urban paranoia, exploring themes of social division, gentrification, memory and spirituality against that backdrop. It is also an ode of sorts, to Toronto, and the good and the bad of the city’s history and fabric.

Flashjacks attempts to eschew cliched stoner and psych-rock tropes and to forge a new path in heavy psychedelia. From the Madlib-esque crunch of the drums on Lammping to the sample-laden Other Shoe, the album bends unwritten rules of the genre, while building on the foundation of well crafted, melodic songs.

https://www.instagram.com/lammping
https://lammping.bandcamp.com/
https://www.facebook.com/ERECORDSATL
https://www.instagram.com/echodelickrecords/
https://echodelickrecords.bandcamp.com/
https://www.echodelickrecords.com/

Lammping, “Lammping”