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Queen Elephantine Post Tribute to Atrophos Vol. III EP

Posted in Whathaveyou on August 5th, 2020 by JJ Koczan

No doubt calling the series ‘Drones Against Lethargy’ would’ve been too obvious for the likes of Queen Elephantine, but Tribute to Atrophos makes the point just the same as a title, and with the advent of Vol. III out now, they’re certainly living up to the standard they set in terms of not being apathetic. The improvisation-based experimentalist troupe continue to mine the out-of-normal and return to ground with a style that is as much drone as it is aural spiritualism and still somehow heavy regardless of whatever volume it happens to be operating with at any given time. Music of presence, for lack of a better way to say it. Their recordings are almost always raw, and this one is too, but the effect of making you wish you were in that room is palpable, and for me, that’s what it’s always been about with them. They remain undervalued.

The PR wire brought words:

Queen Elephantine Tribute to Atrophos Vol III

Psychedelic Doom Drone Rituals: QUEEN ELEPHANTINE Third Installment Tribute To Atrophos Online Vol. III of New EP Series Online

Queen Elephantine returns with three new EP’s in a digital series titled Tribute To Atrophos. The illustrious psychedelic avantgarde collective was formed in Hong Kong in 2006 by Indian musician Indrayudh Shome and wandered through many cities before finding its current home base in Philadelphia, USA.

The post-apocalyptic global sound of Queen Elephantine is both heavy and transcendent, informed by everything from doom, drone, noise, krautrock, free jazz, and spiritual and subversive sounds from all over the world.

Besides several studio albums, the band has released a number of splits, including with Sons of Otis and Elder, and have recently finished a collaborative album with the Russian ritualists Phurpa.

In observance and tribute to this period of global atrophy, they present a collection of improvisations recorded in the months following the release of their last LP Gorgon in November 2019 on Argonauta Records and Atypeek Music.

Queen Elephantine:
Indrayudh Shome: Guitar/Vocal
Camden Healy: Bass
Nathanael Totushek: Drums
Brett Zweiman: Vocal/Electronics
Matthew Couto: Synthesizer
Daniel Quinn: Pukele/Percussion
Srinivas Reddy: Tanpura

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www.atypeekmusic.com

Queen Elephantine, Tribute to Atrophos Vol. III

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