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Zombi- 'Spirit Animal' 2009

1) Spirit Animal
2) Spirit Warrior
3) Earthly Powers
4) Cosmic Powers
5) Through Time

Wikipedia and journalists alike describe the genre of this band 'Space Rock.' I suppose that's as apt a term as you'll come across. The way I described them to a friend was "Imagine if a progressive post-rock band were transported back to the 70s and decided to make trippy, far out albums but Vangelis offered to play keyboards.....and Cheech an Chong catered." It's hard for me to quantify this band (actually just two people, one on drums the other on bass/synth) as the space rock genre has, thus far, been an unknown entity to me and this is my very first introduction. When listening to the album I can't help but visualise, not necessarily specific images, more like the visualisations you get on Windows Media Player; colours, shapes and swirling masses of....stuff. I also imagine it to be a soundtrack to a particulalry brilliant 70s sci-fi/horror film. If I were ever to make such a film, I'd get these guys to swathe my worthless footage in loving arms of synth, psychedelia and 'space.'
Enough waffle, simply put this is another album to lose yourself in. You could quite easily put it on in the background whilst working on your computer, whittling some wood you found out back or even making love to a beautiful man/woman/animal/vegetable/mineral, and it would never intrude on your activities, simply leaving you with a warm and pleasent memory of what you'd heard. However, if you really listen to it, actually sit down and give the album the time it deserves then you too will get lost in it's wonder.
So, once more, turn the lights off, pour yourself a drink of your favourite tipple, roll a fattie, get naked or do whatever it is you do to chill out and lose yourself in sapce....

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