English
Space Rock is a genre which has many aspects and representatives around the globe. From the end of the 60s, this genre hasn´t stopped bringing valuable music which have created legends and a unique and complex musical history in the variety of sounds which float in the air. Bands such as Hawkwind, Ash Ra Tempel, Amon Duul, Spacemen 3, Loop, White Hills, Mugstar, Gnod, The Heads and Farflung are only some of the names who have defined this genre for the last thirty years. Around the world new bands appear, new labels are created and the interest of fans remains decade after decade.
One of the most representative South American bands of this genre is Serpentina Satélite. Formed in Lima, Peru, in 2003, this band´s career is already three albums long. The independently edited ´Long Play´ (2004), ´Nothing to Say´ (2008), and the recent ´Mecánica Celeste´ (2010), which came out in London last year thanks to the Rocket Recordings label. The first edition of ´Nothing to Say´ was only available on CD. This 28th of October, the label Trip in Time from Berlin will make it available to all the international crowd in vinyl, especially for collectors and true psych-rock lovers. This is a new opportunity to appreciate this album in a different dimension in terms of format and sound. The album cover has also been re-designed for the LP.
´Nothing to Say´ is an album in which Serpentina Satélite gambles for a much more elaborate sound than the one in its first album. The first song ´Nueva Ola´ is a trip to the purest confines of Krautrock. Guitars and textures, as well as effects and heavy drums make this intro a considerable leap, just like the first trip. The second track which has the same name as the album, is a vertiginous voyage of noise, speed and swings, in which a voice tells us about religious experiences. ´The Last Drop´ is a very Spaceman 3 track, heavy psychedelic rock with lyrics and effects, which gives way to ´Madripoor´, maybe the grooviest track on the whole album, which incites one to shake and dance. The most important track on the album is undoubtedly ´Kommune 1´, a trip of over 20 minutes through the confines of space full of psychotropic substances. If you like recreational drugs and good music, this album is definitely for you.
This brilliant album will be available on vinyl on October 28th through the Trip in Time label, or you can listen to it now on this webpage: http://serpentinasatelite.bandcamp.com/.
Nothing better than getting apartments in Berlin and being part of its great musical scene, as well as finding the rarest vinyls that you can imagine in different flea markets, underground shops and sales. See you there.
Translated by: aleixgwilliam
