• so close yet so far out

  • Artist: Martijn de Kleer
    Title: So Close Yet So Far Out
    Label: Beta-lactam Ring Records
    Format: CD
    Catalog: mt055a
    Price: 13.00 USD


  • CD ed. And even though Martijn's Dotted past is in some evidence, this is hardly an LPD Karaoke album. This is a fully fleshed out beast of original design. Martijn's vocals occasionally punctuate the parade, but the majority involves instrumental clusters, some based in rock form & others more like giant swelling clouds, all thick with psychedelia (acid rain?). Besides the requisite fuzzing guitar (see also Damon &/or Helios Creed), Martijn employs such merry men as Ryan Moore (Twilight Circus), Raymond Steeg (Girlfriends, Legendary Pink Dots, Beequeen), Phil Knight (Legendary Pink Dots) & Cevin Key (Skinny Puppy, Download, Tear Garden), oh & a chorus of Himalayan children singing all vocals on the 26 minute acid mind tripper "he Apple Crumble Trail". A beautiful production that is filled with sonic surprises at every turn & is sure to make any day trip, erm, trippier. 8 tracks over 2 albums, exactly the way any good psych record is supposed to be, damnit! The finale is a particularly rewarding climb to Heaven on a honeyed ladder, from which view is all poppies, beautiful poppies, & the sound is perfectly Kleer.

  • Track List:

    1. The Time Has Come [4:23]
    2. Delayed Chemistry [9:09]
    3. New [6:02]
    4. Jet Lag [6:09]
    5. What Happened To A Young Man In A Place Where He Turned To Water [4:32]
    6. Once Upon A Guitar [9:24]
    7. You Are... [7:58]
    8. The Apple Crumble Trail [26:44]