Few days after thecommemorationof thewinter solsticeandon the eve ofmodernconsumeristChristmas Day, I decided to leave you with a 4 tracks "split" cassette, oftwovery interestingprojects. Evennot beingvery familiar withtheir sound, because bothDeepMagicasPineSmokeLodgehas a densediscography.
Let's start, PineSmokeLodgeis an duo from Portland Maine, consisting of Matt McKeever (that runs the Existential Cloth label) with Hillary Dickerson (I readsomewherethat the projectis"dead", although it can notcomplywith any certainty...), they create an alchemical music withdense layers ofsounds, which bothexplorethe meditativedrone, devotionalchants (mantras), intimatelandscapesin which the useof instruments such asthe xylophoneandbells,give ita beautiful, strange naturewhere beingmergeswith the surroundinguniverse. In asimilar field, we have Deep Magic, a solo project by Alexander Gray, who has also contributed in other projects (Pocahaunted, Black Eagle Child...), that explore great drone psychedelic soundscapes which could melting our mind on a state of trance (like the 32 minute track that we find here), but beware, not allhis albumscontainsthis sublimecontemplation,sometimes could be in a morenoisyway. In the futureI willdefinitelypost herea recordof both projects,until then,enjoythisgem.