Chromium Hawk Machine -Annunaki 2017

Double CD Issued By Black Widow Italy

British Band

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Rating 75/100

CD1 – 47:30 CD2- 59:01

Review content:Certainly for hard-core fans of “space Rock’ or particularly “Hawkwind” this two CD space rock extravaganza,is a nice addition to their collection.Quite like like having your Christmas, birthday and winning the lottery all on the same day. The project in itself is the result of a collaboration between three like minded cosmic stylized musicians ie:-

Line-up:
Nik Turner (Hawkwind) – vocals, flutes, saxophones
Helios Creed (Nik Turner, Chrome) – vocals, guitars, bass
Jay Tausig (D’Arcana) – drums, synthesizers, bass

For the uninitiated into the ‘Space Rock’ idiom the whole affair imight seem to be a complete cacophony of diverse noises. Indeed it is, in fact, a real proverbial mish-mash of spaced out musical segments which are propelled at you from all angles. At times the resultant combination of these sound fragments can be compared to the warming up of a body of musicians in the orchestra pit before a concert. The consequential combination of sounds then sweeping over you in the shape of discordant guitar fused together with strange distorted vocals, conflicting keyboards, splashes of electronic murmurings all stirred up with a multitude of saxophone splurges and then fusing it altogether with a surprisingly well ordered series of percussive routines. Finally all of this musical rag-bag being delivered to your brain in disorderly fashion to hopefully delight your passion for out of space adventures. From my own point of view it came over as disappointing mainly due to its lack of melodic direction. For me as I sat back and listened intently to the various tracks. I found that the resultant music over the two CDs did not have the same melodic fluidity or clarity as any other “Hawkwind” productions and was certainly not as accessible as some of their past masters. but I have to admit that it does embroil a certain repetitive charm to pull you into deep trance mode as you sail away too far off galaxies. For hardcore fans of this kind of more outlandish cosmic rock it is sure to be an attractive proposition to purchase but I think there are too many periods of nothingness due to overlong passages of disjointed play during which there is a distinct lack of any subtle advancements in the musical structure. Another point of concern is that the quality of the overall sound, especially on CD One, which is quite muffled and poor, and oh! Yes I did clean the heads on my CD player!

Summary: This,for over the top hardcore “Hawkwind” fans is aA delightful package with beautiful and interesting coloured phtos.

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Tracklist:

CD1