West Space & Love - Vol. III

 Space Rock Productions (SRP086)

As you probaby can figure out yourself, this is the third album by the trio formed by multi-instrumentalist KG West and drummer and percussionist Love Forsberg (both from Siena Root) together with synth wizard Dr Space aka Scott Heller. This time they also have Hasse Horrigmoe, a very frequent participant in all things Dr Space/Øresund Space Collective, as spaciel guest on shakers, bass and congas.

The totally instrumental album has a very hippie vibe, mostly due to the very fluent sitar playing by KG. They start off with the groovy and nice "One Step Ahead". Then we've got the the very Indian sounding "Mouth of Sand". Bluesy and relaxing "Time Expansion" ends side A, cool Fender Rhodes on this one. On the B side we've got just two pieces. First, the short "Lost Hippie in Africa" and then the long, more synth-oriented coscmic ambient piece "Explaining Reality" with some cool Mellotron stuff etc. The last number sounds like Klaus Schulze, Tangerine Dream or something, very nice. Only 130 copies were made on red vinyl and 170 on black. There are also 300 copies availbale on CD for those who prefer that format. I like this album a lot!