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Living On The Hill [Esoteric]
very country had a thriving ‘underground’ music scene in the 60s and 70s. This superb 3CD showcases the one in Denmark, which takes elements from American psychedelia, British blues rock and German krautrock, but is still its own thing. Young Flowers’ Cream-esque groover begins with an eerie space rock drone; Day Of Phoenix’s features a trippy, almost proto-techno mid-section; Alrune Rod’s broods and crashes in a credibly Floydian manner. But it’s Burnin’ Red Ivanhoe who make the greatest impression: sounds like Soft Machine jamming with Can could be The Man Who Sold The World-era Bowie backed by VdGG. The sound of Midnight Sun’s parallels Traffic, while Secret Oyster’s offers a more refined take on Mahavishnu-style jazz-rock. Wonderful stuff.
