Nimbudala - Peace Rock (Inner Islands) - THE SLOW MUSIC MOVEMENT

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26/9/2022 0 Comments

Nimbudala - Peace Rock (Inner Islands)

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Dust off the kaftan, pop a flower in your hair and the Psilocybin of choice in your morning brew, adopt the lotus position and float into the office on a magic carpet of New Age psychedelia as Nimbudala lays down 4 epic, third eye opening, one man band, peace and love promoting jams for Inner Islands.

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“Peace Rock” is Steve Targo’s second outing as Nimbudala, following last year’s “Universal Compassion”. He carries on with the intentions that inspired the Nimbudala project: looking less towards the natural world and more toward the human experience, widening the instrumental palette, and embracing a more diverse array of sonic influences. This work comes from a love and appreciation of Jazz, Kosmiche, Psychedelic, and New Age musics. And while one can hear those touchstones, these pieces still manage to sound like no other work besides the endeavors of Steve Targo.

These tracks diverge from those on “Universal Compassion” in that they are much looser and less cyclical. They have a meandering and dynamic quality that is enhanced by their duration, allowing the listener to settle in and become absorbed in these meditations and freak outs. The album opens with the relatively mellow ebbs and flows of “Radical Expansions of Love”, setting the scene and inviting us into the space: an ever-growing fanfare of percussion playing call and response with spaced out synth melodies. “Peace Rock I” takes us to the other end of the spectrum with an insistent groove, layers of weaving synths, and a constant shimmer of bells, which all cohere into an ecstatic blend. “Peace Rock II” finds itself resting upon more relaxed rhythms with adventurous interpretations of repeating melodic figures, bending and warping around the beat for a hazy ride. “Nan Midol” closes the album with fiery drumming that steadily calms into a more sedate rhythm against an assemblage of interlocking synth lines to gently guide us to the conclusion of the journey.

CREDITS
All music by Steve Targo.
Artwork by Sean Conrad.
Special thanks to: Stefan Beck, Sean Conrad, & Matt LaJoie.

IF YOU DIG THIS THEN YOU ARE PROBABLY ATTUNED TO THE NEW AGE OF NEW AGE PLAYLIST

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