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Kalutaliksuak: S/T
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R.A.I.G. (R021)
 Kalutaliksuak was one of the first weird, ethno-psychedelic and proto-space rock bands in Russia. They took their name from the Ice goddess of the Eskimos and operated during the first half of the 90’s, but never released any official recordings. The band’s only permanent members were Vladimir Konovkin (keyboards, synthesizers, electronics) and Alexander Chuvakov (guitar, bass, electronics etc.). This CD is edited from the best pieces of the band’s rehearsal tapes from 1992-1993 that have been re-mastered by Alisa Coral from Space Mirrors.
The first track ”They Shall Catch You Up for Sure” begins with synthesizer soundscapes and gurgle. This is very psychedelic and experimental stuff. Before two minutes the programmed beat starts along with the bass and hazy, effected guitar. A weird track! ”While He Sits in Ice Cracking a Whip Around” is a rather funny jam and its atmosphere reminds me of Hawkwind’s “Douglas in the Jungle” a bit. The guitar has some funky feel. Another rather strange and dark number. The more well-defined, rather relaxed ”What Are Your Feet Eating?” comes next including nice, light guitar work and also some vocals. This is a dreamy, excellent track with heavenly keyboards and a wah wah solo. ”They Usually Eat Humans” has a really odd atmosphere. It is a psychedelic, slower and tangled track with some beat, clavinet, UFO sounds and vague guitar. The scary-sounding narration adds the feel of sci-fi/horror movies. ”Crow-quill Clothing” has sequences and weird noises. This is the shortest track on the album and also possibly the weakest one, but still pretty nice, hallucinatory ambient. The 15:39 long ”Put This Sucling inito Her Head” is a quit relaxed track with programmed drums. The airy keyboards bring in a bit of New Age-styled atmosphere, although this is much more psychedelic of course. The track has a guitar solo and sort of fusion stuff; after five minutes we hear some keyboard soloing. I’m sort of reminded of Kitaro.
I must say that Kalutaliksuak really was a rather unique band, and it’s great that we now have the opportunity to hear their mostly instrumental, electronic freak-outs. This is not a bad album at all, considering the limitations with sound quality.
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