Öresund Space Collective - 2025 - Espaco 2

(47:58; Space Rock Productions)

The second ØSC album of the year is somewhat shorter, at only 48 minutes in length and just three songs only one of which is lengthy (by their standards). That song, “Whole Tone Dinner Circle”  was the last jam of the day, after dinner, and they decided to play in whole tones only to push themselves. On top of that, KG Westman was invited for this jam, and he provided sitar which cuts through the rest of the space rock to provide some sort of weird space/prog/Indian/world hybrid which is incredibly compelling and fascinating. I would quite happily hear him involved in even longer pieces in the future (this is only 30 minutes) as the way it blends in with the rest of the arrangement, yet due to its style sits above with its sharpness is quite special.

As with all their albums this is music which demands to be listened on headphones when one has the time to do just that as this never works as background music, as one needs to give oneself to the experience and sounds, allowing the music to cast its spell on the brain and take us to other places and worlds. One can imagine these guys working alongside the likes of Pink Floyd in the UFO Club back in the late Sixties, creating happenings which lasted all night until the wasted souls came out into the light of the day. To me, this is the highlight of the set, sadly the only one on which the sitar features, but the build on “The Darkness Behind The Mind’s Eye” is simply delicious, while any  track from these guys which is only five minutes long is going to be special, and such is the case with the closer.  

It is difficult to pick a favourite from these two albums as they are similar yet also very different indeed, so the only way to satisfy that musical itch is by getting both. 

Kev Rowland, August 2025

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