1974 ORIG LP "PORTABLE MADNESS" Sensations Fix KRAUTROCK HEAVY FUZZ PSYCH SPAC
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Sep 6, 2020
Sold Date
Sep 3, 2020
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Space Rock Thriller!
- ORIGINAL 1974 FIRST PRESS ..|/\|...............................................|/\|..
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"PORTABLE MADNESS"
- Sensations' Fix
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- ITALY - POLYDOR -
- Original ... 1974 scarce psych prog classic combines all the great elements f the early '70s into one album, never a dull moment with the adventurous melodies combining harshly heavy distortion bass throttling along side pulsating drums and a trade off of searing guitar and synthesizer strings creating for heavenly backdrop effects.
- Without a doubt "Portable Madness" is the most challenging album SENSATIONS' FIX released, it's also one of their best as well. For those wanting something more challenging, this is your experience for the week!
- Italy's `Sensations' Fix' play on `Portable Madness' a hypnotic and dreamy blend of murky-dense space rock moves that share many similarities to several German artists such as 1st LP era Tangerine Dream, early Eloy and the Ash Ra/Manuel Gottsching projects, as well as much of the Krautrock sound in general. Both sides of the album form a continuous piece of music that ebbs and flows with alien atmosphere and deep space mystery. It's an album you can easily drift off to, some parts float along in blissful serenity, others have an uneasy menace and tension.
Endless thick synths/keyboards cover the entire album, sometimes creating a disorientating Tangerine Dream-like "electronic meditation" mood with repetitive and hypnotic sounds, other times enhanced with uptempo runs and grand themes. The chunky bass is not far from the classic 70's Eloy, even Hawkwind in a few brief Lemmy-era moments. It punches through the hazy fog of the album all the time, mixed so loud and prominent, quite distorted and imposing. It brings a grooving quality keeping it grounded and constantly exciting. The electric guitars swap from scuzzy dirty solos to chugging harder riffs, with occasional majestic themes and stoned soloing. The drumming/percussion leaves a huge impression on the album, one minute it's a rumbling avalanche of power, a maddening and aggressive rumble that bears down on the listener, the next it's got an almost tribal percussion sound, constantly building in urgency and drama.
There's several particular standout moments among the whole intoxicating work. Listen for the slightly off sounding guitar that creates a tense and disorientating mood in `Fullglast'! The dark `Leave My Chemistry Alone' has twin guitars playing alternate melodies, with thick glorious synths washing crystalline waves around the listener. It then shifts to haunted sinister stabbing keys like a nightmare before an uplifting Eloy-like theme in the last 30 seconds.
The final section `Relative Jump Into Water' is an unnerving droning piece with gentle wailing lonely synths over the top that's very draining and quietly reflective, a somber way to finish the album. Some people find electronic-based music like this piece totally empty and devoid of life, truly human and full of emotion.
`Portable Madness' is a truly immersive space-rock experience, a beautiful, floating, repetitive, haunting and maddening album, sounding just as mind-blowing, inventive and emotional now almost 40 years after it's release. Highly recommended
- - Franco Falsini / guitars, keyboards, synthesizers
- Richard Ursillo / bass, effects (devices)
- Keith Edwards / drums, vibraphone
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- Side A
Smooth And Round (3:11)
Fullglast (3:57)
Phase One And Phase Two (5:20)
Underwater (4:25)
Side B
The Next Place Of Nobody (2:01)
Pasty Day Resistance (5:25)
Leave My Chemistry Alone (4:27)
Strange About The Hands (4:35)
With Relative Jump Into Water (1:50)
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CONDITION: - The cover: rated: M- TOP COPY...very fragile if not delicate color that would wear-out easily if not protected as it has been. There are no delete marks, no split seams, no bends, and no writing ...
- The vinyl: Rated: M- smooth and clear, plays perfect! Both Polydor labels are clean
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A cool addition to anyone's music library!
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