Elestial Records, Dymons, Druids Brew, 2007

Sorry mais c'est en anglais... I espère you aimer anyway...

Hi ! This is Daniel Symons aka Dymons (sometimes misspelt Dyamonds, Dymonds,...)

I founded Elestial Records to unite musical genres of different cultures of the globe, the universe and beyond... for the benefit of all beings...
 
This first solo album “Druids Brew” is a potion made of the many influences I was blessed with traveling through space, time and beyond...
Although very dub oriented this album flows through a multitude of styles and atmospheres...
I spent a few years on the road gathering ambient sounds into a little black box and many musical influences from all continents. This is a journey through a wide diversity of soundscapes.
The album features a Master of Santeria(Afro-Cuban Mysticism) on the congas, a talented griot from West Africa on tama, cabasa and n’goni(traditional African guitar), a Divine female voice from the Berber tribe and much more...
Fat driving bass lines, grooving drum beats, pulsing skanks, ethnic and contemporary sounds dance together in a psychedelic fashion for you to sit back and enjoy the ride or move you feet to the beats either way it should take you on a trip!

Genre: Ranges through Ambient, Chill, Dub, Breaks, Tribal/Ethnic, World Beat, Electronica, Downtempo, Progressive and PsyTrance,.. Mostly being a mixture of all these with quite a psychedelic edge...

Track List :

1. One Drop or Two 8:18
2. Gathering of Lights 8:57
3. El Jaguar 7:49
4. Sparkles 7:59
5. Wakan Tanka 10:22
6. Beyond the Continuum 8:15
7. Blessings 19:20

All tracks are written, mixed and produced by Daniel Symons @ Alchemy Studios, Switzerland
The mastering was done by Kevin Metcalfe @ Soundmasters Studio, London

Have a listen and take a peek @ Arabesque Distribution:
http://tinyurl.com/2sbhfp

Or @ your favorite shop:
http://www.beatspace.com/dettagli/dettaglio.asp?id=3585
http://www.juno.co.uk/artists/Dymons/
https://psy-buy.com/?art=684
http://www.goastore.ch/
http://www.discobole.gr/product.asp?pid=120715
http://www.psyshop.com/shop/CDs/ere/ere1cd001.html
http://www.saikosounds.com/english/display_release.asp?id=6679

More info here too:
http://www.elestialrecords.com
http://www.myspace.com/danielsymons

Blessings
Dan

                                   

Salut !

Une petite critique....
Désolé mais c'est encore en English...


STYLE    
Dub chill electronic instrumentals liberally coloured with ethnic sounds. Druid's Brew is heady twilight collection with a tribal bent nodding along to infectious dub-reggae rhythms. The synth work on the album is largely comprised of a fairly acidic, effervescent sound palette - squirting, burbling arps and phrases that are often strongly effected and constantly morphing. Underpinning this techno tapestry are bobbing, gutsy bass lines that drive the offbeat keyboard stabs and downtempo beats. Global instrumentation comes in the form of live performance and sampled sound - flutes, strings, guitars and glissendar as well as various percussives: congas, shakers, bells, djembe, darbouka and so forth. Some strong vocal performances from singer Amina Djahnine grace two of the tracks here. Other voices float musing through the air whilst a variety of natural sounds - water, birds, night time ambiences - add to the late hour atmosphere that pervades the whole CD.

ARTWORK  
A tribal psychedelic montage fills the front cover with masked figures glowing in firelight against a star encrusted sky crisscrossed with radial lines. A graphic diamond sits centrally mirroring the artist logo. On the rear, the star theme is further developed, glowing brightly in kaleidoscopic regularity here as backdrop to the tracklist. The inner sleeve of this jewelcase package repeats the tracklist along with a full list of credits and contact details. Opening out, this two panel sheet reveals a generous full spread given over to thanks.

OVERALL    
Daniel Symons has worked with drums and global music for many years now playing with various music, dance and trance therapy workshops around the globe. His solo project Dymons is primarily a live dub act, but he also works under the psytrance title Dragons and performs with The Peaking Goddess Collective. This release comes via Elestial Records billed as "Music for the Body, the Soul and the Spirit - a digital & ethnic dub journey". There's naturally plenty of rhythmic action here featuring drums and percussive instruments from around the globe.

WHO WILL LIKE THIS ALBUM      

This is a chill album that is strong on rhythm, percussive aspects of the mix driving the sound. Go for this one if you enjoy vivid colour and international fusion to dance to.

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www.elestialrecords.com
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