KROM LEK & CENSUS OF HALLUCINATIONS - "Essential Stone Premonitions Volume 1"
Odd way of naming all this as it's not a compilation, but a set of all-newly recorded, mostly instrumental, and occasionally vocal, tracks, from members of Census Of Hallucinations & Krom Lek. With its early seventies leanings, its psychedelic spirallings and its eccentricities, it comes across as a mix of early Jade Warrior, only more acoustic, Gong, only less electronic and Amon Duul 1, only less chaotic. With some neatly flowing guitar work, great use of percussion, deep electric bass and chiming, mostly acoustic, and electric/glissando guitars, there's also some absolutely magical flute work right out of the early Gong way of doing things. With the feel of something like Allen's 'Magick Brother' album, this is a seriously and, for me surprisingly, good album that I'd unhesitatingly recommend
by Andy G - CD Services (from Andy G's CD Services Reviews - BEST OF 2004)