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Title: EXCELLENT
Review: Cottonwoodhill is the most known album by this German Band, and "Brainticket," the song, is what still gets most play on underground and independant stations, such as my beloved WFMU. As much as the album has earned its crediability as an underground classic, the sound can be a little thin. You can't help but wish another player were added to this funky-organ-acid-orgy-poetry mix.Celetrial Ocean fixes this. The organ is generally replaced by a moog synthasizer. This has a thicker sound, and gives the album a warmer texture. Flutes chime in on top of the moogs warm blanket.This album also replaces the driving, manic acid funk of Cottonwoodhill with a slower, spacier approach. There is no more feeling that this is a bad trip: this is a nice, relaxed float. The singer still recites her poetry, but her voice acutally soothes this time out. If Cottonwoodhill is bad acid, Celestial Ocean is valum.Either way, this band has earned its place as one of my drugs of choice.
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