Album Review: Spatial Moods - Nace un Ciclo (2020)

"Nace un Ciclo" (Spanish for: "a cycle is born") is the fourth album by Limas Psychedelic, Experimental and Space Rock band Spatial Moods. The quartet from Peru presents a bit more than half an hour of mid-tempo music for space travellers and fans of psychedelic journeys. So far the album is only available via YouTube and Bandcamp (links below), but it appears to be most likely that it will be released as an LP via Nécio Records. The reason for my assumption is that Nécio boss Arturo Alonso Quispe Velarde is playing the guitar for Spatial Moods.

The other band membes are Jorge Apaza Frisancho (guitar, vocals, keys), Manuel Villavicencio Sánchez (bass) and Israel Tenor (drums). Together the quartet plays a stunning and very unorthodox form of Psychedelic and Space Rock. For one, the tempo of the five songs is much higher than in ordinary examples of these genres. Also, the influence of experimental parts is very strong. Spatial Moods experiment with different harmonies and disharmonies to create very interesting airs. Those uncommon soundspheres are often glitchy or gloomy and show a certain impact of Noise Rock and Post Punk.

"Nace un Ciclo" comes with a heavy arc of suspension. In uncommonly high tempo but relaxed mood the album commences with the song 'Regenio, Recuerdo' ("I remember Regenio") and then smoothly adds to its intensity in 'Incierta Gran Aventura' ("uncertain/unsafe great adventure"). In 'Gira-Sol' ("course of the sun") the album is working its way towards its climax which is then finally reached in the middle of the last but one song 'Miedito' ("fear"). This trackcomes with the strongest intensity, force and dark gloomy atmosphere until it slowly slides into the majestic and warm finale 'Teresa'.

This album is a holistic experience and an impressive journey through space, time and emotions.

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