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update: 1st of January 2008 THE PEAKING GODDESS COLLECTIVE - ORGANIKA
The Peaking Goddess Collective - Organika Label: Peak Records
Released: 2007

01. Hyperspace
02. Love And Peak
03. Star Peace
04. Secret Fire
05. Rolling
06. Ishtar
07. Being Transformation
08. Arcana (Live Jam)





"Organika" is the album that lovers of Swiss label Peak Records have been waiting for with impatience so big as maybe never before in the label's life. Reason is very simple because a project behind the disc is The Peaking Goddess Collective - the group of the quartet leading musicians from Peak: Ajja S. F. Leu (guitar, electronic), Daniel Symons (percussion, electronic), Moreno Antognini (bass guitar, electronic) and Pearce van der Merwe (flute, electronic); they were supported by several guest artists: Alex Grey, Gaspard Besson, Jovis, Samy, Sandeep Kumar and Tanina Munchkina.

"Hyperspace", the first composition, is a slow track with a crawling bass; the central elements here are flute motives which notes are nicely linked with the synth bass and adding to these light guitar chords we received as a result easy to answer proposition to continuing the album journey. Next we have "Love And Peak" which can be described as a soft psychedelia - atmosphere of a journey is evocative and plaited from the first second with the outstanding sounds; we have here a pulsating bass with a jaunty percussion in the background of the guitar melody about weekend colour. The third track is mystical "Star Peace". Though in the beginning it's ambient, over the course of time the track is transforming into orgy of tens sounds with the assist of peaceful touch from the guitar chords. The ending phaze of this composition is the greatest arrangement from this CD: flute, liquid synthesizer background and very nicely coordinated percussion carry the listener into the world of Persia. For the first time on this disc we enter the machinery of 4/4 in the track titled "Secret Fire", but still the whole album is quite steady and for sure not madly. In the first part of the track we have the main motive that is build mainly by a guitar, in the second part - by a flute, and the guitar sometimes make that flute more attractive. "Rolling" is another track that contain a regular kick. This time we have also more psytrance elements. In the end lazy guitar motives are metamorphosing into funky sounds what with the addition of twisted acid gives a dimension of fun. On the track number six we have "Ishtar". This downtempo composition is another example from the series of mystical views for the music. "Being Transformation" duplicate previous picture with more pressure on a mysticism though this time we have a form of deep psychedelic ambient. "Arcana (Live Jam)" is a mix of ambient, guitars and spokens that crowns the album.

Important characteristic of the CD is that while the backrounds of the tracks (percussion, ambient sounds of nature, etc.) are a solid foundation for each of the tracks, the guitar and the flute starts and ends from the foreground quite unexpectedly. In this case most motives from these instruments could easily exist on other tracks as exists in fact. Atmosphere of the whole album is calm, liquid, isn't absorb the thoughts so much as music by f.e. Shpongle. The CD contain rhythmicity perfect both for headphones and more active listening; and have mainly restrained arrangement even when is changing into prog. "Organika" can be described as a guitar chillout because that guitar - that is on every track in a considerable degree - affect indeed on the distinctiveness of this CD. As the whole - very good, explorating typical for Peak Indian thoughts.

rating 4/5
RB, September 2007