Tidsgæst
(Time’s Guest) are a new Danish band playing experimental psychedelic rock
music with many influences. Most of the songs are instrumental but some like I
det Hinsides have long sets of lyrics all sung in Danish. The opening sequence
of Portal into Onironaut reminds me a bit of Aron, that sort of spooky low fi
but also beautiful melodic music. I det Hinsides is a strange psychedelic track
with a ska riff at times and pretty far out at other times. Dødsridt keeps the
theme dark and features some nice dual layers of lead guitar while the drummer
and bass player keep the rhythm uptempo. It is really tripped out with a like
theremin otherworldy stuff happening. Cool…Ondt Blod ends the side A. Side B
starts with the title track, which has a lot of lyrics and reminds me a bit of
SEID (one of the tracks they did for the Lord of the Rings movies).
Khronopompos starts as a trippy soundscape with some metallic sounds and
effects and later piano. It slowly grows over the 5mins and leads into the very
short Søndagsmesse. Hver Søndag is another longer track with a lot of lyrics
but all delivered in a slow spoken word phrasing with a simple drone organ and
other keyboard line. At the end a dark demon presence enters the track. Be
scared! Far out stuff… Now for side C. Uopklaret Sag nr. 2431-b which is a
pretty long trip, around 10mins and features a long police report from 1933
being read! The band creates a dark mood also in this one with two interweaving
guitar, bass and drums. Forkert Messe follows and is instrumental and is like
music that might accompany a 1920’s or 1930 silent film. Pretty cool with a
spacey organ starting the track Den Forkerte Dor. It develops into a very cool
song. I love the guitar hook and lead guitar line. The vocal has a funny effect
on it.. Side D starts off with Den Blaa jomfru and this reminds me of Aron’s
solo material (he was a sort of advisor on the record!). Slow, plodding and
mysterious. The last two tracks are both instrumental (Gravmaernens Val and
Evighedsglimt) and the first has an excellent jazzy guitar solo and the last a
long organ solo. These are some fantastic tracks. That is the end. This is not
music for everyone, you need to be in the right mood and be ready to open up
your mind, then you can enjoy this quite a lot. Understanding Danish would also
help a lot. There is almost no information on the record about where it
was record, when, who plays on it, etc.. so this must remain a mystery for
now.. This record is a double vinyl in a nice single sleeve and made in only
250 copies. Check the link below.
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