About two years ago I first discovered the music of Electric Moon through the Psych Lovers Facebook group. Once I was hooked there was no turning back and thanks to a recent reissue campaign I have been able to get their harder to find releases. If you have seen any of their performance in person or through online streaming you know how good these gigs are and this one is no exception. Electric Moon is known for powerful extended jams with a pounding rhythm section augmented by an array of electronics and effects to create a kind of hypnotic state. You can’t help but just slowly nod your head and sway along in a trance. Live at Freak Valley begins with the 20 minutes long “Increase”. Trademark pounding rhythms and a solid wall of sound from the guitar with swirling phasers and massive distortion creating quite the maelstrom. “777” follows, picking up the pace a bit for 14 minutes until things slow down into a more experimental final 7 minutes, heavy on the repeat percussion effects and wailing guitar sound until we finally end off with a head-banging conclusion. “The Picture” follows and is a track that first appeared on 2015’s Theory Of Mind live album. A very heavy Sabbath-like piece that stretches over 18 minutes with only a few changes of pace. “D-tune” from “Lunatics Revenge” follows and is an extremely short piece of only 7 minutes with a bit of an Eastern sound to it before it kicks into high gear and takes off. The album closes with Der Mondsenator auf dem Weg zur Erde, an acoustic piece taken from the Rockpalast Interview session. The sound is fantastic on this release and if you get a chance to check out the show on youtube do so. If the stars align I will finally get to see them in April so fingers crossed for international travel next year but I won’t hold my breath.
The CD is available at Sulatron but look for a double vinyl release from Rockfreaks Records in the near future
