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Psychedelic Guitar Orchestra - Rainbow Sabbath
sports theme cdr with hand-drawn digipack and insert
Released 2008
25 copies

Music by Nick Hoffman except track 4 by Christopher Tye 

Recorded January – March 2008

Track List:

1. Trapeze (3:19)
2. Infinite Prism (3:53)
3. Rainbow Sabbath (7:18)
4. Who is the one that walks beside you?  (0:55)
5. 3 drops in a shallow pool (14:58)
6. Reflection (49 times) (2:18)
7. Stillness, rising smoke (3:19)
8. Equinox (5:56)


Vital Weekly Review:

PSYCHEDELIC GUITAR ORCHESTRA - RAINBOW SABBATH (CDR by Scissor Death)
In an edition of 25 copies only, but with a much, much nicer cover is the Psychedelic Guitar Orchestra, who played three times so far, with 21, 17 and 10 members for the gig. However on 'Rainbow Sabbath' its Nick Hoffman, him again, solo playing all the guitar parts (although not specified how many guitars are used per track). Apparently Terry Riley inspired the title, and if you hear the music you can imagine why this is. Repetitive guitar strumming, mixed with pieces played with e-bow or violin bows. A pretty neat, non-noise release of minimalist music. It doesn't always work out fine, such as in the somewhat long '3 Drops In A Shallow Pool', but for the other seven tracks, which are much more concise and to the point, are much more enjoyable. The combination of strumming, picking and droning make this into the best release I heard coming out of the house of Hoffman.