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Colour Haze - 'Los Sounds des Krauts' (Electrohash Records)

Mike Reed | USA | 01/16/2007

(4 out of 5 stars)

"Very well produced,written and played heavy/stoner psychedila from this German power-house trio. Most enjoyable 2-CD,eleven track import title that gives the listener(s) a full ninety minutes of pure brain damaging pleasure. Tracks that I simply couldn't get enought of were the guitar-ripping "Zen","Sundazed" and the three lengthy pieces here, the eleven-minute "Plazmakeks", the eighteen-minute awesome "Weltraumanta" (possibly the best cut off the entire twin-disc release)and the wailing seventeen-minute "Overriding". Line-up: Stefan-guitar&vocals, Philip-bass and Manfred-drums. Highly recommended."

Fundamental For the Fan of Psychedelic Rock

Tom Chase | London | 02/09/2008

(5 out of 5 stars)

"As far as I'm concerned Colour Haze are just about the best stoner/psychedelic rock band playing today. As I've noted in my review for the band's self-titled, not since my first Kyuss experience has a band in this genre blown me away so much. For those not in the know, they are a power trio from Germany, lead by guitarist/singer/songwriter Stefan Koglek (who also runs the superb Elektrohasch record label, a great haven for current stoner), and they play an enthralling heavy psychedelic rock - blending classic Kyuss-esque desert rock riffs, progressive song structures, fluid Hendrix styled guitar lines, jazzy musicianship and ethereal vocals - it is a sumptuous and wonderfully unique sound.



"Los Sounds des Krauts" is perhaps the band's most ambitious work, spanning over two discs, and showcasing a number of monumental epics. Obviously with such grand works, designated listening is required to really feel and get the album as a whole. If you let them, the lengthier tracks such as "Overriding", "Sundazed" and "Weltraummantra" really draw you in, engulfing you in a sea of sounds and styles, and all hit the skies with amazing climaxes. Perhaps my favourite moment of this is the thunderous climax of "Overriding", which really does sound like psychedelic Hendrix interspersed with the most addictive and raging of Kyuss grooves. In-between the lengthier tracks are shorter, often more rocking songs that give the album flow and balance. "Roses" is the best of these, and manages to capture the same heights of the longer songs in a mere 6 minutes through superb song writing and really addictive hooks.



Fans of the stoner/psychedelic scene without this album, or any of Colour Haze's for that matter, should hunt this down right now. Simply essential listening.

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