Set Phazer To Stun vinyl

Richard Norris' solo excursion into outer galactic cosmiche psyche soul on the Time & Space Machine album Set Phaser to Stun seems to have been forgotten slightly amidst a wave of excellent albums released to date in 2010. Tirk offer a timely reminder of the album's qualities with the release of the title track backed with some typically staunch remix support. An extended version of "Set Phaser To Stun" from Richard Norris is first up, with the pulsating organ lead groove descending into superlative space rock meltdown as the track creeps towards it's eight minute finale. Briefed with Morodering up the krautish psychedelia of the original, Bottin excels on a remix that builds continually, with a kaleidoscopic sonic vision of bubbling analogue synths, crazed pads and thumping Italo drums wrapped around the cheap organ riffs. Rising East London duo Sioux City Boys Club add a hint of simmering menace on a remix which introduces a little bump to the groove and adding some cavernous delay to the rhythm for maximum psychedelic effect.

Mark Moore, Seahorse & Castle