Artist: Don Peyote
Album: Heaven & Earth
Label: Don Peyote Recordings
Release Date: 3rd December 2012
Andy Thomas’s stunning artwork gives a depth that truly
reflects the album title “Heaven & Earth” and I hoped the musical content
matched my anticipation as “Peyote Dreaming” is an album I love and often
re-visit. So I’d been eagerly awaiting another release from Yvon Mounier (aka
Don Peyote).
The opening track “Agartha” didn’t disappoint seamlessly drifting
from repetitive synthetic tones and heavenly choral voices to sparse tribal
beats and earthy atmospherics which is only heightened by the addition of Dan
Richardson’s bamboo flute. This is followed by “Bouroukou” which envelopes you
in slo-mo heavy tribal beats, dubbed tribal vocals, eerie spaced out synths and
guitar. This track embodies my overall thoughts on this album and what I like
about Yvon’s music. It may not be a catchy foot-stomper but he creates a
wonderful atmosphere without heavily drawing on the obvious. Which I feel
stamps his individuality in the psychedelic scene.
Another element which I feel sets Yvon’s music apart from other psy-dub artists is he’s often eclectic and sometimes funkier while still managing to retain his own trademark sound. “La Foret Perdue” for example is a blissful Gilmour’esque track perfect for chilling while the comically titled “Dub The Magic Derriere” is far from comical masterfully fusing psychedelic dub with Indian classical music while “Shake That Snake” provides a little something for those who like the more traditional reggae flavoured psychedelica.
Review by Woodzee
