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Ajja - Spira Mirabilis [TIP Records]


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Once in a blue moon, a star falls from heaven… and so it happens with a man called AJJA.

 

A musical giant, a musician and multi-instrumentalist of great talent and diversity and an extraordinary producer, he is considered by many to be one of the most important names in adult psychedelic music today. Among the top headliners at most major psychedelic trance events around the globe, AJJA has been rocking the planet and uplifting people with his unique flavour of psychedelic sound waves. TIP RECORDS are proud and honoured to present AJJA’s new album “Spira Mirabilis”, a delightful mixture of superb rhythmic realms and enchanting multiverses that raise the bar of originality and delight to ecstatic new dimensions. Delicately woven and tailored to fit the most demanding and diverse listeners, “Spira Mirabilis” is a powerful sonic journey drawing inspiration from AJJA’s long and eclectic musical experience. Mastered by the legendary Kevin Metcalfe (of David Bowie, Depeche Mode and Shpongle mastering fame, to name but a few), “Spira Mirabilis” is a pure gem of fine craftsmanship propelling our mind and feet and soul into a wonderful zone of beauty and power.

 

“Ajja is at the top of his game... a fantastic guitarist providing seriously beautiful and intelligent music... this is a masterwork of the highest degree... a smorgasbord of contemporary excursions and journeys of sound and colour...  an amazing, fantastic album ready to pour into your ears... stay tuned” - Raja Ram

 

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Looking forward to this one!

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I was hoping for something like "Tulpa" so I am quite dissapointed, but having said that, I am sure this will be a great chill-out album ;)

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I was hoping for something like "Tulpa" so I am quite dissapointed, but having said that, I am sure this will be a great chill-out album ;)

 

Yeah, I was pretty surprised to hear that it sounds more like a follow-up to his "Alien Jams" with Cosmosis, than to Tulpa, especially since it's coming out on TIP Records. But now I'm even more excited about it, because of that change of pace - it's not a chill-ot per se, more like a downtempo psytrance like Flooting Grooves or The Peaking Goddess Collective.

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Yes, samples sound incredible! It's on pre-order, can't wait until I get the files this Friday!

 

Also, I love how delicate and spacious the mastering is. Listened to V/A Terraformer samples back to back and got a headache from that one...

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Yeah, I was pretty surprised to hear that it sounds more like a follow-up to his "Alien Jams" with Cosmosis, than to Tulpa, especially since it's coming out on TIP Records. But now I'm even more excited about it, because of that change of pace - it's not a chill-ot per se, more like a downtempo psytrance like Flooting Grooves or The Peaking Goddess Collective.

 

I've been listening to it since this morning when the files came up for d/l on bandcamp and I need to expand the list of influences with Shpongle, especially their last two albums - lush strings, gentle electronic arpeggios, dreamy soundscapes.

 

The only thing I'm not sure about for now, is some of the tracks using generic slap-bass guitar sounds, which - to an old fart like me - sounds like they were programmed using General MIDI sound bank from the 90's :)

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This is such a weird and beautiful release! It feels SLOW, because it's full of guitar noodling, spacey synth lines and gentle acid runs; but it is FAST in terms of tempo with most tracks at 140BPM or higher.

 

I expect the feedback for it being pretty divisive, but I love it :)

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