{"title":"Neptunian Maximalism @ct@if@band-music-10799@","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"neptunian-maximalism-eons-3cd-digipak","title":"Neptunian Maximalism - Eons - 3CD DIGIPAK","description":"\u003ciframe style=\"border: 0; width: 100%; height: 120px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=3062635874\/size=large\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=0687f5\/tracklist=false\/artwork=small\/transparent=true\/\" seamless\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/i-voidhangerrecords.bandcamp.com\/album\/ons\"\u003eÉons by NEPTUNIAN MAXIMALISM\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e Belgium's NEPTUNIAN MAXIMALISM (aka NNMM) is a community of “cultural engineers” with a variable line-up, mixing drone metal with spiritual free jazz and psychedelic music. The project was initiated in 2018 by multi-instrumentalist Guillaume Cazalet (Czlt, Jenny Torse, Aksu), who brought together veteran saxophonist Jean Jacques Duerinckx (Ze Zorgs) and two drummers, Sebastien Schmit (K-Branding) and Pierre Arese (Aksu). In 2020, Stephane FDL and Lukas Bouchenot took the drums. Reshma Goolamy (bass), Romain Martini (guitar), Alice Thiel (synths, guitar), Joaquin Bermudez (saz, setar), Didié Nietzche (soundscapes) and Leslie V. (black magic scenography) joined in 2019, thus changing the band into a real drone orchestra.\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\r\nBy exploring the evolution of the human species, NEPTUNIAN MAXMALISM question the future of the living on Earth, propitiating a feeling of acceptance for the conclusion of the so called \"anthropocene\" era and preparing us for the incoming “probocene” era, imagining our planet ruled by superior intelligent elephants after the end of humanity. As Guillaume Cazalet explains, “for certain scientists, if we hadn't rule the Earth, elephants were supposed to be at the top of the pyramid of terrestrial life.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\r\nThe ambitious album trilogy of “Éons” is a musical experience of gargantuan proportions where each chapter is part of a fascinating ritual, a cosmic mass of light and darkness recalling the works of SUNN O))), EARTH, ALUK TODOLO, ACID MOTHERS TEMPLE, SWANS, MOTORPSYCHO, SUN RA and the late JOHN COLTRANE.\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\r\nThe intoxicating bacchanal starts with “To The Earth (Aker Hu Benben)”, a heavy tribal music affair influenced by stoner metal, noise rock and free jazz. “It's a balance between sacred and profane, and resumes lots of human feelings or their consequences, such as love, war, hate, ritual dance, transmutation, strength, feminine\/masculine juxtaposition, etc,”, says Cazalet.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\r\nWith “To The Moon (Heka Khaibit Sekhem)” the band opts for a slightly different approach, surrealistic yet brutal, occasionally steering towards black-doom metal. Cazalet: “Here the rhythm section plays an important role, fueled by an obscure power that plunges the listener into a magic, occult trance; this album is characterized by shamanic invocations and summonings of the ancients by using animal-like growls and the homo-sapiens' proto-language as reconstructed by Pierre Lanchantin, an English researcher\/archeologist from the University of Cambridge.”\r\nThe third and final chapter encompasses the interstellar meditations of “To The Sun (Ânkh Maât Sia)”, described by Cazalet as a solar drone opera: “We worked on the power of frequencies and tonality, chthonian deep vibrations and iridescent high lights by using huge amplified baritone sax and guitars, spectral soundscapes, antic cinematographic views and tribal percussions.”\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\r\nWrapped in a phantasmagoric painting by Japanese master Kaneko Tomiyuki, NEPTUNIAN MAXIMALISM's “Éons” is with no doubt the quintessential mystical and psychedelic journey of 2020.  \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Season of Mist - North America","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53024561430825,"sku":"P-53130-","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0952\/9219\/5113\/files\/Neptunian-Maximalism-Eons-3CD-DIGIPAK-53130-1-1677532052.jpg?v=1778035694"},{"product_id":"neptunian-maximalism-solar-drone-ceremony-cd","title":"Neptunian Maximalism - Solar Drone Ceremony - CD","description":"\u003ciframe style=\"border: 0; width: 100%; height: 42px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=2883631480\/size=small\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=0687f5\/transparent=true\/\" seamless\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/i-voidhangerrecords.bandcamp.com\/album\/solar-drone-ceremony\"\u003eSolar Drone Ceremony by NEPTUNIAN MAXIMALISM\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eThe Arkestra returns! One year after the release of “Éons”, a monumental triple album that shook up the entire metal underground in 2020, Belgium's mysterious collective known as NEPTUNIAN MAXIMALISM embarks on a new cosmic trip through the lands of drone doom metal, free jazz and psychedelic music... and this time you will be eyewitnesses of such a grandiose musical quest!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\r\nRecorded live in Brussels in March 2020 and wrapped in a stunning cover painting by French master Hervé Scott Flament, “Solar Drone Ceremony” is a 53-minute audio-visual odyssey documenting a band at its maximum splendor, working at full steam to pierce the veil of our narrow world and open new vistas on lush mental landscapes.\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\r\nAvailable as a limited LP + DVD edition, the album is a remaking of the title-track from the band's first EP, “The Conference of the Stars”, here radically transfigured and expanded into something new, summing up NEPTUNIAN MAXIMALISM's style and adding to it not only the energy and intensity always palpable during a live show, but also an esoteric, immersive visual dimension that proves all the creativity these electric shamans are capable of.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\r\nFrom the smoky drone metal of Sunn O))) to the mystic ruminations of Sun Ra and the space accelerations of Hawkwind, “Solar Drone Ceremony” is a dark psychedelic ritual for the modern times, a ticket to ride for today's psychonauts.  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Season of Mist - North America","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53029198561577,"sku":"P-56638-","price":14.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0952\/9219\/5113\/files\/Neptunian-Maximalism-Solar-Drone-Ceremony-CD-56638-1-1702564384.jpg?v=1778050063"},{"product_id":"neptunian-maximalism-le-sacre-du-soleil-invaincu-lp-box","title":"Neptunian Maximalism - Le Sacre Du Soleil Invaincu - LP BOX","description":"\u003cp\u003eFounded in Brussels in 2018 by Guillaume Cazalet and Jean Jacques Duerinckx, NEPTUNIAN MAXIMALISM is an experimental collective pushing the boundaries of drone, free jazz, and doom metal by trance-inducing rhythms, cosmic psychedelia, and primal sonic rituals.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRecorded in 2023 at St John’s on Bethnal Green church in London and expertly mastered by James Plotkin, NEPTUNIAN MAXIMALISM’s new album “Le Sacre Du Soleil Invaincu (LSDSI)” is a monumental journey that captures a transformative experience within the church’s walls, merging architecture, energy, and sound thanks to a hypnotic blend of amplified drones, Indian classical music and raw spiritual energy.\u003cbr\u003eOver four days, NNMM undertook a residency in the church, forming an unusual yet profound bond with its architecture and the history and energy it held within. In this space, they morphed into a new entity, turning their performance into an ecstatic experience. The resulting final piece spans two hours and revisits 3 Ragas of Indian classical music: Raga Marwa, Raga Todi and Raga Bairagi.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOnce again exalted by a cover painting from Japanese artist Kaneko Tomiyuki, “Le Sacre Du Soleil Invaincu” seems to describe a rite of passage. The listener is taken on a soothing, slow adrift into a nebulous dusk where hypnotizing melodies merge with the shock of heavy yet shimmering drones. Emerging from a black hole, the tenebrous bells of the Surbahar announce a threatening trip into a night haunted by the wrath of battling spirits, where relentless war drums violently fight vampiric guitar leads, finally resolving in a sneaky groove. The psychedelic journey resumes with the dissolved elements coagulating into a solid new form, ready to rise from the grave at The Judgment horn’s calling, for the rebirth and blossom of a seed in a bare ground. It’s a merciful lament of everlasting notes full of love and grace that accompany the cycle to its end.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Season of Mist - North America","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53031416529193,"sku":"P-65086-","price":46.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0952\/9219\/5113\/files\/Neptunian-Maximalism-Le-Sacre-Du-Soleil-Invaincu-LP-BOX-65086-1-1749232798.jpg?v=1778074254"}],"url":"https:\/\/shopusa.season-of-mist.com\/collections\/band-music-neptunian-maximalism.oembed","provider":"Season of Mist - North America","version":"1.0","type":"link"}