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NICK RIFF - PHOTON SHIFT CD AND FREE BONUS DISC AVAILABLE NOW !
Nick Riff creates all sounds human and otherwise on this new solo CD. Recorded at Oblivion Studio in Cleveland Ohio, it is the 3rd release in the Riffdisc series that will continue until 2012. With a playing time of 56:09 there are 7 songs of modern psychedelic rock with elements of spacerock and cosmic soundtrack jams. There's plenty of wild lead guitar and psycho synthesizers on this one, driven by pounding hard rock beats. The " so called " science fiction themes of the songs reflect the unreality of accepted daily existence and the inner stirrings of change many feel is on the cusp of manifestation. But don't worry, if all this concept stuff doesn't pack your pipe, the production and mastering abilities of Mark Klein ( Cobra Verde, Breaker ) brings the sonic punch to Photon Shift that will shred all but the most capable sound systems. Play loud at your next black light party.
Track list:
1. EDGE OF TIME - Trying to stay human. Within the continious barrage of technology, have we actually lost the ability to communicate? Are we forgetting love?
2. GLOWING BOWL - A hypothetical story of a person who is repeatedly abducted by aliens through out their life and has found a way to deal with it.
3. SYMBIONT - There's more to the mind than meets the 3rd eye. "If you leave your body, use your thoughts instead". That's what the mushroom said.
4. PHOTON SHIFT - The gigantic OM. The approaching tidal wave of light and sound. The changing frequency into a new multi-dimensional existence.
5. ALREADY GONE - True story.
6. MINDFLOW - Lay back and groove, get up and dance, or rock yourself into the future.
7. HALLS OF AMENTI - This message brought to you by the Scribe of the Ancient Ones. Halls of Amenti? Look it up, it may present new possibilities of reality. Don't forget to sing along.
Presented here as kindred spirits : Hawkwind, Black Angels, Blue Oyster Cult, UFO, early Pink Floyd, early Utopia, Yes. FREE LIMITED EDITION BONUS DISC
SONGS FROM ANOTHER DIMENSION free w/ first 300 orders of PHOTON SHIFT.
When Nick Riffs Freak Element band is in suspended animation, Nick Riff - Vocals, Acoustic guitar and Peter Platten - Synthesizer, Vocals perform as the Freak Element duo. This disc includes 4 new studio tracks and a live track from a radio broadcast from WRUW in Cleveland Ohio. The music here is representative of the dream like ethereal spacefolk - psych pop that has developed a life of its own. So light the candles and incense with your favorite buds and let the sounds be your guide. Playing time: 30:51 There's a reason it's called Songs From Another Dimension...
Presented here as kindred spirits : Moody Blues, Donovan, Tyrannosaurus Rex, Pearls Before Swine, Rubber Soul era Beatles, Kula Shaker ,,,
SO HERE'S THE DEAL...
NICK RIFF - PHOTON SHIFT CD
( includes lyrics and picture insert )
* FREE Bonus Disc w/ first 300 orders
* FREE Shipping & Handling
* A total of 12 never before released songs
* Over 1hr 20min. of music
ONLY $ 13.00 !
PSYCHOTROPIC ZONE, Finland
"The World's Alive might just be Nick Riff's best album to date. The CD does include many really excellent tracks and the sound quality is top-notch. The playing is very fluent and Nick's solos are manna for the ears. The lyrics are guaranteed mind-expanding stuff and communication with the extra-terrestrial intelligences. The whole album is pretty hallucinatory stuff. The World's Alive is absolutely one of the best albums I've heard this year so I can warmly recommend it to all those into psychedelic rock."
AURAL INNOVATIONS, USA
""The Hidden Path" kicks off the set, an intense rocking intro piece with chants, looped liquid guitar, and all around psychedelic swirl that builds momentum. This leads into "Calling You", a heavy spaced out psych rocker with wailing trip guitar licks and blasts of alien electronics. It's got a relentlessly pounding stoner-garage beat and I really dig the mixture of crashing guitar chords and tasty solo bits. "Into It" is an outstanding psych rocker and damn good song and features more luscious freak guitar and synth bits. "The World's Alive" is another excellent rocker with a pop-psych edge and a great 60s feel, both musically and lyrically. Great drumming really adds oomph and direction to this effects fest. Highly recommended!"
MARKOS GARAGE GIG, USA
"Nick Riff has drifted into the realm of Hawkwind and other space ritualists, but with a PUNCH. This is truly original music, no copy of any particular band style. It is genuine and fresh for the ages overwhelmed by wimpy power pop, and fake metal bands."
ROCK & ROLL REPORT, USA
"The World's Alive is a release that features a musical mixture that you don't find everywhere: part of the music is psychedelic in nature, and part of the music has a very spaced out feel to it. Although that might seem like a very unusual combination, with the meaning behind the lyrics to Riff's songs, the combination works in a way that seems very natural. If you're up for something that's a little "out of this world," take a chance with this 2008 release."
PSYCHEDELIC CENTRAL, USA
"Although the sound is what one would call psychedelic, it also encompasses space rock too, which is in essence of a similar nature, along with some interesting eastern or middle eastern overtones here and there. If you are intrigued by the thought of the psyche genre, The World's Alive is thoroughly enjoyable and highly recommended."
CLEVELAND.COM, USA
"Billed as an album appealing directly to "the organically stoned lovers of rock and roll." Nick Riffs Freak Element's latest CD effort "The World's Alive delivers what it promises."
TIMEMAZINE, Greece
"This is the latest adventure of psychedelic mastermind Nick Riff. The music ranges from psychedelic rock to spacey psych-pop to ancient tribal soundscapes. With references to summoning UFOs to the exact meaning of the title song, The World's Alive remains in essence a set of modern psychedelic rock. This is cosmic powered psych-rock magically blended for your traveling pleasure."
MAGICK MUSEUM
GOLDMINE MAGAZINE, USA
"Riffs'
music is characterized by loads of fuzz guitar, metaphysical
and otherwise transcendental lyrics, droning harmonics, reverb-saturated
vocals, bits of raga-rock and plenty of other psychedelic effects
and gestures."
HARTBEAT,
Germany
"Nicks
swirling psychedelic pop music could well claim a genre of
it's own, and with all the different textures and it's multi-colored
facets it's a must for any connoisseur of wonderful and outstanding
music."
CLEVELAND
SCENE, USA
"The
disc was designed to introduce Riff to a new audience, and
it probably will.... Riff is at his best when mixing pure -
pop glee with drugy atmospherics. Those moments make Magick
Museum a mind altering, mindless good time."
ABUS
DANGEREUX, France
"Nick
Riff produces pre-Raphaelite rock, the music equivalent of
Gustane Moreau. His influences are remarkably varied: The
sixties Spector sound, acid, garage, pop and punk."."
SUPERNATURAL
FAIRY TALES, Italy
"...It's
a convincing synthesis of the garage/psych languages from the
eighties to present day."
KICK
OUT THE JAMS, Spain
"Themes
have been made with good purpose; to fly your spirit and mind
with wonderful magic moments."
GROHINGA
WELL, Belgium
"...a
school example of psychy pop fairy tales. Albums like
this are important because they make one realize a child has
unlimited fantasy, one of the most valuable qualities in life
to possess."
ROCK'N'REEL,
UK
"...equal
parts 60's punk, garage and psychedelia. Thundering and
swirling soundscapes abound in the realm of Riff." |
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