This new release from Øresund Space Collective continues their fine instrumental space rock tradition. As is the case with the rest of their catalog, these jams are improvised. Nothing here changes or grows quickly, but there is a lot of growth along the road nonetheless. This set consists of five epic length pieces across two CDs (labeled as "galleries"). If you dig instrumental space rock that sets up a great groove, you should check this out.

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As this coalesces into existence, there is an almost symphonic space vibe at first. It works forward to more pure space rock music from there, though. It doesn't change quickly, but rather evolves gradually, working upward as it does. The piece is an epic, weighing in at more than 28 and a half minutes of music. I really dig the musical interplay as this grows a lot. There are some particularly cool sounds and melodies built into this. It really gets into some soaring territory. There are some parts where the guitar makes me think of what you might get if Jerry Garcia had jammed with Hawkwind. There are a lot of peaks and valleys built into this ride. The closing bit on this is created by keyboards that segue into the next number.

While this is not a huge change, it powers in with some killer jamming that has a great groove. There are definitely things here that make me think of early Pink Floyd to a large degree. Late in the track a distorted bass jam takes over and the cut works out from there in a killer Pink Floyd-like space jam. Echoey, trippy stuff emerges further down this musical road. Some pretty awesome jamming emerges from there. At over 28 minutes of music this is another epic piece.