Lamp of the Universe - Echo in Light (2002)
1. Freedom to Godliness
2. Resonance
3. Our Celestial Flow
4. Love
5. Pyramids of Sun
6. Dream Sequence
Online Review
Echo in Light (2002)
Lamp of The Universe is a cosmic hippy acid folk/psychedelic one-man project
of Craig Williamson (known also from the heavy/stoner rock band Datura).
This fellow plays all the instruments also on this second release by
L. O. T. U. This album has gained a lot of good response from the psychedelic
underground, and I can clearly see why. There's a lot of emotion and even
transcendental message of love in the home-recorded songs of Mr. Williamson.
You might get the picture of what's going on just looking at the track
titles. The acoustic "Freedom to Godliness" starts the album with its
celestial, tranquil way. Really beautiful vocals on this one. "Resonance"
continues on the same line, but this time we also get to hear some sitar.
There's a bit rockier edge to the next one, "Our Celestial Flow" with drums,
electric guitars and organs. Rather 60's oriented, groovy track. "Love" is a
beautiful and mellow song, where acoustic guitar, tender percussions and
flute-like keyboards play an important role. "Pyramids of Sun" is also
very beautiful and cosmic with its acoustic rhythm guitar and vocals. There'
s some nice sitar at the end, as well. The last track "Dream Sequence" is
almost 17 minutes of ultra floating instrumental head jam. Lots of
keyboards, effects, cymbals, guitar solos, percussion and so on. Here we
can almost reach the spiritual dimensions! It's an excellent ending for the
album.
The album sounds a lot like it was recorded in the early 70's. There are
some similarities with the cosmic German bands and British folk bands of
that era. There's a lot of echo all around the album. This is very suitable
stuff for meditation or tripping. Sitar and tablas give a nice Indian
flavour. Echo In Light is very pleasant, psychedelic and interesting music
that I can recommend to anyone into self-exploration and good music.
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