Space Gambus Experiment Album review by MOLOKO

9.00 AM..22012010 is the date, I slowly slide the SPACE GAMBUS EXPERIMENT CD,- into my Tivoli Audio......suddenly.....it resonates...beep....beep....

Aku pejamkan mata, & cuba hayati keindahan muzik berinspirasikan angkasa raya, sistem galaktik, Bima Sakti ini. Sekerdip bintang-bintang, di langit, begitulah degup jantung aku bergetar, tatkala petikan gambus mula bergema, seiring dengan bunyian sonic, electronica, acoustic, yang diprojeksi oleh Kamal sekreatifnya. Aku berkata dalam hati,- 'This Is Going To Be, A Hell Of A Ride!'

DUO- Kamal & Zulkifli ternyata satu mixture padu! Ia PADU, kerana paduan alat muzik klasik (gambus@oud) & moden(drum machine@programing & etc) a.k.a 'Electro-Acoustic', ini telah berjaya membawa dereksi SPACE GAMBUS EXPERIMENT- THE ALBUM setaraf dengan produk instrumental 'ambient' bertaraf antarabangsa. & yang paling penting, ia ternyata bergema, melankolik seakan datang dari sistem galaksi angkasa raya!

Album ini boleh membuatkan Wayne Coyne dari The Flaming Lips berkata 'What The F**k!' dengan dirinya sendiri, kerana ia bakal terkejut besar, kerana recording album ini hanya dieksperimentasi, seterusnya dirakam secara peribadi oleh 'Team' kreatif ini, di studio@pondok Kamal Sabran,- yang ternyata 'Very Basic@Down To Earth! & ianya 100% MADE IN IPOH, MALAYSIA, yang secara muzikalnya boleh menandingi album galaktik 'Christmas On Mars' oleh The Flaming Lips atau album electro 'ambient' instrumental 'GHOST I-IV' oleh NIN!

OBSESI- KAMAL SABRAN terhadap ANGKASA RAYA- ternyata mencetuskan satu 'SoundWaves' yang bukan sahaja 'insipiring', tetapi SGE tulusnya, aku-Moloko, akui, mampu mencuit emosi. Di sebalik angkasa raya yang seakan sepi ini, ternyata tersembunyi INDAH! Yang Kamal cuba ekspressikan se Elegant mungkin melalui SPACE GAMBUS EXPERIMENT. Komen tulus aku lagi,- MOLOKO;-

KAMAL SABRAN & ZULKIFLI RAMLI BEAMS THE SPACE SOUNDSCAPE IN MASS ELEGENT OF SHEER BEAUTY & EXTRAVAGANT!

This is important work that should be owned by most of music collector & enthusiast. It's a rareties@essentials album, that worth every penny, that men can spent.

27.08- SGE lenght....

& within that tiny hour, I'm sure you'll certainly will be moved by the sound of ANGKASA RAYA created by this very, very talented Duo, that is...

KAMAL SABRAN & ZULKIFLI RAMLI.

After SGE reached it's finale, I must admit, it made me longing...wanting for more....

***** A GIANT LEAP THROUGH OUTERSPACE! BOLD! MINIMAL! & 100% MADE IN MALAYSIA!

SOUNDING QUALITY- suprisingly the sounds resonates, as if the SGE ALBUM had been recorded in a HIGH-END STUDIO, whereby the fact is, IT'S NOT! SGE- deserves a CULT FAME, same as THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT- The Movie!

AWESOME COVER!

HIGHLY ADDICTIVE & RECOMENDED!

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