SDM007 unfolds as a four-part exploration that compresses opposite timelines and spaces: ancient and futuristic, ritualistic and metropolitan. From the opening movements of Jehol, where primitive percussion dissolves into cosmic drones and ultra-fast kicks, to the dense, forest-like tension of Ochre Khrisma and the scorched tribal energy of Ossifrage, the EP embraces a loop-less mindset where repetition is carried by rhythm alone, while textures remain in constant flux.
Formed by Eddie Ness and Lars Krug, previously known as Liem, whose lo-fi house anthem If Only reworked a Fusion Groove Orchestra track, Space Drum Meditation draws more inspiration from planet Earth than from distant cosmic imaginaries. The release invokes an ancient, ancestral dimension, refracted through the lens of futures still waiting to be explored: a gateway to another state of perception, ruled by shamans augmented with computational intelligence.
The sitar intro of Ochre Khrisma makes the grounding concrete: a psytrance dance carrying its ritual through derealised flute samples and the dense echoes of a tropical forest, both oppressive and unsettling. What emerges is a chiaroscuro of sounds that creep in, fade out and return in altered forms, suspended between ethereal glissandos and a persistent sense of imbalance. The tension shifts between cathartic lift and the anxiety of ancient, arcane forces.
Ossifrage slows the pace, a tribal-club track recalling the productions of De Rio but with the temperature pushed to extreme levels. Where Loek Frey suggests proximity to the absolute zero of a hostile, frozen universe, Space Drum Meditation channels the primordial heat of a living, incandescent environment. Sky Dancer closes the EP leaning closer to a loop-based structure, more physical in its percussive insistence, animated by Eastern flute motives. The journey culminates in an almost psy-industrial synthetic modulation, tracing a passage from abstraction to rhythmic solidity, and resolving in an act of collective and spiritual ascension.
