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Akathisia

Hovercraft Format: Audio CD
4.3 out of 5 stars 7 ratings
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Track Listings

1 Quiet Room (44)
2 Angular Momentum
3 Haloparidol
4 Vagus Nerve
5 De-Orbit Burn

Editorial Reviews

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The debut album by the Seattle trio Hovercraft isn't exactly everyone's bottle of Nyquil. With five instrumentals spread out over nearly 65 minutes, even dedicated space-rock fans might find their attention wandering at times. The grooves range from lulling to ethereal to downright somnambulistic. And as might be expected from a set of improvised music recorded live in one take, more than a few ideas crash and burn on the launch pad. On the other hand, if modern lo-fi psychedelic excursions are your thing, Hovercraft may well be your ticket to the dark side of the moon. The trippy combo first came together in 1993, and its members prefer to be known by the ridiculous robotic handles of Campbell 2000 (guitar), Sadie 7 (bass), and Karl 3-30 (drums), in part to avoid critics constantly noting that Sadie is in fact Mrs. Eddie Vedder. (Oops, sorry, did it again.) But while listeners might accuse Hovercraft of sounding like Hawkwind circa In Search of Space no one will ever mistake droning ditties like "quiet room (44)" and "de-orbit burn" for "Evenflow" or "Jeremy." If you ask me, Campbell ought to drop the pseudonym, come forward, and take a bow, because he's an imaginative guitarist with an impressive arsenal of weird tones at his command. Using homemade tape-loop devices, jury-rigged effects pedals, and "absolutely nothing digital" (a point of pride), Campbell conjures the sounds of satellites making love, radar systems retching, and synthesizers waking up in the morning. Even if akathisia drags in spots, Campbell makes it worth your while to stay with it, because let's face it: It ain't every day you hear those sorts of things. Jim Derogatis

Product details

  • Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.58 x 0.31 x 5.01 inches; 3.2 ounces
  • Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ Mute U.S.
  • Item model number ‏ : ‎ Akathisia
  • Original Release Date ‏ : ‎ 1997
  • Date First Available ‏ : ‎ December 15, 2006
  • Label ‏ : ‎ Mute U.S.
  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B000003Z4M
  • Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 1
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.3 out of 5 stars 7 ratings

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  • Bill Your 'Free Form FM Print DJ
    4.0 out of 5 stars excellent
    Reviewed in the United States on August 7, 2010
    Simple but true: if you like Pink Floyd'sSaucerful of Secrets, you will like Akathisia by Hovercraft.

    The comparison is particularly true when you think of the instrumentals on the Pink Floyd album. Hovercraft make their entire sound out of big drums, jet fuel bass and bending guitar. So few players, so many weird quarks, quasars and meteors of sound. Provide a huge throbbing beat and wrench the space sounds from the guitar. That is it, but the effect is as big as the galaxy.

    There being no keyboard anywhere near Akathisia highly increases my admiration for this band: they are inventive enough to squeeze all this strange spacedust out of the most basic rock format. Taking the simple and making it the bizarre. You may not hear a lot of rock on this album. You may not hear a lot old stuffies might call music.

    But whatever the hell you call it, you gotta hear this.
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  • Timothy W. Layton
    4.0 out of 5 stars listen to if you like sonic youth
    Reviewed in the United States on October 31, 2004
    imagine an instrumental sonic youth cd. this is what it would like it. buy this cd. it will blow you away.
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  • cody stewart
    4.0 out of 5 stars must i always be the first one to write a review...
    Reviewed in the United States on May 19, 2000
    Wow, this is a really good album. I can't believe nobody has taken the time to review it. This album will make you feel dark and sinister in a psychodelic and trippy sort of way. "quiet room-44" and "de-orbit burn" are some of the best space rock out there. the only reason I didn't give it a five was because the three middle tracks are lacking something but i am not exactly sure just what it is. give this album a ride and i promise you will never come down.
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  • spirituall
    2.0 out of 5 stars You could of heard better 25 years ago.
    Reviewed in the United States on November 25, 2000
    I tried to like this album, I wanted to like this album, but after listening, and then listening again, I found it to be a bit redundant. Maybe if I was 18 again and smoked my first joint, or dropped a tab, this would have been impressive. It's just that this "type" of material has been done so many times better, by so many people, from the sixties all the way to the late eighties. Please explore the many recordings of the superior "Can" or even early "Helios Creed" before spending your hard earned cash on this. Unless you feel the need to fill more dead space on your CD rack.
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