History Psychomuzak

Inspired by the experiments of Fripp, Eno and Hillage and compared to various Kraut Rock luminaries guitarist Dean Carter has been developing his one man Psychomuzak project in clubs and at festivals since the late '80s. The first Psychomuzak album The Exstasie, produced by Porcupine Tree's Steven Wilson, came out on the Delerium label in 1995 and was hailed as a classic of its genre.

With Porcupine Tree's Steven Wilson at the console and with the help of Cliff Stapleton (ex Blowzabella) on hurdy gurdy, Dean Carter has created an album that not only continues the work of Kraut rock pioneers such as Klaus Schulze, Neu and Ashra Tempel but keeps it's sights on what's happening now in the ambient dance scene. However unlike most of the directionless noodling that has recently passed as ambient music, Psychomuzak's first album "The Exstasie" is varied, challenging and surprising. It is an album that defies labels and, though it would be at home in any psychedelic, ambient, industrial or new age collection, it stands proudly on it's own as a truly cutting edge experience.

With his second album, Send, Dean moves his Psychomuzak experiments in broader sonic directions. Produced by Mandragora's main man Simon Williams, Send offers the listener a journey through varied and expansive musical dimensions, combining a wide range of styles from Rock, Techno, Reggae, Ambient and Ethnic to just plain weird. In addition to Dean's guitar and keyboard pyrotechnics the album features Tibetan overtone chanting, African percussion and performances by Al Jenkins and Simon Williams (Mandragora) on bass and keyboards respectively. Andy Ward (Bevis Frond / Camel) fills in n drums and there is a breathtaking violin solo from virtuoso David Cross (King Crimson). An invigorating and varied musical brew is held together by Dean's ability to interweave trance inducing drones, chants and rhythms with melody and musical structure. The first 1000 copies of Send come with a free CD of drones and chants, recorded during the album sessions.

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