{"title":"Causa Sui","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCausa Sui is a Stoner Space\/Trip-Rock band hailing from Denmark. With their unique blend of psychedelic rock and stoner influences, they have carved out a distinct sound that sets them apart from their contemporaries. Drawing inspiration from bands like *35007*, *Assemble Head In Sunburst Sound*, and *My Sleeping Karma*, Causa Sui has created a sonic landscape that transports listeners to another dimension.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFormed in [year], Causa Sui has released numerous albums and gained a dedicated following worldwide. Their music takes listeners on a journey through cosmic soundscapes, with hypnotic riffs, intricate melodies, and mind-bending solos. Each track is an immersive experience that showcases the band's exceptional musicianship and creative vision.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWith influences ranging from space rock pioneers like *Yawning Man* and *Farflung* to heavy psych acts such as *Earthless* and *Samsara Blues Experiment*, Causa Sui continues to push the boundaries of their genre. Their live performances are legendary, captivating audiences with their energy and improvisational skills.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"summer-sessions-vol-3","title":"Summer Sessions Vol. 3","description":"\u003cp\u003eCausa Sui's three volumes of Summer Sessions are back in print! This time on the band's own label, on individual LPs for the first time since they were first released in 2008 and 2009. Re-packaged in El Paraiso’s signature style. Originally the Summer Sessions were intended as a side project for the band – a chance to explore their love for other genres such as American free jazz, krautrock, 1970s soundtracks, as well as the psychedelia and detuned stoner-rock that defined Causa Sui's first two albums. But these three albums came to define the band and have become modern classics of psychedelia and progressive rock since they were initially released ten years ago. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn a scene often defined by loyalty to a specific period, there’s something refreshing about Causa Sui’s eclectic approach. With several guest appearances by Coltrane-devotee Johan Riedenlow on sax and electronics wiz Rasmus Rasmussen, Causa Sui venture far beyond stoner-rock platitudes. Take the grandiose opening statement for example – the 24 minute ”Visions of Summer” taking up the entire A-side: here new and old sounds dissolve in a mindbending excursion that recalls Future Days-era Can, breezy tropicalia or Herbie Hancock’s Mwandishi group, as much as it sparks associations to Kyuss or Hendrix. Other tracks, such as the frenetic Rip Tide (vol. 2), heads into straight up free jazz territory with Riedenlow going absolutely bonkers on the sax. But this set also allows plenty of room for savory, atmospheric pieces such as the sun-drenched ”Venice by the Sea” (vol. 3) or the Morricone-esque ”Cinecitta” (vol. 2). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePraise for Summer Sessions: Causa Sui, psychedelic\/desert-space rock band from Denmark, effortlessly takes the prime trimmings of almost every element rock has to offer and propagates a sensation of their own...It’s almost impossible to not appreciate the groovy jazz-rock bass lines of Jess Kahr, the endless expressive jazz styles of drummer Jakob Skøtt, and most importantly the extravagant lead guitar and keyboard work of Jonas Munk...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese enduring works of art must be beheld by the likes of rock enthusiasts and\/or anyone wishing to seek what psychedelic-rock has to offer\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"El Paraiso","offers":[{"title":"Orange LP","offer_id":50400411451723,"sku":"2179461","price":24.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/causa_sui_summer_sessions_epr003_1f11c742_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1726512432"},{"product_id":"summer-sessions-vol-2","title":"Summer Sessions Vol. 2","description":"\u003cp\u003eCausa Sui's three volumes of Summer Sessions are back in print! 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Take the grandiose opening statement for example – the 24 minute ”Visions of Summer” taking up the entire A-side: here new and old sounds dissolve in a mindbending excursion that recalls Future Days-era Can, breezy tropicalia or Herbie Hancock’s Mwandishi group, as much as it sparks associations to Kyuss or Hendrix. Other tracks, such as the frenetic Rip Tide (vol. 2), heads into straight up free jazz territory with Riedenlow going absolutely bonkers on the sax. 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At one point you can hear the band calling to take a breather and let some air inside the sauna-like temperature of the show, which just weeks before seemed impossible. \u003ci\u003eLoppen 2021\u003c\/i\u003e offers a complete set from start to finish, so since chances that you’ll catch the band live in person are slim, this is the next best thing.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"El Paraiso","offers":[{"title":"LP","offer_id":50411386700107,"sku":"2052199","price":24.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/loppen_ba02ad55_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1726657332"},{"product_id":"from-the-source","title":"From The Source","description":"\u003cp\u003eOn \u003ci\u003eFrom The Source\u003c\/i\u003e, Causa Sui's first new studio album in four years, the band has created some of their most ambitious music ever – simultaneously travelling through the sonic landscapes that has come to define the group's sound and pushing towards new horizons.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith the four bandmember’s ties to jazz, experimental and ambient music, Causa Sui is something of an anomaly in the ever-growing European psychedelic rock scene. Always following their own path. Never before has the group's wide ranging influences been more meticulously weaved together as on \u003ci\u003eFrom The Source\u003c\/i\u003e, from groovy Zamrock and electric jazz to floating post-rock, Sabbath riffage and hypnotic kosmische. The album was recorded during months of sessions in their own studio, refining each part gradually through intense explorations, yet keeping room for improvisation and favouring “magic” takes over clinical perfection. The temperament of the music spans white-iron hot \u0026amp; sub-zero chilled with every ebb and flow in between. Dynamic range has always been central to Causa Sui but on this set the band explores it to a new degree - every track twists and turns, seamlessly leading the listener down unpredictable paths. The pinnacle of the album, and arguably of the band's singular ethos in general, is the sidelong odyssey, ”Visions of a New Horizon” - a 24 minute suite in seven parts. 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This set is the perfect companion to last year's career highlight ‘From The Source”, which saw the band condense the multiple stylistic aspects of their sound into an awe-inspiring 47 minutes. Represented here are key cuts from that album – including the sidelong 7-part epic ‘Visions of a New Horizon” - as well as a few fan favorites such as ‘Red Sun in June” from the band's Summer Sessions series, which has never previously been released in a live version. In this rendition the band let themselves get carried away, riding on the energy of the room, soaring into jammy Grateful Dead territory. Elsewhere the band explores jazzy, improvisatory group interplay (The Spot) and get as heavy as they can (Soledad, Boozehound). Getting carried away is what Causa Sui are all about when playing live, and that mentality is captured in entirety on this set. 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After an introductory suite in classic Causa Sui territory, with deep fuzz riffs and syncopated grooves, things gradually become more outlandish. The following three vinyl sides see the band channeling Hot Rats-style jazz fusion, the oceanic post-rock of late-period Talk Talk, and the impulsive, anarchic experimentalism of Can's \u003cem\u003eTago Mago\u003c\/em\u003e into their own beatific brew. On “Spree”, the band abandons guitar entirely, relying on a dual synthesizer on top of drums and bass instead, yet maintains that uniquely Sui-an vibe.The centerpiece in this set, ”Astral Shores”, unfolds over 16 minutes – from gently hypnotic, ritualistic folk, through motoric psychedelia and back again. It's been many years since Causa Sui have sounded this unmoored on a studio record.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eIn Flux\u003c\/em\u003e is an essential chapter in the band's ever-changing oeuvre. 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On this new double LP set, that other dimension of the band is being explored full-scale. ”Szabodelico” paints with a colourful palette, both compositionally and sonically - digging deep into an assortment of cultures, eras and sounds with a true cratedigger mindset. Throughout their 15 year life-span Causa Sui has always been about seeking out new directions, exploring the past and the present in a way that's unique at each step of their subtle progession - forging new paths into an existing map. ”Szabodelico” feels like discovering a small room under the stairs of your own house: familiar, yet new and exciting.Their latest vision is an elegantly zoned-out version of itself: a turn inward. Antibombastic, yet rich with ecstatic harmonics and dynamics. There's no simple equation to sum up the 13 individual parts of the album, but as a whole it creates a substantial entity that's as complete as each of its parts. 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Each of the album’s five epics unfolds as a microcosm of the band’s genre-transcending psychedelia at large, yet adds something different to the whole. The tracks on Return To Sky travel far and wide: heavy, detuned riffs are transformed into wide, pastoral soundscapes, and fluid minimalism warped into swirling crescendos and back again. Occasionally the band even manages to sound turbulent, fuzzed-out yet strangely peaceful at the very same time. Whereas so much of today’s psychedelic scene comes off as merely a tribute to a certain period of the past, Causa Sui has always been on a different mission. More than any other record in their catalog Return To Sky declares their roots in the avant rock of the late 1990s - where different eras and genres merged into something that resonated as much with the present as it celebrated the past. It also reveals the fact that members of the band has had their hands in many different projects since the band’s debut album in 2005: solo excursions into synthesizer music, collaborations with members of Sunburned Hand Of The Man and Tortoise as well as film soundtracks and improv sessions with krautrock legends Faust and Damo Suzuki. It has all worked a subtle influence on the kind of band they have become. On Return To Sky their sound is more earthy and heavy than other Causa Sui record, but it’s also a record that has absorbed everything from shoegaze and vintage Italian film music to spiritual jazz and afrobeat into its fabric. 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