Atlantis

on their fourth album, counting the limited vinyl only 'live at the bbc', elephant9 join forces with reine fiske, the quite excellent swedish guitarist from dungen, the amazing and trad, gras och stenar, for yet another heavy slice of mindblowing modern rock'n'jazz psychedelia. writers have called upon names like tony williams lifetime, deep purple, brian auger, emerson lake and palmer and early seventees miles davis to describe the music, pointing to the fact that elephant9 are comfortable in both rock and jazz. reine fiske makes his entrance on the title track, the long intro section almost sounding like it could have come off an early terje rypdal album. no coincident considering fiske is a big rypdal fan and storlokken being rypdals keyboard player for well over a decade. his guest spot ends with the final thirteen minute tour de force and its heavy funk intro reminiscent of another guitar great and his band of gypsys.