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Sedibus
SETI
(Cooking Vinyl)
★★★★★
SETI stands for Search for Extra Terrestrial Intelligence, and in this case is an enchanting off centre musical voyage through the Cosmos. Opening with the majestic drifting deep space tones of Paradise, far off drones, distant voices, high piano lines and processed slide guitar hold long chords over pulsating bass and laser focussed mid dub tones.
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