GUAPO

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March 2008
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Elixirs - NR052CD   (2008)

Elixirs transcends any musical antecedents that Guapo have been acknowledged for in the past. Instead, the music here explores the outer-most regions of psychedelic composition. Flickers of Popol Vuh, This Heat, Magma, Third Ear Band, Moondog and early 70’s Miles Davis are present here as over-arching themes are morphed and mined through serpentine asymmetrical structures. Chiming rounds and canons swim through a sapphirine ocean of polyrhythmic mantra. All sullenly overcast with compositions so mercurial, the paths you can take are infinite. The dense orchestration and finespun virtuosity (seamlessly captured by engineer / producer Antti Uusimaki) create a richness previously hinted at but never fully realized until now. On “Elixirs” Guapo have opened a secret vault of treasures where jewels of sulphurous green and ashen blue blossom dwell. Where springs of fire feverishly burst through a vista of golden chrysoberyls. Let the ceremony commence.

Full Discography:
Elixirs (2008, Neurot Recordings)
Black Oni (2005, Ipecac Recordings)
Five Suns (2004, Cuneiform Recordings)
The Ducks and Drakes of Guapo and Cerberus Shoal (2003, North East Indie Records)
Great Sage, Equal of Heaven (2001, Pandemonium Records/Tumult Records)
Death Seed (2000, Freeland Records)
Hirohito (1998, Pandemonium Records)
Towers Open Fire (1997, Power Tool Records)

EP Releases:
"Twisted Stems" CD EP (Aurora Borealis, 2006)
"Twisted Stems" 7" EP (Dot Dot Dot Music, 2006)
"Guapo/Oharu split" 7" EP (Pandemonium Records, 1997)
"Horse walks into a bar" 7" EP (Power Tool Records, 1996)
"Guapo is no more" 7" EP (Power Tool Records, 1996)
"Hell is other people" 7" EP (Power Tool Records, 1995)