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A deafening echo that suddenly speaks out of the dust, conveying all the desolation of an endless landscape up to the sky.
A journey for those who like exotic rock to sound viscerally loud, raw and high gained. To blow up the speakers for good. Fuzzed guitar and Buzzing didgeridoo locked with a sped up drums and cranked bass sound that makes you feel like you are riding a spacecraft at full speed between the dunes.
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Created in 2017 in Toulouse, France, the threesome takes it's inspiration among different rock genre, from the sweet middle eastern psychedelic rock to the raw shattering sounds of garage fuzz and German krautrock.
Even going so far as to use their favourite atypical instrument - the didgeridoo - the three members of KARKARA, like desert wizards, take pleasure in pushing further the boundaries of the genre and take their audience into a mystical and indomitable world.
Karkara released their first album Crystal Gazer through Stolen Body Records in 2019.
Their second album Nowhere Land came out the following year, also through Stolen Body Records. The album release was supported with tours in both France and the UK. An interview with the band about the album appeared on the More Fuzz website. The interview included a discussion about Karkara's use of didgeridoo
"I proposed the idea to the band, and they liked it. I’m quite surprised to see that very few psych bands use it in their records. It has a really trippy/spacy sound, and a lot of effects can be added to it. I think it comes a lot from the lack of knowledge of this instrument. People may think that’s just for “tribal-like” music or whatever but it really has its place on the psych-rock scene".
The follow up to Nowhere Land took until 2024 to arrive. All is Dust, released on Stolen Body Records again, added both saxophone and trumpet to their sound. The Doom Charts rated it the number 8 for releases in March 2024. One reviewer commented
"ALL IS DUST is a great album for fans of other genres of heavy music, such as stoner rock and punk, to dip their toes into heavy psych. There’s something here for everyone. Be aware, however, that this 50-minute album moves incredibly quickly, and is best savored in an environment and mindset that allows you to fully appreciate the complexity and artistry of the journey it provides".
Biography text from Last.fm, available under CC BY-SA.