Incredibly enough, but very naturally, after 16-years silence the mysterious and legendary Swedish psychedelic multi-instrumentalist ST Mikael returns from the void with his new album Marine Mysteries. Check it out at ST Mikael’s Bandcamp (or Spotify, Apple Music etc)
” The Sea… the calming Sea… the frightening Sea…The Sea… with its salty winds of the Ocean… the ever-rolling waves which travel from shore to shore. The harmony of being on a wooden boat… smelling the fresh fish caught in wet nets… boundless trips… the Sea… which reflects the sun onto our bodies…… and makes us daydream… making Time stand still! But the Sea which almost drowned me, dragging me down to the dark unknown, in where I once fell – its deadly! I am no poet, but water can be used to tell different stories, where the Sea can be just that… harmony… excitement, but also doom…being stuck in that hungry element and then… release! Welcome to the Subconsciousness! The first and the last song, both, feature my chest and belly drumming. And on the track The Beach, you can hear my little daughter laughing! Hope you like it!” / ST Mikael
More about S.T. MIKAEL
The mysterious and legendary Swedish psychedelic multi-instrumentalist. S.T. Mikael who spearheaded the DIY psychedelic rock/folk movement of the late 1980s-mid-90s with a collection of unique albums that is now the stuff of legend. The music, stretching out in many different musical directions, has been done freely and spontaneously in an extremely relaxed and happy environment. His otherworldly acid tripper recordings exist in the real world and ST Mikael proves to be a gifted songwriter and an unconventional performer with a very personal ear for acoustics and an emotional honesty. Folk rocky melodic elements flow with waves of heavy fuzz-phase leads, weird detached haunted vocal echoes over the music and the whole thing seems to teeter on the brink of psychedelic oblivion. Not revival either but purely of the now. You do get the feeling that Mikael actually lives the lifestyle rather than just emulating it. His soaring vocals, surreal lyrics, fragile, folky melodies, heavy fuzz riffs, mind bending soul funk and penchant for the spiritual and mystical make this altogether a fascinating voyage that is so mind twisting, soul swirling, upper psychedelic that your third eye takes you on a joyride thru an altered state! The music makes your brain start thinking in those pebble splash pond mind circular expanding waveforms that people on this vibe await the returning ship their roots sent out to bring back the password to tomorrow. A homage to LSD which helped him make the transformation possible.