Prabhamandala’s first release Wiping Away The Tears Of Time came out in 1998, and the group would release two more full-length albums on their own label Aquad Records in 1999 and 2000. The group is a duo of Jason Major and Tyler Smith, and while I’m not familiar with their other albums, Wiping Away The Tears Of Time is not goa in the classical sense, but rather an very interesting mixture of downtempo acid and trance. The pace picks up on several tracks, like “Interloop 8″ and the album’s closer “Lantern Sun”. Prabhamandala’s last album was released on Saiko Sounds in 2003, which I believe Smith was the art director for. He’s done album artwork for many releases and events, and a gallery of them can be found on his website. Smith started his first solo project in 2004, the dub / downtempo project Androcell. As Androcell, he has released two albums for a Hong Kong based psychedelic chill out label called Celestial Dragon, as well as another album in 2008 under the name Distant System. Word has it that another Androcell album will be released soon and Smith is set to play dual live sets as Androcell and Distant System at the Gaian Mind festival in June 2009. Listening to Wiping Away The Tears Of Time is an excellent way to prepare for the festival and would be perfectly suited to blast in the woods at a party on its own. I’m quite sure it is powerfully rare and doubtful to be re-released, but if it ever is, I will make a note of it.

Tracklisting:

1 Somatosensory (5:43)
2 Repeat Experiencer (7:12)
3 What The Pyramid Hid (6:31)
4 Interloop 8 (6:06)
5 Eons Ago (6:05)
6 Meru Mountaineer (7:26)
7 Man Created God Created Man (8:22)
8 Delta Wave Disturbance (12:47)
9 Lantern Sun (12:37)

Prabhamandala – Somatosensory

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Prabhamandala – Interloop 8

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