RASSEGNA STAMPA LUGLIO/OTTOBRE 2002

STONERROCK MAGAZINE

E.X.P. - Pachamama Review by: Rob Wrong (StonerRock.com) Vincebus Eruptum/Vinyl Magic 3

70's fury high energy rock is one way to describe E.X.P.- but there is so much to the sound of this band that it wouldn't be fair to stop just there. Some of it reminds me of Spine of God era Monster Magnet- you can hear the ton of classic influences though- MC5, Sabbath, Zeppelin...no denying the greats. EXP delivers a more polished sound that's mixed up and rock solid- it's heavy- tight down-tuned- melodic thick, psychedelic...bluesy... The songs tend to differ in tempo and feels throughout Pachamama, but there is no doubt that it's the same band carrying the same style. The vocals are a key element in their presence, and are right up front and 8melodic, sometimes drenched in acid hallucinating effects. The time and tempos range from everything to Orange Goblin to ATP- Roachpowder...these guys would fit on a nice bill with any of these bands. This is some serious rock not to be taken lightly- It's nothing new, but it's a mean brew of stoner rock that I am glad to have in my collection, thank you very much:)

"What the fuck is a frush?"

DAREDEVIL MAGAZINE (De)

E.X.P-Pachamama CD Vincebus Eruptum Rec.

HEAVY meets FLANGER, SPACE meets ROCK, BLUE CHEER meets HAWKWIND and in the end a good spot of HITCHHIKER THROUGH THE GALAXY. The product of this all is E.X.P. Some songtitles for example: "Supavacuum cleaner and the atomic mushrooms eaters" or "Sex, beatific night, magma mother lights the yawnin´ tar planes". Order this one and you don´t need drugs anymore. E.X.P. are the unthroned Kinx of the psyche Underground. Even "Kick Out The Jamss" from the good ol´ MC 5 rocks as HELL !!! So don´t be stupid and a lazy motherf***er het a copy of this one. rating: 1- home: http://www.expsupafuzz.com home: http://www.vinylmagic3.it MS

PLANET FUZZ (Australia)

E.X.P. – Pachamama Review by Matt Frighetto

It’s been sometime since we heard from Italian Fuzzer’s E.X.P, I only own a 3 –Track promo prior to this recording, but its enough to understand that E.X.P are lover’s of true pure fuzz! This release is only available on the Vincebus Eruptum Magazine which is a cool Italian group of hard working folks who put out damn good music to the masses.

This disc has a few different twists I had expected more flat out fuzz like their previous 3-Track recording but never the less a different approach is sometimes good so it keeps us from being bored of a band. On Pachamama you can expect everything from straight rock to blues to flat out fuzz assaults. Stand out track and always a favorite of mine is “Tripscapes” this song has been reworked and recorded to its purest quality, the name says it all a song with big ball riffs massive bass and precision drum work expect nothing but wah wah driven fuzz and cosmic delights.

This is a fine record and has plenty of diversity if you can try getting this one you will not be disappointed, I know I can be hard to get, but hopefully E.X.P will release it so it can be enjoyed by everyone! Italy has some strong talent and if you like “That’s all Folks” and “Ojm” you’ll for sure enjoy what E.X.P have to offer

HELLRIDE (USA)

E.X.P. - Pachamama (VE Recordings) by Chris Barnes

Supafuzz! Three weeks after first hearing this little gem from Italy, and I'm still not sure what the "E.X.P." part of the moniker is. Some Italian acronym for a rarely used idiom? The initials of someone's grandmother? Or simply nothing at all but an attempt to get journalists such as myself in a quandary? We'll never know the answer, I fear. Friggin' Eyetalians. HA! Just kidding...They make great pizza and I'm a big fan of that wine that comes in a straw jacket. OK well, Pachamama is blend of Trogg's-like Psychedelia and the MC5's musical abandon. They should have called this "Fun With Volume" because that's what I'm figuring is what is happening here. Set up a guitar, drums, bass and loads of amps, a fridge full of beer, a bong and have at it. Who cares what the hell it comes off as as long as there are three chords you can work with and the rock n' roll spirit. I dig it. Want to know what "Supavacuum Cleaner and the Atomic Mushroom Eaters" sounds like? It sounds just like it reads. No surprises. Tons of fuzz and hijinks. Speaking of the MC5, there is a mighty cover of the seminal "Kick Out The Jamss" on here, which might be the best cover I've heard since Rollins tackled the classic.

This isn't going to change the world. We've heard it before. But it'll be a hit at your next beer bash. Especially with a nitrous oxide chaser.

COSMIC LAVA (De)

E . X . P. (Pachamama) by Klaus Kleinowski

New material from Italy's heaviest fuzz-kings ! I've lost some good words about their last promo, but "Pachamama" knows to entertain with much stronger songs. More influenced from the classic 70's Detroit bands (yes, you name it: MC5, SRB, etc.), but they are also aware of bands as Fu Manchu or Nebula, without being just a simple copy. With enough heaviness and drive, they'll take you on a sonic blues-laden ride through nine tracks. The journey starts after a short spoken intro with the white-burning thunderous opener "Supavacuum Cleaner & The Atomic Mushroom Eaters". In tribute to their Detroit influence, there's a nice cover version of "Kick Out The Jamss", while a few tracks are more laid-back and blues oriented, so you've got enough time to smoke the next reefer. This guys know how to stockpile the heaviest riffage in combination with an ultra fuzzadelic sound, as in "Sex,Beatitic Night, Magma Mother Lights". One of my faves is "Blues for a Guilded Elephant", with its thick slow riffing combined with this groovy 60's vibe. After nearly 29 min. this entertaining ride ends and as a result you can hear, that E.X.P. haven't invented something new, but there songs are fueled with dynamic passionate energy. The whole production sounds very organic and massive so I'm looking forward to the upcoming debut album. "Pachamama" comes out for free with Vincebus Eruptum # 7 and will be limited to 500 copies, so be fast. For more infos about E.X.P., check out the Cosmic Lava interview.

ROCK HARD (It) anno 1, n.3, settembre 2002

E.X.P. “Pachamama” Luciano Gaglio

Dopo l’eccezionale debutto dei colt 38, la fanzine heavy psych “Vincebus Eruptum” edita da vinyl magic3 allega al nuovo numero l’opera prima dei senesi E.X.P., fantasiosamente intitolata “Pachamama”. Anche le otto tracce (più intro) che compongono il disco hanno nomi sfiziosi e inconsueti, divertenti e super psichedelici. Il bello è che gli E.X.P. mantengono quel che promettono, e allora l’iniziale “supavacuum cleaner and the atomic mushroom eater” è un missile garage stoner che si libra in volo sulla spinta della poderosa sezione ritmica e da chitarre fuzz in perenne distorsione, per poi schiantarsi nella successiva “EXP’z and the masticators of frequencies part 1” , un mid tempo acidissimo che suona come un tributo ai blue cheer! Non c’è soluzione di continuità tra questi e altri brani della raccolta, ed ogni episodio di “Pachamama” sembra quindi il piccolo e appuntito frammento di un gigantesco meteorite spaziale. Così è anche per l’accoppiata “Hierbalarga, Sex beatific night magma mother lights”, rispettivamente una intro di chitarre slide e la sua inevitabile trasformazione in un acid blues corrosivo che sfocia in una cavalcata stoner. Quindi è il turno della fulminante cover di “Kick Out The Jamss “ (MC5) , che dopo poco più di un minuto lascia il posto a “Tripscapes” , in cui tornano a farsi sentire le ascendenze Blue cheeriane della band, stavolte mischiate ad un rifferama prettamente sabbathiano, con tanto di assolo wha wha ad accompagnare il martellante finale. Qui e nella successiva “Blues for a guilded elephant” gli E.X.P. ricordano i Fu Manchu di “in search of...” , sebbene in quest’ultima confermino anche il ruolo importante giocato dal garage detroitiano di mc5 e stooges nel loro sound. La seconda parte di “E.x.p.’z and the masticators of frequencies ” chiude all’insegna della psychedelia, disintegrandosi in una nebbiolina di effetti space. voto:7/10

DAREDEVILRECORDS (De)

E.X.P. - Pachamama www.expsupafuzz.com www.vinylmagic3.it

Fuzzrock from Italy, and unfortunately I have no further information on the band, o.k. on their homepage you can read they are around since ever, ...so are they God? O.k., let the music do the talking. After a short intro the first song "Supavacuumcleaner and the atomic mushroom eaters" shows you what`s to come: high class fuzzrock with psychedelic and outspaced sounds. And all on a very high level. This first fast rocker is followed by another one in the same direction. And it`s really a pleasure to listen to these songs. E.X.P. know how to bring you in a good mood. There are also psychedelic tracks to be found, like "Sex, beatific night, magma mother lights", maybe the best track on this CD, very relaxed, very cool, very stoned! Also worth mentioning is "Tripscapes", a midtempo groove monster with hit potentional. The chorus won`t go out of your head for days! This CD has all this kind of music needs, fast rockers, psychedelic trips, absolute cool songtitles, but it`s a pity that the running time is so short, but I think every CD player has a repeat button, and believe me, you will use it! If you have got the chance to get this CD you ought to check it out!

Genre: Spacefuzzrock Music:8 Sound:7 9 tracks, 28.57 minutes

METAL VOX (Brazil)

E.X.P. - PACHAMAMA NOTA: 4.0 metalvox brasile

Para começar vale a pena esclarecer o porquê de um título tão esquisito. Pachamama é uma palavra do idioma quéchua (INCA, gloriosa civilização sul- americana destruída por cristãos fdp) e significa mãe terra. Eis uma pequena pista do que você irá encontrar neste álbum, uns italianos freaks tocando Stoner Rock´n Roll muito bom e divertido. Descontração que norteia o trabalho do EXP, para vocês terem idéia os caras se deram ao luxo de fazer uma ode à maconha. Hiebalarga (título sugerido por Frederico Wolmann da banda Argentina de Stoner, Dragonauta). Coverizaram uma musica do MC5, “Kick Out The Jamss”, cuja versão ficou muito boa. Na oitava música, “Blues for a Guiled Elephant”, o clima fica mais pesado (Doom) com direito a vocais grotescos e etc. O fato se repete na nona e última música que é a segunda parte de “EXP and the Masticathors of Frequencies” (a primeira parte esta na terceir a música), que foram compostas em conjunto com a banda Masticators of Frequencies. Use your imagination......

NOIZELAND (Espana)

E.X.P. "Pachamama" CD R Vincebus Eruptum Rec

Todavia nos acordamos de su demo hace un par de anios. Y tengo que decir que este es un buen trabajo!! Es mas rockero, y se acercan bastante a los primeros MUDHONEY . Pasote!!

BUSHMADO (USA)

EXP Pachamama Reviewed by DJ BUSHMADO

EXP, tripped out stoner fuzz from Italy. The cd starts off with a little bit of relaxation guidance, then busts into track 2. From there on it's a journey through fuzzed out Rock n' Roll. There's 9tracks in about 29min. To fully enjoy this disc, it should be listened to in it's entirety, while being stoned. They also sent me some eyecandy, EXP posters! Very cool.

STONEROCK FR (Fr)

E.X.P. "pachamama"

Je ne connaissais pas les EXP et j'avoue que je suis très agréablement surpris par leur mâturité musicale. Ils ont vraiment tout ce qu'on recherche en matière de stoner : agressivité, riffs à la fois psychédéliques et répétitifs, passages lents, etc. C'est bien joué, bien en place. Non, ils ne sont pas tombés dans la marmite du rock psychédélique ou du moins ils en sont sortis avec la recette du rock STONER. Et quelle recette ! Que du bon ! Des guitares incisives, une voix à la fois lascive et virile, des morceaux qui n'en finissent pas. C'est dire qu'on est loin, très loin du sympathique, mais très fade, premier

R.M. # 56 (It)

E.X.P. “ Pachamama”

La risposta italiana agli Hives

RUMORE (It)

E.X.P. “ Pachamama” #.129 ottobre 2002 review by Stefano Cerati

E.X.P. sono una band italiana appena affacciatasi con Pachamama (Vincebus eruptum/Vinyl magic) alla ribalta. I loro riff sono acidi e pieni di fuzz e richiamano alla mente i Blue Cheer più lisergici. Mostrano di sapere come creare un'atmosfera psichedelica anche con un pizzico di autoironia, nei titoli, che non guasta. Hard rock tras e Muddhoney costituiscono l'ossatura del disco, con Hirbalarga e Blues For A Guided Elephant in evidenza, oltre alla cover di Kick Out The Jams.

ROCKIT (It)

PRIMASCELTA

E.X.P. Pachamama 25 10 2002 Di Emauele Tamagnini

Ascoltando il debutto sulla lunga distanza dei senesi E.X.P., viene da maledire tutto ciò che il mercato commercial-musicale nostrano ci propone, con una frequenza impressionante di artisti davvero poco meritevoli di comparire tra gli scaffali dei negozi di dischi. La formazione 'intergalattica' della quale argomentiamo, è una perfetta macchina psych-stoner da guerra, che non sfigura con le più altisonanti produzioni americane e nord europee, che rappresentano il fulcro della heavy psichedelia moderna. Quello di “Pachamama” (che in lingua indio cilena significa 'Madre Terra') è un viaggio lisergico tra le radici del genere estirpate dagli anni sonici (settanta) e monumentali muri di chitarra acid-fuzz che farebbero impallidire anche chi (Monster Magnet) ne ha fatto una ragione di vita. Gli E.X.P. possono dunque considerarsi figli di una desert session, di una eterna jam cosmica, di una scarica elettrica condotta da qualche vecchio vinile marchiato Blue Cheer ed MC5, non tralasciando la personale esecuzione (grande la fuzz guitar di Nico Cascino) sia strumentale che vocale (Bimbi meets Garcia). Il tributo agli straordinari seventies, viene fatto sotto forma di cover della leggendaria “Kick Out The Jamss” degli MC5 (appunto...), mentre il resto di “Pachamama” vi lascerà senza fiato, un volo privi di conoscenza tra galassie lontane, mentre continuerà a risuonare da lontano il grido degli E.X.P. … sciamani del nuovo millennio!

MOTEL/KING16 magazine (Montreal, P.Quebec, Canada) Issue-04 , March 2003. CD REVIEW -

E.X.P. PACHAMAMA Vinyl Music - ITALY www.expsupafuzz.com

This Fuzzrock album from Italy is like owning a small piece of the universe. E.X.P. tripping space fast cosmic rock is fueled by the mighty song writing of MC5 & Fu Manchu by sonically blasting an organic ultra sexy reverberation to your ears. Just light up a fat juicy joint and close your eyes. (Leonardo Calcagno)

AURAL INNOVATIONS #22 (January 2003)

E.X.P. - "Pachamama" (Vincebus Eruptum/Vinyl magic 2002)

There is nothing wrong with your audio signal. Please do not attempt to adjust your on-line frequency. Italian Fuzzrockers E.X.P. will control the audio. They will also control the audio. For the next twenty-nine minutes, this smashing outfit of psychedelic/bluesy hipsters will control all that you think and hear. Chemical assistants welcome, but not required. You're in the hands of experts, so to speak. Pachama will reach you through sound: "E.X.P.z and The Masticators of Frequencies" is a fuzzy/psychedelic gem (Part one cranks it; Part 2 is a spacey denoument); "Kick Out The Jamss" salutes Motor City seminal rockers MC5; and "Supavacuum Cleaner" and the "Atomic Mushroom Eaters" sucks your cerebral hemispheres out through the nasal septum, irradiates the pulpy mass in a fast neutron flux, fries it up real good, then fires it right back at you at mach 3... They'll hold your attention through song titles: (see above for examples) And they'll take your eyeballs for a polychromatic spin: two enclosed posters depict luscious death-metal maidens, a battalion of anacondas, and plenty of good 'ole fashioned fire, amongst other goodies. And these guys have the audicity to intro this classically (Zeppelin, Sabbath, et al) sonic grab-bag with a relaxation tape segment! Well, I never... A musical force since '97, going strong in 2002, Pachamama breaks no new musical ground, but serves up a heaping, helping, hell, kickass serving of heavy, pungent rhythms spanning the last thirty years. Disappointment is not an option. We now return you to your regular A.I. program... For more information you can visit the E.X.P. web site at: http://www.expsupafuzz.com.

Reviewed by Ian Compton

KAOS REALM

EXP - "Pachamama" CD '02 (Vinyl Magic, IT)

I am starting to approach releases that look like they could be "stoner" with some misgivings in that cloning has become the order of the day. Not so here, this is more cool, loud, noisy rock with a decided older MC5 feel at times, in fact they cover an MC5 track

WHITE TRASH DEVIL

E.X.P. “Pachamama” (VE rec 2002)

My first thought upon hearing the album was, "this disc feels kind of short." Although the CD contains nine songs, the band is still referring to the effort as an EP, making its half hour length acceptable. To be honest, I wasn't expecting much when I popped the CD in. After the effective "hippy-dippy hypnosis tape" intro, the EP begins moving forward quickly. "Supavacuumcleaner" is a nice crunchy up tempo rock tune, and "E.X.P.'z And...(Part I)" has a killer recurring drum lead. Eventually everything else drops out, leaving the drums to jam by themself. Lots of tom and bass drum work, and the song itself smokes.In fact, the whole album is uniformly ass kicking. The tempos are mostly fast, but the slower tunes "Tripscapes" and ""E.X.P.'z And...(Part II)" are just as good as the up tempo stuff. "Sex Beatific Night Magmamother Lights" mixes the two tempos well, with a slow build rising to an up tempo conclusion. The up tempo stuff is reminiscent of Nebula's up tempo rockers, like "Clearlight", "You Mean Nothing", and "Full Throttle". The guitar sound is similar, but the vocals are better here. The guitar work on Pachamama is really nice. There are some neat little flourishes (the slide guitar on "Hierbalarga" sticks out) that make me glad I asked for the disc.The cover of "Kick Out The Jamss" gets the job done in an admirably concise two minutes. No need to show off; just pound out a great tune in a fashion befitting its content and intent. And they don't do the overdone "Kick Out The Jamss, Motherfucker!" intro. Sometimes I wonder if bands cover the song just to use the intro.

KOZMIC TOP TEN

1.CORRUPTION – Pussyworld 2.DOZER - Call It Conspiracy 3.JOSIAH - Josiah 4.M-SQUAD - Smoke 5.VALIS - Vast Active Living Intelligence System 6.ON TRIAL -Blinded By The Sun 7.SHEAVY - Synchronized 8.E.X.P. - Pachamama 9.ELEPHANTUM - Sedimentation EP 10.SPIRITUAL BEGGARS - On FIre

NOIZE ‘zine (it)

LIVING RAIN ALBUM DELL’ANNO 1) Queens of the Stone Age - "Songs for the Deaf" 2) Down - "II" 3) Los Natas - "Corsario negro" 4) Spiritual Beggars - "On fire" 5) Hermano - "...Only a suggestion" 6) Abdullah - "Graveyard poetry" 7) Smoke - "Smoke follows beauty" 8) Generous Maria - "Command of the new rock"/ The Mushroom River Band - "Simsalabim" / Spiritu - "S/T" 9) E.X.P. - "Pachamama" / That's All Folks! - "Psyche as one of fine arts" / Vortice Cremisi - "Falling the crimson vortex" 10) Electric Wizard, High On Fire e Cathedral (in via d'ascolto...)

CONCERTI DELL’ANNO 1) QOTSA - Milano 19/11 2) E.X.P. + That's All Folks! - Ariano Irpino (Av)

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