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THE REVIEW
Zaireeka is the most visionary fruit of the Flaming Lips' latest phase.
The FL are the omni-psychedelic group, born in '83, from which Mercury Rev's Donahue (and Dave Fridmann, the sound engineer of the very first FL) emerged.
The work consists of four CDs to be played simultaneously (I more or less succeeded only once by scheduling relay appointments between CD players).
The result is hallucinatory (in the true sense of the word) and difficult to explain in words. Moments of heavenly sweetness from the four corners of "paradise" (see the end of The Train...) alternate with sonic encirclements (from the drum solo coming in turn from the four speakers, in March..., to the barking dogs that tear you apart at the end of The Big...).
To be listened to, without filters.
PS: Also listen to Up Above the Daily Hum, maybe at night, under a starry sky, imagining yourself "Happy on the pull of the past, just before the future comes..."
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Zaireeka is The Flaming Lips' most visionary work, a unique four-CD album meant to be played simultaneously. The experience blends heavenly melodies with chaotic sounds, creating a truly hallucinatory journey. Its complexity challenges traditional listening habits, rewarding attentive and open-minded fans of experimental psychedelic music.Tracklist Lyrics
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The result is hallucinogenic (in the truest sense of the word) and difficult to explain in words.
To understand the FL, one needs to understand that everything they do is born from the union between death and madness/lightheartedness (but also childish curiosity).
