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Ufomammut and Morkobot @ The Well, Leeds

Live @ The Well, Leeds

Written by Lauren Barley / 26 Sep 2011

Ufomammut and Morkobot @ The Well, Leeds

Ufomammut is a power trio formed in 1999 in Italy by Poia, Urlo and Vita, worldwide recognized as the creator of a unique brand of psychedelic sludge. With long songs, droning vocals and massive effects the band combines a monumental riffing attitude with the psychedelia of the more visionary Pink Floyd. Ufomammut’s live show is supported by the internationally acclaimed graphic and video art of Malleus, a rock artists’ collective of which Poia and Urlo are also in, who conjure the entirety of Ufomammut’s visual impact.

http://www.ufomammut.com/

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As for Morkobot, Since the dawn of the First galaxies the voice of Morkobot resounded solemn over the saturated atmospheres of the planets in evolution.

Dominator of the magnetic strengths and ancestral regulator of the conscience flows, Morkobot has returned to the Earth through his three messengers Lin, Lan, Len brutally subdued to his will. Morkobot is a totally suggestive instrumental sonic monster. A magmatic and liquid atmosphere lead the listener to a psychedelic and caotic world in which vibrations become dense like glue, light and darkness are continuosly turning in a nonstop changing lysergic noise: moments of raw power suddenly replace those with softer, deliberate arrangements, and viceversa. Musically, this italian trio is the perfect middle point between robotic mechanisms (the term ‘robot rock’ comes to mind) and organic humanity.

2011 marks the return of MoRkObOt, bringing forth their heaviest, most focused and most adventurous music ever. Enter, Morbo…

After the previous one track album Morto, Morbo (latin for disease) consists of seven cacophonous songs in which the psychedelic attitude of the first Trilogy (Morkobot - Mostro - Morto albums) is dried to expose the bones and nerves of a more intricate, but at the same time more straightforward and focused music, skilfully assembled by the two bass guitars and drum-kit. The result is a raw yet complex low-end sound, interesting to hear as the spectrum of it becomes pure and essential so that Morbo will modify quickly the way You're used to hear music Known for carving a sonic language of their own, MoRkObOt's fourth album takes their sound to new depths and offers a different way of approaching heavy music.