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9.3
9.3
/Psychedelia, Alternative, Progressive rock, Avant-rock, Experimental rock, Electronic, Electro-rock, Fusion/
Comment: Chromelodeon was a frantic, 8-piece instrumental music group from Philadelphia which by their vanguard-ish intention and vision could be compared with the likes of Black Moth Super Rainbow, and The Octopus Project. More concretely, as the title of the album refers it is their final album which, by the way, was recorded live in 2005. Heavily acidic synthesizer-driven notches are fringed with intense, hysteric sort of drumming. At times the listener can hear sparse, 8-bit alike electronic bits below those massive, psychedelic synth washes and overdriving synthetic effects, which, however, is not surprising because the combo was known for covering video game themes. Indeed, it is their swan song, though, a very decorous one.