For a band built on improvisation and a cosmic calling card, Øresund Space Collective’s 34th studio journey is as bold and boundless as ever—anchored by a deep trust in musical exploration and the gravitational pull of the unknown. Alotta Hella Down In Estrela isn’t just a title; it’s a philosophical dare—a vortex of rhythm and resonance that invites you to shed expectation and dissolve into sound.

Opener “Alotta Hella Down In Estrela” clocks in at just shy of 50 minutes, and yet never drags. Instead, it unfolds like a time-lapse of sonic evolution, where sprawling grooves build and fracture, shimmering with the sheen of cosmic funk and dusted with interstellar fuzz. It's one part retro-futurism, one part prog séance—with textures that tilt between serenity and madness, suggesting the band hasn’t just traveled far, they’ve learned to breathe in the vacuum.

“Slow To Fast First Rays” does exactly what it says on the tin: it eases you in with delicate melodic phrasing before igniting into an untamed, kinetic jam. There’s something reassuring about ØSC’s ability to shift tempos and tonalities with such instinct—it’s less about structure, more about surfing the wave.

CD2 brings an even more unpredictable flavour. “Weberian Bass” thrums with hypnotic magnetism—one of those rare pieces where guitars don’t just play—they speak, spiral, and shimmer through synth-laced currents. “Tangled Foot Badger” leans into its absurd title with a gloriously strange psychedelic architecture, like navigating a dream on stilts. By the time “Echoes Ambientic” lands, ØSC have fully exhaled, leaving us with ambient vapour trails—a gentle descent after hours at sonic altitude.

Alotta Hella Down In Estrela is less an album and more a constellation of real-time revelations. Øresund Space Collective continue to defy the gravity of convention with a record that is by turns meditative, ecstatic, and fearlessly weird. It's a testament to improvisation not just as a method, but as a worldview—one where freedom, trust, and sonic communion converge in orbit.

Tracklist

CD1:

1. Alotta Hella Down In Estrela (49:32)

2. Slow To Fast First Rays (22:35)

CD2

3. Weberian Bass (18:23)

4. Tangled Foot Badger (27:00)

5. Echoes Ambientic (11:40)

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