The core band in UK is: Pete Bingham on guitars & electronics (ex- KALD), Glenda Pescado on bass (THE SURF MESSENGERS and ex- NIK TURNER’S ALL STARS), Paul Fields on drums, and Lee Relfe on sax. The band had their debut TheOwlsHaveEyes EP released in July 2006 which was followed by Entering The Rainbow Light LP in January 2007. Both albums were released on self-run FRG Records and featured the core duo of Bingham and Pescado augmented by various collaborators including vocalists Chris Gibbs and Sarah E. Soon after, SENDELICA were shaped as a trio advocating instrumental forms of music. In spring 2008, the band toured the East Coast of USA with a culminating show at the legendary New York Knitting Factory. In winter 2011, SENDELICA played five gigs in various cities of Russia. While their three more focused, properly produced and mastered albums were released through RAIG, the band also makes ultra-limited collectable releases of unpublished music through the Welsh community label/studio/workshops Tidy Like Records. For direct contact please attend
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FMA.
The core material of the SENDELICA’s second full-length album, this time all instrumental, was recorded in one-day session on a mobile studio under the watchful eye of producer Colin Awen (aka Powerstepper) who also played additional keyboards. Intricately entitled Spaceman Bubblegum & Other Weird Tales From The Mercury Mind, it features, among others, live psyche rocker favourites “Spaceman Bubblegum 2”, “Siren - The Second Coming”, and “Indrid Cold”. The trio put the stress on loping grooves, sometimes drawing from the free-jamming of an acid-rock band, but they also are getting into the more intellectual sounds. In essence, SENDELICA had evolved a long ways from the roots of psychedelic rock and, at this point, they take serious inspiration from modern experimental and cinematic music. There's a real looseness and grit to lengthy kraut-jams, weird elegance to more tightly arranged space-prog-numbers, and wonderful atmospheres to melodic non-drum ambiences. There's also a more easygoing, humorous bent to the way three instrumentalists interact, avoiding the over-cerebral stiffness. With all tracks running smoothly together and working as a single piece, the whole thing holds together as a coherent and listenable work.
"It seems as if Sendelica always have a couple of ideas for every song, around which they create agile improvisations that work all the time, proving that these are musicians that understand each other’s ideas and who are used to playing together… An interesting addition for fans of Hawkwind, Gong and Seventies psyche and kraut rock generally. (Grade: 8/10)" – by Pascal Thiel of DisAgreement (Luxembourg) (September 2007).
"The disc starts off with the languidly mellow, mood setting sounds of 'Sunfazed' which after four minutes segues into the muscular and driving force that is 'Spaceman Bubblegum #2', a track which features a heaping serving of Bingham's inventive and torrid guitar work. 'It's a Neu! Thing' like its title suggests, is an indirect tribute to the legendary Kraut rockers, featuring an airtight rhythmic workout between Pescado and Fields underneath a plethora of electronic sounds and triggered effects. 'Siren-The Second Coming' starts of with a groove before Bingham's inspired soloing once again takes center stage for well over five minutes. By this point just over thirty minutes have elapsed, which gives the listener a pretty good idea of what Sendelica are all about, that is until they totally blow your mind with the absolute guitar tour de force on 'Indrid Cold'. Check out the crazy solo's Bingham tosses out on this twelve minute epic, not to mention Pescado's thick and rubbery bass lines and the busy work of Fields behind the kit. This is hands down the best track on the disc. 'Mr. Floyd Walker' is a minimal ambient piece of music which sounds a bit out of place compared to the frenetic pace of the first five tracks. Likewise the albums final number 'Dawn Of The Dub Revisited' is another gentle, floating and radiating track. (Score: 4/5)" – by Ryan Sparks of Sea Of Tranquility (USA) (November 2007).
- Pete Bingham - Guitars & Electronics (ex- KALD)
- Glenda Pescado - Bass (THE SURF MESSENGERS and ex- NIK TURNER’S ALL STARS)
- Paul Fields - Drums
- Colin Awen - Additional Keyboards
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SENDELICA, who are based in and around Cardigan (West Wales, UK) are instrumental psyche-space-rock band whose work blends early psychedelic outings, occasional heavy riffing, and electronic ambient musings.