Belgian instrumental stoner/space rock band Apex Ten stream their highly anticipated second album »Aashray«!

Belgian instrumental stoner/space rock band Apex Ten has just released their second album »Aashray« this Friday, May 5th, 2023.

Tracklist:
01. Awakening
02. Unlock
03. Dazed
04. Naga
05. Deaf Snake
06. Brahma
07. Godavari

Courtesy of Desert Bloom PR:

Belgian stoner/space rock band Apex Ten release the highly anticipated album »Aashray«!

»Aashray« is essentially composed of jams/improvisations. You will also be able to hear Hindu sounds, hence its name. With this album, Apex Ten offers a more space rock, psychedelic style than their first album: »First Session«. There are also more accomplished jams and the cohesion between the three musicians is greatly strengthened. »Aashray« was recorded in Sprimont (Belgium) at the Koko studio in December 2021 by Simon Lambert and Laurent Eyen. It was again mixed and mastered by Simon Lambert who had also mixed »First Session« and »The Fourth Passenger«.

“None of this will be strange to those with experience in mellow, meditative or progressive-tinged heavy psych, but Apex Ten demonstrate fluidity throughout »Aashray« – the word translated from Hindi as ‘shelter’ or ‘refuge’ – and the album lives up to the name it’s been given in creating a three-dimensional aural sphere to inhabit, like a biodome of fuzz, world-building.” – The Obelisk

“When it comes to improvisational instrumental heavy rock, Apex Ten is a name on the rise. Known for their infectious grooves and freewheeling command of psychedelic and space subgenres, the Belgian trio are simply unstoppable on the new album, »Aashray«” – Doomed & Stoned

Apex Ten will also be listed in the book »The Stoner Freaks Anthology Vol.II« (whose first volume, printed in over 1200 copies has been sold in over 40 countries to date).

Since October 2021, the band has been recording and releasing a DIY-recorded debut album »First Session« with the help of their sound engineer and producer Simon Lambert. These songs have been well received, shared and broadcast by specialized YouTube channels such as Rock Freaks, Morphy, 666MrDoom as well as radios, web radios, blogs, podcasts,… »First Session« has quickly reached 10,000 plays on Youtube. In February 2022, the group released a first single titled »The Fourth Passenger« in February, receiving a warm welcome from Belgian radio Classic 21 for the program “Underground”. A live album, »Chaim Trails Live«, recorded at the MPC Apache in Fontaine l’Evêque, was released on April 20, 2022.

Apex Ten is:
Alexis Radelet – Drums
Brad Masaya – Bass, Synth, Theremin, Cithare, Voices
Benoît Velez – Guitar, Theremin

Additional instruments:
Simon Lambert – Moog, Chime, FX
Brad Masaya – Voices, Tambourine
Thomas Mouton – Tibetan Bowl
Alexis Radelet – Güiro, Tambourine
Benoît Velez – Chime, Tambourine

Mixed and mastered by Simon Lambert.
Art by François Andries, Inferno Visions.

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Bojan Bidovc // music enthusiast, promoter, misanthrop and sometimes a journalist as well