Italian instrumental heavy psych/stoner trio Tropic Santos dropped their debut album »Caccia Grossa«, available now on all major streaming platforms
Milan, Italy based instrumental heavy psych/stoner trio Tropic Santos has just dropped their debut album »Caccia Grossa« on June 20, 2023, available now on all major streaming platforms such as Bandcamp, Spotify and Apple Music.
Says the band: “🐘 »Caccia Grossa« out now! 🐘 Listen to our first album! Proudly recorded live in the jungle and available on all platforms! New stuff and merch soon!”
Tracklist:
01. Dead Tropic
02. No Amico
03. Mystic Liver
04. Convoy
05. Jaguar Mamas
06. Sacred Forces Saturation
Engineered, recorded and mixed by Luca Ciffo at M24 Studio in Milan, Italy. Artwork & design by Ben Aldis (Zero Deluxe).
Feel the jungle vibe. Tropic Santos is an instrumental psych-stoner trio based in Milan, Italy, and was formed in 2018-2019. The members of the band come from well-known underground situations and toured Europe back and forth. Marco is the guitarist of the long-lasting Veracrash authors of some unique gems in its genre. Giulio’s roots belong to post-hardcore scene, and he was the beating heart of the mighty SMNTCS. Luca plays the bass for the kraut/space-rockers Huge Molasses Tank Explodes.
The three fellas built up a psych-stoner-flavoured melt of captivating tribal grooves with wide hypnotic textures and uncommon paths for an instrumental band. Their vocal-less songs do sing. By the end of Covid 19 pandemic in 2022, the band started playing live, delivering a solid yet imaginative mass of sound that always captured the audience attention.
In fall 2022, Tropic Santos started a collaboration with producer Luca Ciffo (Traum, Fuzz Orchestra). In December, times were ripe for a live session recording that reveals the natural and uncut essence of TS. A 6-track flow of 33 minutes drawing the listener in Tropic Santos’ jungle maze. The record is called »Caccia Grossa« (in Italian: The Big Game). The artwork was commissioned to the artist Zero Deluxe.
New gigs and projects are on the way, just wait for the mandrill!
Bojan Bidovc // music enthusiast, promoter, misanthrop and sometimes a journalist as well