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Psychic Temple

Equally immersed in the sound of California’s canyons and the swamps of the deep South, Psychic Temple’s cult leader/guitarist Chris Schlarb takes great pleasure confounding fans and critics alike. Labelled as “unclassifiable," by NPR, their newest album, “IV” finds Psychic Temple in full blown Wrecking Crew mode backed by legendary British vocalist Terry Reid and former Joni Mitchell bassist Max Bennett. In 2016 band followed up their folk/soul opus, “III” with an expansive, "In A Silent Way"-esque take on Brian Eno’s “Music For Airports”. No matter what context, the group adheres to it’s own compass in hopes that the most adventurous listeners will follow.

Psychic Temple

By Chris Schlarb

Label: Sounds Are Active/Asthmatic Kitty Records
Released: 2011
Track listing: I Can Live Forever If I Slowly Die; Dream State > Police State; Daughters of Ursa Major; White Dove in the Psychic Temple.

White Dove In The Psychic Temple

July 9, 2011

Album: Psychic Temple
By Chris Schlarb
Label: Sounds Are Active/Asthmatic Kitty Records
Released: 2011
Duration: 08:25

Chris Schlarb: Psychic Temple

by Ian Patterson
July 5, 2011

Chris Schlarb isn't your typical composer, working for a year on this music before writing any melodies. However, given that his previous recording, the beguiling Twilight and Ghost Stories (Asthmatic Kitty Records, 2007), took four years and long periods of soul-searching, little the guitarist and electronics musician of such adventurous outfits as Create (!) and I-Heart-Lung ...