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Sunday 12 June 2022

Forty Minutes Of Peaking Lights

Peaking Lights, husband/ wife duo from the US (variously San Francisco, Wisconsin, Los Angeles but now resident in Amsterdam according to Wiki), have been releasing albums since 2008, putting out a lo- fi, trippy, sun dappled type of psychedelic pop, heavily laced with dub. I first encountered them on their 2011 album 936 (Piccadilly Records record of the year I think) and then got the follow up Lucifer and its side version Lucifer In Dub. I've not kept up to date with everything they've released but what I have I love- their sound is a swirling, heady kaleidoscopic brew, the dubbier ones particularly hitting the spot. 

Beautiful Dub is from Lucifer In Dub, released in 2012. Tiger Eyes (Laid Back) and All The Sun That Shines were both on 936 which came with a bunch of remixes, including the one here by On U Sound's Adrian Sherwood. In 2015 they remixed four songs by Sinkane, his Sudanese electronic funk- pop splattered with their psychedelic dub. Beautiful Son is from Lucifer- John Talabot's remix is a gorgeous low key thumper from 2013. 

Forty Minutes of Peaking Lights

  • Beautiful Dub
  • Tiger Eyes (Laid Back) (Adrian Sherwood On U Sound Remix)
  • All The Sun That Shines
  • Yacha (Peaking Lights Mix)
  • Beautiful Son (John Talabot's Acetate Dub)

2 comments:

Jake Sniper said...

Morning Swiss, the link isn't working (for me, perhaps) it says the page does not exist?

Swiss Adam said...

Thanks Jake, fixed now.