Hypersonic Super​-​Asterid, by Mandrake Handshake

Hypersonic Super-Asterid

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“An expansive, ramshackle collective with a fine line in hypnotic slowburns...They ride gloriously sleek, machine-oiled psych grooves into the sunset.” – Nightshift Magazine

Oxford-based psychedelic ensemble Mandrake Handshake serve up a heady mix of coruscating stoner-pop on debut single
Hypersonic Super-Asterid.
Thickly layered with sparkling melodies, swirling synths and thundering guitars, the 8-and-a-half-minute epic - prompted by Stereolab’s mesmeric set at Green Man Festival last summer - melds the hypnotic prettiness of their 90s heroes with the hard-edged pulse of modern motorik (Squid, W.H. Lung). What they produce is a hopeful music for the dawning decade. They call it Flowerkraut.

Of the single, Janjuah makes this announcement:

“Hypersonic Super-Asterid (HSSA) represents the culmination of many strands of thought over the process of several months. It is designed to announce the coming of The Mandrake in her all forms and the ascent into her realm as it soundtracks the listener coming to know what will be expected of them for all future sonic explorations. No expense has been spared to bring the listener to the zenith of high fidelity and have them fully understand what otherwise they might only hint at knowing.”

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released May 1, 2020

Written Janjuah/ De Simone
Produced Bonventre/ Janjuah
Engineered/ mixed by Dani Bonventre
Mastered by Dean McCarthy at ATCM
Assistant engineered by John Todd, Camilo Luongo, Jonathan Bagnall Nevers and Harry ‘Thum Yurke’ Gledhill
Artwork by Name Changer, Jackson McLean

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Mandrake Handshake Oxford, UK

Formed in Oxford, hypnotic psych-collective Mandrake Handshake were christened after a song by The Brian Jonestown Massacre; incorporating their influences of krautrock, funk, Japanese animation and Latin pastoral poetry to create a unique brand of ‘Flowerkraut’ that vividly defines their sound.

"This is 'Flowerkraut'. This is the beginning. This is the Mandrake." ... more

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