Freaky Chakra - Lowdown Motivator (Astralwerks, ASW 6133-2, 1995) (FLAC)
01 Multiphasic Invoculator
02 Big Aura
03 Budded On Earth To Bloom In Heaven (Vocals by Toni Halliday)
04 Goodbye
05 Peace Fixation (Trance Mix)
06 Tra Vigne
07 Halucifuge (Blind Dive)
08 Lightdarklight
In about 1992 I discovered the band Curve. I loved them. The raw emotion of Toni Halliday and the crazy heavy sounds from Dean Garcia. Their
Doppelgänger album was truly amazing. I saw them live on that tour. I had read that Toni had guest vocal'd on a bunch of stuff, so I started tracking the releases down (such as Leftfield's influential debut). Freaky Chakra was on the list, so I picked up this cd. It was in line with some of the other music I was buying at the time (still is, really). I was discovering early trance. Toni did a great track with Paul Van Dyk called Words (For Love). So, this release ranges from ambient to techno. I'll track down a proper review. But I'm gonna post all the Freaky Chakra I have, because the world isn't posting flac versions of him for some reason.
Oh, I forgot to tell this story... probably 10 years ago I made a roadtrip from Seattle to Portland to see Sean Cusick play one night, and I met with a great online buddy of mine there. He asked me if I knew who Freaky Chakra was, and I said of course. He asked me, "Do you want to meet him?" And I was like, "Umm, yeah, okay!" So we walk up to this guy, and my buddy says "This is Daum Fucking Bentley!!" I was slightly starstruck, cuz what do you say after that introduction. But he was a cool dude and l saw him play a few times after that date. Genuinely nice dude. But as a result, I will always think of Freaky Chakra as Daum Fucking Bentley.
Lowdown Motivator album by Freaky Chakra was released Mar 28, 1995 on the Astralwerks (Record Label) label. Lowdown Motivator occasionally moves closer to the rich, diverse eco-tapestry of Future Sound of London's Lifeforms than the work of Bentley's compatriots around San Francisco. Despite the ambient leanings, earthy beats are never far behind on the album, and Bentley has good instincts when it comes to constructing and mixing rhythms around his effects. ~ John Bush
Alternative Press (8/95, p. 110) - "San Francisco's Freaky Chakra (Daum Bentley to his family) has woven a near-seamless skein of dance-trance razzmatazz.... The greatness of LOWDOWN MOTIVATOR never lets up."
Option (7-8/95, p. 107) - "... Bentley is taking electronic music to new places, and is an artist all technophiles should keep an eye on... "
