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Goddess rules

Sweet Souvenir

No Escape (part2)

DISAGREEMENT (PRESS)

If there was ever an acquired taste, it's definitely the music of Lava 303, the solo project of Conni Maly who is probably better known as the guitarist of The Slags, one of the first and foremost German all-female rock bands. It goes without saying that Ms Maly is an extraordinary guitarist, and I credit her strongly for not burdening the world with yet another insipid singer/songwriter album. Instead she uses a Roland MC-303 groovebox and a Korg Electribe sequencer to flesh out her compositions.

Her label has already decided that The Goddess Rules is a milestone of acid rock'n'roll, but the very dominant electronic instruments add strong techno and trance elements that at first seem extremely change with their contrasting sound, but once you get the hang of it, it actually all makes sense. Lava 303 combines the druggy subcultures of rock and electro into something rather unique, although she is not the first to experiment in this territory. Hawkwind and Ozric Tentacles have tried likewise mergers, and it goes without saying that Lava 303 can be counted successfully among their ranks.

The thirteen songs are all between four and seven minutes long, always take their time to build a hypnotic effect. Conni Maly's rather monotonous vocals help to emphasise the trippy nature of the music. Add to this her sometimes weird feminist/political lyrics, and you are in the presence of one of the most idiosyncratic albums you will have heard in a long time. There is even a remix of an early Nineties song (Destination Moon) from The Slags where the real instrumentation adds an even more rocking touch. The Goddess Rules is maybe a little too long to keep your undivided attention throughout, but at least it's different from 99% of the music we normally come across. Lava 303 has created a truly original work that should be checked out by everyone who likes their music full of strange vibes.

Pan O Rama Festival in Valle Gran Rey, La Gomera
19.-24.11. 2010

Last day chill out!

Lava 303´s new album „Wunderfull electrowoman“
is going beyond the genre of trance and dance music.
A colourful mix of dance music produced for party, protest and activism...

Aside Lava303's typical Psyrock mixing Groovebox, Electroguitar
and spoken words,she also started to experiment with Microkorg, Vst Instruments, Xylophone and Livepercussions and recorded her own words,
which contributes a quite personal touch of electropop to the album.

The album is not only a soloproject
but featuring sideprojects&guests such as Der Berg groovt (Ambientproject),
Jet Moon (Party & politics), The Slags (Rockband goes Danceremix!),
Mani Neumeier (Guru Guru), Wurzelzwerge (Noguitar-Track!),
Balkanmusic ect....

The CD comes along with a beautyfull 32 (!) pages booklet full of stories&pictures, which makes it worth to order an original at
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"After a break of more than four years, Constanze (Conni) Maly aka Lava 303 returns to bring the acid back into our lifes and to be honest, i missed her already.

This release has, as every of her releases, a mission far beyond just psychedelic trance. Her style is more than unique and she is far beyond all comparison. If you know her, you know about the guitar sounds, the pumping beats from the good old 303 and her way, to bring also some political statements into the sound, gladly not only in German language.

But this album is a bit different than the previous releases, sure you find all what you expect but something new happens in the world of Lava 303. Additional to her definition of acid rock'n'roll, there is a new aspect in her music, something what is a bit softer than in the past. Some of the tracks are a fusion of her style and contemporary electronic stuff which I would call 303Raumwohnung as it sounds for me sometimes like a popular band from Berlin.

Great release if you like to look over the rim of a tea cup."