Altered Zones

Although it has been a while since I’ve heard anything from Psychic Handbook, Oakland’s most exuberant New Ager, I’m always pleasantly surprised by his output. This track, the appropriately titled “Dolphina”, is from Fuzzy Memories, a free compilation of his work that was just released digitally by Deep White Sound. It starts off with the lonesome cries of dolphins, and continues to build through celestial synths, faint choral singing, and aquatic reverb. Much like his friend and collaborator Alex Gray, of Deep Magic, Psychic Handbook (Aka Alejandro Archuleta) makes music that often sounds like it's coming from somewhere under the sea. Although some of his other tracks feature a darker shade of drone, “Dolphina” takes us to a place of pure healing. --Samantha Cornwell, Visitation Rites

MP3: Psychic Handbook: "Fuzzy Memories"

Grab Fuzzy Memories via Deep White Sound. "Dolphina" will also appear on a forthcoming cassette for Not Not Fun (as yet untitled)