To celebrate the publication of our third album, “Journey to the Pink Planet,” we decided to spend a day at the Velvet Studios in Venice recording and revisiting a couple of our most popular tracks. The result is this 15-minute live session which we hope you’ll enjoy. Watch the full performance through the YouTube player below:
Space Psychedelic act Aktopasa announce their deal with Argonauta Records. This three-men band was formed at the end of 2017 in the Venetian hinterland by Marco Sebastiano Alessi (drums), Lorenzo Barutta (lead guitar) and Silvio Tozzato (bass guitar).
‘Aktopasa’ (or ‘अक्टोपस’, if you prefer) means octopus in Nepalese. Nepal is a landlocked continental state where the highest mountains on Earth rise. Those who live in this country may not usually see octopuses, and probably, for these populations, the octopuses are not even a main topic in everyday conversations.
Aktopasa aims to represent something that is not trivial, but with a certain – irrational – logic: Psychedelic frequencies coming from mount Everest, a British coast or a Caribbean island, from the Underground or the outer Space, from a time not precisely defined.
“Journey to the Pink Planet is a quest for self-discovery. We often travel around the world to reach a deeper level of understanding: we grow up, explore, and seek our own path. The journey itself is the experience that changes us, gives us awareness, and allows us to find our true selves.
“Journey to the Pink Planet” is a paradox made possible by the human mind, which leads us to greater inner awareness through physical and spiritual experiences. We don’t know who we are, but now we know WE ARE. And this album is our story.” – Aktopasa
Purchase the album on Bandcamp: https://aktopasa.bandcamp.com/album/journey-to-the-pink-planet
Tracklist:
1. Alif 02:17
2. Calima 10:27
3. Lunar Eclipse 07:02
4. It’s Not The Reason 07:28
5. Agarthi 08:38
6. Sirdarja 09:09
7. Foreign Lane 10:45
Lineup:
Lorenzo Barutta / Guitar
Silvio Tozzato / Bass
Marco Sebastiano Alessi / Drums