Astral Projection 
Lamp Of The Universe : Heru (NZ,rec.2003-2004,pub.2007)**'
This recording was originally only released on a limited to 200 copies cdr by Barlfire Rec. but now is available on CD for the first time. Perhaps it is the most successful of all 4 releases of this now also long deceased solo project from the bassist of the former (stonerrock band) Datura, Craig Williamsons.
The Astral Projection label seems to give these releases with regular pauses for the reissues of a year, a second life; -their sound of a timeless trance can be considered not to be out of fashion-.
This release is a circular trance-psychedelic journey starting off with a tampura drone, mixed with some electronic overtones along with it, rainstick, New Agey semi-Indian-devotional and wordless background vocals, until hand percussion appears and the electronic spacey sounds move a bit more.
The music is slowly moving, like a large group of swirling starlings in the sky, but with more patience and more extremely slow like simple trance-psychedelic music. The vocals continue the singing in their somewhat devotional way, while the hand percussion is like from a Hare Krishna group, repeating itself. At part 3 a sitar improvisation comes in. On part 4, only the wavelength electronica with some remains of tampura drone are left over. Then a, really fine, also slowly moving, moody, living on the waves with somewhat sliding smoothness, an electric guitar takes over the improvisation. The background vocals come back in with the significance of a mechanical drone loop. A second guitar wawa’s and echoes closely follow the leading guitar improvisation. Last three tracks return, in switched order, to the first tampura drone, along with tabla, before some other electronic space waves appearances and another bit of sitar improvisation. This is relaxed, trance-educing music, and shows a certain consistency in how it is built up.
