Craig Williamson, the bassist for New Zealand's Datura, plays the kind of music you might imagine hearing while laying on your back in some far away garden, surrounded by exotic birds and flowers, as you gaze up at the celestial skies. Each song has it's own distinct, trippy vibe, but they all flow together with amazing ease. Featuring a strong melody sung in Williamson's typically blissed out, smiling voice, some of the deepest wah-wahed guitar I've ever heard, coupled with waves of trippy organ and a graceful, fluid rhythm pounded out on the skins. Combine it with swirling, bubbling liquid synth effects and tambourine psychedelic, bluesy guitar swirls around mystical piano, trancey drumming, and spacey effects in a dazzling, cosmically mellow jam that will have you floating away on gentle waves into the starry night. Lay back, and let your mind and soul wander. Totally cosmic!

Lamp of The Universe is a cosmic hippy acid psychedelic one-man project of Craig Williamson (known also from the heavy/stoner rock band Datura). This fellow plays all the instruments as he did on the debut, The Cosmic Union. This album has gained a lot of positive responses from the psychedelic underground, and I can clearly see why. There's a lot of emotion and even a transcendental message of love in the home-recorded songs of Mr. Williamson. The album sounds a lot like it was recorded in the early 70's. There are some similarities with the cosmic German bands and British bands of that era. There's a lot of echo all around the album. This is very suitable stuff for meditation or tripping. Sitar and tablas give a nice Indian flavor. Echo In Light is very pleasant, psychedelic and interesting music that I can recommend to anyone into self-exploration and good music.

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