Denis Wize ‎– Consciousness Program (1980, LP, Usa)

Fathoms deep acid glaze firmly intact, Dennis Weise (here known as Denis Wize) lovingly extracts the nascent tendencies toward the overtly avant-gardeish from the fecund lysergic overgrowth of his debut (posted by moi a few days back) and dramatically foregrounds them along the first side here, strewing kosmiche signifiers along the way to lure the better-living-through-chemistry set into the sublimely sticky psychological venus fly trap of his "Consciousness Program", only to unexpectedly burst into a heavenly 20 minute clouds-parting bliss-morph of Deuter cum Don Robertson proportions across the entire B-side. (mutant sounds)

Dennis Weise ( a/k/a Dr.Wize) is an accomplished musician, composer, keyboardist, and vocalist. He studied music at Trinity College under the illustrious modern classical composer, Samuel Barber. He later earned a doctorate at the United States International/ Alliant University in San Diego. When not performing, Dennis is a practicing psychologist. In 1978 he recorded with jazz giant Herbie Hancock on “Rock-it”, Columbia Records best-selling extended play single. He also performed with the progressive European band Gong, and recorded with the Wailers band members in the famed Tough Gong studio in Jamaica in 1982. Next Dennis independently produced two solo albums “Valhalla” (1979), and “Consciousness Program” (1980), and recorded original music for the Eurock: “American Music Compilation” album (1982). His first ambient CD entitled “Towards the One” was released in 1995, distributed in the US by Valley Recordings. Dennis' band recorded the follow up “Corps of Discovery” (1998), and “Anima Manna” (2000). While Dennis' earlier work tended toward ambient electronica, the influence of dance music can be heard in his later work.