Tracks : 1 Club Aquarium 2 Gemini 3 The Twilight Bong 4 Irsi 5 Interstellar Rainbow Lung 6 Scultress Sublime
Review From Aural Innovations #16 (June 2001)
Founded in Portugal late 1996 by multi-instrumentalist Luis Simoes,
Saturnia are a fresh and inspiring duo who offer spacey organic
drenched atmospherics, mixed with sitar induced ambience and ethnic
drum and bass rhythms. They edge slightly towards the strange
dancetrance than they do towards spacerock, but don't let that put you
off because they offer their own brand of space on here that is
reminiscent of early Pompeii Pink Floyd meets Portishead meets Anubian
Lights meets Ravi Shanker. Certainly a new one on me.
On this, their first release, we have an interesting combination of
Luis Simoes: Guitar- Sitar-Lapsteel Guitar-Vocals-Theremin-Gong and
Loopings, and old time friend Eduardo Vasconcelos aka M.Strange:
Organ-Synthesizer-Theremin-Gong and Loopings. The first offe
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. Bo Axelzon & His Exotic Sounds - 1996 - Bo Axelzon & His Exotic Sounds
The 1st release from this new label out of Sweden. A small orchestra
plays Classic & pure Exotica: featuring a nostalgic sound performed
by brass, reeds, bird calls, sitar, percussion, accordian, guitars,
vibes, bongos, congas All original compositions I think. This is really
great!
B1 Elins Blue Eyes 1:58 B2 El Manicero 3:02 B3 Solamente Una Vez 4:56
Personnel: Bo Axelzon: Drums, Percussion Adam Axelzon: Percussion, Bird Calls Curt Landberg: Trumpet Roger Petersson: Valve Trombone Gunnar Ericsson: Tenor Saxophone Stig Bäckström: Clarinet, Alto Saxophone, Bassoon Ebbe Belfrage: Accordion Dick Malm: Accordion, Guitar Gunnar Örtenstrand: Guitar Stefan Kéry: Lap Steele, Sitar, Saz, Guitar Anders Paulsson: Bass La
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I like dialogue between bloggers. So, this post
is a responce to Fritz Die Spinne, who yesterday posted Deathride
69's "The CD", mentioning the LP version with different cover
and a different track. This is the first vinyl version of
Deathride 69's album, released in 1998 on Gymnastic Recordings and the
next year on vinyl again on Flipside records and on CD on Little Sister
Records. Both 1989 versions are identical but the 1988 version not only
has "Drums Along The Mohawk" (which was replaced in the later versions
by "Chain of Abuse") but it contained earlier and rather different
remixes. While 1989 versions are more "professionaly" remixed - i.e.
the sound is more clear and the vocals in front of the instruments -
the first version, although a bit muddy, is more richer instrumentaly.
Both remixes are based on the bass of Don Diego, but in the earlier
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Four hippies go to India in the 1960's, stay for two years & then
return to the San Francisco Bay area & this would be the outcome.
Tracks: A1 Whole Earth Rhythm 3:25 A2 Dhun 4:23 A3 Babu Shoda 8:30 A4 Ha Ha Modi 6:08
B1 People Brittle 4:38 B2 I Give You Johnee The Truth 5:53 B3 Dabi Das' Song 12:39
Personnel : Michael Bell : Sador, Acoustic Guitar Josh Collins : Tabla, Percussion Peter Van Gendler : Sitar, Guruji Kenny Wilson : Esraj, Bamboo Flute
With Peter Van Gelder (ex-Great Society) after the long trip to India. Cosmic sitar folk and psych, trippy female & male vocals, chanting in English and Hindu, lots of ethnic instruments. An early example of a genre that would become common during the 1970's.
April 30 1987 Fed up with hearing "proud Mary" and "We've Only Just Begun" every night for twelve consecutive years, Dennis Plinn abandons his lucrative position as musical director of a carribean cruise ship. He moves to Boston, taking a job as piano accompanist for a strip tease act at the Naked I Cabaret in the city's notorious combat zone. Although the money isn't good, Plinn finds his new occupation spiritually uplifting.
October 1 1987 Lawrence Dersch is financially ruined, alcoholic and homeless. Once a well respected radio and television technician, his skill have become obsolete with the advent of the microchip. Desperate, Dersch turns to panhnandling in Boston's subway corridors. On this evening, though, his fortune takes a turn for the better...Dersch discovers he can triple his income by beating out rhythms on the foreheads of passing commuters. Dersch becomes a local celebrity overnight.
October 21, 1987 5:45 PM Timothy Ratdiet, importer o
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The Burning World is the sixth full-length album by the Swans. It was released in 1989 on MCA and was their only major label release. Produced by Bill Laswell.
From AMG:
Review by Ned Raggett
Swans' first major-label record, for Uni/MCA, turned out to be their last, and Gira especially has been bitter about the experience ever since; his commentary about the album often involves his anger over Uni's insistence on having noted New York musician Bill Laswell oversee the recording sessions (Gira himself states that he enjoys Laswell's work in general, and thinks Burning was a case where agreement over how best to work together simply wasn't there). Ultimately Burning sounds more like a compromised major label Laswell project than a Swans album, to its overall detriment. To be sure, Gira's complex, increasingly mythic and mystical lyrical images still retain their power, while his singing and Jarboe's still each have their own, often gripping appeal. However, Westberg's playing, whether b
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Love of Life is the eighth full-length studio album by the Swans. It was released in 1992 originally and also saw release as part of a limited edition with White Light From the Mouth of Infinity.
From AMG:
Review by Ned Raggett
Interspersed with a variety of instrumental pieces and loops which add nicely to the album's overall flow -- including a number of random interview clips which would become an even more central motif to the band's work in future albums -- Love of Life continues the astounding creative roll Swans found themselves on with White Light. As with that album, the group here consists first and foremost of Gira and Jarboe, with a variety of assisting performers: Westberg has finally left the picture entirely, leaving Steele as the new main guitarist, and interestingly enough, two long-time veterans return -- the rhythm section of Kizys and Parsons -- though other bassists and drummers perform on the album as well. Again, though, this is very much Gira and Jarboe's
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Tracks : 1 Hall Of Hours 2 New Day Holyday 3 Freedom Song 4 Pleasont Song 5 Reach For The Sky 6 New Beginning 7 8th Day In Heaven 8 Smile For The Sun 9 And I Know What Love Is 10 Shady Tree 11 Honey Bee 12 William 13 Kama Kazie Woman
The Organgrinders
Personnel:
Frank Eventoff woodwind, flute, sax, ld vcls A
Nisan Eventoffpiano, organ, accordion, synth, keyb'd-bs, ld vcls A
Paul Eventoffdrms, vcls A
Henry Melcher gtr, bs, vcls A
James Rock bs, vcls A
In the case of Fourwaycross nothing seems to follow a streight timeline. From the mix of post punk/early industrial british sound with the 60s heritage and the always present West Coast psychedelia to their chronologically confusing discography, everything helps the time factor disappear. Maybe this is the reason why their music can be easily sound interesting and special even today, over 20 years after their beak-up. Fourwaycross started in 1985 with Tom Dolan, Steve Gerdes, Biff Sanders and Courtney Davies, created their own studio and label (Motiv Communications), released a cassette, two LPs (Fill The Sky, 1985 and Home 1986) and one EP (Shimmer, 1987 - without Tom Dolan) and seemed to disband in 1987. In 1988 Nate Starkman & Son released their first cassete (titled Product One) on vinyl. In 1989 they released another LP (On the Other Hand) with songs written between 1986 and 1989 and in 1990 another release (the 10' Pendulum) came out with old recordings (1984-89). Fourwaycross and Motiv Communications were part of a community which inclu
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As I promised in the recently re-upped post of Lord John's "Six Days of Sound", I posted the songs that the Narc Twins had on mp3.com about 8 years ago. As it was proved by the stuff that Opa-Loka discovered and immediately shared with us, these tracks were a selection from their tapes, released from Acid Tapes, under the titles Life with the Lemons (1990) LMNOE (1991). After this I updated the post including these two tapes. Anyone enjoyed the tracks of the initial post, definitely need these.
Narc Twins were Tom Gibson and Ray (Normandy) Fracalossy, singer and guitar player respectively of Lord John. They have a myspace page where I took the following (which, as you can understand, describes their story and music way better than I could ever do)
Mon, 23 Jul 2007 22:15:08 Anonymous has left a new comment on your post....
Here's
a link to Circuit Ryder. It's a great lost loner country/psych LP. Very few LP's
like this one out there that's for sure. It's just off a cassette I had with no art or
info. Hopefully it will inspire someone to post a better copy with
information.
A Richmond, VA quartet (for this record, at least), one of the "curiocities" of SST label. I mean that this is a pure psychedelic record, released from a label known for its punk/hardcore/hard rock bands like the Minutemen, Black Flag, Meat Puppets, SWA etc.
'Black Pyramid' is an ode to the late 60s/early 70s psychedelia and American Beauty-era Grateful Dead. Those of you familiar with the oldies, may think of Mountain Bus or Bent Wind, while listening to this record. With titles like "Freedom Flight" and "Spacin' Out" you know what to expect. There's a strong folk feeling in this essentialy acid record: the use of unusual instruments like kalimba, shakuhachi, xylophone, panpipes, as well as the banjo on "Pan's Lament", beautifuly played by Bruce Blizzard emphasizes this. The above refers mainly to the a-side with relatively short tracks, with rather tight structures and rock song format. The b-side is dominated by the 15-minute Soweto/Half the Time, wher
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Band Members :
- Mike Love -- drums, percussion (1963-71)
- Ray Mills -- lead guitar (1963-71)
- Bobby Sims -- rhythm guitar (1963-68)
- Bobby Stampley -- bass (1963-71)
- Joe Stampley -- vocals, keyboards (1963-71)
- Ronnie Weiss - guitar
- Jim Woodfield -- guitar (replaced Bobby Sims) (1968-71)
Related acts :
- Mouse and the Traps (Ronnie Weiss)
- Rio Grande (Ronnie Weiss)
- Joe Stampley (solo efforts)
Bio :
Years before Joe Stampley began his ascent to country stardom, he
fronted a Louisiana rock band, the Uniques, who were quite popular in
the South, although national attention eluded them. The group were
ironically named in light of their failure to establish a truly
distinctive style. They were adept at blue-eyed soul, covering William
Bell's "You Don't Miss Your Water" and Art Neville's "All These
Things," landing a huge regional hit with the latter tune. They were
also capable of waxing good, original, Southern-flavored pop-rock,
especially on "Not Too Long Ago," another big Southern hit. And, oddly
enough, they also did an all-out, raunchy, R&B-hued garage-b
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An album many loved but so few heard? Or is it the other way around? I dunno, but everyone I ever played this for loved it. And I'm posting it by special request here, transferring it from my old site, so I guess the love-in continues.
From AMG, about the band:
A San Francisco supergroup of underground musicians, the Cat Heads formed in 1985. Singer and guitarist Mark Zanandrea was from the Leaches and Love Circus, guitarist Sam Babbit from the Ophelias, drummer Melanie Clarin played with just about everyone in town, and bassist Alan Korn hailed from X-Tal. The band traded vocal and songwriting chores to create a chaotic mix of folk-rock, indie-rock, joke-rock and country. Its 1987 debut, Hubba, was produced by the
Rain Parade's Matt Piucci, and its follow-up, 1988's Submarine, was produced by Camper Van Beethoven's David Lowery. With so much insider support, it's a small wonder that the Cat Heads didn't survive the late-eighties post-R.E.M. groundswell of alternative bands, but instead disbanded after touring
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Lone Cowboys evolved out
of the band New Toys, when singer/songwriter/guitarist Doug Tyler left
the band in late 1983 (continued on as a three-piece until early 1984).
This brought about a dramatic change in the sound of the band, now
having lost their "pop" sound, they would become an edgy, hard-driving
"alternative" 3-piece. There new sound would eventually get them
noticed by Caroline Records after they charted number 20 on Sweden's
independent music chart with a remake of the Debbie Boone classic, "You
Light Up My Life." In 1986 they recorded Voodoo Dolls &
Cadillac Fins on the Caroline label and prepared to launch a European
tour. However, the tour was cancelled when Caroline was sued for
parallel importing. What would have been tour support money was used
instead on legal fees.
In December 1986, they returned to being a 4-piece
with the addition of former Dirty Looks (former Stiff Recording
Artists) bassis
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