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"This tantalizing prospect of a label splashes down with an amazing LP first released by Luis Perez in 1981, originally within his native country of Mexico only. A kind of cosmic ethnography combining pre-Columbian percussion and wind instruments together with guitar, tape delay units, and analog synthesizers: a mystical weft of giddily deep grooves and experimentation. A limited edition beautifully presented in numbered, silk-screened sleeves, with notes."

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  • · A DELUXE 2CD SET OF THE CLASSIC 1973 LIVE ALBUM BY HAWKWIND· NEWLY REMIXED FROM THE ORIGINAL MASTER TAPES BY STEPHEN W TAYLER· ALSO INCLUDES AN ILLUSTRATED BOOKLET Atomhenge, the home of Hawkwind’s back catalogue, is proud to announce the release of a deluxe 50th anniversary remixed edition of HAWKWIND’s legendary live album SPACE RITUAL. Recorded on the band’s UK Tour of December 1972, which followed the release of the band’s recent studio album DOREMI FASOL LATIDO. The live show was a continuous performance linked by poetry recitation by ROBERT CALVERT and was a complete audio-visual experience. Featuring the dancers Stacia, Miss Renee and Tony Carrera, the concerts also featured an elaborate light show by famed lighting designer Liquid Len. The Space Ritual tour followed the huge success of the Silver Machine single (although the song did not feature in the live set) and three concerts were captured on tape by the Pye Records mobile unit. The resulting double album was adorned with memorable artwork by designer Barney Bubbles and was a Top Ten hit in the UK upon its release in May 1973. This 50th anniversary 2 CD set features a stunning new mix of the album by Stephen W Tayler, from te original 16-track master tapes. The set includes the complete unedited versions of Brainstorm and Time We Left This World Today and the encore of You Shouldn’t Do That. With a illustrated booklet with new essay this new release is the ultimate tribute to this legendary album.2CD TRACK LISTDisc One: Space Ritual 50th Anniversary Stereo Remix by Stephen W Tayler1. Earth Calling (new stereo mix)2. Born to Go (new stereo mix)3. Down Through the Night (new stereo mix)4. The Awakening (new stereo mix)5. Lord of Light (new stereo mix)6. Black Corridor (new stereo mix)7. Space is Deep (new stereo mix)8. Electronic No. 1 (new stereo mix)9. Orgone Accumulator (new stereo mix)10. Upside Down (new stereo mix)Disc Two: Space Ritual 50th Anniversary Stereo Remix by Stephen W Tayler1. 10 Seconds of Forever (new stereo mix)2. Brainstorm (new stereo mix)3. Seven by Seven (new stereo mix)4. Sonic Attack (new stereo mix)5. Time We Left This World Today (new stereo mix)6. Master of the Universe (new stereo mix)7. Welcome to the Future (new stereo mix)8. You Shouldn’t Do That (new stereo mix)
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  • Swiss quartet Monkey3 are one of the premier space rock outfits going.  All instrumental heaviness that will blast you into the outer realms of the galaxy.  Have they ever performed in the US?  If not its time!  Anything by Monkey3 is BUY OR DIE!!"Instrumental rockers Monkey 3 start their 2024 year with a new album. The band, hailing from Lausanne, Switzerland, started 2001 and released six longplayers. The latest one, ‘Sphere’, arrived at the record stores in 2019 and five year later the new longplayer ‘Welcome to the Machine’ is waiting for a release end of February.Monkey 3 are into psychedelic stoner rock which they spice-up with some progressive elements. In a way the sound of the band reminds me of German post-rock masterminds Long Distance Calling, partly because of the music but also because of the approach.‘Welcome to the Machine’ contains songs like the 10-minute opener ‘Ignition’ that creates galactic soundscapes, alternating between quieter moments and noisy riff attacks. The album features a five song tracklist but as three of the tunes clocks in at 10 minutes and more, the album still comes with a decent running time.Next to the opener it is the massive ‘Kali Yuga’ and the closing ‘Collapse’ that belong to the cinematic moments of this longplayer with a Pink Floyd-ish momentum. Both songs are masterfully composed and showcase a variety of musical moments that need attention. This album is an ‘earphone-record’ as it demands time and focus. One can listen to it all day long, but each of the songs unveils its details while diving deeper into the world of Monkey 3’s musical vision.‘Welcome to the Machine’ is inspired by ‘2001: A Space Odyssey’ and similar movies. It is the mankind vs machine theme that acts as a common thread and connects the songs in a way. From melancholic darkness to hopeful sunrise the album transports emotions without words." - Markus' Heavy Music Blog‘Welcome to the Machine’ is the most mature release of Monkey 3. This album stands out in many aspects and is worth to be listened to.
    $16.00
  • MY BROTHER THE WIND is an improvisational cosmic rock collective consisting of members of widely known Swedish acts Makajodama, Magnolia, Animal Daydream and most notably Anekdoten, one of the more widely recognized names in the 1990s prog rock revival.Recorded live in the studio with no overdubs during a single day in January 2013, Once There Was A Time When Time And Space Were One captures the collective's progressive soundscape qualities with incredible analogue studio production. The band utilized 6 and 12 string acoustic and electric guitars, Mellotron, flute, bass, drums, congas and more to complete the task. Expect 45 minutes of the band's most succinct material to date, recorded deep in the snowy, forested, Swedish wilderness.In 2013, MBTW expanded into an even wider fanbase, having been invited to play the mighty Roadburn Festival in Tilburg, Holland, as well as at Duna Jam in Sardinia.  At the invitation of Opeth’s Mikael Okerfeldt, guitarist Nicklas Barker returned to Roadburn to perform an improv set with Dungen guitarist Reine Fiske.Those who frequent the works of Popol Vuh, Amon Duul, Sun Ra, Träd, Gräs Och Stenar, Albert Ayler, Ash Ra Tempel, Gong, Pink Floyd and other visionary, psychedelic rock artists are advised to investigate this act. "Lush and instrumental for its duration, My Brother the Wind‘s third full-length, Once There was a Time When Time and Space were One (released by Free Electric Sound/Laser’s Edge), rolls out of the speakers much easier than its title rolls off the tongue, though both title and the work itself satisfy rhythmically. The Swedish four-piece — they now seem to be a bass-less trio with Nicklas Barker (Anekdoten) and Mathias Danielsson (Makajodama) on electric/acoustic 12-strong guitar and Daniel Fridlund Brandt on drums, but Ronny Eriksson plays bass on the album — reportedly recorded live to two-inch tape on a vintage machine, and the passion they put in bleeds readily into the nine-song/45-minute outing, fleshed with liberal splashes of Mellotron courtesy of Barker to play up a ’70s prog feel in a piece like the 12-minute “Garden of Delights.” That’s hardly the only point at which those sensibilities emerge, but even more than that, the primary vibe here is one of gorgeous heavy psych exploration, the band adventuring and feeling their way through the material as they go.On peaceful moments like the title-track, which arrives as the penultimate movement before “Epilogue” leads the way back to reality — accordingly, “Prologue” brings us in at the start — that exploration is positively serene, the 12-string complemented by spacious electric tones spreading out across vast reaches, but Once There was a Time When Time and Space were One offers more than drone and psychedelic experiments. Subtly pushed forward by Brandt‘s drums, pieces like “Into the Cosmic Halo” and even “Epilogue” enact classic space rock thrust, and even “Song of Innocence Part 1,” the first part of the journey after the backward atmospherics of “Prologue” introduce, has some cosmic feel amid its echoing solos. Its subsequent complement, “Song of Innocence Part 2,” swells to life on an even more active roll, waves of amp noise up front while drums and bass groove out behind, waiting for the guitars to catch up, which they do in a suitably glorious payoff, relatively brief but masterfully engaging, setting a momentum that continues well into “Garden of Delights,” a focal point for more than its length.Because the songs flow so well one to the next, some directly bleeding, others giving a brief pause, and because later cuts like “Thomas Mera Gartz” — named in honor of the drummer for ’70s Swedish proggers Träd, Gräs och Stenar — and the title-track have a quieter take, it’s tempting to read some narrative into the shifts of Once There was a Time When Time and Space were One, but with the material not being premeditated, I’m not sure that’s the intention so much as a signal it’s well arranged. In any case, the album offers an immersive, resonant listen, with tonal richness to spare and the presence of mind to keep a sense of motion even in its stillest parts and a balance of organic elements — Danielsson‘s recorder and Brandt‘s percussion on “Misty Mountainside,” the 12-string, etc. — amid a wash of effects and swirling psychedelia. This attention to sonic detail makes Once There was a Time When Time and Space were One more than just a collection of jams, and adds further purpose to the already worthy cause of My Brother the Wind‘s thoughtful musings, wandering and not at all lost." - The Obelisk
    $13.00
  • DELUXE HARDBACK BOOK EDITION FROM PSYCHEDELIC EXPERIMENTALISTS OZRIC TENTACLES"Ozric Tentacles still inhabit that part of the sonic landscape where Gong rub shoulders with Jean-Michel Jarre." The Arts Desk‘Travelling The Great Circle’ is the new 80-page Hardback Book, offering for the first time, an in-depth view into one of the Ozric Tentacles most intensely creative spells. Containing the first four official studio albums, along with two bonus discs featuring ‘Demos & Rarities’ & ‘Live Underslunky’, all remastered by Ed Wynne, & live at the Fridge, Brixton, 1991 on DVD.At the centre of this deluxe edition is a comprehensive book featuring original liner notes by Dominic Blake, words from Ed Wynne, Daevid Allen & Gong & rare, previously unseen photographs, rare content collected from band members old & new, personal artefacts from close associates of the band & new Erpmen drawn by Ed Wynne.Delve into the Ozrics world with this collection showcasing a band in the ascent & at their most inspired. The creative vision of multi-instrumentalist Ed Wynne; ‘Pungent Effulgent’, ‘Erpland’, ‘Strangeitude’ & ‘Jurassic Shift’ are widely regarded by fans & critics alike as among the most important albums within the Ozrics’ rich catalogue & beyond it within the pantheon of psychedelic rock music.Following the initial period of DIY cassette releases, the band formed their own label ‘Dovetail Records’ in 1989 with the release of their first “Official” album ‘Pungent Effulgent’. The album release combined with a busy touring schedule in the UK helped them gain an even wider following & catch the attention of the national music press.Albums ‘Strangeitude’ & ‘Jurassic Shift’ were received to critical acclaim & charted in the UK at numbers 70 & 11 respectively. Now, in 2021, Kscope is bringing together the first four studio albums for the first time in one package, along with a bonus disc of ‘Demos & Rarities’ hand-picked & remastered by Ed Wynne. 1991 live album ‘Live Underslunky’ is also included, which showcases the band in scintillating form. The Earbook is rounded off with a DVD featuring the band at the height of their powers, performing to a sold-out crowd at Brixton’s Fridge in 1991 along with various TV appearances from the era.‘Travelling The Great Circle: Pungent Effulgent to Jurassic Shift’ is presented in deluxe Hardback Book Edition.DISC 1 – Pungent Effulgent – 2020 Ed Wynne Remaster1. Dissolution (The Clouds Disperse) (06:15)2. O-I (03:58)3. Phalarn Dawn (07:35)4. The Domes Of G`Bal (04:35)5. Shaping The Pelm (06:10)6. Ayurvedic (10:57)7. Kick Muck (03:53)8. Agog In The Ether (04:05)9. Wreltch (08:32)DISC 2 – Erpland – 2020 Ed Wynne Remaster1. Eternal Wheel (08:20)2. Toltec Spring (03:03)3. Tidal Convergence (07:14)4. Sunscape (04:02)5. Mysticum Arabicola (09:15)6. Crackerblocks (05:40)7. The Throbbe (06:22)8. Erpland (05:32)9. Valley Of A Thousand Thoughts (06:32)10. Snakepit (03:18)11. Iscence (04:38)12. A Gift Of Wings (09:47)DISC 3 – Strangeitude – 2020 Ed Wynne Remaster1. White Rhino Tea (05:55)2. Sploosh! (06:26)3. Saucers (07:32)4. Strangeitude (07:32)5. Bizarre Bazaar (04:07)6. Space Between Your Ears (07:48)7. Live Throbbe (07:16)DISC 4 – Jurassic Shift – 2020 Ed Wynne Remaster1. Sunhair (05:43)2. Stretchy (06:51)3. Feng Shui (10:24)4. Half Light In Thillai (05:35)5. Jurassic Shift (11:05)6. Pteranodon (05:40)7. Train Oasis (02:45)8. Vita Voom (04:48)DISC 5 – Demos & Rarities1. Saucers (Live) (15:34)2. Space Between Your Ears (Live) (10:47)3. Weirditude (05:13)4. Ayurvedism (19:03)DISC 6 – Live Underslunky1. Dots Thots (Live) (07:54)2. Og-Ha-Be (Live) (09:28)3. Erpland (Live) (05:32)4. White Rhino Tea (Live) (05:48)5. Bizarre Bazaar (Live) (04:04)6. Sunscape (Live) (07:50)7. Erpsongs (Live) (03:49)8. Snakepit (Live) (03:22)9. Kick Muck (Live) (05:18)10. O-I (Live) (04:59)11. Ayurvedic (Live) (14:46)DISC 7 – DVD – Live at The Fridge, Brixton 19911. Space Jam (Live) (10:44)2. Oh-Ha-Be (Live) (12:32)3. Erpland (Live) (06:36)4. Snakepit (Live) (03:34)5. Dissolution (Live) (17:10)6. Sunscape (Live) (09:52)7. Obscure Jazz Thing (Live) (06:18)8. The Throbbe (Live) (11:15)9. Sniffing Dog (Live) (11:05)10. Aum Riff Jam (Live) (10:18)11. Band Interview with Paul King, Glastonbury Festival (08:17)12. Vita Voom (Video as Aired on MTV) (04:49)13. Jurassic Shift (Live at Reading Festival) (10:31)14. Feng Shui (Live at Manchester Academy) (07:36)15. Pteranodon (Live at Manchester Academy) (06:19)16. Live Jam (Live at Pongmasters Ball, Brixton Academy) (09:14)17. Untitled Jams & Footage (The Mill Studio, Somerset) (11:10)
    $80.00
  • Don't be scared off by the band name or artwork.  This is pure stoned out psych.  If Jim Morrison was still alive, living on an ashram it might sound like this.  Heavy stoned out vibes with Eastern motifs.  Tobias Petterson from Agusa is on board as well as guys from Yuri Gargarin and Coph Nia.  This is a Kommun2 release so you pretty much know what you are getting into - pure heavy psych.  Highly recommended."Imagine Charles Manson and Anton LaVey teaming up with a band of fake Hare Krishna cult members speeding towards Kathmandu in a run down VW bus along the dusty Hippie Trail in 1966. That may give you the idea what Swedish band Nepal Death are all about. Nepal Death is Eastern tinged heavy psychedelic rock at its very best. Angst ridden vocals on top of a compact wall of fuzz guitars, heavy bass and ritualistic drum beats all backed up by hindu chants, religious bells and flutes, freaky backward sounds and eerie India tanpura drones. Nepal Death´s style draws from seventies heavy rock bands such as Hawkwind and Blue Öyster Cult. Psychedelic rock in the vein of Amon Düül II and Uncle Acid and the Deadbeats are other strong influences along with traditional musical vibes from nations like Turkey, Afghanistan and India. Occult references mixed with Hindu mysticism are also prominent in the band’s lyrics and aesthetics. Nepal Death have crafted something of a loose concept album revolving around a fictive journey on the hippie trail to Kathmandu. All songs are blended together by short musical bridges creating the sensation of talking to mystical locals, visiting secret shrines and temples, smoking hash from ornamented water pipes and writing doubtful poems. The lyrics of the nine album hymns form a forbidden traveller’s guide to Hindu witches, love magic, death rituals, and worship of the almighty Kali Ma. They may appear sinister and serious but in the next moment they are sparkled with twisted dark humour.The psychedelic front cover depicts a scene taken from a Himalayan Chöd ritual and has been created by artist Toby Jörgensen of Studio Dzyan (the art collective responsible for the groundbreaking artwork for both Mercyful Fate and King Diamond back in the eighties).The album is released by Swedish psych/progressive label Kommun2 and features guest appearances from members of bands such as Agusa, Coph Nia, Yuri Gagarin and Rymdstyrelsen. This band is ready to go and meet the universe on stages everywhere! Please step right up and get ready to leave in a haze of smoke and steam on a trip towards a glorious end in Kathmandu, Nepal. Namaste!+ - My Rock News
    $6.00
  • "Ozric Tentacles still inhabit that part of the sonic landscape where Gong rub shoulders with Jean-Michel Jarre." The Arts Desk‘Trees Of Eternity (1994 - 2000)’ is the new 7 remastered Disc, 72-page Hardback Book containing 6 studio albums & the never-before-released Live at Fillmore, 1998.Beginning with ‘Arborescence’, which hit number 18 in the UK albums chart, we set off on a journey through the Ozrics’ impressive catalogue. The band had gone through some line-up changes during this period, leading to an exciting new chapter in their story. ‘Become the Other’, ‘Curious Corn’, ‘Spice Doubt’, ‘Waterfall Cities’ & ‘The Hidden Step’ showcase the band at their most inventive, with new ideas aplenty, all found here remastered by band leader Ed Wynne. However, the true standout of the set is the inclusion of the legendary Fillmore, San Francisco show of 1998, also mastered by Ed Wynne & remixed specially for this set. This live recording offers us front row view into the Fillmore on that night in June 1998 & does not disappoint, the band are thrilling & the crowd delighted.At the heart of this deluxe set is an in-depth book containing original liner notes by Dominic Blake, words from Ed Wynne, previously unseen photographs, rare content collected from band members old & new, personal artefacts from close associates of the band & new Erpmen drawn by Ed Wynne.This set follows on from the much lauded ‘Travelling The Great Circle’ book set released in early 2022 & guides us through the next step in the bands’ journey, one of which is still going strong, with a joint tour with Gong in late 2022 & 40th anniversary celebrations planned throughout 2023. This is the ultimate collector’s item for any Ozric fan & offers a unique chance to delve deep into the bands’ world.‘Trees Of Eternity (1994 - 2000)’ is released on Deluxe Hardback Book Edition via Kscope. Strictly limited to 1500 copies worldwide.DISC 1 – CD – Arborescence (2020 Remaster)1. Astro Cortex (05:19)2. Yog-Bar-Og (09:41)3. Arborescence (04:51)4. Al-Salooq (05:02)5. Dance Of The Loomi (05:14)6. Myriapod (05:59)7. There`s A Planet Here (06:38)8. Shima Koto (06:24)DISC 2 – CD – Become The Other (2020 Remaster)1. Cat DNA (06:31)2. Anu Belahu (02:53)3. Ghedengi (05:41)4. Wob Glass (07:52)5. Neurochasm (06:47)6. Become The Other (06:25)7. Vibuthi (10:51)8. Plurnstyle (07:48)DISC 3 – CD – Curious Corn (2020 Remaster)1. Spyroid (03:47)2. Oolite Grove (05:57)3. Afroclonk (08:05)4. Curious Corn (10:56)5. Oddentity (07:00)6. Papyrus (05:32)7. Meander (05:13)DISC 4 – CD – Spice Doubt (2022 Remaster)1. Cat DNA (08:12)2. The Eternal Wheel (09:31)3. Sploosh! (07:04)4. Ahu Belahu (02:46)5. Papyrus (06:30)6. Oolite Grove & Citadel Jam (10:28)7. Oddentity (07:22)8. Dissolution (10:08)9. Myriapod (05:48)10. Spice Doubt (09:43)DISC 5 – CD – Waterfall Cities (2022 Remaster)1. Coily (07:19)2. Xingu (07:27)3. Waterfall City (11:01)4. Ch`ai ? (05:04)5. Spiralmind (11:42)6. Sultana Detrii (09:15)7. Aura Borealis (05:33)DISC 6 – CD – The Hidden Step (2022 Remaster)1. Holohedron (05:48)2. The Hidden Step (07:47)3. Ashlandi Bol (06:06)4. Aramanu (05:58)5. Pixel Dream (06:21)6. Tight Spin (08:51)7. Ta Khut (08:23)DISC 7 – CD – Live At The Fillmore 1998 (2022 Remaster)1. Oolite Groove ( Live ) (11:09)2. Spice Doubt ( Live ) (09:21)3. Oddentity ( Live ) (07:26)4. Myriapod ( Live ) (06:33)5. White Rhino Tea ( Live ) (07:02)6. The Throbbe ( Live ) (12:42)
    $89.00
  • After two great albums, Rosalie Cunningham disbanded Purson.  Her new self-titled debut finds her stretching out a bit but still staying within the confines of a 70s British sound.  All good to my ears!  While Purson had a bit of a doom fixation that isn't the dominant vibe here.  Let's broadly call it psychedelic hard rock which frankly isn't a far stretch from Purson (that element was always there).  If you liked Purson I think this album is a given for you.  If you are interested in analogue recorded psych sounds with splashes of prog trappings I wouldn't hesitate.  BUY OR DIE!"It’s not too surprising that the Purson vein of  ‘vaudeville carny psych’ that won them so many admirers, not least of which PROG magazine whose Vanguard acclaim proved a major profile boost, runs through the eight-song opus.  Packaged in bold washes of saturated and bold colour, they provide another burst of gothic drama in a lurid noir-ish direction from the Cunningham magic theatre. Should you need the comfort blanket of a reference point from the Purson catalogue,   Dead Dodos Down might be one recognisable tune that would fit comfortably within the current framework.Theatrical, rootsy and organic, eschewing the high-end digital recording options for more down to earth/back to basics recording techniques and experimentation, the analogue all the way philosophy has ensured that comfortable feeling that things are being done the right way.  Despite the deep fuzz tone of the opening guitar riff and its accompanying launch pad swirl, Ride On My Bike evokes the melodramatic gipsy folk of Holy Moly & The Crackers. A guitar solo straight from the Brian May book of quirky solos that you’d find lazing on some of Queen’s more eccentric songs and mild freak out section and you feel you’re in familiar territory.House Of The Glass Red and Dethroning Of The Party Queen revolve and rotate in a kaleidoscopic carnival soundtrack, the vocal quivering and occasionally compressed, the pounding piano coated in a flamboyance that no doubt involves impossibly wide flares,  stars and symbols and crushed velvet together with a suitably aromatic incense. The hostess with the mostess might croon that “to be the life and soul will be the death of me” but you get the impression that the party queen is going to go out with a bang and regretting rien.  Nobody Hears and Butterflies both offer a simpler arrangement; piano and acoustic guitars develop into sweeping strings while the latter, as the title hints,  is a dreamy pastoral piece that bewitches and hypnotises.Building up from the marching intro – one that evokes (for some of us) the striding march of the robomen from Daleks’ Invasion Earth 2150AD  –  A Yarn From The Wheel heads out in fourteen minutes of exploration, passing through several sections that switch from an easy paced dance with the devil (with the warning that “nothing’s free) to  snatches of folky acoustic/flamenco and medieval  waltz and naturally, a blast of fuzzed out space rock.  It feels like all that’s come before are all appetisers and A Yarn From The Wheel is now the main course whose recipe utilises the parts to form a remarkable sum.  Good to know that the thrill hasn’t gone. Come and join the danse macabre." - Louder Than War
    $16.00
  • I love when a great disc comes out of nowhere.  This one was totally unexpected and I'm loving it.  Jalayan is an instrumental quartet from Italy.  Their music is square on space rock but I'm hearing some nice Mediterranean flavors in some of the tracks.  Guitars can get a bit heavy but it never approaches metal territory.  A little crunch here and there never hurt anyone.  Keyboards are definitely of the celestial variety - this is pure spaced out bliss that really ignites.  The Ozrics are an easy comparison but I'm comparing them to the prime period Ozrics.  BUY OR DIE!"The chosen title means that our planet, like as any other celestial body, is a simple island that floats in the endless sea of the universe and so we have to love and respect it because it is our only and fragile home. This new album resume and develop the work yet done in the previous “Sonic Drive”. The band propose a solid progressive space rock soaked in electronic and folkloric elements. The eight instrumentals have been composed and arranged between 2019 and 2021 by Alessio Malatesta, band leader and founding member. The line-up is composed, in addition to Malatesta on keyboards and synthesizers, by Vincenzo Calvano on electric and acoustic guitars, Matteo Prina on electric bass and Martino Malacrida on drums. Recordings, as well as mixing and mastering, has been realized during 2021 by Alessio Malatesta at “Bad Head Studios”. Album graphic is the work of Matteo “Hemlock” Spadaro."
    $14.00
  • 2023 Ed Wynne remastered edition.To be honest I haven't heard an Ozrics album sound any different in years. I suspect their fan base prefers it that way. At this point the band consists of Ed and Brandi Wynne, their son Silas, and drummer Ollie Seagle. If you haven't heard the band before this isn't the place to start. If you are known to smoke from Ed's secret stash this will satisfy you just fine until the next one. Blissed out psychedelic space rock.
    $13.00
  • As many of you may (or may not) know I'm a crazy vinyl collector.  A few years ago I picked up the buzz on this album by Argentinian composer/musician Luis Vecchio.  So I paid a small fortune for the album and it blew me away. Vecchio made two albums - "Afro-Rock" in 1971 and "Contactos" in 1978.  "Afro-Rock" was recorded for the deWolfe label which has an extensive catalog of "library" music.  This is basically instrumental music that is often used in the background in films and television.  Many famous prog musicians have recorded for labels like deWolfe and Bruton.  They typically have generic titles and unless you read the credits you wouldn't know who was on the album.Tom Hayes really summed it up great in his Rate Your Music review:"Afro-Rock is the debut album by Argentine keyboardist Luis Vecchio, later resident of the Canary Islands. Recorded for the sound library label DeWolfe, the album is frequently mentioned in hushed reverence among the beat digger DJ collecting crowd. And it's easy to see why, given its massive brass charts, funky bass lines, fluttering flute, choppy organ, and additional hand tribal percussion. Unlike most incidental film music, Afro-Rock works more like a regular instrumental album and isn't just a disparate bit of sounds and rhythms. Each song can hold its own, and is definitely positioned well for repeated listens. To my ears, Afro-Rock seems a prototype for a group like The Budos Band, who were to show up some 35 years later with a similar sound."This album is one wild ride.  This album grooves like a mo fo.  Brass flying out of nowhere, crazy organ runs, flute, and wah wah guitar poppingin and out.  Not for everyone but for those to like to shake their moneymaker this one is HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.  Total madness I tell you!!!Oh yeah - the CD is a limited edition of 300 copies and fully licensed from deWolfe  
    $16.00
  • Like the name says - Oresund Space Collective is the improvisational space rock collective consisting of musicians from Scandinavia and Portugal.  The outfit is led by keyboardist Scott Heller aka Dr. Space.  The band is extremely prolific, cranking out releases left and right.  Carnival In Portugual is the latest and if you are into space rock this one is going to totally blow your mind.Featured members of the band are Tim Wallander- Drums (Agusa), Mattias Olsson- Drums (ex-Anglagard) Hasse Horigmoe (Tangle Edge) -Bass, Conga, Percussion,, Guita, Jiri Hjort- Bass, Luis Simões (Saturnia)- Guitar, Sitar Guitar, Martin Weaver (Wicked Lady)- Guitar, Jonathan Segel (Camper Van Beethoven/Tangle Edge)- Guitar,  Lap Steel, Violin, Pär Halje- Synths, Dr Space- Synths, Mogens Pedersen- Synths.  So as you can see there are lot of guys playing on various parts of the album.  The tracks are epic - it opens with the near 36 minute "Funkafide"!  The origins of the pieces began as live studio jams in Portugal and they are shaped into structured tunes.  Face melting stuff.  BUY OR DIE!"Oresund Space Collective (OSC), formed in 2004, is a totally improvising Scandinavian space rock band and has been releasing albums since 2006. The band has played concerts & festivals all over Europe. Their music is quite diverse and influenced by the ever-changing line up in the collective. The music on this release has more of a world music vibe from the funky ‘Funkafide’ to the Santana inspired 'Ognijj' to the reggae of 'Ganja Anja', intense jazz ‘Snake Fucker’ and chilled out ‘Floating Rings Around Time’. An extremely varied but rewarding musical journey, featuring extraordinary playing from top musicians in the prog world."
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  • "Dave Brock, Hawkwind's only founding member, was 81 when he recorded this album and shows no sign of slowing down. Since emerging from the pandemic with 2021's Somnia, the band -- Brock on guitar, synth, and vocals; Doug MacKinnon on bass; Richard Chadwick on drums and vocals, and Magnus Martin on keyboards -- have worked constantly. In late 2021, they recruited Tim "Thighpaulsandra" Lewis to join them on tour and he remains with the studio group. There's something very unusual about the title-track opener of The Future Never Waits, Hawkwind's 35th album. It commences not with the usual foreboding, distorted, paranoid throb, but with a breathing groove and a spacy pulse that, at over ten minutes, winds through many of the band's sonic trademarks in a drift with largely static dynamics. In its own way, it's a self-contained musical universe, constantly pointing outward only to pull back in on itself with every pass. "The End" abruptly segues in. It's more recognizable as Brock's dirty, machine-gun guitar riff sets the tone -- sounding like South London in 1977 -- joined by bass, drums, and synth to erect a nearly straight-ahead pop-punk hook that circles hypnotically in the coda. "They Are So Easily Distracted" is another ten-minute adventure. Introduced by a syncopated drum kit, it offers wafting synth and etheric spoken voices before an acoustic piano vamp frames a warmly seductive tenor saxophone solo. Electric piano is layered atop the sax, and the tune finds its way to full group interplay." The single "Rama (The Prophecy)" is classic Hawkwind. It uses Chadwick's drums as the engine to relentlessly drive Brock's guitar and vocal assault as electronics, percussion, and effects serve to center the primary instruments. Instrumental "USB1" is seemingly painted by electric piano, organ, synth, guitars, and limpid drums. Its trance-like drift and groove very gradually introduce a deeply bluesy guitar solo from Brock. "Outside of Time" also reflects the mercurial depths of vintage Hawkwind. Its murky production places the entire ensemble at the same dynamic level for a simple vamp in 4/4 time, covered by effects, reverb, drifting Mellotrons, pianos, and synths around Thighpaulsandra's soloing organ, making for a space age love song. "I'm Learning to Live Today" follows and is one of those pregnant Hawkwind jams that begins seemingly in the middle, a fully developed distorted guitar and bass vamp commiserate with roiling intensity above a swinging drum kit and Brock's vocal. Here it recalls Robert Wyatt's as the band builds a psychedelic space ritual around him. Other than the throwaway "Aldous Huxley," "The Beginning" is anolher disappointment. It wastes the first half fooling with electronic wankery and noise before transforming into a pillowy, midtempo psych ballad. Thankfully, the breezy, sunny electro-acoustic rocker "Trapped in this Modern Age" closes the album, balancing it out. More consistent than 2021's Somnia and 2019's All Aboard the Skylark, The Future Never Waits is, at once, more exciting and musically adventurous -- even with the (minor) missteps. This is a significant late-career highlight from Hawkwind." - Allmusic
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  • 70s flavored psychedelic prog collaboration between members of Elder and Kadavar.  Stoner meets stoner and something interesting has developed sending out strong Pink Floyd vibes."The pandemic and its consequences bring a number of, mostly unpleasant, side effects. But sometimes this exceptional situation awakens a new perspective and creativity. Berlin’s Kadaver have already made their mark by coming up with ‘The Isolation Tapes’ relatively quickly.This time, however, Kadaver is not doing it all alone. They have teamed up with Elder and joined forces. The result of this collaboration is called ‘ELDOVAR – A Story of Darkness & Light’. The sextet recorded six songs and put them on the new release, songs which elegantly buzz between classic rock and heavy rock. Provided with a slight prog impact all songs are quite well-done and show again the potential of both bands.Music functions here as a distraction from all the unpredictability and obstacles of today, a turning towards a world in which amplifiers and sounds set the tone. Extensive planning was avoided here. There was no agenda and what can be heard on the album reflects spontaneity and the very moment. Without pressure from inside or outside, this record is based on the determination to create something and give free rein to ideas. This resulted in songs that are emotional and impressive, as feelings are transported in an authentic manner.From Deep WithIn’ opens the series of songs and the name says it all. Song as well as album come from the deep inside, which is also reflected in the rather spherical sounds of the song. In between, the guitars reference Pink Floyd, which is even more evident in ‘Raspletin’. In the Way’ is another well-done song on the album which is calmer and has a certain folk influence. The track sounds like a folk-inspired Led Zeppelin piece and is a rich journey through exciting soundscapes.The whole jam session spirit and unboundedness of the album comes into play on ‘Blood Moon Night’. In eleven minutes Elder and Kadaver show what progressive rock is all about. At no moment boredom arises. Twists and finesse keep the tension and make ‘Blood Moon Night’ to a highlight on ‘ELDOVAR – A Story of Darkness & Light’. Rocking moments and a quiet middle part alternate and at the beginning of the second half heavy guitars make their way into the foreground. Heavy rock can not be interpreted better.‘ELDOVAR – A Story of Darkness & Light’ is caused by the circumstances and would certainly not have come up in this form without a pandemic. But now that ‘ELDOVAR – A Story of Darkness & Light’ sees the light of day, you wouldn’t want to miss it." - Markus' Heavy Music Blog 
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  • "Formed in 1969 by Daevid Allen, one of the founding members of Soft Machine, classic albums such as Camembert Electrique, Flying Teapot and You established Gong as one of the most unique, innovative and experimental rock groups of the Seventies. Recorded in the middle of their most critically lauded Radio Gnome Invisible Trilogy era, Live at Longlaville: Salle ElsaTriolet, 27. 10. 74 is a previously unreleased concert recently discovered in the archives. Despite 1974 being one of the most intensive years in the band's history, with over 150 gigs clocked up, relatively few live recordings from that time exist. We are fortunate to have unearthed such a good one. When it came to squirrelling away recordings for future enjoyment, enlightenment or even possible enrichment, Gong were not the Grateful Dead. The Gong touring entourage were part Lost Boys (with the odd lost girl) who didn't fit in anywhere else but in such a group that coalesced around their uniquely expressive music. They were adventuring psychedelic troubadour brigands out to rob you of your more fearful and staid sensibilities by the sheer bubbling force of their musical, theatrical, and exuberant communal presence, both on and off stage. As you fell within the gravitational pull of the Green Planet Gong not only was anything possible, it was positively desirable. If the band's first major public appearance was at the Amougies Festival in 1969, then the Longlaville date marked the band's 5th birthday. By October 1974, just Daevid and Didier Malherbe remained on-stage from that first gig. With Steve Hillage spiralling ever upwards, and Tim Blake venturing further out there, thanks to the intense series of concerts leading up to Longlaville, Laurie fully reclaimed the Gong drum stool, and the gigs were joyous. Such a whirling band of extravagantly-attired and expansively-minded folk naturally attracted attention. Within these recordings you can hear Gong in their prime and firing on all cylinders."
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