The Ten Of Pentacles, 1967.
Sam the man - well enjoyable.
Spot on rock'n'roll, spot on songs.
Saturday, December 3, 2011
RUTS D.C.
Rhythm Collision, 1982.
Two years after the untimely death of their lead singer Malcolm Owen, the dub reggae influence punk band The Ruts teamed up with the Mad Professor and recorded Rhythm Collision.
Deep bouncing bass, head spinning echoes and harmonicas.
Punky funky dub greatness.
Deeply recomended.
Tuesday, November 29, 2011
LIFETONES
For A Reason, 1983.
Charles Bullen, former guitarist of the late 70s British post-punk band This Heat releases his solo project.
An experimental album mixing dub, complexed rhythms, hypnotism and weird melodies.
Lyrically amazing. Great sounds that could have been released yesterday.
Friday, November 11, 2011
NATIVE
'Rockstone' Native's Adventures With Lee Perry At The Black Ark September 1977.
Deep roots garage rock style, haunting and psychedelic.
Wayne Jobson, the creative force behind Native, explains how this album come to be:
“One night in August 1977 Boris Gardiner took me on a trip to see Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry at his Black Ark Studio in the Washington Gardens section of Kingston. The Black Ark was like a medieval space station with Scratch at the controls voicing the U.K. artist Robert Palmer. I watched in amazement as Scratch drove the mixing board like a Formula One racing car and extracted his mystical sound. Paul McCartney had been in the week before to work with Scratch on the little four track machine so you can be sure that it was the MAN and not the machine that was creating the magic here! After the session I got up enough courage to tell Scratch that I had some songs to play for him on my acoustic guitar. He listened and then declared 'I want to work with you because you are an Arawak Indian!' I assured him that I was an Arawak Indian (of course I am not) and he said to come back in a few days to record.”
FRESH MAGGOTS
Fresh Maggots, 1971.
Melodic folk with blasts of fuzz guitar. Its hard to believe that its just two nineteen year old lads from Warwickshire, England. This is a gem full of solid songs which unfortunately disappeared into obscurity after its release. The album has acoustic guitar throughout and a variety of instruments dotted around which just fit in perfectly with the vocals. There are no drums here but it really rocks.
Wednesday, October 26, 2011
SPACETIME CONTINUUM WITH TERRENCE MCKENNA
Alien Dreamtime - recored live February 1993 in San Francisco.
Words and ideas from the remarkable Terrence McKenna.
Sounds like the album's artwork.
PAKISTAN: INSTRUMENTAL FOLK AND POP SOUNDS 1966-1976
A mad mix of rock'n'roll, surf, beat, mashed up with sitar, folk and charas.
1966-76 must have been a fun time to visit Pakistan.
Sublime Frequencies label.
THE HEPTONES
The Heptones, 1967.
The first album from this fine vocal trio playing true Jamaican rocksteady.
Sweet harmonies, great melodies,
easy going and uplifting.
Wednesday, October 19, 2011
EXPO 70
White Ohms, 2009.
Cassette release limited to 200 copies.
Expo 70 aka Justin Wright - creating layered and textured guitar drone bliss transmitted from some distant part of the galaxy.
Mesmerizing cosmic soundscapes born through mantra like hypnotic riffs.
Omlamti can't get enough of Expo 70. Dig it.
Tuesday, October 18, 2011
EARTH
Pentastar: In The Style of Demons, 1996.
Doom-drone pioneers Earth with their third full length studio album.
An album full of minimalist grungy, stoner dirges.
A forgotten classic from Sup Pop Records.
Tuesday, October 11, 2011
KAPUTTER HAMSTER
Kaputter Hamster, 1974.
The only album from this short lived krautrock band from Flensburg, Germany.
They sound like a garage band playing prog-rock.
Songs full of imagination, chopping and changing like a hamster's dream. Probably.
WITCH
Lazy Bones, 1975.
Wicked and fuzzy garage funk psych from Zambia.
Melodic, raw and full of energy.
Monday, October 3, 2011
PRASANNA
Electric Ganesha Land, 2006.
Guitarist Prasanna pays tribute to Jimi Hendrix by mixing South Indian Carnatic percussion instruments with his insanely good electric guitar skills.
A wicked fusion of big riffs and rocked-out ragas.
Thursday, September 29, 2011
GNOD
The Somnambulist's Tale, 2008.
Gnod - a rhythm, drone and psychedelic noise collective from Manchester.
The Somnambulist's Tale was released on cassette and limited to only 90 copies.
This is a fifty minute long trip with hypnotic grooves and recurring themes.
Very atmospheric. Autumn's choice.
Monday, September 26, 2011
THE GLADIATORS
Proverbial Reggae, 1978.
Another classic roots reggae album.
Dub poet Linton Kwesi Johnson on Proverbial Reggae:
"Combine intelligent poetic lyrics with majestic melodies, enchanting harmonies, producing inspired entertaining meaningful music."
THE CONGOS
Heart of the Congos, 1977.
Produced by Lee Scratch Perry and recorded in his Black Arc studio.
This is an absolute reggae classic.
Saturday, September 24, 2011
Tuesday, September 20, 2011
MIJ
MIJ - Yodeling Astrologer, 1969
Mij -Jim Holmberg was spotted strumming a guitar, singing and yodeling by a fountain in Washington Square Park in 1969. Blown away by his performance ESP-Disk label owner invited him to the studio the next day. In just three hours in the studio Jim created the Yodeling Astrologer.
As legend has it Holmberg fractured his skull in a car accident. This trauma left him with impaired hearing and altered his perception of sight and sound for good. He found himself creating sounds that he could not comprehend.
Cosmic folk drenched in reverb. This yodeling astrologer takes you on a trip with his guitar and voice alone. This is no ordinary sound - its freaked out space yodeling.
Songs full of emotion. Beautiful and unique. Recommended!
Friday, September 16, 2011
SUNFOREST
Sounds of Sunforrest, 1969.
A dose of charming psychedelic folk-pop to warm your autumn days.
Sweet vocals and wind instruments, flowers, birds and butterflies.
Proper hippy shit.
CHRISSY ZEBBY TEMBO & NGOZI FAMILY
My Ancestors - 1973, Zambia.
Fuzzed out garage psych from Africa.
Really catchy tunes make you wanna sing along.
Troublemaker don't run away!
Tuesday, September 13, 2011
DON CHERRY & LATIF KHAN
Jazz legend Don Cherry and Indian percussionist Ustad Ahmed Latif Khan teamed up in 1978 and created some far out tabla jazz.
Its atmospheric and adventurous.
Some seriously insane tabla skills. Impressive.
Monday, September 12, 2011
ZOUNDS
Curse of Zounds - Rough Trade Records, 1981.
English anarcho-punk band involved in the squatting and free festival scene.
Spot on lyrics to the sound of city paranoia.
Check out the great cover art work by Clifford Harper.
MWANAMKE MWFRIKA
The seven strong all female band Mwanamke Mwfrika came out of England in the early 80's.
Their debut album African Woman Abroad was engineered by Mad Professor and mixed down by Mikey Dread.
Great rhythms and gorgeous vocals. Soulful and beautiful.
SCIENTIST
Scientist - dub originator, has been at the controls since the 1970s.
Scientist Dubs Culture Into a Parallel Universe - released in 2000.
Scientist Dubs Culture Into a Parallel Universe - released in 2000.
AMON DÜÜL
Legendary German krautrockers Amon Duul.
"Paradieswarts Duul" released in 1970.
Five tracks were recorded in one night. Epic jam.
MUSHROOM
Welcoming the season with the American band Mushroom.
"Leni Riefenstahl" 1999.
Psychedelic space jazz rock.
GROUP BOMBINO
Group Bombino - a band from Agadez, Niger.
Label - Sublime Frequences.
Style - hypnotic psychedelic desert sound with a raw garage feel, rebellion songs.
BLO
Blo - трио из Лагоса, Нигерия, дебютировавшие в начале 1970х c альбомом "Chapter One". Восемь композиций альбома - это жгучая смесь африканских мотивов, фанка и западной психоделии. Уносят с первых аккордов.
Blo's mellow psychedelic sound of Chapter One came out of Lagos, Nigeria in 1973. It has a stoned sound with fuzzed out guitars and spacey vocals that just carry you away. Warm melodies and a funky riffs make this album flow in a haze of goodness.
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