#amon duul 2

[bungitonthen]

10/2/24

my friend the sun ... glove ... ready to go ... top of the hill - family (burlesque)

surrounded by the stars ... green-bubble raincoated-man ... jail house frog ... wie der wind am ende einer strasse ... sleepwalker's timeless bridge - amon duul II (wolf city)

hoedown - emerson lake & palmer

marie antoinette - curved air

seven by seven - hawkwind

and you and I - yes

the love in your eye / to catch me a brother / subsultus / debouchment / tilbury kecks - caravan

blowin' free - wishbone ash

bananas - man

stranded - khan

the boys in the band - gentle giant

hollow stone - khan

(blowing free: underground & progressive sounds of 1972)

cry tough ... for your love ... share a little ... mud in your eye ... can't get closer ... you lit a fire ... jailbait - nils lofgren (cry tough)

[charlottune]

Listen 2 the album yeti by Amon duul ii

CLASSIC ALBUM

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Amon Duul 2 X Alien

[johnkatsmc5]

Jack Harlon & the Dead Crows "Jack Harlon & the Dead Crows" EP 2016 + "Hymns"2018 + "The Magnetic Ridge"2021 + "Hail To The Underground: Interpretations" 2023 Melbourne,Australia Heavy Fuzz Psych,Stoner Rock,Doom Metal,Post Punk

full spotify

https://open.spotify.com/album/2GyraK1MS5NfvpkdRdXv6Y

https://open.spotify.com/album/288NdJEG5MzRY63GYEiu1b

https://open.spotify.com/album/6ckPSqwUcMinI7x98ExM4o

https://open.spotify.com/album/74m4w01hUOCIK9bYCDUaa4

Formed in 2016, Jack Harlon & The Dead Crows are a psychedelic fuzz rock band from Melbourne,Australia, who incorporate elements of blues, stoner rock, folk and doom metal into their distinctive sound. Much of their music follows the character of drug-addicted outlaw "Jack Harlon," with songs that spin tales of desperation and survival in a fictitious western landscape. In 2023 the band released their third studio album 'Hail To The Underground' - A fuzz-drenched, genre-crossing collection of renditions by Jack Harlon & The Dead Crows selected for their musical importance and personal meaning. Filtered heavily through the spaced-out psychedelia of Jack Harlon's inimitable style, this collection includes songs originally written by lesser-known artists through a multitude of decades. Throughout their career, Jack Harlon & The Dead Crows have toured and performed with the likes of Greenleaf, Sasquatch, Wo-Fat and WHORES.....~

Jack Harlon & the Dead Crows "Jack Harlon & the Dead Crows" EP 2016

Tracklist 1 Begin 2 Drifter II 3 Peyote Sandman 4 Damned If I Don't 5 Lizard Brain

Jack Harlon & the Dead Crows "Hymns"2018

Members

Jack Harlon 3, Lightning Bolts Richardson The Ghost Of Ed Parsons One Giant Pig Tracklist A1 Los Plagas 4:12 A2 Witchcraft 6:22 A3 Ed Parsons 5:23 A4 Byroad 3:23 B1 Hyperplasia 5:07 B2 John Becomes The Universe 6:41 B3 Ghoul 4:17 B4 No More Bastard Children 7:2

Jack Harlon & the Dead Crows "The Magnetic Ridge"2021

Tracklist The Tale Of 5:47 The Magnetic Ridge 6:04 De La Luna 1:26 Rat Poisoning 7:03 Langolier 4:20 Stray 5:23 The Painter In The Woods 5:23 Absolved Pt. 1 3:57 Absolved Pt. 2 2:48 Black Road 5:3

Jack Harlon & the Dead Crows "Hail To The Underground" 2023

Jack Harlon & The Dead Crows is Josh McCombe – Drums Tim Coutts-Smith – Vocals, Guitar Jordan Richardson – Guitar Liam Barry – Bass Tracklist My Pal (God) 3:28 Copache (Melvins) 2:01 You Made Me Realise (MBV) 4:08 Dust Devil (Butthole Surfers) 5:30 Day Of Lords (Joy Division) 5:12 Roll & Tumble (Hambone Willie Newbern) 5:20 Dark Entries (Bauhaus) 4:11 Eye Shaking King (Amon Duul II) 5:50

Jack Harlon & the Dead Crows "Jack Harlon & the Dead Crows" EP 2016 + "Hymns"2018 + "The Magnetic Ridge"2021 + "Hail To The Underground: Interpretations" 2023 Melbourne,Australia Heavy Fuzz Psych,Stoner Rock,Doom Metal,Post Punk

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[earcandle]

ECP0956 Mushroom at the Hotel Utah Cam 2 Tape 2 013005

Led by drummer Pat Thomas, Mushroom refined their approach to freeform music for over 25 years, playing brand new spontaneous compositions at every show. Tonight, Mushroom shared the bill with J Neo Marvin & the Content Providers at the Hotel Utah.  They ended the evening with slinky musical explorations that conjured up sonic wizards of the past from Amon Duul II to Peter Green. Mushroom's long, creative, surprising career has been a delight to witness. Here is but one small chapter in their vast body of work. Camera 2 is next.

Ear Candle Productions is a small music label, video production, and eLearning website. We also have a free, 24/7 global Ear Candle Radio program designed to bring creative ideas to the worldwide public at large.

The owners of Ear Candle Productions are the creatives, John Bassham (AKA J Neo Marvin) and Debra Nicholson Bassham (AKA Davis Jones). We live in San Francisco. Come visit our website, check out our YT, Bandcamp, Ear Candle Radio, Internet Archive, and other pages at https://earcandleproductions.com

[parkerbombshell]

From Whispers To Screams Session #100

Thursdays 11:00am-1pm EST bombshellradio.com #classic rock #Art Rock  #Progressive Rock  Repeats Fridays 3am EST Today we reach 100 sessions (not counting our annual shows), they are neither too many nor too few, they are 100. For this reason we have chosen a song from each session and we have created a couple of super eclectic shows (the 100th session and the next the 101) which I believe contains masterful songs. A thank you to all of you who have listened to any of our shows. Hoy llegamos a las 100 sesiones (sin contar nuestros shows anuales), no son ni muchas ni pocas, son 100. Por este motivo hemos escogido una canción de cada sesión y hemos creado un par de shows súper eclécticos (la sesión 100 i la próxima la 101) que creo contienen unas canciones estupendas. Agradecimiento total a todos los que en algún momento habéis escuchado cualquiera de nuestros shows.   1 The Revenge Of Vera Gemini - Blue Öyster Cult 2 Teenage Head - The Flamin' Groovies 3 Head Down - Soundgarden 4 Little Toy Brain - Gov't Mule 5 Diamonds And Rust - Judas Priest  6 Mistreated - Deep Purple  7 Faith healer - The Sensational Alex Harvey Band 8 Crying To The Sky - Be-Bop Deluxe 9 Things Are Getting Better - Stone The Crows 10 Lemmingmania - Amon Duul II  11 La Princesse Perdue - Camel  12 Bury Me Deep in Love - The Triffids 13 Duel - Propaganda 14 Can't Stay Long - Ultravox 15 Home - Lene Lovich  16 The Community Of Hope - PJ Harvey 17 Moonage Daydream - David Bowie 18 Unidos - Parálisis Permanente 19 Un hombre solo - Décima Víctima 20 Cerca de las estrellas - Los Pekenikes 21 The Four Horsemen - Aphrodite's Child 22 Cosmic Messenger - Jean-Luc Ponty 23 Un Camel De Xocolata - Atila  24 Crimson Stone - Converge & Chelsea Wolfe  25 Fear Of A Blank Planet - Porcupine Tree 26 Aerials - System Of A Down 27 Tattva - Kula Shaker Read the full article

[db-reviews]

#180 - The Motorpnakotic Fragments - Motorpsycho (2014)

By technicality this is not a full fledged Motorpsycho album, but RYM counts it as one, so I’ll take what I can get.

After the release of Behind The Sun, Motorpsycho decided to hold a promotional event through exclusive pre-orders for a new album, and after 400 pre-orders were made the album would not be able to be pre-ordered again. Afterwards, each week the ones who pre-ordered the album will receive two songs in the form of a single. It took about 4 weeks before anyone could fully get their hands on this record fully, with 4 singles to boot. This would create the complete collection that is The Motorpnakotic Fragments, or The Motorpnakotic Manuscripts.

Was this 4 single and 4 week release pattern worth it? Not really, in my opinion. What you get here is to the similar vein of Behind The Sun and Still Life With Eggplant, though with a slight—late 90s indie rock twang to it all, which gives the band’s psych prog output a bit more of a unique flair on this collection of songs. You get a good amount of jams on here, not too long, not too short, with each song creating this uniquely old and noisy feeling, like a mix between 90s noise rock bands like Unwound and Sonic Youth, with a 60s style psych rock performance of Jimi Hendrix and early Amon Duul II, creating this rather interesting experience that I enjoy, and is the album’s strong suit.

I do think, though, this album never quite holds those big and interesting Motorpsycho moments that other albums have. It makes this feel much weaker in comparison to stuff like Let Them Eat Cake and Blissard, which had those moments in quite good amounts. Here, there are no moments that feel like Motorpsycho giving their all, which is rather disappointing because those moments are exactly why I love this band’s brand of prog rock. I do not expect them to create Death Defying Unicorn 2 or Still life With Eggplant 2 for this release, but I want a little more out of these already good songs.

This is an interesting release project for the band. It is unique, creative, and experimental. However, what is on here, whilst good, would work better for other albums in the band’s discography. It is not a bad album, but there are much better from this band out there.

[lostjohnny]

Amon Duul II

Between the Eyes

live in 1970

[bungitonthen]

6/1/24

halleluwah - can (tago mago)

fly and collision of comas sola - tangerine dream (alpha centauri)

archangels thunderbird ... cerberus ... the return of rübezahl ... eye-shaking king ... pale gallery* - amon düül II (yeti)

*the full 5 min version

[mantenerseenritmo]

Mantenerse en Ritmo. Encuentros on line para aficionadxs de la música. 

Recorte. Como historiadora que soy no puedo si no aclarar mi recorte. No es una historia del mundo universal ni ahí, no me da la nafta. Es una historia sucinta, acelerada, caprichosa y biográfica que pretende demarcar un pequeño territorio sonoro como mapa para seguir encontrando música nueva. 

Metodología de los encuentros  Videollamada tipo clase, escuchas, y luego conversación y puesta en común de impresiones, comentarios, reflexiones etc. 

ENCUENTRO I

Algunas vanguardias históricas del siglo XX. Algunas rupturas 60s y principios de los 70s. 

1)Introducción: Futurismo y Dadá en la música. Algunos conceptos. 

2) Fluxus para explicar los cambios: Internacionalización, Dadá revival en los 60s, John Cage y el silencio, performance, demases yerbas. 

3) Un posible mapa: Movidas o islas? Casos de escucha en USA, UK, Alemania y Latinoamerica. 

Beatlemanía (The shakers) y un respiro a la manía (The Zombies, Scott Walker) 

Lisergia artsy:  Velvet Underground, Os mutantes. 

Agrupación de música nueva. Mauricio Kagel. Argentina. Primeras piezas electroacústicas

Lisergia a la alemana: ni rock ni prog, krautrock. Can, Faust, Amon Duul ii, Neu!

Pesimismo sudaca: Moris, Los saicos. 

Death: protopunk negro.

[humanhost]

U.S. TOUR 2019

More dates and details will be added soon

~

Friday November 1st - Jamestown, NY at Studio Metro  316 E. 4th St.                        w/ Dead Nettles, Jesse & The Spirit, GC Slagle, and STCLVR                              7pm - all ages - $6-$10 donations at the door                                                            This event is part of the FCH Experimental Music Series

Saturday 11/2 - Reading, Pa. at Gnome Hutch w/ Street Rat, K-Style, and  Bongo Larry - 8pm, ye$

11/4 - Boston, Ma. at Charlie’s Kitchen in Cambridge  10 Eliot St.                        w/ The Disaster March, Rage//Quit, and Tensor  - 8pm; 21+ , $5

11/5 - Ithaca, NY - Grayhaven Motel  657 Elmira Rd. w/ Bubba Crumrine, and Tender Cruncher; 6:30pm - ye$

11/6 - Rochester, NY at UUU Gallery  153 State St.  w/ roselove and Lingua Lucem; 8pm, all ages

11/7 Columbus, Oh. at Dirty Dungarees Bar & Laundromat  2586 N. Hight St.              w/ Double Ski Mask, and TEAM - 7pm, all ages;                                                    $5-$10 suggested donation

Friday 11/8 - Bloomington, In. at In Case Of Emergency Prress  w/ John Collins McCormick, Civlized Worm, and Wenches; 8pm, $5 donation

Saturday 11/9 - Joliet, Illnois at The Drunken Donut  821 Plainfield Rd. w/ Jake Simmons & The Little Ghosts, and The Perks; 8pm - 21+

11/10 - Iowa City, Ia. at Gabe’s  330 E. Washington St.  w/ Bob Bucko Jr., Mustard-In-Law, and Ruche Mere - 8pm; 18+ from 8pm to 10 / 21+ from 10 to close; $8

11/11 - Kansas City, Mo. at Stray Cat Film Center  1662 Broadway Blvd.                     w/ Unicorns In The Snow, and Collidescope; 7pm, all ages - $8

11/12  - Austin, Texas at Hotel Vegas  1502 E. 6th St.                                                 w/ Frosty Palms, and A01A - 9pm; 21+ , $5

11/13 - Norman, Oklahoma - Red Brick Bar  311 E. Main St.                                       w/ S. Reidy, Amon & The Creatures, and Alma Russ                                             FREE admission, 21+ - 8pm

11/14 - Shreveport, Louisiana - Spaced Out Jammies Party at Minicine                     846 Texas Ave.  w/ Ziel Zuster, and Zoe Bratile; 7pm, all ages - $5

friday 11/15 - Panama City, Fla. at The Fork And Spoon House w/ Barkers Of The Wrong Tree, Plibe, and Vitamin Seizure; 9pm

saturday 11/16 - Tampa, Fla. at In-Between                                                             w/ Cabo Boing, Slime Queen Bingo, and Watchable Wildfire (members of Run-On Sunshine); 8pm

11/17 - Orlando, Fla. at Grumpy’s Underground Eatery & Lounge                              1018 Mills Ave N.  w/ Formaldehydra, Alien Witch, Jocular Jostar, and TTN          9pm - $5 

11/18 - Miami at Vidium in The Mana Contemporary’s 777 International Mall                   145 E. Flagler St.  w/ Handelman, Das Sad, and Montane;                                   BYOB - venue parking is only on Flagler St. - 9pm, $5

11/20 - Jacksonville, Fla. at Shantytown Pub  22 W. 6th St.                                                w/ Yabba Dabba Duul II (members of Human Host and TEAM),                            Demon Sky, and BeatKids; 10pm, 18+ - $7

11/21 - Wilmington, NC at The Juggling Gypsy Cafe  1612 N. Castle St.

friday 11/22 - Roanoke, Va. at Art Rat Studios w/ Mothmen, TEAM, and Mr. Thursday; 18+ - FREE admission (but please bring tip money for the artists); 7pm to 11pm

saturday 11/23 - Asheville, NC at Local 604 Bottle Shop                                    604 Haywood Road                                                                                               w/ Watermark, Spy In The Sky, and TEAM - 8pm, $5

friday 11/29 - Newark, Delaware at Newark Bike Project  136 S. Main St.                 w/ Paul Woznicki, and God Loves Ketamine - 9pm; a Delaweird presentation       ye$

saturday 11/30 - New Hampton, NY at Dojo Dungeon w/ Spreaders, Helm, and Seltzer; 7:30pm, ye$

12/3 - East Setauket, Long Island, NY at Velvet Lounge  10 Woods Corner Rd.              HH will perform here as a featured act playing a full set at an open mic                event; FREE admission, but please bring money for tips/donations; 8pm                        An Equilibrium Production

12/4 - Toms River, NJ - The Clubhouse  53 N. Main St.  w/ Damn Long Hairs, Terror Toons, and Mikita; 7pm - BYOB but NO hard liquor is allowed; $5 

12/5 - White River Junction, Vt. at CATV Studios  85 N. Main St., suite 142                     This will be a televised concert event produced by Vermont’s public access Channel 8 and recorded before a live studio audience; 6:30pm

friday 12/6 - Bethpage, L.I., NY at One Eyed Jack’s  380 N. Wantagh Ave.                 w/ Medicine Fish, Onodera, and Brian Kish’s Lounge Pants                                                            A Munoz Stockin Events Presentation

saturday 12/7 - New York, NY                                                                                       EARLY show at New York University 5-11 University Pl.                                 This will be a special intimate concert which is being recorded for a later broadcast of 89.1 WNYU’s weekday program The New Afternoon Show; the event will also feature live music and spoken word performances, interviews with HH’s Earthling members and several of the invisible Human Host creatures, and there will be plenty of other therapeutically confusing surprises. Audience space is limited so please show up early, 3:00pm

12/7 - LATE show in New Jrsy at the venue ATF At The Diorama                                 w/ Bentwaeve, Freddy Unreal, and Mother Siren                                                   plus DJ sets from Larissinha, Wilhelmina, DVL3X;                                                   hosted by The Convincing Actor and Zoloft Zombie

12/8 - Greenfield, Ma. at 10 Forward fka Root Cellar  10 Fisk Ave  w/ Palberta, Chris Weisman (solo jazz guitar), and DJ Quillz - 8pm

12/9 - Saratoga Springs, NY  at Desperate Annie’s                                                           w/ Zach Wright & Jack Durrup, and MIDI Forts; A Super Dark Production               FREE admission; 21+ - 9:30pm

12/11 - Beacon NY at Quinn’s  330 Main St.  w/ Zakk Jakk, and Adias; 8pm, FREE admission but please bring donation money for the artists; all ages 

friday 12/13 - Hudson, NY at Spotty Dog Books & Ale  440 Warren St.                                        w/ Personality Crisis Management, and Yes Selma; 8pm - $5

12/15 - Brooklyn, NY at The Nest  504 Flatbush Ave.  w/ Due Funk, Easy Meat, and Yes Selma; A Basement Dwellers Production; 8pm - 21+ , $10

friday 12/20 - Baltimore, Md. at Mercury Theater  1823 N. Charles St.                             w/ Peach Face, Yes Selma, and Zoie & Mikey                                                       all ages - $8 to $10 - 9pm

saturday 12/21 - Hanover, Pa. at The Circle  5 East Walnut St.                                              w/ Dinged Up, and Bad Shape; 9pm - FREE admission

saturday 12/28 - Wilkes-Barre, Pa. at Curry Donuts  178 S. Pennsylvania Ave.         w/ Chelsea Smarr, Son Of A Shepherd American Cheese, Nightmare In Wonderland, and Suscon Song; all ages, no drugs or alcohol permitted 

12/29 - Philadelphia at Multimedia Dome w/ Baby Seals, Big Spit, Drive To Die, Ray Gun, and Garden Of Snakes - 9pm 

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(image: cover art from Whitman Publishing’s ‘Starstream’ no. 1)                    

[earcandle]

ECP0955 Mushroom at the Hotel Utah Cam 2 Tape 1 013005

Led by drummer Pat Thomas, Mushroom refined their approach to freeform music for over 25 years, playing brand new spontaneous compositions at every show. Tonight, Mushroom shared the bill with J Neo Marvin & the Content Providers at the Hotel Utah.  They ended the evening with slinky musical explorations that conjured up sonic wizards of the past from Amon Duul II to Peter Green. Mushroom's long, creative, surprising career has been a delight to witness. Here is but one small chapter in their vast body of work. Camera 2 is next.

Ear Candle Productions is a small music label, video production, and eLearning website. We also have a free, 24/7 global Ear Candle Radio program designed to bring creative ideas to the worldwide public at large.

The owners of Ear Candle Productions are the creatives, John Bassham (AKA J Neo Marvin) and Debra Nicholson Bassham (AKA Davis Jones). We live in San Francisco. Come visit our website, check out our YT, Bandcamp, Ear Candle Radio, Internet Archive, and other pages at https://earcandleproductions.com

[rastronomicals]

3:23 AM EST November 10, 2022:

Amon Duul II - "Archangel Thunderbird" From the album Yeti (1970)

Last song scrobbled from iTunes at Last.fm

LHdlMR Top Six Umlaut Bands

  1. Motörhead   2. Einstürzende Neubauten   3. Hüsker Dü   4. Blöödhag   5. Blue Öyster Cult   6. Amon Düül II

File under: Sour Krautrock

[thejoyofviolentmovement]

New Audio: Ecstatic Vision Returns with a Raw Blistering and Primal Single

New Audio: Ecstatic Vision Returns with a Raw Blistering and Primal Single

  Initially formed in 2013 to primarily play “what they wanted to hear” the Philadelphia, PA-based heavy psych act Ecstatic Vision, currently comprised of Doug Sabolik, Michael Field…

[dstrachan]

'VIEWS FROM THE EDGE' - w/c 13th November 2023

Tegan & Sara ‘The Cure’

Mango In Euphoria ‘Can’t Be Cured’

The Clash ‘English Civil War’

Moby ‘Why Does My Heart Feel So Bad’

Sylianrue ‘Kristallnacht’

Hanna Sanders & Ben Sanders ‘Santa Fe Trail’

Red Velvet Line ‘Tonight’

Bombskare ‘Panic Button’

Dinky Loop ‘U Won The Lottery (When U Met Me)’

The Kut ‘Fun When You’re Winning’

The Hellfreaks ‘Godless Girls Fun’

Glider ‘Romantic Lunatic’

Glider ‘Believe’

Red Hot Chilli Pipers ‘Radio Ga Ga’

Andy Stewart ‘Donald Where’s Your Trousers’

Mel & Kim ‘Showing Out (Get Fresh For The Weekend)’

Gloria Garcia ‘Puppet Show’

James & Bobby Purify ‘I’m Your Puppet’

Unison ‘Only Mother Nature’

Nadine Shah ‘Topless Mother’

Grace Jones ‘I’m Crying My Mother’s Tears’

Splintered Halo ‘The Last Queen Of Scotland’

Splintered Halo ‘The Curse Of Medusa’

Todd Rundgren ‘Wolfman Jack’

Amon Duul 2 ‘Wolf City’

Jo Hill ‘Wolf Soul’

Pink Narcissus ‘Baron Wolf’

Healthy Junkies ‘Cry Of The Wolf’

[dustedmagazine]

Listed: Tarotplane

photo credit: Theresa Keil

Tarotplane is the solo project of PJ Dorsey from Baltimore, Maryland, who draws from 1970s krautrock and experimental psych to weave otherworldly landscapes of extended drone. Jennifer Kelly reviewed his last album, a split with Prana Crafter, noting “a deep space emptiness …[and] a guitar that loops and twists through whooshing stillness, the notes pinging through cavernous spaces.” Here he counts down some important records for us.

If you like this one, check out our Listed from Prana Crafter, the other half of the Symbiose split.  

The Same—Sync Or Swim

I became aware of this record recently because of Jack Rollo who has a fantastic show on NTS radio show called “Time Is Away.” This is the work of Robert Cox who just recently has some of his work released under the name Rimarimba. Really fantastic reel to reel tape based guitar work that’s very inventive and distinctive. Sort of like a post punk version of Achim Reichel. I find that using equipment like the reel to reel creates something with a flavor that’s special.

A La Ping Pong—Go(1981)

Another recent discovery courtesy of my friend Andrea Ida. Frippertronics styled guitar workouts using a reel to reel. Love the textures he gets and both this and the Same really helped when making “Symbioses.”

Günter Schickert—Samtvogel(1975)

One of the finest guitar players during the Krautrock era. Manuel Gottsching gets most of the love, but for me this man is right up there. Totally individual style. It shows what one man a guitar and an echobox can do.

Deuter—Babylon(1971)

For me, this is in the top 10 of all the 70s German records. Incredible vibe. Tape loops, field recordings, ethnic instruments...has it all. Julian Cope fumbled hard when he did not include this in Krautrocksampler. I want all my records to have a little of this vibe.

Algarnas Tradgard—Rings Of Saturn(1972)

This is my favorite track from one of my most beloved albums. This band had a perfect blend of heaviness and experimentation. If this band were German rather than Swedish, they would be on everyone’s radar. While totally cosmic, there is a darker, almost gothic side to their work. They also were one of the first bands I knew of that blended the synth with more organic elements like violins and cellos. Maybe Amon Duul 2’s more dark and brooding cousin.

Claudio Rocchi—Rocchi(1975)

Rocchi is one of my absolute favorites. Similar to Franco Battiato but often has a more psych folk bent. Similar headspace to the Deuter. His track on this LP “Zen Session” is a masterpiece. I am drawn to guys like Rocchi who create their own universe.

Pink Floyd—Interstellar Overdrive (1967)

Syd Barrett era Pink Floyd is where it’s at for me. This recording was made for this film and it shows the more raw, experimental side of Barrett’s playing. it was the soundtrack to a very interesting documentary from Anthony Stern called “San Francisco.” Stern was a Cambridge friend of Syd’s.

Popol Vuh—“Newsclip 1971”

These guys are my other favorites. Love almost every era. I have learned so much from them. They had 2 excellent guitar players in Conny Veit and Danny Fichelscher with similar but distinctive styles. My side on “Symbiose” is dedicated to my friend Danny. Growing up I used to bring my guitar teachers tapes of Popol Vuh and ask them to teach me that style. Never really worked out sad to say. One day I hope to really bring more of Popol Vuh’s sacred music into my work.

Ame Son—Seventh Time Key I Just Want To Say(1970)

The description in the YouTube comments really do a nice job explaining why Ame Son were special. I used a riff from this track on my first album because I found it so inspirational. Not having a regular drummer in Tarotplane has always bummed me out a little, even more so when I hear this track. The playing is just so free and connected. The fuzz guitar is just amazing. Two members of Ame Son were in Daevid Allen’s Bananamoon group that later became Gong. Not too shabby a pedigree.

M.A.L—Deimos (1975)

I was doing a mix one day for a radio show concentrating on the more psychedelic side of post punk and I threw in a track from M.A.L. I had a little bit of his work that featured on weird Belgian Industrial/Avant Garde tapes from the early 80s, I assumed he was of that era. Turns out I was very wrong. Daniel Malempre (M.A.L) was in 70s Belgian group Kosmose. Around 1975 he sent personal demos to famed German record label Ohr. He never heard back, but a short time later, the famous “Inventions For Electric Guitar” came out using some techniques (but not all, it has to be said) on the reel to reel deck similarly to M.A.L. Gottsching had not used the reel to reel in that way prior to that release. Coincidence, maybe? After all, Achim Reichel pioneered some of these “innovations” several years before anyway. Really who can say? All I know is his style really influenced me and Daniel was nice enough to teach me how to use the deck in a new and innovative way. I am lucky to count him as a friend, and we now have a group together along with another friend Julian, called Omayyad. Sometimes meeting your heroes works out after all.