Interplanetary Interlude #19: The Last Roach of Summer

Playlist

1. Bros- Panda Bear
2. Horse Steppin'- Sun Araw
3. Shout (Hello Kitty)- Devo
4. Goodbye Honolulu- Dirty Beaches
5. Something Deep- Apache Tomcat
6. The Lonely Smurfer- Johnny Hawaii
7. The Beach! The Beach!- Holy Coast
8. A3- Chuck Person
9. Hawaii- Bobby Brown
10. The Island [edit]- The Millennium

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Interplanetary Interlude #18: Farewell to Utah, Farewell to You

Playlist

1. Gold- Michael Biggs
2. Crystal Dust Dream- Stag Hare
3. Und Wir Stoppen- Koala Temple
4. Dandelion- Seven Feathers Rainwater
5. I. Black Ruby Spoon- Seven Feathers Rainwater
6. #3- deerlord.rar
7. Ceaseless Questions Were Asked to the Murderer- Hoops
8. We Only Have a Dim Idea of it Now- Hoops
9. Ceremony- Silver Antlers

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Rays of base lines running through
South Temple and Main embrace
The cosmos in a grid beginning at a new
Meridian of Time and Space.
-Edward L. Hart, "To Utah"

Salt Lake City has been my planetary dwelling for 10 years now, and I've been in Utah for most of my life. Less than two weeks now I will be leaving it with nothing more than I can carry in a backpack for Olympia, Washington. This occasional blog and podcast, for which I still have so many plans, is going on indefinite hiatus. I'm leaving off with something special, a collection culled from homegrown artists, with the help of Skyler from Silver Antlers.

Michael Biggs' Gold, is probably the most idiosyncratic album I found for this episode (tagged "Wizard House" on bandcamp). Most of the tracks feature (ironically?) autotuned sung/spoken vocals, but not the title track, which is a recitation from the Book of Kings describing Solomon's Temple. Perfect for the city oriented (literally) around a temple, said to be an imitation of same.

Stag Hare is a Salt Lake City Psychedelician with several albums well worth exploring. I could've included a number of tracks, but "Crystal Dust Dream" has been my jam most recently.

Koala Temple are psych/rock upandcomers. Last year's Blue Milk is way more radio-friendly than its "experimental" tag (to say nothing of "bantha" and  "gloom-fi") would lead you to believe, and to be honest there's a lot of rock bands like this around these days, but, that all being said, it is an enjoyable album and "Und Wir Stoppen," is a strong enough dose to satisfy a steady tripper like me.

Seven Feathers Rainwater has that freak-folk + electronics thing that Animal Collective did (does?) so well. You like that, you like this. Not that SFR is a copy, but that's just kinda how taste works.

deerlord.rar is a dubious entry into that most dubious of genres, vaporwave. I know nothing about deerlord.rar, and I'm pretty sure deerlord.rar wants it that way.

Hoops specializes in a doggedly lo-fi form musique concrete and a contemplative, zen-like version of noise. So, you know, "experimental." The description of the 26 tapes comprising the "Knowledge Mastery Series" is worth quoting:

The ambition of the "Knowledge Mastery Series" is to enrich lives and increase knowledge. Each tape has been carefully researched, composed and performed in a way that ensures not only your listening pleasure but your knowledge and understanding of music. After listening to each tape, one should acquire and retain information and insight that would normally require a lifetime of musical study. 

Ditto for Interplanetary Music!

And then we end it nice and gentle with Silver Antlers' floaty cover of Joy Division's "Ceremony."

Interplanetary Interlude #17: Shine in Shadow Rest in Flame

Playlist

1. Khan el Khalili- Agitation Free
2. Drowning in Light- Abunai!
3. They Dated Steadily- Mink Mussel Creek
4. Sleepy Silver Door- Dead Meadow
5. Burning Off Impurities- Grails
6. April Fool$- Guardian Alien
7. Amboss- Ash Ra Tempel

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There will be heavy guitars. There will be 13 minute songs. There will be no lyrics. Have a nice trip.


Agitation Free's 1972 debut album Malesch drew upon the band's travels in Egypt, Greece, and Cyprus, and you can hear one of their field recordings breaking into the end of "Khan el Khalili." Tapping into non-western modes and melodies is hardly a new idea for psychedelic rock, but on Malesch these aspects are neatly integrated into the band's kraut/prog sound, and not just used an exotic spice like the cornball orientalizing of a lot of 60's pop psychedelia.

Abunai! was directly inspired by Can's approach (jam for breakfast lunch and dinner, record it all, then cut and splice the best bits into a seamless whole (itself inspired by Miles Davis' recording technique to his post-Bitches Brew albums)) to recording Tago Mago, one of my top 5 albums for sure. The result, Round-Wound, is available for name-your-own-price. How nice.

Mink Mussel Creek is not a band I know much about. They are dudes. Australian dudes, I think. They play rock music. Good rock music. The album is Mink Mussel Manticore.

Y'all know Dead Meadow right? Stoner rock? David Simon's nephew? Ok, well listen to "Sleepy Silver Door." Track one from the self-titled debut, back in '00. Good place to start.

Grails hails from Oregon. Experimental, instrumental, heavy metal.

Guardian Alien were nursed by New York City, but have since been given to a one love entity.

Ash Ra Temple brings it all back home, to Germany. Never again would they return to this kind of frenetic freakout. It was pretty much synths and space from there. It took all those other albums to come down from this high.

Experiment #6: Anima Mundi: World Psychedelic Remixes

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Sources

Sensacional Soul Vol. 1:

1. Melenas Club- Frank Miller & Hispania Soul
2. Vagando en las Tinieblas- El Fin
3. It's My Thing- The Presidents

Sensacional Soul Vol. 2:

1. Sintonia en Soul- Jae's Soul
2. Perdoname- Las 4 Monedas
3. El Saltamontes- Los Roberts
4. Las Bellas Illusiones- Conjunto Brillant's
5. La Maquina Infernal- Lone Star

Pop Yeh Yeh: Psychedelic Rock from Singapore & Malaysia, 1964-1970:

1. Budi Bahasa- Adnan Othman & the Rhythm Boys
2. Bertemasha- Zaleha Hamid & Orkes Zindegi
3. Bersiar Siar- Fabians Boys ft. Halipar
4. Bintang Pujaan- Hasnah Haron & The Spiritual 70s

African Scream Contest: Raw & Psychedelic Afro Sounds: 

1. It's a Vanity- Gabo Brown & Orchestre Poly-Rhythmo
2. Ye Nan Lon An- Orchestre Super Jheevs des Paillotes
3. Djanfa Magni- Tidiani Kone & Orchestre Poly-Rhythmo
4. Mi Kple Dogbekpo- Les Volcans De la Capital

Psych Funk Sa-Re-Ga! Seminar: Aesthetic Expressions of Psychedelic Funk Music in India, 1970-1983:

1. Freak Out Music- R.D. Burman
2. Dance Music from Hare Rama Hare Krishna- R.D. Burman
3. Lekar Ham Diwana Dil- R.D. Burman ft. Asha Bosle & Kishore Kumar
4. Dum Mario Dum Live- Asha Bosle w. R.D. Burman
5. Bairaag Dance Music- Kalyanji Anandji
6. Tera Jasia Pyara Koi Nahun- Usha Khanna
7. Hum Tumhe Chate Hain- Kalyanji Anandji
8. Hotel Incident Music- Usha Khanna
9. Dharmatma Theme Music- Kalyanji Anandji
10. Everybody Dance with Me- Bappi Lahari
11. Sitar Beat- Klaus Doldinger
12. Somebody to Love- Kalyanji Anandji
13. Aaj Mera Dil- R.D. Burman ft. Asha Bosle
14. Meri Aakhon Mein Ek Sapna Hai- Sapan Jafmohan ft. Mohd. Rafi & Pankaj Mittra


Nigeria Disco Funk Special: Sounds of the Undergroung Lagos Dancefloor, 1974-1979:

1. Lagos City- Asiko

The Sound of Siam: Leftfield Luk Thug, Jazz & Molam in Thailand, 1964-1975:

1. Mae Jom Ka Lon- Dao Bandon
2. Lam Toey Chaweewan- Chaweewan Dumnern
3. Mae Kha Som Tam- Onuma Singsiri
4. Sao Ban Pok Pab- Panom Nopporn
5. Fai Yen- Ream Daranoi
6. Soul Lam Plearn- Chaweewan Dumnern
7. Nom Samai Mai- Saknatee Sirichiangmai
8. Uay Porn Tahan Chaydan- Sodsri Rungsang
9. Isan Klab Tin- Noknoi Uraiporn

Nigeria 70: The Definitive Story of 1970s Funky Lagos:

1. Dancing Time- The Funkees
2. La La La- Sgun Bucknor & His Revolution
3. No Discrimination- Tony Allen & His African Messingers
4. Ifa- Tunji Oyelana & The Benders
5. Kita Kita- Gaspar Lawal

The Sound of Wonder! Rare Electronic Pop from the Lollywood Vaults, 1973-1980:

1. Karye Pyar- Tafo ft. Nahid Akhtar
2. Dilbar Dilbara- M. Ashraf ft. Nahid Akhtar
3. Mera Mehbob Hai- M. Ashraf ft. Nahid Akhtar
4. Dama Dam Mast Qalandar- M. Ashraf ft. Ahmed Rushdi

The Rough Guide to Psychedelic Bollywood:

1. Hare Rama Hare Krishna- Asha Bosle & Usha Iyler
2. Pyar Zindagi Hai- Asha Bosle, Lata Mangeshkar & Mahendra Kapoor
3. Title Music- R.D. Burman

The Rough Guide to Psychedelic Africa:

1. Kadia Blues- Orchestra de la Paillote
2. Obialu Be Onye Abiagbunia Okwukwe- Celestine Ukwu
3. Nijaay- Orchestra Baobab
4. Guitar Boy- Voctor Uwaifo
5. Fadakudu- Balla et Ses Balladinds

Love, Peace, and Poetry: Asian Psychedelic Music:

1. Gonul Sabreyle Sabreyle- 3-Hur-El

Love, Peace, and Poetry Vol. 6: Brazilian:

1. I Need You- O Terco
2. Let's Go- Sound Factory

Love, Peace, and Poetry Vol. 9: Turkish:

1. Sur Efen Atini- Turkuz Turku Cagiririz & Mazhar Ve Fuat

Forge Your Own Chains: Heavy Psychedelic Ballads & Dirges, 1968-1974:

1. Nina Nana- Ana Y Jaime

Back to Peru:

1. Tercera Piedra en el Sol- Los Juniors
2. Los Extranos- Pina Y Sus Estrellas
3. Who'll Stop the Rain- Los Datsuns
4. Ston- Texao
5. Tema De Los Golden Stars- Golden Stars
6. Pasos en la Luna- Los Mutables

World Psychedelic Classics Vol. 3: Love is a Real Thing:

1. Minsato Le, Mi Dayihome- Orchestre Poly-Rhythmo
2. Awon-Ojise-Oluwa- Gaspar Lawal

Other:

1. Spellbinder- Gabo Szabor (Spellbinder)
2. Gimmie Some- Freddie McCoy (Gimmie Some)
3. Homin Si Tche- Orchestre Poly-Rhythmo (Vol. 4)
4. Aiha Ni Kpe We- Orchestre Poly-Rhythmo (Vol. 4)

Blockhead, "The Music Scene"

Episode #19: Transcendental Numbers

Playlist

1. Facelift- The Soft Machine
2. Meeting of the Spirits- Mahavishnu Orchestra
3. All You Need to Make Music- The Stark Reality
4. Hocus Pocus- Focus
5. I've Got My Car and My TV/Picnic on a Frozen River- Faust
6. Jail-House-Frog- Amon Duul II
7. All Green- Xhol Caravan
8. Six- Hampton Grease Band
9. Colours of Chloe- Gary Burton
10. Providence- King Crimson
11. O Ksenos Zitianos- Kastores
12. Arrow Head- Osage Tribe
13. In the Court of the Crimson King- King Crimson

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Interplanetary Interlude #13: From Swerve of Shore to Bend of Bay

Playlist
1. White Trash Raga- Mermen
2. This is the Metal That Do Not Burn- Cul de Sac
3. The First 10 Minutes of Cocksucker Blues- Chris Forsyth
4. As In Life: Carlion Call/Prenatal/Sidewalk University/Can't- Nels Cline
5. Old Black- Earth
6. P- Labradford
7. Deep Waters- Dirty Three



While it's named from a line in the great Irish novel, Finnegans Wake, this interlude has nothing to do with Ireland. (Then again, St. Patrick's Day may have less to do with Ireland than you think.) I recommend listening to last year's Interlude to get yer Irish kicks.

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Sun Araw, "Horse-Steppin'"

My new Summer theme.

The Telescopes, "Flying"

Hawkwind & Stacia

Stone-cold classic space-rock with Stacia. And yes, Lemmy from Motorhead.

Black Pus, "Hear No Evil"

Via Pitchfork. We're riding the tail of the zeigeist, baby! I think neo-psychedelic rock is one of the biggest games in town. At any rate, one of the best.

Interplanetary Interlude #4: The World as Meditation

Ok, folks, a new official episode for real is coming. It requires some research, and I've been quite busy lately with my delusions and self-analysis and existential abysses opening up beneath me, with too much masturbation and bad food, with the dozen books I'm a quarter of the way through but still uncommitted to, and with THE ENDLESS NOTHING ON THE GODDAMN INTERNET (also all the cool stuff- yeah, my stuff is here, too: it's both). But until I get shit together, here's a bunch of songs with no thematic connection (actually that's not true: there's a thruline or two- can you pick them out?), only that they've provided what peace and joy I've had recently.  For those who think my voice is the worst part of these shows (as I do), this might be your favorite episode.

"The World as Meditation" is stolen from my favorite poet, Wallace Stevens. Laurie Anderson is a NYC-based performance artist (more on her soon), and "O Superman" might be the best pop song of the 80's (even better than anything off ZZ Top's Eliminator!). Muscles of Joy are a group of lasses from Glasgow (a Glasgow lass group). Tyrannosaurus Rex is the hippie precursor to the glam-rockin' gong-bangin' on-gettin'-it T. Rex. Tall Dwarfs are giant/tiny mythical creatures from New Zealand. Faust are Ger-men who sold their souls to a minor demon for the gift of perpetual but respectable obscurity. The Vertigo Swirl sound a lot like Captain Beefheart's Magic Band on this eponymous track, and I mean that as no slight. More Beefheart knockoffs please! (Oh, not you, Tom Waits. You just uh, carry on.)

Playlist

1. O Superman- Laurie Anderson
2. Interchangable Letterset- Muscles of Joy
3. She Was Born to Be My Unicorn- Tyrannosaurus Rex
4. Nothing's Going to Happen- Tall Dwarfs
5. Jennifer- Faust
6. The Vertigo Swirl- The Vertigo Swirl
7. Water Breaks Its Neck- Muscles of Joy

Robert Harrison on Jimi Hendrix

Looks like Jimi Hendrix is on the charts again. This is only interesting because, uh, I guess charts are still a thing in music. But it's really a pretext for me to turn you on to the show Entitled Opinions, if you've never heard it. This is an intellectual talk show based at Stanford University, and broadcast on KZSU. It's been a big inspiration to me in doing both the Interpletary Music and Anarchy & Culture podcasts. Here's a monologue on Jimi Hendrix by host Robert Harrison. There's also been great shows on Heidegger, Wallace Stevens, Nietzsche, Dante (Harrison is a Dante scholar), Kurt Weill, Freud, the Unabomber, Jesus, and a shit-ton more.

Jive-Ass Psychedelic Turkey!

Anatolian rock via DK19662810 and JohnLingerRecordBox.

Calling All Mutants!

Os Mutantes are coming to Salt Lake City! "Os" is the second-person familiar plural pronoun in Spanish (and I assume Portuguese as well), so there name translates roughly to "You Mutants." (Or, as I like to translate it, "Y'all Mutants.") So I'm calling on all you mutants out there in SLC to come join me at Urban Lounge on May 10.

Also check out my "Song for Sunday" entry, in which I do an impromptu and ill-informed occult reading of "Bat Macumba."

Guardian Alien: See the World Given to a One Love Entity

Episode #15: Music From an Unrealizable Film Script: The Olivia Tremor Control

Playlist

1. Memories of Jacqueline 1906
2. Tropical Bells
3. Can You Come Down With Us?
4. A Sunshine Fix
5. Love Athena
6. Jumping Fences
7. Define a Transparent Dream
8. Gypsum Oil Field Fire
9. Fireplace
10. The Giant Day
11. The Giant Day (Dusk)
12. The Opera House
13. Frosted Ambassador
14. The Gravity Car
15. Green Typewriters I
16. Green Typewriters IV
17. Green Typewriters V
18. Green Typewriters VI
19. Green Typewriters VII
20. Green Typewriters VIII
21. Green Typewriters IX
22. Opening
23. European Son
24. Hideaway
25. Black Foliage (Animation 1)
26. Combinations 2
27. The Sky is a Harpsichord Canvas
28. A Sleepy Company
29. Grass Canons
30. I Have Been Floated
31. Black Foliage (Animation 3)
31. Black Foliage (Itself)
32. Black Foliage (Animation 4)
33. California Demise, Part 3
34. Looking for Quiet Seeds
35. Black Foliage (Animation 5)




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Obscure Psych Classic by Morgen

A couple months back I posted this amazing song by a band called Morgen, who I had never heard of before. Now, courtesy of Vibrant Sound of Acid, is the whole album. I would have guessed the band was from San Francisco, or at least the West Coast, but it turns out they're from Long Island (where another great obscure garage-psych band, The Mystic Tide, also came from).

Episode #13: Om

Playlist

1. Star- Boredoms
2. Heart- Boredoms
3. Siam- Savage Republic
4. At Giza- Om
5. The Horse Part 2- Naked on the Vague
6. Furnaces- Zuhn
7. Never-Ever- The Black Angels
8. Captain Labor- Vibracathedral Orchestra
9. FC II- Bardo Pond






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Love by Morgen

I know nothing about this band, having gleaned nothing from my 3.5 second goggle. Sounds like a West-coast psychedelic band, except tighter than the San Francisco style. Kind of like the Troggs at times, too. No, not at all like the Troggs. More like the Votive Figures, or the Skeegs. What, you've never heard of 'em? Poor bastards.

Just listen to it. It's good.

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