Rolling Psych/Drone/Freak Thread 2007

so far in 2007 my fave of this ilk is the Dead C/Hi God People split LP.

http://www.vhfrecords.com/catalog/100.htm

The Dead C side is two cuts from their Los Angeles ATP performance. ("LA Blues" and "LA Confidential.") Some really PRETTY stuff in there, before the sheets of fuzz.

dude, i think that's it.

Dusted (USA):

"His buddy Fennesz gets all the ink as the next generation of guitar, but Ambarchi is the more nuanced and tactile player, still physically invoking that instrument, but making it sound like an abstract noisemaker without the help of a Powerbook. His ‘tone’ is somewhere between gamelan gong and an ungrounded wire, with subterranean throbs bristling with static and shorted-out crackle. You can feel every touch of his finger, every gesture of his body coming through the strings. The four pieces here created a timeless space much like Morton Feldman or Alvin Lucier. While Fennesz basically treaded water for Venice, Ambarchi further expounded on his ideas and actually went in a more accessible direction for his third album for Touch. The key is in how Oren alchemically altered his telltale sound, so that his guitar could slyly be pulled out of the mix and replaced with piano, bells, ride cymbals, Hammond, or nylon-string, cycling, sustaining, and mutating even as it retained its hypnotic effect on listeners. A favorite DJ tool for SUNN O)))) for its potent rumble, it could’ve also been sold to indie kids who like their post-rock crisp and melodic, all the while retaining its poetic, effervescent quality."

http://www.allegro-music.com/sku_images/IPT1108.JPG

limited-edition hand-crafted linocut cover motherfucker! but i think you can still buy it out there.

Ned. Alela Diana is playing here in Eugene tomorrow night! I'm gonna drag some folks out to see her.

:-)

best jewelled antler moment, for me, was seeing Blithe Sons play in a drainage pipe running under a dirt road on a farm in Wisconsin.

I bought it a year ago on ebay, but it's actually quite old.

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Quartet that includes Campbell Kneale as well as Stefan Neville of Pumice. With live drone and drum improv of the highest order, Ohm create a wistfully psychedelic feel.

From AQ:
More spaced out free noise racket from the amazing Last Visible Dog. OHM are a New Zealand free rock outfit treading similar territory as the Dead C, but the sound is more sparse and spread out. Sputtering drums and droning guitars, warm feedback and dreamy peals of high end squeal. Warble guitars and shuffly jazzy drums, played in the middle of a huge empty hall while sharp bolts of guitar hum and amp buzz are deflected by gentle strumming and whispery melodies and multiplied into occasional walls of bzzzzzbrrrrrghhhhh. This single 40 minute track basically documents the entire existence of the band OHM. Gorgeous and spare. Campbell Kneale (Mr. Birchville Cat Motel) guests. Features a hilarious cover spoof of the Who's maximum R+B logo!

(also didn't know there was a courtis/rlw collaboration, whoo.)

i only know the one i got yesterday, Psychic Secession. I think that's the most recent. I really like it. very groovy grooves.

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Psychic Secession is a great album, lots of creepy groovin going on. i got some stuff coming up on my new label freewebs.com/cuthands

can i get 2nd opinions on the recent matt valentine discs on ecstatic peace?

yes.

the liner notes are long and packed with names, so i might have missed some connection to the world of Parson/Harvester.

Speaking of cosmic questbabes (see paperthinwalls link above), Speck Mountain's got me listening to the end-of-the-60s Laurel Canyon musings of Michele's Saturn Rings again (think I mentioned it on last year's Rolling Psych). She was queen of West Coast sessions (heavily rumored to have ghostsung for certain divas), and this is a long misty/smoggy weekend for L.A. weirdo pros, like her Millenium/Saggitarius boss Curt Boettcher, who contributes songs and backing vocals; also Lowell George (on flute and harmonica, rather than guitar, but he's good); guitar is from Elliot Ingber of Fraternity of Man/Mothers of Invention/Beefheart sessions; Bobby Notkoff (Rockets/Neil Young sideman) on eletric violin; Gordon Anderson (the Association) on backing vocals and other stuff I think; Michael Melvoin does "Eastern"arrangements on some (he did that Plastic Cow Goes Moooog LP, and was good with Judy Collins, later fathered Wendy of Wendy and Lisa, and Johnathon, who toured with Smashing Pumpkins, and pissed off Billy Corgan by ODing). Reissued by Fallout 07/11/06, with typically strong Fallout sound quality.

Trip Maker has too much integrity to talk about himself. But I think you guys need to listen to his band, Cave.

"Drum Like Devil" is blowin' my mind. It incorporates the same melody as this Krautrockish song off their debut EP (which tied w/ Warhammer 48k's "Ethereal Oracle" for 10th on my Jackin' Pop Ballot last year, fwiw (not much)).

Anyone heard this? I saw it had leaked

SUNBURNED HAND OF THE MAN'S FIRE ESCAPE, PRODUCED BY FOUR TET, OUT THIS OCTOBER ON SMALLTOWN SUPERSOUND

Sunburned Hand Of The Man's new album, Fire Escape, will be released by Smalltown Supersound on October 2, 2007. Produced by Kieran Hebden (Four Tet), Fire Escape consists of an all star line up, all of whom are members of the movement which is Sunburned Hand Of The Man. Led these days by John Moloney, Sunburned Hand Of The Man is not a band in the traditional sense, Sunburned is a collection of like minded artists and musicians gathered together for the purposes of group exploration and an undying search for the 'ecstatic truth'.

Kieran Hebden's relationship with Sunburned Hand of the Man began after Hebden read an article in The Wire that touted Sunburned Hand Of The Man as leaders of the "New Weird America". The story sent Hebden on a search of Sunburned records and he's been a fan of them ever since. Sunburned supported Four Tet for a two-week tour in the spring of 2004. A couple of years later in March 2006, Hebden asked the band if they would like him to record them in a London studio (the Exchange) with the idea that he would take the recordings and construct his vision of a Sunburned record. Fire Escape is that vision.

Both Sunburned Hand of the Man and Smalltown Supersound are fans of Boredoms and they asked the band's leader, Yamatsuka Eye, to create the artwork for Fire Escape. The artwork Eye created perfectly captures the band, the album and the sound.

Sunburned Hand Of The Man on Fire Escape are:
Kieran Hebden (Fourtet) - piano, drum machine, production, mix
Robert Thomas - bass, samples
John Moloney - drums, beats, vocals
Ron Schneiderman - guitar, percussion, winds
Marc Orleans - guitar, casio, winds, percussion
Michael Flower (Vibracathedral Orchestra) - trumpet, guitar, winds, percussion
Bridget Hayden (Vibracathedral Orchestra) - guitar, viola, winds, piano
Keith Wood - guitar, percussion, winds
Gozzy - wheels, map

wha... it's like "HAY UNDREGROUNDERS BUY THIS EYE VIBRACATHEDRAL MAYBE IT WON'T SUCK LIKE 90% OF SUNBURNED STUFFS ALSO FOUR TET"

anyone else get the new rst axes on last visible dog? i'm liking it a lot, sort of trebly haze, a couple of times i thought of the most abstract basic channel stuff for no good reason. but guitarsed.

Sunburned is a collection of like minded artists and musicians gathered together for the purposes of group exploration and an undying search for the 'ecstatic truth'.

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From Norway, Ungdomskulen will release their debut album on Ever Records on October 22nd

this could be one of the key psychedelic releases of 2007

UNGDOMSKULEN
http://www.myspace.com/ungdomskulen

ungdomskulen - cry baby
http://www.soulseduction.com/common/item_detail.php?ItemID=174298

"we've also seen words like Black Sabbath, Can, Frank Zappa, The Melvins, The Jesus Lizard, Sonic Youth, Fugazi, Public Image Ltd, The Fall and The Cure thrown around - but it's the best we can do right now."

New Sunburned is decent, somewhat of a departure for them - quite uh authentic sounding Kraut bits and huge ass drone parts. Ungdomskulen album is alright but doesn't really belong on here. Really liked the two Speck Mountain things I heard (on the 'Bearded Ladies' and 'A Kind of Awe And Reverence And Wonder' comps on Twisted Nerve/Finders Keepers, both of which are worth hearing generally)

another forthcoming tip, Clipd Beaks are Psychedelic Freaks !

CLIPD BEAKS
http://www.myspace.com/clipdbeaks

Q+A: Clipd Beaks
http://www.thefader.com/blog/articles/2007/09/25/q-a-clipd-beaks

Clipd Beaks' solid Hoarse Lords comes out on November 6th

somehow i'm not at all excited about the new Sunburned, they lost a lot of their hypnotising mysticism, though i havent heard the last one

the C.C.C.C. box on Not Fun is mega good, not harsh but extremely psychedelic, perfect vocal style between horror and sexual ecstasy, awesome metal slamming etc...i wish i had some of their older tapes

where shuold i start with sunburned? i haven't really heard all that much at all.

i've never heard any sunburned that floats my boat really...

Jaybird

yeah i'll second that. the best i've heard for sure.

I think Headdress is supposed to be in a similar vein to Jaybird. Grooves etc.

Yeah, those two definitely stand out. Magnetic Drugs is pretty good, too.
Wedlock is okay. Sunburned have a tendency to release every scrap they record.

Double Puberty is the best of their recent output. li'l bit new-style sunburned, li'l bit old-style sunburned. great place to start.

thanks, duuuuuuuuudes

What can people tell me about Voice of the Wodds. Some of their myspace stuff sounds quite nice.

I can't tell you anything but I love the name already! Will check that out in a bit.

"voice of the seven woods." good, world needed another fuckin folk-drone thing with a tedious faux-mystical hippie name. well done, lads.

coming soon on my label: whispering hickory dildo trees LP. get your copy before aquarius pre-orders all 50.

f'realz

cdr, surely?

Who are the worst offenders? Can we turn this into a destroy thread?

Rameses III - worst band I've ever seen

most insipid, anyway

Voice of The Seven Woods is/are fucking great. I've taken it upon myself to buy everything, and I normally never bother doing this with similarly prolific types

still, shitest name since "songs of green pheasant" or "hush arbours."

You just know 'Hush Arbours' is never gonna have anything on 'The Fuckin' Flyin' A-Heads'

James Ferraro from the Skaters has started doing solo releases under the name Nirvana, which is some universe-winning behaviour. (I've not heard any of them but still.)

'The Fuckin' Flyin' A-Heads'

^^^best single I own.

See, now I'm disappointed, I *really* hoped it was "Voice of the Wodds." "Voice of the Woods" is damned boring.

Sorry for gettin' yr hopes up Ned, I was tired and distracted last night.

A Mountain of One linked to them on myspace and I was hoping for something more balearic but I reckon they sound nice.

No worries. And you've reminded me I must check out A Mountain of One.

They're good, I'd be very surprised if you like them as much as Studio though to be honest.

Well now I'm even more intrigued!

I meant that as much in the "because Studio are just better generally" sense as the "knowing you, Ned" sense.

Okay that makes more sense.

Thank you guys for turning me on to Clipd Beaks! I got Horse Loads and the Preyers EP which are both fucking awesome.

They sort of remind me of Gravitar in that they're a steady drum beat with all sorts of crazy shit thrown on top but they're slightly less Sabbath slightly more industrial. This is awesome.

This reinforces my idea that the craziest music is made by guys who have pretty sane influences.

Playing a show with Clipd Beaks next saturday.

what is to be made of the new charalambides? i am still undecided, but i think i like it

Are you touring with Cave? Is that Drum Like Devil release new? Or has it been around for a while? God, I LOVE that album

i really like the new Charalambides, nice balance between delicate folkblues and sweet psych guitar

Chris Tape Store, I am not touring with Cave, but I'll play with them at Eastside on Fri Nov 30. Maybe you will come? Would they let you in? Probably.
The show with Clipd Beaks was good. They were nice guys.

What are they like live? Is it like a standard drums, guitar, bass thing? Or is it like a black dice style noise show with mixing boards and drum machines? I can't tell from their recordings.

The Clipd Beaks guitarist also has a synth set up and goes from one to the other on different songs. The singer had some effects and delay/loop devices. Bass and drums. They were very much in control of their sound.
They were on their way to Indiana to play with TV Ghost who they say are the best band they've ever played with. Cave will meet back up with them in Houston for a show with Indian Jewelry. I won't be there, though.

we don't have a "rolling bad idea" thread, so:

VALERIE PROJECT, THE: The Valerie Project CD (DC 352CD) 13.50
"Greg Weeks (of Espers) is describing the genesis of a new musical review entitled The Valerie Project. Inspired by a classic of Czech New Wave cinema, Jaromir Jires' Valerie and Her Week of Wonders (1970), Greg, joined by members of Espers and other Philadelphia groups such as Fern Knight, Grass, Fursaxa, Timesbold, Woodwose and Rake (as well as enigmatic electronicist Charles Cohen), conceived a new soundtrack to the film. Valerie and Her Week of Wonders is an allegorical coming of age film; a work populated by bewitched earrings, weasels, vampires, frisky maidens, friskier huntsmen, wicked aunts, bespectacled eagles and the handsomest moustache this side of 1970, the year the film debuted. Key to The Valerie Project's conception is how reframing the film's action with an alternate soundtrack draws new interpretations from a work of depth and changeable meaning. Lubos Fiser's original score is lovingly recalled and ambitiously targeted by the group as a sound cycle to be equalled every time they play it. The tone is dense and ornate, expansively acid-charged -- 'a symphonic version of Magma' at its zenith. In particular, the film's themes of lost innocence and pastoral living struck a chord with Weeks and his fellow players. 'There's a current movement towards responsible living... a need and desire to reorient to a world that is too chaotic, too oppressive, too technologically stifling,' says Weeks. 'It's a new version of the "back to the land" phenomenon only with lessons learned. Valerie taps into so much of that. It projects a political and cultural message that is all the more relevant today.'"

ugh.

Let me know when they do their new soundtrack for 2001.

The new Sic Alps EP is great. Been trying to figure out where they nabbed the title (and first song) "Description of the Harbor" from all week. I KNOW it's a song I've heard, but for the life of me I cannot place it. It's entirely possible I heard them do it live, but I don't think so...

Anyway, it's great.