Radioshow “PVHF”, radio Centraal, Antwerp, 106.7 FM, live on air with stream : http://streaming.radiocentraal.be/ or http://streaming.radiocentraal.org/ 2008-12-6 : from 8-10 PM European Time New psych, progressive jazz-rock and ethno-flavours related releases -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- grading in playlrev = on individual tracks… *ok*2g*3vg*4perf*5musthh°+/opinion --------------------------------------------------------------------- intro :3 min -60s styled. * Bad Afro The setting Son (DK,2008)** Catchy stylistic neo garage-psych. No airplay for now. Review : http://psychemusic.org/danmark.html#anchor_257 * Cicadelic V.A. : Where you gonna go ? - Motor City Garage Bands 1965-1969 (US,re.2008)**°°’ Tr.6, The Tidal Waves : “I don’t need love” 3 min Tr.18, The Unrelated Segments : “It’s not fair” 3 min Tr.20, The Unrelated Segments : “It’s gonna rain” 3 min Tr.24, The Unrelated Segments : “The Story Of My Life” 3 min 12 Some nice rather classic often sad love ballads & songs from this more garage- styled compilation. Many tracks are by The Unrelated Segments, they also more or less stand out. Most of their songs are strong honest expressions about a love story, which makes them rather conceptual and essential. Review : http://www.psychemusic.org/sixties4.html#anchor_273 * Gear Fab V.A. : Psychedelic States : Wisconsin in the 60s (US,1964-1969)***° Tr.4, Syndicate : “Next 21st of May” 3 min Tr.21, The Shags : “Cause I love you” 3 min 6-21 Review : http://psychemusic.org/progressive2.html#anchor_144 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -symphonic/progressive (old/new) : * World In Sound Dragonwyck : Fun (US,1974)**°° Tr.4. “I Shall Stay” 5 min -26 Ridiculising prog concept almost to a point of becoming annoying. Just listen to the lyrics here. But musically, if you take track like this out and listen carefully, it still sounds rather interesting… Review : http://psychemusic.org/prog-2.html#anchor_155 * Private Habitat : Puente (ARG,2006)**’ Neo-symphonic/progressive rock. No airplay. I might feature the solo album in a later radioshow. Review : http://psychemusic.org/arg_reviews.html#anchor_29 * Black Widow Il Cerchio d'Oro : Il Viaggio di Colombo (I,2008)***° Tr.5, « Ieri, Oggi, ancora Niente » 5 min -31 Old group with a come-back with a rather strong new symphonic prog rock album. Review : http://psychemusic.org/italy2.html#anchor_287 * Cuneiform Deus Ex Machina : Imparis -cd+dvd- (I,2008)***° Tr.4, «Cor Moi» 6 min 37 After a long silence, this is a return of attention to this new sympho-jazz-rock band. The lyrics are in Latin. My favourite track; Review : http://psychemusic.org/italy2.html#anchor_292 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -psych : * Bad Afro Dragon Tears : Tambourine Freak Machine (DK,2008)**’ Psych. No airplay for now. Review : http://psychemusic.org/danmark.html#anchor_257 * Bad Afro Dragon Tears (DK,2008)**? Review : http://psychemusic.org/danmark.html#anchor_257 * Bad Afro Baby Woodrose (DK,2008)**° Tr.6, “In Your Life” 7 min 44 Stoned neo late 60s psych track with additional sitar and tabla. The most appealing new release from this label, after a quick check. Review : http://psychemusic.org/danmark.html#anchor_246 * Elektrohash My Sleeping Karma : Satna (D,2008)*** Tr.2, “Satya” 4 min 48 New psych. Calm track with Buddhist chant in background. Review : http://psychemusic.org/prog21.html#anchor_273 * Fono'Gram The Seven Mile Journey (DK,2007)**' Slow jam psych. No airplay. Review : http://psychemusic.org/newrock.html#anchor_176 * Five Roses Il Cielo Di Bagdad : export for malinconique (I,2008)**' Moody based instrumental folktronica psych-pop. No airplay. Review : http://psychemusic.org/newrock.html#anchor_180 * Nasoni Zaphire Oktalogue (D,2008)*’ Rather jammed ideas of blues-psych-rock. No airplay. Review : http://psychemusic.org/newrock.html#anchor_134 * Trip In Time Serpentina Satelite (PER,2008)** Heavy jam-based psychrock. No airplay. Review : http://psychemusic.org/PERUreview.html#anchor_92 * Fire Debbie Leggo : A Car Crash Crowd -10"- (UK,2008)****’ Tr.1, “Car Crash Crowd” 13 min 61 Psychedelic jam around Scottish jam-beat-poet expressions. I could have played both sides. Side B is even much wilder. Recommended!! The group has improvised jazz interests but sound in fact more psychedelic. Review : http://www.psychemusic.org/newpsych.html#anchor_167 * Cuneiform Isotope : Golden Section (UK,1974-1975,re.2008)****° Tr.5, “Crunch Cake” 6 min 67 There might be some influence from the psych-jazz period of Miles Davis in this track ? A great Canterbury/jazz-rock band with Hugh Hopper (just after he left Soft Machine) and Gary Boyle,.. Recommended, of course. Especially for its unreleased 1975 recording (the first 6 tracks). I love this almost African rock rhythm section, besides many other elements. Review : http://www.psychemusic.org/softmachine2.html#anchor_68 * Tiliqua Akira Ishikawa & Count Buffalo : Uganda –Dawn of African Rock-(Jap,1972re.2008)***°° Tr.3, “Vita” 8 min 75 Japanese jam-psych/ jazzrock-psych/ethnofolk (Japanese/African) and occasional funk touch inspirations based upon Uganda African music for a huge part (which the drummer learned in Africa). Sounds rather improvised in nature. It is rather unique in its kind. Sold out at source by now. This track is especially outstanding in its complete mixture of ideas. Review : http://www.psychemusic.org/prog23.html#anchor_352 * Africantape Aucan (I,2008)****’ Tr.2, “Iena” 5 min Tr.6, “Ac Ha” 4 min 9 Tr.7… 85 “Progressive” and modern styled, new heavy technical rock band. Talented and original! Review : http://psychemusic.org/prog9B.html#anchor_168 * Temp.Res. Grails : Doomsdayer's Holiday (UK,2008)**°° Tr.2, “Reincarnation Blues” 4 min 89 Great Ethno-heavy rock track based upon an ethno folk theme, with the help of Richard Bishop. Review : http://psychemusic.org/newpsych.html#anchor_158 * Transubstans Magnolia : Falska Vägar (S,2008)***° Tr.2, “Drom Dig Iväg” 4 min Tr.4, “Mammons Vägar” 3 min 7 96 Yes, Sweden for me remains the best country (utside the UK) for the new prog/psych scene. Realy great heavy prog/psych rock. Better than their previous album. Review : http://psychemusic.org/sweden4.html#anchor_225 * Elektrohash The Kings Of Frog Island (UK,2008)**°’ Tr.3, “Welcome to the void” 8 min 104 Mixed album. I love this heavy stoner rock track. Review : http://www.psychemusic.org/prog23.html#anchor_352 * Cuneiform Richard Pinhas and Merzbow : Keio Line -2cd- (F/JAP,2008)***°+****' CD2,Tr.3, “Fuck the power (and fuck global players)” 17 min ->end of show Cooperation between a noise experimenter and a loop guitarist artist. Recorded live. At this point they melt their energies completely. Must have been a rewarding experience. Review : http://www.psychemusic.org/france.html#anchor_83 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- not enough airplay time (hopefully next show) for this section : - chamber rock related : * Rotor Matti Bye : Drömt (S,2008)**** Acoustic chamber music-based compositions. Review : http://www.psychemusic.org/chamberrock.html#anchor_297 * Leaf Murcof : The Versailles Sessions (F?,2008)??? Experiments with i.e.some Rennaissance instruments. Still need to listen better. Not enough time to check this yet. Listing expected soon. * Fat-Cat Hauschka : Ferndorf (D,2008)***' Chamber minimalism. Review behind http://psychefolk.com/minimalism.html#anchor_76 soon * Home Funk Sinatra : Saisons 3 & 4 (B,2007)*** Electric energy of chamber-rock cabaret. Review : http://psychemusic.org/belgium.html#anchor_73 * Cuneiform Birdsongs of the Mesozoic : Dawn Of The Cycads -2cd- (US,2008)***° Odd mix of contemporary classical with rhythmbox, progressive, R.I.O., minimalism and perhaps avant-pop. I love the Strawinski interpretations. This is a compilation of their early works. Review : http://www.psychemusic.org/prog17.html#anchor_255 * Suisa The Raspoutine Smoked Band : Travel Agency (CH,2008)**** A mixture of (chamber-)rock with some Balkan influences. Review : http://www.psychemusic.org/chamberrock.html#anchor_288 * Suisa Vagalatschk : Marina (CH,2008)**** Balkan-chamberrock. Review : http://www.psychemusic.org/Balkan.html#anchor_117 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- not enough airplay time for this section : -Ethno-based : * Jajouka The Master Musicians of Jajouka with Bachir Attar : Live vol 1 (MO,rec.2007,pub.2008)??? Rather traditional Moroccan music so probably not my cup of tea. Still need to listen closer. Review : http://psychemusic.org/Morocco.html#anchor_223 * Home Tri A Folia : Zumurrude (N/IRQ,2008)?? Mix of Arab music with new instruments. I guess it will also be not international enough for my taste. Still need to listen closer. Check review later on http://psychemusic.org/middleeast.html --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Homepage radioshow : http://psychefolk.com/ Playlists : http://psychefolk.com/2008.html Newsletter with new reviews and playlists with some audio links : http://groups.yahoo.com/group/psychevanhetfolk/ Subscribe: psychevanhetfolk-subscribe@yahoogroups.com