"Psyche van Het Folk", Radio Centraal, Antwerpen Playlist : mostly experimental psych-folk related music : 2005-4-06 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Amish Rec. Hall Of Fame -yellow cover-(US,1996)*°° Tr.5, "Come on baby, light my fire" 4 min Tr.10,"The rubric of the dream input-appliqué" 4 min 8 Semi-ritualistic acoustic music with drone-like effect mixed with inspirations becoming compositions, and with some real songs. Review : http://psychedelicfolk.homestead.com/acidfolkreview8.html * Amish Rec. Hall Of Fame -red cover-(US,1998)*°' Tr.3, "Sun Set Spiral" 2 min Tr.4, "The chase" 3 min 5 -13 Droning vague ritualistic acoustic experimental music. Review : http://psychedelicfolk.homestead.com/acidfolkreview8.html * Kranky Charalambides : Our Bed is Green (US,rec.1992)°°' Tr.5, "Black Pope" 3 min -16 First release of experimental drone-folk trio, here as a duo. The duo uses here very minimal almost pre-improvisational and lazy pre-ideas, expanded over stoned time spans. This first chosen track has a very good more melodic minimal blues- drone idea. Review : http://psychedelicfolk.homestead.com/psychfolkpopreview3.html#anchor_115 * Kranky Christina Carter: Living Contact (US,rec.1995-1998)°° Fragile in talent, tiring pre-idea and pre-tune improvisations on guitar, skeletal of nature, with some whispery whatevers. I preferred not to airplay any of it. Review : http://singersong.homestead.com/newsingers-6.html * Kranky promotional sampler 2004 presents : Charalambides : Joy Scapes Tr.7, "Joy Scapes" 11 min -37 Here you can hear the trio. The group still starting with a focus on nothing and cloudy moods, luckily seem to find some self-creating order in it, even with some song-structure and slowly evolving harmonies, creating something cloudy atmospheric, with some charming, slightly depressed beauty, thanks to a bed of strummed amplified guitars and to Christina's improvisational voice. * Fonal/Kraak Es : Kaikkeuden Kauneus Ja Käsittämättömyys (FIN,2004)**° Tr.1, "Surullisille, Onnettomille..." 2 min Tr.7, "Sädekellot" 5 min (fragment) 7 -44 Kind of moody mostly acoustic background-soundscape very suitable for use in daily life. With guest singer Laura from Kiila & Lau Nau,.. Review : http://psychedelicfolk.homestead.com/finland.html#anchor_100 * Soft Abuse Hala Strana : These villages (US,2004)**°' Tr.1, "Wood Scree" 7 min Tr.2, "Dressed in Rushes" 3 min 10 -54 Another moody minimal experimental folk item, with some use of ethnic instruments. Review : http://psychedelicfolk.homestead.com/acidfolkreview9.html#anchor_56 * Tumult! Avarus : Ruskeatimantti (FIN,rec.2001-2003)*°° Compilation on a double CD of the early works of Avarus. For me second CD is best. The group found its own sound by then, more than trying to find new sounds. Their latest release I think still is best. I preferred not to airplay any of this. Review : http://psychedelicfolk.homestead.com/finland.html * Locust Music Lau Nau : Kuutarha (FIN,2005)**** Tr.1, "Jos Mimulla Olisi" 4 min Tr.2, "Kuula" 5 min 9 -63 One of the better Finnish improvised experimental folk / psychfolk items. Singer from Kiila. Recommended ! Review : http://psychedelicfolk.homestead.com/finland.html#anchor_101 * Textile Rec. Volcano the Bear :The idea of wood (UK,2003)***°° Tr.2, "Charming Cabbage Clock" 2 min Tr.3, “Golden Hot Bite” 6 min Tr.4, "Chimney Fear" 1 min Tr.6, "Woman who weighs out the wood" 7 min 10 -73 Weird, great avant-experimental acoustic group with atonal and harmony-seeking ideas. Has influence from English experimental scene. Highly recommended !! Review : http://psychedelicfolk.homestead.com/expanding.html#anchor_55 * Ptol.Terrasc. VA : pot winter 2004/2005 (var,2004)*°°° Tr.9, The One Ensemble of Daniel Padden : "We tumble each time we dance" 7 min (shortened to 6 min) -79 (with Chris Hladowski on bouzouki & Aby Vulliamy on viola. A quite interesting compilation for a free CD, especially the Jack Rose & One Ensemble & In Gowan Ring track are already worth it. This is a brilliant performance. The winter magazine covers various PVHF-related names (including interviews with Sharron Kraus, In Gowan Ring, Jack Rose). Info on Ptolomaic Terrascope magazine : http://www.terrascope.org/ * Textile Rec. The One Ensemble of Daniel Padden : The Owl of Fives (US,2003)****° (Tr.1, “Preamble” 2 min) Tr.2, "Farewell my porcupine" 3 min Tr.4, "Singing Norway to sleep" 3 min Tr.7, "Baltic Chunks of Antiquity" 3 min 9 Tr.12,"Clown reprise" 4 min 13 -93 Kind of theatre-like chamber ensemble with its own sound, partly improvisational in ideas. Reviewed on http://progressive.homestead.com/prog11.html#anchor_166 * Geographic Kama Aina : Music Activist (JAP,2004)*°° Tr.2, "The Coo Coo Bird 1" 3 min Tr.4, "Theme" 2 min 5 -97 First track is somewhat psych-folk related in style. All tracks are kind of playful mostly acoustic music, inspired from travels. Review : http://progressive.homestead.com/JAPANreviews3.html * Camera Obscura Salamander : Bent Hemlock (US,2005)*°°' Tr.1, "Galleon" 3 min Tr.2, "The River Song" 4 min Tr.3, "The Somnambulist" 4 min Tr.5, "Clearing" 2 min 13 -110 Change in direction for Salamander with different individual focuses of each member into one album. First track is with girl vocals. Second track is with a kind of In Gowan Ring-like singing. These are my favourite tracks. A CD which needs some listens. Review : http://psychedelicfolk.homestead.com/acidfolkreview9.html#anchor_57 * Trefingle Rec. Pinkie Maclure & John Wills : Cat's Cradle (UK,2005)***°' Tr.1, "The Bending Wood" 7 min -117 A promising recent UK psychfolk duo/group I know of. With wide range female voice. Review (second after) : http://psychedelicfolk.homestead.com/acidfolkreview6.html#anchor_38 * Shock Records Wendy Rule & The Parallel Dream : World Between worlds (AUS,2000)***° Tr.1, "Neither Day or Night" 6 min Tr.2, "The Call" 6 min Tr.7, "World Between Worlds" 7 min 19 -136 Excellent and very expressive Wicca related singer-songwriter release. Wendy Rule has a wide-ranged, nice and clear voice. Truthful Pagan-related songs. Recommended. Review : http://psychevanhetfolk.homestead.com/WICCAREVIEW2.html#anchor_42 * Shock Records Wendy Rule : The Lotus Eaters (AUS,2003)***° Tr.1, "Horses" 8 min (slightly shortened) 143 Tr.8, "Circe" 3 min Tr.9, "Hecate" 4 min 7 -150 If left over minutes : Tr.10,"Ulysses" 2 min Work of similar quality, with slightly different instrumentation. This has a thematical focus. 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