Radioshow “PVHF” on radio Centraal, Antwerp : 2007-06-09 : 800-1000 PM Psych reissues & new psych/chamber rock ----------------------------------------------------------------------- intro 3 min - late ‘60s : * Gear Fab Mourning Daze : The Lost recordings (US,1967)***° Tr.1, “Fly My Paper Airplane” 3 min Tr.5, “Rain Time” 2 min 5 Nice 60s garage discovery : they released only a single, but luckily the label traced the group down now, and with it saved these recordings from the basement. Review : http://progressive.homestead.com/sixties2.html#anchor_184 New Turkish releases & Middle eastern crossovers, part 1 : * Way Back The Weeds aka The Lollipop Shoppe (US,1966-1971,re.2007)***° Tr.4, “Underground Railroad” 8 min -16 Good punk/psych album from The Lollipop Shoppe completed with other recordings. This is the longest and of course most psychedelic track. Review : http://progressive.homestead.com/sixties2.html#anchor_178 * Get Hip Take a stand with The Ugly Beats (US,2007)**' Tr.7, “Last Stop” 3 min -19 Most neo-60s psych groups work within the limits of a style, while real 60s groups just were a product of their times without deliberate limits. I find the group instrumentally more interesting. Review : http://progressive.homestead.com/sixties2.html#anchor_181 * Fallout The Folkswingers : Raga Rock (US,1966)***’ Tr.4, “Norwegian Wood” 3 min Reissue of the first and one of the best sitarpsychploitation albums, not for its originality, but for its consistency. Review : http://progressive.homestead.com/sitarbeat.html#anchor_162 * Fallout Friar Tuck : and his psychedelic guitar (US,1967)**°’ Tr.1, “Sweet Pea” 4 min (shortened) + Flower Pot (singles) Tr.14, “Gentle People” 4 min (shortened) Exploiting-the-studio, slightly-theatrical, concept of something somewhat-weird. Review : http://progressive.homestead.com/prog-3.html#anchor_166 * Fallout The Group Image : A Mouth in Clouds (US,1968)**° Tr.5, “New romancing” 3 min A community based combination of talents, stage entertainment rock & bluesrock, with Jefferson Airplane kind of singer, but with not too emphasized focus. Review : http://progressive.homestead.com/prog-3.html#anchor_171 * Subl.Sounds Life On Earth! : Look!! There is.. (S,2007)****' Tr.1, “Life On Earth” 7 min Tr.4, “Life Turns Fast” 5 min Tr.5, “Endless Variety” 3 min 15 (shortened) Very good new psych with partly a late ‘60s, early ‘70s based association. Solo project of Dungen's Mattias Gustavsson, in cooperation with musicians from Dungen, The Works, Town & Country and Mia Doi Todd (noticeable in track 5). The first chosen track is the most early psych based styled, the other tracks are mostly more song based. Very good flute, (rather exotic) percussion, guitars, vocal harmonies,… Review : http://progressive.homestead.com/sweden3.html#anchor_186 * Subl.Sounds Dungen : Tio Bitar (S,2007)**** Tr.1, “Intro” 4 min Tr.4, “C Visar Vägen” 5 min 9 New release of this great group. Great freaky guitar on the intro, brilliantely tempered by a flute theme. Second track is softer, with acoustic guitar, organ an nice orchestration. Review : http://progressive.homestead.com/sweden3.html#anchor_185 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- * private Jaggery : In Lethe EP (US,2004)***° Tr.1, “Javelin” 7 min Brilliant heavenly voice and great chamber-like pop group. Second will be airplayed in next, acid folk based radio show. Review : http://singersong.homestead.com/MedievalDCD.html#anchor_62 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Cuneiform Hugh Hopper : Hopper Tunity Box (UK,1973,re.2007)***° Tr.1, “Hopper Tunity Box” 6 min Tr.2, “Miniluv” (->3 min) (shortened) While “1984” remains Hugh’s classic, this is a fine reissue of a rather jazzy rather improvised concept piece. Review : http://progressive.homestead.com/progreview.html#anchor_44 * Cuneiform The Mahavishnu Project : Return to the Emerald Beyond (US,2007)***' Tr.1, “Eternity's Breath" (fragment) 7 min Mahavishu Orchestra’s first release was a masterpiece, while the later releases continued the theme in studio, before McLauglin started a new project, with Indian musicians and themes, Shakti. This completely new group, the Mahavishnu Project tends to play the later Mahavishu Orchestra repertoire in a live session. Review : http://progressive.homestead.com/prog12.html#anchor_135 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Cuneiform Far Corner : endangered (US,2007)***° Tr.1, “Inhuman” 4 min Tr.5, “Not from around here” 9 min (shortened 6) 10 Far Corner’s style for the largest part of this RIO-based release is darker than ever before, which shows the first chosen track. Review : http://progressive.homestead.com/prog8.html#anchor_158 * Altrock Rational Diet (BL,2007)***° Tr.2, “From the grey notebook, part 1”(shorter) 5 min Very new classical-melodically composed RIO from Bemares, not easy music. Review : http://progressive.homestead.com/prog3.html#anchor_74 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- * EMI Nekropsi (TÜ,2007)***°° Tr.1, “Harf Devrimi” 5 min Tr.5, «Papa» 4 min Tr.6, «Harf Devrimi 2005» 4 min 13 –end Tr.7, “Yok Var” 4 min First track is an inventively new composed rock track with certain Dadaist strangeness. Second track is German styled waverock. Third track is a rhythmical feast, modern and cleverly produced. A fine release with several essential tracks. Review : http://psychevanhetfolk.homestead.com/Turkprogreview2.html#anchor_135 * BLR     Earthmonkey : Be That Charge (2cd) + Discobalistic (bonus cd) (UK,2007)***' CD2, track 1, 5 min A middle eastern sounding hardrock surf track in a rather dark and confusing style rooted in ‘80s-90s mentality but beyond its usual scope and range of styles. Review : http://progressive.homestead.com/prog9B.html#anchor_135 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Homepage radioshow : http://psychevanhetfolk.homestead.com/ Other playlists : http://psychevanhetfolk.homestead.com/2007.html Newsletter with new reviews and playlists with some audio links : http://groups.yahoo.com/group/psychevanhetfolk/ Subscribe: psychevanhetfolk-subscribe@yahoogroups.com