BANDS YOU SHOULD KNOW & REVIEW

BAND #4: The Øresund Space Collective

What you should know:
The Øresund Space Collective was formed in April 2004. The collective is a group of Danish, Swedish and American musicians that get together as often as possible for free form improvised space rock music. The flavour of the music is different with each session. The jams can often combine complex interplay between guitar and synthesizer as well intense drumming and bass playing.
Genres like funk, jazz, reggae, space and stoner rock are combinated to a great Jam

The collective is recording all of the jam sessions and makes them available to fans via the webside in MP3 format. They currently have over 40 hours of material for free download.

The Main Collective Members: Nick- Guitar, Stefan- Guitars, Effects, Magnus- Guitars and effects, Tobias- Guitars and Effects, Jocke- Bass, Thomas- Bass, Par- Bass, Scott- Synthesizer, Mogens- Synthesizers, and PIB- Drums 

REVIEW: Organic Earthly Floatation

Release Date: November 2013

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 Øresund Space Collective is back with a new studio album, the band´s 16^th release. The line up on this recording session included Mogens and DR. Space on synthesizers as it has been on all the releases as well as all the members of the Danish band Pair (Kristoffer- Drums, Nicklas- Guitar, Christian- Bass) In addition, Pär from the bands Sgt. Sunshine, Carpet Knights, Hoofoot played bass. The line up was completely by American guitar player Daniel Lars.

Track List:

Side A

Walking on Clouds: 19:23

Walking on Clouds Part 2: 6:17

Side B

Carlos on the Moon: 16:57

Neptune Rising: 5:08

Walking on Clouds Part 1 & 2:

It doesn’t take long to realise that this album will go for a journey to space with you, but before you will get there, you will find yourself „walking on clouds“ for over 25 minutes. Great atmospheric melodies, with a spaced out synthesizer sound. It´s the first Øresund Space Collective Session with Daniel Lars on Guitar. “Walking on clouds” is based on a idea from Daniel and the other guys jammed to it. Sometimes, the guitar playing of Daniel reminds me of early Pink Floyd songs. The whole Album is heavily guitar dominated.

The Second Part is spacier, more synthesizers and some psyched out parts.

I think this would be the soundtrack if you are really walking on clouds.

Carlos on the Moon:

When “Carlos on the Moon” starts you know where the journey will bring you...far away, to a guy named Carlos. In this nearly 17 minutes the song will bring you on a really relaxed level. The synthesizers sounds like a windy autumn weather, so it create a perfect atmosphere for looking out of your window thinking about the world.

Neptune Rising:

Neptune Rising is the last track on this over 45 minutes long space trip. It starts faster and more hectic than the other songs. A track with really crazy acid parts in it. The end is the opposite to the intro of this song, its a long synthy fadeout.

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by victor

Neuigkeiten - Colour Haze - 10 Jahre Elektrohasch

Nachricht von Stefan Koglek:

Neuheiten von Elektrohasch sind dies:

Colour Haze

"Wir arbeiten an der Wiederveröffentlichung unserer alten und zum Teil lange vergriffenen Alben.

Ich habe begonnen Los Sounds De Krauts in unserem Studio neu abzumischen und bin selbst überrascht welch enorme Verbesserung der Klangqualität der alten digitalen Aufnahmen über unser feines Analog-Equipment doch herauszuholen ist. Ich eile jedoch mit Weile, es geht Stück für Stück voran und wird noch einige Zeit in Anspruch nehmen. Nächste Woche werden wir zudem das Remastering der Ewigen Blumenkraft – von der leider die Mehrspuraufnahmen nicht mehr vorhanden sind – in Angriff nehmen. Diese wird relativ bald im Herbst erscheinen. Bei CO2 und Periscope müssen wir noch die Daten sichten und sehen, ob eine neue Mischung möglich ist oder ob auch hier nur ein Remastering erfolgen wird. Entgegen der ursprünglichen Planung wird es keine Box geben, sondern alle Alben werden jeweils einzeln nach Fertigstellung als CD und auf Vinyl erscheinen. Das Artwork wird angepasst oder z.T. geändert, so dass die teuren originalen Sammlerstücke ihren Wert nicht verlieren.

Es wird keine limitierten Auflagen geben!

Ich plane zudem ein Album mit Live-Aufnahmen vom Duna Jam und eines mit Stücken, die nur auf Samplern, Sonderformaten oder gar nicht erschienen sind zusammenzustellen. In den kommenden Monaten kommt also Stück für Stück viel neues Altes von Colour Haze."

10-Jahre-Elektrohasch

"Ich hatte ja zum 10-jährigen einige Wiederveröffentlichungen angekündigt. Nun ist es auch hier, wie bei dem alten Colour Haze Material gar nicht so einfach an Master und Coverdaten heranzukommen – aber aufgeschoben ist nicht aufgehoben. Ab Oktober werden erst mal diese seit längerem vergriffenen LPs noch einmal aufgelegt:"

EH 115-2 – Hypnos 69 – The Eclectic Measure LP (nicht mehr im Klappcover)

EH 122-2 – Causa Sui – Free Ride (ohne 7”)

EH 139 – Causa Sui – Summer Sessions 3LP

EH 147 – The Machine – Drie DLP

EH 151 – Cherry Choke – A Night In The Arms Of Venus LP

EH 152 – Rotor – Festsaal Kreuzberg LP

Zudem werden wie angekündigt das erste und zweite Rotor-Album im DLP-Set erscheinen

Es sind bei einigen Elektrohasch Bands neue Alben in Vorbereitung – dazu mehr sobald es jeweils soweit ist.

www.elektrohasch.de 

BANDS YOU SHOULD KNOW

Band #3: Golden Void

You can expect great music to happen when people who have known each other and played together in various bands since highschool, earning fame and renown in bands such as Earthless and Assemble Head in Sunburst Sound, finally get together and make an album.
Golden Void formed in 2009 after Isaiah Mitchell (guitar vocals) moved to the California Bay Area. Together with Aaron Morgan (bass) and Justin Pinkerton (drums) and Camilla Saufley-Mitchell (keyboard) Isaiah created an outstanding debut album where their musical kindredship is apparenty with every track.

When I first heard about their self-titled I expected nothing short of awesome and Golden Void more than delivered! The album offers warm, accessible psychedelic tunes very reminiscent of the early years, think Jimi Hendrix with bit more modern and full sound, as well as the spaced out, seemingly endless solos we have come to love Isaiah Mitchell for.
 
Golden Void – 1983 (Hendrix Cover)

 

On the closing track Atlantis, also my personal favourite, hauntingly calm and beautiful vocals and chorus tell of the demise of people and culture by the rising seas in form of an out-of-this-world guitar solo.
 Golden Void - Atlantis:

In their short band history Golden Void have left quite a mark on the psychedelic & stoner rock scene already. They have toured Europe, playing at the legendary Roadburn festival where they received a warm welcome. 

 

 
Buy their record (the limited Vinyl is gorgeous!) and don’t miss them next chance you get to see them live!

More Infos:
http://www.thrilljockey.com/thrill/Golden-Void/
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by Andreas

BANDS YOU SHOULD KNOW

Band #2: Lowrider

Lowrider is a Swedish band, formed in the mid 90´s.
They were the European answer to the Palm Desert Stoner rock scene. 

 
In 1999 they released their first EP, it was a Double Split LP with Nebula (U.S. Stoner Band formed by Eddie and Ruben from Fu Manchu!). 

Lowrider - Lameneshma (EP)
 

In 2000 Lowrider toured through Europe playing 14 gigs in 8 different countries with co-headliner Dozer! In the same year they released their debut Album “Ode to lo”. 

                                                     Lowrider - Flat Earth - Oder to lo

With this Album they won the “Most Convincing Kyuss Clones Award”. Everybody thought they are working on a new album, but since 2003 it grew silent around the Band.

In 2008 Peder Bergstrand (bass, vocals) released an album with his new Band “I Are Droid” (a rock-pop band) and in 2012 they released their second album. So we feared we would never hear anything new from Lowrider but I´m glad this turned out to be wrong.

After 10 years of void they announced the Desertfest Berlin and London shows in April of 2013. But they said: “The band is not considering permanently reforming and writing new songs for now, so if you want to see us on stage, don't miss that one-off show! (Peder / Lowrider).”

                                              Lowrider - Texas - Live @Desertfest Berlin

So everybody thought this would just be a special gig and after the Deserfests it would be silence again. Apparently Lowrider enjoyed their Desertfest gigs a lot and to our surprise and delight they played Stoned from the Underground Festival in 2013! They already announced their first show in February 2014 in London, so there is hope Lowrider will play more shows in 2014, stay tuned!

BANDS YOU SHOULD KNOW:

Band #1: Gomer Pyle:

Gomer Pyle was a Psychedelic Stoner Rock band from the Netherlands. The band was formed in the early 90s. In 1999, the Eurohappy CD was released, but after some bigger gigs a long silence settled in around the band.

In 2006 Gomer Pyle changed the drummer and from now on Sander Evers of 35007 fame punched the drum kit, leading to a new era for the band. 

Gomper Pyle - Bring on The Diesel - EP "GP"

After the EP "Angelseagirl" in 2006 and the EP “GP” in 2007 (limited promo pack edition) they released their masterpiece “Idiots Savants” in 2008. It´s a kind of a Spacey – Psychedelic Stoner Rock. A great mix of Jam parts and hard-straight stoner rock. Gomer Pyle manage to create a warm and smooth sound throughout the whole album.

Gomer Pyle - Idiots Savants -Full Album

Their last gig was in 2011, after which they suddenly cancelled some shows and their drummer Sander Evers left Gomer Pyle in February 2011.

If you've never heard about them, you really should check out a recording of their exstatic live performances.

Earthless - Violence Of The Red Sea

The long waiting is nearly over, Isaiah, Mike and Mario will release their new Album on October 8th. 

But you can listen to the opener song "Violence Of The Red Sea" from the new Album "From the Ages" now on Soundcloud!


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