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grace slick – white rabbit (isolated vocals) (1967)
jefferson airplane – the ballad of you & me & pooneil (1967)
The first song on their third album, After Bathing At Baxter’s. Used words from A A Milne’s poems “Spring Morning” and “Halfway Down”.
jolie holland – alley flowers (2003)
my bloody valentine – to here knows when (1991)
This is for Gareth.
põrgu (hell) (1983)
Estonian animated film by Rein Raamat, Tallinnfilm, 1983. The film brings to life in one nightmarish vision three detailed engravings from the early 1930s created by Estonian artist Eduard Viiralt: “The Preacher”, “Cabaret”, and “Hell”.
yoji kuri – the midnight parasites (1972)
1970s psychedelic horror animation out of Japan. Pure, filthy, abject escapism, with a fantastical synth soundtrack.
woke from a fever dream
colouring against darkness
les rallizes dénudés
Album: Cable Hogue Soundtrack (1992)
Been listening to this band a lot lately. They originally began in 1962 as a musical theatre troupe, however the formation of the band was not until 1967 at Kyoto University. The band’s style is typified by simple, repetitious instrumental passages, shrieking, cacophonous guitar feedback, extensive improvisation reminiscent of free jazz, and folk arrangement. Their discography is made up mostly of live bootlegs, soundboard archives and even a few rare aborted studio recording attempts as they have never officially released any of their own material. [SOURCE]
Album: Caress & Violence (1987)
About their faux-French name:
“Les rallizes dénudés” is their international name, in Japan they’re known as “Hadaka no rariizu”… Hadaka no translates to nu or dénudé; rariizu is a foreign word (or combination of sounds?) that was transliterated to the French-sounding “rallizes” when they got their international, French-sounding name.So… From a mysterious foreign word to a Japanese approximation, then to a French approximation of the Japanese. May well have been Larrys… Might have been another word… Could be something else entirely, that has meaning only for them… In any case, better not look for a French meaning in it!
“The Naked/Stripped/Bare Larries/Rallies” would be the English approximation.

jim morrison – celebration of the lizard king
From Absolutely Live, the first live album released by The Doors in July 1970.
lucy in the sky with diamonds – the flaming lips, miley cyrus and moby
Aaah– aaah… That head-shattering chorus! (NSFW.)
“Blonde SuperFreak Steals the Magic Brain” meets “Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds” — read the story behind the video HERE.
rolling stones – mother’s little helper
“What a drag it is getting old…”
Released as a single in 1966, this song was also the first track on the Stones’ album Aftermath, their first full record of original songs – their previous offerings to date had been larded with blues covers.
Mick Jagger on the song: “It’s about drug dependence, but in a sort of like spoofy way. As a songwriter, I didn’t really think about addressing things like that. It was just every day stuff that you I’d observe and write about. It’s what writing is for really. There is a sort of naivety, but there’s also a lot of humour in those songs. They’re a lot based on humour. It was almost like a different band, a different world, a different view when we wrote them.” (SOURCE)
syd barrett – she was loooooooong gone
Off The Madcap Laughs (1968), slowed down 800%… Haunting. The original is HERE.
ross campbell – song for alex
Ross Campbell wrote this heartfelt song for our extraordinary, mercurial friend, the visionary artist and musician Alex van Heerden, who was killed five years ago this morning in a car accident. The hole he left will never be closed.
HERE is another tribute written by Righard Kapp at the time of Alex’s passing.
And here is Alex talking with his singular insight at a workshop on Cape music held in Basel in 2006:
mort garson – i’ve been over the rainbow
The perfect song for South Africa today. From the album The Wozard Of Iz, released on A&M in 1968.
“Shit on your whole mortifying, imaginary, and symbolic theatre!”
― Gilles Deleuze/Felix Guattari – Anti-Oedipus: Capitalism and Schizophrenia
french connection
At last I’ve got around to posting something on Mixcloud again. Here’s a crazy pot-pourri of tunes with a French connection, compiled from selections for a set I played on the Wrong Rock Show back in August 2011.
Listen to Francophonics by Cherry Bomb on Mixcloud.
flower travellin’ band – satori part II
Edit: new link: http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x22yzbj_flower-travellin-band-1971-satori-full-album_music
Rare 8mm footage of Japanese ’70s psychedelic rock group Flower Travellin’ Band (フラワー・トラベリン・バンド) playing their last show in April 1973 at Maruyama Park in Kyoto, Japan.
“There is no up or down
Your truth is the only master
Death is made by the living
Pain is only intense to you
The sun shines every day
Freedom, freedom…”
rest in peace, lou reed
So, so sad to hear Lou is gone. I have no words to begin to describe how influential his work has been to me since I first heard the Velvet Underground at 14.
sonic youth – daydream nation (full album)
1988. Enigma Records. Essential.
00:00 Teen Age Riot
06:58 Silver Rocket
10:46 The Sprawl
18:29 ‘Cross the Breeze
25:29 Eric’s Trip
29:18 Total Trash
36:52 Hey Joni
41:14 Providence
43:56 Candle
48:55 Rain King
53:35 Kissability
56:44 Trilogy: a)The Wonder b)Hyperstation c)Eliminator Jr.
uilab – st. elmo’s fire
the oscillation – all you want to be
Yeah… hypnotic immersion. BRING IT. Off their new album, From Tomorrow.
HITD 020 – Vinyl LP
Co-Release: Hands In The Dark / All Time Low
Release date: 30th September 2013
mariee sioux – wild eyes
From Faces in the Rocks (Grass Roots Records, 2007).
future sound of london – dead cities (1996)
stereolab – metronomic underground
Original version was from Emperor Tomato Ketchup (Duophonic, 1996) – but this is a incredibly immersive alternative version, and the video is the bomb, too (har har, sorry).
the jimi hendrix experience – moon turn the tides gently gently away
From Electric Ladyland (Reprise Records, 1968).
smashing pumpkins – soma (instrumental mix)
So great sans Billy’s whine for a change…
Produced by Butch Vig and Billy Corgan
Recorded at Triclops Sound Studio, Atlanta, GA, USA
December 1992 – March 1993
Mixed by Alan Moulder, Butch Vig and Billy Corgan
Unreleased until 2011
hieronymous bosch – the garden of earthly delights (detail)
eye don’t do bling
sweet smoke – just a poke (full album) – 1970
Studio album, released in 1970
Tracks
1. Baby night (16:24)
2. Silly Sally (16:22)
Total Time: 32:46
Musicians
– Andrew Dershin / bass
– Jay Dorfman / drums, percussion
– Marvin Kaminowitz / lead guitar, vocals
– Michael Paris / tenor saxophone, alto recorder, vocals, percussion
– Steve Rosenstein / rhythm guitar, vocals
Release information
LP EMI/Electrola 1C 064-28886 / LP EMI/Electrola 1C 062-28886 / LP EMI/Harvest 054-24311 / CD EMI CDP 538-7 48871 (1990)






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