RE-UP: HLFP 05: SPACE IS STILL THE PLACE

After the MU-link got killed I had to re-up this one. See the original post here - now with new links.

Enjoy!

Jewel Yen - Hall Full Of Jewelry (USA 2010)

If you downloaded the fifth homemade-lofi-psych sampler SPACE IS STILL THE PLACE (HLFP 05), you already will know JEWEL YEN.

The two long tracks featured here, entitled "Hall Full of Jewelry", are in fact a little bit more new-agey/trancey than the song on HLFP, especially the second track, "B".

Enjoy!

Q: Where exactly are you from?

A: New Orleans, LA, USA

Q: How recorded?

A: recorded HFOJ in NOLA with this one-track tape recorder that everybody's rockin nowadays, um, it's a Sony

Q: When recorded?

A: they were both recorded in Mid-July of this year (2010), "A" was on the 15th and "B" was on the 16h ... I think

Q: Who involved? Who played what?

A: it's just me playing some cheapo casio keysboardzzzzzz

Q: Any more releases?

A: got's lots of recordings/potential releases, but this is the very first of my solo work that's being shown to the masses;;;; thinkin 'bout doin some self-releasing pretty soon ... maybe/hopefully

Q: Since when does this project exist?

A: Jewel Yen since March 2010

Q: Any previous bands worth mentioning?

A: BD 4 LYFE!, and also my brothers and sisters Merril Lloyd, Inger S, Bud Powell, June Bride and Gyder Xary; also, big shout-outs to my fams Scott Warner (Fiction), Sally Video, the SHE crew, PE #1 Pockets McCoy, Martonomous, Grib Lok Click, Summer Mummy and Faculty/Mothers

Q: How'd you "label" your music? (I know... nobody wants to get labeled... bla bla bla...)

A: Trace-off/Space-off glibbers from the rust of VHS dreams, or, the theme song to the show "My Brother And Me"

Q: Influences?

A: Ferraro, Clark, Pink, Joe Knight (aka: Rangers, also featured on HLFP), Van Deuren, John Maus, Meringue, Stellar OM Source, Dolphins Into The Future (and yes, I know how much I sound like him), Iasos, Russian Tsarlag/Tsarcasm/Swamp Tease/SHV (CARLOS & ALLEY!!!), and all those early electronic/Krautrock GODZZZ

Q: The last five records you bought/downloaded?

A: Downloading suckkkzzz, don't do it;;;

Q: Website, myspace?

A:

http://www.myspace.com/jewelyen

http://gyderxary.bandcamp.com/

http://vimeo.com/swamprabbit

Q: Anything that you think is interesting, that you'd like to inform the blog readers about...

A: A & B on HFOJ were done live in one take on particularly busy days which lead to quite a few occasions of I just letting the sounds run on for some repetitive times while I would answer phone calls, answer the door, help bring in groceries, tell people not to slam the door shut, etc. ... also, I'm a big fan of feedback and all that, so let I n I know what you think, my email's on my myspace, and like I mentioned be4, I gots a tons more of recordings/releases, so yeah, just let me know... stayed tuned and stay human ...

JEWEL YEN: Hall Full Of Jewelry (USA 2010)

(mp3-zip, 2 tracks, 165,8 MB, 91 min)

Get it here or here!

slushhh from VHS Dream Factory on Vimeo.

the fuschia frontier from VHS Dream Factory on Vimeo.

HLFP 05: SPACE IS STILL THE PLACE

As announced, here it is: the next homemade-lofi-psych-presents Sampler - HLFP 05 - this time featuring electronic ambient music and space psych for your next inner or outer space travel...

Almost all tracks are recordings exclusively for this sampler, some tracks are from forthcoming albums, some are excerpts from longer songs. You will find more recordings from (almost) all the musicians featured on HLFP 05 on HLFP! So you got absolutely no excuse for not checking them out, if you like what you hear!

Thanks a lot to all contributing musicians!

HLFP 05 is dedicated to SUN RA and all the other space pioneers.

mike-floyd, September 2010

THIS SAMPLER IS ABSOLUTELY NOT FOR SALE - SHARE FREELY!!!

And of course: ALL RIGHTS RESERVED BY THE ORIGINAL ARTISTS!

IF YOU LIKE WHAT YOU HEAR, PLEASE SUPPORT THE ARTISTS!

Homemade Lofi Psych Presents:

HLFP 05 - Space Is Still The Place

- A musical journey into electronic ambient sounds and space psych -

CD 1

01. Danny Spacecat - The Journey Begins (4.19)

02. Nick Chapman - Let's Get This Mother Outta Here (8.02)

03. Rangers - Xochimilco (4.10)

04. Lunar Testing Lab - UX Tauria (3.59)

05. R.S.P. (Radagast Space Project feat. Heartfieldjohnny) - Dogstar Regions

Episodes 1, 3, 5 & 7 (10.02)

06. Spacefinger - The Silent Guitar (9.57)

07. Taylor Cohan - Old People (2.39)

08. Munfeia - Sternenloch (2.19)

09. T. Kauke - Raum im Raum (8.12)

10. Paneye - Dreams of Ai (4.40)

11. Dani L. Caesar - Space Is Still (The Place) (10.00)

12. Andrew Bland - Winter Solace (1.57)

CD 2

13. Visitor/Recompas - Cosmic Lumberjacks (8.17)

14. Caregiver featuring Peopleperson - Fake Gender (6.08)

15. Stasis - Psi Kitten (Tracksuit Mix) (4.16)

16. Jacques de Villiers - Soliloquies for Lonely Suburbs (2.38)

17. Jewel Yen - B. Visual's Video Feed Inquiry (Taken From The "Hours Of Zion" Case)

(Audio Only Excerpt) (2.48)

18. atelierTheremin & Wolfgang Seidel - Zodiac Exploration

(Live aus dem Zodiac, Berlin, 02-11-2010) (6.31)

19. Devita - Mars Memory/Glass Structures (5.18)

20. Creamy Water Quiz - A Dark Swivel (8.33)

21. Johnnyx Guitar - No Humans (8.02)

22. Maxim Engl - The Sky Is Bleeding (Short Version) (9.16)

23. The Voice of Saturn - Apart Together (10.03)

24. Thickly Painted Walls - Christmas Fuck (In Space She Rots) (6.06)

Get it where??! Down below or here:

CD1:  MF

CD2:  MF

(mp3-zip, @320 or 256 k; 24 tracks, 148:30 min,

344,7 MB, artwork incl.)

If you don't have them already, go and check out the other Volumes!

HLFP 01: RELAX AND FLOAT DOWNSTREAM (ambient/space)

HLFP 02: EMBRYO THOUGHTS (experimental/psychedelic rock)

HLFP 03: NEW KIDS ON THE BLOG (psychedelic rock)

HLFP 04: SOUND EXPLOSIONS (psychedelic rock)

HLFP 04 was also added to the FREE MUSIC ARCHIVE, I'm proud to inform you!

Read more here! Thanks, Jason!

Fossegrim - Of Absinthe (EP, USA 2009) + Demo

"Trond Fossegrim, true to his namesake, is an elusive mortal – a shadow upon the tide, settling upon the shore only to be pulled out to sea as quickly as he came. While “traditional venues” are a foreign concept, a clever ear might strain to hear his lonesome violin trace a solitary path along the forested coast of the Pacific Northwest. He is a performer by nature whose bow gives a voice to his surroundings and a chill to the occasional lost hiker. He’s helplessly charmed by the vast stretching coastline between San Simeon, CA and Blaine, WA. Should you find yourself wandering these same sandy trails with good intention, you’ll soon find there’s no better stage than a cold Thursday evening…"

(Info from Website)

"There is not much to say about myself, i am generally nomadic, i do not play "venues" and never on a schedule. I perform mainly to the woods, the streams and, on occasion, the random hiker. Traveling the coast of the Pacific Northwest between San Simeon, California and Blaine, Washington setting up as i feel necessary and adding my melodies to the already beautiful arrangement that my company provides. All recordings are done via cassette or reel to reel... and am in the process of recording new works to be released in cassette format (and possibly cd, but the sound is ruined when made digital)."

-Trond Fossegrim (via email)

http://fossegrim.webs.com/

(Website is under construction)

If you like avantgarde folk/experimental bands with a medieval touch like the British 70s act THIRD EAR BAND, you should definitely have a listen!

FOSSEGRIM: Of Absinthe (EP) + Demo

(mp3-zip, 5 tracks, 18 min, 16,6 MB)

Get it here or here or here!

RE-UP: HLFP 01 "RELAX AND FLOAT DOWNSTREAM" (2008)

Homemade LoFi Psych presents HLFP 01:

RELAX AND FLOAT DOWNSTREAM

(mp3 zip, 134,6 MB, 14 tracks, 73 min)

01. Egomania - Mondaufgang - 3.34

(from "Moon", 2001)

02. Orange - Neil's Elevator (introduction/edit) - 5.12

(from " In The Graden Of The Demon King", 1995)

03. Dreamcolour - Experiment # 2: Depths of The Wind Tunnel - 4.42

(from "Listen To Colour", 2008)

04. Maurice Rickard - Music For Dance, Part VIII (desert uke fade) - 5.51

(from "Music for Dance", 2005)

05. We're Late For Class - Set The Controls... (edit/middle section) - 10.00

(from "Set The Controls For The Heart of The Sun' As Played By Vanilla Fudge Imitating Iron Butterfly When Fudge Were Forced To Open For Butterfly At The Fillmore West After In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida Went Top Ten", 2007)

06. True Colour Of Blood - Sisiphus - 8.18

(from "All Of The True Things I'm About To Tell You Are Lies", 2008)

07. CK - Synthespacer - 3.16

(from "CK", no year)

08. Light Seems Dark - Psychedelic Virgin (middle section/edit) - 10.01

(from "Psychedelic Virgin", 1999)

09. Cloud Nine - Sunspots - 7.05

(from "1992", 1992)

10. Anyone's Dreamcolour (feat. Superking) - Electric Hippie Church - 4.45

from " It's So Cold Out here In Space/FfM Bunker", 1995/6)

11. Damaged Tape - Emerald Twilight - 1.44

(from "Electric Ocean", 2004)

12. Szbutä Soröh - Way Home - 2.51

(from "The thing we found amongst the woodsticks", 2007)

13. Catasto Elettrico - 4 (glagolitico) 3.21

(from "Trio", 2007?)

14. Hans Frommer (Mad Magic) - Guitar Tune - 2.11

(from "Mad Magic", 1992)

RE-UP of slightly remastered version, incl. NEW artwork

Get it here!

Free Rein- Moon Signs Sigh + Two Leaves Live (USA 2009)

FREE REIN come from Oakland, CA, USA. The band exists since late 2008, and the members play "Theremin, waterphone, 6 string bass, tapes (...), wind instruments, percussion" and also occasionally do some vocals.

Free Rein live at the Luggage Store Gallery

"Their music is completely improvised and recorded live. - Andrew Joron is known primarily as an experimental lyric poet. His books include, "The Sound Mirror" and "The Sun at Night." He is a translator of the German Marxist philosopher, Ernst Bloch. - Brian Lucas is a visual artist and former member of the free form psychedelic band, Mirza. Lucas also played bass briefly for Caroliner. - Joseph Noble investigates the process by which one creates an architecture of breath. Noble is the author of 'An Ives Set.'"

(Info from Myspace)

"Moon Signs Sigh" is a rather quiet, beautiful minimalistic piece of improvised music - with assorted percussion and bells and flute harmonizing perfectly, floating along seemingly not of this world...

Enjoy!

http://www.myspace.com/freerein1

http://freerein.bandcamp.com/

FREE REIN: Moon Signs Sigh (USA 2009)

(mp3-zip, 5 tracks, 54 min, 73,3 MB, artwork incl.)

Get it here or here or here!

"Two Leaves Live" includes two long tracks with almost 30 minutes each and is similar in style to "Moon Signs Sigh": beautiful improvised, rather quiet music. Nothing for rock/garage/noise fans of course, but may appeal to fans of the more experimental, ethnic kraut bands like POPOL VUH or DZYAN.

FREE REIN: Two Leaves Live (USA 2009)

(mp3-zip, 2 tracks, 54 min, 74,7 MB, artwork incl.)

Get it here or here or here!

Comments are - as always - welcome!

Kid Primitive - Spells (USA 2008)

KID PRIMITIVE is Justin K Prim with a random group of friends.

'Spells' was recorded April - August 2008 in a cabin at the Omega Institute outside of Rhinebeck, New York. The KID PRIMITIVE FAMILY is based in Chicago, IL.

"KID PRIMITIVE is devoted to the great god Pan.

KID PRIMITIVE is using natural magick to harmonize with nature." (MySpace)

"All of the spells were created on a 4-track looper and then bounced on to a 4-track cassette recorder where the main vocal was recorded. (...) Each spell was created with a specific magickal process; the song channels in from source and I record it. Then for a week or so, the spell repeats over and over in my mind like a mantra. Then, when the time is right, I perform the spell in front of an audience. I clear the space and then I ask the audience to participate in the casting of the spell by letting me use their psychic energy to help power the intention. (...)" (info from 'Spells' Insert)

"In the spirit of free love and anti-capitalism, all the Prim Family music is available for free download. Please enjoy." Download links at Myspace:

http://www.myspace.com/kidprimitive

I guess something like this you will never have heard before - at least I never have! A little bit strange at first listen, but after some time I found those a capella sounds quite fascinating... Enjoy!

Favourite track: 'Universal Love' (11:13)

Kid Primitive - Spells (USA 2008)

(mp3-zip, 5 tracks, 27 min, 36,4 MB, artwork incl.)

Get it here or here!

We're Late For Class - # 30: The Jim Morrison Seance Tapes (USA, March 2008)

 

"We're not sure how the idea hatched but we know the concept doesn't need much of a set up... it's a live space improvisation during a Jim Morrison seance. Why not!? It's cheaper than a living singer (classified ads, lodging, alcohol) and besides... you know how lead singers are to deal with. Since Bono isn't dead yet, we thought, who better than poet/philosopher/comedian Jim Morrison? And so you don't think this is just something we slapped together with old recordings and ProTools, listen for yourself as the engineer asks Jim for the "post-death stuff... the stuff without copyrights." For those that don't buy the premise, we've included a bonus, 14-minute instrumental mix (minus Jim) from when it was called "Message From Fornax" for a few hours. In the end, Jimbo was fun, even if he did sound like he was drunk in Paris. It went smoother than our Screamin' Jay Hawkins seance, anyway. CRANK THE VOLUME of the MP3 player and listen to it all. Recorded March 15-16, 2008."

http://werelateforclass.blogspot.com/

 

Another suprise by WLFC! We all know Jim Morrison and we all know WE'RE LATE FOR CLASS – at least we all should! So how about a combination of those two? Well, here it is, believe it or not: a live space improvisation during a Jim Morrison seance – WOW! Enjoy!

WE'RE LATE FOR CLASS - #30

(mp3 zip, 2 tracks, 28 min)

Get it HERE!

Andi Paulo - Acoustic Loops, Live Neonfest (GER 2005)

ANDI PAULO has been around the alternative music scene in the south-west of Germany for more than twenty years.

Starting as a folk-oriented busker and instrument maker in the Heidelberg area he has been moving around a lot – for years living in his own van/mobile studio. He is now based in rural Palatinate.

 

Andi's instrumental range is wide: He plays acoustic and electric string instruments like dulcimer and mandolin, various wind instruments, several of them conceived and crafted by himself, as well as ethnic drums and lots of homemade percussions.

 

10 years ago Andi started combining ethnic and folk tunes with electronic sounds and loops. This lead to the production of his first – and up to day only – CD "Talking Yoghurt", relaesed in 2003. The first edition of 1.500 copies sold well and is now out of print – a second edition is being planned at the moment.

 

You can find samples from "Talking Yoghurt" on Andi's Website at htpp://www.ocarina-sounds.de

This download features live recordings from Neonfest at Hasselbach, Germany, August 6th, 2005.

If you liked MAURICE RICKARD's work, posted earlier on this blog, you should definitly check this one out!

Enjoy and please support the artist!

Andi Paulo – Acoustic Loops (live 2005)

(mp3 zip, 3 tracks, 49,8 MB, 32 min)

1. Penta - 10.31

2. Sandmännchens Schlaflied - 11.05

3. Zerr mich - 9.52

New link 05/2024: HERE!

HLFP 01 - Relax And Float Downstream

This is the first HOMEMADE LOFI PSYCH PRESENTS SAMPLER!

HLFP 01 "RELAX AND FLOAT DOWNSTREAM" is a bizarre collection of ambient and instrumental psychedelic tracks for your enjoyment.

So sit back, do whatever you do to make life for youself a little bit more comfortable, close your eyes and enjoy!

Homemade LoFi Psych presents HLFP 01:

RELAX AND FLOAT DOWNSTREAM

(mp3 zip, 134,6 MB, 14 tracks, 73 min)

01. Egomania - Mondaufgang - 3.34

(from "Moon", 2001)

02. Orange - Neil's Elevator (introduction/edit) - 5.12

(from " In The Graden Of The Demon King", 1995)

03. Dreamcolour - Experiment # 2: Depths of The Wind Tunnel - 4.42

(from "Listen To Colour", 2008)

04. Maurice Rickard - Music For Dance, Part VIII (desert uke fade) - 5.51

(from "Music for Dance", 2005)

05. We're Late For Class - Set The Controls... (edit/middle section) - 10.00

(from "Set The Controls For The Heart of The Sun' As Played By Vanilla Fudge Imitating Iron Butterfly When Fudge Were Forced To Open For Butterfly At The Fillmore West After In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida Went Top Ten", 2007)

06. True Colour Of Blood - Sisiphus - 8.18

(from "All Of The True Things I'm About To Tell You Are Lies", 2008)

07. CK - Synthespacer - 3.16

(from "CK", no year)

08. Light Seems Dark - Psychedelic Virgin (middle section/edit) - 10.01

(from "Psychedelic Virgin", 1999)

09. Cloud Nine - Sunspots - 7.05

(from "1992", 1992)

10. Anyone's Dreamcolour (feat. Superking) - Electric Hippie Church - 4.45

from " It's So Cold Out here In Space/FfM Bunker", 1995/6)

11. Damaged Tape - Emerald Twilight - 1.44

(from "Electric Ocean", 2004)

12. Szbutä Soröh - Way Home - 2.51

(from "The thing we found amongst the woodsticks", 2007)

13. Catasto Elettrico - 4 (glagolitico) 3.21

(from "Trio", 2007?)

14. Hans Frommer (Mad Magic) - Guitar Tune - 2.11

(from "Mad Magic", 1992)

(Version REV1, incl. new artwork.)

Get it here!

Maurice Rickard - Music for Dance (USA 2005)

This is something special indeed. Some piece of improvisational work by MAURICE RICKARD to accompany BELLY DANCERS! It's electronica, percussion based instrumental music with guitar and electric ukulele. Be prepared to drift into a gentle trance while listening to this great music!

Please visit Maurice's site and support the artist!

Enjoy!

Maurice Rickard - Music for Dance (2005)

(mp3 zip, 77,1 MB, 10 tracks, 55 min, artwork incl.)

New link (re-up 04/2024): Get it HERE!