Spacefinger - Spacehand (USA 2009)

Talking about electronic-space-music: Here is SPACEFINGER from Houston,Texas.

Not too long ago I posted 2 albums from 2007, and here you may check out how SPACEFINGER sounds now - in 2009.

All tracks were recorded April 8, 2009 - inspired by the NASA picture of PSR B1509-58. Again you'll find strange fascinating soundscapes from another world, ambient sounds, experimental, relaxing or rather disturbing...

Michael Fuller, the man behind SPACEFINGER, also recorded a new solo work with very different music: a double album collection of acoustic performances entitled "Dusk". Listen and/or download here.

Enjoy!

http://www.spacefinger.com/

http://www.conicalrecords.com/

http://www.myspace.com/conicalrecords

SPACEFINGER - Spacehand (2009)

(mp3 zip, 6 tracks, 97 min, 223,8 MB, VBR)

Get it here (RE-Up by request)

Sky Saxon, SEEDS singer dies at 63 (1946-2009) R.I.P.

In 1965 SKY SAXON (born Richard Marsh in Salt Lake City, Utah) founded the Los Angeles based psychedelic flower power/garage rock band THE SEEDS with Jan Savage (g), Rick Andridge (keyb) and Darryl Hopper (dr). Hit songs included Can't Seem to Make You Mine and especially (You're) Pushin' Too Hard (top 40 song in 1967).

In the 1970s he became associated with Hollywood Hills commune Source Family/YaHoWha and released a number of albums under various band names in subsequent years.

SAXON died on June 25, 2009 in an Austin, TX hospital. (source: wikipedia)

Caregiver - Letters 2 (USA 2008)

The fourth and final post of CAREGIVER: Letters 2, again from 2008.

Read more about CAREGIVER below. Enjoy!

Caregiver - Letters 2 (USA 2008)

(mp3-zip, 3 tracks, 35 min, 47,8 MB)

Get it here or here!

Caregiver - Letters 1 (USA 2008)

The 3rd CAREGIVER release, also from 2008.

Three very long tracks, again very much in the style of mid-seventies TANGERINE DREAM or NEU!/HARMONIA.

I love that kind of stuff!

Caregiver - Letters 1 (USA 2008)

(mp3-zip, 3 tracks, 45 min, 61,6 MB)

Get it here or here!

Caregiver - Afraid of Everything (USA 2008)

The 2nd CAREGIVER release, from 2008.

Two very long tracks this time. The second one using some spoken word passages/samples to some interesting, rather spooky effect...

More CAREGIVER to come. Stay tuned!

Enjoy!

Caregiver - Afraid of Everything (USA 2008)

(mp3 zip, 2 tracks, 40 min, 54,7 MB)

Get it here or here!

Caregiver - Caregiver (USA 2007)

The debut LP by CAREGIVER from 2007.

CAREGIVER is in fact the one-man-music-project of Darryl Robbins from Dayton, Ohio.

All of the LPs "were recorded in various manners with analog tape in my basement, but primarily to the computer. Some of the stuff used on them include guitars, basses, drums, Moog Modular, Minimoog, Mellotron, Mono/Poly, Poly 6, and small tape recorders. - The official releases are the self titled LP, Letters 1 & 2, and Afraid of Everything. Currently, I'm involved with no record labels at all. - I'd call the music electronic psychedelia I suppose. Influences include Tangerine Dream, Cluster, Neu!, Tim Hecker, Harmonia, Faust, Terry Riley, and Suicide. - Outside of this, I am the sole member of Peopleperson (instrumental guitar rock, like Link Wray meets Adrian Belew meets MX-80 Sound), a member of the Smug Brothers (lo-fi british style pop), the Motel Beds (pop/rock), Big Baby, and I'm also a virtual backing band for singer/songwriter Joe Anderl. The various myspace pages for these projects are...

http://www.myspace.com/caregivergiver

http://www.myspace.com/peopleperson04

http://www.myspace.com/bigbigbaby07

http://www.myspace.com/thesmugbrothers

Caregiver basically started when far too late in my life, I feel in love with classic electronic artists and began being a fan of some modern ones as well. I never thought of myself as an electronic music fan until I heard the stuff that made sense to me." (D. R.)

I hear especially a strong TANGERINE DREAM influence.

Caregiver - Caregiver (USA 2007)

(mp3-zip, 12 tracks, 53 min, 72,8 MB)

Get it here or here!

We’re Late For Class - #40 Another Collection (USA 2009)

"We're Late For Class is an improvisational psychedelic college collective who've been posting free albums on line for over 2 years. Another Collection is their 40th. 2-CDs, 142 minutes, of uncharted improvisation and drug fueled excess, including a seance with Jim Morrison, a musical romp with O.J. Simpson, a homage to producer Jimmy Miller, the theme song for a low budget cable comedy sketch show, one too many accidental nods to Hawkwind and stoned tributes to Ali, Guess Who guitarist Kurt Winter, Pink Floyd and whatever was on the box that given weekend. It's all culled from their previous 19 releases (#21-#39). Last year's #20 A Collection features highlights from #1-#19. WLFC is also prone to 20, 30 & 40 minute space jams, but didn't have the space to include any this time. The best part? It's all free for the taking. You can find We're Late For Class at any local hash bar or at their blog, http://werelateforclass.blogspot.com/." (Band info)

http://werelateforclass.blogspot.com/2009/03/unpublished-interview.html

CD 1

Herd Mentality (3:05)
Low Budget Cable Sketch Comedy Show Instrumental Theme Song (2:48)
Transmission From Jimmy Miller's Car Phone (6:46)
Ali Ali (4:57)
Under 30 Second Tribute To Kurt Winter (0:29)
Lab Animal (3:16)
Checkers (5:42)
Wind Of The Hawk (4:20)
67 (4:23)
The Lumbering Rex (Remix) (5:05)
Universal Cardigan (Live At Pompeii) (9:08)
Dirge Experience (In Easter Hay) (5:31)
Buttery Hog Mosh (8:49)

CD2

Sequel To The Return Of The Son of Monster Magnet (11:00)
The Premiere & Final Performance of Jazz From Outer Space (10:31)
Liquidity (The Spastic Conductor) (11:25)
The Jim Morrison Seance Tapes (13:57)
Trippin' In A Plymouth Belvedere (10:25)
Particle Alert (12:55)

Get it here (part 1) and here (part 2)!

(megaupload, mp3 zip, 142 min, 142 + 150 MB)

Enjoy!

WLFC are also featured on the first and the second HLFP Samplers. Also check out the older blog posts here!

Gory Bateson - Video on YouTube

Gory Bateson just moved to LA and wrote a new song, "Movin to LA." A Video by Dee Arbus. Check it out!

Talha Asim Wynne (Pakistan) on Youtube

TALHA ASIM WYNNE sent me some Youtube links for your enjoyment:

"I just put together a few raw recordings from my weekend brainstorming jam sessions...

here are the links to a few of them, check em out:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0qRRTZTS10
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ev9g_ChnKWU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=shWm2mYWnYQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3HalTWWMEdc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_DJCpfSGeE

Talha Asim Wynne"

Enjoy!

Ali Akbar Khan (Indian Sarod virtuoso) (1922-2009) R.I.P.

ALI AKBAR KHAN (April 14,1922 - June 18, 2009) died on Friday aged 87 in his home in San Anselmo, CA. He was the first Indian musician to record an LP of Indian classical music in the USA and play sarod on American television. In 1971 Khan performed at the Madison Square Garden for the Concert for Bangladesh along with RAVI SHANKAR (other musicians at the concert included BOB DYLAN, ERIC CLAPTON, GEORGE HARRISON). (Wikipedia)