Second album of spaced out cosmic rock from Dr Phibes , my favourite "shoulda been massive" group, released in 1993 and just as good as thier storming debut.Keeping it short 'n' sweet on this one , check out previous posts for more info ,debut and Glastonbury 93 boot ( link now working again along with the link to Rockabilly Psychosis And The Garage Disease)
A bit late for this but some wise words from the old rogue ......"Be childish. Be irresponsible. Be disrespectful. Be everything this society hates" or the more well known and usefull, "You only get cash from chaos"
Hunting through local charity shops for vinyl,CDs and tapes the chances of finding anything interesting seem to be becoming increasingly rare lately, although it seems if you're after The Stereophonics or many other Brit Pop also-rans you will hit the mother lode . Now and again if the stars are aligned correctly I get lucky with something like this gem buried in a local Oxfam shop for £1.00 and which I thought would post up here.
My knowledge of Jazz stretches to hearing a teeny bit of Miles Davis and recognizing the names of some of the main players and thats about it so "Journey In Satchidananda" was ,as well as a bargain, a bit of a revelation. These 37 minutes of "cosmic psychedelic trancendental jazz" was first released by Alice Coltrane , the wife of John Coltrane, in 1970 . All four tracks have a sort of hypnotic drone thing going on provided by a tamboura in the background accompanied by oud, saxophone (Pharoah Saunders),bass,drums,bells,tambourine and harp and piano, both of these played by Alice Coltrane. This is not freeform type jazz with weird ,odd time signatures and obscure musical scales or bland noodling lounge jazz ( my previous views on jazz) but should be way easy to get into if you have open mind 'n' ears. At the same time also picked up a Herbie Hancock CD, "Crossroads", which is just as good so may up that at a later date. Any recommendations on a similar trip,send this way.
"I hope this album will be a form of meditation and a spiritual awakening for those who listen with their inner ear.Om shanti." - Alice Coltrane (from sleeve notes) .HERE.
Another music blog pissing in the wind with a selection of sounds given a spin to on any one particular fine day while gazing out of the loft window onto the mega city below .Hope you can join me too.Anything goes sound wise , although if your looking for the latest "hits" to hoover up for free to add to a never listened to itunes library this probably ain't the place for you.All other music lovers most welcome and hope you find something to groove to, as I have on some of the prolific and interesting blogs that are out there.
If you download the music from the links provided and find you dig the groovy sounds man you can do the right thing and support the artists by maybe buying thier CDs,product etc.If you don't like the music just delete it from your computer and try something else.
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