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[linkj0ckey]

go buy this album

Hypnos69 is a prog rock band from Belgium. I don't know much about them, this album was released more than 15 years ago and is their last studio album so far. I hope they come back at it, cuz boy, they are gooood.

One of their fans (SalDiOr) wrote this on their bandcamp page:

Some times we are aware some bands can reach stardom and beyond... And there is Hypnos 69. This guys represent space, progressive rock in a high level but for some reason didn't get worldwide recognition. They deserve it, they earned it

So now you know them, go to their BC, listen, and if you like it buy it! I already did :)

[linkj0ckey]

Fall of Efrafa

last week I reposted a Richard Dawkins quote, taken from a sample used in the song For el Ahraira to cry, by the English band Fall of Efrafa.

I knew of Dawkins before discovering this band, because he coined the term Meme in his book "The Selfish Gene", but I didn't know about his atheistic side. His atheistic speeches are quite popular, he even got a divulgative TV show. Is quite funny that the same band also uses Alan Watts samples on other songs. Watts was one of the responsibles of disseminating Zen buddhism and other oriental beliefs on the west, along with Joseph Cambell or Daisets Suzuki.

Anyways, Fall Of Efrafa: English Atmospheric Crust Punk I guess. Thet existed only for a few years (2005-2009) releasing 3 albums, all of them excellent. They based their project on Richard Adams' Watership Down, and took the lore of their rabbit protagonists to a new level of social and political commentary. Though the book already shares this approach, it was originally just a childrens story that Adams created to entertain his own daughters. I like to call it The Lord of the Rings but with rabbits.

I recently got the "Art and Lyrics of Fall of Efrafa" book by Alex CF (the singer of the band), and it's an amazing piece of art. I have not fully read it yet, its mostly the artwork, sketches and lyrics, but it also contains some thoughs by Alex himself, about the process and memories he has.

Sorry for the long post. TL:DR listen to Fall of Efrafa \m/

Love,

[skumkvlt]

We are going to die, and that makes us the lucky ones

There is no all seeing, all loving God who keeps us free from harm. Atheism is not a recipe for despair. I think the opposite. By disclaiming the idea of the next life, we take more excitement in this one. The here and now is not something to be endured for eternal bliss or damnation. The here and now is all we have and is an inspiration to make the most of it. So atheism is life affirming in a way religion can never be.

Look around you. Nature demands our attention, begs us to explore, to question. Religion can provide only facile, unsatisfying answers. Science, in constantly seeking real explanations, reveals the true majesty of our world in all its complexity. People sometimes say “There must be more than just this world, than just this life.” But how much more do you want? We are going to die, and that makes us the lucky ones. Most people are never going to die because they’re never going to be born. The number of people that could be here in my place outnumber the sand grains of sahara.

If you think about all the different ways our genes could be permuted you and I are quite grotesquely lucky to be here, the number of events that had to happen in order for you to exist, in order for me to exist. We are privilaged to be alive and we should make the most of our time on this world.

[linkj0ckey]

Too Much

Don't know much about this band. They were a japanese rock band that released a single self-titled album in 1971.

Although it is probably not the best album out there, even if you narrow it down to japanese rock from 1971, to me the album has a charm. They were most likely inspired by Led Zeppelin and other proto heavy bands from the time. In fact their music is not really innovative in any sense, they just played along the tune that dominated their age. But still, I can't help but like it, and by the price this album is sold out there, it looks like I'm not alone at that, for better or worse.

[sophsun1]

NATASHA LYONNE as Nadia Vulvokov | Russian Doll (2019–)

[linkj0ckey]

The Sandman

not Neil Gayman's. I'm talking about Mark Sandman, the missed frontman of Morphine.

Their sound is so unmatched, combining blues and jazz with rock structures in a very 90s fashion. The line-up consisted of Sandman at the 2 string bass (usually playing it with a slide), Dana Colley at sax (baritone, tenor and more) and Jerome Deupree first, then Billy Conway on drums (and again Deupree for a while, then Conway again...).

The band developed a unique style, with their mockery of a power trio without a guitar, creating what they coined as "low rock". Although the band officially existed for a decade between 1989 and 1999, as Sandman died on stage in Italy during the summer european leg of the tour from a heart attack, their music has had few copycats, or at least none which are relevant or remembered.

In spite of that, the figure of Sandman as a bass player and songwritter has trascended his death and is revered by staples of alternative rock like Les Claypool.

Appropriately, a decade has passed since I last posted here regularly, a decade addicted to Morphine (sorry for the obvius pun).

Enjoy the beat inspired, eery poetry of The Night selftitled and opening track.

Love

[linkj0ckey]

it's been 10 years...

Wow, 10 years have passed by... I completely forgot about this project, can't even remember what might have happened back then... I guess I was too busy designing boardgames and I let this little blog die. I can't promise I won't do the same again.

Since then I've done many things, but not as much as I would like to. Among other stuff, I travelled 3 times to Japan, wrote an unpublished novelette and became a King Gizzard fan. That last one was predictable.

Todays song is the classic Time, by Pink Floyd. Mainly because the lyrics say "10 years have got behind you, no one told you when to run..." but also, in my novelette, the main character wakes up from a nap to this song. He can't help but to sing along, shouting out of tune, crying even, and can't understand why he is doing it... he just feels the music pumping in, he becomes the song, the song becomes him.

I feel like, even after all this time, I can't scape the Dark Side of the Moon. It is and will always be my favourite album of all time, because it talks about life, about time, about losing yourself... and I guess it hits harder the older you become.

Love

[linkj0ckey]

Mort Garson[Plantasia] 1976 Full Album

Full Plantasia Album by Mort Garson, 1976 0:00 - Plantasia 3:16 - Symphony For A Spider Plant 5:50 - Baby's Tears Blues 8:47 - Ode To An African Violet 12:38...

“Warm earth music for plants and the people who love them”

That’s the description in the cover of “Mother Earth’s Plantasia” by Mort Garson. Haven’t heard nothing else from Mr. Garson, but I’m sure I will. It sort of reminds me of a less Pink Floyd influenced Alain Goraguer’s “La Planete Sauvage”

[linkj0ckey]

Gabor Szabo - Spellbinder (1966) [full album]

Unique Music from the terribly underrated Gabor Szabo. 01 - Spellbinder (0:00) 02 - Witchcraft (5:30) 03 - It Was A Very Good Year (10:12) 04 - Gypsy Queen (...

I recently stumbled upon this (to me) hidden genius of the guitar and, oh boy! I’m hooked!. This is the second album by Gabor Szabo, hungarian guitar player and composer, it includes a couple of songs you might be familiar with, like the smooth cover of “Bang bang (my baby shot me down)” and “Gipsy Queen”, a song Santana included in his cover of Fletwood Mac’s “Black Magic Woman”

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Elder - Dead Roots Stirring (2011) (Full Album)

Boston stoner rock trio Elder returned in 2011 with an epic psychedelic rock opus, Dead Roots Stirring, jammed with cascading riffs, cosmic melody and spiral...

Sometimes I look at the seventies and wonder if nowadays albums will still be heard and appreciated in 40 years. I listen to this album and I can guess the answer is yes.

[linkj0ckey]

Ginger Baker - Stratavarious - YouTube

Polydor, 1972 01 "Ariwo" 02 "Tiwa (It's Our Own)" 03 "Something Nice" 04 "Ju Ju" 05 "Blood Brothers 69" 06 "Coda"

Ginger Baker + Fela Kuti = (L)

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Ryo Fukui - Scenery 1976 (FULL ALBUM)

Tracklist: 1. It Could Happen To You 4:16 2. I Want To Talk About You 6:32 3. Early Summer 10:44 4. Willow Weep For Me 7:43 5. Autumn Leaves 6:31 6. Scenery ...

Sunday morning :)

[linkj0ckey]

OFFICIAL VIDEO: Charles Bradley "Changes"

From Charles Bradley's latest album, Changes, out now! Directed by Eric Feigenbaum @egopuppets Produced by Jessie English for Remedial Media @englishenglish ...

That man!

I recommend listening to the whole album, you’ll find it on spotify.

[linkj0ckey]

Acid King - lll (2005) (Full Album)

III is Acid King's crowning achievement and one of the best examples of stoner metal with both feet firmly planted in blues-based psychedelia. It's relativel...

One of my favourite Stoner/doom albums

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Asteroid - II [Full Album]

[iNFORMATiON- Artist: Asteroid Album: II Genre: Stoner/Doom Metal MA: http://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Asteroid/38993 Official website: www.asteroid.se/ -...

Swedish band Asteroid are recording a new album!! Can’t wait!!!!!

[linkj0ckey]

Earth - Primitive And Deadly (Full New Album 2014)

Buy The Album At:http://earthsl.bandcamp.com/album/primitive-and-deadly https://www.facebook.com/thronesanddominions/info?ref=page_internal 00:00 Torn by the...

Happy Earth Day!!

[linkj0ckey]

Motorpsycho- Here Be Monsters (2016) FULL ALBUM

Going to try and upload from here until August. Runtime is approximately 46:15 on the disc. Track times below: 1. Sleepwalking: 0:00 2. Lacuna / Sunrise: 0:5...

Motorpsycho’s new masterpiece! Enjoy!!