Marlene Ribiero "Toquei no Sol"
Tony Conrad/Arnold Dreyblatt/Jim O'Rourke "Tonic 19-01-2001"
Jon Iverson meets Prins Emanuel, Golden Ivy & Inre Kretsen Grupp - S/T
Ennio Morricone "Danger Diabolik" OST
The Brian Jonestown Massacre "The Future Is Your Past"
Black Artist Group "in Paris, Aries 1973"
Dwyer, John/Ryan Sawyer/Andres Renteria - "Posh Swat"
All That Can Get Heavy...
I first heard Up-Tight by way of Steven Krakow's Galactic Zoo Disk label in 2005 because of my obsession with Kawabata Makoto. A CD only release at the time sporting a VU's tribute cover art scenario happily entered my world , how can you go wrong...?
Always vigilant for pending releases by Up-Tight (pre-order here) after that was a given and what I have, has been slowly acquired. UP-Tight are a slow burner psychedelic rock band, at it since 1992, the group have a handful of predominately ltd. self released, cds, cdrs and a cassette or two and very few records. Up-Tight play a largely drone oriented, improv style of music which draws on some of the early sounds of Guru Guru , the heaviest acidic jamz of say the Velvet Underground as well as the influence of Japanese Psych forefather Godz Les Rallizes Dénudés.💕 It's all very wild and so fucking wonderful! 💣💕👽
This 1st time waxing comes at the behest and hawkeyed Cardinal Fuzz headmaster Dave Cambridge. Dave obsessively dwells on and knows always, what's best for you and I with regard to the proper musical diet. Previously only a self released CDR "Sweet Sister" exemplifies perhaps what Up-Tight do best; they slow roast that fucking grey matter until the juices flow correctly and you trip the light fantastic on the way to suffonsification ! This newly minted first time vinyl is one 45 minute track, split over two sides and builds to perfectly cooked! You are served the Wagyu Filet Mignon of psych right here people!! When you hit side two, you are into the heaviest part of the dish that relentlessly sports the syncopated, heavy, downer drone of unwaivering tribal drum propulsion framed by snarling, snakey heavy guitar histrionics. It's like the greatest loop from a God whose acid fueled intention leaves no leftovers on a plate. Pull the trigger on this record from Up-Tight, you owe yourself a bonafide top dish every so often. "Sweet Sister" is on pre-order in the UK at Cardinal Fuzz Friday, March 3rd and in the USA at Feeding Tube Records through Forced Exposure. JW.👽
Listen here.....Up-Tight - "Sweet Sister"
Black Editions celebrates the 25th anniversary of first ever vinyl edition of this milestone album, cut at 45rpm in a double LP edition for maximum analog fidelity. Housed in a heavy tip-on gatefold sleeve with UV gloss, strike-through matte varnish and embossed finishing. Japan's Nagasi Ni Te weave a great blend of electric folk, psychedelia and rock.
Originally released in Japan in 2008, this pressing on Jagjaguwar issued the same year is a much less expensive issue of a pretty great LP combining the dreamy, plaintive folk psych sounds of a really swell, long running creative band from the Japanese underground.
Walkin / Cookin / Relaxin / Workin / Steamin (5LP box set) freshly minted on wax outta the UK presents a smokin' set of classic miles LPs all housed in original LP jacket art. Predominantly Miles Davis Quintet LPs done between '57 and '61 these are all smokin' examples of Miles hard bop period !
This has always had some traction when released by various labels over the many years. This is the latest issue from 2022 on Australia's excellent Survival Research record label.
1975 killer classic of Indian psych funk! The party starts here ! Heavy drums, fuzz sitar and synth moves-a-delica !
LONDON ODENSE ENSEMBLE "Jaiyede Sessions Vol. 2"
YO LA TENGO "This Stupid World"
FLIED EGG "Dr. Siegel's Fried Egg..."
KRAFTWERK "Early Live In Germany"
TINTURN ABBEY "Beeside The Complete Recordings"
SWEDISH MEATBALLS VOL. 2 THE PSCHEDELIC HARDROCK UNDERGROUD 1970-1977
SWEDISH MEATBALLS VOL. 1 THE PSCHEDELIC HARDROCK UNDERGROUD 1971-1977
Roll way forward to 1997 and Mark Cunningham's "Blood River Dusk" solo album is unleashed in Spain on CD. Some 16 years later on wax through Feeding Tube Records. This one blew my mind and I championed it instantly in my shop as a permanent fixture. Never an album that flew out the door by any stretch and it sported a sticker that simply said; "Dude from Mars plays trumpet with a fucked up jazz vibe akin to Miles Davis early 70's period". Anyone that bought it over the next 7 years fucking had their minds blown! Naturally at Birdman, this made the 2nd and 3rd Blood Quartet LPs (both on Feeding Tube 2016 and 2018 respectively) "Deep Red" and "Until My Darkness Goes", hot sellers and are carried to this very day in the shop! I was thrilled in late 2020 when Dave Cambridge(headmaster at Cardinal Fuzz told me that he and Feeding Tube Records were presenting a brand new album entitled "Root 7", "just fucking WOW" I said to myself ! Coincidentally this record has just seen light of day the past few weeks and although I've had the final mixes of "Root 7" sitting on my desktop for over a year now, I and only ever listened to the first 2 tracks, not wanting to spoil the maiden voyage once waxed! Blood Quartet have up'd the anti on this 4th offering. I still hear Miles and all the other very best free jazz sounds of the deep shit underground of the early 1970's and make no mistake Blood Quartet are firmly in the here and now, this ain't no retro excursion whatsoever!. In some ways to me, it's spiritually related to a wicked series of LPs unleashed over the last few years by an awesome French trio consisting of Jac Berrocal, David Fenech and Vincent Epplay. Firmly in place with Blood Quartet (like their previous work) is a sense of darkness and a profund melancholic mood. In this understated sadness I do hear and feel a sense of beauty. Every piece on "Root 7" is coated with thematic imagery and really pulls at the soul. The record grooves in a perfectly off kilter fashion that on ocassion threatens to go bersirk but never quite pulls the trigger. What a wicked trip and I can't recommend this record enough!💕💣
I must also commend Dave Cambridge, Byron Coley and Ted Lee for being consistently on the cutting edge of releasing what music they do. An insanely wide range of sounds and styles that cannot be pidgeonholed at all! This ocassional union of committed trailblazers with their labels is incredible and it's purely an alliance built from being like minded, deep shit motherfuckers at the end of the day!
Blood Quartet is not a cookie cutter band, nor are their albums. There's no pretense, there's no fucking 5 color variation wax versions, there's no glow in the dark sleeves and no phony Japanese OB strips. It'a all about brain blowing music on a good old fashioned black slab! We should feel lucky that Cardinal Fuzz and Feeding Tube exist and give a fuck about artists like Blood Quartet...I know I do.💕👽
