Drinking The Lemonade is an ongoing exploration of Acid Mothers Temples most iconic song- Pink Lady Lemonade. This is post #1 in the series, Levitation Sessions (2021) From it’s birth in the 1996/7 demos to the present day, it’s been performed and recorded countless times. There’s […]
Today, we have another installment of Softer Shades of Psychedelia! I’m going with an absolute classic today. A heavyweight. A totally immersive experience. If you’re not familiar with The Disintegration Loops, or indeed, William Basinski himself, you owe it to yourself to listen to this masterpiece […]
An immensely talented improvisational keyboardist and drummer, I first came across Takedas work through seeing footage of her playing with Keiji Haino, Yoshida Tatsuya, and Richard Pinhas. She has several full improv sessions with Tatsuya available on his bandcamp, and a host of playing credits including […]
This is the finest psych album I’ve heard in a while, and I wish it had been on my radar when it was released. Chicago’s Divino Niño perfectly synthesizes a variety of classic and contemporary American and Latin pop sounds into a wonderful psych album. It’s […]
surreal with some of the most mind-blowing vocal performances in jazz in my opinion, each track reaches levels of controlled chaos that keep you thrilled and constantly captivated for the whole length of the album, especially the second half with one of best closing tracks ever, […]
First of all, happy 64th birthday to Robert Smith! The Cure is one of those unique mainstream groups that manages global crossover appeal while maintaining their own distinct identity. While “psychedelic” may not be the first term one thinks of when it comes to The Cure, […]
The somewhat reclusive collective returns with their unique Gamelan + Dub blend. Very deep stuff, softer and more processed sounding than the previous album. – Benjamin “Nutella” Steinacher
If you’re familiar at all with John Zorn, you know he never sticks to one idea for long. His wild experimentation renders the very concept of genre obsolete, along with other conventional aspects of improvisational/outsider music. While most well-known for his blistering, over-the-top-insane acts like Naked […]
Welcome to a new series: Softer Shades of Psychedelia, hosted by me, your favorite modmin. As much as I love the heavy, the noisy, the extreme elements of psychedelic music, I also celebrate the softer, the slippery, the squishy and delicate aspects as well. Psychedelic experiences […]
Our friends (I don’t actually know them I just like their sounds) at Ampacity have excitingly seen fit to grace us with a new album this year! Their previous LPs, “Encounter One” (2013) and “Superluminal” (2015) were both gateways for me into heavy fuzzed out nodding […]