Campground Tracers, Snailface Four

Why didn't anyone tell me the third Snailface album, IV, was out? They were my #1 Free of 2010, and my #8 Next 10 Metal of 2009.




As usual, this one's Name Your Price as well. At their main band's website, you can check out this explanatory post.

Metallic Alloys

Heeyyy, you got your Black Metal in my Space Rock! Nooo, you got your Drone Psych in my Doom Metal...




Maybe my favorite new band, from Finland: Oranssi Pazuzu. Their third album is out somewhat recently now. Somehow, it's actually cheaper to buy the physical CD.

Here's a band SoundCloud mix including earlier material.




Hey, you got your Disco Funk Metal in my Zeuhl! I would swear I've at least heard of Chrome Hoof, but there are so many similarly named bands. I definitely would not have guessed their musical style(s) correctly.




Dude, you got your complete lack of guitars in my Brutal Death Metal. Geryon is made up of Nick and Lev, the rhythm section of Krallice (#13 Metal of 2009, #21 of 2011), with assistance from Indricothere (#9, 2007).

Quebec/All Request Live - Ween (#3, 2003)

As you might have heard, Ween broke up since this Top 10 list was originally posted (August 2012). But maybe they're talking again? Only time will tell...



"Transdermal Celebration" from Quebec (2003)

I think it's funny that the album's Wiki page says that "Music critic Mark Prindle named Quebec the best album of the 2000s (decade) in an interview." Mark Prindle interviews on Fox News, talking about Ween, referenced in Wikipedia?! Wild. Also, this Pitchfork review is completely ridiculous. I still don't have The Caesar Demos.

Here's all of Quebec. It will be difficult not to talk about almost every tune, but not quite so difficult to skip a couple of them.



"Zoloft" from Quebec (2003)

I like the mötorspeedthrash ("It's Gonna Be a Long Night") as much as anyone else, but it is just more goodness in the vein of White Pepper's "Stroker Ace." Z.O.L.O.F.T. is "an antidepressant of the selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) class..." Serotonin reuptake inhibitor would make a good Ween lyric... maybe with some wordplay on serotinal (late summer). Just spitballin' here.

The sad alarm.



"Happy Colored Marbles" from Quebec (2003)

I started off disliking this song, then a friend said she loved it, then I listened more closely, now I dig it a lot more. Not perfection, but I'd overlooked the greatness within. Seein' it live a few times sure didn't hurt neither.

Groooovy...



"Chocolate Town" from Live in Chicago (2004)

Love that version! Really lays it down.

More sadness... and more psych-prog. There's so much different happening on this record, still true but a bit less so on the more theme-style albums. But much of it's kind of a downer - which can be cool too. And sometimes majestic.

Won't go too deep here - you can listen to All (of) Request Live streaming. It was a live webcast, with setlist by request.



"Where'd The Cheese Go?" from All Request Live (2003)

Yeah, the Pizza Hit. It featured, among others, "Awesome Sound," and "Mononucleosis," & also "Demon Sweat." And that's not even all of The Pod (1991) tunes to be featured here.

Check it out - a great year!


"... by Ween."

Genre - Alt-Psych Prog Nightmare
Official - ween.com/
Myspace - myspace.com/ween
Location - New Hope, PA

Review - Dusted Magazine
Download - Amazon, iTunes
Purchase - Chocodog Merch

Zombi-esque (#5, 2012)

Long way to go & a short time to get there. Both of the two guys from Zombi (#5, 2011) were super-busy last year, and there's a ton of fun out there. Let's start with their side-splitting LP project, Brainstorm. I guess the single was Steve Moore's "Enhanced Humanoid," but here's a cool fan-vid to scope...


"Dawn of Primordial Life" by Steve Moore, from Brainstorm (2012)

Majeure's album side is the 20-minute "Atlantis Purge." Haha, epic.

Also, here's the whole album on Bandcamp.



"Tyken's Rift" by Steve Moore, from Light Echoes (2012)

Course that's not sufficient for either of these dudes - solo releases! Moore had this one, with the massive Part II of the title track, not surprisingly a ST:NG reference.

[Edit, 11/21: Wow, I botched that pretty good - bad "Light Echoes II" link, unclear that "Tyken's Rift" was the Star Trek reference... Fixed.]



"Extreme Northern Lights" by Majeure, from Solar Maximum (2012)

But don't forget about A.E. Paterra... he's gotta have his own (OOP) record too. And with its own catchy title track as well.

Zombi will be hitting the road again for December, opening for the fantastic Goblin reunion. Do try to catch them if you can!




Not only that, but these guys (bandmates in Zombi) have also started up a limited-edition cassette-tape label - VCO Recordings. You want some weird? Try the sold-out Rusting Cyphers of a Forgotten Sky from Jonas Reinhardt & Abyss of Fathomless Light.

On the lighter side, Abul Mogard's 2012 s/t debut tape (ed./100) is still available!



"Post-Crisis Remembrance" by Abul Mogard, from Drifted Heaven (2013)

And they're taking pre-orders for the follow-up right now... with a super-new official video preview. Each cassette order comes with full & free digital download.

Genre - Spaced Electronicals
Steve Moore/tumblr - stevemoore2600.tumblr.com/
Label Bandcamp - vcorecordings.bandcamp.com/
Location - various, including Serbia

Review - Consequence of Sound
Download - Amazon search, iTunes, VCO online
Purchase - Majeure @ TRL / SM @ Cuneiform

Black Mountain Psych

Yeah, I don't shoot video at shows because I'm too busy watching the band. But I do appreciate those people who do! And one of those people has come through big time.

Goat's set was definitely the highlight of my Austin Psych Fest, being that they were my #1 of 2012 & I'd never seen them before. But Black Mountain (#6 Live, 2010) was a real close second, and someone shot most of their set!

O yeah, and Roky was real good too. And Boris. And...



"Mary Lou" live at Austin Psych Fest, 4/27/2013

Pretty epic set-opener from their most recent soundtrack album. Might as well go ahead and mention that I've run into Stephen McBean at all 3 Austin Psych Fests that I've attended so far: 3/3.



"Wucan" live at Austin Psych Fest, 4/27/2013

One of my faves there - since whenever I first discovered that album. Which is In the Future (#10, 2008), which is great. Here, have an official video, while yer at it.



"Tyrants" live at Austin Psych Fest, 4/27/2013

Super-prog, that at times comes on like bombastic Mollusk-style Ween. (That is good.) The next video has the coda, along with a full "Buried by the Blues." Nice.



[other sweet photos here]
The rain started falling during "Phosphorescent Waves," so the camera went into hiding [full studio]. I wasn't altogether with it, but I'm thinking there was another Wilderness Heart (#17, 2010) rocker played in there - maybe the title track. But not "Let Spirits Ride," which I initially mistook it for.



"No Hits" live at Austin Psych Fest, 4/27/2013

You wanna talk about epic? Check out that John Carpenter worship intro, check out that jamming. Yup, that's from the 2005 self-titled debut.

No "Druganaut" from that one, but I'm fairly sure they did perform "Queens Will Play" somewhere in there towards the end.

Thanks, Black Mountain!! Come back to Texas before another 3 years...

The Return of Guapo

Went to a record store over the weekend, and saw a new CD from "Guapo." Was it that same #2 of 2006 Guapo?



"The Pilman Radiant" [edit] from History of the Visitation (2013)

Why, yes it was!

No longer the full 'classic' line-up (with Miracle/Ulver/Æthenor's Daniel O'Sullivan) - but it sounds fairly similar still... Jazzy, proggy art-Rock In Opposition.



History of the Visitation trailer (2012)

I was wondering why it cost so much, and apparently it comes with a live DVD with shows from 2006 and 2007.

Here are my two home-brewed videos from the 2006 single:

"The Heliotrope"
"The Selenotrope"

Probably still need to get that Elixirs collection (2008) too.

Invisible invisivni Invisible

In my coverage of South American bands, I really haven't been fair to Argentina. I've only ever covered one band: the fantastic Go-Neko! While Chile has gotten three, whole, posts... So here's an Argentine band to compensate.



Invisible played some heavy progressive rock en Español, out of Buenos Aires from 1973-1977. First let's get to the singles.



"La llave del mandala" (The Key to the Mandala), 1974 single

That's actually their 2nd single, but I like it better anyway. Definitely in the proto-hard rock realm of yer Deep Purple's and such.



"Estado de coma" (Coma), 1974 single

[***NSFW VIDEO***] Similarly, but moreso...



Invisible disco completo (1974)

The album sounds quite different than the harder singles - more often proggy & jazzy. And I think they made the right call. Not sure if their heavy boogie-rocking would carry over through a whole LP. Here's a cleaned-up translation from the YouTube description...

Note from Rolling Stone's 100 best albums of rock bands:

After the end of Pescado Rabioso [Rabid Fish] in late 1973, [Luis Alberto] Spinetta formed Invisible with Pomo [Lorenzo] and Machi Rufino Lorenzo (the former from Pappo's Blues), and the following year released his debut LP, with the drawing "Puddle" by M.C. Escher, on the cover. Complex music (composed rhythmic, jazz harmonies) and lyrics influenced by Surrealism and the French Symbolists characterized this first group stage, which shows Spinetta's expansive creativity that would not fit on one record, as evidenced by three singles appearing in the same year: "La llave del mandala", "Elementales leches" and "Viejos ratones del tiempo."

These additional tunes all end up as bonus tracks in various places, but my favorite bonus so far is the "Mandala" B-side.



"Lo que nos ocupa es la conciencia, esa abuela que regula el mundo" (What concerns us is the consciousness, that grandmother that regulates the world), 1974 b-side

RAWK!! Now I want to get that 7" single on vinyl! And possibly the full-length as well...

Here's some English-language band info (& en Español). By the way, I know there are more than 2 countries in South America.

Lost Byron Bay Mix

Let's listen into the cosmic hum...



Or in other words, "Why Don't We See Our Minds At Dawn Anymore?"


Why Don't We See Our Minds At Dawn Anymore by sardonica


The Soundcloud labels say it all: "The lost Byron Bay mix, over 3 hours of astral space music .... enjoy!" Dungen (#5 of 2008), Floyd (all time), Boards (Broads of Canada?), Vangelis, FSOL, etc.


If but to download, perchance to zone out. Astral... space... muuusic!

Cosmos - Zombi (#1, 2004) The Story So Far...

Holy shit. This post has taken me almost forever. No, seriously... the previous Top 10 of 2004 post was May 31st, 2010. Over two years ago!!

The original delay was for me to somehow get the vinyl-only bonus title track digitized and available. That never happened. Then I guess I just got psyched out by how much I really love Cosmos - it's still my favorite Zombi album. (I think.)

But now it's going in the hopper with an overall discographical history.



"Sequence 1" from Zombi EP (2001)

So it begins. This self-titled debut EP collection of secret-origin demo's is by far the most classically horror-soundtrack stylized of the Zombi albums, although they all have that DNA. All of the tracks are even named "Sequence 1" through "Sequence 8" - as was the (horror OST) style back in the days.

For a long time, I mostly read comparisons to Goblin, probably just because the band name derives from the Dario Argento-edited version of George A. Romero's Dawn of the Dead - titled Zombi in Italy (1978) - for which Goblin did the OST. But I've always heard more of the minimalist synthesizer tension of John Carpenter and his other devotees, rather than the often elaborate prog flourishes of Goblin. Probably by necessity, given the fact that Zombi are only a duo. (And later they would seem to edge closer to Tangerine Dream territory, but Goblin's definitely still in there - a bit.)



"DMC-12" from Twilight Sentinel EP (2003)

Only 4 songs on the 2nd EP, but the band has matured quickly. Kind of odd, in that the first track is "Sequence 8 [alt. version]" (last sequence on Zombi), and the second track is "Part 2" of a Cosmos track ("Gemini"). Then the last two songs are automotive related, because... for some reason. You might know the DMC-12 as the classic DeLorean model of stage & screen. And the great title track takes its name from a 40-year old GM light-control technology. The '60s!!

Both EP's together as The Zombi Anthology (2005) are available for download on both Amazon and iTunes. Original EP included a "hidden" bonus version of someone(s) playing Steely Dan's "Green Earrings."



So here we are... Zombi's 2004 classic double-album Cosmos! It's excellent. Caught between earlier growth & development and later experimention & genre explorations, the whole experience covers minimalistic mood pieces, horror-soundtrack vibe, some blown-out prog musicianship, epic synth-drone workouts, and anything else in the grab-bag.



"Orion" and "Cetus" from Cosmos (2004)

The opening one-two punch deals it out. The tight bassline in "Orion," the rolling drum fills, with the synth not really doing all that much work. Although the synthesizer is the "main" instrument, so much action takes place on the drumkit (obviously) and with the bass-work. "Cetus" rocks out so propulsive, even for "space rock." Now that we're here, I guess I should say that Zombi have always been Steve Moore (on synth/bass) and A.E. "Tony" Paterra (on drums/synth). They worked out of Romero's Pittsburgh for a long time, then it seemed like Chicago, and now I think it's from outta Brooklyn plus elsewhere.

That's my 15th video ever, from 9/25/2009. The keyhole wipe!



"Cassiopeia" from Cosmos (2004)

Set sequencer to stun. Now the arpeggiator!

"Cassiopeia is a constellation in the northern sky, named after the vain queen Cassiopeia in Greek mythology, who boasted about her unrivalled beauty," per Wikipedia. As you may have noticed by now, the tunes on Cosmos focus on space, the night sky, and especially constellations.

Wikipedia sez: "Orion, sometimes subtitled The Hunter, is a prominent constellation located on the celestial equator and visible throughout the world. It is one of the most conspicuous, and most recognisable constellations in the night sky." I'd never thought of a constellation having a subtitle.

"Cetus is a constellation. Its name refers to Cetus, a sea monster in Greek mythology, although it is often called 'the whale' today." Once again, from our friends at Wikipedia. Read the mythology Wiki links to learn non-Zombi factoids like "[t]he term cetacean originates from cetus."



"Serpens" from Cosmos (2004)

Cosmic vastness and kickin' beats. From here on out, Zombi mostly stretch it out to epic length. Risky, but they were up to the task. We're kinda beyond the horror thing here. Intro from the 2001 wormhole, or maybe the Imperial Vortex? The Sea of Fire? (Flash!) Many twists and turns, a building crescendo, planets collide, victory - or at least survival. (Alien!)

Check it out! Here's some demo's for three of those songs. I think I heard of a CDr release for these, but I've never actually seen it.

And "Serpens ('the Serpent') is a constellation of the northern hemisphere. It is unique among the modern constellations in being split into two non-contiguous parts, Serpens Caput (Serpent's Head) to the west and Serpens Cauda (Serpent's Tail) to the east. Between these two halves lies the constellation of Ophiuchus (the 'Serpent-Bearer')." (Wiki!)



"Gemini" from Cosmos (2004)

A little more epic now... One of the multitudinous things I dig about Zombi is how they balance the soundfield. Too much synth-oriented music occupies the ultra-higher-frequency end of the audible spectrum, which can get excessively grating. But without a bunch of non-synth instruments to get out the way of, we get a lot more deep-bass synth and mid-range, without the ear-splitting screeches. Also, drum & bass! - although not the electro genre of DnB.

Gemini is one of one two (HA!) constellations used here that also serve as an astrological star-sign. "Gemini ... love to talk! It's not just idle chatter with these folks, either. The driving force behind a Gemini's conversation is their mind. The Gemini-born are intellectually inclined, forever probing people and places in search of information." At least according to Astrology.com.

The quite interlude "Andromeda" sounds the most like something from an actual (non-Goblin) Italo horror soundtrack, possibly of anything Zombi ever did. The Andromeda constellation contains the Andromeda galaxy - closest spiral neighbor to The Milky Way - and both are named for the mythological Æthiopian princess, daughter of Cassiopeia and sacrifice to Cetus.



"Taurus [edit]" [complete] from Cosmos (2004)

Taurus is the other star-sign. It's a bull. (Also a once-popular Ford automobile.) Wikipedia informs me that "It is one of the oldest constellations, dating back to at least the Early Bronze Age when it marked the location of the Sun during the spring equinox."

Man, I love this song! It's so ominous and stately, and eventually just bugnuts ending. That video is 2-years-old today... and that brings the album to a majestic close.



"Legacy" from Surface to Air (2006)

Zombi's next full-length record was Surface to Air (#1 Record of 2006). A much more difficult album to delve into, but well worth it. Several tunes still not on YouTube, but I just now discovered a Zombi Bandcamp - entire album streaming!!



The Digitalis maxi-single contained a couple of non-album B-sides in a more electro-space-disco vein - such as "Sapphire" (which would get its own 12" in 2009, with the non-album B-side B-side club banger "Long Mirrored Corridor").

!!!!! A little-known Zombi track appeared on Seed Records, Volume Two (2008): "Sessuale" - stream a bit and/or buy it.

"Spirit Warrior" from Spirit Animal (2009)

The rest of the #2 set of releases from 2009 included the next full album Spirit Animal and their split with Maserati. The latter had one Zombi track - here's 10 minutes of "Infinity."

Spirit Animal brought new instrumentation (guitar!), new cover artist Jeremy Schmidt (keyboardist of Black Mountain), and is by far Zombi's proggiest record. By far. Five extended cuts, with themed song titles ("Spirit Warrior/Animal", "Earthly/Cosmic Powers") - depending on your tastes, this might be the right place to jump in. Stream the whole album.



"Saturnalia" by Steve Moore, from Valerie and Friends comp (2009)

Steve Moore has also released material under his own name, under the alias Gianni Rossi, as Lovelock, and as a member of Miracle and of Titan. Plus various remixes, including one of Maserati's "Monoliths." Here's an old/outdated blog-post about solo Moore. Here's a very recent interview!

A.E. Paterra releases solo work under the name Majeure. He also filled the drum seat for Maserati's last tour (#3 Live Show, 2011).

Their most recent is the split-LP Brainstorm (2012) - stream or buy cassette, or buy the vinyl. Or check out a review...

Genre - Horror Soundtrack Synth-Prog
Official - zombi.us/
Myspace - myspace.com/zombi
Location - Pittsburgh, PA

Review - Sea of Tranquility
Download - Amazon, iTunes
Lala - Cosmos
Purchase - Relapse Records [2xLP]

Your Mercury - Teeth of the Sea (#10, 2010)

This is why you don't publish a Year-End list at the beginning of December! (Among other late releases...)
[which also applies to 2011.]



"A.C.R.O.N.Y.M." by Teeth of the Sea, from Your Mercury (2010)

On its own, Hypnoticon would have probably been in the 20's or 30's. But then I caught word of an all-new full-length album, and it had already been released! In the newest issue of Mojo (Freddie Mercury cover), they have an article on Teeth of the Sea (not the 4-star review of Your Mercury). Influences referred to are: Hawkwind's Space Ritual (#4, 1973), Sleep's Holy Mountain (1992), and Monster Magnet's Spine of God (also 1992)... "Krautrock, Kosmische music, spaghetti western soundtracks, pompous Euro-prog" (per Julian Cope), The Cramps, Steve Reich, Queen's soundtrack to Flash Gordon (!!!), "Iain Sinclair / Alan Moore psychogeography," Sunn O))), Heldon, Bongwater (#4, 1988). But then makes the important point that "their singular wisdom is never to copy their heroes." Right.



"Hypnoticon Viva" [live, 11/22/2010] by TOTS, from Hypnoticon EP (2010)

The Hypnoticon EP is good. You have one tune arising from their Flash Gordon (1980) OST concert, a somewhat non-descript TOTS jam-out, and "The Island Is" – a much longer psychedelic guitar ambient exploration. It kind of made me think TOTS was settling down a bit.



"The Ambassador" by Teeth of the Sea, from Your Mercury (2010)

Your Mercury totally reverses course. After an intro track, "The Ambassador" explodes in a guitar feedback noisefest – and from there, it's electronic drones, guitar freak-outs, the occasional trumpet, some interludes, some epics... basically, everything you (or maybe I) want in an album.



"You're Mercury" [live, 11/22/2010] by TOTS, from Your Mercury (2010)

I just recently made the Mercury/Freddie connection too...

O yeah! Check out the Rough Trade bonus disc (which I didn't know about) - and get it here for free!!

HOWARD SHORE - "Welcome To Videodrome"
SLAUGHTER - "Tales Of The Macabre"
EINSTURZENDE NEUBAUTEN - "Kalte Sterne"
MICHAEL MOORCOCK’S DEEP FIX - "Time Centre"
MICK FARREN - "Carnivorous Circus Part 1"
KEITH FULLERTON WHITMAN - "Generator 7B"
MOONDOG - "Bug On A Floating Leaf"
JOHN GIORNO - "Vajra Kisses"
NEON JUDGEMENT - "Fashion Party"
FANFARE CIOCARLIA - "Hora Cu Strigaturii"
PROSTHETIC CUNT - "Dog Got Knocked The Fuck Out"
THE MUMMIES - "You Must Fight To Live On The Planet Of The Apes"
BUTTHOLE SURFERS - "Something"
THE SCREAMERS - "122 Hours Of Fear"
UMBERTO - "Red Dawn"
XELA - "Halloween"
SUN RA - "Astro Black"
RZA - "Love Jones"
MICHAEL BUNDT - "Tropic Of Night Frost"
BROADCAST - "DDL"
ODYSSEY - "Who"
NICO - "Evening Of Light"

Good stuff.

On a related note, Can't let go without mentioning that Teeth of the Sea were responsible for the #4 Free Internet Mixes of 2010.

Genre - Soundtrack Jazz and Noise Ambience
Official/Myspace - myspace.com/thewrongjaws
Location - North London, England

Review - The BBC
Download - Amazon, iTunes
Purchase - All That Is Heavy

Shea Stadium, the radium...

I put some of this stuff on a recent Facebook catch-up post: Barn Owl and Woodsman - so definitely check those out first. (Actually, I noticed they've just Saturday put up 4 parts of Woodsman from 11/19/2011!!)

But still no Fresh Millions (#38, 2010) show from 10/19...
[check again?]



But now we're going to talk about Live at Shea Stadium in general. Seems like it's a live club/recording studio (in Brooklyn, not Queens) - so they tape bands that play there. Not all of them make it to the internet, but lots do.


Steve Moore - Live @ Shea Stadium by LiveatSheaStadium

The page for Steve Moore (of Zombi) goes to the wrong Soundcloud set. So, listen to it out here. This kind of thing happens quite a bit, so if you can't immediately find something you want, just try a little harder!



From the Archives... (I think I'll just go alphabetically, and put some genre tag descriptions.) O yeah, and even though Altered Zones is defunct, I recognize a lot of these from there - so 1 extra link (each).



Amen Dunes: L@SS, x2 dates - reverberation songcraft:



More about Amen Dunes at Altered Zones.

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Bass Drum of Death: L@SS, 4/23/2011 (full set) - nugget-y garage mess:



More on Bass Drum of Death at Altered Zones.

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Burning Star Core: L@SS, 7/22/2011 - ambient fiddle loops:



More Burning Star Core at Altered Zones.

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Co La: L@SS, 8/2/2011 (full set) - New-Anything Bass Music:



Mo' Co La at Altered Zones.

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Ducktails: L@SS, x2 dates - guitar pop:



More on Ducktails at Altered Zones.

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James Ferraro: L@SS, x2 dates (downloadable) - lo.fi NÜ-waves:



More about James Ferraro at Altered Zones.

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Fresh & Onlys: L@SS, 11/3/2010 - the new, new jangle tunes:



More Fresh & more Onlys at Altered Zones.

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Ga'an: L@SS, 5/20/2011 (1 song) - neo-Zeuhl:



More Ga'an at Altered Zones.

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Hubble: L@SS, x2 dates - ambient guitar drone:



More about NASA vid project & about Hubble at Altered Zones.

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Lichens: L@SS, 9/15/2010 (1 song) - electronics drone:



More at Altered Zones.

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Liturgy: L@SS, 7/4/2011 - "Trancendental Black Metal":



More on Liturgy at Altered Zones.

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MV+EE: L@SS, 7/24/2010 (full set) - acoustics drone:



More coverage of Matt Valentine & Erika Elder at Altered Zones.

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Noveller: L@SS, 7/11/2011 (full set) - organics drone:
(5 new parts from 11/12 show added just Saturday!



More Noveller at Altered Zones.

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Real Estate: L@SS, 8/14/2010 (1 song) - more guitar pop:



More on Real Estate at Altered Zones.

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Suuns: L@SS, 1/26/2010 (1 full set) - Québécois post-punk:



More from Suuns at Altered Zones.

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Woven Bones: L@SS, 10/21/2010 - Rock-n-Stooge:



More about Woven Bones at Altered Zones.

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Young Prisms: L@SS, 10/21/2011 (full set) - shoegaze:



More Young Prisms stuff at Altered Zones.

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Zs: L@SS, 10/1/2011
Zs (Black Crown Ceremony) L@SS, 6/15/11 - noise-jazz:



Zs reviews NOT at Altered Zones.

Various Multi-Part Mega-Suites (FB)

[Posted 11/27/2011] Sometimes a tune or video just cannot be contained by the usual 3, 5, or even 10 or 12 minutes. And at that point, it bursts the seams of YouTube, the internets, and reality itself! Like, say, a Tangerine Dream...



"Rubycon, Part 1" by Tangerine Dream, from Rubycon (1976)

[10/3/2011] Pretty awesome images to go with pretty awesome soundz! "Rubycon 1" SPACE-ACe-Ace-ace-a...

Also, here's "Part 2 (part 1)" - right.



"Ricochet" [part 1] by Tangerine Dream, from Ricochet (1975)

Great live album! Here's Part 2/2.



Miles Davis, with the jazz and all? o yeah.



"Star People" [part 1] by Miles Davis, from Star People (1983)

[10/5/2011] What is it with this place and looong tunes, mang? I've decided to explore the '80s Miles Davis, so I put this on order: Star People (1983)... 1/2 the title track!

Also, here's Part 2 of 2 - right off!



"Yesternow" by Miles Davis, from A Tribute to Jack Johnson (1971)

With YouTube's new capacity levels, that's the whole tune. So I'll give you a component part: "Willie Nelson [insert 2]" - from The Complete Jack Johnson Sessions boxset (2003).



Super-duper live footage of great band, Zombi!



Zombi live [part 1] from Paris, 10/21/2011

[10/24/2011] Five parts of live Zombi! 2011... Yeah!!

Plus, parts two & three & four & five. Rock on!



"Surface to Air" live [part 1] from Chicago, 4/28/2007

I don't think there's any subsequent parts, but that's not gonna prevent me from posting this up. Again?