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Feb 202 min read
MIDDLE EARTH: THE SOUNDTRACK OF LONDON’S LEGENDARY PSYCHEDELIC CLUB 1967-1969
Well, this three CD set on Cherry Red to be released on 21st March, 2025 really is a mixed bag. It starts very well with Family’s ‘Good...
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Feb 181 min read
VARIOUS ARTISTS – IN THE YEAR 2025 (Fruits De Mer Records) (2025)
Remember the Zagar and Evans 1969 #1 hit song ‘In the Year 2525’? Well, we’re not quite there yet, and there is nothing that futuristic...
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Feb 183 min read
THE BEAU BRUMMELS (part two)
The Beau Brummels 1967 ‘45s’ augured well for their next album, revealing their more creative side with Long Walking Down to Misery ...
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Feb 183 min read
THE BEAU BRUMMELS (part one)
As promised in my review of the “Jingle jangle Morning” 3 x CD set to be released by Cherry Red in March, this is an extract from the...
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Jan 242 min read
NEKTAR – JOURNEY TO THE CENTRE OF THE EYE (1971/ 2025) (Cherry Red 6 x CD/ Blu-Ray boxset)
Coming out round about now is an album that most certainly needed a significant sound upgrade from its original issue and this will...
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Jan 173 min read
SCHIZO FUN ADDICT – AN INTRODUCTION TO SCHIZO FUN ADDICT (Fruits de Mer Records – due to be released late February) (2025)
Schizo Fun Addict first appeared in 2008 on a single (the first to be released on Fruits de Mer) with an interpretation of George...
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Jan 131 min read
CACTUS FOR BREAKFAST – TAKE ME WHERE YOU GO (single) (2025) (Soundcloud)
Thanks to this Berlin band for contacting DISS regarding their single which in their words “combines reverb-drenched guitar solos with an...
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Jan 132 min read
FALLING A RECORDS: a plea
Thanks to Barry Lamb and Peter Ashby for a copy of their annual report. Why is this post here? Because, for over 25 years now I have been...
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Jan 1011 min read
INTERVIEW WITH DON FALCONE (2025)
PHIL : First of all, Don, thanks for the files of the book and the music. Our paths have crossed before in my incarnation as a music...
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Jan 103 min read
DON FALCONE – ONE OF THE SPIRITS BURNING – A MUSICAL MEMOIR (Stairway Press) (2025)
Our paths have crossed before during my time as a reviewer. Michael Moorcock writes the foreword for this 514-page tome (with CD – see...
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Jan 62 min read
NOSTALGIA TRIP #1 – THE LASER’S EDGE Prog magazine (FALL 1997)
Thanks to Thierry Sportouche, the editor of ACID DRAGON for sending me copies of extinct prog magazines, including the above. I don’t...
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Jan 62 min read
PETE SINFIELD – UNDER THE SKY – A COLLECTION OF LYRICS AND POEMS (1974/ 2024)
The article in PROG magazine reminded me of my signed copy of the above-named book. Richard Williams, writing in Melody Maker, said of...
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Dec 21, 20241 min read
THE FIRST FULL CALENDAR YEAR OF DIMENSIONS IN SOUND AND SPACE
As I review the year 2024, here is one of many nice comments we have had: the link is: https://elegantsimplicity.com/2024/12/10/dimension...
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Dec 21, 20242 min read
REVIEW OF THE YEAR ON DIMENSIONS IN SOUND AND SPACE (2024) (part one)
As well as some of your feedback, I’ve been having a look back at what has been reviewed by www.dimensions-in-sound-and-space.com in...
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Dec 10, 20241 min read
ASTRAL MAGIC – WIZARD’S EUPHORIA (Bandcamp- Astral Magic & Dr, Space) (2024)
Santtu Laakso is back in collaboration with Shane Beck and Dr Space (Scott Heller), as well as Astral Magic stalwart Jonathan Siegel, and...
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Nov 12, 20241 min read
MASCOT MOTH – CONFUSIONS AND ILLUSIONS (EP) (Bandcamp CD/ DL) (2024)
I have previously enjoyed the music of this imaginative and idiosyncratic (in a nice way) band from Llanfyllin. Their latest release is...
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Nov 5, 20241 min read
PAUL LAKE – DEAR MR. FANTASY/ CHILD OF THE MOON (Fruits de Mer) (2024)
Paul Lake of The Chemistry Set has produced a nice slice of nostalgia from his youth in the shape of Traffic’s ‘Mr Fantasy’ and he has...
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Nov 4, 20241 min read
SACRED BUZZ – RADIO RADIATION EP (Bandcamp) (2024)
Available on download and cassette, “Radio Radiation” was recorded in a studio on Frank Zappa Strasse in Berlin. The line-up is Ivan...
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Nov 4, 20241 min read
CENSUS OF HALLUCINATIONS – THE 4TH DIMENSION (Falling A Records) (2024 reissue)
The 4th Dimension' uses, as ever, a healthy sprinkling of sampling, effects, narrative and programming to create a veritable feast of...
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Nov 4, 20242 min read
CENSUS OF HALLUCINATIONS – THE 3RD EYE (Falling A Records) (2001/ 2024)
“A world of frantic motion, never knowing if you’re coming or going”, unable to show our emotions ruled over by politicians who “if at...
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