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LONDON UNDERGROUND – LIVE AT THE 19TH DREAM OF DR. SARDONICUS FESTIVAL 2023 (Regal Crabomophone/ Fruits de Mer Records – pre-order now for 13th August, 2024 release)
London Underground were formed in Florence in 1998 (apparently there is a connection to great Italian keyboard driven prog band...
Jun 19, 20243 min read
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VARIOUS ARTISTS – 19TH DREAM OF DR. SARDONICUS FESTIVAL OF PSYCHEDELIA (Regal Crabomophone/ Fruits de Mer Records – 2 LP on sale on 13th August, 2024)
Blimey, it can’t be the 19th festival already. Only 150 people can get into Cardigan’s Cellar Bar, so it’s only fair that Fruits de Mer...
Jun 19, 20242 min read
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MASCOT MOTH – NOL I ANNWFN (2024) (Bandcamp)
About to be released is a new experimental psychedelic album from Llanfylln (mid-Wales) collective Mascot Moth (named after a conjuring...
Jun 19, 20241 min read
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ANANDAMMIDE – EURA (2024) (Bandcamp) – in association with SULATRON RECORDS
Anandammide is a psychedelic folk project based in Paris led by Michele Moschini who sings, plays guitar, synth, organ and drums,...
May 27, 20242 min read
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CUSTARD FLUX – EINSTEINIUM DELERIUM (2024) (Fruits de Mer Records & Bandcamp) (Released on 7th June, 2024)
I am the proud owner of several The Luck of Eden Hall albums (and complimentary T-shirts!) and need very little persuasion when it comes...
May 7, 20242 min read
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ASTRAL MAGIC WITH SHANE BECK – THE SECRET PATHS: MORE RARITIES (2024) (Bandcamp)
Santtu Laakso has collaborated with American poet Shane Beck before on “The Last American Poet”; this was my first experience of the...
May 7, 20241 min read
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AN INTRODUCTION TO THE HONEY POT WITH CRYSTAL JACQUELINE (Fruits de Mer Records) (2024)
MIGHTY BABY were of course descendants of The Action (Paul Weller and Phil Collins were fans). And there is a mighty fine version of...
Apr 23, 20242 min read
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HANFORD FLYOVER – THE GARDEN OF EARTHLY DELIGHTS/ YOU NEVER CAME DOWN (Fruits de Mer 7” single, release date June, 2024)
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA featured Joseph Byrd and singer Dorothy Moskowitz (who had sung in a group alongside ART GARFUNKEL) and also...
Apr 23, 20242 min read
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NICK NICELY – MIKE HALL IS CALLING/ WONDERFUL DAY (Fruits de Mer 7” single) (2024)
Described as a surrealistic psychedelic ghost story the A-side is pretty weird, stretching the boundaries of psychedelic music...
Apr 23, 20241 min read
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THE SAND PEBBLES – SOMETIMES A GREAT NOTION/ DESIRE LINES (Fruits de Mer 7” single) (2024)
The Australian Sand Pebbles (not to be confused with the American R&B vocal group) was formed by three of the screenwriters for...
Apr 23, 20241 min read
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ANTON BARBEAU – DOGSTAR/ QUEEN OF EYES (Fruits de Mer 7” single) (2024)
I’ve heard a lot of Anton’s music, and heard a lot of cool stuff but this is a real high point. The A-side is a Barbeau original, with...
Apr 23, 20241 min read
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AN INTRODUCTION TO ANTON BARBEAU (Fruits de Mer) (2024)
As part of a (hopefully) continuing series of introductions previously reviewed on DISS, this is another especially welcome one. A wall...
Apr 23, 20242 min read
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CITRUS CITRUS – ALBREDO MASSIMA (2023) (Sulatron Records)
“The Maximum Albedo”, to give its English translation is the debut album by a new italian psychedelic rock band Citrus Citrus founded in...
Mar 29, 20242 min read
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THE BEVIS FROND – FOCUS ON NATURE (2024) (Bandcamp)
There are few records that I immediately buy these days and not just because vinyl is becoming so damned expensive, but NICK SALOMAN’s...
Mar 20, 20242 min read
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THE BEVIS FROND - RE-DISSCOVERY: BEVIS FROND IS HIT SQUAD (2023)
Previously only available on CD, “Hit Squad” appeared last year on vinyl for the first time with updated artwork. The blurb speaks...
Mar 20, 20241 min read
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SATURNIA- THE GLITTER ODD (Sulatron Records) (2001) (2024)
“The Glitter Odd”, Saturnia's second release from 2001, is available on vinyl for the first time, specially mastered for LP. It is an...
Mar 13, 20242 min read
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LOCOMOTIVA ELÉTRICA – OS ANIMAIS QUE NOS (2024) (Abraxas Records) (Bandcamp)
My Bandcamp explorations usually reveal some gems and this Brazilian group is one of them. They are Murilo Neumann (guitar), Lucas Stein...
Feb 20, 20241 min read
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KIKAGAKU MOYO – FOREST OF LOST CHILDREN (2014/2023) and MASANA TEMPLES (2018)
Is this really the same artist that recorded these two albums? “Forest of Lost Children” is quite blues and 70s rock based, although...
Feb 19, 20241 min read
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PSYCHIC LEMON – THE UNHEIMLICH KINGDOM (2024) (Drone Records)
Due for release on 29th February on limited edition splatter and echo vinyl, CD and cassette, “The Unheimlich Kingdom” will be Psychic...
Feb 19, 20241 min read
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AN INTERVIEW WITH NATHAN HALL OF SOFT HEARTED SCIENTISTS
Soft Hearted Scientists have just released a mightily ambitious album entitled “Waltz of the Weekend” on FRUITS DE MER RECORDS which, to...
Feb 19, 20243 min read
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