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Apr 23, 20241 min read
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...
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Apr 23, 20241 min read
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...
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Apr 23, 20242 min read
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...
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Mar 29, 20242 min read
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...
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Mar 20, 20242 min read
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...
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Mar 20, 20241 min read
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...
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Mar 13, 20242 min read
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...
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Feb 20, 20241 min read
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...
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Feb 19, 20241 min read
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...
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Feb 19, 20241 min read
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...
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Feb 19, 20243 min read
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...
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Feb 19, 20243 min read
SOFT HEARTED SCIENTISTS – WALTZ OF THE WEEKEND (2024) (Fruits de Mer Records)
Apparently coming into existence serendipitously as the result of bumping into one another searching for meteor fragments in the Garwnant...
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Feb 6, 20241 min read
CLEAR BLUE SKY - THROUGH A PURPLE LENS (2024)
I love listening to JOHN SIMMSs fluid and expressive guitar, conjuring up mages of space and time. 'Through a Purple Lens' is a...
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Jan 30, 20243 min read
SOFT HEARTED SCIENTISTS – WALTZ OF THE WEEKEND (2024) (Fruits de Mer Records)
Apparently coming into existence serendipitously as the result of bumping into one another searching for meteor fragments in the Garwnant...
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Nov 13, 20231 min read
THE FISHHEADS – LOBSTER BASQUE REPLICA (2023)
This can only be Fruits de Mer, an LP + CD for their 100th release, but no Captain Beefheart! Instead, we get early PINK FLOYD (‘See...
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Sep 1, 20232 min read
THE LUCK OF EDEN HALL – AN INTRODUCTION TO THE LUCK OF EDEN HALL (2023)
If you haven’t heard of this Chicago “neo-psych master painters” as the press release rightly calls them quoting a Record Collector...
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