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SULA BASSANA – NOSTALGIA (2022) (Bandcamp)
Dave Schmidt’s music has proved enduringly popular with fans, the 500-copy colour vinyl selling out. On “nostalgia” he plays a range of...
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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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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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Dec 8, 20241 min read
HAWKWIND – LIVE AT THE ROYAL ALBERT HALL (Cherry Red) (31st Jan, 2025) (3 x CD; 3 x LP)
The Royal Albert Hall – doesn’t seem quite right does, it? It’s a real rags to riches story in the sense that Dave Brock started off as a...
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Nov 11, 20247 min read
INTERVIEW WITH DR SPACE OF THE ØRESUND SPACE COLLECTIVE
INTERVIEW WITH DR SPACE OF THE ØRESUND SPACE COLLECTIVE PHIL: I believe it’s the band’s 20th anniversary- happy birthday! I think I was...
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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
PARADOX ONE: THIS FRAGILE PEACE and COMPILATION TO BE RELEASED ON FALLING A RECORDS TO MARK 25th ANNIVERSARY
Two Paradox One releases are forthcoming on Falling A Records. The first is “This Fragile Peace”, originally released in 2015 and newly...
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Nov 4, 20241 min read
SPACE MIRRORS – MAJESTIC DREAMQUEST – TRIBUTE TO NIK TURNER (Atomic Age Records/ Bandcamp) (2024)
Dedicated to Hawkwind legend Nik Turner who died on 10th November, 2022, this collection of new tracks and previously unreleased has...
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Nov 4, 20241 min read
SPACE MIRRORS – NEXUS BETWEEN SPACE AND ART (Atomic Age/ Dead Earnest/ Bandcamp (2024)
Multi-instrumentalist Ailsa Coral has spent over two decades indulging in music that has successfully straddled two seemingly...
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Oct 14, 20241 min read
SULA BASSANA/ SKYJOGGERS -Split LP (Sulatron Records) (2004)
Wow, Skyjoggers are loud! Subsequent to the Dazed and Spaced Festival in Hamburg, Dave Schmidt (Sula Bassana) has coordinated this split...
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Oct 13, 20241 min read
ETERNAL FLASHBACK - I (Bandcamp) (2024)
The prolific Santtu Laakso is back again contributing as a guest synth player to a continuous 38-minute piece by poetic narrator Shane...
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Oct 13, 20241 min read
ASTRAL MAGIC – THOSE WHO CAME FROM THE STARS (Bandcamp) (2024)
This is a very different kind of release to “Eternal Flashback” – the rock is back into space! Santtu Laakso reverts to handling the...
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Sep 17, 20242 min read
DR. SPACE – ALIEN PLANET TRIP VOL 8 – SPACE WITH BASS IV – PURPLE ROSE POWDER (2024) and MUSIC TO DISAPPEAR TO (Bandcamp)
Thanks to Richard Hellier for getting in touch to a long-time Øresund Space Collective (and all things related) fan. I didn’t need a...
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Sep 17, 20241 min read
ASTRAL MAGIC – INTERSTELLAR RELATIONS (2024) (Bandcamp)
The Astral Magic family continues to grow, to 11 musicians in total as this prolific group led by multi-instrumentalist/ mixer/ producer...
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Sep 9, 20241 min read
HAWKWIND – IN SEARCH OF SPACE (1971/ 2024) (Esoteric/ Cherry Red)
I am looking at my United Artists original complete with log book – in this sort of condition these cost a pretty penny these days, so I...
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Aug 21, 20241 min read
ASTRAL MAGIC – EMERALD TABLET/ TASTE OF SUNLIGHT (IN MY MOUTH) (2024) (Bandcamp/ Royal Mint Records)
Heavy, man! This one sure did blow the cobwebs out. ‘Emerald Tablet’ is a real mindblower, capturing the spirit of a JIMI HENDRIX...
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Jul 19, 20241 min read
ASTRAL MAGIC WITH VESA PARTTI - FLOATING IN SPACE (Bandcamp) (2024)
After the impressive single in which The Space Lords delivered an amazing track about the loneliness of space, here comes the anticipated...
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