Earlier this year, the Bigo & Twigetti label asked its artists to contribute a personal reflection of summer. This compilation is the result. Summer is a potpourri of presentations that opens up the question, “What does summer sound like?” For this listener, summer sounds like the opening track, Pavel Karmanaov‘s “Michael Music”: ebullient, with sparks and ocean droplets […]
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[Music] Susheela Raman – Yoo Doo Right
I’ve never quite heard Can covered in such an interesting way. Susheela Raman steals the show.
[Music] Swans – Love Of Life (Long Version)
This, for me, is the Swans at the peak of their creative powers, though, to be honest, they have not slumped at all since.
[Music] Grazia – Soyle Beni
A wild slab of Turkish psychedelia by a 16-year-old Grazia!
[Music] Hypnopazūzu (David Tibet & Youth) – Magog at the Maypole
Hypnopazūzu are a brand new group pairing the legendary producer and Killing Joke bassist Youth and Current 93 frontman David Tibet. Their first album will be released through House of Mythology.
[Music] Josef K – Sorry For Laughing (‘Only Fun In Town’ Version)
Though Josef K would re-record this song and make a hit out of it, this original version has a more raw, jittery feel to it.
[Music] Shocking Blue – Send Me A Postcard
Beat’s hottest singer, Mariska Veres, tearing it up for Shocking Blue at a club in 1968.
[Music] Greek Psychedelia — The New Elastic Infinite
Why haven’t I done a show on Greece before now? It is senseless! Greek psychedelia is the super most wow I’m blown away! Turn on and tune in to Global Psychedelia this Saturday from 2-4PM central (WEFT 90.1FM and streaming at weft.org) for these two hours of inner-cosmic freak outs from Greece. Acid Baby Jesus […]
[Music] WAHNSINN — VINYL CONNECTION
Tarot by Walter Wegmüller is one of those wonderful, dotty follies of vinyl packaging that transcend normal expectations with bravura wackiness. Released on the Cosmic Couriers label ((Die Kosmischen Kuriere, for those who do Deutsch) in 1973, it hovers near the very peak of my LP Grail list. I’ve never held a copy, never […]
[Music] Vasilisk – Awakening
Vasilisk were an early noise band out of Japan. This piece comes from around 1990, and was released by the Italian cult experimental label Musica Maxima Magnetica.


