Acid Mothers Temple SWR
Acid Mothers Temple SWR is one of many offshoots/permutations of Acid Mothers Temple & The Melting Paraiso U.F.O. See that entry for details. It features Tatsuya Yoshida of Zeuhl band Ruins on drums
The Polyphonic Spree
The Polyphonic Spree are a psychedelic pop group which formed in 2000 in Dallas, Texas, United States. The band's core members are Tim DeLaughter (lead vocals, guitar), Mark Pirro (bass) and Bryan Wakeland (drums), all former members of the alternative rock band Tripping Daisy. The band also contains 5 backing vocalists and 12 musicians. The band's lineup has generally been stable since their formation.
Here And Now
Here and Now, originally formed in spring 1974 to play at the Windsor Free Festival of that year, went through many early personnel changes, finally settling on a hard core membership of founder Kif Kif Le Batter, Twink El Toesmalone, Steffe Sharpstrings and Keith the Bass for most of the mid to late 1970's. This line-up had a rare and elusive musical chemistry that brought about the sound that still defines the band today.
The history of the group is complicated:
Primordial Undermind
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A blur of indefinite energy, invisible not for transparency but for speed. An ecstatic dance dissolving the corrupted fabric of causality, invoking singularity, bleeding at the edges. Radiant spectral photon flux detonated by revelation of the physical plane as pharmacopial fantasy. Primal metabolism accelerated by innervating feedback; resonant vibration within the primitive emotions inducing moire visions of coherent light via sympathetic stimulation of the optic nerve.
Black Orchids
Moon Duo
San Francisco’s Moon Duo was formed in 2009 by Sanae Yamada and Erik Johnson (Wooden Shjips). Inspired initially by the legendary duo of John Coltrane and Rashied Ali, Moon Duo counts such variant groups as Silver Apples, Royal Trux, Moolah, Suicide, and Cluster as touchstones. Utilizing primarily guitar, keyboards, percussion and vocals, the duo plays space against form to create a primordial and disorienting sonic stew.
Dogfeet
Dogfeet were formed in the late sixties as a heavy blues band, but after bagging a record deal, changed to a sound considered more commercial. Their 1970's LP is a highly unusual beast, with subdued duel guitaring, echoing vocals and atmospheric percussion and bass, sometimes reminiscent of early Fleetwood Mac. Includes previously unreleased tracks and original studio demos.
Crack
There is more than one artist with this name:
1) This Spanish band came from Gijon, the northern part of the Iberian Peninsula. The members were Alex Cakrul (bass), Alberto Fontaneda (guitar, flute and vocals), Mento Heria (keybaords and vocals), Manda Jimenez (drums) and Rafael Rodriguez (guitar). Their only album "Si Todo Hiciera Crack” (’80) from CRACK is one of the jewels of the Spanish progressive rock.
JJUUJJUU
JJUUJJUU is an astral union, an arcane ritual, and above all, a conversation.
Harnessing an unspoken energy, the pairing of Andrew Clinco (Incan Abraham, DRAB MAJESTY) and Phil Pirrone (A Static Lullaby, Casket Salesmen) have exponentially blossomed from a sonic experiment to a forceful, telepathic dialogue of distinct-but-aligned vibrations. Releasing this dynamic on an expanding spiral of planned and impromptu live shows in the American southwest, the magnetism of the duo only continues to grow, along with its devoted, traveling coterie of entranced acolytes.