There are three bands named Quill: #1. Quill opened up the Saturday festivities at Woodstock in 1969, though some may say the real claim to fame for Jo Unk Khol (aka John Cole) is the sound effects he makes (uncredited) at the beginning of Andy Pratt's 1973 classic "Avenging Annie." The group's self-produced album is one of the better offerings from "The Bosstown Sound," as was Pratt's 1971 Polydor release Records Are Like Life.
Entheogenic is a musical project that crosses musical style boundaries. It mixes coloristic electrophonics with impressionistic orchestra-like sound. The use of both eastern and western vocals, tribal sounding instruments, as well as an array of synthesizers built the foundation of the Entheogenic sound. Their epic soundscapes manipulated through sound effects and catalystic sonic experimentations have a semi-classical feel to them. Entheogenic also records and uses a large amount of "natural samples" - water, human voices, animals, etc... Official site: www.entheogenic.net
A rare religious rock album by a from Wisconsin band who relocated to Sacramento, California. Many of the tracks feature lovely female vocals, although part of Side Two is more acoustic and folky with male vocals.
At its best the album is superb. A mystical atmosphere is created by the floating, melodic psychedelia of songs like When He Calls, So Many Things Have Got Me Down and The News Is You. Just listen and drift away.
("Fuzz, Acid & Flowers" by Vernon Joynson)
Magic Lantern is a psychedelic/kraut/space rock band from Long Beach, California who play droney, long-form music in the vein of bands like Amon Düül II, Hawkwind, and Loop. They have self-released the cassette, entitled "At the Mountains of Madness.", their other releases are highly limited and mostly sold out. In 2008 they released the highly acclaimed 'High Beams' on LP. http://www.myspace.com/magiclanternmako
Cat Green Bike is the musical guise of ukulele and saw playing Xenia Randle. Xenia picked up the Ukulele at the tail end of 2007 and had her first gigs in February 2008, the second of which being Urban & Eastern's Ukelear Meltdown in Newcastle. So far, Cat Green Bike has predominantly been a solo affair with occasional guest assistance from various friendly musicians, including El Heath and Robert Glover of Epic45 (who will also be producing her first album in 2009). However, in January 2009 Cat Green Bike acquired a second member in the form of Mr Joe Urwin on guitar.
Lapis Lazuli are a band from Canterbury, UK formed in late 2009 they are 5 people unified by a concept of music unbound by the limits of pigeon-holing, and brought together by the willingness to fuse and transverse genres from across time and place.
Bombastic beats and global grooves are combined with a rich tapestry of texture and melody created by the twin guitars, synth, flute, trumpet and digeredoo sounds, telling ancient stories from the vault of their collective influences.
