NEW RELEASES

Vibravoid

Germany's leading psych rock band have two new releases coming up in the next few weeks - 'Gravity Zero' (LP and CD), a new album, featuring a couple of tracks you might recognize from Fruits de Mer releases - and 'Void Vibration' (vinyl-only double LP), a very limited re-release of their first album, in a wild cover! Find out more at www.vibravoid.com

Cranium Pie

Cranium Pie's private-pressing, numbered CD of 'Geometry Of Thistles', their pre-'Mechanisms' recordings is now on sale - with a vinyl version to follow very soon (advance orders being taken) - order now direct from the Cranium Pie website to avoid disappointment! Geometry Of Thistles

Black Tempest

look out for their first appearance on FdM in 2012, meanwhile they have a triple CD 'Supernormal Recordings' available for a paltry £10 from http://www.noiseweb.co.uk/

The Daedalus Spirit Orchestra

have a vinyl EP "Parabuthus Transvaalicus EP" available (10eur + shipping) plus their first album 'Ampulla Magnifying', albeit on CD! (10eur + shipping again). email the band at dsorchestra@club-internet.fr to find out more

Langor

have just released a flexidisc single for Ladyblade - find out more at www.prairiequeenrecords.com

Hi-Fiction Science

have a new CD out. Although it's not released by us, it DOES include their brilliant version of the Third Ear Band's 'Fleance', which appeared on our 2011 Annual, and all manner of other good stuff. The album can be purchased from Norman Records (tell them Fruits de Mer sent you!) and, although we don't really believe in such things round here, is available to download from www.hifictionscience.bandcamp.com

Beau

Beau's classic album 'Creation' (released way back when on John Peel's Dandelion label) is reissued by Cherry Red Creation Recreated
(Look out for a new Beau vinyl album release soon)

Fred Laird (from Earthling Society)

Fred's pro-Druidic, krautrock electronic MOO WAVE from his forthcoming album The Star - Child Fred on youtube

Sky Picnic

Their excellent first LP 'Farther In This Fairy Tale' is out now on Nasoni Records

Dead Sea Apes

the long-awaited Astral House EP is very nearly finished. The official follow-up to their debut single Soy Dios, it will feature three substantial chunks of rock action: old favourites Astral House and Bikini Atoll, and the relatively new song Dead Fingers Talk, which began life as part of our improvised gig with Damo Suzuki last December. The band will be releasing this on their own Soul Desert label as a limited edition CDr, with high-quality downloads available via Bandcamp.

plus....a special project for US micro-label Deep Water Acres, entitled Lupus, for which we followed a drone / loop / improvisation approach with advanced editing and overdubbing to create three lengthy pieces of brooding intensity, interspersed with shorter extracts from the initial sessions. This will likely be released in the new year.

The Bordellos

have a new album available on - shock, horror - download!!! But it's FREE so we forgive them - head to:
http://bordellos.bandcamp.com/album/its-lo-fi-folk-off

The Gentry Underground

not a Fruits de Mer band (not yet, anyway!), but they have a great 7" out now - garage-come-psych, nicely DIY and pressed on wild-coloured vinyl, and it's picking up some good reviewsfind out more

Jay Tausig

Jay's new Instrumental Progressive Rock release is now available for download from CDbaby

The Flaming Gnomes

The Gnomes' Floyd, Zombies and Caravan covers that we've released are now available for download from CDbaby

Language of Light

a new band to FdM - look out for them on a 2012 release - have a couple of releases out on Anticlock - well-worth checking out at http://anticlock.net/languageoflight.htm

Temple Music

another new band - but with close links to Hausfrauen Experiment - again, you'll be hearing them on an FdM release in 2012. Meanwhile, check out their new album at http://anticlock.net/templemusic.htm

GIG GUIDE

The return of Beau!

30 years since his last gig, Beau is planning a return to the stage as part of Those Old Records' vinyl night in the Midlands on April 14th. More details soon - and keep a look out at www.thoseoldrecords.co.uk

The Luck Of Eden Hall

are opening for the legendary Jefferson Starship (White Rabbit, Somebody To Love, Miracles, etc.) on March 8th at Reggie's Rock Club, 2109 South State Street, in Chicago

Sendelica

British psychedelic space rock band Sendelica will have some Eastern European tour dates in support of their recent album 'The Pavilion of Magic'
The February dates are
Feb 10 Roxy Klaipeda, LITHUANIA
Feb 13 PAKAC Preili, LATVIA
Feb 14 Tir Pskov, RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Feb 16 ESG-21 St.Petersburg, RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Feb 17 Vermel Club Moscow, RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Feb 19 Bamboo Tula RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Feb 21 The Squat Cafe Moscow, RUSSIAN FEDERATION

ALSO....
THEIR STRANGERS IN A STRANGE LAND-LIVE 2011 CD IS AVAILABLE NOW. LIMITED EDITION OF 150 NUMBERED COPIES ON CD: SPACEMAN BUBBLEGUM-STANDING ON THE EDGE-MANHOLE OF THE UNIVERSE-MAGICAL NININ-ZHYLY BYLY-SUPER NOVA JAM. FEATURING SPECIAL GUESTS COLIN CONSTERDINE, LEE RELFE & ILYA LIPKIN.
AVAILABLE EXCLUSIVELY AT SOUNDAWESOME
http://sendelica.soundawesome.com

Jeff Cummins

A bit different, this one....A collection of album and single covers by Jeff Cummins, will be on display at Lowewood Museum, Hoddesdon, from Saturday 14th January to Saturday 31 March.
Jeff Cummins, who has designed sleeves for Paul McCartney, Ted Nugent, Eric Clapton, Nick Lowe, Silver Sun and the stunning sleeve for our very own Flaming Gnomes, will be showing visitors some of his sleeves and original artworks. Admission is free. The Lowewood Museum is open Wednesdays to Saturdays between 10am and 4pm.