Fruits de Mer followers share some of their favourite tracks - psychedelia, progressive rock, krautrock, kosmische, acid-folk, folk rock, old and new...
... as long as it's unexpected and pretty obscure, there's a good chance it'll get featured here...a welcome relief from me banging on about the latest FdM releases
i. A.R. & MACHINES - GLOBUS ii. DREAM CAN - CHEAP CHEAP TIME I LIVE, MONEY MONEY SAVES ME iii. THE GO - FREE ELECTRICITY iv. LARRY CORYELL - CLEO'S MOOD
i. The first psychedelic song Stefan Pantke heard
ii. Gavin Lloyd Wilson explains,"When I was presenting my Eclectic Electric Radio Show, I found myself regularly playing a lot of material from China's home-grown underground music scene. Because of China's strict internet regulations much of this music is unheard outside of China itself. However, with record labels like Maybe Mars (Beijing) and the TAIHE Music Group (Hong Kong) putting releases out on Bandcamp, some of this music is filtering into the outside world. This particular track, I think, is quite wonderful, building into a soaring shoegazey psychedelic trip which I wasn't expecting from this young female Chinese three-piece known as Dream Can"
iii. Convoy Records' Rupert Blakelock was recently given a copy of the amazing second album by The Go by a customer. It was rejected by Sub Pop and only 200 copies of a semi authorised run were ever pressed.
IV. A Seth Waller recommendation..."Larry Coryell's rendition of the Jr. Walker & the All Stars tune - it's a bit over four minutes of layered swirling overdubbed echo-drenched backwards fuzz guitar running wild over backwards drums and laid-back bass - one of my favorite psych tracks"
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i. WOLF PEOPLE - ONE BY ONE FROM DORNEY REACH ii. WOLF PEOPLE - SILBURY SANDS iii. T2 - NO MORE WHITE HORSES iv. SHEEPHOUSE - LADDER
Three from Andy Butler...
i. "...what an intro and been my phone ring tone for years. If any LP should really have been released back in 1970 on Vertigo with the swirl label it's this"
ii. "When I first saw them live at The Nation of Shopkeepers in Leeds the main man Jack Sharpe didn't say anything in-between songs apart from introducing this one with "This is a song about religious fuckers.......no it's not....it's about flooding" Still makes me laugh!"
iii. "an absolute classic....Jst a slightly surprising fact is that all the tracks were written by the drummer"
IV. ...and one from Chris Dale - "They only seem to have released one single, which was on the Decca label in 1971 (I think). The A-Side was 'Juicy Lucy' and that's pretty good, reminds me of Quo circa 'Piledriver'. But the B-Side, oh my goodness... it's called 'Ladder' and is one of the finest tracks I've ever heard"
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i. NICK CARTER - PRAYER TO SAINT PETER ii. OLIVER - ORBIT YOUR FACTORY iii. ST MIKAEL - LIKE A DREAM iv. DARXTAR - 7
Four from Stephen Young...
i. "...a private pressing so not on general release and never picked up by any record company. It’s different, that’s for sure and to my mind deserves a larger audience"
ii. ...from 1974's 'Standing Stone'
iii. ...from 1991's 'Claustromania'
IV. "Wearing their Floyd influence on their sleeves"
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i. EROTIC SECRETS OF POMPEII - UTTERLY RUDDERLESS ii. THE PSYLONS - WAITING NATION iii. HIGHEST PRIMZAHL ON MARS - CURVED NOTHING iv. DANCER - MAC'S CAFE
i. Kevin Shepherd recommends this Bristol band; the track is taken from their first album, which came out last year
ii. Mo Leen describes this as a blast from a past that is a worryingly long time ago!
iii. another from Mo..."The latest sensation and the highest light at this year's Kozfest"
IV. from Marc Roberts..."I love ‘Shide and Acorn’ - it’s their delicate charms and misty wyrdness...and this features some members but I didn’t discover it until later than the Shide and Acorn albums. This was ‘lost’ and discovered ‘in an attic'...literally probably. I like the groove, lo fi vibe and charming lyrics. Dunno, makes me smile"
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i. MOONKYTE - WAY OUT HERMIT ii. CAPTAIN SENSIBLE - PLASTIC ARCADE iii. JESSE WELLES - UNITED HEALTH iv. OLIVER WILDE - YULETIDE
i. A 1971 slice of acid/folk trance music all the way from sunny Bradford! Dave Carter says, "it's perfect for letting go to & sliding away into bliss. The album, Count Me Out', is excellent but is almost impossible to find (average price around £300!)"
ii. Steve Hill says, "The Captain is a grossly underrated psych genius...Meathead is a sprawling masterpiece along with other gems like 1989's 'Revolution Now'. 'Plastic Arcade' is even more relevant now than it was 30yrs ago"
iii. recommended by Hairy Dave, who says he chose this song because he thinks it has a good strong message about part of what’s going on in America/the world
IV. Georgios Fragkantonis recommends a Christmas hand lathe cut 7". He likes like how it is psychedelic but in an unusual way - a dreamy hypnotic atmosphere and a bit of a Syd Barret-ish element
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i. SPRIGGAN MIST- THE LAIR OF ISAMBARD ii. GLADSTONE - MARIETTA STATION iii. MANDRAKE HANDSHAKE - HYPERSONIC SUPER-ASTERID iv. PLASTICLAND - THE GINGERBREAD HOUSE
i. A pagan prog/rock band that came from the folk scene - from 2022 - suggested by Mike Burgess
ii. suggested by Clive Brown (he bought the LP for 25p!)
iii. Martin Wright reckons it's a bit special as it reminds him of favourite bands like Broadcast and Stereolab who have obviously had an influence on the band
IV. Jon Soden says, "beat that!"
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i. MADRUGADA - STRANGE COLOUR BLUE ii. PARAGRAPH MUSIC - NO-ONE KNOWS THE DAY iii. THE BUNCH - LOOKING GLASS ALICE iv. M. T. - THE NEW INSPIRATION
i. Olav Martin Bjørnsen says it's not typical FdM fare, but might be of interest
ii. A "totally lost early krautrock gem", from Juha Itäsaari
iii.The flip side to 'Spare a Shilling'. Steve Smith says, "This septet hailed from Bournemouth...it was released in 1967 and sank without a trace...I picked it up from a second hand shop in the early Eighties...apparently it’s worth a small fortune now"
IV. Detlef Voge says, "it's from 1967 - the most important year for me and I think for Rock’n'Roll!!"
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