Richard Franecki...Guitar, Bass, Sitar, Electric Sitar, Electronics, Keyboards, and assorted other stuff
John Helwig..Main Lead Guitar, Bass
"Rusty'..Drums, various percussion instruments
Influences
60's psychedelia (Electric Prunes, Fever Tree,The Chocolate Watchband, The seeds, ? Mark and the Mysterians, Blue Cheer, Cream, Hendrix, 'UmmaGumma' era Pink Floyd) Krautrock (Amon Duul2, Ash Ra Tempel, Agitation Free, Popol Vuh, Guru Guru, Embryo, Xhol Caravan the experimentation of EARLY Kraftwerk) Indian Music, HAWKWIND!! various 20th century sound experimenters (John Cage, Milton Babbit, Morton Subotnic, Gershon Kingsley) Anything else we hear and like!!!
Sounds Like
Any part of, or all, of the above, and various permutations thereof.
Vocokesh began in 1991 as a spinoff of another band, F/i. The usual reasons, muscial direction, etc... In 1991, an LP."Ispepnaibara' was released on the RRR label. The Chicago based Drag City Label released two CDs 'Smile! And Point at the Mountain?' and 'Paradise Revisited' in the mid '90's. Three more CDs, 'The Tenth Corner' 'Through The Smoke' and 'All This and Hieronymous Bosch' have been issued on the Oregon based Strange Attractors Audio House label. Another CD is currently in the works. In addition, two more CDs 'Vibe' and 'Upon Further Examination' are available from Marshead records. The music of Vocokesh is instrumental and loosely structured, and covers a variety of styles. Influences range from 60's psychedelia and garage rock to blues to experimental electronics. FLASH!! A limited edtion vinyl LP has just been released on the label, 'Pure Pop for Now People' in Frankfurt, Germany.
OUT on June 05, 2009 - "One listen to this musical outfit from Southern Russia known as Vespero was all it took to make me begin thinking about the great things that must be happening in Russia…" - by Ryan Sparks, Sea Of Tranquility. RAIG is proud to announce Vespero "Surpassing All Kings" (R041, CD), the second studio album by psychedelic/progressive/space rock band from Astrakhan.
GREETINGS... NEW ALBUM OUT NOW ON RAIG RECORDS.......... “THE GIRL FROM THE FUTURE WHO LIT UP THE SKY WITH GOLDEN WORDS”
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THE GIRL FROM THE FUTURE CD £10.00 INCLUDING POST/PACK TO ANYWHERE IN WORLD
Also will be available as a limited edition (100 copies) which come as a collectable CD+DVD edition with the "SleepWalker Fever" movie by Grant Wakefield. DVD: 8 tracks - 51 min........
THE GIRL FROM THE FUTURE LTD EDT CD WITH BONUS SLEEPWALKER FEVER DVD ONLY 100 COPIES... FIRST COME FIRST SERVED... £15.00 INC POST/PACK TO ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD
ALSO A FEW COPIES OF SPACEMAN BUBBLEGUM ALBUM LEFT IN STOCK............
SPACEMAN BUBBLEGUM AND OTHER WEIRD TALES FROM THE MERCURY MIND CD £10.00 INC POST/PACK TO ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD
LAUNCH NIGHT AT QUEENS HALL, NARBERTH APRIL 24TH LOVE AND PEACE SE
Hi from Fruits de Mer - classic sixties psych, prog, acid folk, krautrock and more - reinterpreted and repressed on colour vinyl - always vinyl and always in ridiculously small quantities...hear the tracks, buy the vinyl, smell the fish at www.myspace.com/fdmer2
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