Greg "Grog" Watson - vocals, guitar, organ Gord Mylks - guitar, vocals Mark "Fuzzy" Fraser - drums Ryan Bol - organ, vocals, guitar Andy Shurvell - bass
Influences
The Pink Floyd | Syd Barrett | Pretty Things | Soft Boys | Robyn Hitchcock | Electric Prunes | Byrds | Chocolate Watch Band | Dukes of Stratosphear | Kaleidoscope | Move | Tomorrow | 13th Floor Elevators | Love | Monkees | Rolling Stones | Them | July | Kinks | Zombies | Smoke | Status Quo | Bee Gees | Beatles | Donovan
Ontario's answer to the Bevis Frond, the Orange Alabaster Mushroom is bedroom D.I.Y. auteur Greg Watson, whose one-man band reproductions of classic circa-1967 psych-pop are so dead-on perfect in every detail that one could play this collection of 1991-1998 recordings for any fan of Nuggets-era obscurities and they'd think it was authentic circa 1967 psych-pop. Farfisa organ, gloriously fuzzy guitars, and rattlesnake percussion (plus occasionally the obligatory sitar and trippy backwards tapes) support Watson's deliciously whiny vocals, but this is no mere period recreation. Unlike a lot of contemporary artists who try to work in this style, Watson doesn't forget what made the best psych-pop singles work so well: strong melodies and immediate hooks. Songs like the "Itchykoo Park"-like music hall amble "Sunny Day" and the statement of intent "We Are the Orange Alabaster Mushroom" capture the listener through their unabashed catchiness. Leaning more toward the fanciful side of British psychedelia than the comparatively drab San Francisco style (much more Syd Barrett than Grace Slick), this is an utterly charming collection likely to delight any psych-pop fan.
The Restoration - 7th August, Slaithwaite, West Yorkshire, featuring Professor Harvey Bainbridge and his Renowned Reverberating Valve Oscillators, and Christopher Gill on his Electric Banjolele. Come join us. Tickets from bandofrain.com/products.html
"Samsara" is Siamgda's first release, a unique blend of Eastern drumming, ethnic sounds and electronic noises.
"These compositions are impressions of my living, studying and travelling as a foreigner in Nepal and India, the way I see, feel and hear life to be - colourful, mystical, rough, noisy, dark, meditative...
Transporting and melting the experience of myself and my surroundings into sound is all I do, no politics in any way!"
1. Invocation 2. Ernakulam - Okha Express 3. Hot Masala 4. Face Off 5. Mind Rotation 6. Paan Mouth 7. Whirling Dreamspace 8. tre kre Jihad 9. Stars
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