Alejandro Jodorowsky / Don Cherry / Ronald Frangipane – The Holy Mountain (1973)

Composers: Alejandro Jodorowsky, Don Cherry, Ronald Frangipane

Tracklist

1. Trance Mutation 03:31
2. Pissed And Passed Out 01:48
3. Violence Of The Lambs 02:02
4. Drink It 01:37
5. Christs 4 Sale 00:43
6. Cast Out And Pissed 01:47
7. Eye Of The Beholder 02:17
8. Communion 01:23
9. Rainbow Room 04:40
10. Alchemical Room 04:14
11. Tarot Will Teach You / Burn Your Money 08:44
12. Mattresses, Masks & Pearls 05:53
13. Isla (The Sapphic Sleep) 02:21
14. Psychedelic Weapons 01:11
15. Rich Man In A Fishbowl 04:09
16. Miniature Plastic Bomb Shop 03:14
17. Fuck Machine 03:12
18. Baby Snakes 01:20
19. A Walk In The Park 01:31
20. Mice And Massacre 03:27
21. City Of Freedom 03:21
22. Starfish 02:21
23. The Climb / Reality (Zoom Back Camera) 04:14
24. Pantheon Bar (Bees Make Honey...) 03:45

The Holy Mountain (Spanish: La Montaña Sagrada) is a 1973 Mexican surreal-fantasy film

directed, written, produced, co-scored, co-edited by and starring Alejandro Jodorowsky,

who also participated as a set designer and costume designer on the film.

Following Jodorowsky's underground hit El Topo, acclaimed by both John Lennon and George Harrison,

the film was produced by The Beatles manager Allen Klein of ABKCO Music And Records.

Lennon and Yoko Ono put up production money and the film was shown at various international film festivals in 1973,

including Cannes and limited screenings in New York and San Francisco.
The film is based on Ascent Of Mount Carmel by John Of The Cross 

and Mount Analogue by René Daumal, who was a student of George Gurdjieff.

In this film, much of Jodorowsky's visually psychedelic story follows the metaphysical thrust of Mount Analogue.

This is revealed in such events as the climb to the alchemist, the assembly of individuals with specific skills,

the discovery of the mountain that unites Heaven and Earth "that cannot not exist"

and symbolic challenges along the mountain ascent.

Daumal died before finishing his allegorical novel, and Jodorowsky's improvised ending

provides a way of completing the work (both symbolically and otherwise).
Before the principal photography would commence,

Jodorowsky and his wife spent a week without sleep under the direction of a Japanese Zen master.
Members of the cast spent three months doing various spiritual exercises guided by Oscar Ichazo of the Arica Institute.

The Arica training features Zen, Sufi and yoga exercises along with eclectic concepts drawn from the Kabbalah,

the I Ching and the teachings of George Gurdjieff.

After the training, the group lived for one month communally in Jodorowsky's home before production. 

Thereafter, the filming started in early 1972 and was shot sequentially, entirely in Mexico, at a budget of $750,000.
Jodorowsky was also instructed by Ichazo to take LSD for the purpose of spiritual exploration.

He also administered psilocybin mushrooms to the actors during the shooting of the death-rebirth scene.

The film was completed just in time for the 1973 Cannes Film Festival, where it was much awaited.

Jodorowsky edited out twenty minutes of dialogue, with the intention of removing as much dialogue as he could.

The film had its premiere at Waverly Theatre, an art house movie theater in New York City on 29 November 1973,

where it had restricted run at midnights on Friday and Saturday for sixteen months.
It was also shown at Filmex on 30 March 1974, which was described as the "American premiere".
At a few places it was released as a double bill with Jodorowsky's 1970 film El Topo

 and eventually became a cult film with its influence on popular culture.

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B.E.T.H. – Blighty/Back To Blighty/The Incredible News To Access (12'' EP 1997)

Country: England / Germany

Tracklist

1. Blighty 7:11
2. Back To Blighty 10:00
3. The Incredible News To Access 09:42

B.E.T.H. (Brain Energy To Human) was a very short-lived project featuring

Dino Psaras (Cydonia etc.), Tim Schuldt and Steve Ronan.

They released only this 12'' EP on the German label Aurinko Records.

The Memory link features as a bonus a fourth track entitled "Harsh"

that it was taken from the 1998 Aurinko Records compilation "Score".

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Mainliner – Mainliner Sonic (1997)

Country: Japan

Tracklist

1. Mainliner Sonic 06:55
2. Tsukisasaru 05:41
3. Last Day 05:35
4. Blue Pieces 06:39
5. Mainliner Sonic II 06:07

Mainliner are a psychedelic/acid/noise/rock band from Tokyo, Japan.
They were formed in 1995 by Kawabata Makoto, guitarist and founding member of the band Acid Mothers Temple,

and bassist Asahito Nanjo with the intention of creating a new form of psychedelic music.
From 1996 to 2001 they released several albums and live recordings
before the members went on hiatus to pursue other musical interests.
After almost a ten years, on December 20, 2011

Kawabata Makoto, Koji Shimura and newcomer Kawabe Taigen began recording new material.

The music from these sessions was released on May 13, 2013 on their album "Revelation Space"

under the moniker Kawabata Makoto's Mainliner.

 After the release of the album the band began a worldwide tour.

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Drawn – A New World? (1999)

Country: Norway

Tracklist

1. Rivawella Form 09:53
2. Yours And Mine 07:38   
3. So I Can't Dance, OK! 07:12   
4. Would Have Had 06:52
5. Marygold 08:07
6. A-Scape 08:53
7. Momento In Slomo 06:04
8. Improzigw 10:01

Drawn was formed around 1997 and consisted of Per K (Bass), Thomaz (Drums), Atle Dørum (Guitars, Vocals,)

and ex-In The Woods... member Christer-André Cederberg (Lead Vocals, Guitars).
The band self-released their promo/MCD "Drawn" in 1997 featuring four tracks and recorded at the Jailhouse Studio.
Their style was a blend of Psychedelic/Progressive/Metal with dark and eerie overtones.
After signing a deal with Prophecy Productions in 1998 their self-titled MCD was re-released under the title "Plan Be".
In 1999 their first, and last, full length album entitled "A New World?" was released in a digipak format.

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Cydonia – In Fear Of A Red Planet (1999)

Country: England

Tracklist
1. Haunted World 06:09
2. Why? 05:46
3. Columbian Necktie 07:59
4. Cactus 07:30
5. Mindhunter 07:50
6. Animal People 07:20
7. Freakshow 07:02
8. Lightning 08:49
9. Narco Nympho 09:06

Brighton based Cydonia consisted of Dino Psaras, Steve Ronan and Ian Rive (Semsis).
The band was created in 1993 and released several eps in labels like Blue Room, Medium Records and Atomic Records.
"In Fear Of A Red Planet" was the only album from Cydonia and was initially released on Blue Room in 1999.
The band here offers fast, pounding industrial/psychedelic goa trance with eerie/dark sounds.
The album includes a remix version of the classic track "Colombian Necktie" of Frontline Assembly 
that was featured on the 2cd compilation "Re-Wind" and a rebuilt version of the track "Mindhunter" by Tim Schuldt.
In spring of 2003 the album was digitally re-mastered and re-released
on Avatar's sublabel Pro File, with a re-designed CD cover.
DJ Dino Psaras, the main figure in Cydonia, is considered to be one of the most familiar
and influential DJs in the psytrance scene, especially in the 90s.

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Paps – Vibes From The Other Side / Digital Ache (12'' EP 1999)

Country: France

Tracklist

1. Vibes From The Other Side 08:55
2. Digital Ache 07:59

Stéphane Papin from France was active in the minimal psychedelic scene from 1999 to 2002
and has produced some real gems of that time.
The first release of his project Paps was in 1999, when TIP.World rec
published the "Vibes From The Other Side/Digital Ash" 12'' EP.
Since that time Paps was kept been busy and quickly became a respected and acclaimed producer/dj 
also spending lots of time playing around Europe, Japan and USA.
His music was released on various labels and also on many compilations.
Paps style is based on driving basslines, powerful rhythm structures 
and synthetic atmospheres with trippy noises and effects.
Stéphane Papin has also collaborated on other projects,
like Tripiatrik together with Laurent Barateau and Pierre Busson of Yumade, 
and also has produced tracks together with Damien Vergnaud from Droidlock.

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Today Is The Day – In The Eyes Of God (1999)

Country: United States

Tracklist

1. In The Eyes Of God 03:11
2. Going To Hell 07:09
3. Spotting A Unicorn 01:20
4. Possession 01:03
5. The Color Of Psychic Power 02:05
6. Mayari 03:22
7. Soldier Of Fortune 01:50
8. Bionic Cock 01:54
9. Argali 02:13
10. Afterlife 01:46
11. Himself 01:40
12. Daddy 01:13
13. Who Is The Black Angel? 01:27
14. Martial Law 02:32
15. False Reality 02:37
16. The Russian Child Porn Ballet 01:36
17. The Cold Harshness Of Being Wrong Throughout Your Entire Life 01:43
18. Honor 02:18
19. Worn Out 00:57
20. There Is No End 08:44

Today Is The Day is an American noise rock/experimental metal originally formed in Nashville, Tennessee.
The band's diverse sound combines influences from areas such as noise music,

avant-garde metal, grindcore, and alternative rock among other genres.

Most of the band's recordings make extensive use of dissonance and sampling,

as well as unusual production techniques and psychedelic overtones.

Lyrical themes include depression, warfare, violence, altered states of consciousness, and mental disorders.
Today Is The Day was founded by Steve Austin in the early 1990s

and reigns as one of the most unique and influential bands of the past two decades.

The band's violent and anthemic style, which blends metal, noise, psychedelia, and rock,

has won worldwide acclaim ever since the debut album.
Eleven studio albums have been released on such labels as Southern Lord, Amphetamine Reptile, Relapse

and their lineup has included such musicians as Brann Dailor and Bill Kelliher, who would later go on to form Mastodon.
Today Is The Day has toured the world with Motorhead, Helmet, The Melvins, Morbid Angel, 

Converge, Napalm Death, Neurosis, Eyehategod, Unsane, and many more.
Steve Austin has also made a name as a producer, creating albums for Lamb Of God, Converge, and many other bands.

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Semsis – Letting Go (1999)

Country: England

Tracklist

1. Streets Of Fear 09:49
2. Generation Vexed 06:32
3. Big Balls 05:37
4. Letting Go 07:31
5. Heroes & Madmen 07:43
6. Seven 06:53
7. Temptress 06:21
8. Holding On 07:29

Semsis was a UK duo formed by Nick Smith and Iain Rive.
Before the release of their first, and only one, album the band had recorded several EP's

and had established themselves as a well known dance act on the club circles.
After signing to the UK goa/psychedelic trance label Atomic Records they released their full length album in 1999

entitled "Letting Go" that received excellent reviews internationally.
The album featured actual guitarist and drummer on selected tracks adding a different vibe to their work.
Their music style links heavy beats with dark psy/goa trance along with experimental techno influences

that work well on fast tracks and slowed down melodies.

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F/i ‎– Paradise Out Here (1989)

Country: United States

Tracklist

1. From Poppy With Love 07:33
2. The House Of The Pharaoh's Daughter 07:24
3. The Ninth Corner 06:31
4. Om 21 18:41
5. Satellite Surfer (Bonus Track) 03:29
6. Five Crowns Of The Saxon King (Bonus Track) 05:59

Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA situated F/i was founded in 1981.
They was also known as The Surfin' Führers before changing their name to F/i.
The band started producing several cassette releases first.
The early material was harsh, experimental noise structures in the tradition of Throbbing Gristle or Nurse With Wound.
In 1987 with the release of "Why Not Now?...Alan!" album 

the band started to show the first changes to a more rocking musical style.
"Space Mantra" that was followed in 1988 was influenced by the industrial/power sound of the days provided with references to krautrock acts like Faust and Neu!.
"Paradise Out Here" was originally released on LP in 1989 on Human Wrechords, 

limited to 300 copies, while the CD remastered version was released in 2006, through Lexicon Devil, 

featuring two bonus tracks, an alternate cover artwork and slightly changed track titles.

Here the band presented a mix of drone experimental space rock with influences from Hawkwind and Spacemen 3.
Band member Richard Franecki went on with his new project Vocokesh in 1990 

but returned in 2003 with the release of "A Question For The Somnambulist" album.
The band is still active with Richard Franecki, Brian Wensing and Grant Richter as the core 

supported by Jay Tiller (drums) and Russ T. (bass).

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Xenomorph – Cassandra's Nightmare (1998)

Country: Germany

Tracklist

1. Necroid Millenium 07:58
2. Hallucinatory Spheres 09:15
3. Abominations 09:40
4. Torrent Of Insanity 09:49
5. Acid For Blood 07:17
6. Obscure Spectre 09:22
7. Apocalyptic Ritual 07:46
8. Cassandra's Nightmare 08:27

Xenomorph is the one-man band of Mark Petrick, based in Berlin, Germany.
The band is considered one of the veterans in the trance scene who has played live shows in many countries. 

Mark sees himself as the inventor of horror-trance, a unique style that was unprecedented in 1996 when he created songs like "Obscure Spectre" which has upset many goa-people and was considered "unspiritual" or "un-goa-ish". 

Regardless of the initial anti-sentiment against his music he has kept and refined his style throughout the years 

in which the community has become more open and appreciative for dark music.

Unlike most younger trance artists who just listen to trance music, Mark was exposed to a multitude 

of musical influences like new wave, punk/post-punk, gothic, rock-music, death-rock, industrial, EBM, 

power-noise, death-metal, crossover/hardcore as well as classical music and soundtracks.
He started to be musically active in 1985 as a bass-player in a goth-band called "Fog Drowning".

In 1990 he formed his own EBM band "Terminal Warfare" in which he was the lead singer and has composed the songs.
He then joined the local band "Whippet Of Trench" as a keyboard player besides his own project one year later.

Due to him being a multi-instrumentalist, he was asked to play guitar/bass and keyboards 

for a couple of shows with the local industrial band "The Unknown" in 1993.
As an enthusiastic fan of death-metal, he also found himself in loose collaborations with local death-metal bands 

as an audio-engineer/guitarist for their demo-recordings in the studio.
After a long time of inspiration the second Xenomorph album "Qlippoth" was released in 2003

on Gnostic Records which is Xenomorph's own record label.

Until today Xenomorph has continued to produce cutting-edge dark electronic music and he has done 

the mastering post-production for more than 30 releases of various labels.
In November 2007 the 3rd Xenomorph Album "Demagoguery Of The Obscurants" was released.

It contains 10 quite different tracks packed into an elaborate concept critically reflecting current, past 

and future world events already prophesizing the economic crisis of 2009 and the formation of the New World Order.

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Helios Creed ‎– X-Rated Fairy Tales (1985)

 

Country: United States 

Tracklist

1. The Descent 04:08
2. Un-Human Condition 03:33
3. Invitation 02:52
4. X-Rated Fairy Tales 04:20
5. Blood Red 03:02
6. Mystery Room 04:07
7. Showdown 02:51
8. Sex Voodoo Venus 04:32
9. Money Man 03:41
10. Johnny 03:52

Helios Creed is an American guitarist, singer and band leader. 
He first came to prominence in the mid-1970s with the San Francisco band Chrome. 
They are credited with being the godfathers of what later became known as Industrial Rock music. 
The band Chrome broke up in the mid-80s when founding member Damon Edge moved to Paris. 
Helios then recruited some local hard rock musicians and launched a solo career.
The music is usually mid-tempo to slow-tempo space rock, hard rock, acid rock.
Creed uses a large number of effects on his voice and his guitar, including echoes, 
phase shifters, flangers, guitar synthesizers, fuzz, and octave dividers.
X-Rated Fairy Tales is the debut album of the and it was released in 1985 on Subterranean Records.

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Shpongle – Are You Shpongled? (1998)

Country: England

Tracklist

1. Shpongle Falls 08:33
2. Monster Hit 08:57
3. Vapour Rumours 10:26
4. Shpongle Spores 07:16
5. Behind Closed Eyelids 12:29
6. Divine Moments Of Truth 10:20
7. ...And The Day Turned To Night 19:57

Simon Posford and Raja Ram are Shpongle, a psychedelic ambient project
formed in 1996 after they met at Butterfly Studios in Brixton, South London.
Simon was working on Purple Om and Hallucinogen
while Raja Ram was working with Graham Wood on The Infinity Project.
The two went to the Glastonbury Festival and decided to write something downtempo
after their experience and Shpongle was born.
Their sound is a mix of mainly eastern ethnic samples and western contemporary psychedelic synth music.
Posford is responsible for the synth and studio work
while Raja Ram contributes with flute arrangements and creative sensibilities.
"Are You Shpongled?" is the first of six albums released by Shpongle.
This album set the standard for psychedelic downtempo music worldwide,
and created a revolution between psychedelic trance and ambient soundscapes.

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Proscriptor ‎– The Venus Bellona (1995)

Country: United States

Tracklist

Act 1. An Initium For You 00:58
Act 2. I Am The One 02:49
Act 3. Our Blood And Veins From The McGovern Regiment 02:28
Act 4. Hi Ri Ri Tha E Tighinn 02:06
Act 5. Lady Day Eve 04:34
Act 6. Madeleine 05:06
Act 7. Kiss Of Shame 01:38
Act 8. Tractatus 01:24
Act 9. My Legacy: A Crysknife 00:51
Act 10. Serpentine Of Six-Fold Stars 05:52
Act 11. The Barren Stones Of Lughnasadh 02:40
Act 12. Far Away From Balkan Hills 01:27
Act 13. De La Fletus Des Athroll (After The Massacre Of Glencoe) Part II 02:34
Act 14. Chomere! 01:02
Act 15. Commanding The Dragon Of Keppoch 02:03
Act 16. Ground's Afire 00:51
Act 17. Defeat 01:24
Act 18. We Raise Our Silver Goblets In Triumph 01:48
Act 19. We Procured The Non-Existence Of Xalteun 01:43
Act 20. Finem Habere: Flames For You / I Ran (So Far Away) 06:55

Proscriptor is more known as the drummer/mainman of Absu. 
His project as Proscriptor is more than a little different to what Absu explore musically. 
"The Venus Bellona" is a wonderfully strange & unique album based around the superstitions, folklore & mythology 
of Proscriptor's ancestral bloodline which hails from Glencoe, Scotland.
Combined with occult themes, & Proscriptor's mystical being, this collection of songs is nothing short of interesting.
At times hypnotic, as evidenced in "I Am The One" with its verbal assault, & chimes, 
while "Our Blood & Veins From the McGovern Regiment" is a more militaristic affair, with marching snare drums, 
bag pipes, & the sinister Proscriptor injecting verbal hallucinations. 
The diversity of  "The Venus Bellona" is one of its impressive features, & the incorporation 
of an extensive range of instruments (synths, percussion, acoustic guitar, grand piano, organs, mellotron & fife) 
is both appealing as well as contributing to this fact.
The 20 Acts presented here range in sound from ambient/darkwave to experimental/acoustic/folk.
For a bit of "new wave" nostalgia, a twisted version of "I Ran (So Far Away)" (originally by A Flock of Seagulls) 
is covered & given a bracing, & thoroughly entertaining, extreme metal treatment!
Released on golden CD as a multi fold-out digipack by Cruel Moon International (sub-label of Cold Meat Industry) 
& also as a red vinyl on a limited edition of 726 copies.

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Vágtázó Halottkémek – Hammering On The Gates Of Nothingness (1992)

Country: Hungary

Tracklist

1. Hunok Csatája / Battle Of The Huns 07:34
2. Aláírhatatlan Történelem / Unsignable History 05:23
3. Az Én Lőrései / The Loop-holes Of The Self 02:54
4. Feltámadt Kép / Ressurected Picture 04:01
5. Ősvilág / Instrumental 06:37
6. Álmodom / I'm Dreaming 08:44
7. Botrányos Probléma / Scandalous Problem 03:03
8. Örökkévalóság / Eternity 06:05
9. Halló Mindenség / Hallo Universe 04:15
10. Nincs Más Megoldás (Pótolhatatlan Halhatatlanság) / There's No Other Solution 07:14

Vágtázó Halottkémek (Galloping Coroners) an amazing, not so popular, band from Hungary.

Playing a kind of a wild shamanic psychedelic punk rock accompaniment by Attila Grandpierre's magical screams.
As the group says, it is a magical natural music, a cosmic vision about the origin of presence.
Formed in 1975 by Attila Grandpierre, a renown Hungarian astronomer, doctor of natural sciences, 

physical sciences (astronomy), professor, writer, poet and musician.

The band was one of the first to play outside of Hungary 

and during their existence they released 7 albums and finally split up in 2000.

Hammering On The Gates Of Nothingness (A Semmi Kapuin Dörömbölve) was released
by Jello Biafra’s record label "Alternative Tentacles".

Einstürzende Neubauten, Henry Rollins, Jello Biafra and Iggy Pop regarded Vágtázó Halottkémek 

as one of the most important bands.

Nowadays Attila Grandpierre continues as Vágtázó Csodaszarvas (Galloping Wonder Stag)

a same attitude band as the original using ancient instruments playing shamanistic folk music of the ancient Huns.

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