Maggot Brain
If maggot brain doesn't give you goosebumps, you may in fact be a robot. Watch out for rain.
Genre : Funk Rock, Psychedelic Rock,
Quality : FLAC
[1970] Maggot Brain [Funkadelic] ''FLAC''
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Showing posts with label Psychedelic Rock. Show all posts
[1970-1978] Yeti [Amon Düül II] ''FLAC (Vinyl Rip)''
It's easy to over-think the meaningfulness of German rock (Krautrock) of the late 60s and early 70s, especially since its image has always been somewhat cerebral and cold in itself. Too much from the head, not enough from the crotch, some have complained. Its players meant for it to be "head" music certainly, and all that implies - there was an intention to the music, a commitment to experiment and improvisation sparked by the intellectual and chemical freedoms of the 60s. But at its best Krautrock conjured a mood distinct unto itself, which in its post-WWII teutonic heaviness could be as threatening and scary as any music ever made, and in its experimental innocence also convey a warmth and humor that speaks to the soul. The album Yeti does both these things. Amon Duul II's second record is a double-album monument of dark European soundscapes that possess a Led Zeppelin heaviness without an over-reliance on the blues or a dependency on rock cliches. The hard riffing has a much more exotic, eastern European or central Asian tone, and the improvisatory tenor, no matter how edited the music might have been in the end, contributes to the feeling that this is NOW music, that this music is happening in the present. Made in 1970, it could be straight out of any time in history. It's as heavy as Beethoven, as Gothic as, well, the Goths, as free from the restrictions of language as Can, as art-y as Roxy Music, as punk as you think you are, and ROCKS in its way like the most electric god of all time. So yeah, it's music that's actually worth thinking about.
Quality: FLAC
>>> Archangels Thunderbird
[1972] 666 [Aphrodite's Child] ''FLAC''
666
Vangelis was in an incredible state of inspiration when creating the songs for 666 on words by Costas Ferris. Some of the weirdest experiments in rock are complemented by some potential haunting hit singles, notably "Break", and "Aegean Sea", the latter being without doubt one of the finest examples of symphonic rock to date. It never got the attention it deserves because Aphrodite's Child had already broken up by the time this album was finished, singer Demis Roussos had already started his easy-listening solo career and Vangelis was already working on his first film scores. Still, this double album is one of the highest artistic peaks ever achieved in rock and if you're open to such a thing, this is a definitie must-have in your collection.
Genre : Progressive Rock, Psychedelic Rock, Experimental Rock
Quality : FLAC
[2010] Innerspeaker [Tame Impala] ''FLAC''
Innerspeaker
It's hard not to evoke comparisons to other bands when reviewing this CD because let's be honest, Tame Impala has perfectly captured the essence of several bands that have paved the way before them. But while playing Spot the Influence is an easy, winnable game with this band, that in no way means that their debut album "Innerspeaker" is in any way boring, predictable, or simply a re-hash of previous ideas. Instead, Tame Impala has taken the space rock vibes of early Pink Floyd, the bluesy riffs of Cream, the over-the-top psychedelica of The Flaming Lips, put them into an blender, and created something exciting and new.
Genre : Psychedelic Rock, Rock.
Quality : Flac
[1969] Almendra [Almendra ] ''FLAC''
Almendra must be, by all means, the first real rock album that ever saw the light in Argentina. This claim in no way intends to look down on previous releases by other bands: it responds to certain reasons I'm about to ramble about, the most important of all being the fact that it probably was the first explosion of creativity, the first audacious exploration of the Spanish tongue through rock music to take place in Argentina.
Luis Alberto Spinetta is naturally the soul of the album, supported gracefully by Edelmiro Molinari, Emilio Del Güercio (who also contributed with two of their own compositions: Color humano -later the name of Molinari's band - and Que el viento borró tus manos) and Rodolfo García. Spinetta's talent can be acknowledged from his early birth as a songwriter as a natural, innate one. Almendra is the sunrise of his unique poetry, perfect melodies and the beginning of this living legend of an artist. Bucolic pictures are combined with gray images of solitude, the innocence of a young daydreaming soul and the surrealistic eyes of a true poet. The cover art, another creation of the nineteen-year-old Spinetta, says it all: "el hombre de la tapa", which unifies the songs on the album in a conceptual manner (each song is related to either his eye, tear or toy arrow), though never depriving them of their identity, is itself an expression of melancholia.
The highlight of the album is definitely the opening track, Muchacha (Ojos de papel), one of the "songs from the sparkle of the one-thousand-year-old tear that the man from the cover cries". Balanced out by heavier and faster songs like Ana no duerme, but also accompanied by other laid-back jewels like Plegaria para un niño dormido, this is one of those love songs that are epic successes. It portrays the glory of a first love with a breeze of innocence and simplicity, never cheesy, never dull.
Quality: FLAC (Vinyl rip)
>>> Un Color!
[1973] Can - Future Days ''FLAC''
Future Days, el último álbum de Can cantado por Damo Suzuki, es fácilmente el album mas ambiental y tranquilo que lanzaron en su existencia. Damo mantiene su voz casi al nivel auditivo de un susurro, en lugar de mantenerse en el frente como en los álbumes anteriores. Future Days es tambien el disco menos experimental de éste grupo alemán. En vez de inyectar el trabajo con extravagante y a veces nauseabundo vanguardismo, ellos eligen dejar el álbum en su minimo indispensable. Solo hay 4 canciones de Future Days y los vocales son contados.
El lado A contiene 3 de éstas canciones, incluyendo el hermoso track homónimo, el acechante Spray, y el corto y pegadizo Moonshake (Can en su salsa rítmica como en ningun otro momento). El lado B contiene una de las piezas mas ambientales del la historia del rock, Bel Air. Esta cancion multipartes de 20 minutos toca varios géneros, incluyendo ambient, que en el momento ni siquiera existía.
Éstas cuatro canciones ayudaron a crear el trabajo mas ambiental y balanceado de Can hasta la fecha. Desafortunadamente Damo Suzuki decidió dejar el grupo luego de éste album para convertirse en testigo de jehova (wtf?). Future Days es parte de la épica trilogía que lanzo Can entre 1970 y 1973, junto a Tago Mago y Ege Bamyasi y ninguno de ellos tiene desperdicio.
El lado A contiene 3 de éstas canciones, incluyendo el hermoso track homónimo, el acechante Spray, y el corto y pegadizo Moonshake (Can en su salsa rítmica como en ningun otro momento). El lado B contiene una de las piezas mas ambientales del la historia del rock, Bel Air. Esta cancion multipartes de 20 minutos toca varios géneros, incluyendo ambient, que en el momento ni siquiera existía.
Éstas cuatro canciones ayudaron a crear el trabajo mas ambiental y balanceado de Can hasta la fecha. Desafortunadamente Damo Suzuki decidió dejar el grupo luego de éste album para convertirse en testigo de jehova (wtf?). Future Days es parte de la épica trilogía que lanzo Can entre 1970 y 1973, junto a Tago Mago y Ege Bamyasi y ninguno de ellos tiene desperdicio.
Quality: FLAC
>>> Bel Air
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