VA - Space Rock An Interstellar Traveler's Guide [2016] (6 x CD's)

SPACE ROCK

VA - Space Rock An Interstellar Traveler's Guide [2016] (6 x CD's)

Presented here is a fantastic box of intergalactic grooves, based primarily on the classic movers and shakers of the genre but offering plenty of fresh curveballs from emerging imaginations (Exxasens, White Manna, Earthling Society) too. Easing us in is 1979’s All Gates Open by Can, dripping creepy, almost subliminal sounds over a metronomic rhythm. Simultaneously reassuring and unsettling, it’s the perfect welcome sign. There’s a lot of music on this cosmic collection, long tracks being de rigeur, so drop any social niceties and settle in. For every three-chord wig-out that follows, there’s an experimental journey into the splashes which occur when incongruous sounds collide. Popol Vuh are as difficult as they always were on Steh Auf, Zieh Mich Dir Nach (1975); Gong, with a 1972 live version of Fohat Digs Holes In Space, lull you into a false sense of security then start making scratching noises under the bed. Mostly though, the set is radiant with the heat of stars. While legends of the niche such as Nektar, Guru Guru, Faust, (early) Tangerine Dream, Hawkwind and Amon Düül II are each highly individual yet function under a kindred spirit, relatively lesser-known names take that cue and sally forth with stoner fearlessness. Ozric Tentacles, Yuri Gagarin and Brainticket put their own distinctive spin on the stylings. We’re also reminded that Alice Cooper elected to play some Yardbirds/Who-influenced weirdness in his early days (B.B. On Mars, here live in 1969) and Bowie acolyte Ava Cherry mixed soul with out-of-control (Highway Blues). Anyone still not sporting a huge, dazed grin need only hear the Steve Hillage and William Shatner rendition of Elton John’s Rocket Man, a reading which finds that elusive thin line between ‘hilarious’ and ‘actually quite good’. This whole strange trip is a blast. (www.loudersound.com)

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Track list

Disc: 1

  01. Can - All Gates Open
  02. Hedersleben - Gulf of Lost Souls
  03. Øresund Space Collective - the Trichophantic Spire
  04. Popol Vuh - Steh Auf, Zieh Mich Dir Nach
  05. Joel Vandroogenbroeck - Sign from Space
  06. Ozric Tentacles - Space Out
  07. Secret Saucer - Lift Off
  08. An Emerald City - Seizuretron
  09. Nik Turner - Out of Control
  10. Melting Euphoria - Flying Eyes Like Saucers
  11. Guru Guru Groove Band - Ufolove
  12. Maat Lander - the Comet Rider
  13. Gong - Fohat Digs Holes in Space (Live Paris 1972)

Disc: 2

  01. Tangerine Dream - Ultima Thule Part 1
  02. Brainticket - Watchin' You
  03. Faust - Parasiten
  04. Pyramidal - Black Land
  05. Shawn Lee - Low Riders in Space
  06. Hydravion - Passadena Airport
  07. Pressurehed - Altitude
  08. Het Droste Effect - You Know That I Knew
  09. German Oak - Shadows of War (A. Rain of Destruction / B. B1 to London)
  10. Daevid Allen Weird Quartet - the Cold Stuffings of November
  11. Omega - Don't Keep on Me Waitin'
  12. Kalutaliksuak - What Are Your Feet Eating?
  13. Oranssi Pazuzu - Reikä Maisemassa

Disc: 3

  01. Steve Hillage & William Shatner - Rocket Man (Alternate Mix)
  02. Black Rainbows - Hawkdope
  03. Guru Freakout - Notre Dame (Mothership)[Edit]
  04. Xynn - Lost in Space (English Version)
  05. The Spacelords - Pyroclastic Monster
  06. Aqua Nebula Oscillator - Human Toad (Live)
  07. Magic Wands - Jupiter
  08. Atomic Simao - Descending
  09. White Manna - We Pretend Space Isn't There
  10. Yuri Gagarin - at the Center of All Infinity
  11. Federico Farnè - What Illuminates the Night

Disc: 4

  01. Guru Guru - Spaceship (Edit)
  02. Hawkwind - Seeing It As You Really Are
  03. It's Not Night: It's Space - Vibration Eater
  04. Earthling Society - Ea1729
  05. Robert Calvert - Lemmy & I Swallowed Massive Amounts of Drugs
  06. Gilli Smyth - What Do You Really Want (Live)
  07. The Re-Stoned - Faces of Earth
  08. The Dunes - Badlands
  09. Exxasens - Helios
  10. Oranjjoolius - Tiki Sleep Cycle
  11. Equations - Sssuuunnn
  12. Secret Symbol Society - Canes Venatici
  13. Lord Fuzz - the Freak

Disc: 5

  01. Amon DÜÜL II - Archangels Thunderbird
  02. Naxatra - Space Tunnel
  03. Celestial Bums - Child of the Moon
  04. Dark Buddha Rising - L
  05. My Education / Theta Naught Sound Mass - End Masse
  06. Sun Araw - Deep Temple
  07. Hidria Spacefolk - Kaneh Bosm
  08. Dasputnik - Orbitary Volcano
  09. Ava Cherry - Highway Blues
  10. Orlando Monday - Moonchild
  11. MKM - Retorn Al Planeta Imaginari
  12. Sons of Hippies - Spaceship Ride

Disc: 6

  01. Nektar - Astronaut's Nightmare
  02. Chrome - Eyes in the Center
  03. Space Debris - Phonomorph
  04. Leroy Powell and the Messengers - Weightlessness
  05. Electric Orange - Meals of Confusion
  06. Floorian - Overruled
  07. Alice Cooper - B. B. on Mars (Live 1969)
  08. Gdeva - Autobahn
  09. Vespero - Vision 7. Kidish Hail
  10. St 37 - the 'In' Crowd
  11. Nik Turner - 1975 Interview

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