VA - Dave Brock Presents... This Was Your Future, Space Rock & Other Psychedelics 1978-1998 (3 x CD's)

 

SPACE ROCK

VA - Dave Brock Presents... This Was Your Future, Space Rock & Other Psychedelics 1978-1998 (3 x CD's)

Emerging out of the post-hippy fall-out of the late 1960's, Dave Brock and Hawkwind forged a new, psychedelic rock sound which, as the 1970's progressed, became the focal point of a festival scene that drew together countless alternative and counter-cultural artists, all of whom sought to take their listeners into previously unchartered realms of inner space. Gathered together here are the prime movers in this Brock-inspired scene which subsequently emerged and found focus towards the end of 70's, centred on free festivals, like-minded record labels, self-released cassettes and an anti-authoritarian lifestyle and political position.  From hard rocking psychedelic warriors to experimental sonic architects, ‘This Was Your Future’ captures a time and place in danger of being forgotten in the corporate playground of the present. A place where the guitar and the synthesiser proved mightier than the sword, offering an outlet for expression to countless artists for whom mainstream culture was a strange and alien landscape.

This extensive 40 track set explores the Space Rock and Free festival scene, 1978-1998. Compiled with the legendary Dave Brock, frontman of Hawkwind, figurehead of the scene and inspiration for countless like-minded heads. Featuring key names Hawkwind (and their many offshoots), Ozric Tentacles, Here And Now, Magic Mushroom Band, Poisoned Electrick Head, Michael Moorcock, Robert Calvert, and Tim Blake plus many lesser-known but vital players in a movement that was as much a way of life and a political philosophy as it was a music scene. Emerging out of the post-hippy fall-out of the late 1960's, Dave Brock and Hawkwind forged a new, psychedelic rock sound which, as the 1970s progressed, became the focal point of a festival scene that drew together countless alternative and counter-cultural artists, all of whom sought to take their listeners into previously unchartered realms of inner space. Gathered together here are the prime movers in this Brock-inspired scene which subsequently emerged and found focus towards the end of 70's, centred on free festivals, like-minded record labels, self-released cassettes and an anti-authoritarian lifestyle and political position. From hard rocking psychedelic warriors to experimental sonic architects, This Was Your Future captures a time and place in danger of being forgotten in the corporate playground of the present. A place where the guitar and the synthesizer proved mightier than the sword, offering an outlet for expression to countless artists for whom mainstream culture was a strange and alien landscape. (Amazon)

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Track lists

CD1

01 Hawkwind PXR5 5:15

02 Omnia Opera Space Bastard 8:24

03 Poisoned Electrick Head Astral Tjunc 5:28

04 Spaceship Eyes Satori 3:38

05 Ozric Tentacles Velmwend 4:40

06 Magic Mushroom Band Pictures In My Mind 4:49

07 Kryptästhesie An Evening Following A Cuttle-Fish 3:49

08 Dave Brock Green Finned Demon 6:05

09 Boris And His Bolshie Balalaika Toadstool Soup 7:24

10 Lloyd Langton Group Candle Burning 3:16

11 Underground Zero Aimless Flight 6:58

12 Treatment Damage 3:02

13 Moom The Higher Sun 5:13

CD2

01 Dr Hasbeen Spirit Of Brock 2:59

02 Sun Dial Outer Limits To Yr Brain 8:39

03 Michael Moorcock's Deep Fix Dodgem Dude 2:48

04 Pressurehed Red Delta (Live) 4:20

05 Robert Calvert Lord Of The Hornets 3:54

06 Hawklords The Age Of The Micro Man 3:32

07 Dr Brown Dreamscape 3:44

08 Kava Kava Poke 5:14

09 The Tryp The Lizard Sheds Its Skin 4:13

10 Sonic Assassins Golden Void 4:48

11 Dead Flowers Altered State Circus 5:03

12 Mandragora Rainbow Warrior 4:50

13 Outskirts Of Infinity Laughter Castle 3:40

14 St 37 Ghosts Of Tempera Nymphs 4:06

15 Sons Of Selina Gamoto Manopano 5:47

CD3

01 Dumpy's Rusty Nuts Hawkwind 6:40

02 Dave Brock And The Agents Of Chaos Hades Deep 4:43

03 Crow Led Zep 4:56

04 Nukli Inner Days 6:26

05 Etheral Counterbalance At The Oasis 6:10

06 Nick Riff Tribal Elders 4:57

07 Tim Blake Passage Sur La Cité (Des Révélations) 7:43

08 Psychedelic Warriors In Search Of Shangrila 5:36

09 Tangle Edge Yatantah Pt 1 3:28

10 Here And Now 23 Skidoo (Live) 4:31

11 F; I The Circle Is The Square 4:46

12 Praise Space Electric Cybernetic Experiment X 4:35

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