VA - Global Acid Folk, Echoes of the Hidden Grove (A Butterboy Compilation) (4 x CDs)

ACID FOLK

VA - Global Acid Folk, Echoes of the Hidden Grove (A Butterboy Compilation) (4 x CDs)

Building on the mystical thread of my previous Acid Folk compilation titled Chronicles of the Woven Vale, this new Butterboy compilation is more audacious in scope, a spiritual expedition across continents, era-defying in its selection, yet tethered by a mood of hushed reverence. Echoes of the Hidden Grove unfolds like a spectral map, guiding listeners through lesser-known tributaries of the global acid folk and psych terrain. 

Acid folk first found voice in the countercultural bloom of the late 1960s, where artists blended pastoral roots with experimental textures. But here, in Echoes of the Hidden Grove, the sound blossoms outward, encompassing not just psychedelic flourishes but the ancestral pulse of local rhythms, mythic storytelling, and modal explorations. These are songs that defy borders, unfolding from handmade instruments and whispered tongues, often recorded with little more than heart, tape, and windlight. With this compilation you're looking at a set that vibrates with global resonance and deep-cut magic, this is the kind of compilation crate-diggers whisper about. 

Out of the 92 tracks in Echoes of the Hidden Grove, this set holds at least 38 very rare tracks, true rarities. That includes long-lost pressings (like Extradition’s Hush, issued in 1971 on Australia’s Sweet Peach Records and reissued decades later), private label releases (Ton Vlasman’s White Room With Disintegrating Walls, a Dutch acid folk grail originally pressed in minuscule quantities), and censored or forgotten classics from pre-revolution Iran (Mehrpouya’s hypnotic “Soul Raga” and Pooneh’s spectral “Hamisheh Tanha”).

Labels range from Guerssen in Spain to Lyra Records in Greece, Zodiac, Polydor, and Uptight Records, all responsible for releasing psychedelic acid folk that vanished from mainstream view.

In terms of countries, the range is staggering with 31 countries represented: 

Europe: Ireland, UK, Wales, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Norway, Netherlands, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Poland, Romania, Hungary, Greece, Iceland

Middle East & Asia: Iran, Israel, Turkey, Japan, South Korea

Americas: USA, Peru, Argentina, Chile, Brazil, Venezuela, Canada

Africa: South Africa

Oceania: Australia

Each track carries its region’s spirit, whether it’s the modal melancholy of Piirpauke’s “Konevitsan kirkonkellot” (Finland), the jazz-infused psych from Abstract Truth (South Africa), or the Kabbalistic Mediterranean swirl of Zingale (Israel). This isn't just global, it’s planetary acid folk storytelling. This is a map of acid folk’s secret history, a grove where mossy introspection from Athens sits comfortably beside trance raga from Tehran or eucalyptus-haunted chants from Sydney.

What this set does is collapse borders through emotion. The songs act as spells, some lull, some stir, some question reality altogether. For the listener, it’s not just a journey, it’s a communion with forgotten truths buried in moss, moonlight, and myth, delivering a soundtrack to the soul’s secret forest. (B)

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Track lists

CD1

01 Mehrpouya - Soul Raga 4:02 1971

02 Clannad - Dúlamán (Seaweed) 4:34 1976

03 Furekåben - Den Gule Filthatmand 8:56 1970

04 Pierrot Lunaire - Sotto I Ponti 7:20 1974

05 Abstract Truth - Jersey Thursday 3:50 1970

06 Pekka Streng - Auringon Lapsi 2:24 1972

07 Kazuki Tomokawa - Goddam Winter 2:24 1976

08 Eduardo Bort - Pictures of Sadness Cuadros De Tristeza 5:56 1974

09 George Romanos - Life is A Dream 4:36 1970

10 Langsyne - Medina 8:24 1976

11 Kim Choo Ja - Before It's Too Late 4:02 1971

12 Jan Duindam - Happiness & Tears 3:34 1978

13 Fanica Luca - Doina din Ardeal 2:23 1948

14 Nagisa Ni Te - Me, on The Beach 8:34 1995

15 Zingale - Heroica 4:18 1977

16 Bernt Staf - Familjelycka 3:14 1971

17 Pooneh - Hamishe Tanha 4:05 1971

18 Dell Dudenhoeffer - Three Week Love 6:08 1975

19 Turid - Crystal Shade of Loneliness 2:44 1971

20 Genticorum - Dans Les Haubans 5:13 2023

21 Áine Minogue - The Grove 3:34 1997

22 Synanthesia - Morpheus 5:57 1969

23 Ton Vlasman - Fight With A Circular Course 16:02 1970

CD2

24 Extradition - Dear One 9:54 1971

25 Aktuala - Sarah' Ngweha 5:45 1973

26 Upupayama - Hello Green Man, I Am a Tiger 8:21 2020

27 Arco Iris - Hombre de Madera 5:35 1972

28 Broselmaschine - Gitarrenstuck 2:05 1971

29 Czeslaw Niemen - Jednego Serca 7:37 1970

30 Daevid Allen - Peace Train 10:39 1994

31 Eddie Marcon - Nageki No Kame 5:31 2025

32 El Polen - La Flor (Tema de Cholo)-El Polen 11:34 1972

33 Emtidi - Touch the Sun 12:06 1972

34 Erkin Koray - Fesuphanallah 3:34 1973

35 Fille Qui Mousse - Princesse Nuage 2:00 1971

36 Luís Cília - Barca bela 3:11 1968

37 Fuchsia - A Tiny Book 8:02 1971

38 Gryphon - The Unquiet Grave 5:46 1973

39 Happy End - Natsu Nandesu (It’s Summer) 3:15 1971

40 Hiroki Tamaki - Kawa (River) 5:46 1975

41 Ken Narita - Gingatetsudo No Yoru (Night on The Galactic Railroad) 4:40 1976

42 Loudest Whisper - Lir’s Lament 2:24 1974

43 Magic Carpet - Harvest Song 3:41 1972

44 Meic Stevens - Love Owed 3:22 1970

45 Novos Baianos - Brasil Pandeiro 3:56 1972

46 Abstract Truth - Total Totum (Acid Raga) 5:18 1970

CD3

47 Áine Minogue - Far Beyond Yon Mountain 6:08 2004

48 Arco Iris - Mañana campestre 2:51 1972

49 Bernt Staf - Mitt Livs Novell 2:29 1970

50 Furekåben - Come, Let Us Soothe Our Nerves a Little 13:23 1970

51 El Polen - Sitting Dreaming 6:05 1972

52 El Polen - Concordancia 7:41 1973

53 Langsyne - Morning 3:34 1976

54 Langsyne - Cynghanedd 7:37 1976

55 Los Jaivas - Tarka y ocarina Diablad, Trote, Kotaikí 13:18 1975

56 Lula Côrtes e Zé Ramalho - Raga Dos Raios 2:30 1975

57 Franco Battiato - Da Oriente ad Occidente 6:33 1973

58 Niningashi - Hitoribotchi (On My Own) 4:15 1974

59 Novos Baianos - Mistério Do Planeta 3:38 1972

60 Os Mutantes - Ave Gengis Khan 3:45 1968

61 Pau Riba - Noia de Pporcellana 4:04 1968

62 Pekka Streng & Tasavallan Presidentti - Sisaltani portin loysin 5:08 1970

63 Piirpauke - Konevitsan kirkonkellot 5:08 1975

64 Sachiko Kanenobu - Anata Kara Toku E (Far Away From You) 3:26 1972

65 Satwa - Satwa 7:15 1973

66 Vytas Brenner - Araguaney 2:22 1973

67 Savina Yannatou & Primavera en Salonico Ensemble - O Yannis Kai O Drakos 6:58 2008

68 Stenblomma - Skeppet 9:14 1973

69 Subway - Rosanna of The Roses 3:48 1971

CD4

70 Turid - To The Children of My Song My 5:24 1971

71 Trúbrot - Feel Me 10:37 1970

72 Satwa - Apacidonata 4:11 1973

73 Langsyne - Rainforest Song 3:13 1976

74 El Polen - Mi Cueva 4:20 1973

75 Jeff - Le Hamac 2:26 1978

76 Vashti Bunyan - Love Song 1:58 1970

77 Witthüser & Westrupp - Das Märchen vom Königssohn 9:33 1971

78 YMCK - Bokutachi No Shippai 3:34 1976

79 Amphora - Waitin' (for the Sunlight) 4:24 1975

80 Zingale - Lovely Violin Crying for Peace 3:14 1977

81 Satwa - Valsa Dos Cogumelos (Waltz of the Mushrooms) 5:10 1973

82 Catherine Ribeiro + Alpes - Paix 15:38 1972

83 Fille Qui Mousse - Annal-Mandreke-Cool Non Imperial News 8:30 1971

84 István Mártha, Endre Szkárosi, Sándor Bernáth - Kapolcs Alarm 4:54 1987

85 Claudio Rocchi - La Realtà non Esiste 2:33 1971

86 Emtidi - Die Reise 10:17 1972

87 Kourosh Yaghmaie - Gol-e Yakh 5:14 1973

88 Aris San - Boumpam 6:41 1967

89 Whitsuntide Easter - Transitory 6:28 1977

90 Folkdove - Willow Song 3:26 1975

91 Almendra - Laura va 2:50 1969

92 Áine Minogue - Song of the Banshee 8:00 2005

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Music weaves itself into the fabric of our emotions, dances through the corridors of memory, and whispers to the soul of who we are. Sharing these stories deepens the connection, turning the experience into something timeless and profound.

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