Henry/Colombier - Psyché Rock

This song was originally released in 1964 as a 7" single Too Fortiche/Psyché Rock by Les Yper Sound which was a pseudonym of composers Pierre henry and Michel Colombier.

It became a huge succes and sold over 150.000 copies. In 1967 it was released as part of a piece called 'Messe Pour Le Temps Present' written for a ballet by Henry and Colombier. The year 2000 saw the release of the Psyché Rock Sessions a remix project with contributions of amongst others Fatboy Slim and William Orbit.

Psyché Rock

Holger Czukay, Jah Wobble, Jaki Liebezeit - How Much Are They?

Can co-founder Holger Czukay was a huge innovator on sampling. He also really treated the samples he used as found objects, the tracks sound like a collage of (pop)culture. A lot of people copied what he did in his solo stuff. (Including Brian Eno & David Byrne) This is Holger,

PiL bass player Jah Wobble and Can drummer Jaki Liebezeit. Its kind of dubby, but in a good way.

So....

How Much Are They?

Sparks - The Number One Song In Heaven

You gotta love Sparks. This is my favorite song of the Moroder produced album "No. 1 in heaven". I put the long version up which really gives the song that extra boost. Great song, great mustache, pretty cool video too.

Sparks - The Number One Song In Heaven (Long Version)

Mort Garson - Ode To An African Violet

I really like Mort Garson, his weird Moog driven songs are like little stories. He has done many great projects including writing all the songs for the cult psychedelic record "Cosmic Sounds" by The Zodiac. He also did some film scores and composed the National geographic Theme. This album "Plantasia" is music for plants. Silly as it seems studies have indicated plants do respond to sound. There was a major experiment done in 1973 by Dorothy Retallack who discovered that plants leaned towards relaxing music, while they leaned away from rock music. And that was a pretty good time for rock music.. Plants must really HATE Creed.

Ode To An African Violet

Demons of Negativity - Resurrection

This track appears on the 60s psychedelic compilation, Beyond the Calico Wall released in 1990 by Voxx Records. Beyond the Calico Wall is a great collection of weird 60s psychedelic songs. This track however, Resurrection, dates back to 1988 and was recorded by Demons of Negativity, the band of Erik Lindgren who compiled and produced the compilation.

Demons of Negativity - Resurrection

"Tarantulas transform into enlightened creatures"

Johan Timman - Trip Into The Body

Dutch Moog wizard Johan Timman played in several prog rock groups like Think Tank and Innerminit. But in 1981 he released an amazing concept album called "Trip Into The Body". He hasn't released anything since, but apparently he is working on a follow-up due in 2008. I really love the opening track which is both sinister and goofy.

Johan Timman - Trip Into the Body

Also check this crazy video of Johan playing in a tropical pool in scheveningen:

(I think he kind of scared the kids in the pool)