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In 1994, a year before I had to enlist in the army, a local band, ROCKFOUR, released their second album, The Man Who Saw It All.
Their first album was full of beautiful songs with nostalgia flowing from them to days of old in the late 60's / early 70's pop-rock. With this second album, they went forward to create a psychedelic rock ground, with a muddy sound, haunting melodies and beautiful vocal harmonies and songs that seem to connect to each other (though they don't). This album (as well as the first and the next one in line) is in Hebrew. And in my opinion the one album to get from the band, if you like (perhaps simplistic, yet) efficient, emotion-provoking and journey-like. Here is their PA bio: Rockfour biography Israeli psyche-pop trio RockFour are tough to pigeon-hole. Formed in the Tel Aviv suburb of Holon, they began playing together during military service, and developed a repertoire of original songs in Hebrew and English. Tipping their berets to the Moody Blues, Teardrop Explodes and The Zombies, RockFour convincingly married The Byrds & Bowie, updating it with 21st century panache. In 2000, four albums in, RockFour made the controversial switch to English lyrics which immediately catapulted them onto the international scene and branded them Israels finest (and only?) rock export. And they havent let up: RockFour is now well on its way to conquering the world with a unique brand of neo-psychedelia and progressive pop. Its a mix that works: Rock Four have sold over 30,000 records in the Middle East and Europe. 2001 was the year RockFour caught the eyes and ears of the North American media. Rolling Stone Magazine critic Richie Unterberger chose ONE FANTASTIC DAY (Third-Ear Records) as one of his Top 10 albums of the year; both the New York Times and the New York Press hyped their live show and the band went on to be featured on the nationally broadcasted NPR radio show, All Things Considered. Over on the west coast it was the LA Times and Under The Radar that raved about the band. Headlining many prestigious rock festivals including SXSW, CMJ and the International Pop Overthrow, the band went on to sign with guitar pop label, Rainbow Quartz. Their second release, NATIONWIDE, is the follow up to their break-through album ANOTHER BEGINNING (Rainbow Quartz 2002). NATIONWIDE was recorded at Ghetto Recorders in Detroit by Jim Diamond. The complex song-craft, interwoven with pristine pop harmonics, is balanced on a raw, energetic immediacy. RockFour wear their prog-pop sensibilities well: chiming 12-string jangle, classic rock riffing, and clever atonal squalls of lead drive this recording into the arena of 70s rock. NATIONWIDE echoes The Cars, ELO and at times vintage Squeeze, while the guitar playing evokes classic Robert Fripp and Jimmy Page dueling with Sonic Youth, all the while retaining a psychedelic dose of early Pink Floyd and The Byrds. ![]() ![]() 4.67 | 2 ratings The Man Who Saw It All 1994 Songs / Tracks Listing 1. Pitom (3:48) - Eli Lulai / guitars, acoustic guitar, vocals "The Man Who Saw It All" is the 2nd studio album of Rockfour. The album characterized with 60's style psychedelic sound. Although the tracks were pretty long and complicated, and part of them are instrumental, he was very successful producing hits like "The Man Who Saw It All" (Track 2) , "Time Machine" (T4) , "Hole In The Moon" (T3) and "Any Direction" (T5) and many people define it as the best israeli album ever. Isn't it a bit disturbing to say that, for an album who is just 12 years old? Rockfour like to play it 60's in "TMWSIA" in every aspect: from the non-conceptual instrumental tracks, the divided sound (Guitars on the left vehicle, vocals on the right - see track 02), to the sweet composings with background vocals and great harmonies. After the galloping open ("Suddenly"), Eli Lulai and his friends start to symbol the power of one of the best albums i've ever heard with "The Man Who Saw It All", "Hole In The Moon" (where Baruch Ben-Yitzhak defines a dirty guitar sound for generations to come), "Time Machine" (which can remind you of The Beatles' "For No One", in a way) and one of the best psychedelic tracks ever to be recorded in hebrew (if not the best of them) - "Any Direction". If i can be perfectly urnest, i believe that until track no. 8, "Late No Longer", Rockfour gives you - track by track - pure israeli classics. The album grows up with the listener, so that he can learn to love even the less communicative in it - for example, if in the beginning i couldn't stop hearing "The Man Who Saw It All" and "Time Machine", i began learning to love the complexity and the beauty of the storming guitars and electric bass of Baruch & Mark in "Sometimes", and i litterally fell on the floor when Eli started screaming and Iser before "It"'s chorus. I can't even switch tracks in this album, because Rockfour have created a musical journey, when every track builds the next track, and the album as a whole. This is not a concept album, but with the time the listener turns it to a concept album deep inside. So is the best israeli album ever a perfect song compliation? no. There are some tracks that steals this title from "TMWSIA". There are not bad tracks, or even medicore - but with the high standard that Rockfour puts here, even "good" tracks can interrupt the musical orgasm that Rockfour provides. You can mention "Late No Longer" and "Me, Myself And What Comes Between Us" (Track no. 09), are obstacles in this album's way to the top of the international music mountains. After Track 10, comes "Witness", which is really an exposition to one of the album's peaks - "End Of The Road". In "End" Rockfour proves they can be cynical, sharp & rageous and provides a full well-done rock anthem, with extra-ordinary drumming by Iser Tennenbaum, and mainly the singing by Eli Lulai, that will reach perfection in "Supermarket". The album ends with two instrumental tracks - "The Man Who Saw Too Much" and "Dust", that besides being a stage to Rockfour's talent, really contributes to the circle feeling that the album gives, like commands you to press play again and to re-experience the journey you have just witnessed to. So if the Rockfour-haters, the ones that define them as "A very good band, that didn't reached it's full potential" (since when a rock band became a 12 year old student?!) - "TMWSIA" is the israeli album i've most enjoyed listening to, and i recommend it very much, because it's one of the best things that can happen to your musical archive. Edited by avestin - November 05 2009 at 06:40 |
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And again a blind pick from the psych bands list:
HEAVY WATER EXPERIMENTS Heavy Water Experiments biography HEAVY WATER EXPERIMENTS is a US based outfit that was formed in 2006, as a direct continuation of the band Imogene. The main man in this outfit is singer, songwriter and multi-intrumentalist David Melbye; and the second regular member is El Salvador born drummer and percussionist Roberto Salguero. The band's self-titled debut album was issued in 2008, containing vintage influenced psychedelic hard rock with a distinct mainstream tinge to it. Music hard to categorize, but well received by critics and listeneres alike. http://www.heavywaterexperiments.com/ http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/heavywaterex http://www.myspace.com/heavywaterexperiments |
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Quite a good thread, some fine mentions. I'd like to contribute German Space Rockers; Golem. I've never really been interested in the overblown sounds of Hidria Spacefolk and similar contemporaries, but luuuv fuzzy psych jams, and this sh*t is drenched in layered synth/keys, grooving drums and bass, with some seriously awesome guitar, whilst still being totally easy to listen to, and sounding amazingly recent. Their only album, Orion Awakes, is out of print, I think, so would be practically impossible to find, but it's possible to acquire a copy off the internet - if one is so inclined. |
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Try Psychedelic Monsterjam or Amon Guru for some more recent albums in that category. From the only Amon Guru album I edspecially like "Krakatau". Don't expect to find any melodies on that album; the musicians are clearly out to make noises on their various instruments. There is a lot of rhythm though, and the drums are excellent, as always when Mani Neumeier plays. These rhythms, combined with the noises made on the melody instruments, create a strange atmosphere. Definitely not an album for everyone; I like it a lot.
Psychedelic Monsterjam sound a lot like early Guru Guru, which is no wonder since with Ax Genrich and Mani Neumeier there are two thirds of the first Guru Guru line-up aboard; only the bass player is different. If you like early Guru Guru, then Psychedelic Monsterjam will be right up your alley. It will be quite difficult to get access to the albums of Psychedelic Monsterjam though since they came out in limited editions only. |
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I was about to berate your casualness in recommending listening to Psychedelic Monsterjam, until I read the last sentence, as I have yet been able track it down.
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Holy Smokes, i've been checking out this thread from time to time, (most of the bands suggested so far, i've already head) but damn, these guys are excellent. Thanks for yet another great recommendation Assaf; also, thanks for your reviews John, (sinkadotentree) it seems that we tend to have similar taste ![]() Well, it seems that pretty much all the obscure Space Rock bands that i can think of have already been mentioned, but i believe that you fellas might have not heard of Terraformation: http://www.myspace.com/1terraformation check out "Antartican" (amazing) One of the members is the guitarist of "Calle Debauche". (Mohadev) I actually dled their Self-Titled album (there's a link to a free dl on their myspace) and i've been mesmerized by it all day. http://bendegain.com/fr_sounds.cfm I could only describe it as a mix between Tortoise (percussion) and I.E.M. by Steve Wilson (guitar). Edited by Dominic - November 08 2009 at 19:48 |
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Thank you all above for your suggestions and recommendations.
Hope more people chime in with their favourite psychedelic albums. I'll post more when time permits. |
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Orange Shading Starlight
![]() ORANGE SHADING STARLIGHT is the first Wicked Minds' official side project. The album, released by W-Records (Italy) in a 500 copies limited edition with colour gatefold sleeves, is an instrumental jam where the band developes all its power and experiment some interesting possibilities! Of course we have on guitar and devices Lucio Calegari, Paolo "Apollo" Negri on synthesizers and electric pianos, Enrico Garilli on deep, deeeeeep bass and Andrea Concarotti on drums (this was his last recording before leaving the band. ~ lpcdreissues.com
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^ Whoa! Sweet. Gonna hit that album up Fo Sho.
Also, got a recommendation fellas, and let me state that it took no deep consideration to recognized these dudes as being worthy of this thread: http://www.myspace.com/sulabassana Edited by Dominic - December 05 2009 at 20:43 |
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Awesome recommendations from you two, am enjoying both bands currently. |
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Not straight Psych-rock, but close enough to merit a mention here in this thread:
Un? L' Oeil Du Sourd Jazz Rock/Fusion
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![]() Formed in 2004 in Rennes, Bretagne in the north of France as a quartet of guitar, drums, saxophone and keyboards, the lineup got expanded with the addition of a violonist and vocalist (chanting/vocalization would be a more appropriate description). In 2009 they self-released their first album, Un?. Long multi-part compositions, filled with heavy sounding guitars, enchanting keyboards and powerful drumming (with a variety of other instruments), fronted by saxophone and voices (female mostly), the music is otherworldly in a way, mixing styles together and a generous amount of experimentation with sounds and atmosphere. At times very cool sounding, while at others demented and crazy (the opener Ods is a fine example of these extremes in their music), their music is eclectic in nature and consists of jazz, psychedelic rock, electronic manipulations and even zeuhl (listen to the bass playing and chanting in Ods and in Here I Am J(H) for example). Their music sounds passionate, if only for the female vocalization by Mathilde Clavier (I think), and the instruments that accompanies her, be it the violin on A.C or the saxophone in Ods. But passion and zeal, while prevalent here, are part of the sound. Haunting vibes are abundant and playing around a theme in a jam-like manner seems to be something they like doing. It's not done off-hand, though. Thought is put into it with regards to how each instrument is contributing to the ornamentation of the pattern being played repetitively, whether it's the guitar, violin, keyboards or sax. A sense of mystery is seeping through in the longer tracks, Ods, Deux Trains?, Here I am J (h), driven by these elements mentioned in a hypnosis-inducing fashion. The tension increases as the music proceeds, reaching higher peaks (Deux Trains) and then even changing direction altogether (Ods, Deux Trains). This album is quite a trip. A dynamic affair, it covers a wide range of sonic peaks and valleys,
high-energy segments and cooler, calmer grounds. Its eclectic nature, mixture of jazz-rock with
psychedelic-rock and zeuhl is well done, appealing and leaves me exhausted (in a good way) at the
end. Being a first album, they may very well refine their sound, and remove the more rough parts of
their music (though I can't personally find fault in that) and go for a more unified and cleaner
sound. In spite of this, I find this work charming and to my taste, very satisfying.
This band and album are a great discovery for me and I look forward to more from them. http://www.myspace.com/loeildusourd Edited by avestin - December 25 2009 at 15:28 |
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I saw that there's a new release coming up in 2010 from Electric Orange
![]() Krautrock From Hell 2010 What a name.... sounds very promising To celebrate this, here are the latest Electric Orange review here in PA: ELECTRIC ORANGE Music ReviewsShowing last 10
Platte Electric Orange Krautrock Review by
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Abgelaufen! Electric Orange Krautrock Review by
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Morbus Electric Orange Krautrock Review by
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Unterwasser - Live 2002 Electric Orange Krautrock Review by
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![]() ELECTRIC ORANGE's masterminds Dirk Jan Müller and Dirk Bittner had been invited to perform two live sets during the 10th anniversary concert of the Manikin label in 2002. The event took place at the Toskana Therme - a thermal bath at Bad Sulza in Germany - and experienced 18 different performances of acts from all over the electronic scene. It was a 36 hour non-stop event with lightshow and over/underwater soundsystem. Due to this special happening with a relaxed and warm atmosphere ELECTRIC ORANGE was playing very floating, spacey performances managing the electronic side of krautrock here whilst people were drifting in the water or were lying around. They picked up some themes from the former 2001 studio release 'Abgelaufen!' but also older and new tunes. Because the music happened spontaneously, improvised, one can only recognize basics of this tracks. Ffurg is starting the first two hour set in a Tangerine Dream mood with a monotonic slinking beat by sampled percussion. Some twittering synths which are typical for space rock bands are also integrated. The dreamy Transit ins Jenseits with guitar contributions similar to Ashra is an excellent more psych oriented groover - gripping - always leaving you curious how the track developes. Fading into the shorter Sauerkirsch with a weird creepy touch the excerpts of the first set are finished. Not of ... is another psych monster mainly caused by Bittner's excellent guitar work and a dull electronic bass groove. Wet cake as a fascinating and somewhat confusing synth sample opens the door for Ortat the masterpiece of this set. Again a synthetically generated hypnotic bass is initiating this song which unites psychedelic and electronic elements in a special way. Drum samples are faded in after a while which cares for a killer groove, later followed by floydy organ and guitar - hard to overtop. With Span 2 Ashra and early TD like floating sounds are following now once more wheras Hydrog later is characterized by a more Can resp. Kraftwerk vibe. Mk closes this quite varied performance with a melodic flow dominated by guitar and organ which were swirling around nicely supported by a tambourine simulated drive. More than 150 minutes of groundbreaking trippy music. Take a seat - maybe in your bath if possible - with your headphones on and enjoy the voyage! Fans of electronic and spacey psychedelic sounds shouldn't miss this album.
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Electric Orange Krautrock Review by
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![]() I don't know if the song titles have any sense. It doesn't matter - the main thing is to judge the musical output in the end. Here we have an album with some band jams mastered by Eroc at his 'ranch'. Originally released as a long player in 2003 - platte is a german expression for vinyl - the digitalized version from 2007 contains two bonus tracks. ELECTRIC ORANGE is delivering a special unique album - something I've never heard before. Either you love it or not. Fans of Hammond drenched music must be satisfied. But don't expect rock songs as usual. The basis of this album are hypnotic beats, pointed out monotonous with intention and the band members are spinning a fine web around them with their instruments. kwark, nearly 20 trance minutes long, has a gloomy meandering begin. The song is absolutely Hammond infected but also with spacy guitars and raises in waves. holzbock with an impelling rhythm work remembers much at CAN. columb is my favourite - melancholic trippy with a floating beat because of the use of old drums. Probably suitable for a film music about camel riding across the Sahara - fantastic! Dedicated to mk with a swirling Hammond, caused by a Leslie I suppose, is recorded in memory of Michael Karoli from CAN who sadly died in 2001. This song was released on a Manikin Records sampler before. On flurstück something like a rhythm machine gives a minimalistic beat only accompanied by harmonium and flügel. The bonus tracks are rounding up the album with more variety. Don't listen to this stuff only for one or two times - you will lose. The more I hear this the more I like it. Very creative album. References to the old kraut and psych times are intended but ELECTRIC ORANGE are delivering something new. 3.5 stars really. Electric Orange Krautrock Review by
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![]() Now it's time to present the current album of ELECTRIC ORANGE, a german band which was founded in the year 1992. The members describe their music as Neo Krautrock - that suits fine as a matter of fact. 'Morbus' - mastered by Eroc (Grobschnitt) - shines with much variety and a wealth of details is to be considered whereas the cover artwork is a controversial thing anyway. Very deliberately, I think. The songs are constantly driven by hypnotic grooves, embraced with space/psychedelic organ and synth layers. Samples and diverse other elements like german recitatives are integrated and there are many 'inventions for guitar'. ELECTRIC ORANGE's music is somewhat retro, inspired by Krautrock bands of the 60/70s with their typical Trance and Psych. But you can also feel a 'modern' TripHop/TripRock touch. Provided with some crazy ideas this album has a very special unique atmosphere. Einwahn is arranged to be the only way to get into the album for sure. I assume the band changes one letter of the german expression 'Einbahn' (One way). And it comes up a compelling song with a very repetitive rhythm. Initiated by some samples the track develops from a mysterious Trance mood to a Psych groover offering some impressions what follows in the next 70 minutes. Rote Flocken, cumbersome, seems to be provided with another title variation (Rote Socken?). A modified voice recitates german lyrics accompanied by distorted guitars. The track sounds like a krautrocked version of the french volkslied 'Frère Jacques' - absolutely crazy! Next one Span 5 has got its place on this album totally improvised without any reworking - a Space Jam which remembers me at AMON DÜÜL's Yeti decorated with some floydy keys. The title song Morbus has nothing to do with any sort of disease, right? A german voice with an accent is giving a lecture about ... nonsense? Weird guitars are interrupting this interesting lesson from time to time - what the hell is goin' on here? Errorman follows - gloomy, Mellotron pregnant, symphonic with heavy guitars and english spoken words. In opposite to this Flohfunknest swings because it's carried by a jazzy contrabass. Someone brushes his teeth, recorded secretely and used as the only long solo of the album - oh boy! Unfortunately I couldn't find any credit which band member is responsible for that! Traumama - another pun - you have 5 minutes to give it a serious consideration. Space/Psych with nice female voices and ASHRA guitars. Krautschock is beautiful relaxed with flute and organ - the song flows just like a meditation mass. Vibraphone alike sounds, Harmonium and freaky samples in the background are initiating the longest track Wald. A punching bass and spacy keyboards are giving the song a new direction after a while. Noticable is also one of the rare guitar solos at the end. Reaching enlarges ELECTRIC ORANGE's repertoire with a ballad surprisingly, supported by the use of acoustic guitar, percussion and Mellotron. The door to avantgarde music is opened wide due to Schöhl 2, hard to define, fascinating - it picks you up on its way to another universe. After a beautiful melancholic meandering intro with flute Sarau glides into a sensitive TripRock groove - my personal favourite. Fine organ layers, excellent bass lines and guitars matching with Manuel Göttsching. The song ends with a sudden death much too early and you are back and present with the one and only avoidable question: what can I expect from this band in the future? 'Morbus' seems to be ELECTRIC ORANGE's masterpiece at the moment. As for the first impressions you might think it's monotonous here and there. But if you take some time the album unfolds its beauty. For the summary a must have - not only for Krautrock fans - get it and enjoy! |
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I've looked at the 2009 PA charts for Psych/space rock and this is what comes up:
So what are your favourites from this year in Psych/Space? Mine are: The Viewing Point The Future Kings Of England The Yumyum Tree Ozric Tentacles Good Planets Are Hard To Find Oresund Space Collective When Sweet Sleep Returned Assemble Head In Sunburst Sound The Weirding Astra Eight Bells Subarachnoid Space I still need to get my hands on: IV Taipuva Luotisuora The Night Sula Bassana Trip to Innerself Siddhartha The Guitar Is Mightier Than the Gun First Band From Outer Space And what are non-PA bands/albums you fancy from this year? |
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Two recent findings, courtesy of a friend over at Prog Ears (spacefreak) who recommended these fine psychedelic bands that have recently released blissed-out freak-out psychedelic goodies with a deliberate retro sound (vinyl only):
The Tricks of the Sun (Τα Παιχνίδια Του Ήλιου) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4WxVje3xCU More info (including how to order) and samples here: http://dedalospsych.blogspot.com/2009/08/ta-paichnidia-tou-iliou-lp-2007_30.html Hills http://www.myspace.com/hhillss Highly recommended for those looking for great psych-rock experiences. |
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I forgot to mention my current infatuation: German psych band ELECTRIC
ORANGE with their latest album Krautrock
From Hell. Their other albums are also highly recommended, particularly Morbus
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I'm resurrecting my own thread, with so many more psych albums I've been indulging myself in lately and discovering many new ones.
I'll dedicate this post, to a band I've neglected to listen to, though I've know about them for 3 years: Hypnos 69 Their last two albums are excellent, in particular this year's album Legacy!! Here's their bio: "Hypnos 69 was founded in 1994, Diest, Belgium. When Steve and Dave Houtmeyers decide in the summer of '94 to found a band with Tom Vanlaer, also the story of a band that would bring new life to the '60s and '70s psychedelic underground rock-scene of today began: HYPNOS 69. The name was appropriatly taken from the ancient Greek god of Sleep and Subconsciousness. The number 69 stands for equilibrium and stability; properties that can be retrieved in the marked sound of the band. Thanks to the cooperation with Orange Factory, Hypnos 69 developed a very powerful live-reputation, which placed them at the top of the contemporary psychedelic rockscene. 2000: First Hypnos 69 release on the Belgian RocknRollRadio-recordlabel entitled "Wherever Time has shared it's Trust" on blue 10"EP vinyl. The first full-cd appeared also on RocknRollRadio in 2002 entitled "Timeline Traveller" and contains bad ass heavy 70's rock. This cd gave Hypnos 69 a lot of attention from radiostations and magazines from all around the world. The band toured in Germany, Holland, France and Czech Republic. When the band in 2003 presents their second full cd "Promise of a New Moon", Steven Marx was introduced into Hypnos' wall of sound. From being a guestmusician he rapidly became a part of the live-set and a brand new member of the band. In October 2004 the band presents their third full cd "The Intrigue of Perception", along with a split 10"EP with their German soulmates Colour Haze on Elektrohasch Records. Once again, the band took the best aspects of rock over the past 30 years and refined them into a sound of their own. Over the past years Hypnos 69 acquired a loyal following wherever they appeared live across Europe and one of the band's greatest thrills to date has been the number of venues which immediately requested their return and the new fans who instantly fell in love with the band. Hypnos 69 played hundreds of gigs in Belgium and around, visited some of Europe's finest rock clubs and outdoor & indoor rock festivals including Roadburn 10th Anniversary (013, Tilburg), Swamp Room Mania (Hamburg), Psychedelic Avengers Festival (Berlin), Stoned from the underground (Erfurt), Sauzpif rocks (Austria). The band and musicians have been invited to perform with respected musicians as Ed Mundell (Monster Magnet), Gary Arce (The Sort of Quartet, Yawning Man), Alfredo Hernandez (QOTSA, Kyuss, Yawning Man) and Rich Mullins (Karma to Burn, Yearlong Disaster). New album "The Eclectic Measure" (autumn 2006 on Elektrohasch Records) is the band's last communal effort, it's a record that totally fits and it's a lot darker then its predecessors. Sadly, the release of this album coincided with the temporarely demise of the band, although since the summer of 2007, HYPNOS 69 performs again and have the intention to make more records. Bio taken from the band's website"
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