Lee Jackson was a writer who reviewed for the Broken Face zine, Foxy Digitalis and other publications. Lee passed away in late March 2012 after a battle with ALS, commonly known as Lou Gehrig’s disease, and this incredible 94 track compilation was put together by Mats Gustafsson, Travis Johnson and Ned Raggett as a tribute to Lee.
I didn’t know Lee but I’m all too familiar with ALS. The man who hired me and served as mentor to me at the day job I’ve been at for 16 years contracted the disease and passed away a few years ago. Randy was determined to work until the end so I was able to see the steady decline this scourge causes – walking with a cane, then with a walker, and, finally, completely immobile in a wheelchair. Its a terrible thing to watch.
For Lee Jackson in Space includes a gamut of Psychedelia – acid rock, drones, wyrd-avant-Folk-Psych and much more. Most of the tracks are previously unreleased and add up to over 12 hours of music!! It’s a digital download only release, comes with an information packed 45 page PDF, and is available for $30 (or more if you like), with ALL profits going to the Texas chapter of the ALS Association (web.alsa.org/DFW2012).
For more information and to download visit the For Lee Jackson In Space Bandcamp site at: http://forleejacksoninspace.bandcamp.com
Other than that I’m going to let the track list speak for itself. Feast your eyes on this:
1. Abunai! – Time of the Funk-Lords (Flash Forward) 05:28
2. Primordial Undermind – I Am Afraid of You (Live) 09:17
3. Tadpoles – Jaded Jean (LJ Mix) 03:49
4. Stone Breath – Dark Veils Part 04:33
5. Photon Band – Unfinished Sky: Electricity, Heat, and Rain 09:34
6. Melodien – Untitled 08:07
7. SubArachnoid Space – Sound and Memories Remain 12:52
8. Øyvind Holm – When She’s Sleeping 04:39
9. Nick Bensen and Too Many Guitars – Stone Circle 03:15
10. Linus Pauling Quartet – Elven Queen 04:37
11. Anvil Salute – Technosis Externality Clusterfuck 11:28
12. Locrian – Galleria Malaise 10:54
13. Theo Angell – Take Your Hand Off the Tree 03:23
14. Arborea – Stardust 03:16
15. Marianne Nowottny – Where You Are 03:26
16. Kitchen Cynics – Me, Jack & Lee & the ghost of Skip James 04:55
17. Six Organs of Admittance – Which Way to Townes? 03:28
18. Tandem Bridges – Some Mornings 03:02
19. Three Minute Tease – These Alien Angels (Extended in Space) 03:51
20. Volcano the Bear – Tremondo 04:12
21. Marissa Nadler – The Breaking 04:15
22. Ade Shaw & Rustic Rod Goodway – Chakra Blue 04:33
23. The Magic Carpathians Project – In the Air We’ll Be Reborn 13:09
24. Sharron Kraus – Night Clouds 03:29
25. Matthew de Gennaro – Lee’s Dream 04:15
26. Electroscope – The Aye-Aye 09:28
27. Julia Vorontsova – Love 03:20
28. Matt McDowell – Rays in the Dust (For Lee) 04:45
29. The Alchemysts – Glass Cars 05:50
30. Xenis Emputae Travelling Band – Night’s Black Bird (after John Dowland) 03:50
31. Mike Tamburo – lunar suite (for lee jackson) a. tantric sky memorial b. all but forgotten c. over a calm bed of prepared drone 22:41
32. Tara Burke, Helena Espvall, Alec Redfearn and Sharron Kraus – Seal Woman’s Lament 13:47
33. The Weird Weeds – Untitled 05:46
34. Nmperign & Jason Lescalleet – Noble One(s) 08:25
35. Ray Off – Go Up, Pup 03:59
36. AXEMEN – No, Not Him (Jackson mix) 03:20
37. Valerio Cosi – One for Lee 03:27
38. Doleful Lions – Combat Shock (It’s Only a Matter of Time) 05:23
39. Kable – Be Next 02:25
40. The Dire Wolves Absolutely Perfect Brothers Band – Creator Dub 20:48
41. Kohoutek – Slugger 24:24
42. Insect Factory – Reversed in Your Mind 14:13
43. Raising Holy Sparks with the Sacred Harp Singers of Cork – Sacred Harp 282 (I’m Going Home) 01:47
44. Remora – An Unwelcome Room 04:30
45. Peter Wright – All the Sky in Flames 08:10
46. Roy Montgomery – Christchurch in the time of Tony Peake 06:30
47. Evening Fires – Nailing Smoke to the Wall 04:38
48. Gate – Whetu 08:26
49. Windy & Carl – the little voice that echoes in my head 04:38
50. Superbugger – Dream 06:04
51. Helena Espvall – Passage (For Lee) 13:51
52. Tom Greenwood – Willow Spring (Live in LA) 17:29
53. The Roswell Incident – Ventricular 07:34
54. Exterminating Angels – Opening 06:00
55. ST 37 – German Verman 09:40
56. Pete Fosco – Zilpo Forest Blues 06:35
57. Norman Neubauer – I’m Done Sharing Things I Guess 08:04
58. Quixod – The Sounds of Trains at Night 05:39
59. The Lost Domain – Restless Blues 16:01
60. Charlatan – Gateway 04:20
61. Emperor Ringworm – Lee 02:21
62. Brendan Quinn and Mark Bennett – Concerning The Isle Of Ptyx 06:26
63. when the word was (((sound))) – Sungazer 08:18
64. Seht – For the dead ones in space (Lee Jackson’s half-life of chromium dioxide edit) 12:50
65. Zelienople – Laundry 06:21
66. Charalambides – Joy Shapes for Lee 11:05
67. Raglani – Outer Rim Territories 10:14
68. Feature Films – Blue Tomorrows 02:51
69. The Green Pajamas – In the Sky 02:55
70. Thunderbolt Pagoda – The Reclamation 05:57
71. Lunar Discotheque – Secret Kraft 06:36
72. Kemialliset Ystävät – Muistan 03:44
73. Jouurney – Commit Your Way 05:36
74. Head of Wantastiquet – Anemones in a Blue Vase 05:01
75. Zanzibar Snails – A More Celestial Perception of the Absolute 06:57
76. Wooden Wand – Levees 04:03
77. The Renderers – Out of the Forest (live) 04:34
78. Derek Rogers – New Languages (For Lee Jackson) 10:36
79. Winslow – Purcell 09:05
80. Mass Ornament – You Eat in Greed 05:15
81. The Watchers – Live at the Phoenix Project 09:01
82. Hush Arbors – Berryman in the Field 05:32
83. Akiyama/Corcoran/Kiefer/Leftridge – The Infinite Tides 03:48
84. Sun Circle – Awaken 04:59
85. The Spiral Joy Band – 13 Moons of Doom Part 3: Red Lunar Serpent 14:07
86. Dora Bleu – Tracing the Corner 03:45
87. MV & EE with the Golden Road – Hammer > Jam 12:07
88. Tanakh – The Gardener 04:03
89. Pelt – On the Divide 05:44
90. Jefre Cantu-Ledesma – The Placeless Place 05:04
91. Plastic Crimewave – Butterfly and Moth 07:57
92. Vanessa Rossetto – Untitled (For Lee Jackson) 10:16
93. R Keenan Lawler – Peacefully 13:19
94. The Azusa Plane – Armonia Aphanes Phaneros Kreisson 27:52
Reviewed by Jerry Kranitz