August 22, 2010August 22, 2010There's a UPDATED version of The Light from Dead Stars, the hilarious story of life in a band written by Stephen Jansen and Harvey Bainbridge (ex-Hawkwind). CLICK HERE to read chapters 1 - 3.
Howdy Y`all..... after a busy time touring around and looking after mum (she`s much better`er now!) I`ve time to up-date my blog here! I`ve released 2 new cd`s this year (somehow!) The "4 Track Mind Limited Edition 4 cd box set" which comes in a neat dvd case, full colour artwork, 4 metallic picture disc cd's, and 2 limited edition (200) full colour (both sides) postcards. All artwork has been done by the talented Kevin Sommers.
Also I`ve re-mastered, added overdubs to the original 8 trks, added 5 new trks and Kevin sommers once again has done the all new artwork to my old 2001 release "Al Chemical`s Lysergic Orchestra", now called "Al Chemical`s Lysergic Orchestra, re-mastered with xtra flashback trks".
Gunslinger have recoreded a live album at the www.sonicrocksolstice.com fest in Wales in June and I`ll be mixing it with Paul Cobbold when I get the chance to!! The front cover is compiled of 2 pictures I took in Tombstone, Arizona in May of this year while on a paid for vacation (thanx Sarah!! xxx) one of which was taken in the actual room where Doc.Holliday played/hosted his Faro game in the Oriental Saloon (which thee Earp`s ran while they were there) in 1881-82, the other picture is of the outside of Big Nose Kate`s Saloon. Kevin Sommers did his magic and the front cover looks great, very unusual..! The album will be called "UNLAWFUL ODDS" Kevin and I both came up with the title and Sarah played a hand in it too! Its our own brand of "GUN METAL!" only we can do!
On Sept 4th this year I`ve been asked by Dr.Hasbeen on sonic rock solstice to headline his "SRS 2" event caled "On Board the Craft" as "ECLECTIC DEVILS" (my lastest solo album title) so I`ve got Dan Thompson, Isobel Morris (Bruise), James Hodkinson (Xoo), Louis Davey (Gunslinger), Ron Tree and Dr.Hasbeen as the band! Big Dave`s fantastic new light show will provide the psycedelic`s/films for us! I`ve selected 15 of my best solo songs from my albums for the set. They`ll be a sexy Devil and a sexy Angel there too!
On the 3rd Sept "Group X" (Ron`s idea) will headline consisting of Dan Thompson, Jerry Richards, Harvey Bainbridge, Ron Tree, myself and maybe Danny faulkner of Pre-Med!
Gunslinger are in Eindhoven, Holland on 6th aug and on the great metal fest "Alcatraz" on 7th Aug in Belgium. Then on Sept 10th Gunslinger are at Pacific Parc Amsterdam headling and also headlining a fest "Eich-Kult" in Germany on Sept 11th (my birthday), this`ll be a great event in a great location!! Studio wise next (Harry C will be pleased to hear) is the "Djinn" album Bridget Wishart and I are working on. Its an experiment in Arabic music from Metal to ambient! One song is on this site as a taster!! This is gonna be a gooden, both Bridget and I like Arabic music alot!
Thanx for reading this rather long blog but I`ve got alot on and I`m also a bit behind on the blog front! I`m grateful for all your support and comments, you keep my going!!
regards, Alan Davey
www.alandaveymusic.com
NEW PSI CORPS "ALL ROADS LEAD TO AMBER" TO BE RELEASED AUGUST 1, 2010
New Psi Corps album "All Roads Lead to Amber: parts I&II"
inspired by Roger Zelazny's first two books from "The Amber Chronicles"
and featuring Alisa Coral (Space Mirrors), Charles Van de Kree (Jet Jaguar), Arkady Fedotov (Vespero) and Kevin Sommers (artwork for Alan Davey, Space Mirrors, Hawkwind, Gunslinger, etc..)
will be released on RAIG record label August 1, 2010.
This album continues Psi Corps soundtrack to a book concept. Me and Charles Van de Kree are fans of Roger Zelazny and when I came up with the idea of making an album based on "The Amber Chronicles" he immediately agreed to join the project. For me it is logical to do a Zelazny album after Poe album. Roger was a fan of Poe's style, especially the poetic side, and he developed his own epic and poetic language which always was Zelazny's style trademark. "Amber Chronicles" is also rather dark fantasy which perfectly fits the Psi Corps concept with gothic and Lovecraftian atmosphere, especially at some parts in "Guns of Avalon" or "Courts of Chaos". Later in his other books Zelazny paid tribute to both Poe and Lovecraft by reviving their characters and mythos.
"All Roads Lead to Amber" consists of two parts and it is recommended to listen to it in two parts. Each track relates to certain events on the book. It's not an uninterrupted continuous story (there are some skips of course) but close to this.
For example track "Battle of Kolvir" reflects what happened prior and during the great battle in the first book. The first part is a soundtrack to the preparations of the army, gathering of the forces and the battle on sea and land, the second part is about the final fight at the stairway, about the long way up, step by step, to the top of Kolvir hill, to the gates of Amber Castle itself. The music has the certain breaks, rhythm and mood changes according to what happened in the book. One of the final breaks in the Second Part where everything goes sort of quiet is a moment when Corwin throwing his Set of Trumps to his brother Bleys (he is falling down from the stairway to the sea far beneath) and saves brother's life but risks his own. Or the track "Walking the Pattern" is just what title says, it goes with all the twists, vagueness and memory backflashes as Corwin has in the book while walking the Pattern. So the music follows the events.
"All Roads Lead to Amber: Parts I & II"
Part I - The Siege of Amber:
1. Walking the Pattern (Alisa Coral)
2. Battle of Kolvir (part I) (Alisa Coral)
3. Battle of Kolvir (part II) (Alisa Coral/C. Van de Kree)
4. In the Dark/Cabra (Alisa Coral)
Part II - Along the Black Road:
5. How Many Miles to Avalon? (Alisa Coral)
6. Dark Rituals of Lorraine (Alisa Coral/C. Van de Kree)
7. Across the Black Road (Alisa Coral)
8. Valley of Garnath - The Battle (Alisa Coral/C. Van de Kree)
9. Dara (Walking the Pattern) (Alisa Coral)
line-up:
Alisa Coral – bass guitar, effects (all except 4); theremin (4,6); synthesizers, drums
Charles Van de Kree – electric guitars; acoustic guitars (4,5,6), guitar synth (2), synthesizers (5,8), detuned glockenspiel (8)
Arkady Fedotov – bass guitar (1, 2, 4)
Kevin Sommers - artworks, layout and photography
photo models: Ryan as "Corwin" and Kailee as "Lorraine"
Recorded at: KZI Studio (Moscow, Russia), Jet Propusion Laboratory (Albuquerque, USA), Vespero's mobile studio (Astrakhan, Russia) during various sessions from July 2009 to May 2010. Mixed and produced by Alisa Coral at KZI Studio.
THE SINGLE IS AVAILBLE ON PRE-ORDER NOW DIRECT FROM FRUITS DE MER..... SEE PRESS RELEASE BELOW FOR DETAILS.... WE ARE EXCITED.... :)
SENDELICA
FRUITS DE MER PRESS RELEASE
EARLY NEWS OF OUR FIRST AUTUMN RELEASE...
FdM 13 will be a 7" single from that fine Welsh band Sendelica, combining stunning covers of 'Venus in Furs' by the Velvet Underground and Funkadelic's 'Maggot Brain' (an obvious pairing if ever there was one). more information soon, the single should be out sometime around October.....email info@fruitsdemerrecords.com if you'd like to get in early and reserve your copy
Read more: http://www.myspace.com/fdmer2#ixzz0trG0j3Je
The long awaited new LLG album 'HARD GRAFT' is to be released by Allegro Music as a limited edition on 27th August 2010. The CD will contain a full-colour booklet including lyrics, behind the scenes information and a selection of illustrations by Huw.
A deal has also been signed with State51 Conspiracy for 'Hard Graft' to be released at the same time on 27th August as a worldwide digital download platforms to include iTunes, Amazon, Napster, eMusic etc.
The album is dedicated to the exceptional musician Tim Rice Williams pianist, keyboards & synth player who died of cancer 2 weeks after completing his work on this album. The other artists appearing on this album are Bass Player Richard Gillespie, Drummer Volker Von Hoff and Huw Lloyd-Langton. The tracks are a mix of haunting songs, guitar wizardry and solid playing from the rhythm section plus 3 bonus blues tracks by Huw.
This is the first studio album since the release of 'Chain Reaction' in 1999.
Hard Graft will be followed shortly with a live LLG DVD from the Hawkwind all dayer at The Assembly, Leamington Spa 2nd May 2010. It will contain Huw's acoustic set and LLG's set. Release date to be advised.
Over the next 2 years there will be a series of previously un-released LLG material put out i.e. a double live album, three Live DVDs to include separate concerts at The Marquee in London, various Studio recordings and a series of singles of Huw un-plugged.
Pre-orders for the limited edition of the CD are now being taken for Hard Graft via paypal. The order form is on the Audio page of Huw Lloyd-Langton's official web site: www.huwlloyd-langton.co.uk
ANNUAL SPACEROCK BBQ, JULY 30 - AUGUST 1, 2010 - OKEANA, OHIO
The annual spacerock bbq will be held July 30 through Aug 1st this year. This is located on 12 acres out in the country with plenty of camping areas and psychedelic bands playing around the clock.
Location: Scattered Planets HQ in Okeana,OH
Lineup: Scattered Planets, Audiophyle, Debutante, Skeetones, Madra Lounge, others TBA (or most likely not announced at all).
Please email doug@scatteredplanets.com for directions and other details.
EMPTY SPACE ORCHESTRA LIVE
Empty Space Orchestra played at the Les Schwab Amphitheater in Bend at the end of June, and we had our friends Chris Kas and Tim Cash come out and film the show. "Exit Strategy" is one of several that will be used in our upcoming live DVD that will be released / packaged with our upcoming full length album, and it's live and streaming to the whole world right here....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=li1VuVPjfFI
ESO also has a new blog up and running, where you can watch the video for "Exit Strategy" and read what we're planning on doing with the live videos. http://emptyspaceorchestra.tumblr.com
"Exit Strategy" is the first video out of the hour long concert that we're releasing to the world. You can watch it here too....
http://www.youtube.com/user/EmptySpaceOrchestra
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=li1VuVPjfFI
Up coming Empty Space Orchestra concerts.....
July 16th - Seattle, WA - Tractor Tavern
August 14th - Bend, OR - BIGS
August 20th - Bellingham, WA - The Wild Buffalo
August 21st - Portland, OR - Ash Street Saloon
August 28th - Mt. Hood, OR - Space Rock Mountain Melt
Special pre-order offer for new album (PayPal available)!
Special Offers:
Pre-order new Psi Corps "All Roads Lead to Amber" album ($12) until July 25th from us and get "Neutron Star" CD for free!
Double offer - order both Psi Corps albums just for $18
(special pre-order offer quliafies for double offer too)!
If you buy more than 1 CD they cost $1 less each.
PayPal payment option available!
More details on CDs and payment options here:
http://www.spacemirrors.com/sale.htm
Mr Quimby's Beard would like to thank our good friends Hawkwind for inviting us to perform at their 2010 Hawkfest, to be held over the weekend of Aug 27th - 29th at the Isle of Wight. We have of course accepted this invitation, so therefore we are pleased to announce that:
Mr Quimby's Beard will be playing at Hawkfest 2010
As we get more details I will post them here.
Hope to see some of you there.
Hardy (Mr Quimby's Beard)
Festival info can be found at: www.hawkwind.com
www.myspace.com/hawkfest2007
and can be discussed at: hawkwindforum.freeforums.org
5/29 - Columbus, OH (Ruby Tuesday's)
with The Main Street Gospel and Fuzz Hound
For more information visit www.floorian.com, or email feedback@floorian.com
HUW LLOYD-LANGTONS - LLG NEW RE-RELEASE 'NIGHT AIR' PLUS BONUS TRACKS
Available for pre-order through Amazon.co.uk. This re-recorded digitilised album will be released on 28 Jun 2010 (Atomhenge).
CD Description
ATOMHENGE, the home of HAWKWIND s catalogue from 1976 1997, continue their series of definitive reissued editions of these classic albums with the release of NIGHT AIR , the 1985 album by HAWKWIND lead guitarist HUW LLOYD LANGTON and his band comprising KENNY WILSON on bass and JOHN CLARK on Drums.
The album was originally released on the Flicknife label and was a top five hit on the UK Independent album chart upon release. HUW's compositions and guitar playing graced many HAWKWIND albums from Live'79, Levitation to Xenon Codex . NIGHT AIR featured such outstanding tracks as Got Your Number, Lonely Man and Diseased Society .
Re-mastered from the original master tapes, this edition also includes both sides of TWO rare singles from 1983 featuring the tracks: OUTSIDE THE LAW, WIND OF CHANGE, WORKING TIME and I SEE YOU.
Track Listing:
1. NIGHT AIR
2. BEFORE IS OVER
3. GOT YOUR NUMBER
4. PAINTED EVERGREEN
5. FUR KIRSTY
6. DISEASED SOCIETY
7. ALIEN JIGGERS
8. LONELY MAN
9. CANDLE BURNING
10. LUNAR-TIC
Bonus Tracks are the rare singles:
11. OUTSIDE THE LAW
12. WIND OF CHANGE
13. WORKING TIME
14. I SEE YOU
*Also to note news of Huw Lloyd-Langton's new LLG album 'HARD GRAFT' release date will follow shortly.
NEW PSI CORPS ALBUM "ALL ROADS LEAD TO AMBER: PARTS I & II
Inspired by Roger Zelazny's first two books from "The Amber Chronicles" and featuring Alisa Coral (bass, synths, drums), Charles Van de Kree (guitars, synths), Arkady Fedotov (add. bass on "The Siege of Amber") and Kevin Sommers (artwork and photography) with photo modelling from Ryan as "Corwin" and Kailee as "Lorraine" will be released on RAIG record label this summer, with late June - early July as the most realistic date.
You can listen to new tracks on myspace page: http://www.myspace.com/psicorpstekelili
Tracklist:
Part I - The Siege of Amber:
1. Walking the Pattern
2. Battle of Kolvir (part I)
3. Battle of Kolvir (part II)
4. In the Dark/Cabra
Part II - Along the Black Road:
5. How Many Miles to Avalon?
6. Dark Rituals of Lorraine
7. Across the Black Road
8. Valley of Garnath - The Battle
9. Dara (Walking the Pattern)
www.myspace.com/psicorpstekelili
www.reverbnation.com/psicorpstekelili
"Space Brain Productions and The Skyway Bar & Grill presents The Space Rock Mountain melt 2010. A psychedelic, jamband, & progressive rock fest being held at the grooviest mountain bar on Mt. Hood, The Skyway Bar & Grill in ZigZag, OR. This is a great place with excellent vibes, environment, staff, music, food & drinks.
The lineup includes:
Mars Retrieval Unit
Empty Space Orchestra
Jupiter Hollow, Jesta
Vivid Curve
Stellakinesis
Nova Luna
The music will be on the outdoor stage from noon - 2 in the morn on Aug 28th, 2010. There will also be a SRMM pre-party on Friday the 27th featuring Papagaiyo & MiMo. There will be public camping about 3 miles from the venue with latenight campground music by Logical Progression & a special campground performance of Darkside of the Moon by Twisted Whistle.
Tickets will be available for $15.00 through Brown paper ticketing and at the door "
For more information visit the Space Rock Mountain Melt web site at www.myspace.com/spacerockmountainmelt
Email at spacebrainproductions@live.com
You are invited to a classic Adelphi night.Please forward this on. Publicity is hard to get round these days so please send this to all who may be interested.
A FESTIVAL WITHOUT THE MUD ! OR CAMPING !
SATURDAY MAY 15th, from 8pm, at the ADELPHI De GREY STREET ( off Newland Ave, Hull)
MAHA DEV's QUINTESSENCE plus MORKWIND (play HAWKWIND) live.
£6.50 £5 concessions
QUINTESSENCE were originally formed in 1969, soon to be signed by Island Records, releasing the debut LP in 1969. They played all the festivals including the first two Glastonbury festivals in 1970 and 71. They lived communally in Ladbrooke Grove, Notting Hill , London, the nearest England has had to a Haight Ashbury ! Original founder / guitarist MAHA DEV hung out in them days with his mate and near neighbours, SYD BARRETT and Marc Bolan ! no less, as well as all the expected usuals of the era, Hawkwind, Edgar Broughton Band ! etc. The blend of eastern influenced spiritual psychedelia fitted the heady times and the original QUINTESSENCE sound is now influential in this retro loving era.
Here's their myspace www.myspace.com/cosmicsurfer2009
Maha Dev was a Royal Acadamy Art student in the mid 60s and spent 15 yrs ling in Laurel Canyon, Los Angeles working in art and music. Now back in England he has decided to get the show on the road again and continue where QUNITESSENCE left off, bringing their music and vibe back to life. Its a 7 piece band , full light show brilliant and a bit different. They are even playing this years GLASTONBURY FESTIVAL ! so why spend hundreds to see them their when you can come to the ADELPHI ! Please support this event ! Come along ! More info below.
Support by MORKWIND. They faithfully recreate HAWKWIND and will have lights and so on. Getting a good reputaion , well worth seeing. Heres theyre Myspace. Its a full cosmic time machine ! Beards and long hair not compulsory !
www.myspace.com/markssoundforce
Presented to you by Hulls own REBEL MUSIC who brought you the great JUICY LUCY in 2007 and plenty more delights over the years. We normally play a selection of music in DJ sets . but for this event we will be 'appropriate ' . We are sorting out a nice selection of late 60's early 70s classic rock and festival sounds. Requests??
AND FINALLY SOME LINKS !
Todays line up doing GIANTS off the debut LP: www.youtube.com/watch?v=1PwDQbsGVro
and delving back in time, The original Quintessence at Glastonbury 1971: www.youtube.com/watch?v=6YaKHFQEPD0
Hope to see you all on the night
PLEASE SEND THIS TO OTHERS
Note that they are still trying to confirm a show for Philadelphia next Friday the 16th. Can you help get them a show? If so, please contact the band directly at feedback@floorian.com Visit the Floorian web site at www.floorian.com, or at www.myspace.com/floorian
4/15 - New York City (CakeShop)
w/ Hopewell, Füxa and Fan-Tan
4/16 - Philadelphia - TBA
4/17 - Cambridge (Club Bohemia at the Cantab Lounge) w/ The Big Disappointments, St. Helena and The Maine Coons
6/10 - Cincinnati (Mad Hatter)
w/ The Brian Jonestown Massacre
6/11 - St. Louis (Off Broadway)
w/ The Brian Jonestown Massacre
6/13 - Denver (Bluebird Theater)
w/ The Brian Jonestown Massacre
6/14 - Salt Lake City (Urban Lounge)
w/ The Brian Jonestown Massacre