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Stone Premonitions 2010 - "The Clowning Achievement"

The Stone Premonitions collective have been doing their own thing outside of the mainstream since the early 90s (although the roots of the collective actually go back to 1974), bringing together a diverse collection of music from straightforward pop to far out experimental music, via psych, prog and spacerock. The label is representative of the true underground spirit and exists out of a genuine commitment to music rather than being motivated by short lived media driven fads like so much else that's out there.

As Stone Premonitions enters the second decade of the 2000s, the current members of the collective have released this new album under the band name Stone Premonitions 2010. Tim Jones, Terri-B and Paddi will be familiar names to anyone who's been following Stone Prem since the early days, but their collective now also includes Dave Hendry of prog/spacerock band OHead, who adds a spacey electronic component to Tim, Terri and Paddi's songwriting. Other artists who appear on selected tracks here include Mark Dunn (Body Full of Stars) and Don Campau (a name that will be familiar to anyone who's been following the underground scene for any length of time, due to his own music and his tireless promotion of other DIY artists). A couple of tracks include lyrics by Tony Morland, who provided lyrics for some of the earlier Rabbit's Hat material. Combining strong, catchy songwriting with the musical adventurousness of styles such as spacerock, prog rock and experimental sound sculpture, Stone Premonitions 2010 are able to mix the accessible with the bizarre with great success. They even incorporate influences from techno/dance music in Give Us Back Our Heaven. Tim Jones, Paddi and Mark Dunn have a long history in music, for instance their involvement in 70s band Neon, and Tim was also a member of one of the lineups of Punishment of Luxury. Many people involved in music for this length of time run out of ideas and/or reinvent themselves as something bland and middle of the road. Not so the Stone Prem collective, who still have the capacity for creating music that is inventive, fresh and unrestricted by genre boundaries.

This album is an ideal place to start for anyone new to Stone Premonitions, and an absolute must for anyone who has enjoyed the works of previous Stone Prem bands such as The Rabbit's Hat, Census of Hallucinations, Body Full of Stars, and Mr Quimby's Beard.

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