Tag: psychedelic

Life On Planet Gong: Echo Location

http://media.blubrry.com/echoespodcast/www.xpn.org/podcasts/echoes/echoes20091111.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSGong-The Original Psychedelic Space Gypsies at 40. You can hear an audio version of this blog, with Gong’s music. The voyage of the original Star Trek ended in 1969, but another band of space travelers called Gong launched that year and they’re still wandering the galaxies. Gong is…

Ozric Tentacles, Natural Born Chillers and YumYum Music

Ozric picks the fruit of The YumYum Tree & Natural Born Chillers Return Two slices of downtempo psychedelia have crossed over recently. Ozric Tentacles follows up their last studio album, The Floor Is Too Far Away with a new one called The YumYum Tree.    It’s another foray of deeply electrified psychedelic journeys.   Synthesizers pulse while…

Another Beat Drops: Mitch Mitchell Dead at 61

Mitch Mitchell, the drummer with the Jimi Hendrix Experience, passed away  Wednesday, November 13 in Portland, Oregon.  Mitchell, along with The Who’s Keith Moon and Cream‘s Ginger Baker changed the role of the rock and roll drummer from a four on the floor dance beat keeper, to a polyrhythmic dervish that pushed the music into…