VLADIMIR COSMA ~ INSOLITE AND CO. (1969, PSI, FRANCE)

1. Pavane Spatiale    

2. Psychoshisme    

3. Informatique    

4. Hypotension    

5. Mecanissimo   

6. Batiskafka   

7. Anticorps  

8. Transmutations  

9. Obsexion  

10. Cristallisation   

11. Etherisation  

Romanian-born Vladimir Cosma wrote compositions for films by likes of Jean Luc-Godard and Terry Gilliam along with several notable orchestras, etc...but besides his long list of enforcing credentials, I simply think this album is profoundly moving! It captures a certain stillness in its moments and guides you along its rigidity before it unexpectedly bends.

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YURI MOROZOV ~ HUMAN EXTINCTION (1979, UNKNOWN, RUSSIA)

1. Ария демона (demon aria)

2. Катастрофы (accidents)

3. Фиолетовая вибрация  (purple vibration)
4. Летающие тарелки (flying saucers)

5. Мистерия эроса (the mystery of eros)

6. Битва бронтозавров (battle brontosauruses)

7. Пляски машин (dance machines)

8. Сигналы помощи (aid signals)

9. Агония  (agony)

There is not much information to be found on Yuri Morozov, for the exception of a brief interview where when asked how many albums he recorded he responded with "14,7 kilos (tapes)"! That's 45 albums! Since then, there've been sixty altogether all recorded in his cluttered St. Petersburg apartment. This one was released in 1975 in the USSR, making it unfathomable that such a brilliant mess could ever be realized under a communist regime. His music is ethereal, dreamy, totally crazed, and is reminiscent of Edward Artemiev, going four nights without sleep, and seeing light for the first time. It's fucking far-out and I hope you enjoy human extinction as much as I do.

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STEVE MAXWELL VON BRAUND ~ MONSTER PLANET (1975, CLEAR LIGHT OFJUPITER, AUSTRALIA)

1. monster planet

2. shadowfax

3. spirit

4. crystal forest

space cadet stephen maxwell von braund's activities in the more known cybotron might make him a name in cosmic synth circles circa 70's/80's. this first pre-cybotron von braund (with a very steve hillage eruption on the first track) is mostly just hammed up synth rippling into SPACE. think summer material, highway, turning it over and over in the car.

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ANDRE JAUME & MICHEL REDOLFI ~ HARDSCORE (1980, COTE D'AZUR, FRANCE)

more known for his electro-acoustic landscapes, michel redolfi's association with the largely free music-focused group hat hut records, got him together with both sax and clarinet improvisor jaume (joe mcphee, raymond boni and charlie mariano) though hardscore itself wasn't actually issued on the hat hut label, you should still check it out.

this thing is a thing of bliss. enjoy, enjoy.

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AKIRA ITOH ~ BUDDHA (1982, COLUMBIA, JAPAN)

akira itoh (with masanori takahashi or kitaro), keyboardist, from far out and far east family band, made this album inspired by osamu tezuka's (one of japan's most famous manga artists) buddha.

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CHRONICLE ~ ...LIKE A MESSAGE FROM THE STARS (1977, ALL EARS RECORDS, JAPAN)

1. ai ga areba (if there is love) 

2. ai ni tsutsumare (it always is) 

3. honto no yume (really a dream) 

4. yuma kara samete (then dream again) 

5. toki ga tatsunowa (time is passing) 

6. tshikematai (i'd like to make sure) 

7. iwamara tokino subete (now's the time) 

8. hikarini tsutsumare (wrapped in sunlight) 

9. like a message from the stars 

10. tabi (we all)

chronicle is ex-far out bassist kei ishikawa. when far out broke up, guitarist and vocalist fumio miyashita formed the one and only far east family band (hirohito fukushima, akira ito, kitaro, akira fukakusa, shizuo takasaki). kei ishikawa moved to california with keyboardist kenji mishiro, guitarist: nobuo hotchi, and drummer: osamu takeda (another ex far-out member) and formed CHRONICLE. this is some (uh...a bit cheesy but totally amazing) space rock, far out influenced prog with mellow keyboards, zonked out guitar jams and super dreamy space 'scapes. PROG OUT.

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YOSHI WADA ~ EARTH HORNS WITH ELECTRONIC DRONE (1972)

having studied under prandit pran nath, yoshi wada is far out. wada uses a number of homemade instruments he likes to give names to. "pipe horns" (very long horn-type instruments made from metal plumbing pipe) as well as large reed instruments involving multiple bagpipe-like pipes connected to a large air compressor; due to their appearance, wada named these latter instruments alligator and the elephantine crocodile. his music has been scarcely released on recordings, having seen only two lp releases, on india navigation (1982) and fmp labels. lament for the rise and fall of elephantine crocodile, the appointed cloud and off the wall were reissued by japanese labels em records and editions omega point in 2008. constant electronic drone with wada's DIY "pipehorns" that are tuned to the frequencies of the room. long form drone, heavy, dense, massive, mind expanding, body enveloping, earth shaking, absolute DRONE. forget your existence.

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Morio Agata ~ Chikuonban (Vivid Sound, 1970)

This album is on repeat today, and probably will be, until winter ends
and summer ends
and winter begins
etc.

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