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SPACE DEBRIS - MOUNTAIN ULTIMATE (2017/2025) (Bandcamp LP/CD/DL)
Go to the Space Debris Bandcamp page and you will find a revival of the music of Space Debris, a blast from the past in fact. I know because I have the album spinning on my turntable as I type. Here’s what I said about it in 2017. In my review for ACID DRAGON, I praised the title track, the usual stylistic ingredients: JIMI HENDRIX, question and answer (something close to the way jazz musicians work), the tight rhythmic section, open to being expansive when the muse calls and
Oct 291 min read
ØRESUND SPACE COLLECTIVE: HELSINGØR 2021 (2023)
FROM THE ARCHIVE I have been reviewing the prolific improvisational space rocker Øresund Space Collective . Going back to “Ode to A Black Hole ” (2016), also by is very different. The synths take centre stage to a backdrop of heavy toms recalling the feel of Pink Floyd ’s early space explorations, guitar making an appearance later on in the second (long) piece, in a kind of Tangerine Dream way. Mind you, it’s more of a tranquil, trippy experience than a being ripped apart as
Oct 293 min read
STRANGE DIMENSIONS – STRANGE VIBRATIONS – HIGHER DIMENSIONAL BEINGS (Bandcamp DL/ CD) (2025)
The prolific Santtu Laakso AKA Astral Magic along with Jonathan Sigel on guitar and violin and Shane Beck’s spoken word/ poetry is back once again asking the question – are we being watched by alien beings? A big question and a legitimate one. The musical groove starts on ‘Wormhole’ with some nice guitar fills. ‘Vector Equilibrium’ is a swirl of synthesiser as Shane continues the narrative. ‘It’s all Just a Simulation’ is like a mirror image of ‘Wormhole’, and similarly intox
Oct 291 min read
HAWKWIND-IN THE HALL OF THE MOUNTAIN GRILL (7xCD+2 Blu Ray) (2025)
CD 1 is the original album remastered with the A and B sides of singles. CD 2 and 3 are live at Edmonton Sundown (1974) and previously unreleased with only a couple of tracks of the actual album. There's a new mix of the Live in Chicago concert from 1974 on CDs 4 and 5 and the Cleveland concert on CD 6 and 7. There is also a surround sound Blu Ray mix of the album and the Cleveland concert (18 tracks in all) is also captured on Blu Ray. A true collector's piece for Hawkwind d
Oct 221 min read
HAWKWIND – ASTOUNDING SOUNDS, AMAZING MUSIC (Cherry Red) (RM LP) (1976/ 2025) (Release date: 25th July, 2025)
An exact facsimile of the original Charisma Records LP with a inner bad and liner note insert, “Astounding Sounds, Amazing Music” lays to...
Jun 301 min read
CHAKRA VIMANA – FEED MY SOUL (Bandcamp/ Tonzonen Records/ Cargo distribution) DL/ CD (2025)
Chakra Vimana is Santtu Laakso from Astral Magic on synthesizers, vocals, and bass, Mark Cook on fretted and fretless Warr guitar,...
Jun 42 min read
SPACE RITUAL – OTHERWORLD (ReDISScovery) (2007)
In an occasional series of ‘blasts from the past’, Nik Turner’s Space Ritual was reviewed in “Acid Dragon” #48 if memory serves. As you...
Jun 31 min read
SIMON HOUSE R.I.P. (1948 – 2025)
Sad to hear the news that Simon House has passed. Classically trained, his violin work helped to define the sound of the legendary High...
Jun 31 min read
SENDELICA – NIRMATA (Fruits de Mer) (various formats including limited edition via Bandcamp) (Release date – mid-August, 2025)
The hospital field recordings and blood pressure readings seem an unusual way to start a new album by Welsh space rockers Sendelica, but...
May 291 min read
HAWKWIND – THERE IS NO SPACE FOR US (Cherry Red) (2025) (various formats)
This is the third in a trilogy of heavily synthesised albums that includes last year’s Stories from Time and Space and The Future Never...
May 262 min read
STRANGE VIBRATIONS – ALTERED STATES (Bandcamp) (2025)
I don’t know where Santtu Laakso finds an energy of such cosmic proportions. He’s back again, but not under his Astral Magic moniker this...
Apr 221 min read
STARSHIP OVERFLOW - GARRY LEE-PLAYLIST 1000 (Pt.2)
Thanks to Garry Lee for playing ‘Robot Formation Dance’ from the latest Paradox One “Extinction” EP series. It appears on hour 2 of part...
Apr 141 min read
A FEW WORDS WITH SANTTU LAAKSO OF ASTRAL MAGIC ABOUT HIS “DANCE OF DESTINY” ALBUM
I asked Santtu about the lyrics of the vocal tracks and the meanings behind the songs on the album: ‘Dance of Destiny’: This is about how...
Mar 211 min read
ASTRAL MAGIC – DANCE OF DESTINY (Bandcamp) (ltd. ed CD/ DL) (2025)
“Dance of Destiny” could prove to be one of Santtu Laaksu, the man behind Astral Magic’s most powerful releases, especially in the...
Mar 211 min read
PARADOX ONE – 25TH ANNIVERSARY RELEASE “DIMENSIONS OF PARADOX ONE” NOW LIVE
This compilation spans 25 years of the Paradox One project and can be purchased for the modest price of £7. Please feel free to use the...
Mar 171 min read
PARADOX ONE – 25TH ANNIVERSARY RELEASE “DIMENSIONS OF PARADOX ONE” NOW LIVE
This compilation spans 25 years of the Paradox One project and can be listened to on BANDCAMP. Please feel free to use the following link...
Mar 171 min read
ØRESUND SPACE COLLECTIVE- KOZFEST (Bandcamp) (2025)
Kozfest was held in Axminster (famous for its carpets) in England on 29th July, 2023. Synthist/ synthetist Dr Space is joined by Vince...
Mar 121 min read
QUASARS OF DESTINY – MUSIC TO LISTEN TO WHILE EATING PLANETS (Bandcamp, 2025)
What a title! From the Øresund Space Collective/ Dr Space stable, this release features one piece with a 30-minute core, which starts...
Mar 41 min read
VARIOUS ARTISTS – IN THE YEAR 2025 (Fruits De Mer Records) (2025)
Remember the Zagar and Evans 1969 #1 hit song ‘In the Year 2525’? Well, we’re not quite there yet, and there is nothing that futuristic...
Feb 181 min read
SULA BASSANA – NOSTALGIA (2022) (Bandcamp)
Dave Schmidt’s music has proved enduringly popular with fans, the 500-copy colour vinyl selling out. On “nostalgia” he plays a range of...
Jan 301 min read
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