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ASTRAL MAGIC – EMERALD TABLET/ TASTE OF SUNLIGHT (IN MY MOUTH) (2024) (Bandcamp/ Royal Mint Records)
Heavy, man! This one sure did blow the cobwebs out. ‘Emerald Tablet’ is a real mindblower, capturing the spirit of a JIMI HENDRIX...
Aug 21, 20241 min read
ASTRAL MAGIC WITH VESA PARTTI - FLOATING IN SPACE (Bandcamp) (2024)
After the impressive single in which The Space Lords delivered an amazing track about the loneliness of space, here comes the anticipated...
Jul 19, 20241 min read
2024 – SPRING INTO SUMMER: SECOND QUARTER TOP NEW RELEASES reviewed on DISS
In alphabetical order (maximum of 3 reissues per 10, all from 2024 & reviewed in 2024): please note genres are nearest approximations....
Jul 1, 20242 min read
TALEA JACTA MEETS ELECTRIC MOON – SABOTAR (Sulatron Records/ Bandcamp) (2024)
What a jam! This is my first experience of Portuguese duo Talea Jacta (Is it a coincidence their name is nearly an anagram of the Latin...
Jun 26, 20241 min read
ØRESUND SPACE COLLECTIVE – ESPAÇA (Bandcamp) (2024)
“Umma” is a 34-minute instrumental of textural music, with some arresting clanging percussive separation in its equable 12-minute...
Jun 26, 20241 min read
SPACE ROCKERS UPDATE
I mentioned the releases by ASTRAL MAGIC, ORESUND COLLECTIVE and SULA BASSANA (see below). I almost forgot about ELECTRIC MOON meets...
Jun 19, 20241 min read
DOCTORS OF SPACE – ADVENTURES IN THE DEEP DARK SEAS OF SOUND (Bandcamp) (2024) (CD/ DL)
DR SPACE (ØSC) and DR WEAVER (WICKED LADY/ DARK) have combined again to entrance the world with their heady mix of synths, electric...
Jun 19, 20241 min read
ASTRAL MAGIC – FLOATING IN SPACE with VESA PARTTI (Bandcamp single) (2024)
“Why can’t you hear me?” The Spacelords are back again with a really good record on the familiar theme of the ultimate nightmare: being...
Jun 19, 20241 min read
HEY SPACE ROCKERS – REVIEWS COMING ON DISS SOON!
ASTRAL MAGIC’s “Shadows over Jupiter” remix of a 2021 cassette on Weird Beard is overdue; it’s next on my list to listen! Also, Santtu is...
Jun 19, 20241 min read
INTERVIEW WITH SANTTU LAAKSO of ASTRAL MAGIC (3rd June, 2024)
Q: Santtu, I am listening to your latest release “Shadows Over Jupiter” remixed. I believe this music originated in a limited tape...
Jun 4, 20247 min read
MINERALL – BÜGELN (2024) (Bandcamp)
What you hear is what you get on this adventurous and engaging album; no cuts or overdubs; beats, ambient atmospherics, mysterious...
May 21, 20241 min read
ASTRAL MAGIC – CRUISING THE CELESTIAL HIGHWAYS (2024) (Bandcamp)
Another wonderfully presented 100 limited CD from Astral Magic with DJ Astro’s Highwaymen: Santtu Laakso on guitar, bass and motorik...
May 14, 20241 min read
ØRESUND SPACE COLLECTIVE- CARNIVAL IN PORTUGAL AND LINGUINI SESSIONS (2023/ 2024)
It’s difficult to know what more to say about ØSC. I am not alone in having reviewed their music for a long period of time. The moniker...
Apr 23, 20241 min read
ASTRAL MAGIC – STRANGE SENSATION (2024)
Santtu is back again with his distinctive blend of psychedelic space rock. This time he is joined by Jaire Pätäri on drums (and also...
Apr 23, 20241 min read
HAWKWIND – STORIES FROM TIME AND SPACE (2024) (Cherry Red Records)
After the well-received 2023 album “The Future Never Waits”, Hawkwind’s 36th (!) album has arrived. There are lots of piano. choral...
Apr 16, 20242 min read
SULA BASSANA - DREAMER (2002/ 2014) (Sulatron Records)
It is incredible to think that this was the debut of Dave Schmidt AKA Sula Bassana on an LP on the Nasoni label. “Dreamer” is now...
Apr 14, 20241 min read
SUN DIAL – MESSAGES FROM THE MOTHERSHIP (2023) (Sulatron Records) (LP/ CD)
Hazy vocals accompany the guitar riff-driven opener 'Echoes All Around' as we set off on another outer limits trip with Gary Ramon AKA...
Mar 20, 20241 min read
SPECK/ INTERKOSMOS - METZ SESSION/ BEYOND HIBERNATION - SPLIT LP (2022) (Echodelik Records, distributed through Sulatron Records)
Crikey, what a pair of bands. Speck are new to me but serve up an exhilarating adrenaline rush of a guitar based all-instrumental jam,...
Mar 20, 20241 min read
ØRESUND SPACE COLLECTIVE and DR SPACE: RE-DISSCOVERY: TAKING A LOOK BACK AT A LONG STRANGE TRIP IN SPACE AND TIME! (PART ONE)
I have been reviewing OSC and DR SPACE on and off now for a long time, and here are some reminiscences of reviews for ACID DRAGON and...
Mar 13, 20242 min read
DOCTORS OF SPACE -ASTRAL SESSION VOL. 6 – SUMMER 2021 (2024)
Available at last and described as futuristic space rock, Dr Space is Scott Heller from Øresund Space Collective/ Black Moon Circle and...
Mar 13, 20241 min read
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