Category Archives: psychedelic rock

Fixed Air – Fractal Pond/Waves

Huzzah! I’ve been mulling over the idea of accepting submissions but ONLY in physical formats or via Bandcamp/etc streams. I was debating making that public. And that’s when Eric got my attention by tagging me on Bluesky; it’s not technically … Continue reading

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The Kosmische Files Episode 15 – a Brief Look at Eruption

After the split of the band Kluster, Conrad Schnitzler went off to do his own thing while the other remaining members formed Cluster. Of course, speaking from the perspective  of a chronological discography, it’s really not that simple.  Conrad Schnitzler … Continue reading

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Foxy Digs- Some other Upcoming Series

There is a lot of music out there. As I restarted the blog, I wanted to focus just on stuff I wanted to listen to, particularly ambient stuff. But as I dug around looking for new-to-me material, I found some … Continue reading

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The Kosmische Files, Episode 13: Pyramid – Pyramid (Dawn Defender) – a hoax?

Artist: Pyramid Title: Pyramid (Dawn Defender)Released: 1997, 2018 Labels: Psi-Fi, Mental Experience Genres: kosmische, prog, space rock At first glance, there really isn’t a lot of information about this album. The label says this was recorded by Toby Hrycek-Robinson (aka, … Continue reading

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The Kosmiche Files ep 12: A Cluster of Cluster Reviews!

I decided to dig through the next three Cluster albums leading up to their two collaborations with Brian Eno (the first is “Cluster/Eno,” the second is “After the Heat” — even though the Cluster name isn’t front and center). Weirdly, … Continue reading

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The Kosmiche Files ep 11: Popol Vuh – Affenstunde

Artist: Popol VuhTitle: AffenstundeReleased: 1970Label: Liberty, Bell Records, numerous othersGenre: ambient, experimental, minimal As I’ve mentioned in numerous posts, Germany was a hotbed of musical experimentation in the 60s and 70s. Another band to pop up during that time was … Continue reading

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The Kosmiche Files ep 5: Tangerine Dream – Ultima Thule (the 7″ and the CD compilations)

Artist: Tangerine DreamTitle: Ultima ThuleReleased: 1971Label: Ohr, PDU, Osma, Esoteric ReactiveGenres: Space rock, krautrock, kosmische, psychedelic rock Released prior to their 2nd LP, “Alpha Centauri,” this non-album single signals a transition from the band’s more rock sounding material to something … Continue reading

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Foxy Digs – The Kosmische Files – Definitions and Launching into Space

Foxy Digs through the music archices! I want to introduce a new series I’m going to run here on the blog. “The Kosmische Files” will cover some of the wild Krautrock, prog, psyche and kosmische music I found while researching … Continue reading

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