Two-hours of psychedelic collaborations. New music from The Obscure River Experiment, who are part of the Psychedelic Source Records collective, as well as collaborations between the band whose name is a symbol and Dead Sea Apes, Dr. Space and Lamp of the Universe, Moonseeds (Sula Bassana), and a few tracks organized by Mike Vest and his array of collaborators. A double-length dronefest.
| time | artist | title |
|---|---|---|
| 0:40 | Kaliyuga Express | Occult Future |
| 5:21 | The Obscure River Experiment | The Moon in Flesh and Bone |
| 14:52 | Trigona | Spectra |
| 21:42 | io audio recordings | Paranormal Champion |
| 30:06 | The Band Whose Name Is A Symbol & Dead Sea Apes | Those Damned |
| 49:21 | Lamp of the Universe & Dr Space | Enters Your Somas |
| 65:06 | Moonseeds | Moon |
| 78:58 | Tomoyuki Trio | Anxiety & Ecstacy |
| 95:41 | Thought Bubble | No Hiding |
| 100:18 | Charlie Butler | False Start |
| 104:43 | Pascere Lamia | Sanguis Ebrius Est |
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#AcidRock #Alternative #Ambient #DarkAmbient #DeepSpaceMusic #Doom #Drone #Electronica #Emo #Experimental #Instrumental #Jam #Krautrock #Noise #Post-rock #ProgRock #Psych #PsychSpaceRock #Psychedelic #PsychedelicFolk #PsychedelicRock #Punk #Shoegaze #Sludge #Soundtrack #SpaceRock |
This episode starts off with Kaliyuga Express, which is a collaboration between the Finnish band Nolla and Mike Vest. The album is called Occult Future and it’s a follow up to last year’s Warriors and Masters, which made my best of 2023 list. Kaliyuga Express is one of Mike Vest’s many collaborative ventures. He’s incredibly prolific and he works with artists from a variety of places. I get the sense that a great deal of the work is done remotely. Kaliyuga Express is followed by The Obscure River Experiment, which is part of the Hungarian music collective Psychedelic Source Records, based in Paty, Hungary. Several artists rotate in and out of the various albums that Psychedelic Source puts out. So while both Mike Vest and psychedelic source are prolific and are involved with a lot of different musicians, they come at it very differently.
The second set opens with tracks by Trigona and io audio recordings. These two artists didn’t record together, but each contributed tracks to a split LP, and their styles complement each other really well. I’m going to play a track by each of them from the split. Many of the tracks in this episode are extended improvisational pieces, and after Trigona and io audio recordings I’m going to play two LP-side length tracks: the first is a collaboration between the band whose name is a symbol and Dead Sea Apes, and the second is Lamp of the Universe meets Dr. Space. Dr. Space is Scott Heller of the Oresund Space Collective.
In the second hour of this episode we’ll hear Moonseeds, which is a collaboration between Sula Bassana and Lex Waterreus of Seedy Jeezus. Following that is a track from Tomoyuki trio, a power trio featuring Tomoyuki Aoki, Mike Vest & Dave Sneddon. I’m going to close out this episode with a track from another of Mike Vest’s collaborations, Pascere Lamia, but before I get to that I’m going to play tracks by the other two participants in Pascere Lamia, Charlie Butler and Nick Raybould of Thought Bubble.
#Noise #Psych #PsychSpaceRock #PsychedelicRock #Sludge #SpaceRock
Following last year’s much lauded Kaliyuga Express debut ‘Warriors & Masters’, Nolla (Finnish psych/space rockers) & Mike Vest (Maximalist guitar guru, Bong, Blown Out, Drunk In Hell, Artifacts & Uranium, Modoki, Tomoyuki Trio, Mienakunaru etc) combine their visions once again and explore dark futuristic mindscapes.
Otto Juutilainen – Vocals, Synth, Lyrics, Mix, Mastering
Ilkka Vekka – Bass, Electronics, Lyrics, Art
Mike Vest – Guitar
Teemu Vilmunen – Guitar
Ohto Pallas – Drums
TMODM: What has had the strongest influence on your music?
Ilkka Vekka: I learned about experimental music (Einsturzende Neubauten, the noisier side of Crass etc.) at a very early age and realized that music is just one art form among others, and you’re free to do what you want, with what you have. This has shaped the way I approach music a lot.
TMODM: What record changed your life?
Ilkka Vekka: There are too many to pick just one. Stray Cats – s/t, Rattus – Uskonto on vaara, Metallica – Ride the lightning, Napalm Death – Scum, Hawkwind – Levitation. These are in chronological order.
TMODM: What’s next for you?
Ilkka Vekka: Now that Kaliyuga Express pt 2 has hit the streets, we start waiting for the two Nolla LP*s Riot Season is releasing. They’re called “Graniittisutra” (Granite sutra) and “Avaruusmieli” (Spacemind) and if you liked Kaliyuga Express, you’ll probably like these too. Less vocals and no Mike Vest, but they’re atmospheric spacerock just the way we like it!
#Jam #PsychedelicFolk #PsychedelicRock #SpaceRock
The first performance at Gólya, organized by Inverted Spectrum Records. recorded July 5, 2024.
Sándor Nagy – drums (Tpsrprt, JaikoGian)
Bence Ambrus – guitar (Los Tayos, River Flows Reverse, Satorinaut)
Krisztina Benus – vocal, keys (Los Tayos, River Flows Reverse,Lemurian Folk Songs)
Gergely Szabó – bass (Obscure Supersession Collective, Lemurian Folk Songs {Maro} )
#Instrumental #Krautrock #Psych #PsychedelicRock #SpaceRock
Psych rock recordings featuring lots of fuzz, delay, swirly effects and that motorik beat all the kids are talking about. From QLD, Australia.
TMODM: How much communication did you have with io audio recordings for this release?
Trigona: We had a bit of email back and forth, and the idea of doing a split came about pretty quickly. We both had some material recorded and ready to go, so it made sense to us to combine them for a co-release. As we have a similar way of recording (both solo projects) it also made sense to record a track together. So folks who buy the vinyl will get a bonus track that we worked on together. We just recorded that by emailing files back and forth and building it up that way – I’m really pleased with how it came out.
TMODM: What was your biggest influence for your part of this split?
Trigona: For Spectra, I actually used a drum machine run through lots of guitar effects pedals so that was something new for me, plus it also features synth bass instead of bass guitar which was something I’d never used before. The second track Andaman Sky is more of a cruisey track so I think I was channeling some Papir vibes on that one. The third track, Vespicula, is more of a darker sounding psych tune, so perhaps someone like Chicago’s Killer Moon (the Nocturne into nebula record) was a bit of an influence on that one.
TMODM: What are you working on now? What’s next for you?
Trigona: I recently finished recording the next Trigona record so I guess that will eventually come out sometime in the future. I’ve also been recording more mellow material recently, not exactly ambient, but still with a bit of a psychedelic feeling. I would release that stuff under a different name, not Trigona, so that might come out at some point as well. I’m still enjoying making music, that’s for sure!
#Experimental #Krautrock #PsychedelicRock #Shoegaze #SpaceRock
Repository for the creative output of io audio recordings with a focus on experimental space rock and unique packaging. From Orange, California.
TMODM: How much communication did you have with Trigona for this release?
io audio recordings: Honestly not a lot because as it turned out we really didn’t need a lot. As I remember it (and Rob… chime in if I’m misremembering things) Rob and I just began engage in some friendly back and forth emailing before the idea even came up. As it turned out, when the idea did come up I had already had my two tracks finished and waiting for… something and I think Rob had his tracks already finished as well. So it was really just a matter of sending those tracks off to Echodelick and that was that.
However… I’m not sure how many people know about this yet, but Rob and I also worked together on a collaborative track that is not on the record and that we are planning on making available to people who purchase the vinyl version. The process of making that track entailed us emailing each other quite a bit, with most of that emailing consisting of me apologizing for taking so long to get my work done!
TMODM: What was your biggest influence for your part of this split?
io audio recordings: My song writing is usually a process of fluctuating between two different points. I’ve somewhat jokingly referred to my music as “Space Rock Zoviet France” as that kind of sums up those two points. So when I sit down to write, I’m really only thinking either “I want to rock out” or “I want to do something more drone-like and weird” and whatever it is that I’m feeling in the moment is typically a reaction to whatever it was I did the last time I wrote (i.e. “I’ve been writing a lot of rock lately so I want to change it up and do something less straightforward” and vice versa). My tracks on this split LP are a good example of that. I wrote Paranormal Champion first and I very much was in the mindset of “I wanna rock out” and I think that shows.
However that initial feeling of rock vs. more experimental really only informs how I start out. Once I start writing, I just go with the flow of whatever feels right. So with Paranormal Champion I wanted to rock out and I pretty much kept that all the way through because that’s what felt right. With Ascend and Return, I wanted to do something more experimental and so I started out with the beginning with all the trippy guitars that don’t sound like guitars, but then it ended up transitioning into the more normal guitars/drums/bass for the middle because that’s what felt right then, and then finally back to reprise the weirdo guitar ambient section again at the end because again that’s what felt right.
That’s really about as specific as it gets. It’s all about how I’m feeling and then flowing with that. Writing has never really been about being influenced in the moment by any one artist. I listen to so much different stuff on a day to day basis, typically selected randomly via album shuffle. Take today for instance. Incredible String Band, Napalm Death, Comae, Carcass, Strafe F.R., White Hills, The V.S.S., and Man or Astro-man?. To me, there’s not really one single thread to latch onto and be influenced by other than “it rocks”, “it has atmosphere”, or “it’s kind of weird” and usually some combination of those ideas.
TMODM: What are you working on now?
io audio recordings: Man… I don’t know how closely you’ve been following my last few releases but they’ve all been remixed re-releases of older albums and I’m trying to finish up the last one and get that sent off. I’m kind of itching to start working on some new material but all in good time I suppose.
TMODM: What’s next for you?
io audio recordings: Good question. I’ll need to finish the remix of 2016 first. After that, I guess it’s going to depend on how I feel in that moment. Noticing a pattern? 🙂
#Alternative #Drone #Post-rock #Psych #Jam #PsychedelicRock
Jack Toker – bass Chris Hardman – drums Brett Savage – guitar Dave Reford – guitar Jason Vaughan – keyboard Bill Guerrero – 12-string guitar Scott Thompson – trumpet Nathaniel Hurlow – bass John Westhaver – drums, bells etc.
TMODM: How did this collaboration come about?
TBWNIS: Myself and Brett of the Dead Sea Apes, hatched the idea originally in 2020 when DSA were slated to come to Canada to play Ottawa Psychfest III. Due to covid the fest and travel shows etc, were scraped. In 2023 Psychfest was on and DSA were on as well. We simply booked a rehearsal room several day’s prior to the festival and the two bands set up. picked chose a key and played No plan, no discussions. Zero overdubs. What you hear is what exactly happened.
Dead Sea Apes: We had a long standing contact with John from the Symbol. He used to host an excellent radio show, which was a great introduction to loads of new music. Also at the same time, The Band Whose Name Is A Symbol came onto our radio via Dave Cambridge (head honcho at Cardinal Fuzz and all round smashing lad). Through the wonders of social media, we became firm friends with John. Over time, John invited us over to Ottawa, in time for the inaugural Ottawa Psych Fest that John organises. It was incredible to meet John, and in the rest of the Symbol as the week progressed. Firm friendships were made there and then. Sometime in the week, John had floated the idea of Dead Sea Apes playing Ottawa Psych Fest. I immediately said yes! John had built an audience for us by evangelising to his customers at his (much missed) Birdman Sound shop on Bank Street.
Five years passed. A lot had happened in that time, not least a global pandemic that put these ideas on the back burner. Then the time for action came around. Playing OPF was mega for us – but in some ways, jamming with the Symbol was a real highlight of the trip. This was a condition on pain of death built into the trip.
Getting 9 musicians in (p)synch sounds like a task equal to herding cats – but it was the exact opposite. It came together spookily quickly. In fact, the records are pretty much as it happened, the tracks are in order, no overdubs nor editing – so, you are pretty much getting as close as you can to the event, short of actually being there.
With anything like this, where music is improvised in the moment, you’d kind of expect some ‘plodders’ whilst we all found our feet – but we seemed to coalesce almost instantly. It’s good hearing 9 musicians melt into a group mind – all bringing all their individual quirks into the whole.
It was such a great experience. Who knows, if the stars align, it could happen again…?
TMODM: What record changed your life?
Brett: Speaking personally (which feels a bit wrong, given that there is another 8 people in the mix), I’d find it hard to pin down any record that changed my life, simply because so many records have had that effect and nudged me into being the person and musician that I am.
That said, hearing Paranoid by Black Sabbath at the tender age of 14. Planet Caravan blew my tiny mind. This was heavy music in the midst of too much hairspray and pointy headed guitars. It was totally different to what I’d heard before and has had a lasting impression. I had a similar experience by hearing Maggot Brain by Funkadelic. It rewired my brain.
TMODM: What’s next for you?
TBWNIS: So far at this point, TBWNIS have a new cassette only release coming out in August on We, Here & Now and a show with Japan’s legendary Zoobombs in November
Dead Sea Apes: We are beavering away on a new album – but that will come when it comes. We have recorded a few tracks already that we are really happy with – but the rest is still coming together.
We also have an album coming out with tracks with different collaborative partners. We have recorded a track with Mark Cunningham from the legendary No Wave band Mars (now involved with the superb Blood Quartet). The track also features the excellent Sophie Cooper on Trombone.
We have also finished a track with Ajay Saggar (whose recent run of Bhajan Bhoy albums are well worth a listen). Ajay is a living legend. Started his career in John Peel favourites Dandelion Adventure and went on to be the sound guy for MBV (can only imagine the battering his hearing has had!). Lovely guy too.
We are just gearing up to do a collaboration with Scott Thompson from The Band Whose Name Is A Symbol – who is offering up some Jon Hassell-ish ‘fourth world’ space horn.
All looking good so far!
#Ambient #Electronica #Experimental #SpaceRock #DeepSpaceMusic #Experimental #PsychedelicRock
In 2022, Scott Heller (Dr. Space) approached Craig Williamson (Lamp of the Universe) about making some music together. Both were fans of the work each other had done in all their different projects. In 2023, Scott sent Craig, two long synthesizer improvisations and a few months later, Craig had added his bits and made the mixes. Scott made some comments, adjustments were made and then Scott mastered it!! Done.. Dr Space- Analog Synthesiers, Mellotron Micro, Hammond XB-2, Modular Synth Craig- Drums, Bass, Guitar, Sitar, Flute
TMODM: Scott, you mention in the notes that you approached Craig about collaborating. Was it something specific that you heard? What led you to approach him for this album?
Scott Heller: I have followed Craig since his first band Datura and Arc of Ascent and of course Lamp of the Universe. He is a really creative guy and someone I felt would be a good match for what I do and it was!!
TMODM: Craig, how did you approach this collaboration?
Craig Williamson: We approached the collaboration pretty casually actually. I think it was Scott who suggested it, and he sent me some improvised synth stuff, a fair bit, more than I needed lol. And I basically pieced the bits I liked into two long tracks Ala Tangerine Dream or Klaus Schulze, and then built up instruments tracks from there. So I worked out some sort of rough outline f what’s going to happen based on the synth textures and feeling I got from them.
I then mixed the tracks and sent them to Scott who gave a few suggestions, usually that the drums were too loud haha. After a couple of back n forth mixes it was done.
TMODM: One of my standard questions is, “What record changed your life?” You’ve written so much about music. What album(s) really stand out for you?
Scott Heller: Damn. there are a lot of those. Growing up in the 70s, the debut Aerosmith record, which was the first one I bought with my own money; Ted Nugent Double live Gonzo, these albums really set me off on loving hard rock. The first record I played on (Gas Giant vs WE- Riding the Red Horse to the Stronghold of the Freaks) also was super important for me, as this made me believe what I was doing, was good enough to be on an album and maybe after only being a music collector and writer, I could also contribute something to music.
TMODM: What record changed your life?
Craig Williamson: There isn’t any one particular album that changed my life. I mean, there’s a few that stand out that have definitely made an impact that’s for sure… The first Word of Life album, Mu the band from the lost continent, Klaus Schulze Moondawn, The Spacious Mind Cosmic Minds at Play, Donovan A Gift from a Flower to a Garden, Erkin Koray Elektronik Türküler…. to name a few…
TMODM: What’s next for you?
Scott Heller: Øresund Space Collective have a new studio album, Orgone Unicorn out this month and we have finished another live DVD (actually 2!), Relaxing in the Himalayas will finally come out on vinyl and I have finished another solo CD as well.
Craig Williamson: Just working through a lot of songs for the next Lamp of the Universe, and for whatever reason, I’m feeling the need to return to my Acid Folk beginnings, or even to go completely back to a simple, more earthly and esoteric form of communication… folk psych doesn’t seem too popular these days but it’s speaking to me in a deeper way, so I’ll go with what feels right.
#AcidRock #Electronica #Experimental #Krautrock #PsychedelicRock #SpaceRock
In the year 2018 the australian psych-rockband SEEDY JEEZUS was doing their european tour. After the tour their guitar player Lex Waterreus spent some days at the home of Komet Lulu and Sula Bassana (both back then of ELECTRIC MOON), and what would be nicer as to record some jamsessions. Three longer pieces got recorded and Sula did some editings and mixings. Then some years passed by… In late 2023 Lex visited Sula at his new home after another SEEDY JEEZUS tour and they did some spare overdubs and finished the album. line-up: Komet Lulu: Bass, fx Lex Waterreus: Guitars, fx, vocal, synthbox Sula Bassana: Drums, organ, Mellotron, recording, editing, mix
TMODM: What had the strongest influence on Moonseeds?
Sula Bassana: No idea, guess the moment it was born. In a improvised session it is all about the moment.
TMODM: Moonseeds is listed as a Sula Bassana album but the notes say otherwise. Are there plans for more Moonseeds albums?
Sula Bassana: To be honest, I just uploaded it on bandcamp to get the download codes. I recorded it in my little homestudio and produced the album, played drums and some keyboards. so a not un-important part of it. 🙂
TMODM: What are you working on now?
Sula Bassana: I’m in the mastering state for a new split LP on my label. One side by my band Sula Bassana and one side by the mindblowing spacerockers Skyjoggers from Finland. Both sides live recorded at the Dazed and Spaced Festival in Hamburg in late April where we became friends. As well as releasing the new album by a/lpaca from Italy! And we work on the second Minerall LP. And still trying to finish the new Interkosmos LP. BTW: My label Sulatron became 20 years old this year! 🙂
#PsychedelicRock #Drone #Instrumental #Noise #ProgRock
Cardinal Fuzz and Feeding Tube Records are proud to present to you the 2nd LP from TOMOYUKI TRIO (Tomoyuki Aoki, Mike Vest & Dave Sneddon) following their debut LP ‘Mars’ on the esteemed Riot Season Record Label.
Tomoyuki Aoki is the founding member and lead guitarist of the legendary Tokyo Psych Monsters UP-TIGHT. Of all the Japanese psych-rock groups that emerged in the late nineties and early noughties, Up-Tight are the most reverent, the most directly plugged into the source, from their name (Velvet Underground) with knowing referential song titles like “Sweet Sister” to their extended heavy, dark black clad acid fried one chord psych melters — we’re talking bands like Fushitsusha, White Heaven, Kousokuya, Shizuka, and the grandaddies of ’em all, the deservedly-legendary, Les Rallizes Denudes.
Aoki Tomoyuki – Guitars/Vocals/Lyrics
Mike Vest – Bass/Mix
Dave Sneddon – Drums
TMODM: What has had the strongest influence on your music?
Tomoyuki Aoki: Especially Velvet Underground; nothing has influenced me more than their music. Dare I say others, Bob Dylan, Les Rallizes Denudes.
TMODM: How did the collaboration with Mike Vest and Dave Sneddon come about?
Tomoyuki Aoki: Mike contacted me on New Year’s Day 2022, asking if I wanted to record with him. He had already done a similar recording with Junzo Suzuki who is my Japanese friend. When I heard what that band sounded like I thought it was pretty cool. So I started recording with Mike and Dave too.
TMODM: What’s next for you?
Tomoyuki Aoki: My main band, UP-TIGHT, is still going at its own pace.
Another one, Duo of me and Harutaka Mochizuki(saxophone improviser) will be touring Europe this November.
#Alternative #Soundtrack #Ambient #DarkAmbient #Post-rock #Soundtrack
Thought Bubble (Chris Cordwell, Peter Gelf & Nick Raybould) are from England. Hand built electronica, analogue percussion and a voice. No set style or genre. The music comes out in whatever form it wants.
TMODM: What had the strongest influence on Universe Zero?
Nick Raybould: My stock answer, when asked about influences for creating Thought Bubble music is to say “each other”. I’m not actually trying to be flip or trying to quickly bat away the the question. It is just that. We listen to and respond to where we’re taking the track. This album ‘Universe Zero’ – our sixth, was started as the regular Chris Cordwell and me duo, where we worked as usual, remotely bouncing elements and rough mixes back and forth as they took shape.
Sometime around the start of 2024, our friend and neighbour Peter Gelf took one of of these rough instrumental tracks and, in his own studio recorded some vocals over it. It worked a treat. He’s such a wordsmith and has a great voice. So we immediately asked him to take a couple of the other new tracks too, to see what he could add. Again, this proved a great success and by now we were seriously thinking of inviting him to be a full band member, rather than as an occasional collaborator. We were already sorting through a growing collection of tracks – thinking which might work with each other as our next album, when he then sent us some songs that he’d written and recorded on his own. The instrumentation wasn’t particularly finished, but we’d a skeleton of more tracks to develop. ‘The Angel In The Loft’ started life like this. The track ‘Entropy’ was the last track we created for this release and marked the first where all three of us contributed to a piece from the ground up. It’s a nice working relationship.
TMODM: How did you approach providing the percussion for Pascere Lamia?
Nick Raybould: Besides creating music for Thought Bubble, I’ve been recording with northern noise-maker Mike Vest, of course. This stands in complete contrast to the delicately syncopated grooves I track for them. This is me unleashing something in me, from somewhere else. Again, recordings are done remotely – but there is a connection. Kind of. Mike and I have various virtual bands together (he also works in several without me too). We’ve released a couple with Fred Laird as Artifacts & Uranium – the most recent of which, ‘Phase IV’ also featured former Acid Mothers Temple guitarist Mitsuru Tabata.
Anyway, your question was about Pascere Lamia. This one is Mike and me with the marvellous Charlie Butler, the Scotland based loops and drone-centric guitarist. Mike was in charge of production, from his own studio, where he was building the tracks. I was asked to discard any sort of metronome and just create rhythms that had plenty of fills and changes, as I felt my way along. This in turn would provide the other two with a starting on which they would freeform. It was kinda like a rock jam session, but with the luxury of more time to consider responses, unlike a live ‘as it happens’ situation. I also got to overdub my kit tracks with some djembe too. I’m probably saying a little too much here and killing the magic. We’re connected as we create, but can’t see each other, if that makes sense.
TMODM: What are you working on now?
Nick Raybould: There is already a new Thought Bubble album in the works. We’re hoping to release this one with a label again. The reason ‘Universe Zero’ was a self-release was because we didn’t want it to sit in a queue for a label’s release schedule. We’d just become a trio and wanted these tracks out immediately to announce the fact. We were a bit excited.
I’ve been a busy percussionist, this Summer and have performed with lots of bands and individuals at festivals, such as Sonic Rock Solstice and Kozfest. I believe some of these sets were recorded and are to be released as albums. So, expect to hear me contributing to an improvised Kozfest session with the Brighton Ambient Collective (aka Rubber Bus), for a start. I am recording hand percussion for the world music outfit Shankara, the festival band with whom I’ve been performing at various festivals. There will also be considerably more to come from sessions for Mike Vest. We’ve been working with some awesome collaborators and I can’t wait to be in a position to share more info.
#Experimental #Ambient #Doom #Drone #Emo #Instrumental #Post-rock #Psych
Charlie Butler is from Scotland.
Loops / drone / psych / doom / noise / emo / etc
TMODM: What had the strongest influence on False Start/Foggy?
Charlie Butler: Atmosphere and feel wise, the tracks were probably most influenced by the Scottish winter and recovering from a period of stress. Cold, calm and hopeful. Musically, this is probably another instance of trying to emulate my guitar hero Dave Pajo, particularly the beautiful sounds of Aerial M and Papa M.
TMODM: How do you determine what goes into Pocket Dimension, Colossal Letdown, and what you release under your own name?
Charlie Butler: At the moment, my rationale is roughly:
– If it’s melodic and mainly guitar based I release it under my own name
– If it’s less melodic and more drone/noise/harsh/weird I release it as Colossal Letdown
– If it’s broadly “dance music”, it’s Pocket Dimension.
It’s not an exact science though. I started using different aliases for solo work as I thought it was getting too confusing releasing a lot of different styles under my own name. I’ve probably made things even more confusing now using multiple aliases heh.
TMODM: How did you approach Pascere Lamia?
Charlie Butler: Pascere Lamia is one of the many studio projects masterminded by Mike Vest, produced remotely by me, Mike and Nick Raybould. For the PL album, the process began with Nick Raybould recording 4 solo drum tracks (he also added more additional percussion later on and produced the great album art). I then added bass to those tracks along with some keyboard/guitar drones and some noise / fx manipulation. Mike Vest then added more guitars, synths and drones and did a great job mixing the project, bringing it all together. I’m really happy with the end product and think we produced something special.
TMODM: What are you working on now?
Charlie Butler: I’m currently finishing recording and mixing some new solo and Colossal Letdown tracks based on some home and practice room improvisations. I’ve also started writing some “proper” solo songs that I hope to start recording soon to make a follow up to my “Wild Fictions” release.
There’s a new Colossal Letdown tape in Eggy Tapes due in September, a new Chaos Emeralds album produced with Sean Hewson coming before the end of the year and somewhere between that will be my first self-released lathe cut record.
#Drone #Krautrock #Post-rock #Psychedelic #Punk
Charlie Butler: Bass, Guitar, Bass Synth, Keyboard, Effects, and Feedback
Mike Vest: Electric and 12 String Guitars, Synths and Mix
Nick Raybould: Drum Kit, Hand Percussion and Artwork