RA#9: World Psychedelic Freakout

What is there to say about the history of Psychedelic music in 20 million words or less? Some of the finest, most explosive, most introspective, most exploratory and most original music ever made- that's all. And, from a perusal of the setlist for this- an incredibly fun show for me to put together and play, by the way- you can see that there are things which truly are Universal: Rock music and drugs. This show is, of course, not meant to be definitve; there are many scenes (the African funk rhythms and a more deep inspection of Tropicalia, for instance, are just outside of my experience and competence) that aren't dealt with here, but hey- for three hours, you're not going to get much deeper behind your own eyeballs. I think this show could stand as a template for just how diverse and frenzied Psych music creation was in the glorious years thru the early 1970's.

Special attention is paid in RA#9 to a oft-overlooked phenomenon: Psychedelic Folk. Yes, there was such a thing- and Scandinavians were particularly bitten by the bug. I particularly encourage the listener to check out Arbete Och Fritid- the track "Ostpusten - Vastpusten" is the magnum opus, surely, but this is from a self-titled album from 1973 that is just absolutely perfect from first note to last. If you don't think things can get mighty goddamn weird in the context of a Folk-based quintet delving deeply into traditional Scandinavian peasant music...you simply have to check out Arbete. To me, when they hit their groove about 7 minutes into the song played here...it's the highlight of the show.

Around the world from Israel to South Africa with stops in Chile, Yugoslavia and India, New Zealand and Hungary, the awesome Anatolian Psych scene of Istanbul and- yes, it's true- a rare appearance by American bands on Radio Anthrocide...I think you'll find RA#9 to be a true epic flight into some of the best Pop music ever made- and also, some that is completely non-commercial and obviously the work of some deliriously demented and beautiful minds. I loved doing this show and will be doing one like it again, sometime in the next few months. - TKR

Setlist For RA#8 World Psychedelic Freakout

1) The Can- "Father Cannot Yell"
2) Arthur Brown- "Prelude (Nightmare)/ Fanfare (Fire Poem)/ Fire"
3) Twink- "Mexican Grass War"
4) The Mike Nock Underground- "The Squire"
5) The Churchills- "Subsequent Finale"

6) Red Krayola- "Hurricane Fighter Plane"
7) Vangelis- "We Were All Uprooted"
8) Aphrodite's Child- "Seven Trumpets"/"Altamont"/"The Wedding of the Lamb"/ "The Capture of the Beast"
9) Sperrmuell- "No Freak Out"
10) Igra Staklineih Perli- "Pecurka"

11) Kex- "Elszallt Egy Hajo a Szelben"
12) Freedom's Children- "The Homecoming"
13) Atomic Forest- "Intro: Obsession '77"
14) Traffic Sound- "Lux"
15) Aguaturbia- "Evil"

16) Pacific Sound- "Forget Your Dream"
17) Blops- "Locomotora"
18) Eduardo Bort- "Paseando Sobre La Hierba"
19) Jake Holmes- "Dazed And Confused"
20) Savage Resurrection- "Thing in 'E'"

21) Ford Theatre- "101 Harrison Street (Excerpt- From The Theme)"
22) King Crimson- "The Talking Drum" (Live in Glasgow, 1973)
23) Algarnas Tradgard- "Rings Of Saturn"
24) Arbete Och Fritid- "Ostpusten-Vastpusten"
25) Flasket Brinner- "Grismakt"

26) Ersen & Kardaslar- "Gonese Don Cicegim"
27) Omar Khorsid- "Raqsed El Fada"
28) 3 Hurel- "Sevenler Aglarmis"
29) Googoosh- "Talagh"
30) Eden Rose- "Faster And Faster"
31) Fairfield Parlour- "Emily"

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