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- From: malcolm@wrs.com (Malcolm Humes)
- Subject: Re: Acid Music
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- References: <1992Nov15.182947.3986@wkuvx1.bitnet>
- Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 19:48:58 GMT
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- The band Gong has a couple of releases that strike me as being the LSD
- equivalent of "guided meditation"; ie. the lps "Angel's Egg" and "You"
- are essentially a "trip guide" through exploring a lot of fantasy pixie
- mythology that is a hilarious blend of zen, hippies & acid. Fun, crazy
- spacey stuff with a "plot"; conceptual meta-programming tools disguised
- as music. The band used to be sort of the european equivalent of the
- Greatful Dead, playing concerts to huge festival crowds. IMHO they blow
- away the dead, floyd and any others when it comes to "trippy space music".
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- Funkadelic is a pretty interesting trip band - the early stuff is a blend
- of proto-funk with hendrixy rock guitar. These guys were supposedly tripping
- in the studios while recording their first four lps. Their third lp, "Free
- Your Mind and Your Ass Will Follow..." is definitley a journey into inner
- space and worth a listen whether one is tripping or not. Same goes for the
- Gong lps mentioned above.
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- - Malcolm
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