If anyone can help out my friend Stevie, I’d be most appreciative…

He’s a great lad, & sadly dealing with unexpected awful news…

♥️

gofundme.com/f/7apvus-steve…

‘Dispart me
Weather worn half truth walking by
Have no silly
I’m cool and sigh
Today
Far away calmly comb
Rest days in my woods
Days bright behind
Days bright behind…’

Masaki Batoh (Ghost)

©️Drag City

If anyone can help out my friend Stevie, I’d be most appreciative…

He’s a great lad, & sadly dealing with unexpected awful news…

♥️

gofundme.com/f/7apvus-steve…

Today’s turntable choices, whilst I watch snooker…

Formed in Rüsselsheim, ‘68, until ‘74

Released 1 album in ‘71 on ‘Bacillus Records’

For some, a Krautrock holy grail…

…with unusual spaced-out heavy improvisation, experimental abstract & ferocious riffs, ambient semi-acoustic trips & chanting…

Highlight of German psych…

Japanese band, ‘Ghost’ surf on psych-kraut/jazz/droning waves

Their 1st 3 LP’s are inspired, pure, mysterious & hypnotic

Their live album ‘Temple Stone’ is truly something else, it’ll shake your core

Sadly, in 2014, Masaki Batoh announced their disbanding after 30 yrs…

Another beautiful day in Dunfermline this morning…

📸 Me

My Solid Ground, Russelsheim, 1971

“They reveal the secrets of early 70’s psych/space-rock as well as anyone else, monotonous, spacy riffing…grinding into the third mind zone…”

©️Krautrock Musikzircus

📸/©️Bacillus Records

Ghost, 1997

“No aim, no thought, no trick, no goal, no intentional method. Music is the mirror to express ourselves. It is born from depth of our spirits always. Listeners can extend their own impressions into the mirror.”

Masaki Batoh

©️Drag City

You know it’s going to be a decent week when a parcel from one the best independent labels arrives…

Two of my favourite artists, Anton Barbeau & The Honey Pot…

Both compilations are available now from FruitsdeMer Records

They are as good as they look…

Recommended ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Jeff Goldblum, in ‘Burberry’, 2024

©️Burberry

Ghost signs, Brunswick St., Edinburgh, 2024

📸 Me

‘Metal Spine’ dress, 2000

©️Roberto Cavalli

How to describe this record…?

Where musical spectrums fold until 2 ends meet…

Implied psychedelic rock melds with jazz, classical & funk

A concept woven dense magic carpet devoid of pretension…

…creating a timeless pop art album, that sounds as visionary as it did in ‘68

Scottish pubs…the best in the world…

📸 Me

Links Market, Kirkcaldy, Fife, 2024

(Links Market is Europe’s longest street fair & the oldest in Scotland, established in 1304)

📸 John Pow

Clip of the day…

Samantha Jones, ‘Nivas Palace’, Udaipur, India, for ‘Vogue’, 1967

📸 Henry Clarke

Tabu Ley et l’Orchestre Afrisa & The Rocherettes, 1971

Tabu was a legend of Congolese music, with a recording career spanning 3 decades. He became a mentor for countless bands, helping launch the next generation of musicians…

©️Analog Africa

Green Milk From The Planet Orange

Formed in Tokyo, 2001…

A spacerock & psychedelic band…

If you like ‘Acid Mothers Temple’, ‘Flower Travellin’ Band’, etc…

Their latest album, ‘Let’s Split’ with ‘Fuckwolf’ is one of the best releases this year…

📸©️GREEN MILK FROM THE PLANET ORANGE