Obscure side project by members of The Spacious Mind featuring psychedelic freakouts.
Camel – ’73-’75 Gods of Light (2000)
Extended jams by English progressive rock band Camel recorded live ’73-’75.
Erna Schmidt – Live 69–71 (2000)
“Erna Schmidt were living near the village of Wintrup in a country house even before it also became the home of Kraan. They were a very popular live band, well-known for their incredibly long improvisations in the Cream and Hendrix vein. Some tracks would last up to three quarters of an hour, for on stage they were usually stoned, jamming away in a frenzy, often together with guest musicians. Some good-quality recordings of these gigs survived and were used for putting together Live ‘69-71.”
Paul Chain “The Improvisor” – Full Moon Improvisation (2000)
Italian doom legend with moniker “The Improvisor” during his improvised space rock period.
Liquid Visions – Endless Plasmatic Childhood Overdose (2000)
“3 extended live recorded psychedelic space rock jams from Berlin based band featuring ex-members of Growing Seeds and Weltraumstaunen. Contains a version of Hawkwinds Masters of the universe”
Abunai! – Round-Wound (2000)
“For their 3rd album, Abunai! took some of their best recorded jams and improv sessions and strung together a ‘Tago Mago’-inspired tapestry of deep, flowing psych-rock and space madness. Great sounds for driving, or for mapping inner-world topographies.”
Shiver – San Francisco’s Shiver (2000)
“Basically, San Francisco’s Shiver were a bunch of hard-rocking hippie freaks, brought together by a Texas-bred drummer who moved to San Francisco to take up where his obvious heroes Blue Cheer left off… Shiver played “heavy psychedelic rock” at its most primal — no overdubs, raw as hell.”
The Mystick Krewe Of Clearlight – The Mystick Krewe Of Clearlight (2000)
“The Mystick Krewe of Clearlight came together in 1996 as an instrumental side project led by guitarist Jimmy Bower and drummer Joe Lacaze of the New Orleans sludge metal group Eyehategod, along with members of Crowbar and Down. Bower and Lacaze’s inspiration from the start was to get away from the pummeling nihilistic dirge metal of Eyehategod and use their new project as an outlet for the improvisational music that they had absorbed growing up in New Orleans, whether it be jazz, soul, funk, or rock. The Krewe’s influences range from the Southern blues-rock of The Allman Brothers Band, native soul and funk legends The Meters, The Neville Brothers, and Dr. John, and, on the heavier side of things, the groove-heavy riffs of classic Deep Purple. The idea of no barriers frees up these metalheads by trade and has given them the chance to show off their musicians’ chops and indulge themselves in lengthy guitar solos and extended jams that have more in common with the festive spirit of Mardi Gras than a headbanging doom rock concert.”
JPT Scare Band – Sleeping Sickness (2000)
“JPT Scare Band has been blazing psychedelic trails for quite some time now. Over the years and decades they have managed to progress from totally unknown to painfully obscure. In spite of all that… they are still together, with the original lineup intact. Still making meaningful music in the 21st century, this veteran group of jammers is also proud of their vast legacy of classic twisted insanity recorded back in olden analogue times.”