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You can grab it by ordering the New Issue of TimeMazine (#6)......
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TimemaZine #6

TimeMazine #6 (Autumn ’11)

Psychedelic Greek Fanzine,

88 pages (A4) full of psych, all in English,

with 14track FREE CD compilation
PLUS a 7” Split Vinyl Single

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEWS:

- BARRY MELTON (Country Joe & The Fish)

- SAL VALENTINO (The Beau Brummels/Stonrground)

- GARY ‘MAGIC’ MARKER (The Rising Sons/Fusion/Cpt.Beefheart)

- TOM NEWMAN/PETER COOK (July)

- MARTY ROTH (Bent Wind)

- BILL MILLER (Cold Sun)

- ALAN TEPPER (Fantasyy Factoryy)

- MANOLIS (THE FRANTIC V) (Greek Band of the Issue)

ALSO:

- IRON BUTTERFLY (by N.Warburton)

- MARK TULIN (Electric Prunes) R.I.P. (by James Lowe)

- CAPTAIN BEEFHEART R.I.P. (by Gary ‘Magic’ Marker)

- The Sixties Mind of ... HAMMOND GUTHRIE “An Elysian Field”

- FAIRFIELD PARLOUR’s “White Faced Lady” 40yrs later by BryanO’Keefe

- Ultimate 60s Time Songs - “I’m 5 Years Ahead of my Time” by RUSTY EVANS

- ... tons of LP/CD/EP/7” reviews...

 

 

CD Compilation:

01. JULY - Dreams (2010) UNRELEASED

02. PETER DALTREY - The Room Of Percussion (2011)

03. BARRY ‘the Fish’ MELTON – The Butcher’s Boy (Live 2005) UNRELEASED

04. BENT WIND – RIVERSIDE (1969)

05. SOUND MACHINE – Gotta Ease My Mind (1967) 

06. THE FRANTIC FIVE – High Flying Bird (2011)

07. MERRELL FANKHAUSER – Alien Talk (1986)

08. JOHN YORK AND KIM FOWLEY – Angels and Trucks (2010)

09. SAL VALENTINO – Love Songs (2006)

10. FANTASYY FACTORYY – Gypsy Lover (1997)

11. THE LOCKED WARD – Breaker Of Lives And Souls (2011) UNRELEASED

12. ELECTRIC MOON – Kleiner Knaller (2011) UNRELEASED

13. COLD SUN – Live Again (Live 1972)

14. VIBRAVOID – Suppose They Give Us A War And No One Comes (2010) UNRELEASED

7” Split Single:

Side A: VIBRAVOID - The White Ship

Side B: DRUG FREE YOUTH - Teenage Lima Bean

A side: The White Ship by Vibravoid

B side: Teenage Lima Bean by Drug Free Youth

comes in 3 different colors

Black - Red - Glow-Yellow

Preview Vibravoid – Minddrugs (CD) by TimeLord Michalis

Preview

Vibravoid – Minddrugs (CD)

Scheduled for release 6^th May 2011 (Germany), 15^th April (rest of Europe)

On Sulatron Records

www.vibravoid.com

www.sulatron.com

Wikepedia says that a psychedelic substance is a psychoactive drug whose primary action is to alter cognition and perception. Psychedelics are part of a wider class of psychoactive drugs known as hallucinogens.  Unlike other drugs, psychedelics tend to affect and explore the mind in ways that result in the experience being qualitatively different from those of ordinary consciousness. The psychedelic experience is often compared to non-ordinary forms of consciousness such as trance, meditation, yoga and dreaming.

Minddrugs is the new album of Vibravoid. They call themselves Europe’s Number One Psychedelic and Acid Rock Band. Formed back in 1996, 15 years later they have released on each possible format (LP, CD, 7”, DVD) at least 20 different titles. If I’m counting right this is their 21st release coming on Spacehead's Sula Bassana Sulatron Records label. 

Dr. Koch confided to me that he is very proud of this record and kind of worried about people’s reaction. Minddrugs consists of just 6 titles (5 original and 1 cover) coming near to 53 minutes. The music here proves that Dr. Koch is the absolute modern psych master! Heavy-psych-punk-Acidelic-Mindblowing music, sometimes hypnotic, sometimes Kozmic, driving the Amps to the maximum power. Paradoxically, the vocals work out very well. This album is so mature… so complex… but simultaneously so simple! There’s only one way to describe this. A quadraphonic, dense, layered and reverberant sound. A Wall of Sound! Just like Phil Spector… who in order to achieve his wall of sound, gathered in the studio large groups of musicians…. Same goes with Dr. Koch. In order to achieve Vibravoid’s Psych Wall of Sound, he gathers in the studio various percussion, Vox Phantom 6 & 12 string guitars, Vox Super Continental, Vox Phantom bass, Mellotron, Stylophone, Theremin… Vibravoid’s Wall of Sound! This is how the Future will sound like! 

The album takes off with “Seefeel”, a 3:19 min psychedelic Pop Bubble-Gum anthem with lyrically beautiful vocals. I think someone is in Love here. Next comes “What You Want” (12:10 min). The intro is a usual Vibravoid intro with lots of spacey-weird-fuzzy effects, the whole song built on a steady beat.  The sound is really hard knocking with a background full of distortion guitar effects while the lyrics are in a social-political vein. Theremin takes the lead role to “Do It Alright”, with the beat reducing speed and the Wall of Sound getting Higher. Too bad that this one lasts only 4:16 min. You have already blown your mind, so right now, it’s Time to Get Up and Dance! “You Keep On Falling” is extended to 8:50min (2:30 more min that the 7” single version). A psych-a-dance Orgy, with a repeatable Kozmic beat and a high peak towards the end, there’s no way to stop your body from moving to the sounds of the Doctor! Next one is “Lost Intensity”, a 2:53min instrumental with out-of-this-world spacey effects and a really sacramental atmosphere that acts like a prelude to the last song of Minddrugs, Vibravoid’s version of the Masters Pink Floyd’s “Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun”. I know it may be sacrilege, but I can only liken this version to the One that the Masters did on Pompeii! Those who have experienced Vibravoid on stage know what I’m talking about. 22 min and 42 sec of pure magical psychedelic music! Wait a minute! This is not Pompeii. I’m in the basement of 31 Tottenham Court Road, the UFO club! It’s April, 1967! Wow! I’ve never seen such colors before…..Man, I think I’m stoned! This version makes you feel “high” without even taking any substances! Tonight, Let’s All Make Love in Dusseldorf!

You are wrong Dr. Koch, you are NOT Europe’s Number One Psychedelic and Acid Rock Band. You are WORLD’S Number One Psychedelic and Acid Rock Band!

TimeMazine #5 (Autumn ’10)

TimeMazine #5 (Autumn ’10)

Psychedelic Greek Fanzine,

88 pages (A4) full of psych, all in English,

with 12track FREE CD compilation (NO CD-R!)

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEWS:

- BIG BROTHER & THE HOLDING COMPANY (Sam Andrew)

- QUICKSILVER MESSENGER SERVICE (Gary Duncan)

- GARY LEE YODER (Oxford Circle/Kak/Blue Cheer)

- FIFTY FOOT HOSE (Cork Marcheschi)

- RAVEN (the one and only)

- THE FINCHLEY BOYS (G.Oostdyk, G.Faber, L.Tabeling)

- THE FOURTUNE-TELLERS

- THE 4 LEVELS OF EXISTENCE (Athanasios Alatas) (Greek Band of the Issue)

ALSO:

- UNITED TRAVEL SERVICE (by band-member Ray Doern)

- FRUITS DE MER RECORDS (Andy Bracken)

- The Sixties Mind of Merrell Fankhauser

- Ultimate 60s Time Songs - “Time Is” by It’s A Beautiful Day

- ... tons of reviews... 

CD Compilation:

(NO CD-R)

01. THE FINCHLEY BOYS – Restrictions (Live 2010) UNRELEASED

02. UNITED TRAVEL SERVICE – Wind And Stone (1967)

03. BIG BROTHER & THE HOLDING COMPANY – Blindman (Live 2009) UNRELEASED

04. QUICKSILVER – Nica’s Dream (2010)

05. GARY LEE YODER – Johnny Too Bad (Live 1987) UNRELEASED

06. THE FINCHLEY BOYS – Outcast (1969)

07. FIFTY FOOT HOSE – Desire (1967)

08. PATRICK CAMPBELL-LYONS – A Prayer Before A Kiss (2010)

09. CRANIUM PIE – Mechanisms (2010) UNRELEASED

10. ELECTRIC MOON – Hotel Hell (2010)

11. GINGER – T-10 (2010)

12. RAVEN – The TimeLord (2009) UNRELEASED

TimeMazine #4 (Autumn ’09)

TimeMazine #4 (Autumn ’09)

Psychedelic Greek Fanzine,

84 pages (A4) full of psych, all in English,

with 17 track FREE CD compilation (NO CD-R!)

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEWS:

- HP LOVECRAFT (Dave Michaels) (11 pages!)

- THE WILDFLOWER (S.Ehret, J.M.Jennings & M.Brown)

- THE PURPLE GANG (Joe Christopher Beard)

- JOHN FORD (Elmer Gantry’s Velvet Opera/The Strawbs/etc...)

- ONE ST.STEPHEN (Don Patterson)

- BRUCE BARTHOL (Country Joe & The Fish/Formerly Fat Harry/SF Mime Troupe)

- ALEC PALAO

- YESTERDAY’S THOUGHTS (Greek band of the issue)

ALSO:

- The Sixties Mind of Patrick Campbell-Lyons (Nirvana)

- Sky “Sunlight” Saxon R.I.P. by Sir Karl Anderson

- Allen Cohen’s words, actions, carry deep messages of Love for Humanity by Lance Armstrong

- Allen Cohen about the Human Be-In

- Green Cookie Records (interview + label’s reviews)

- Ultimate 60s Time Songs - “My Time” by Golden Dawn

- ... tons of reviews... (over 100 in 18 pages)

CD Compilation:

(NO CD-R)

01. SKY SUNLIGHT SAXON AND FLIGHTS – Rock Stars (2005)

02. THE WILDFLOWER – Please Come Home (2008, written in 1966)

03. JOHN FORD – Big Hit in India (2008)

04. THE SEEDS - Summer of Love (2008)

05. THE PURPLE GANG – Boon Tune (2007, written in 1967 by Syd Barrett)

06. SKY SUNLIGHT SAXON – Just Like John Lennon Said (2005 UNRELEASED)

07. ONE ST.STEPHEN – November (1975)

08. DAVID MIOTKE (HP LOVECRAFT) – The White Ship (2009 EXCLUSIVELY

RECORDED FOR TIMEMAZINE #4)

09. BRUCE BARTHOL – Fighting Side of Jesus (2008)

10. ALLEN COHEN – Oracle issue 1 ‘The Beginning’ / Oracle issue 5 ‘The Be In’ (2009)

11. CHOCOLATE WATCHBAND feat. ALEC PALAO on bass – No Way Out (Live 2001)

12. YESTERDAY’S THOUGHTS – I’m Losing My Head (2009)

13. THE SEEDS – Pushing too Hard (Live 1968 at “Melodyland” – THE ONLY ORIGINAL LIVE SEEDS RECORDING RELEASED SO FAR)

14. YESTERDAY’S THOUGHTS feat. SKY SUNLIGHT SAXON – If I had Some Marijuana (2004)

15. THE JUMPIN’ QUAILS – Moonatic (2009)

16. THE DADDS – London Eyes (2009)

17. VIBRAVOID – Random Generated Future (2009)

TimeMazine #3 (Autumn ’08)

TimeMazine #3 (Autumn ’08)

Psychedelic Greek Fanzine,

80 pages (A4) full of psych, all in English,

with 11 track FREE CD compilation (79:51 min)

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEWS:

- ULTIMATE SPINACH (Mr. Ian Bruce Douglas)

- HUNGER! (Papa John Morton)

- IRON BUTTERFLY (Lee Dorman)

- ODYSSEY (Vincent Kussy)

- SAVAGE RESURRECTION (3 Original Members)

- MERRELL FANKHAUSER

- VIBRAVOID

- ATOMIC WORKERS

- OBSKURIA

- THE LYSERGICS

- THE MISUNDERSTOOD (Rick Brown)

- KING ARTHUR’S COURT (Sky Sunlight Saxon)

ALSO:

- The Sixties Mind of Joop Roelofs (Q65)

- BAD AFRO RECORDS (interview plus releases)

- Ultimate 60s Time Songs – Get Me To The World On Time by ELECTRIC

   PRUNES.

- Destination: NO MAN’S LAND. The Greek cult heroes are Back!

- 16 pages of reviews on LPs, CDS, 7’’, Zines……

CD Compilation:

(79:51 min)

1. THE SAVAGE RESURRECTION – Tahitian Melody (Live - 2008)

2. MERRELL FANKHAUSER & H.M.S. BOUNTY – Drivin’ Sideways (1968)

3. ULTIMATE SPINACH – (Ballad of the) Hip Death Goddess (Live - 1967)

4. HUNGER! – Open Your Eyes (Lost Version – 1969)

5. VIBRAVOID – Mystery Ship (Live – 2008)

6. ATOMIC WORKERS – White (2006)

7. NO MAN’S LAND – News From The Sun (2008)

8. THE LYSERGICS – That’s How Much I Need You Now (Demo – 2008)

9. DRAGONTEARS – The River (2008)

10. OBSKURIA – I See (2008)

11. KING ARTHUR’S COURT – My Queen (2006)

TimeMazine #2 (Autumn ’07)

TimeMazine #2 (Autumn ’07)

Psychedelic Greek Fanzine,

76 pages (A4) full of psych, (all in English)

with 15 track FREE CD compilation

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEWS:

- THE MUSIC MACHINE (Sean Bonniwell)

- GOLDEN DAWN (George Kinney)

- MIKE STUART SPAN / LEVIATHAN (Gary Murphy)

- SULA BASSANA (a.k.a. David Schmidt)

- KALEIDOSCOPE (Peter Daltrey)

- THE DAILY FLASH (Jon Keliehor & Steve Lalor)

- DAMON The Gypsy

ALSO:

- THE SOUND EXPLOSION ( The Best Greek Garage Band Ever)

   (interview with John Alexopoulos & Jim Dimopoulos)

- GANDALF (Peter Sando)

- Guerssen Records

- The Sixties Mind of Rick Brown (THE MISUNDERSTOOD

- Discoveries by Nick Kontogouris

-  Nasoni Records - A Kaleidoscope Of Sounds

-  Ultimate 60s Time Songs - “Time / Confusion” by THE CRAZY

   WORLD OF ARTHUR BROWN plus interview with Arthur Brown  

- 1967-2007… 40 years… 12 LP Records by Pictures…

CD Compilation:

1.  THE SOUND EXPLOSION – Some Other Guy (1993)

2.  GEORGE KINNEY & THE NEW RIDERS OF THE GOLDEN DAWN – Step

     Down Satan (2007)

3.  MIKE STUART SPAN – Evil Woman (1968)

4.  THE MISUNDERSTOOD – My Mind (1966)

5.  SULA BASSANA – Dreamer (2002)

6.  PETER DALTREY – Candy (1998)

7.  SEAN BONNIWELL w/THE LASKSMEN – Out Of Darwin’s Mind (2006)

8.  THE DAILY FLASH – C.C.Rider (1966)     PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED

9.  PERERIN – Y Captain Newydd (1983)

10.  WALTI HUBER – The Grey Monk (1984)

11.  PENNIE DAVIES & ROGER ILOTT – Rebyrth (1983)

12.  DAMON – Don’t You Feel Me (1969)

13.  PETER SANDO – John Brown (1998)

14.  POLYTOXICOMANE PHILHARMONIE – Opinion (2006)

15.  JOHNSON NOISE – Space Gift (2006)

TimeMazine #1 (Autumn ’06)

TimeMazine #1 (Autumn ’06)

Psychedelic Greek Fanzine,

60 pages (A4) full of psych, ((80% in English – 20% in Greek)

with 9 track FREE CD compilation

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEWS:

- SOPWITH CAMEL  (Nandi Devam aka Terry McNeil) (in English)

- THE REMAINS (Barry Tashian (in English)

- SILVER APPLES (Simeon Coxe) (in English)

- C.A.QUINTET (3 original members) (in English)

- THE ZAKARY THAKS (Rex Gregory & Chris Gerniottis (in English)

- THE OPEN MIND (Tim Du Feu) (in Greek)

- RUSTY EVANS (DEEP, FREAK SCENE, MARCUS…) (in Greek)

ALSO:

- Ken Kesey, Merry Pranksters and the Acid Tests (in Greek)

- The Sixties Mind of James Lowe (ELECTRIC PRUNES) (in English)

- Ultimate 60s Time Songs - “Happenings Ten  Years Time Ago” by THE YARDBIRDS plus interview with JIM McCARTY   

- PURPLE OVERDOSE (the Greatest Greek Psychedelic Band, Ever) (in English)

CD Compilation:

1. SOPWITH CAMEL - There’s Still Time  (1966)

    PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED (their first Demo – with which CBS signed them)

2. KEN KESEY -Levitation (1967)

    (an extract from legendary LP ACID TEST 1967)

3. SILVER APPLES - Follow Me Into The Forest (2005)

    PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED (written and recorded exclusively for this issue by 

    Simeon himself)

4.  C.A.QUINTET - Hanging On The Porcelain Bowl Blues (1994)

    PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED

5.  RUSTY EVANS & the NEW BARDO - I’m 5 Years Ahead Of My Time (1997)

    PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED (recorded for the 30 year anniversary of the

    Summer of Love)

6.  THE OPEN MIND - Cast A Spell (1969)

    (a hard to find – B side of the legendary “Magic Potion”)

7.  THE ZAKARY THAKS - Face To Face (2006)

    (a live one with all original members of the Thaks)

8.  PURPLE OVERDOSE - Rooby Go Round (2005)

    PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED (a live 15 minute version from the 2^nd TRIPolis

    Rock Festival)

9.  THE ELECTRIC PRUNES  w/ PETER LEWIS - A ’67 Christmas (2004)

    PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED