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February 26, 2012
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Left Hand Monkey Wrench: A Burnt Psych Tribute to the Grateful Dead
Left Hand Monkey Wrench: A Burnt Psych Tribute to the Grateful Dead (Prophase Music)
Prophase Music is stoked to announce the release of the long rumored, eagerly awaited Left Hand Monkey Wrench: A Burnt Psych Tribute to the Grateful Dead.Five plus years in the making, this 3LP and 2CD collect some of the world’s best underground psychedelic artists paying respect to the original acid band. From well known names to downright obscurities, each song resonates with the sort of individualised psychedelia the Dead brought to their own cover songs.Pressed on red, white and blue vinyl with artwork from Birds of Maya’s Jason Killinger and curated by Nice Pooper Fanzine, Left Hand Monkey Wrench is uh, tripped out! Coming in 2012!
Philly/NYC instrumental trio the Notekillers turn in a blazing guitar heavy take on one of the Dead’s early originals with “Cream Puff War.”
Georgia by way of Philly mod rockers Photon Band twist “He’s Gone” into a bouncy sunny psych jam
Genre defying Aleister X walks out of the club and down “Shakedown Street.”
Iowa’s Mondo Drag visit the vaults for a watery perfect take on “Rosemary”
The lush Lehigh Valley organic sound of We Have Heaven swells and envelopes “China Cat Sunflower”
Chicago psych punks Plastic Crimewave Sound meet up with the ultimate paint peeling improv guitar hippie, Djin Aquarian of the Father Yod “thing” for “Caution (Do Not Stop On Tracks)”
Mellow down with the tri state area easiness of Twin Atlas as they make “The Wheel” all blurry.
Raunch the hell out with Philadelphia’s Birds of Maya on their ultra jam of the ultra Bobby “The Music Never Stopped”
Ethan Miller (Howlin Rain/Comets on Fire) crafts a slowed down epic out of “Til the Morning Comes”
Washington DC/Saturn’s Dark Sea Dream bleed “Fire on the Mountain” to the very essence of the riff and things turn utterly beautiful.
Japan’s psych heroes Acid Mothers Temple & The Cosmic Inferno make the sun come up in the West with a long, gorgeous take on “Eyes of the World”
Like a Fox hail from Philadelphia and turn “Cosmic Charlie” into a sound soaked shift changing blast from the noise pop future.
And what Grateful Dead tribute album would be complete with out a drum break? Kohoutek’s Nathan Bowles & Scott Verastro blast out and off with a “Drums” that will keep you twirling.
Croatia’s Seven that Spells rockets off with a precision take on “The Eleven”
Pouring High Water, a mysterious project from Japan turns in a slow motion drone epic with “Franklin’s Tower”
From NYC, La Otracina take “The Other One” into a tripped out metal prog war!
Things finish up with a smiling, life affirming take on “Ripple” from Baltimore’s Mopar Mountain Daredevils
Coming soon… stay tuned…
Prophase Music Store is open!
We are pleased to let you know that the store is back open! New releases from Acid Mothers Temple, Djin Aquarian and Plastic Crimewave Sound, and our long awaited Grateful Dead psych tribute, Left Hand Monkey Wrench, coming soon…
Acid Mothers Temple | Are We Experimental? | CD
The world's premier psychedelic warriors have blasted out an album that distills their weird world into 11 tracks of sonic mayhem.Acid Mothers Temple | La Novia | LP
The sprawling 40 minute title track is based on an Occitanian folk tune, and the unearthly acoustic opening with its overtone singing sounds like something that might have made its way on to a Werner Herzog soundtrack. Indeed once the guitars come in and the band stoke up their mighty drone, the effect is that More Info »American Speedway | A Bigger Boat
The beer guzzlin punk rock n roll foursome from the Philadelphia-area have completed their sophomore album A Bigger Boat. Released on vinyl and CD. Philly filth rock in the vein of Nashville Pussy, but trashier and louder, if that’s possible. Drunken, rampaging, fuck-you-core rock n roll music made by a band featuring a female guitarist More Info »American Speedway | Howl Ya Doin?/20Th Century Boy | 7in
Debut single from East Coast thrashers American Speedway sophomore release A Bigger Boat (early 2011) establishes a nasty disposition while cutting teeth on their own brash hard rock punk metal More songs about about werewolves, sharks and pcp "fearsome foursome that takes pages from the books of Nashville Pussy and Valient Thorr and, summarily burns More Info »American Speedway | Ship Of Fools | CD
Straight out of hostile city USA (aka Philadelphia, natch) American Speedway pound, bash and puke through marriage-ruining a-hole-anthems like Drinkin and Drivin and No Control like the Supersuckers back from a 90-day stint in the county jail. --Classic Rock MagazineDark Sea Dream
On Dark Sea Dream the group s full-length debut on Prophase Music the sprawling epic approach of post-punk and avant-metal pioneers Savage Republic and Neurosis undoubtedly set a precedent for Dark Sea Dream s explorations. Though recent recordings have shown the band wisely and tastefully incorporating new and unpredictable elements into their brain-rattling textures. While More Info »Dave DeMarco | Everything You Hear | CD
All roads lead to Rome, all cows eat grass and eventually, all sidemen release their own record. Such is the case with bassist Dave DeMarco, currently enjoying his highest-profile sideman gig to date as the newest member of Crack The Sky - the band whose debut record Rolling Stone magazine hailed as the year's best More Info »Djin Aquarian & Plastic Crimewave Sound | Save The World | LP
Djin Aquarian (Yahowha 13) joins Plastic Crimewave Sound in an epic psych Crusade!
RIFYL Yahowha 13, Incredible String Band, early Grateful Dead, No Neck Blues Band More Info »Griswolds | Godzilla Vs America | CD
The Griswolds release their second full-length CD, ‘Godzilla Vs. America.’ Accompanying the CD is a downloadable 28-page liner notes booklet in PDF format. The liner notes will include Sara Skweek photoshoot bonus shots; Jimbo Phillips’ cover artwork concept sketch to final design progression, band info, song lyrics, original cover art, live show photos, thank yous, etc. We More Info »Janina Angel Bath | Gypsy Woman
RIFYL Psychedelic Folk Modernist Ragas Linda Perhacs Popol Vuh Patty Waters Fursaxa Aquarius Records September 2010 "With past releases including Acid Mother's Temple and Yahowha 13, we can always count on Prophase to deliver a lysergic dose of psychedelic awesomeness. Gypsy Woman is their latest offering of psych-folk bliss, a free-flowing cosmic epic from Oakland's More Info »Kawabata Makoto & Michishita Shinsuke | Maru Sankaku Shikaku(Circle Triangle Square) | LP
Limited pressing of 500 on green and yellow splatter vinyl in gatefold jacket Acid Mothers Temple main man Kawabata Makoto links up with LSD March guitarist Michishita Shinsuke to create another amazing platter of fantastic sounds and vibes. Maru Sankaku Shikaku (Circle Triangle Square) finds the duo moving on from the electric guitars of their More Info »Kawabata Makoto And The Mothers Of Invasion | Hot Rattlesnakes | CD
Hot Rattlesnakes is a reissue of a classic out of print Acid Mothers Temple-related CD. Pressed in a limited quantity in the UK, it sold out almost immediately and currently commands high prices on ebay and is whispered about in hushed tones from those who have actually heard it. Guitarist Kawabata Makoto brings along Acid More Info »Kohoutek | Lossless Loss | LP
Improvised experimental psych-rock excursion infused with traces of Free Jazz Krautrock and electronic fizzle. Limited pressing of 500 on two color vinyl (orange and white!) gatefold packaging! HOT! Lossless Loss, the second studio album from Mid-Atlantic improv collective Kohoutek, covers most of the dynamic stylistic range Kohoutek is known for: abstract and textural sound, atmospheric More Info »Los Griswolds | Bring The Rock | CD
Los Griswolds – Bring The Rock! TRACK LISTING 1. What Would Burt Reynolds Do? 2. Cadillac Girl 3. I’m In Hell 4. My Doublewide 5. Cheap Beer Buyin’ Fool 6. Straightjacket 7. Devil Went Outta Town 8. Saving Rock And Roll 9. Fight Me 10. Who’s Got The Cocaine? 11. Friends LINEUP Johnny Griswold More Info »Notekillers | We're Here To Help
The Notekillers who originally slugged it out during the punk wars of the late 1970's continue their improbable reincarnation march with this barely-hinged celebration of rock n roll noise. Woefully under-documented back in the day their only official recording - The Zipper a self-released 7- was a favorite amongst the cognoscenti in the experimental underground More Info »Oblivion Sun | Oblivion Sun | CD
"Let’s cut to the chase: the music produced by Oblivion Sun for its debut release is as good, if not better, than anything Happy The Man ever produced, and leaves little doubt that this album belongs among the best releases of 2007. Formed by Happy the Man alumni Stan Whitaker (guitars) and Frank Wyatt (keyboards), More Info »Oblivion Sun | The High Places
Oblivion Sun proudly presents the much anticipated release of “The High Places”, featuring founding members of progressive rock’s legendary Happy the Man. The band's second offering is loaded with complex and daring musical twists, along with lush symphonic dimensions and tightly crafted vocals. This is musical storytelling at its best!Peter Pan Speedrock | Spread Eagle | CD
Spread Eagle is the first domestic release (and 5th album overall) from Dutch rockers Peter Pan Speedrock. Big heavy rock in the spirit of Motorhead, AC/DC, the MC5, Turbonegro, Nashville Pussy, Antiseen and so on. Produced by Tom Skogsberg of the Helicopters. Heavy duty kick ass rock and roll, what else could you possibly want?Plastic Crimewave Sound | No Wonderland | CD
This is the first time on CD for Plastic Crimewave Sound\'s 2LP opus, originally released on Eclipse Records and now long out of print in its vinyl form. The record you always wanted PCWS to make; stretching out their influences and delving deep into the paranoid times of today, tomorrow and yesterday. Mammoth psych jams, More Info »Plastic Crimewave Sound | Plastic Crimewave Sound | CD
This one finds Chicago's Plastic Crimewave Sound taking a more song oriented take on psychedelia after their double album adventure, No Wonderland. Mind burning guitars mix with throbbing bass and a propulsive drummer. A very 21st Century mix of psych, Krautrock, acid folk and prog rock that pushes all of those genres forward in technicolor.Welcome to our new site
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The Source
It’s 1971 and communes and new religions are on the rise. The Source Family are an “Aquarian tribe,” a secretive
but outlandish group of 140 beautiful young people who stroll Los Angeles
in colorful robes, devotees of “Father Yod,” a controversial restaurateur-turned-spiritual leader with fourteen wives and his own psychedelic rock band.
The Family lives in a mansion and operates a popular restaurant on the Sunset Strip, serving vegetarian cuisine to musicians and movie stars, pioneering a national trend. But their radical lifestyle instigates the authorities. Their demise is dramatic and painful, but Yod’s spirit lives on.