FSOL - THE AMORPHOUS ANDROGYNOUS - The Peppermint Tree And Seeds

FSOL THE AMORPHOUS ANDROGYNOUS - The Peppermint Tree And Seeds of Superconsciousness Following on from the genre defying the ISNESS and ALICE IN ULTRALAND comes this new MINDBENDING oozescape from the Amorphous Androgynous over an hour of PSYCHEDELIC PROG-ROCKTRONIC SAMPLERDELICA with a dash of FOLKfunkRAGA COSMIC SPACE MUSIC - a trip into the sixth dimension- LIGHT BEYOND SOUND-'turn ON and TUNE INTO the new psychedelia! TRACK LISTING 01. The Peppermint Tree 02. Given That We've Given 03. I Have Loved You Into Oblivion 04. Light Beyond Sound 05. In Fear Of The Electromagnetic Machine (Part 1) 06. Nowhere At The Edge Of Somewhere 07. Riders (On Circadian Rhythm) 08. Carousel 09. Yantra 10. Opus Of The Black Sun 11. Marylebone Road 12. Tiny Space Birds 13. Drifter 14. Rocket Fuel 15. Listen Little Man 16. Man Is A Virus In Shoes 17. Mr. Sponge's Groovy Oscilations 18. It's A Sunshine Day (Yeah! Yeah!) 19. An Absurd Consequence Of Living In Absurd Times (bonus track) The Peppermint Tree & The Seeds Of Superconsciousness "A Collection Of Psychedelic Relics From The Amorphous Androgynous 1967-2007" In the shop now! Not the interpretations of Peppermint Tree & a couple of bonus tracks we were originally promised, this is an entirely new album, recently completed from more strong tracks from the Alice/Isness sessions. A few snippets - those of you who've been following for a while may recognise "Drifter" and "Marylebone Road" after being revealed on the official site seven years ago. "Marylebone Road" itself now makes sense of the mention in the "Goodbye Sky" credits - they both feature the same brass section (we can also finally confirm "Guru Song" was spawned from the same sessions as this collection's title track). "Opus" - a title from the Alice sessions - may well now be "Opus Of The Black Sun". "Oblivion" from the Freeze sampler has a full title "I Have Loved You Into Oblivion" (and features vocals from Gaz as well as that Shirley Bassey-alike). There are some superbly ridiculous titles in there too... "Drifter" may seem familiar to some of you - the acoustic loop featured as the backing track to the Isness section of futuresoundoflondon.com mk2 back in 2002. It also features in a remixed form as the album's bonus track. Otherwise, it all sounds fairly standard Amorphous fare (at least as standard as you can get for a band who shift from Indian ragas to progressive rock and psychedelic funk quicker than you can say A Monstrous Psychedelic Bubble Exploding In Your Mind). It resembles Alice more than Isness, with ambient interludes, densely layered tracks and emphasis more on funk and odd electronics than tablas and banjos. The first half is nicely mixed together with shorter, interlude tracks, but it becomes more song-by-song nearer to the end. The mix of instrumentals and vocals remains similar to previous releases - here, "The Peppermint Tree", "I Have Loved You Into Oblivion", "Marylebone Road", "Rocket Fuel", "Listen Little Man" and, to an extent, "It's A Sunshine Day" are all 'songs', the rest are pretty much instrumental. There's no Galaxial/Plankton style epic, although Max Richter's orchestration on "...Oblivion" leaves it sounding as epic as the intro to "Her Tongue Is Like A Jellyfish" promised six years ago. All in all, it's a consistently good record, and will certainly satisfy fans of The Isness and Alice In Ultraland after more "PSYCHEDLIC PROG-ROCKTRONICA SAMPLERDELICA with a dash of FOLKfunkRAGA COSMIC SPACE MUSIC" (their words, not mine)

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creatinghavoc (2008-04-05)

No problem mate, hope you enjoy :-)
cheers for the comment
keep on seeding people!!

higgledyhiggled (2008-04-22)

any chance of re-seeding..
damn i missed it.
really wanted this one and it snuck on through

higgledyhiggled (2008-04-22)

forgive me, my firewall was blocking it..
me am a donut.
8)

creatinghavoc (2008-05-02)

LoL :) enjoy the d/l when ya firewall lets ya

Mr.Quib (2008-10-11)

I rather listen to their early work, but still thanks for sharing.
Good quality torrent.

MikudzeTPB (2009-03-14)

Yes,yes,yes.. came across this torrent by chance, was looking for "leftfield". Didn't know they had a new album - and from what i gathered online looks like they have mixed up something fresh!:) love it!
Cheers!