News & Updates — psych

Osbourne Ruddock aka "King Tubby" is the all-time Heavyweight Dub Champion. Where would contemporary music be without this man from the Kingston, Jamaica ghetto of Waterhouse? A radio repair man and electronics expert, Tubby built amplifiers and operated a sound-system starting in the late 50's. He invented the dub remix by dropping out vocals and instruments with his mixing board and adding effects (including his infamous spring reverb). These "versions" soon became their own artform in the hands of Tubby and his methods became known worldwide. His work is featured on hundreds of records and he was mentor to Scientist...

The excellent Dreams: Border Blaster feature at KCET features cool videos every week. This episode features the C.A.M.P.O.S. tune, "Dream of the Bell Flower", yet another great tune from the Peace & Rhythm-released 2xLP Miracle & Criminals. Check out the show. (And order the album here.) "New York psychedelic band C.A.M.P.O.S. gets groovy with some found footage" Border Blaster airs locally in Los Angeles and nationally in the US via Dish and DirectTV on partner channel LinkTV. It is in partnership with Dublab. https://www.kcet.org/ http://dublab.com/

Jaki Liebezeit, founding member, drummer of Can, and human metronome has passed from pneumonia. (May 26, 1938 - Jan 22, 2017). After playing free-jazz in Germany in the mid-to-late '60s, including an ensemble led by Manfred Schoof, as well as with Globe Unity Orchestra (with a young Peter Brotzmann on sax!) he decided to go with a disciplined "motorik" beat. Indeed, Can are synonymous with the "Krautrock" history. From Can / Spoon Records' official social media announcement: It is with great sadness we have to announce that Jaki passed away this morning from sudden pneumonia. He fell asleep peacefully, surrounded...

Check out this cool cinematic-psych jam by Austin-based septet My Education. I really dig the guitar and the viola and pedal steel add a good feeling. Kinda brings to mind a Texan take on Ghost Box Orchestra or Loop. Formed in '99, the band have released five albums and several experimental collaborations, as well as some soundtrack work (including Murnau's Sunrise). A new full-length album, Schiphol, is on the way. Band website

Here is another in a series of videos for tunes off of the Miracles & Criminals 2xLP by C.A.M.P.O.S., available now from the Peace & Rhythm webshop and wholesale from Forced Exposure. "Teosinte' might be one of the purest and most psychedelic songs of the year; it’s a heady track named for wild Mesoamerican corn and imbued with an almost ancient feeling somewhere among the electric guitars. A call of “Teosinte!” speaks to and from the soul while synths ramp up and launch the whole song into the stars." - Adriane Pontecorvo, PopMatters Purchase the vinyl here. Like CAMPOS on...