Sitars, theremin and mellotron, backwards guitar, phasing and fuzz, fringes and mohawks, paisley, black, velvet and leather, feedback, bass and drone, beads, berets and safety-pins, Shindig! and Creem, 3 chord wonders, teenage symphonies and snarl, Rickenbacker, Farfisa and 4-track recorders... onstage at CBGB's, Max's Kansas City or the Trip, the Roundhouse, the 100 Club or the Crystal Ballroom, Catcher's, Big Daddy's or the Squatters Arms.... and the Cat and the Brat on 3D Radio!
Three D Radio announcer, MeganCat (up until recently with her husband, the late Peter Brat)lives in "The BratHaus" a rural seaside home about 100km from Adelaide on South Australia's scenic Fleurieu Peninsula. Veteran musician Peter, and artist/musician Megan, were long-time DJs onThree D Radio 93.7fm, Adelaide's eclectic independent music station. Together Peter & Megan, known as "The Cat and The Brat" created this blog to allow listeners to review the playlists of their radio show, "Technicolour Dreaming", watch clips of selected songs and simply join them in the enjoyment of their favourite music... psychedelia, 60's garage, surf, punk/post-punk, pop, folk-rock, glam, 'Krautrock', goth, 80's electro... and much more!
But The Cat is carrying on the tradition, with guest co-presenters, and "Technicolour Dreaming" will continue in the same format, drawing from the huge "Cat & Brat" music collection, with the addition of new releases and reissues to keep things current. The Brat is hugely missed, but the show must go on, as he wanted...
Showing posts with label Frankie and the Witch Fingers. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Frankie and the Witch Fingers. Show all posts
In this internet age, it never fails to surprise me how much music is now available from all over the world, that once wouldn't have been accessible unless you were lucky enough to travel extensively. Bands from Norway, Denmark, New Zealand, Belgiumand Spain all appeared on the Technicolour Dreaming playlist this week, along with the usual selections from Australia, France and the USA. But even the most obscure releases from those more familiar countries, especially the ones from the 60's, and once available only to dedicated crate diggers, can now be bought at most on-line shops. So enjoy the fruits of the computer age, complete with a few clips to give you the idea...
Sula Bassana - Perry Rhodan ("Dreamer" LP 2002 Germany)
Brigitte Bardot and Serge Gainsbourg - Bonnie and Clyde (7" single 1968 France)
Deep Feeling - Blues for Witley ("Pretty Colours" 1968 UK)
Cato Salsa Experience - So, The Circus Is Back in Town ("A Good Tip for a Good Time" 2000 Norway)
King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard - Invisible Face ("Nonagon Infinity" 2016, Australia)
The Drab Do Riffs - Gold Coin ("Postcards from Uranus" EP 2010 New Zealand)
Doug Tuttle - Failing to Believe ("It Calls on Me" 2015 New Hampshire, USA)
Alex Chilton - Take it Off ("High Priest" 1987 USA)
Hal Blaine - Wiggy (November) ("Psychedelic Percussion" LP 1967 USA)
The Daisy Chain - Zzotto ("Straight or Lame" LP 1967 California USA)
Somebody's Image - Livin' In Style (7" single [b-side to "Hide and Seek" 1968 Melbourne, Australia)
The In-Betweens - While My Guitar Gently Weeps [Beatles] (7" single [b-side to "Make A Wish, Amanda"] 1970 Dunedin, New Zealand)
Kingdom of the Holy Sun - Cat Sounds ("At The Gates of Dawn" 2016 Seattle, USA)
Raindrop - Out of Sight ("Crowded Brain" 10" EP 2015 Sydney, Australia)
Wild Al Hotchkiss - You're Gonna Miss Me [13th Floor Elevators] ("Wild Al Hotchkiss and the Three-Eyed Men" 2016 Glasgow, UK)
De Underjordiske - Kravler Ind I Sig Selv ("Ind I Flammerne" 2015 Denmark)
The Hare and the Moon - Cruel Henry ("Wood Witch" 2015 Edinburgh, Scotland UK)
Blondi's Salvation - War or Hands of Time [The Master's Apprentices] ("Nuggets 2 Revisited" 2015)
Alice Artaud - La Mort De La Rose ("Ouroboros" 2015 Belgium)
Buried Feather - Time it Takes (7" single 2012 Melbourne, Australia)
Frankie and the Witch Fingers - Lou Reed ("Frankie and the Witch Fingers" 2015 LA, USA)
As promised a few weeks ago, this show featured some more selections from the excellent hard-back book and double CD set "A Seance At Syd's", which has now sold out, unfortunate indeed if you wanted to buy a copy, but great for Mega Dodo Records, who released the package. The 300-page book, which was written by Dave Thompson, is described as "an anthology of modern acid-folk-haunt-psych-prog-space-kraut-radiophonic-rock etc quotes, words, wit and wisdom." Over 80 different performers, bands, record label heads and artists participated in the project, and it's a very entertaining read about life in the music industry, among other topics, with the 40 tracks across the 2 CD's acting as a soundtrack to your reading experience. A pleasure to listen to and read, with some fantastic discoveries, and re-discoveries made in the process!
Another new favourite that's just popped up on my radar, is Orgasmo Sonore, aka Frank Rideau, via his track "Turkish Psych" which appeared on the last Active Listener compilation. His latest release "Revisiting Obscure Library Music" is the most recent in a series of 4 LP's of interpretations of obscure soundtracks and other instrumentals, with the track I played taken from the upcoming LP "Themes International" due out any week now. Check him out, you won't be sorry! So here's the playlist, with moving pictures and stuff...
Roxy Music - In Every Dream Home A Heartache ("For Your Pleasure" LP 1973 UK)
The Balloon Farm - A Question of Temperature (7" single 1967 New Jersey, USA)
The Music Machine - You'll Love me Again ("Bonniwell Music Machine" LP 1968 [2014 reissue bonus track] Los Angeles, USA)
The Barbarellatones - Psychedelic Freakout ("Glitter Train" 2016 Hawaii, USA)
Midwich Youth Club - A Mind Made Of ("A Seance at Syd's" [hardback book + 2 CD set] 2015 Birmingham, UK)
David Devant and His Spirit Wife and the Mystery Fax Machine Orchestra - Miracles Happen (Worshiping in Silence) ("A Seance at Syd's" [hardback book + 2 CD set] 2015 Brighton, UK)
The Aurapool - Furry Fury Tango ("The Earth Above the Sky Below: Your Psych Tunes Vol 3" compilation 2007 Fort Lauderdale, Florida USA)
The Hare and the Moon - Bard of Eve ("Wood Witch" 2015 UK)
Vibravoid - What You Want ("Psychedelic Blueprints: An Introspection of the Years 2000-2013" 2016 Dusseldorf, Germany)
Les Annees - Catherine Fields ("Les Annees" 2009 Melbourne, Australia)
Balduin - Wind in the Willows ("Rainbow Tapes" 2009 Switzerland)
The Creatures Of The Golden Dawn - It Will All End in Tears anyway ("Tripping" 2016 Pennsylvania, USA)
Diamond Incarnation - Spacespin ("Scorpio 15" EP 2014 Taipei, Taiwan)
Los VV's - Fancy Cars ("Los VV's" digital EP 2015 Paris, France)
