Technicolour Dreaming

We decided to remain in continental Europe again for this edition’s “Band of the Week”, and the band we chose was Germany’s Vibravoid. This prolific psychedelic group have been together for a decade and are renowned for their extravagant light shows and multitudes of releases – have a look at their website for more details about this very cool band. Other features in the show included the new single by Perth’s High Learys, tracks from Quilt’s brilliant second and MGMT’s self-titled third albums plus Elephant Stone’s newest release, the excellent “Three Poisons” LP. Then there were a diverse bunch of songs from the past, ranging from the1966 ‘faux-psychedelia’ of session band the Deep, to the Nazz, featuring Todd Rundgren, and onto the Pretty Things’ 1969 French recordings with Philippe DeBarge, plus a modern take on 60’s icons Love by Doug Tuttle from a very cool Active Listener tribute compilation and lots more.....

..... so here is the playlist, with attendant visuals.....

the Jabberwocky Band – To the Old Temple      ("Ritual " EP 2014 Paris, France)

King Gizzard and the Wizard Lizard – Float Along - Fill Your Lungs      ("Float Along - Fill Your Lungs" 2013 Geelong, Australia)

Baby Woodrose – Nothing is Real     ("Third Eye Surgery" 2012 Copenhagen, Denmark)

Sons of Hippies – the Soft Parade [Doors cover]      ("A Psych Tribute to the Doors" compilation 2104 Germany)

Wild Rocket – La Rucolala      ("Daisy Dream" 2014 Adelaide, Australia)

the High Learys – Clear My Mind      (CD-single 2014 Perth, Australia)

Doug Tuttle – You Set the Scene [Love cover]      (recorded 2013 USA – taken from "The Active Listener presents : Forever Changing – A Tribute to Love’s Forever Changes" compilation 2014  New Zealand)

Jack Ellister – Within You, Without You [Beatles cover]      ("Dawn Dream Club" 7" EP 2013 UK)

Quilt – Arctic Shark      ("Held in Splendor" 2104 Boston, USA)

Grant-Lee Phillips – Soft Asylum (No Way Out)      ("Strangelet" 2007 USA)

the Nazz – Hello, It's Me      (7"single 1968 USA)

Deep Feeling – Pretty Colours      (recorded 1968 UK, unreleased – "Pretty Colours" anthology 2008 UK)

Octopus Syng – Cuckoo Clock Mystery      ("Reverberating Garden Number 7" LP 2014 Helsinki, Finland)

Donovan – Sunny South Kensington    ("Mellow Yellow" LP 1967 UK)

   ###  “BAND OF THE WEEK”   –   Vibravoid   ###

Vibravoid – La Poupée qui fait non [Michel Polnareff cover]       ("Colour Your Mind" EP 2103 Germany)

Vibravoid – The Empty Sky      ("Delirio Dei Sensi" 2013 Germany)

Vibravoid – the White Ship [HP Lovecraft cover]      ("Gravity Zero" LP 2012 Germany)

Vibravoid – Incense and Peppermints [Strawberry Alarm Clock cover] / Playing with Beuys       ("Politics of Ecstacy" 2008 Germany)

the Pretty Things & Philippe DeBarge – Alexander     (recorded 1969 but unreleased – "The Pretty Things & Philippe DeBarge" anthology 2009 France/UK)

the Deep – Color Dreams      (“Psychedelic Moods” LP 1967 USA)

Elephant Stone – Between the Lines      (“Three Poisons” 2014 Montreal, Canada)

les Limiñanas – I’m Dead        (recorded ‘live at Hozac Records’ showcase USA 2011 – taken from “I’ve got Trouble in Mind : 7” & Rare Stuff 2009 –2014” anthology 2014 France)

MGMT – Alien Days      (“MGMT” 2014 USA)

Technicolour Dreaming

 Thanks go out to fellow 3D Radio announcer Phil J. for so ably covering our absence last week while we were in Melbourne... we will get his playlist posted soon... but the break refreshed our enthusiasm for the music we play! The ‘Dig It Up!’ show was fabulous and inspired our choice for our new “Band of the Month” – Australian psych purveyors the Lovetones, who played an intimate, mesmerising set upstairs at the Palace Theatre. We began this week’s show with a long track from Wolfy & the Bat Cubs before later  moving on to the latest album by the Higher State, an orange vinyl single from the Black Angels, a Garden Path cover from the new album by the Molting Vultures and the debut EP from young Geelong outfit, the Murlocs, who feature Australian legend Broderick Smith’s son Ambrose on vocals and harmonica. From France, we heard Sheetah et les Weismullers, from Italy, Jennifer Gentle and from the UK there were the Horrors... throw in a psych-flavoured Bee Gees song, the sole single by Lotus from 1971, a classic from the Spikes plus many more and there you have it! The latest edition of Technicolour Dreaming on 3D Radio 93.7fm with your hosts, the Cat & the Brat.....

..... and here is the full playlist.....

Wolfy & the Bat Cubs – Guy Like Me      (‘Wolfy & the Bat Cubs’ cdEP 2012 Melbourne, Australia)

the Mynd Gardeners – Winter’s Dying     (‘The Acyd Raindrop Umbrella’ vinyl 7” EP Adelaide, Australia)

Lizard Train – Beauty Underground     (7” single 1987 Adelaide, Aust.)

the Frowning Clouds – All Night Long     (cd single 2011 Melbourne, Aust.)

the Murlocs – Delusional Blues     (‘the Murlocs’ cdEP Geelong, Aust.)

the Spikes – River of Love     (7” single 1986 Adelaide, Aust.)

the Higher State – Turn into Fall     (‘Freakout at the Gallery’ LP 2012 UK)

the Horrors – Dive-In     (‘Skying’ LP 2011 UK)

MGMT – Congratulations      (7”single 2010 USA)

Lenola – Sids     (‘Sounds from Psychedelphia’ compilation 1998 Philadelphia USA)

the Black Angels – Watch Out Boy     (7” single 2012 Texas, USA)

Paul Messis & Jessica Winters – Sunflower     (7”single 2012 UK)

Alison Gros – Naturally     (7” single 1970 Adelaide, Aust.)

Crosby, Stills & Nash – Pre-Road Downs     (‘Crosby, Stills & Nash’ LP 1969 USA)

Lotus – Lotus 1      (7” single 1971 Aust.)

Sheetah et les Weismullers – My Little Red Book [Love cover]     (‘Hola! Ye-Yeah!’ 2009 France)

the Intercontinental Playboys – Wham Bam Voodoo Wand     (‘Sonic Seducers’ 2005 Australia)

the Molting Vultures – Wear Black [Garden Path cover]     (‘Get On Board’ 2012 Adelaide, Aust.)

Jennifer Gentle – Take My Hand     (‘The Midnight Room’ 2007 Italy)

the Bee Gees – Idea     (‘Idea’ LP 1968 UK/Aust.)

the Lovetones – This Great Romance     (‘Lost’ 2010 Australia)    #

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