June – the longest daylight of the year, the summer solstice. Brainticket’s Psychonaut was released 50 years ago (June 1972). The back cover of the record contains cumulus clouds drifting across blue skies – a portrait of summertime. The front cover of the record (my vinyl copy is the most recent picture disc reissue by …
An Interview with Eva Muntada & Xavi Sandoval (Magick Brother & Mystic Sister)
Interview by Mark Lager What were your first experiences that made you decide to become musicians? Eva: I really don’t know if I decided to become a musician, it is just a path that is part of my life. Since I was a child I have enjoyed listening to music and I have found myself …
Flamen Dialis – Symptome Dei (1979)
Let’s get something right straight from the beginning. I have a fervent dislike of, specifically American and British Prog Rock or Progressive Art Rock. Dislike? Why am I being so polite? Fuck… I hate it. Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Yes, and, God help me, Genesis. It’s pure evil. There’s something about all those complex, pastoral …