This Month's Active Listener Sampler

Hi Team. We're back with the second in our revived and revitalised sampler series. This month we've got exclusives and premieres from Active Listener favourites Balduin, Psychic Lemon and The Blue Giant Zeta Puppies, as well as some new faces.

Here's the full tracklisting.

1. Garden Gate - Saturn (version) 03:15 2. Balduin - Norman Stanley James St. Clair 02:40 3. Pansies - Feels Like Yesterday 06:49 4. The 1910 Chainsaw Company - Good Friend 03:56 5. Zombie Girlfriend - Echo Echo 01:38 6. The Striped Bananas - Swirling Colors (In My Mind) 03:12 7. The Blue Giant Zeta Puppies - By The Light Of The Moon 02:59 8. Psychic Lemon - Interstellar Fuzz Star 09:53 9. Hermitess - Black Lake 03:21 10. Flange Circus - Kwak 03:07 11. Void Watcher - Succour 07:05 12. Peyote Coyote - Mirrors 04:43 13. The Soap Opera - Eggs To Hatch and Cats To Kill 01:28 14. Blue Hole - Strong Current 04:16 15. Sleepyard Feat. Judy Dyble - Rainy Day Vibration (Woodland Version) 03:08 16. Kosmo-0 - Black Lodge 13:49

Its a $1 or donation download with all funds raised helping to cover our running costs.

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The Active Listener Presents More English Weather

Bob Stanley & Pete Wiggs' "English Weather" is quite probably my favourite album of the last year or so. Stanley and Wiggs have done a fantastic job of selecting and sequencing these tracks to provide a seamless and unspoiled listening experience that is quintessentially English and wonderfully pastoral. Not to mention one that introduced me to a number of artists that I wasn't really familiar with.

In tribute, I've put together a follow up volume of tunes from the UK from the same era that evoke a similar mood for me. I'd like to think that Stanley and Wiggs had some of these shortlisted for their comp. Sound quality may vary as tracks come from a number of sources.

I hope you enjoy it - you can download it in 320 kb mp3 format here, and please investigate the full albums of these artists as many of the albums that these tracks originate from are classics in their own right.

And you can get Bob Stanley & Pete Wiggs Present: English Weather here.

Tracklisting for More English Weather:

Tomorrow Morning Brings 2:39 Pacific Drift (from Feelin' Free)
Night Clouded Moon 5:41 Diabolus (from Diabolus)
Flying South in Winter 6:28 Tonton Macoute ( from Tonton Macoute)
October Witches 8:05 Still Life (from Still Life)
House on the Hill 4:05 Audience (from The First Audience Album)
Tell You I'm Gone 4:10 Woody Kern (from The Awful Disclosures Of Maria Monk)
We Can Make It If We Try 4:35 Aquila (from Aquila)
Dance In The Smoke 6:18 Argent (from Argent)
Skin Valley Serenade 3:45 Skin Alley (from Two Quid Deal)
The Garden of Jane Delawney 4:06 Trees (from The Garden Of Jane Delawney)
It Wasn't For You  5:33 Titus Groan (from Titus Groan)
Green Eyed God (7" Version)  3:50 Steel Mill (from Jewels Of The Forest (Green Eyed God Plus))
The House 3:28 Ginhouse (from Ginhouse)
Sun God a) Awakening b) Realisation c) Worship 11:14 Raw Material (from Time Is...)
Magical Love 4:37 Saturnalia (from Magical Love)

The New & Improved Active Listener Sampler

Hi Team, we've revamped our sampler series now that we're back in action and here's the first of hopefully many.

We've got exclusive tracks and premieres from some of our favourites including Lake Ruth, Radiophonic Tuckshop, The Greek Theatre and the Citradels as well as a whole lot more.

18 tracks in all for a single shiny dollar (or more if you wish) - funds raised will help keep various Active Listener operations happening, so if you'd like to see more of these you can support us by downloading.

Full tracklisting:

1. Radiophonic Tuckshop - Kensington Garden Pie 04:07 2. Lake Ruth - The Great Selkie 04:33 3. Jonothon Heron - Heron Pool 03:45 4. The Greek Theatre - Just a Little Drop of Rain 03:07 5. The Village - Voodoo Skull 02:47 6. DulceMuse - Midnight Sunstone 04:00 7. Hanford Reach - Theatre of Shadows 03:17 8. Warrior Squares - Longshore Drift 08:01 9. The Late Pioneers - Rizzo's Booze 05:13 10. The Citradels - Milk and Honey 02:32 11. Headroom - How To Grow Evil Flowers 09:56 12. The Paperweight Array - Corporal Cameo 04:14 13. Briars Frome - Forever 04:50 14. Three Dimensional Tanx - Astral Plane Flight Attendent 05:59 15. Keith Seatman - Odd in a Nightcap and Cup 05:16 16. Diamond Incarnation - In A Loss Of Soul 04:56 17. Chris Oliver - Uen! 05:05 18. East & West Rendezvous - Colombo 15:25

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Moongazing Hare & Trappist Afterland Sing Songs For Nathan

As those who follow me on Facebook will know, I've been receiving treatment for cancer (which we're confident will sorted by this treatment).

Two of our favourite acts have been ridiculously generous with their time and put together an album to help raise funds for me and my family while I recover from the treatment.

Thank you so much to Moongazing Hare and Trappist Afterland who have put together Songs for Nathan, which includes covers of songs originally by Lal Waterson, Coil, Syd Barrett and the Mountain Goats, as well as tackling one of each other's tunes apiece and providing an original track each.

It's a lovely thing and I'm blown away by the kindness of those who have donated their efforts towards this project.

Here's a review from The Sunday Experience.

You can purchase the album here - any donations are very gratefully received. Thanks everyone.

The Final Active Listener Sampler

As we limp towards our retirement here at the Active Listener we have one final sampler for you (for now - who knows what the future holds?) - this one has a $1 download charge (to try and cover our bandcamp costs), but as always you're very welcome to stream for free.

I've loved putting these together over the years, and it's gratifying to know that these are enjoyed by so many.

Time is pressing so I'll just say thanks to Paul Thomas for the splendid sleeve art and all of the featured artists (and all involved with previous samplers).

We've still got a few reviews up our sleeves but after that things will go quiet for a wee while.

In the meantime live well, be kind and curious, and have a fabulous Christmas and New Year from the Active Listener xx

The Active Listener Sampler 43

Here's the first of our samplers since our semi-retirement. We've taken some time in our dotage with this one and got some great artists involved, including premieres of new tracks from The Greek Theatre and 8x8 from their excellent upcoming albums.

Thanks to Fredrik Wandem of Do You Dig? for the sleeve art too.

For the full 17 track sampler head over here right now. Donate to help cover our costs or download for free by entering $0. Thanks!

Tracklisting:
1. The Greek Theatre - Fat Apple (At About Noon) 07:06 2. 8x8 - The Essence 05:54 3. The Age - The Lantern 03:44 4. The Beginner's Mynd - Singing Man 02:47 5. Mike Dole - Words of the Birds 03:03 6. The Savage Blush - Wake The Dreamer 03:34 7. Diamond Incarnation - Leaking Of Our Hourglass 05:50 8. Sumner (Feat. Dave Gregory) - Picture Book 03:28 9. The Shea - First Row In Heaven 03:24 10. Distant Creatures - Escape 03:20 11. Connected View - Future Desert 02:52 12. Midwich Youth Club - Pomegranite 04:34 13. The Planets Collide - Wake Me Up When It's Over 02:57 14. Third Whale - In Dreams 03:50 15. Orsak​:​Oslo feat. MajaKali - Shallow Waters 08:05 16. Children of Leir - Young Man 06:10 17. Monster Killed by Laser - Curandero 04:49

The Active Listener Sampler #42

This sampler has been a little longer coming than most as I've had all sorts of other things going on outside of the Active Listener keeping me busy, but the wait has been well worth it.

This time we have a really fascinating assortment of tracks from recently reviewed material, upcoming releases and a few wildcards by complete unknowns which have completely blown me away (check out that Todd Sinclair track!).

Joseph Sampson has provided us with the lovely sleeve art for this release - his first for us, but hopefully not his last! You can see more of his work here:

www.instagram.com/kidcre8ive/
www.Behance.net/kidcre8ive

As always, donations are appreciated and help us cover our costs and keep us doing what we do for you. Free downloads are of course welcome as well.

Here's the full tracklist, with download and streaming link below. Enjoy!

1. Moonsicles - The Frozen Pond 03:25 2. Todd Sinclair - African Time 04:01 3. Junkboy - Fulfill 02:53 4. Drakkar Nowhere - Higher Now 05:29 5. Prana Crafter - Luminous Clouds 05:19 6. Will Z. - A New Mirrored You 04:13 7. The Love Explosion - Wonderful Wonderful Wonderful 04:07 8. Sir Robin & The Longbowmen - I Would Like 05:08 9. The Myrrors - Liberty Is In the Street 04:44 10. Michael Warren & Grey Malkin - Jugband Blues 04:02 11. The Tara Experiment - Twilight 02:07 12. Elkhorn - Seed 05:55 13. Frantic Chant - Spellbound 03:32 14. Gilligan Smiles - Hopeffully 03:39 15. Heaters - Centennial 04:11 16. James McKeown - Drawn Inward II 09:38

The Active Listener Sampler 41

Hi Folks. We're super busy in Active Listener land at the moment, but we're trying our best to keep up our monthly sampler releases for you all.

Here's our latest offering, with sleeve art by Mark McGee. There are some real beauties on this one, featuring artists we've recently reviewed, lots of new artists that you won't have encountered in our pages yet, and a few premieres of tracks from artists we all know and love.

Check out the link below to stream or download - free downloads welcome, and any donations very gratefully received to cover our mounting costs. Enjoy!

The Great British Psychedelic Trip Revisited

It's been a long time coming, but "The Great British Psychedelic Trip Revisited" is finally ready. 13 independent psychedelic artists reinventing their favourite tracks from the iconic UK psych comp, and all available as a free / name your price download. Thanks to all of the artists who were game to take on these classic tunes - I'm sure you'll all agree that there are some great new versions here:

1. Adam Leonard - The Elf 02:26 2. Murmurs of Irma - Vacuum Cleaner 02:59 3. Dupont Circles - Tales of Flossie Fillet 04:18 4. Holy Contour - Created by Clive 02:22 5. Rob Clarke & The Wooltones - (I'm Not Your) Stepping Stone 03:06 6. Signal to Noise Ratio - Magician 03:18 7. Telafonica - Beeside 03:38 8. Holy Glories - In Your Tower 03:02 9. The Blue Giant Zeta Puppies - (I'm Not Your) Stepping Stone 02:53 10. The Sonic Mood Set - Father's Name Is Dad 02:50 11. Topos Locos - Come On Back 02:44 12. Wax Machine - Shades of Orange 03:12 13. The Ilk - Red Sky At Night 06:18

Special thanks to Martin Butler for sleeve art (www.martinrossbutler.com) and Adrian Elmer from Telafonica for mastering.

Stream or download right here:

The Active Listener Sampler 40

It's taken a little longer than normal to put together the latest Active Listener Sampler, but we're sure that you'll agree that the wait was well worth it once you have a listen.

This month we feature some marvelous nostalgia inducing sleeve art by Timothy Meskers of White Candles and Garden Fence - lovely stuff.

And as for the music itself, you're in for a treat:

1. Magic Shoppe - City Alight (Yeah) 03:18 2. New Planet Trampoline - This Is the Morning 04:40 3. Shadowgraphs - This Strange Effect 02:36 4. Firefay - House on the Strand 04:38 5. Wyrdstone - Meditation On Lost Gardens 03:36 6. Faten Kanaan - Santo Sospir 03:40 7. Augenwasser - Happy Warm Playful 01:48 8. Violet Swells - The Strange, Strange Design 04:05 9. Scrambled Limbs - Settle 03:03 10. New Cardinals - Tomorrow Waiting 07:14 11. Pulselovers - Red Eden, White Nights 03:34 12. Lunar Grave - House of Domber 02:16 13. Mystic Brew - Something More Than Dream 05:41 14. Yuusa Muusa - Bloom 03:48 15. Prana Crafter - Rupture Of Planes 04:24

Download or stream here - please feel free to download for free by entering $0, or by entering a donation of your choosing if you'd like to support us and help us keep the sampler series going. Thanks!

Stream / Download new Shadowgraphs Double A-Side with Pink Floyd & Kinks Covers.

Charlotte, North Carolina based neo-psychedelic band Shadowgraphs have followed up their debut EP "Return to Zero" with a new double sided single "Midnight Tea".

Art by Delilah Jones

"Midnight Tea" features covers of Pink Floyd's "See Emily Play" and early Kinks rarity "This Strange Effect".

Shadowgraphs' Charles Glade explains: "Between “Return to Zero” and our follow-up LP (due out in the summer time) Bryan had just finished setting up his new 24 track tape machine. We knew that the quality was going to change, and we wanted to get used to using it before we jumped right into a big LP so that we understood what to watch out for, how to organize, how to calibrate each time, etc. Simultaneously Bryan had been wanting to do a cover for a while and thought that he would surprise his girlfriend, who was half way across the world at the time, with a song directed to her. This song was “This Strange Effect”. " Tackling this and the more challenging "See Emily Play" has opened doors for the band Glade explains: "This song was an awesome experience for everyone in the band. We were playing things on different instruments that we wouldn’t usually mess with, which has given us a lot of ideas for our new LP"

That new LP is expected for Summer, and will be a more ambitious affair than anything the band have attempted so far "There will definitely be more instrumentation. I know this time around we are going to include horns , vibraphones, real plate reverbs, and some more things…" teases Glade.

In the meantime Shadowgraphs will be playing Phuzzphest in April with Neon Indian, The Ohh Sees, Chairlift and Sunflower Bean, as well as a gallery art show in Charlotte NC tonight (26 Feb), and shows on March 3rd at Snug Harbor, Charlotte NC and March 11 in Winston Salem, NC. Checkout their Facebook page for more info.

"Midnight Tea" can be downloaded and streamed here:

The Kinks Live November 27-29, 1969 Fillmore West, San Francisco, CA - Soundboard

It's hard to find good quality live material from the Kinks in their prime, but here's a great quality soundboard recording from a series of shows recorded at the fabled Fillmore West in November 1969 - some of their first US shows after a four year ban.
Village Green and Arthur had both been recently released, but had performed poorly in the US commercially. This didn't stop Ray and co. from mixing plenty of their newer, more rarely performed material amongst the hits for a fascinating cross section of sixties Kinks. Great stuff!

Tracklist:
1. Till The End of the Day
2. Mindless Child of Motherhood
3. Last of the Steam Powered Trains
4. You're Looking Fine
5. Mr. Churchill Says
6. Big Sky
7. You Really Got Me
8. Love Me Till The Sun Shines
9. Brainwashed
10. Milk Cow Blues / See My Friends / Tired of Waiting For You / Brainwashed
11. Louie Louie
12. Victoria
13. A Well Respected Man / Death of A Clown / Dandy

Download 320 mp3 here.

The Active Listener Sampler 39

You've been waiting a little longer than usual, but we're confident that you'll think it's been worth the wait for our latest sampler. It's our first (and hopefully not last) to feature artwork by the very talented Nick Taylor. You should all check out his other works here.

As always, you're welcome to download and stream for free, or make a small Paypal donation to show your support for what we do - these are put towards our running costs.

This month we're featuring the following stellar tracks:

1. Kontiki Suite - My Own Little World 04:28 2. Gareth Davies - Slumbering Green 03:14 3. Wax Machine - Watermelon 02:38 4. The Most - Gatecrashers 02:29 5. Peter Stringer-Hye - Throw Away The Day 04:19 6. Juleah - Sommertraum 05:16 7. Exiles - Search Lights 03:20 8. Klaus Johann Grobe - Baby lass uns sein 04:35 9. Lejonsläktet - Den Enda Historien II 09:20 10. Jack Ellister - A Hunter Needs a Gun 05:57 11. Kosmo-0 - Just Let Go 05:40 12. Red Cosmos - Ode To A Beatnik 04:17 13. Royal Atlas - Lost Landlords 02:26 14. Das Raumpiloten - La Situation Dangereuse 07:19 15. Merrin - Outro (End Credits) 05:39

Get it here!:

Nous Sommes Paris

While we have no desire to introduce politics and religion into the mix here at the Active Listener, sometimes these things can't (and shouldn't) be ignored.

So calling in a few favours, and generally working ourselves into a bit of a tizzy, we've spent the last week furiously emailing around and compiling this massive, 35 track collection, which is yours for a steal at only $10 (or more if you can afford it). All proceeds will go to the French Red Cross in their efforts to aid the survivors as well as the families of the victims of those affected by the incidents in Paris on Friday the 13th of November.

Thanks first and foremost to the artists who have kindly contributed to this collection (as well as their labels, management and publishing companies). We'd have nothing to offer without their generous contributions, and they've been very patient with my erratic correspondence. They've provided some great music, much of which is previously unreleased or very hard to come by. We're humbled by their generosity.

And thanks also to Matt Talbot for his thoughtful and tasteful cover image.

Here's the impressive track listing:

1. Courtney Barnett - Ode To Odetta 02:46 2. The Sufis - Different Views 02:42 3. The Phoenix Foundation - I Want More 04:19 4. The Limiñanas - Wunderbar 02:31 5. WJLP - Sunrise 03:21 6. Violet Swells - Gravity Wins Again 03:08 7. Sudden Death of Stars - The Void 04:13 8. Kontiki Suite - I Wish 03:20 9. Daniel Wylie's Cosmic Rough Riders - Misty Dreamer 02:32 10. The Green Pajamas - The Jailer's Song 03:59 11. Soft Hearted Scientists - Midnight Mutinies (Home Demo) 05:15 12. Brown Recluse - Silver Lake 03:51 13. Wilding - Evalina 03:14 14. Eerie Wanda - Volcano Lagoon 02:54 15. Bat Faced Girl - Straight In My Heart 01:54 16. The Magnetic Mind - Stay Away From The Door 03:01 17. Sky Picnic - Upon Further Reflection 03:23 18. Eric Lichter - Slicing Through My Thumb 04:22 19. Nick J. Morfitt - Embryo 04:13 20. The Blue Giant Zeta Puppies - The Wild Ride of Ichabod Crane (Dandelion Radio Version) 02:52 21. Cornershop - Let The Good Time Roll 02:26 22. The Luck of Eden Hall - Twelve 05:09 23. Kanoi - Mountains Of The Sun 06:45 24. Orgasmo Sonore - French Gainsbourg 03:27 25. Alasdair Roberts and Debbie Armour - Come, My Darling Polly (2015 Version) 04:07 26. Emily Jones - Light Appearing 01:45 27. The Diamond Family - A Raven 05:43 28. The Ilk - Jacques Bonsergent 02:50 29. Katje Janisch - The Yew Tree (Resurrection) 04:17 30. The Sound Of The Shires - Judy Fly 03:58 31. The Sigmaticle Tour Green - Star Gazer 02:57 32. Keith Seatman - It’s Now Time to Let Go 04:47 33. Polypores - Man With Antlers 06:08 34. Jim Griffin - After a Walk in The Country 03:53 35. The Hare And The Moon - Come Unto The Corn 04:26

Please give generously and share around as you can. Merci beaucoup.

The Active Listener Sampler 38

Here's this month's sampler, featuring some of our favourite tracks from albums we've reviewed this past month, as well as a few surprises, including the premiere of Garden Gate's "Moonchild", from their forthcoming album which we are very, very excited about.

This month we feature the art of Fredrik Wandem on the sleeve, and the following fab tracks:

1. Garden Gate - Moonchild 03:09 2. Moonwood - Trans Mojave Express 04:40 3. The Seventh Cyrkle - Beginning...The Seventh Cyrkle 03:03 4. Verma - Kaskal / The Journey 03:12 5. Lovebyrd - Magnetic Levitation 02:59 6. French Exit - Glass Doors 02:34 7. The Wellgreen - Summer Rain 03:08 8. Daniel Wylie's Cosmic Rough Riders - Yesterday's A Waste Of Time 06:32 9. Invisible Astro Healing Rhythm Quartet - Headways 05:19 10. Mystic Brew - Space Is The Place to Be 05:23 11. The Dead Astronaut - Skyboat Reprise 06:52 12. The Roaring 420s - Keep Me Sane, Mary Jane 05:16 13. Maddy Marsan - Armour 04:22 14. Blind Slime - A Place Elf-Haunted 02:44 15. Radar Men From The Moon - Neon 11:16

Free downloads welcome (as always) and any donations very gratefully accepted towards our running costs. Get it here:

New Release Available from Active Listener Records: Kitchen Cynics - Common Blue

We're priviliged today to be digitally releasing the latest album from prolific Scottish psych-folk artist the Kitchen Cynics. We often wax lyrical about the artists we love here on the Active Listener, and occasionally when we're really lucky, we get to release quality material like this, from one of those very same artists.

"Common Blue" is a brand new 2015 studio album from Alan Davidson, and it's not alone: in the next few weeks we'll also be releasing "Rainthinking", another new studio release, this time from Davidson's more experimental group, Matricarians.

CD-Rs of both titles are available directly from Alan (kitchencynics@googlemail.com)

You can stream, or download "Common Blue" here:

Free Download Roundup – Mystic Brew / Walter Ghoul’s Lavender Brigade / The Age / Hermione Harvestman

Reviews by Nathan Ford

Mystic Brew - Space is the Place to Be

While many psychedelic artists bristle at the idea that they're part of a revival, Russian band Mystic Brew proudly apply the 'sixties revival' tag to all of their Bandcamp releases. The most recent of these, "Space is the Place to Be", is exactly the sort of influence-on-sleeve homage that we love so much here at Active Listener Towers. There's a well observed, affectionate Doors tribute in "World Won’t be the Same", but the band are at their best when they rely less on their influences and pursue their own muse. The title track demonstrates this best, all vintage garage vibes, Manzarekian keys (again) and explorative guitar jams straining at the leash.

Available as a free download here (as are some of their earlier releases):



Walter Ghoul's Lavender Brigade .... Is Coming

While we're in tribute / homage territory let's check out Walter Ghoul's Lavender Brigade. Originally released in 1999, this excellent effort from Damien Youth and the less prolific, but equally fab Zane Armstrong has recently found its way onto Bandcamp as a free download. It’s an unabashed love letter to UK sixties psych-pop, essentially borrowing the Dukes of Stratosphear's bag of neo-psychedelic tricks, and ramping up the lysergic fairground elements. It's a colourful wonderland which suggests Syd Barrett has been enlisted in Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, bringing a top tier selection of tunes along for the ride.

The original twelve track album can be had on a name your own price / free basis through the streaming link below, while those who want to dig deeper can buy a complete 26 track collection of the Brigade from Damien Youth's Bandcamp page.



The Age - Trafalgar

Halifax, Nova Scotia seems to be one of the planet's psychedelic hotspots for the time being. And thanks to the wonders of the interweb we get to hear the filtered through effects of whatever it is that's in the water there. Justin McGrath obviously drinks a lot of that water. We've covered his band Shadow Folk numerous times within these pages, and here he is aboard another equally psychedelic, and potentially even more splendid flagship, the Age. Title track "Trafalgar" is a hazy mirage of a song, with gently undulating harmony vocals, and layers of dreamy backwards guitars. Lovely. But don't relax too much because "Innocent Man" is a much more raucous affair, sounding like a vintage rehearsal recording from some previously unknown Lennon / Kinks collaboration.

Download the EP through the streaming link below, and have a dig around the rest of their Bandcamp page for more free downloads.



Hermione Harvestman - Lammas 

We've talked about hermetic rambler Hermione Harvestman before, and I’m sure we'll continue to do so while her archival Bandcamp page is excavating naturalistic yet unearthly gems like this. For those unfamiliar, Hermione Harvestman was a church organist who composed spectacular solo electronic pieces in her spare time, amassing an impressive catalogue of Radiophonic kosmische gems, which have only begun to find their way into the world since her death in 2012.

"Lammas" is the latest of these, a single, lengthy meditation upon the festival, filtered through the usual gorgeous vintage synth tones, which conjure images of ley lines and stone circles. Harvestman's unhurried, understated approach is unmatched in my opinion, and this is as good a place as any to fall under her spell. Lovers of vintage kosmische sounds will absolutely adore this.

The Active Listener Sampler 37

With all of the other bits and pieces going on at the moment (the Acid Folk Sampler and the Great British Psychedelic Trip tribute), it's taken a little longer than normal to put together this month's sampler, but for those whose anticipation has been welling, here we go.

Download or stream the new sampler here. Donations are welcome (we have some costs to cover), but free downloads are fine too.

This month's cover art comes courtesy of Eric Adrian Lee, who we haven't seen since Sampler # 24. He's been plenty busy in the meantime with commissions from Death Waltz Recording Company, Blitzen Trapper, and all sorts of other things, so we are extremely lucky to have him. Check out his work here: http://ericadrianleedesign.tumblr.com/

As for the contents of this month's sampler, within you can find the following delights:

1. Haleiwa - Wall Of Blue Sky 05:46 2. Beautify Junkyards - Lake 04:13 3. The Hanging Stars - The House On The Hill 03:04 4. The Magnetic Mind - A Lot Of Getting Used To 03:26 5. Butterscotch Cathedral - Flood Of Mendoza (Edit) 02:44 6. Heaters - Dune Ripper 03:38 7. Halasan Bazar and Tara King TH. - Tk 16 Pt. 1 (Instrumental) 03:23 8. Flavor Crystals - Bridge of Noise 05:03 9. Coke Weed - New Jive 03:22 10. Madame De C*** - It's Been Here Before 03:33 11. Shinkiro - Secondary Effect 04:41 12. Pulselovers - Autumn Arrives 06:24 13. Us and Them - State Of Mind 02:55 14. Keith Seatman - I Wish I Wish I Wish 02:13 15. The Torn Circus - Turning Spring 02:02 16. Pulco - Song 37 02:50 17. The Tailbreakers - Lead You Down 02:19 18. The Sunchymes - Centuria 05:29 19. Midday Veil - I Am the War 06:13

Hear more from these artists here:

Haleiwa: http://haleiwamusic.com/
Beautify Junkyards: https://megadodo.bandcamp.com/album/the-beast-shouted-love
The Hanging Stars: https://www.facebook.com/thehangingstars
The Magnetic Mind: https://heavysoulrecords.bandcamp.com/album/the-magnetic-mind-is-thinking-about-it-vinyl-lp
Butterscotch Cathedral: http://www.troubleinmindrecs.com/artists/butterscotch-cathedral/
Heaters: https://beyondbeyondisbeyondrecords.bandcamp.com/album/holy-water-pool
Halasan Bazar & Tara King TH: https://melotronrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/unreleased-from-8-e-p
Flavor Crystals: https://flavorcrystals.bandcamp.com/
Coke Weed: https://beyondbeyondisbeyondrecords.bandcamp.com/album/mary-weaver
Madame De C***: https://madamedec.bandcamp.com/
Shinkiro: https://shinkiro.bandcamp.com/
Pulselovers: https://pulselovers.bandcamp.com/
Us & Them: https://megadodo.bandcamp.com/album/summer-green-and-autumn-brown
Keith Seatman: https://keithseatman.bandcamp.com/
The Torn Circus : https://thetorncircus.bandcamp.com/releases
Pulco: https://pulco.bandcamp.com/
The Tailbreakers: https://ongakubakarecords.bandcamp.com/album/the-tailbreakers
The Sunchymes: https://thesunchymes.bandcamp.com/
Midday Veil: https://beyondbeyondisbeyondrecords.bandcamp.com/album/this-wilderness

The Active Listener's Acid Folk Sampler Volume Two

Here's a very late follow-up to our first Acid Folk Sampler, which came out back in 2012. We had a heap of submissions from many, many talented artists, so working out what to feature was very, very difficult indeed. As a result we've ended up with something of a mammoth volume, with 26 tracks in total - hopefully not too much for you all to digest!

There's quite a wide array of sounds here, with plenty of Wicker Man-esque folk-horror, pagan folk, acid-folk, some Hauntology / rural electronic sounds that bridge the gap between Nic Jones and Boards of Canada, and a selection of more overtly psychedelic folk tunes nestled near the middle of the mix.

You are welcome to download free of charge - just enter $0 into the payment field - or if you enjoy our services, please consider making a small donation to help cover our various costs. Download here.

We're pretty proud of how great this mix turned out - it's a great showcase of what the current underground wyrd folk scene has to offer. Thanks to all of the featured artists, and to you for listening.

Please investigate more of the artist's works through these links:

Edith AUFN: https://edithaufn1.bandcamp.com/
Ashley Remblum: https://myspace.com/theashleyremblumproject
Twelve Thousand Days: https://twelvethousanddays.bandcamp.com/
Briars Frome : https://briarsfrome.bandcamp.com/
Zeuk: https://zeuk1.bandcamp.com/
The Soulless Party: https://thesoullessparty.bandcamp.com/
The Hare & The Moon: https://soundcloud.com/thehareandthemoon
Sand Snowman & Chris Wade: https://sandsnowman.bandcamp.com/album/tell-the-trees-its-autumn-again
Blue Bees Sky Attack: https://bluebeesskyattack.bandcamp.com/
The Age: https://the-age.bandcamp.com/
Cactus Flower: https://cactusflower.bandcamp.com/
oG Musique: https://ogmusique.bandcamp.com/
Joonatan Elokuu & Aura Shining Green: https://kiiltomatolyhty.bandcamp.com/
James McKeown: https://jamesmckeown.bandcamp.com/
The Gray Field Recordings: https://soundcloud.com/the-gray-field-recordings
Alice Artaud: https://aliceartaud.bandcamp.com/releases
The Heartwood Insitute: https://theheartwoodinstitute.bandcamp.com/
Adam Leonard: https://adamleonard.bandcamp.com/
Emily Jones: https://owltextures.bandcamp.com/
Alex Monk: https://alexmonk.bandcamp.com/
Katje Janisch: https://katjejanisch.bandcamp.com/
The Ilk: https://theilk1.bandcamp.com/
The Left Outsides: https://theleftoutsides.bandcamp.com/
Wolverton: https://wolvertonmusic.bandcamp.com/
Holy Contour: https://holycontour.bandcamp.com/
Mr Pine: https://wisdomtwinsbooks.bandcamp.com/album/the-gift-of-wolves-and-rewilding

The Active Listener Sampler 36

Another month goes by, so here's another sampler for you. I think that this is one of our strongest yet - a reflection on how much great music has been released recently which we've been lucky enough to discover.

Thanks to Andrew McGranahan for the superb cover art - check out more of his amazing collages here: https://instagram.com/andrew_mcgranahan/ we'll try and feature more of his work on future samplers.

Download the sampler here. It's a free / name your own price download, which you are welcome to download for nothing. Any donations that you can make are extremely welcome, and help to cover the running costs of the Active Listener website / Bandcamp hosting etc.

This month we feature the following tracks - all from releases reviewed over the last month (except for the Blue Giant Zeta Puppies, which will run very soon...)

The Diamond Center - Messenger of Wonder 04:14
Dr Cosmo's Tape Lab - High Inside (The Lost Frontier) 04:32
Paul Roland - Born In The 60s 03:59
Barry Uhl - Song Of Songs 03:09
The Wheelers of Oz - Revivalised 03:24
The Wrong Society - Without You 02:18
The Savage Blush - Thunderheads 02:44
Paul Messis - The Blind Leading The Blind 02:14
The Tomorrowmen - Hemispherical Synchronization 03:33
Salad Boys - Dream Date 02:40
Drug Cabin - Space Program 02:50
The Blue Giant Zeta Puppies - Semyorka Side 1 06:49
Me & My Kites - Common Life 10:30
Trappist Afterland Band - Black Dog Coast 05:58
Erasers - By Your Side 06:38
Cosmic Analog Ensemble - The Concept and the Purpose 02:55
Midwich Youth Club - Lets Go Home 03:46