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February 28th, 2012

New Canadiana :: Not The Wind, Not The Flag – Esoteric Cycle

Not The Wind, Not The Flag - Esoteric Cycle
From the fringewroth sequence of Aaron Levin:
As categorical explorations within our unified consciousness, Not The Wind, Not The Flag encompass the simple liquidity languishing within cultural disharmony. Mellow meditations arise with the conjuring of their euphoric harmonies, and the entangled clamor of strings and kalimba oscillate with sublime frequency between free jazz and private issue new age. A glorious grip of the next age.

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Not The Wind, Not The Flag – 8

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Not The Wind, Not The Flag – 4

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January 10th, 2012

New Canadiana :: The Transcendental Rodeo – The Magic Garden / Le Jardin Magique

[J-Card Scan] :: The Transcendental Rodeo - Plays and Sings The Magic Garden / Le Jardin Magique
From the heavenly gates of Kevin Hainey:
Sounds of chimes, gongs, angelic voices male and female. An unseen hand pulls back a curtain, exposing a room filled with beaded sights and melting lights, incense stenches and the smells of foods fit for gods. The sound’s engaging the movement of all in attendance, who are involved in the humanitarian orchestra of peaceful sound happening right now, for the sacrifice of the burdens put on us. Heightened by the senses, organized folk freedom makes you feel aware of emotions you seemed to have forgotten. Someone hands you some reefer, another points out an acoustic guitar sitting alone with no one to strum it, and before you know it you’re part of a living landscape of tantric Babylonian psychedelic meditation. A warm beating heart of an ensemble led by the skilled Doc Dunn in a cold cage of a city. Feel these babies breathe, Side A from a living room, Side B including an audience. Put down that plastic fork you’re holding, its comfort food will never satisfy you again. Come heal your soul in these pure vibrations.

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The Transcendental Rodeo – Magic (excerpt 01)

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The Transcendental Rodeo – Magic (excerpt 02)

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November 11th, 2011

New Canadiana :: Crosss – Bones Brigade b/w Mountain King

From the Animal Chin of Jesse Locke:
Craft Singles chief exec Andy March puts his best flower power foot forward on this scorched denim vest jambone. Anglofied undulations linger in the myst of heart-shaped hooks and the algebraic pterodactyl armed stick work of a Haligonian stalwart, which is all just an ostentatious way of saying that these songs totally rock.

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Crosss – Bones Brigade

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Crosss – Mountain King

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October 6th, 2011

Departures :: Lightdreams – Islands in Space

  • Lightdreams
  • Islands in Space
  • (Self Released)
  • Victoria, BC
  • Originally Released: 1981
From the spacial colonization of Aaron Levin:
As I begin my journey east I have begun reflecting upon the westward strangers whose lysergic testaments have shaped my own vision. Paul Marcano, with his ode to a future bursting with space colonies and solar winds, is first in mind. Recorded in his secluded studio outside Victoria, BC, Islands in Space is a testament to the forward-thinking creative consciousness existing within the New Age cosmos. Ragged guitar, searing leads, layered vocals, and dense electronics synthesize Islands in Space into one of the great psychedelic canons of the north. As an experience that begs meditation and continuous listening, I challenge readers to take a dive into Paul’s universe. Islands in Space is a pre-cursor to Lightdreams’ tape-only release 10,001 Dreams.

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Lightdreams (clips)

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August 17th, 2011

New Canadiana :: Élément Kuuda – Flight 2

From the flight simulator of Jesse Locke:
When he’s not busy blasting out wasted summer megahits, Montreal’s Christian Richer lifts off into his primary plane of milky way mellow. The dazzling sequel to last year’s Flight features two new sidelong synthscapes, both transcending background sound to shimmer on your front burner. “Exosphere” gurgles like an infant extraterrestrial in a playpen made of moonbeams, while “Gravitating Capsule” casts twinkling lights to illuminate celestial bottlenose. Come sail away.

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Élément Kuuda – Exosphere (excerpt)

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Élément Kuuda – Gravitating Capsule (excerpt)

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August 16th, 2011

New Canadiana :: Rebecca’s Room – The Burned CD II

  • Rebecca’s Room
  • The Burned CD II
  • (Self Released)
  • New Waterford, NS
  • ::web/sounds::
From the glass menageries of Aaron Levin:
With wild strokes of coloured psychedelia, Rebecca’s Room return with another lazer-graphed tome brimming with pop-lysergia. Languishing within their popular bedlam, the bedroom-laced mono-pop sizzles with uncanny waves of Eastern abandon; Dylonian moves displaced by a wicked array of tabla pounding beneath the devil’s anvil. A ridiculously curious leap forward for the New Waterford native. Deft grippage, please.

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Rebecca’s Room – Happiness Rings

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Rebecca’s Room – Song Bird

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July 25th, 2011

New Canadiana :: Slim Twig // U.S. Girls – Split

From the red velvet curtain of Pam Haasen:
An underground snake charmer melodizes from the catacombs of Olde England to a loungy baritone quiver blared simultaneously out of a helicopter on tour over a war-torn city jungle. Red velvet curtains that never part sway gently behind his confident voice, urging you to wonder what’s beyond yet remaining cryptic enough to immobilize you. Flip to a family reunion. You slip mushrooms. Cousin Megan is playing her doo-wop from under the pavilion while Uncle Max blasts RAWK from the El Dorado The mash turns your stomach until the ambrosia salad laughs at you, and you let it wash over. Bliss.

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Slim Twig – Priscilla

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Slim Twig – I’ll Always Be A Child

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U.S. Girls – If These Walls Could Talk

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February 2nd, 2011

Departures :: The Fringe – Flower Generation b/w Token For My Mind

  • The Fringe
  • Flower Generation b/w Token For My Mind
  • (Quality)
  • Toronto, ON
  • Originally Released: 1968
From the flowering generation of Aaron Levin:
When you hit the minute mark, “Token For My Mind” will push you through a rumbling weave of lysergic silk that blurs your vision. Part their mystic veil and face the incumbent Mindbender brilliantly placed between janglic shards of hazy vocals and militant drums. We will all submit to the new wave of refracted beings lead by Toronto’s The Fringe. Hailed by Quality Records as “Canada’s No. 1 Recording Group”, The Fringe’s entry into Canada’s psychedelic scene was bold and well-matched by their second single and unreleased EP. They subsequently broke-up, leaving a small but renown legacy. Despite the heavy Jurassic Park vibes permeating “Flower Generation”, it could have been a huge pop hit and was even covered by Wayne Versage on his solo LP. A must grip for those interested in any form of mind expansion.

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The Fringe – Token For My Mind

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The Fringe – Flower Generation

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November 15th, 2010

Departures :: The Plastic Cloud – Shadows Of Your Mind b/w Dainty General Rides

The Plastic Cloud
Shadows Of Your Mind b/w Dainty General Rides
(Allied Records)
Bay Ridges, ON
Originally Released: 1967


From shadowy mind of Aaron Levin:
I can imagine the face-melt spreading across Canada as unhip DJs first heard The Plastic Cloud’s debut single. The sunny-side pop geniality had already taken hold by 1967, but The Plastic Cloud were ready to lift new listeners into unknowable heights. Bludgeoning first timers with aggressive, searing guitar leads, off-kilter crooning, and droning guitar jangle, it’s easy to see how “Shadows Of Your Mind” has become the best psychedelic song written in Canada. Their journey embodies all the quintessential lysergic chemistry, twisting the temporal hourglass and tuning every nerd to the new world frequency. While their album sells for hundreds of dollars and is considered a classic of the genre, hip teenagers can still cop originals of this single for under fifty bucks. Released on the legendary Allied Records.

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The Plastic Cloud – Shadows Of Your Mind

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The Plastic Cloud – Dainty General Rides

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August 20th, 2010

New Canadiana :: Grimes – Halfaxa

Grimes
Halfaxa
(Arbutus Records // Self Released)
Montreal, QC
::web/sounds::


From the cosmic slop of Aaron Levin:
If Grimes’ tour CDR (to be officially released via Arbutus on September 30th at Pop Montreal) is any indication, the cosmic-pop deity is transcending into a vocal-cruising eidolon of celestial proportions. Layers of wyspy vocals form the cooling galaxies of Halfaxa while her minimal drums synthesize Enja‘s lingering espers into a club anthem fit for the Restaurant at the End of the Universe. Or the Mos Eisley Cantina. Either way, Grimes’ future-stream sinusoids are peeling wigs.

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Grimes – devon

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Grimes – wereglid

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