Harvestman, U.S. Christmas, Minsk - Hawkwind, Triad

Tracklist:
01. U.S. Christmas - Master of the Universe
02. Harvestman - D Rider
03. Minsk - 7x7
04. Harvestman - Down Through The Night
05. Minsk - Assault and Battery/The Golden Void
06. U.S. Christmas - Psychedelic Warlords
07. Minsk - Children of the Sun
08. U.S. Christmas - Orgone Accumulator
09. Harvestman - The Watcher
10. U.S. Christmas - You Shouldn't Do That
11. Harvestman - Magnu

Hawkwind has a strange legacy. This enigmatic British band seems to be simultaneously unheard by the majority of the world’s rock listeners while also standing as one of the most influential psychedelic bands of all time. Classic albums like Space Ritual, In Search of Space, Doremi Faso Latido, and Warrior on the Edge of Time have permanently hammered Hawkwind’s artistic stamp into underground music. Although there have been other tributes to these space warriors, Hawkwind Triad is unique because it feels like a real album. Each band has approached these iconic songs with respect, but each also recognized the need for these songs to be played in a new space and time. The result is a full-length psychedelic feast that not only captures the feel of Hawkwind’s individual songs, but also has the feel of their classic albums. Even the artwork by Boston artist Thommy Saraceno captures the trippy surreality of many albums from the 70s. Most of all, Triad was done out of pure veneration for a band than laid a solid foundation for every heavy, trippy, weirdo band that exists now – as well as for those who will freak out in the future. - Nate Hall

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© NR 072 - 2010

Harvestman - Trinity

Trinity is a limited edition issue of the soundtrack to critically acclaimed Italian Director Alex Infascelli's film h2Odio (English title Hate 2 O). Under the moniker of his pysch guitar based project Harvestman, Steve Von Till of Neurosis creates an equally lush and beautiful, yet dark and disturbing backdrop to this psychological thriller. Juxtaposing the beautiful remote island landscape with the tormented psyche and tension of the plot, this soundtrack creates its own epic imagery in the mind of the listener. The sounds vary from lush, hopeful, and beautiful guitar based landscapes to sinister visions of psychic turmoil.

Beautifully packaged in black Arigato Pak by Stumptown Printers of Portland, OR. Limited to 1000 copies.

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© NR 069 - 2010

Harvestman - In A Dark Tongue

Tracklist:
01. World Ash
02. Karlsteine
03. Birch-Wood Bower
04. By Wind and Sun
05. Music of the Dark Torrent
06. Eibhli Ghail Chiuin Ni Chearbhail
07. Headless Staves of Poets
08. The Hawk of Achill
09. Carved in Aspen
10. Light Cycle
11. In a Dark Tongue
12. Centre of the World

The first Harvestman record, A Grave Is A Grim Horse, was a dizzying confluence of delicate seventies British style folk, shimmery spaced out drift, and glacial doomdrone sprawl, a constantly evolving, organic song suite that seemed to exist in some glorious blissed out druggy spacefolk otherworld. On In A Dark Tongue, the glimmering strands of traditional folk music that had tethered the first record become even more tenuous.

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© NR 065 - 2009

Harvestman - Lashing The Rye

Tracklist:
01. Amongst The Heather
02. The Bunring of Tara
03. The Sea Maiden
04. Scarborough Fair
05. Over Nine Waves
06. March To Loch Barren
07. Melleadh
08. Sheep-Crook and Black Dog
09. Jack Orion
10. The Thunderer
11. Surround Me
12. Green Hills of Tyrol/The Battle's O'er

Traditional folk songs distilled and distorted into abstract guitar psychedelia - features Steve Von Till from Neurosis.

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© NR 037 - 2005