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Mushroom - Glazed Popems

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Mushroom - "Glazed Popems"
(Black Beauty 2004)

the best of 2004 part 2Mushroom est un collectif de San Francisco influencé par King Crimson (période "Lark's Tongues In Aspic", etc.), Miles Davis (période "Dark Magus", "Black Beauty") et Soft Machine ("Third"), très jazz/rock psychédélique/rock progressif, donc. Il tourne autour du batteur Pat Thomas (alias Patrick O'Hearn sur les albums précédents), auprès duquel on retrouve régulièrement Erik Pearson (guitare, sax, flûte), Dave Mihaly (percussions, marimba), Ned Doherty (basse), et de nombreux invités. Leur psychédélisme avancé, aux couleurs folk et mélodiques, nous faisait obligatoirement penser à leur pendant anglais, Super Numeri, groupe pastoral signé chez Ninja Tune, de la même façon que Super Numeri évoque irrémédiablement Mushroom, mais apparemment les deux formations ne se connaissent pas. Ce n'est pas faute de leur avoir envoyé des emails à ce sujet mais bref... Toujours est-il que Mushroom revisitent avec ce double CD leurs influences musicales anglaises, Pentangle, The Incredible String Band, Fairport Convention, Richard and Linda Thompson, etc., à l'aide de guitares acoustiques (c'est une première pour Mushroom), pour en quelque sorte leur album de "psychedelic roots folk anglais", tout en rèveries lysergiques.
Il ne reste plus qu'à espérer que Super Numeri sortent un album de rock psychedelique californien...

links :
Download MP3 "Tin Foil Hat"
Ecouter quelques MP4 (nécessite Quicktime 6) (bas de page)
"Tonite Let's All Make Love in Oakland" (from "Glazed Popems") 2.2 Mo
"Dusty Groove" (from "Oh, But They're Weird & They're Wonderful") 2.5 Mo
"L'Auberge" and "Sunday Morning, Seven a.m. on San Pablo Avenue" (from "Glazed Popems") 3.4 Mo
"(Hats Off to) Bert Jansch" (from "Glazed Popems")
"I Got a Line on You" (from "Mad Dogs & San Franciscans") 3.0 Mo
Djouls

Author: Djouls

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Mr Moo Mr Moo ·  02 February 2006, 17:58

Ok ça c' est la chronique de"London",super!mais ya aussi un 2nd cd:"Oakland"avec Brian Felix au claviers(Om trio) un peu plus présent que sur le 1er,un lysergic street funkrocksouljazz in California,ouvrant ainsi à 'auditeur une vision globale&bipôlaire dans sa dualité,n'est-ce pâas?, du psychedelisme :Black&white, Le feu de bois au fond des Highlands&le barril qui crame au coin d'la rue, bref autant de similitudes contradictoires,d'évidences improbables& de substances illicites que votre petit cul de blanc/noir(au choix) peut avaler!(ou plutot votre cerveau,ça s'prend pas en suppo ces trucs-là,non?)

MrMoo MrMoo ·  16 February 2006, 19:04

P.S. Quand on inspecte la pochette on voit que le label Black Beauty Reccords,a un pied à Londres & l'autre à Oakland...clind'oeil clind'oeil...

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