03 June 2025

VA: pt. 2 - Amorphous

Let me tell you. This has been the greatest. I had no freaking idea what music was in the Various Artists folder until I tumbled down this rabbit hole. What a journey of discovery (or should I say re-discovery). I am so excited by some of the things I found, I harly can contain myself. I just decided to follow up with this one as it is Monstrous (that's what they sez).

A Monstrous Psychedelic Bubble is an original podcast series created by Amorphous Androgynous (a well-known alias of The Future Sound of London). Many of the series were released or remixed & officially published (from The Pod Room, a sub label of fsoldigital.com).

 

 

The Amorphous Androgynous - A Monstrous Psychedelic Bubble Vol. 1 2xCD,
Platipus PLATCD190, 2008.
decryption codes in comments

CD1 -
Barabajagal (Love is Hot) – Donovan
The Perfumed Garden: The Encouragement of the Lusty Wife – Chiitra Neogy
Feel the Spirit - Heaven & Earth
Black Ant – Osibisa
Blue Honey – Pop Levi
Entangled – The Yellow Moon Band
Breaking Point – The Earlies
If I'm in Luck (I Might Get Picked Up) – Betty Davis
Mountain Machine – Mountain Machine
After All - Henry Roland
Maypole from 'The Wicker Man" – Paul Giovanni
Kingdom of the Birds – Ian Neal
Light Beyond Sound – The Amorphous Androgynous
Tunnels Electronic – Bob Downes
Flow Motion – Can
Musashi - The Cosmic Wizards' Club Band
Mansfield & Cyclops – Espers
There It Is Part 2 - Cranium Pie
Rated X – Miles Davis
Circles - Psychonauts
Light Flight - Pentangle
Wichita Lineman - Friends of Dean Martinez
The Lovers – The Amorphous Androgynous
Opus of the Black Sun – The Amorphous Androgynous 


CD2 -
Sahajiya - Tommy Graham
Awakening of the Birds - Cranium Pie
Drying in the Sun - Cranium Pie
49 Cigars – Nick Nicely
The Perfumed Garden: The Encouragement of the Lusty Wife – Chiitra Neogy
Riki Tiki Tavi – Donovan
Lazy Butterfly – Devendra Banhart
You Know, You Know - Mahavishnu Orchestra
Manzh Khamaz Teental – Hariprasad Chaurasia
I Never Asked to be Your Mountain – Tim Buckley
Roller Daddy - The Emperor Machine
Dívka S Jablky - Mahagon
I am the Walrus - Lord Sitar
Helga - Wizard of Ooze
Cellophane Symphony – Tommy James & the Shondells
Silver Machine - Hawkwind
The Phoenix – Magic Carpet Band
The Mental Traveler – David Axelrod
Queen Mab - Werkraum
Heart of Darkness - Shweta Javeri
 
 
 

The spice of life,

13 comments:

  1. A Monstrous Psychedelic Bubble Vol. 1
    Disc 1
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    Disc 2
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    1. Thanks NØ, looks interesting, will take a listen

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    2. Thanks, Reb. Hope you enjoy.

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  2. This is one of those rare occasions where VA comps take on a life of their own and become something more than a collection of songs. In fact, so good are they that i keep them in my FSOL folder rather than down in the VA section. Especially good is their non-VA album, recorded with Peter Hammill of VdGG, 'We Persuade Ourselves We Are Immortal' from 2020.

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    1. Thanks for the recommendation, mate. More AA to come in the future.

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  3. Chiitra Neogy
    I have that album, and there are loads of quotes sampled over the years
    If it is easily available, I won't have to rip it.

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    1. Thanks Richard. Will check it out if I can find it.

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    2. All I found was another comp., Psychedelic Pstones Vol.3 - House Of Many Windows with the song "Leila". Checking it out now.

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    3. Chiitra Neogy -The Perfumed Garden 1968
      https://www.imagenetz.de/eKnVY

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    4. Thanks again , kind sir. Hope everyone avails themselves to this.

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  4. WoW this is so cool and I've posted over a dozen of the bands and not seen many of the titles. Tanks NØ!!!

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  5. very little Gaz Cobain touches which it doesn't turn to pure blissed out brilliance - top

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    1. Thanks for the comment. Couldn't agree with you more. Welcome aboard, shift_4ward.

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