Posted by Budgie at July 4, 2007 02:20 PM

It's Only Words That I Say...

I love my Edits, so here is a quick post of a couple of Psych Rock ones that have been kicking about my ears for a good wee while.

Track : BEYOND THE WIZARDS SLEEVE - "WORDS"

Beyond The Wizards Sleeve is the collaboration of remixer, producer, club promoter and all round busy bee Erol Alkan and The Grid's Richard Norris. Together they explore the outer reaches of psychedelic rock and folk. Under this guise they have put out EP's of re-edits of old tracks (in limited numbers, no doubt down to copyright issues) and a handful of remixes for people like Midlake, Tracey Thorn and Peter, Bjorn & John. Well, not for people like them. Actually for those people...

"Words" is from last years Beyond The Wizards Sleeve EP, "Spring". I don't have a clue who the original version of this track is by (if anybody does then please let me know via the forum...) but I do know that I am a huge sucker for it's dubbed up vocals, it's freak out sound effects, it's piercing guitars, wigged out organ and killer chorus.

Track : CAN - "MOTHER SKY (PILOOSKI EDIT)"

I am a bit more familiar with Can and their legendary, rhythmical Krautrock. This, albeit shorter, re-edit of "Mother Sky" from their 1970 "Soundtracks" album is a belter. "Soundtracks" was the album that both saw the departure of their first vocalist, Malcolm Mooney, who was replaced with the legendary Damo Suzuki, and it also saw them veer more towards the more electronic sound they became famous for and away from their early Psychedelic sound. "Mother Sky" sits with the latter. Here, Pilooski, from the rather excellent D*I*R*T*Y Edit's crew out of France, prolongs the appearance of the freak out guitars by letting the rhythm and Suzuki's woozy vocals take hold first. Strap yourself in for the second half...

Enjoy.

Go Buy : Beyond The Wizards Sleeve EP's @ Hard To Find Records
Go Buy : Can - Soundtracks

Go Visit : Beyond The Wizards Sleeve
Go Visit : Can
Go Visit : Pilooski
Go Visit : D*I*R*T*Y

Feel free to leave a comment about these tracks in The Pipe section of the forum.

Ta,
Budgie