OFF: Pressurehed, Nik Turner

[Chuck Rosenberg]

In a message dated 7/18/01 12:00:58 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
stemfors at PIPELINE.COM writes:

> 2.  Pressurehed - Silver Bird/Mastodon
>  >(Philips, Pressurehed) 1994 Cleopatra.
>
>  So, this is a cover that doesn't appear elsewhere and its f*ing fantastic -
>  nuts, now I have to get the double CD. With Pressurehed apparently defunct,
>  I guess its unlikely to appear on any band compilations, the way a lot of
>  hard-to-find Farflung stuff popped up on So Many Minds. Incidently, I
>  thought P'Head were one of the rare cases where the use of drum machines
>  didn't really detract from the sound - Len DelRio seemed to have a knack
for
>  programming the things.
>


Indeed. I think there'a always a chance of a P-Hed reformation...we may have
to wait for '90s nostalgia to kick in, but nostalgia is quicker arriving
these days... :) Let me know if you can tune in to SDNC this Sat, and I'll
play it on the radio for ya... (I know, Sat-night computer-radio...who needs
it...)


>  >6.Nik Turner-- "Sun Jester" (Transglobal Friends and Relations;
>  > Transparency Records)
>  >7.Nik Turner-- "Yrckoon" (Transglobal F/R)
>  >  Nik Turner-- "Dream Worker" (Transglobal Friends/Relations;
>  > Transparency)
>
>  Is this the new double '90s collection?

Yes, on Transparency Records.  <transparency at disinfo.net>
alt. versions of '94 and '95 tours, also FF w/Nik stuff from '97 and a great
version of FF's "Day of St Anthony's Fire" from the 2000 Spaceland gig
(remember, Doug??).

Presumably with some tracks having
>  backing by Farflung/Pressurehed? How is it overall? Is Sun Jester like the
>  BOC tune? Is Yrckoon like HW's CotBS? Tell us more - enquiring minds want
to
>  know ... or don't - what the hell, we know we're going to get this
anyway...
>

the double-CD starts off w/four studio tracks from NT band '95. first one is
w/A. Powell on vox, pretty good pop-space-rock, sorta Quark-era style... then
3 Moorcock tracks (none w/MM himself). Sun Jester is musically unrelated to
BOC, lyrics are the same (like Nik's version w/Darxtar). "Yrckoon" totally
jams, based on P-Hed's "Slo Blo"...

Chuck

>  Stephan
>