Hotlist May - August 2020

Phew, how time flies... When you are making music, that is. I have now made over 50 tracks since the middle of March so not any time or interest for reviews, Mixcloud shows or even Hotlists... But I try to get back to all these little by little. Here's some of the hottest stuff that has been spinning at Astral Zone HQ during those short moments I have not been making more Astral Magic music:

Tuhosieni - Kiinni sinuun

Sei Still - S/T

Acid Mothers Temple & The Melting Paraiso U.F.O. Feat: Geoff Leigh ‎– Chosen Star Child's Confession

Slift ‎– UMMON

Ashinoa ‎– Sinie Sinie

Vibravoid ‎– The Decomposition Of Noise

Yuri Gagarin ‎– The Outskirts Of Reality

Mara Balls ‎– Ratina Live '18

Custard Flux ‎– Echo

Vibravoid ‎– Psychedelic Blueprints Volume 2 (Alternative Versions, Mixes And Masters 1994-2019)

Eat Lights Become Lights ‎– Live

The Lost Stoned Pandas ‎– Tune In, Turn On, Get Panda'd

Vert:x ‎– HED

Autotelia ‎– I 

Spiral Galaxy ‎– S/T

Vespero ‎– The Four Zoas

Permanent Clear Light ‎– Cosmic Comics

Dr Space's Alien Planet Trip ‎– Vol.4 Space With Bass

Centre El Muusa ‎– S/T

Schizo Fun Addict ‎– The Last Wave

 

       

Hotlist March-April

Phew, it's been strange these few months... Lot's of time to listen to music at home, though. Some of the LP's I've ordered haven't shown up, but these are the hottest ones lately:

The Band Whose Name Is A Symbol ‎– Berserkir Volume One
Ozzy Osbourne ‎– Ordinary Man
The Mushroom Project - Keepers of Castle Mound Vol III
Soft Power ‎– Brink Of Extinction
Rymdstyrelsen ‎– Lunar Mountains
Cotton Casino ‎– The Reflection
Vibravoid ‎– Out Of Tune In Rosenheim
Cosmic Ground ‎– 5
Øresund Space Collective ‎– Experiments In The Subconscious
Sula Bassana ‎– The Box

 

Hotlist January-February

Okay, these are the 10 hottest pieces of new vinyl from the two first couple of months in 2020:

Meteor Vortex ‎– Spiraled Beyond The Reach
Zone Six ‎– Kozmik Koon
Cult Of Dom Keller ‎– Ascend!
Giöbia ‎– Plasmatic Idol
Helicon ‎– This Can Only Lead To Chaos
Automatism ‎– Into The Sea
Oulu Space Jam Collective ‎– Drug Rings Of Saturn
Domboshawa ‎– Fyra
Dhidalah ‎– Threshold
Kungens Män ‎– Trappmusik

       

Top albums of 2019

Once again, I decided to do separate lists for foreign and Finnish albums. Here we go (in alphabetical order)!

Top 20 foreign albums:
3rd Ear Experience With Dr. Space ‎– Ear To Space
Acid Rooster ‎– S/T
Altın Gün ‎– Gece
Centrum – För Meditation 
Derya Yıldırım & Grup Şimşek ‎– Kar Yağar 
Dreamtime – Tidal Mind

Ecstatic Vision ‎– For The Masses

Gong ‎– The Universe Also Collapses

Hawkestrel – The Future Is Us

Hawkwind ‎– All Aboard The Skylark

Kungens Män ‎– Hårt Som Ben

Magic Shoppe ‎– Circles 

Moon Duo ‎– Stars Are The Light 

Orsak:Oslo ‎– S/T 

Psychic Lemon ‎– Freak Mammal

The Spacelords ‎– On Stage 

Twink – Think Pink IV: Return to Deep Space

Uffe Lorenzen ‎– Triprapport

Weltraum – NYX 

White Manna ‎– Ape On Sunday 

 

Top 10 Finnish albums:
Earthbound Machine – Destined for the Grave
The Fërtility Cült – Kosmodysseia
Hexvessel – All Tree
Jupiter – Iosomnia
Kosmos ‎– Ajan Peili
K-X-P – IV
Oranssi Pazuzu ‎– Live At Roadburn
Pharaoh Overlord – 5
Tähtiportti ‎– Abiristeily 
Waste Of Space Orchestra ‎– Syntheosis

September hotlist

Early Autumn has been pretty hot...

Lumerians - Yellow Cake 7”
The Myrrors ‎– Black Sand: Live In London
Comacozer ‎– Mydriasis
Acid Rooster ‎– S/T
Hawkestrel - The Future Is Us
Earthling Society ‎– Sci-Fi Hi-Fi (new vinyl version)
Kozmotron ‎– ¿Qual?
Ecstatic Vision ‎– For The Masses
Alan Davey's Psychedelic Warlords ‎– Captain Lockheed & The Starfighters Live!
Alan Davey's Psychedelic Warlords ‎– Hall Of The Mountain Grill Live (London 2014)

Cool stuff once again! Have a nice Autumn everyone.

     

Hotlist July-August

Okay, here's the hottest stuff (top 10) from July and August:

Uffe Lorenzen ‎– Triprapport (finally received the LP!)
Minami Deutsch ‎– Can't Get There 12” picture EP
Junzo Suzuki And Snakes Dont Belong In Alaska ‎– The Ascended Master Teachings of
Vibravoid ‎– Timemazine Woman optic art 7”
Vibravoid ‎– World Of Pain 7"
Soft Hearted Scientists ‎– Please Read Me 7”
Sendelica ‎– Cromlech Chronicles IV: The Door Into Summer
Weltraum ‎– NYX
Svenska Psykvänner ‎– The Hägersten Sessions
Here Lies Man ‎– No Ground To Walk Upon

  

Hotlist June

Hot summer discs last month (TOP 10) have been:

ØSC Meets BMC ‎– Freak Out In The Fjord
Derya Yıldırım & Grup Şimşek ‎– Kar Yağar
White Manna ‎– Ape On Sunday
Hawkeyes ‎‎– Last Light Of Future Failure
Plastic Crimewave Syndicate ‎– Massacre Of The Celestials
Electric Moon / Terminal Cheesecake ‎– In Search Of Highs Volume Three
The Mushroom Project II - Keepers Of Castle Mound
Jacco Gardner ‎– Fading Cosmos 12”
Electric Moon ‎– Hugodelia
Twink - Think Pink IV: Return to Deep Space 

 

Hotlist May

These are the hottest releases for me this month. Since it was an exceptionally good month, I will give you TOP 20 instead of just 10!

Tuhosieni ‎- Suolaulu / Sininen 8"
Dreamtime - Tidal Mind
Curved Entrances - S/T
Altın Gün ‎- Gece
SEN3 ‎- Vol. II
Zaum - Divination
Psychic Lemon ‎- Live At The Smokehouse
Wooden Shjips ‎- Shjips In The Night - Live In San Francisco, June 8, 2018
Vert:x ‎- Death to False Motorik
Pyramidal - S/T
Hibushibire ‎- Turn On, Tune In, Freak Out!
Centrum - För Meditation
Astralasia ‎- A Different Kettle Of Fish
Moon Goose ‎- Source Code
Various Artists ‎- The Sixteenth Dream Of Dr Sardonicus
The Band Whose Name Is A Symbol, Shooting Guns - In Search Of Highs Volume 2
Gong ‎- The Universe Also Collapses
Culto Al Qondor - Electricidad
Vibravoid ‎- Intergalactic Acid Freak Out Orgasms
Saint Vitus ‎- S/T