_____ ______ _____|_ |_ ______ ______ ____ _____ _______ ______ / \\ _/ _//_ //_ // __// // _ \\ /____ _/ _\ | /___/ _/ / \_ /_ \ /\ \_ _\\____/\_______|. |________\________________/_____________/\_____//_ <--------------cDr| ____|m's----------------------------------------------> | AFTERGLOW 2001 |/ proudly present:Yahowa 13 | | Pentration-An Aquarian Symphony | |----------------:------------------------------------------------------| | SUPPLIER :machinelf | | RIPPER :machinelf RELEASE DATE:Nov-15-2001 | | ENCODER :LAME RELEASE SIZE:54,5 MB | | BIT RATE :192kbps 44,1kHz NR FILES:04 | | TYPE :Psychedelic Rock LABEL:Captain Trip Records | |__ ___ _______________________________________________________________| _| _| . (_|(_| Notes: | | A prime contender for one of the oddest box sets in all of rock | : | music, this is a 13-CD collection of material recorded by the | : | floating ensembles of musicians affiliated with guru-type | : | figure Father Yod/Yahowa. That is not a typo, you read it | : | right: 13 CDs. This includes all four of the albums released in | : | 1973-74 by Father Yod & the Spirit of '76; all five of the | : | albums released in 1974-75 by Yahowa 13; the 1977 eight-track | : | tape Golden Sunrise by spinoff act Fire, Water, Air; and the | : | circa-late-1970s privately pressed LP, almost certainly by | : | Yod/Yahowa disciples, titled Yodship. On top of that, there are | : | also two non-LP singles by Father Yod & the Spirit of '76; a | : | non-LP single by Yahowa 13; an entire disc of "related singles" | : | (which usually means Sky Saxon sings, even if they're not | : | directly Yod-/Yahowa-related) from the 1970s by World Peace | : | Band, SS Dragon Slayers, Universal Stars Band, and Hale | : | Sunlight Wings White Magick + Being Poor; and, finally, a disc | : | of unreleased material, most of it by Fire, Water, Air, | : | concluding with some chants and a spoken message from Sky | : | Saxon. Perhaps only the truly insane will fork out the hefty | : | sum for this limited edition (3,000 copies) monstrosity. But | : | it's actually the only way you're going to find most of this | : | music, unless you're willing to fork out ungodly sums for the | : | originals. The music defies capsule review summarization, but | : | it's largely improvised late-period guitar psychedelia, often | : | dominated by the ranting vocals of Father Yod/Yahowa. There are | : | surprise detours, however, into limpid singer/songwriter rock | : | (Father Yod & the Spirit of '76's 1974 album All or Nothing at | : | All) and not-too-shabby Neil Young & Crazy Horse soundalikes | : | (Yahowa 13's 1974 album Savage Sons of Yahowa). Savage Sons of | : | Yahowa and its follow-up, the mostly instrumental, creepy | : | space-rock of Penetration: An Aquarian Symphony, are really the | : | only two albums which hold up as music worthy of | : | reinvestigation. No doubt there's an interesting story behind | : | all of this mess, but most of you won't be able to learn it | : | even by buying the box set; the extensive liner notes are | : | almost entirely in Japanese | : | | |/------------------------------------------------------------------)\\\| _:_ t R A C k l I S T I N G . \:/ : . | : 01 yod he vau he 11:23 | : 02 ho 05:30 | : 03 journey through an elemental kingdom 09:21 | : 04 ya ho wha 13:24 | |_ _____________________________________________________________________| :///------------------------- - - ------------------------------ - - -\\| : / _| ///__________________________________________________________________ _\ /// . / CONTACT INFORMATION: : | | | ExxXxxxx........................10MBIT........................Whq | | OPEN............................xxMBIT........................xxhq | | OPEN............................xxMBIT........................xxhq | | OPEN............................xxMBIT........................xxhq | | | | EMAIL: [email protected] IRC: Look for [swoop] on EFnet | |_ : |_||_ _____________________________________________________________ _ _ . ||_| : Group Info/News: | | | | Afterglow is a group concentrating on spacerock/ethnic/psychedelic | | progressive music. New members are very welcome to contact us at the | | e-mail above or at IRC. We are looking for rippers/sites or whoever | | that feels that can help us in any way. | | | |_ _| /_ __________________: :_________________ _\ \| A F T E R G L O W |/ -cDr/m's- |_ / __ ____ : ____ __ \ _| ASCII: CRUSADER/HF //((__))___|-X-|___((__))\\ :