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Album review(s): Buck Curran – The Long Distance, Delights and Dangers of Ambiguity, and Solstice – A Tribute to Steffen Basho-Junghans

Posted on May 9, 2023May 9, 2023 by moofmag

Buck Curran, previously a part of the critically acclaimed and influential psych folk duo Arborea alongside Shanti Deschaine, has been diligently and individually pursuing his own rich and inspired path, weaving Robbie Basho inspired raga with American primitive fingerpicking throughout albums such as 2020’s superlative ‘No Love is Sorrow’, which combined a Popol Vuh-hued sense of the sacred with a … Continue reading Album review(s): Buck Curran – The Long Distance, Delights and Dangers of Ambiguity, and Solstice – A Tribute to Steffen Basho-Junghans →

Mycelium Song: An interview with Jasmine Blackmoore

Posted on March 10, 2023March 10, 2023 by moofmag

Jasmine Blackmoore Interview by Chloé Eathorne Artist Jasmine Blackmoore, self-described as a Caravan dwelling synth goblin in the deep dark badlands of Kernow, studies Marine & Natural History Photography at Falmouth University. Alongside their experimental photography, they produce music inspired by plant sounds under the name Ghost Pipe. Their film ‘Mycelium Song’ received the judge’s … Continue reading Mycelium Song: An interview with Jasmine Blackmoore →

Album review: Yama Warashi – Crispy Moon

Posted on May 26, 2022May 27, 2022 by moofmag

Album artwork Words by Alexandra Dominica As a contrast to the more lo-fi releases of yesteryear such as the rustic Moon Zero and folksy Moon Egg Yama Warashi have emerged from their creative chrysalis with Crispy Moon, a much more understated yet majestic contribution to their magical opus. Having ventured from the world of experimental … Continue reading Album review: Yama Warashi – Crispy Moon →

Album review: Vanishing Twin – Ookii Gekkou

Posted on October 12, 2021October 13, 2021 by moofmag

Album artwork by Nicola Giunta Words by Alexandra Mason A mind melting blend of multiple genres into one intergalactic soundscape, Ookii Gekkou is the latest release from London-based experimental band Vanishing Twin. After forming in 2015 through a mutual love of unusual instruments and vintage vinyl, Vanishing Twin set out to achieve a synaesthetic approach … Continue reading Album review: Vanishing Twin – Ookii Gekkou →

Live review: The state51 Conspiracy presents A Midsummer Night’s Happening with Ghost Box and Trunk Records

Posted on June 28, 2019 by moofmag

Words by Gareth Thompson American author Justin Hopper once attended a May morning ceremony at Chanctonbury Ring on the Sussex Downs. In his mystic travelogue The Old Weird Albion he wrote, “It was raining, chilly… almost no one was watching. By earthly standards, not a great gig.” Hopper, though, knew this wasn’t the point. The … Continue reading Live review: The state51 Conspiracy presents A Midsummer Night’s Happening with Ghost Box and Trunk Records →

Album review: Jack Hues & The Quartet ft. Syd Arthur – Nobody’s Fault But My Own

Posted on March 16, 2019March 16, 2019 by moofmag

Words by Gareth Thompson Back in 2010, emerging Canterbury psychsters Syd Arthur joined forces one night with hybrid-jazz band Jack Hues And The Quartet. A stone’s throw from Canterbury Cathedral, in the Orange Street Music Club, the two acts played a medley of Soft Machine pieces, rearranged part of a Stravinsky violin concerto, then … Continue reading Album review: Jack Hues & The Quartet ft. Syd Arthur – Nobody’s Fault But My Own →

A Place to Dwell: Folk Musicians Support Southend YMCA

Posted on May 8, 2018May 8, 2018 by moofmag

Words by Grey Malkin Now this is something very special indeed. A compilation of some of the main players in the current folk and wyrd/psych scenes curated by Diana Collier, whose name should be familiar to any aficionados of her previous band, the excellent The Owl Service. Put together in aid of Southend YMCA … Continue reading A Place to Dwell: Folk Musicians Support Southend YMCA →

MOONLIGHT RIDE

Posted on September 4, 2017September 4, 2017 by moofmag

"Nocturnal sounds and shapes for moonbathers everywhere. Push aside the moth-eaten bookshelf to reveal a hidden door leading to Ramesses' tomb of opulence and seclusion. Listen softly and in dim light to squadrons of mind-blowers, poets and minstrels, celestial lullabies or perhaps and aphrodisiac for wakefulness - after all, in Moonlight ride it's up to … Continue reading MOONLIGHT RIDE →

Album of the week: Joy of a Toy (1969)

Posted on July 24, 2017July 24, 2017 by Matt Kessler

In a musical universe where musicians and labels churn out albums that are trite and commonplace, music goers can be sometimes left disillusioned. However, when geniuses such as Kevin Ayers come along...