Where the Eye Meets the Pyramid

Crystal Daze and The Reverend Charles Pagan cultivate a year end retrospective of 2019 releases from some of our favorite albums of the year!

I.

Kendra Amalie - Facets of the Holy Diamond (Intuition)

Direwolves- Crack in the Cosmic Axis (Grow Towards the Light)

Elkhorn - Subway Mirror Heart (Sun Cycle) 

Wet Tuna - Disco Bev (Water Weird) 

75 Dollar Bill - WzN3 (I Was Real)

Moon Duo - Lost Heads (Stars Are the Light)

Matt Valentine – Rockbottomless (Preserves)

II.

Dark Family - Another Day (Holiness) 

Golden Fleece – Crowd (Mind Mirror) 

Sunshrine – Hillside (Dream Milk)

The Shining Realm - Enter the Shining Realm

Land of Blood & Sunshine - Keeper of the Cabin (House of Bellows)

III.

Allah Las - Keeping Dry (LAHS)

Levitation Room - Pass it On (Headspace)

Divino Nino – Quiero (Foam)

Altin Gun – Yolcu (Gece)

Babe Rainbow - Something New (Today)

Dusseldorf Dusterboys - Kaffe aus der Kuche (Nenn Mich Musik)

Chris Forsyth- Mystic Mountain (All Time Present)

Khruangbin feat. Leon Bridges - Texas Sun (Texas Sun)

IV. 

Buried Feather- Melt Together (Cloudberry Dreamshake) 

All Them Witches - 1x1

Mystic Peach - The Eye & the Twitch

Black Midi - 953 (Schlagenheim)

The Juice is Okay – TV (A Familiar Space)

Froth – Dialogue (Duress)

V. 

Tinariwin - Iklam D'glour (Amadjar)

Mdou Moctar - Asshet Akal (Ilana the Creator)

Masakai Batoh – Nowhere (Nowhere)

Minami Deustch - Nishi No Jikue (Can't Get There [EP])

Hibushibire - Ecstasy Highwaystar (Turn On, Tune In Freakout!)

Khana Bierbood - Bangsaen Lady (Strangers for them Far East)

Junzo Suzuki and Snakes Don't Belong on Planes- The Order of the Ash Ra Solar Tempel (The Ascended Master Teachings of Junzo Suzuki and Snakes Don't Belong in Alaska)

V

Possum - Wizard Beard/Slight Gradient (Space Grade Assembly)

Psychic Lemon - Free Election Collection (Freak Mammal)

Plastic Crimewave Syndicate - Hell's Crown Boogie (Massacre of the Celestials)

Trocpical Fuckstorm – Braindrops (Braindrops)

Sunwatchers - Ptah, El Doud (Illegal Moves)

VI. 

Dhidalah - Neur Typ (Threshold)

Wand - Scarecrow (Laughing Matter)

Thee Oh Sees- Face Stabber (Face Stabber)

Green Seagull - Belladonna (single)

Kooba Tercu - Cybele (Kharrub)

Crystal Daze and the Reverend Charles Pagan survive the Carson King wars to bring you a Halloween treat.  Some spooky, scary and straight up mind melting jamz!

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Halloween Theme - John Carpenter

Werewolf - The Frantics

Dead Man's Gun - Thee Oh Sees

The Bat - The Ventures

Psychotic Reaction - Count 5ive

The Shadow Knows - Link Wray & The Raymen

Butchers Tale - The Zombies

Scorpio 6 - Satan's Pilgrims

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Suspria Theme - Goblin

Night of the Vampire- Roky Erickson

Witch - The Sonics

Dracula Drug - Frankie & The Witch Fingers

Hell's Crown Boogie- Plastic Crimewave 

Aramaic Barborous Dawn - Ghost

Tooth Factory - WITCH

Season of the Witch - Donovan

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Night of the Sadist - Zuma

Louise - Skeletonbreath

Witch Hunt - Frog

Feeling Down - AJ

Graveyard - The Phantom Five

Spooky - Dusty Springfield 

You're Dead - Norma Tengea

Night of the Witch Doctor- Jim Stick Revelation 

Young Men Dead - Black Angels

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 Silver Seal - Tangerine Dream

The Cat - Dark

Midnight Witch - Ash

Black Death - Arrogance

Withered Hand of Evil - Uncle Acid & The Deadbeats

Azathoth - Arzachel 

Set1

Luther ingram- Be good to me Baby

Grodeck Whipperjenny - Put your thing on me

Rev. Jamal & Bob Johnson- Walking on the moon

Cymande - Getting it Back

The Temptations - Hurry tomorrow

Set 2

Janko Nolovik - Drug Song

Demon Fuzz- Past Present Future

Kool & The Gang- Ancestral Ceremony

War - Slipping into Darkness

Earth Wind & Fire - Keep your head to the sky

Hot Chocolate - Call the Police

Ohio Players - Is anyone gonna be saved

Set 3

Charles Bradley - Ain't it a sin

Los Coast - The Morning Weight

King Khan and the Shrines - Thorn in her pride

Tasche De La Roche- Starlight

Chicano Batman - Stoned Soul Picnic

Dani Bell & The Tarantist- Mystery

Set 4

Shuggie Otis - Outta My Head

Sly and the Family Stone - Thank You

Darondo - Let My People Go

Amnesty - Can I Help You

Iron Knowledge - Showstopper

Episode 20 Grooving with Cosmic Soul Part 1!  The Reverend Charles Pagan and Crystal Daze explore soul and R&B’s trip as it begins to ingest the lysergic 60’s and comes out a very changed creature!

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I put a spell on you- Screamin' Jay Hawkins

I'm Coming Home - Mighty Hannibal

Time has Come - Chamber brothers

Can you see me - Jimi Hendrix

Soul Sacrifice - Santana

Plastic Jim - Sly and the family stones

Don'tcha hear me callin' - 5th Dimension

It's Your Thing - The Temptations

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Readings in astrology - Curtis mayfield

Time - Edwin Starr

I call my Baby Pussycat - Parliment

Psychedelic Shack - Temptations

I'll Bet You - Funkadelic

Total Destruction of your mind - Swamp Dogg

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Love Can be anything (Can't nothing be love but love) - Temptations

Smiling Faces - East of Underground

Take a little trip - MInnie Riperton

Little people- Round Robin Monopoly 

Ohio/Machine Gun - Isley Brothers

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I wanna know if its good - Funkadelic

Cynthy-Ruth - Black Merda

Uncle Joe - James knight & Brothers 

Rat kiss the cat on the naval - U.S.

Living in the ghetto - Purple Imagae

Here today gone tomorrow - Mandrill

I amd the black gold - Rotary connection

Closer 

That lady Pts 1 & 2 - Isley Brothers

Charles Pagan and Crystal Daze take a trip scanning the interdimensional radio, finding what alternate universes have for their top hits of the time! What will they find? 

1. Listen, Learn, Read On- Deep Purple
2. Brainstorm- Hawkwind
3. I Went Up, I Went Down- Pink Fairies
4. Death of an Electric Citizen- Edgar Broughton Band
5. Stagnant Pool- Leafhound
6. Just I Was Born- Blues Creation

2

1. Ice Cold Daydream- Shuggie Otis
2. I’ll Bet You- Funkadelic
3. Running- Baby Huey
4. How I Got Over- Darondo
5. We Have Love- Amnesty
6. If You Want Me to Stay- Sly and the Family Stone
7. Give Everybody Some- Mickey and the Soul Generation
8. New Generation- The Universals
9. Kung Fu- Curtis Mayfield

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      Unchanged World - Ellison

      Kingdom Come - Sir Lord Baltimore

      Learning to Die - Dust

      Parade of Fools - Kahvas Jute

      Crying For you - Mushroom

      Lone Soul Road - Sainte Anthony's Fyre

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1. Cadillac- T. Rex
2. No Matter- Badfinger
3. Let’s Pretend- The Raspberries
4. Thirteen- Big Star

Reverend Pagan and Crystal Daze have been trading off vacations and trying to stay on top of it as summer kicks in.  Unfortunately, during all of this the godhead that is Roky Erickson passed away.  It goes without saying we wouldn’t being doing this show, nor would we have a name for this show without him.  That being said, Episode 18 “I Have Always Been Here Before” is our tribute to the legend.  His life was a story that is hard to imagine, let alone believe, and we are all the better for it!  He fought the demons of overuse, systemic abuse and mental health, and always emerged to create art!  We can only try to aspire to overcome our demons so often as he did.  RIP Roky!  We love you!

Special Shout Out To Steven Krakow aka Plastic Crimewave for letting us use his amazing sketch as the Episode art!  He really is the best!!!

Set I- 13th Floor Elevators part 1

1.       You’re Gonna Miss Me

2.       Roller Coaster

3.       Reverberation

4.       Splash 1

5.       Don’t Fall Down

Set II- 13th Floor Elevators Part 2

6.       Slip Inside This House

7.       Earthquake

8.       Dust

9.       Never Another

10.   May the Circle Remain Unbroken

Set III- Evil One

11.   Two-Headed Dog (Red Temple Prayer)

12.   Creature with the Atom Brain

13.   It’s a Cold Night for Alligators

14.   Sputnik

15.   Mine Mine Mind

Set IV- Later

16.   Burn the Flames

17.   Nothing in Return

18.   I Love the Living You

19.   Think of as One

20.   True Love Cast Out All Evil

Outro

I Have Always Been Here Before

 Today, Crystal Daze takes a look inside the wiring of electropsych and the uses of Moog in psych music. Spanning from the early '60s to current day, the rise of electronic elements in music has provided an ever expanding medium to work with. Take a trip inside the world of electropsych!

Pre-intro:

IBM MT/ST : Paperwork Explosion - Raymond Scott

Set 1:

E.V.A. - Jean Jaques Perry

Scrabble - Rene Costy

Cosmic Ballad - Perry & Kingsley

The Minotaur - Dick Hyman

Cherubic Hymn - Bruce Haack

Set 2:

Doganin Otesi - Gokcen Kayantan

Sewnetuwa - Hailu Mergin

Europe Endless - Kraftwork

Gul Agaci Deglium - Metin Alatli

Snow Flower - Ananda Shankar

Rindu - Vivi Sumanti

Lost Island - Gokcen Kayantan

Set 3

Rhizosphere Sequent - Richard Pinhas

Mini Molecules - Ron Geesin

Electro Sounds No. 8 - Cecil Leuter (Roger Roger)

Beyond the Clouds- Nino Nardini/Roger Roger/Eddie Warner

Set 4:

Popcorn - Hot Butter

Sunrise to Sunset - Pelican

Misty Mountain - Silver Apples

Tillicum - Syrinx

Another Part of Time - Beaver & Krause

Cloud Song - The United States of America

Le Voyage de Penelope - Air

Spitlord - Tobacco 

The Cosmic Game - Thievery Corporation

Outro:

Sleepy Time - Raymond Scott

Episode 16- Interview with Jeffery Alexander of Dire Wolves (Exactly Perfect Sisters Band)

Today on Where the Eye Meets the Pyramid we sit down with Jeffery Alexander of Dire Wolves.  We talk on a number of things, about the recording process, his journey to where he is now, and even get esoteric with some philosophical observations.  We also play two Dire Wolves tracks (one past, one future).  Before that we run through a set of songs from bands that inspired Jeffery and his crew, and some of think fit with their sound!  Turn the dial up and let’s get weird!

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1. Voice of Eternal Tomorrow- Sun-Ra
2. Morning Prayer- Pharaoh Sanders
3. The Ankh of Amen-Ra- Alice Coltrane

2

1. Klockan Ar Mycket Nu- International Harvester
2. De Fortrycktas Ater Komst- Trad Grad Och Stenar
3. Flesh Coloured Anti-Aircraft Alarm- Amon Duul II
4. Isle of Everywhere- Gong

3

1. Rainy Night House- Joni Mitchell
2. Lyke Wake Dirge- Buffy Sainte-Marie
3. Doktor of Physick- Fairport Convention
4. Mindtrain- Yoko Ono

4

1. One Day the Sun Rose Red Over The Hill-Dire Wolves

5

Interview with Jeffery Alexander

Outro

1. Spacetime Rider- Dire Wolves (Exactly Perfect Sisters Band)

Episode 15 Keeping it Current Vol. 2: Mid-Year Review!  Today we shift through the up to date releases of 2019 that we’ve been digging so far!  This in no way encompasses all that we’ve loved as the new Masakai Batoh and Khana Bierbood are high on our lists, but somehow didn’t weave into the sets as well as we had hoped!  Also included, is a new track from show friend Plastic Crimewave off the upcoming Plastic Crimewave Syndicate album Massacre of the Celestials.

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1.       Blue Paradigm- Olden Yolk

2.       Wolfman of Mayberry- Sparrow Steeple

3.       Behold/Nightfall- Golden Fleece

4.       Ape on Sunday- White Manna

5.       Wray Gun- Opossum Sun Trail

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6.       Withstand - The Murlocs

7.       Gamm - Cave

8.       Honey Child - Hurricane Heart Attacks

9.       Crystal - Cosmonauts

10.     Leyla - Altin Gun

11.     She's The Wind - Pyramid 

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12.   Psychic Driving- Sunwatchers

13.   I Control the Weather- Dire Wolves (Exactly Perfect Sister Band)

14.   To See Darkness- Elkhorn

15.   Dream Song- Chris Forsyth

4

16.   A Ghost Named Milk - The Burning Peppermints

17.   Raspberry Jam – Allah-Las

18.   Honey - Drugdealer Feat. Weyes Blood

19.   Laurel - Froth

20.  Visions of an Astral Journey - Pyramidial

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21.   Blow! Blow! Blow!- Hibushibire

22.   Nest of Vipers- Plastic Crimewave Syndicate

23.   Floden- Effe Lorenzen

24.   Tumastin- Mdou Moctar