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Alan Davey Alan Davey (06.01.2011)
Alan Davey is of course familiar to all the Psychotropic Zone readers as the longest-running bass player of the legendary UK space rock band Hawkwind. He was part of the mothership from 1984 to 1996 and then again from 2000 to 2007 writing many classic Hawkwind songs and also doing much of the vocals in the band. Alan has been releasing and playing music with several other outfits and as a solo artist, as well. Motörhead’s Lemmy has named him Bass Assassin No 2, with himself of course being No 1... Alan Davey’s heavy hard rock band Gunslinger is playing their debut Finnish gig at Psychotropic Caravan Festival III in Helsinki on February the 5th, so it was time to ask a few questions from one of my favourite bass players in the world...

Aqua Nebula Oscillator Aqua Nebula Oscillator (28.12.2010)
Aqua Nebula Oscillator is a band from Paris, France, playing heavy, loud, dark and psychedelic rock that has elements from the 60’s psych, fuzz and garage rock bands as well as some 70’s space rock vibes but all saturated with a heavy dose of occult and paranormal. The band has just gone through some major personnel changes and are going to play at the Psychotropic Caravan Festival in Helsinki on the 5th of February with OM, Alan Davey’s Gunslinger, Steel Mammoth etc. Since they are still relatively unknown in Finland (if you don’t count the die-hard psych heads, of course...), we thought a little interview with the main man David Sphaèr'os, a psych freak extraordinaire, was in order.

Fruits de Mer Records Fruits de Mer Records (15.03.2010)
Fruits de Mer is a small English/American record label specialized in releasing forgotten and also a bit more known psychedelia, acid folk, progressive rock, kraut and space rock treasures from the 60’s and seventies on coloured 7" vinyl. The trick is that the music is recorded by today’s bands that can appreciate the old songs and get some fresh life into them. All the singles (eight volumes so far) are limited editions of 300 copies but still reasonable priced. Most of the releases are already sold out. The label seems to really appreciate their customers by sending free gifts etc., and since I really love what they are doing I decided to make an interview with one of the label heads, Andy Bracken.

Alisa Coral Alisa Coral (18.01.2010)
Alisa Coral is a Moscow-based multi-instrumentalist and song-writer who is most-known for her psychedelic space rock/metal project Space Mirrors. She is a big Hawkwind fan but also likes ambient music, industrial sounds and even extreme metal, which all shows in her quite unique music. She has recently released a couple of CD’s (Space Mirrors: Majestic 12 and Psi Corps: Tekeli-li), so it was a good time to find out a bit more about this interesting lady.

Stephen Palmer Rod Goodway (29.09.09)
Right after doing interviews with Nick Saloman (The Bevis Frond), Adrian Shaw (The Bevis Frond, ex-Magic Muscle, ex-Hawkwind etc.) and Bari Watts (Outskirts of Infinity) back in 2003, I had the idea of also interviewing “Rustic” Rod Goodway since he’s been very much associated with these aforementioned musicians and has done lots of stuff with them.

Vibravoid Vibravoid (05.02.09)
Germany’s Vibravoid have been producing their electric mind poison for the whole of the 21st century and the band has been one of my absolute favorites since their debut album. The band is coming for their first ever trip to Finland later this month, so the time definitely was right to ask some questions from the band’s leading figure, guitarist/singer Christian Koch though email.

Stephen Palmer Stephen Palmer (07.03.08)
Stephen Palmer is an UK based musician and sci-fi writer who’s the main man behind the psychedelic space ambient band Mooch that has gone for a rockier direction on the couple of last albums. He’s also making music as Blue Lily Commission and under his own name. Mooch has an excellent new album out called 1967½, so it was a perfect time to ask a few questions to figure out what it’s all about.

Helios Creed Helios Creed (28.02.06)
Coming from Hawaii, the guitarist legend Helios Creed was originally known from a San Francisco band Chrome who operated in the change of the 70's and 80's to do pioneering work on combining psychedelic rock, industrial, punk and new wave. This very influential guitar player has also made a lot of excellent solo albums with extraterrestrial music about aliens and other abnormal things that's been left a bit outside of the mainstream...

Scott Heller Øresund Space Collective (22.01.06)
Øresund Space Collective is a great new band with members both from Copenhagen, Denmark, and Malmö, Sweden. They play totally improvised psychedelic instrumental space rock. The name of the band comes from the bridge that combines these two countries. They will release their debut CD this week, so it was a good time to ask them a few questions. My questions were answered by a long time space rock fanatic Scott "Dr. Space" Heller.

Octopus Syng Octopus Syng (19.09.04)
Octopus Syng is a one-man psychedelia orchestra by a Finnish guy called Jaire. Under this name, he has released two 7"'s, one MCD and a fresh full-length, that was released in Finland on CD and has just been issued on vinyl by Nasoni in Germany. Jaire's music is a wonderful mix of Syd Barret era Pink Floyd, acid folk and this and that other hippie oriented, and it was time to make an interview with this enigmatic guy who has stayed in the shadows for far too long...

Blandbladen Blandbladen (13.03.04)
Blandbladen is a very interesting new band from Malmö, Sweden playing instrumental psychedelic and progressive space rock a bit in the Gong/Hillage/Ozric Tentacles tradition. This great, but so far rather unknown act is coming to play at our club on the 3th of April, so a short interview was definitely in order...

Demon P.A. Volume Spiha (28.10.03)
One of the hottest bands in Finland right now is Spiha from Helsinki. These guys have played their hard rock for many years now, and they are starting to get a bit wider success with their recent releases. Timo Paavola (aka Demon P.A. Volume), the original guitarist of the band, answered my questions through email in October 2003...

Bari Watts Bari Watts (26.04.03)
Bari Watts is one of the best Hendrix styled guitar player that I know. He had an excellent band called The Outskirts of Infinity from the late 80's to early 90's. He also played in The Bevis Frond live band for a couple of years. Just when I though that it would be really cool to interview my old hero I heard, that The Outskirts have reformed, and that they will support the Frond on a gig very soon, so I feel this makes this interview even more reasonable... Thanks a lot for Bari for taking the time to answer my questions! You rule!...

Nick Saloman Nick Saloman (09.04.03)
The first Bevis Frond track I ever heard was 'Reflections in a Tall Mirror' in '91, and it totally blow me away. I've been a die-hard Bevis Frond fan and collector ever since. Nick Saloman is the fellow who, more or less, is the Bevis Frond, writing all the music and lyrics, and playing all the instruments on the early albums. I really admire his ability to write good, catchy songs with hints of pop, punk, 60's psychedelia and folk rock. He's also one of the best guitar players I know, especially his skilful solos are just absolutely marvellous. Nick was nice enough to answer a few of my questions in early April 2003...

Adrian Shaw Adrian Shaw (24.03.03)
Adrian Shaw (ex-Hawkwind, Magic Muscle, Crazy World of Arthur Brown etc.) is one of the bass players that I admire, and he also happens to play in one of my top 5 bands called The Bevis Frond, so it was time to interview him. Ade also runs Woronzow Records one of the best underground labels in the world, along with Nick Saloman, whose interview should also appear shortly. I sent Ade the guestions through email in the middle of March, 2003, and to my surprise he answered the next day! Thanks mate!...

Gary Ramon Sun Dial (20.03.03)
Sun Dial from the U.K. has been one of my favourite artists for about ten years now. They have won a lot of fans all over the world with their 60's, kraut, and new wave influenced psychedelic rock. This legendary band released five excellent studio albums, one live album and a lot of singles and 12"'s in the early to mid 90's. Now the band is activated again, so it was time to ask Gary Ramon, the bandleader, singer and guitarist, a few questions...

Jasper Gas Giant (08.03.03)
Gas Giant is a heavy Danish group from Copenhagen playing groovy, bluesy stoner rock with psychedelic touch. They are coming to play at our club on the 19th of April 2003, so I thought that some kind of introduction was needed. Their excellent lead singer Jasper answered my questions in the beginning of March...

Mikko Elo Kuusumun profeetta (08.03.03)
Kuusumun Profeetta from Pori has brought their original, progressive flavour to the Finnish rock scene for almost ten years now. This very regenerative and many-sided band used to perform in English under the name Moon Fog Prophet. Some earlier stages and moods of the group were dealt with an interview in Colossus magazine #7. I now thought, that it was time to find out, how our Prophets are doing today. The bass player Mikko Elo answered these questions in March 2003...

Daniel Riddle King Black Acid (17.01.03)
The American band King Black Acid from Portland, Oregon, has gained cult following in the psychedelic circuits all over the world. The band was founded in the mid 90's, and is more or less in the hands and control of the guitarist/vocalist Daniel Riddle. The band is known locally for its amazing live shows that are often formed of long tracks with slow and devotional changes in the mood...

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