Alphabetical Order - Daily Music Recommendations #34 (H) Hawkwind (Progressive Rock/Space Rock/Acid Rock)
World of hidden mystery
Visions of you know you're only dreamin'|~
Greetings earthlings, today we are going for an interstellar journey with the space truckers of Hawkwind!
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A british group formed in 1969, they are considered to be one of the pioneers of the space rock genre. A fuse between traditional rock instrumentation with sci-fi themes and long psychedelic jam outs. To start we're gonna check out the debut record, the self titled "Hawkwind"
Hawkwind
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So the first album sticks out from the sea of prog rock focused on medieval fantasy or political metaphors, this album focuses more on the deeper trippy elements of psychedelic rock. The album consists of a longer instrumental piece that the band chopped up into tracks and added some vocal parts. The whole original piece was dubbed "Sunshine Special", a title that may mean more to some than others.
The album starts off with "Hurry On Sundown", with strings droning through from one side, until they are slowly joined from the other side reminiscent of how the beatles worked with the use of panning on some of their records. The mix of eastern instruments(sitar) and western instruments(harmonica) makes for a very interesting experience, like your mind is unable to understand what will come next. On the album you have a track that is split up into two, this is mostly due to the space limitations of the tape format, you can hear as the vinyl slows down to a stop at the end of "Paranoia Pt 1". Then it picks up with "Paranoia Pt2" on side B.
To start us off we'll go with the opener, as it gives a nice introduction to the style of the band! This is "Hurry On Sundown".
Hurry On Sundown
In Search Of Space
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Starting off with the huge hypnotic piece "You Shouldn't Do That", it's a 15 minute long jam session that slowly evolves through hypnotizing beats with droning melodies filled to the brim with moments of blissful jamming.
Moving on the album is separated into shorter tracks, all with a feeling of trucking through space in a giant engine. Tracks like "Master Of The Universe" really feel like they are rushing away along some interstellar highway.
For our second track today, it's a slowly expanding psychedlic jam. The second track of the album, this is "You Know You're Only Dreaming".
You Know You're Only Dreaming
Hall Of The Mountain Grill
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Space rock at the best...