Coming Soon!! Gnod / White Hills Double LP

Rocket are proud to announce we are putting together a double vinyl LP release from these titans of psyche freaks. The forthcoming record will feature the official release of tracks from the previous CDR Drop Out aswell as new & unreleased tracks for Drop Out II.

For those unaware of of Gnod on these shores (as it's our first record with them), check this footage out. You can also catch them playing the Unholy Trinity shows (read previous blogs)



Watch this Space!!

Team Brick added to Unholy Trinity London show

We have just found out that the amazing Team Brick is going to join the line-up of the Unholy Trinity show in London on 20th November. He is taking a break from his Beak> commitments to open the evening with his unique mix of noise(s) and melody.

Full show details now are:

Teeth of the Sea
Gnod
Thought Forms
Team Brick

Plus Rocket DJ’s

Friday 20 November
London
Jamboree
(Thames House, 566 Cable Street, Limehouse, E1W 3HB)

7.30pm – Midnight(ish)
£5

White Hills Dead video

You can check out the brand new White Hills video for their new vinyl only 12" 'Dead' right here:

http://www.thrilljockey.com/vault/vimeo/WhiteHills_Dead.html

Through The Solar Lens - Psychedelic Sci-fi

(Hawkwind on the set of The Final Programme)

Psychedelic Sci-fi

Welcome to a new Rocket resource for obscure footage/out there animations/music footage etc.

First off we start with Psychedelic Sci-fi. We all should be aware of the classics, so let not discuss them here, but please feel free to contact us with some links for us to post up (if we agree with your choices) as there is always stuff we can miss.

As a start, we have gone for

1: The Tomorrow People (TV Titles)

The Tomorrow People is an ITV children's science fiction television series, devised by Roger Price, which first ran between 1973 and 1979.

All incarnations of the show concerned the emergence of the next stage of human evolution known colloquially as Tomorrow People. Born to human parents, an apparently normal child might at some point between childhood and late adolescence experience a process called "breaking out", when they develop their special abilities. These abilities include psychic powers such as telepathy, telekinesis, and teleportation. However, they are physically unable to deliberately kill others. (Wiki)

2: The Final Programme (Film)

The Final Programme was a 1973 British comedy-thriller film directed by Robert Fuest, and starring Jon Finch and Jenny Runacre. It was based on the first Jerry Cornelius novel (also called The Final Programme) by Michael Moorcock.

A Nobel-prize-winning scientist has developed the "Final Programme"—a design for a perfect, self-replicating human being.

More to follow

Xmas party

Rocket are teaming up with our friends at Noisestar Records to put on a joint Xmas party on Sunday 20th December at a London venue.

We are planning to have about 7 bands, DJ’s, art and merch stalls from 4pm – 11.30pm, watch this space for line-up confirmations and ticket information.

ON THE DECKS #8

A hodgepodge of albums that have been kicking my ass recently:

Der Blutharsch – Flying High (WKN 2009)
Brand new album from Albin Julius and company that finds the band diving deeper into drone heavy psychedelia. Fantastic and heavy synth washes collide with deep space song driven material creating a heavenly sound that is black as the night. This album can take you to the farthest reaches of any black hole. A must have for all space cadets!

Black Sheep – Black Sheep at the BBC Maida Vale, April 5th 2009CE (Fuck Off & Di 2009)
Now those who know me…know that I am a big fan of all things Cope. It took me hearing this release to realize the genius behind what Cope is up to with his Black Sheep Ensemble. Guttural, primal, punishing, disturbing, cathartic, mesmerizing, beautiful, and uplifting. This is scream therapy music at it’s best. One part Cromagnon, one part Art Ensemble of Chicago and all Cope. People won’t realize the genius of this ensemble until they are long gone.

Graveyard – Graveyard (Tee Pee Records 2007)
Hailing from Sweden this band is everything that I wished for when first hearing Witchcraft. The main difference being much better song writing. These songs might sound like they were written in the 70’s but they are completely from the present. Biting socio-political commentaries add intelligence to the overall esthetic's that is not pushy but eye opening.

BORIS - #2 H.M.A. (Heavy Metal Addict) b/w Black Original (Southern Lord 2009)
This, the second installment of a series of 3 45’s from Boris finds the band grinding away in a heavy metal pyre. Something is a bit off kilter with this 45…is it the hand clap track on H.M.A or it’s almost propulsive driving disco feel combined with a truly metal guitar lick. I can’t pin it down, but I like it!

The Stooges – You Don’t Want My Name You Want My Action…1971 The Missing Link (Easy Action 2009)
A 4xCD boxset documenting The Stooges short lived line-up that featured the dual guitar attack of Straight James Williamson and Ron Asheton with Jimmy Recca on Bass and Scott Asheton on drums. The sound quality is what one has come to expect from such Stooges releases, but that does not detract from the raw primal energy this band had at the time. Wild and punishing, this is not music for the meek. Lately the show from St. Louis at The Factory on 5/26/71 is the disc that I am digging the most.

Dave (White Hills)

TOTS Nominated for 'Best Art Vinyl 2009'

Once again Art Vinyl, have put together the 50 nominations for Best Art Vinyl 2009, a poll of the best vinyl record cover art of the year.

Teeth of the Sea - Orphaned by the Ocean has been selected as one of the fifty nominations. To view last years nominations, click on the following link:

http://www.artvinyl.com/en/nominate/nominations.html