New psychedelic rock releases tied to place, atmosphere, and repetition — featuring Flying Moon in Space, EarthBall, Kronstad 23, The Space Huns, You Guitarprayer, Golden Hours, Mindbloom, Arbor Labor Union, The Heavenly Bodes, Dead Drugs, PHSEII, and Sun Cult.

Digging out after a winter storm, this episode of Turn Me On, Dead Man explores psychedelic music with a clear sense of place.

Mindbloom’s Bocal Session keeps the amp tones raw and the drums punchy, aiming to capture exactly what happens at their shows, right down to naming the venue in the album title. The episode opens with Flying Moon in Space, who recorded immer für immer inside Kinett, a former cinema in Leipzig described as “alive and hungry,” a chamber big enough for six musicians to stretch out and let ideas develop in real time.

Environment shapes the sound elsewhere, too. The Heavenly Bodes write directly about Penryn and The Falmouth Hotel in Cornwall. The Space Huns shifted from a rural rehearsal space to a more industrial setting and felt the change in atmosphere. Across Leipzig, Nanaimo, Szeged, Cologne, Caen, Lake in the Hills, Gothenburg, Berlin, and Cornwall, these artists absorb their surroundings.

Repetition runs through the episode as well. PHSEII “grind two or three chords” until something clicks. EarthBall cultivate trance-like exploration, letting songs evolve from feel rather than concept. Even fully written tracks, like Mindbloom’s “Liminal Space,” draw their intensity from how the notes are played rather than how many there are.

Psychedelic music grounded in place while transcending location.

Featured Artists

Flying Moon in Space
EarthBall
Kronstad 23
The Space Huns
You Guitarprayer
Golden Hours
Mindbloom
Arbor Labor Union
The Heavenly Bodes
Dead Drugs
PHSEII
Sun Cult

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Turn Me On, Dead Man presents some of the highlights of psychedelic music from the past year. As the world has become more chaotic, the quality of the psychedelic music has seemed to only increase. It occurred to me that these things are related–psychedelic music seems to flourish amid the chaos, offering a vibrant counterpoint. Initially I was trying to keep the playlist to under two hours but I gave up on that pretty quickly. Instead, the playlist for this retrospective is nearly five hours long! It features some of the most unforgettable tracks from the past year, spanning a wide range of styles, focusing particularly on interesting collaborations between artists.

Notes at https://turnmeondeadman.com/the-best-of-2024/

Playlist:

Goat -One More Death

Fin del Mundo -Vivimos lejos

The Albinos -Bet You Don't

The Soundcarriers -The City Was

Honey Radar -English Costume

psychedelic source records -Turbulance

Kaliyuga Express -The Living Dream

DDT -Dawn Man

The Band Whose Name Is A Symbol & Dead Sea Apes -The Deed

Motherfuckers JMB & Co -Breakers Beat

GROOP -House Special

Solar Temple & Dead Neanderthals -III

The Royal Family -Morning Song

The Man from Atlantis -Which Way's East

Zamboa -Daun

Las Cobras -Obsessio

Causa Sui -Sorcerer’s Disciple

The Holy Family -Inward Turning Suns

SML -Three Over Steel

Clear Mirror -Soul Calls Home

Cannabus -Desert Trip

SOMA -Someshwaraya

Bhajan Bhoy -The Guiding Light

Empty House -Tamerlane

White Canyon & The 5th Dimension -Golden Key

White Hills -Throw It Up In The Air

SHEM -Enter

Upupayama -Fil Dagi

Gnod -Peace at Home

Special Cases -Imposible (Despertar Remix)

Retep Folo & Dorothy Moskowitz-The Afterlife

Moonseeds -sun

Minerall -Bügeln/Unerforscht

Pascere Lamia -Et Strygom Anima Mea

Seedy Jeezus with Isaiah Mitchell and Tony Reed-Ground Control

:nepaal -Ineffaible Minor State

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New episode of Turn Me On, Dead Man podcast
2024.25 Jersey Drones

Current psychedelic music as 2024 winds down. New releases from Oolong Town, Some Pills For Ayala, Stereocilia, Ghostwound, Sophia Djebel Rose, Magic Machine, Tropical Sludge, The Hologram People, Cosmic Fall, Splitterzelle, and Meat in Space. Merry Christmas from Turn Me On, Dead Man!

Notes, including short interviews with the artists, at
https://turnmeondeadman.com/podcast-2024-25-jersey-drones

Playlist:
Oolong Town - Intro/To The Moon (from Heaven, release date: 2024-12-28)
Some Pills For Ayala - The Pilot Knows... And We Leave The Planet? (from ...and we leave the planet?, release date: 2024-12-14)
Stereocilia - Trust (from Phases, release date: 2025-02-07)
Ghostwound - Ghostwound (from Ghostwound, release date: 2024-12-16)
Sophia Djebel Rose - Blanche Biche (from Sécheresse, release date: 2025-02-17)
Magic Machine - Pieces Of My Brain (from Pieces Of My Brain, release date: 2024-11-22)
Tropical Sludge - Dreaming Shaman (from Astral Mind, release date: 2024-12-06)
The Hologram People - Sacred Ritual To Unlock The Mountain Portal (from Sacred Ritual To Unlock The Mountain Portal (2024 Remix), release date: 2024-10-24)
Cosmic Fall - Magma Rising (from Back Where the Fire Flows, release date: 2024-11-15)
Splitterzelle - Golem (from Splitterzelle, release date: 2025-01-17)
Meat in Space - Chromium Dioxide (from Tangerine EP, release date: 2024-12-07)

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