Mr Norris Changes Brains, a globetrotting psychedelic journey in 42 tracks!
Richard Norris, of The Grid and Beyond the Wizard’s Sleeve, has announced details of a new, 42-track compilation, Mr Norris Changes Brains, which blends groove-heavy psychedelia with global oddities.
Tracks include Boston-based Banchee’s Evolmia, Turkish psych-funk from Köy Kardeşler, a Hammond-driven stomper from Rare Bird, and Iron Butterfly’s Iron Butterfly Theme.
“A lot of these tracks are fairly recent discoveries, things that I’ve discovered from around the time I started working with Erol [Alkan] and going right up to today,” Norris explains. “Whether that’s from going out to play and finding new records in places like Istanbul or just connecting with people online from all around the world.
“Psych can sometimes be a sort of narrow-minded field, with everything having to sit in its specific niche, but more and more people are open to new sounds and that’s allowed for a much broader selection.”
As a press release put it, the compilation will showcase ‘mind-expanding sounds that have emerged everywhere from the valleys of Wales to sweaty Parisian basements, from underground Turkish clubs to Italian film scores and beyond’.
Tracklist
Chapter 1
A1. Banchee – Evolmia
A2. The Dirty Filthy Mud – Forest Of Black
A3. Wool – Love, Love, Love, Love, Love
A4. Spencer Mac – Ka-Ka Baya Mow-Mow (Sing A Little Love Song)
B1. Trifle – One Way Glass
B2. Brainticket – Black Sand
B3. Emma De Angelis – Trip
B4. Blonde On Blonde – Castles In The Sky
C1. The Braen’s Machine – Fall Out
C2. Eddie Warner & Roger Roger – Shut Up
C3. Köy Karde?ler – Shürük
C4. The Children – Beautiful
D1. Moebius & Beerbohm – Doppelschnitt (Richard Norris Edit)
D2. Demon Fuzz – Past, Present & Future
Chapter 2
A1. Iron Butterfly – Iron Butterfly Theme
A2. Rare Bird – Devil’s High Concern
A3. Paul St. John – Flying Saucers Have Landed
A4. Chris Hodge – We’re On Our Way (2010 Remaster)
B1. Juantrip – Shadows
B2. 62 Miles From Space – Time Shifts
B3. White Trash – Road To Nowhere
C1. Blue Phantom – Diodo
C2. The Mannheim Rock Ensemble – Hungarian Dances
C3. Limousine – Barriers
D1. Ugo Busoni – Rullio
D2. Bernard Estardy – Cha Tatch Ka
D3. Kate – Shout It
D4. Dyna-Might – Need You
D5. La Metamorfosi – Scusa, Eh!
Chapter 3
A1. André Brasseur – Saturnus
A2. Contessa Vittoria – Can We Stay Together
A3. Klaus Weiss – Time Signals
A4. Brainstorm – You Are Whats Gonna Make It Last
B1. Paladin – The Fakir
B2. A To Austr – Thumbquake & Earthscrew
B3. DAVE – In My Mind
C1. Relatively Clean Rivers – Journey Through The Valley Of O
C2. The Advancement – Stone Folk
C3. The Pretty Things – The Sun
C4. Poll – Psachno Na Vro To Filo Mou
D1. Higamos Hogamos – Moto Neurono
D2. The Invisible Girls – Huddersfield Wastes
Mr Norris Changes Brains will be released on 3x2LP, 3CD, and digital formats on 23 May, through Eskimo Recordings. The artwork for the album is designed by Benoit Vangeel.
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Tags: Alternative, Eskimo Recordings, Psychedelic, Richard Norris
