Pärson Sound - From Tunis to India in Fullmoon (on Testosterone)

[@Komnen0s]

This must have sounded unbelievably, apocalyptically heavy in 1965. It disappoints me greatly that Pärson Sound never had a commercial release while they were still together. I would have loved to see the press react to this at a time when the Beatles were still considered out-there and transgressive. The critics would have been obliterated by the riffs. They'd have been reduced to a cloud of dust, like vampires in direct sunlight. The album would be horribly-received but it would have been a cult classic in the making. It would have been in the same boat as the TVU where it'd have inspired countless musicians for years to come.

[@simonnunnfilm]

parson sound, velvet underground & spacemen 3, all a man needs

[@CircunferenciaPunga]

Don't forget Les Rallizes Dénudés and Blops.

[@industrialborn]

the heaviest, most intense band of the late 60's !

[@vladimirhendrix4284]

Top class underground rock ! Just heard for the first time !

[@Kuntyful]

WTF!.... this is amazing!

[@DJAnthrocide]

Mad Skandi Drone...

[@santasprees]

Hell's fire! Is this the result of long nights or long days? One wonders how they ever came back.

[@MaurizioVelati]

Wow

[@Caligula138]

Must not sleep , Must play loud

[@psyclops9]

seems like only yesterday, or is that tomorrow? :)

[@JamesBarrett23]

In 1967 the only other musician I know of that were this heavy and noisy was Hendrix. Pink Floyd where still a few years away from the full on feedback of Ummagumma, everyone else was doing tunes.

[@iamdamosuzuki_]

The Velvet Underground and Red Krayola were just as heavy around this time too. Also listen to "Smokin' Cigarette Blues" by Les Rallizes Dénudés". It's poorly recorded but was probably the heaviest thing performed in 1967. Pure free improv/noise/drone.

[@JamesBarrett23]

@@iamdamosuzuki_ True, but listening to this I would compare it more to Sister Ray or The Gift (1968) than the music the Velvet Underground was doing in 1967 (Pale Blue Eyes, Sunday Morning) and even then they did not do the repetition and looping that Pärson Sound were. The sounds from around 10:20 onwards in this piece are like some religious ecstatic ritual on the banks of the Hooghly River (if everyone had taken acid). Les Rallizes Dénudés in 1967 were channeling Blue Cheer, doing it well....but it is not the same level of ecstatic transcendence you get with Pärson Sound in my opinion.

[@wolfmare4239]

Though The Velvet Underground had an undeniable influence on parson sound, they were definitely not as heavy as the later. They weren't leaning into minimalism and drone as much as Parson Sound did, thus les repetition and looping like you said, which I think greatly contributes to their heaviness. Also I think their heaviness partly benefits from their swedish folk roots, the pagan and ritualistic sound. After all, even their folk rock sounded like this kzbin.info/www/bejne/nqbPl5uPm6iWY7M&ab_channel=uutiiset

[@JamesBarrett23]

@@wolfmare4239 i've been listening a lot to International Harvester - kzbin.info/www/bejne/oXqlm2V4mdyFa9k developing the folk roots pagan ritualistic medieval troubadour nature acid thing a bit more.

[@iamdamosuzuki_]

@@JamesBarrett23 “Smokin Cigarette Blue” particularly is similar to this, but with less structure. Not nearly as transcendental but every bit as apocalyptic. Also if you haven’t heard “The Parable of Arable Land” by the Red Krayola I’d recommend it. Half of the songs are this incredibly anachronistic style of garage psyche that seriously sounds like late 70’s post punk a lot of the time, and the other half is these gigantic and, at times, hellish sounding free improvisations performed by the band (a trio) augmented by an additional 50 musicians banging on whatever instruments or random objects they brought into the studio. One person brought a motorcycle and you can hear it being revved up at several points on the album.

[@derrylbrooks1975]

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