- Folk
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- Dreamy
- Melancholy
- Mystical
The Electric Eden series is a radiophonic adaptation of Rob Young’s phantastic book with the same name, an in-depth look into British visionary music from early 20th to early 21st century, with a strong focus on folk and folk rock.
This time with music by and information about The Incredible String Band, C.O.B., Strawbs, Forest and Paul Giovanni's & Magnet's soundtrack to the wondrous original Wicker Man movie, an occult folklore masterpiece, which celebrates it's 50th anniversary this year.
In his groundbreaking survey of more than a century of music making in the British Isles, Rob Young investigates how the idea of folk has been handed down and transformed by successive generations – song collectors, composers, Marxist revivalists, folk-rockers, psychedelic voyagers, free festival-goers, experimental pop stars and electronic innovators.
In a sweeping panorama of Albion’s soundscape that takes in the pioneer spirit of Cecil Sharp / the pastoral classicism of Ralph Vaughan Williams / the industrial folk revival of Ewan MacColl and A. L. Lloyd / the folk-rock of Fairport Convention, Sandy Denny, Nick Drake, Shirley Collins, John Martyn and Pentangle / the bucolic psychedelia of The Incredible String Band, The Beatles and Pink Floyd / the acid folk of Comus, Forest, Mr Fox and Trees / The Wicker Man and occult folklore / the early Glastonbury and Stonehenge festivals / and the visionary pop of Kate Bush, Julian Cope and Talk Talk / Electric Eden maps out a native British musical voice that reflects the complex relationships between town and country, progress and nostalgia, radicalism and conservatism.
The book is available at Zabriskie Buchladen: click here.
Playlist
01 | The Incredible String Band - The Eyes of Fate / from "5000 Spirits or the Layers of the Onion", 1967 Elektra02 | The Incredible String Band - My Name Is Death / from "5000 Spirits or the Layers of the Onion", 1967 Elektra
03 | The Incredible String Band - The Water Song / from "The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter", 1968 Elektra
04 | The Incredible String Band - Night Fall / from "The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter", 1968 Elektra
05 | The Incredible String Band - Job's Tears / from "Wee Tam & The Big Huge", 1968 Elektra
06 | The Incredible String Band - Yellow Snake / from "Wee Tam & The Big Huge", 1968 Elektra
07 | The Incredible String Band - The Circle is Unbroken / from "Wee Tam & The Big Huge", 1968 Elektra
08 | C.O.B. - Soft Touches of Love / from "Spirit of Love", 1970 CBS
09 | C.O.B. - Evening Air / from "Spirit of Love", 1970 CBS
10 | C.O.B. - Eleven Willows / from "Moyshe McStiff and the Tartan Lancers of the Sacred Heart", 1972 Polydor
11 | C.O.B. - Oh Bright Eyed One / from "Moyshe McStiff and the Tartan Lancers of the Sacred Heart", 1972 Polydor
12 | Strawbs - Witchwood / from "From the Witchwood", 1971 A&M Records
13 | Forest - Fading Light / from "Forest", 1969 Harvest
14 | Forest - Bluebell Dance / from "The Full Circle", 1970 Harvest
15 | Forest - Graveyard / from "The Full Circle", 1970 Harvest
16 | Paul Giovanni & Magnet - Corn Rigs / from "The Wicker Man", 1998 Trunk Records, 2002 Re-Issue Silva Screen
16 | Paul Giovanni & Magnet - Maypole / from "The Wicker Man", 1998 Trunk Records, 2002 Re-Issue Silva Screen
16 | Paul Giovanni & Magnet - Procession / from "The Wicker Man", 1998 Trunk Records, 2002 Re-Issue Silva Screen