Thursday, April 30, 2009

Orgasm

I imagine that in 1969 Cromagnon's Orgasm record could have been an effective tool in scaring kids into not being hippies or taking drugs, but alas, that job was left to Art Linkletter, and not this ritual committed to tape by a strange sex cult of blotter-warped hippies living free and creepy in Connecticut. Sort of like if Gong were more like The Manson Family and really wanted to freak you out. Orgasm isn't for everyone, in fact it was only after several listens that I was able to get on board. Seriously, I know those chicks are kind of groovy, but don't get in their van or eat any of that brown rice they made special for you.

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25 comments:

  1. AnonymousApril 30, 2009 at 1:40 AM

    Don't got more background info on this one Aesop? I mean; in what kind of purpose was this ever released? To simply lure people into psychosis during LSD-trips, or rather trying to enlighten the world about the power of ritualistic sex-magic while playing bagpipes and slammering with spoons? Or both?
    Anyhow, this is yet another fantastic post. Thanks!
    /CTN

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  2. Arf OrtiyefApril 30, 2009 at 7:50 AM

    this record always reminds me of the beginning of 2001: A Space Odyssey.

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  3. DesertsApril 30, 2009 at 9:05 AM

    shit son! the first track kind of sounds like a precursor to Summoning.

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  4. zApril 30, 2009 at 9:47 AM

    thank you so much for this!!

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  5. Roger CamdenApril 30, 2009 at 10:10 AM

    holy shit
    a Nurse with Wound list record!

    I thought this was going to be slightly weird garage rock after glancing at the cover
    then I played the first track and looked at the band name again

    1969?
    ten years ahead of their time, easily
    should've been Throbbing Gristle contemporaries like Boyd Rice or someone

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  6. cjejonsApril 30, 2009 at 10:31 AM

    Thanks for this.

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  7. bjornApril 30, 2009 at 11:24 AM

    this is going to be fun....

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  8. bjornApril 30, 2009 at 11:33 AM

    man oh man! that is heavy. wild power! ...greatest record so far in your blog of wonder

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  9. HumdingerApril 30, 2009 at 12:13 PM

    WOWOWOW
    Praise be, Aesop!
    I'm thinking of making some cdrs and handing them to the french canadien hippy bongo players at my park across the street. Scare 'em straight.

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  10. JApril 30, 2009 at 12:13 PM

    It took me a while to realize that track 7 "Toth, Scribe 1" is just "Caledonia" slowed down a bunch. The guitar on "First World of Bronze" sounds a lot like some 80's guitar shredding whammy-bar wackiness that I almost wonder if if added much later to the record. This album is so good!!!

    I thought I had read somewhere that the ESP label took out an ad in a paper looking for acts to sign and that two songwriters booked some studio time to make this crazy record w/ the money ESP gave them.

    Only in the sicksties!

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  11. NickApril 30, 2009 at 2:59 PM

    Once again you prove that cosmic hearse is the best blog on the 'net. Thanks!

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  12. CROOPERApril 30, 2009 at 4:52 PM

    This is amazing, thank you.

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  13. AnonymousMay 1, 2009 at 1:10 AM

    Oh shit! This is a gem! If you're home in early June, drop by the Hemlock, 'twould be nice to see 'ee.
    jp

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  14. AesopMay 1, 2009 at 1:21 AM

    What's going on at the Hemlock in early June?

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  15. UnknownMay 1, 2009 at 10:54 AM

    OMFG!!!! This is amazing. Very strange so far. Great post, thanks for sharing this.

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  16. AnonymousMay 2, 2009 at 1:44 PM

    Another great post...this is a gem that reeks of the forgotten, dark smelly side of the hippie underground- not 'have a nice day' but 'have a day tainted by a bad acid trip that'll make you choke on your own vomit'.
    This is what the Godz should have sounded like, but didn't.

    -The Anonymous Jew

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  17. SKVMay 3, 2009 at 10:20 AM

    My God! That opening track is like Comus meets Test Dept.

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  18. idoMay 4, 2009 at 6:16 AM

    Being born and raised in lame-ass ol' rural (now sub-shitty-urban) CT, I'm definitely going to give this a spin.

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  19. AnonymousMay 4, 2009 at 7:36 AM

    wow, amazing. the way this sounds at times is proto-black metal defined

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  20. Devil DickMay 4, 2009 at 3:29 PM

    devil dick approved

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  21. RachelMay 7, 2009 at 6:46 PM

    When I lived in a vacuous strip-mall hellhole at the age of 16, psychedelics were a new thrill that were extremely hard to come by.

    To break the monotony, I once ground up 3 packs of morning glory seeds in a coffee grinder and parachuted the powder.

    This record sounds like ergotism poisoning, plain and simple.

    It brings back memories of seeing Freddy Krueger's face twist into a spiral in the toilet whilst feverishly dry-heaving sandy, acrid paste for a half-hour.

    It's that good. 1969? Really?

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  22. AnonymousMay 9, 2009 at 1:14 PM

    Wow! You got yourself some far out shit there. Listening to this made me forget things.

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  23. AnonymousMay 11, 2009 at 5:02 PM

    Aesop, are you into Yahowa13?

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  24. AesopMay 11, 2009 at 7:51 PM

    I just don't know enough about Yahowa 13 to have an opinion.

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  25. anonymooseMay 12, 2009 at 8:11 AM

    think youll love some of it if you check it out:
    http://twistedperceptions.blogspot.com/search?q=yahowa13
    All things good yr way come. B

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