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Psicomagia biography
Comprised of Astras multi-instrumentalist Brian Ellis on saxophone, bass man Trevor Mast from psyck rock outfit Joy, drummer extraordinnaire Paul Marrone off the space cadet groove of Radio Moscow, poet Bernardo Nunez as well as the thick gooey organs and keys from Tyler Daugh, Psicomagia straddles the blurry lines between space rock and fusion, Krautrock and the propulsiveness of Zeuhl yet sounding particularly unique with a sound, which is as rooted in the 70s as it is something altogether new. They released their selftitled debut on the El Paraiso label in the autumn of 2013, mastered by Dane and fellow psychedelia connoisseur Jonas Munk from Causa Sui.

The bandmembers hooked up with each other in the basement at the Space House in Golden Hill, San Diego, a hotspot for psychedelic and spacey musicians to meet up and jam. Initially Psicomagia started out with only Paul and Tyler jamming together. They both shared a love of The Soft Machine, ELP and the likes, and they quickly hit it off. Later on Trevor joined in and infused with his deep belching bass lines a fuller expression to the sound. Perhaps this was not such a big surprise seeing as Trevor practically lived in the basement. 

This was the start of Psicomagia, and it was only after having met at a shared gig with Brian Ellis own group that the final line up emerged, again credited to a common affinity for the energetic drive of The Soft Machine. 

The band name itself, Psicomagia, is lifted from the Mexican cult director Alejandro Jodorowsky, who based a wholly sentient and esoterically charged psychotherapy around dreams, theater, poetry and shamanism. The latter being the holy catalyst of the mind. 

1. El Memorioso (5:19)
2. El Congreso Pt. 1 (14:39)
3. El Congreso Pt. 2 (12:43)
4. Simplón (6:30)


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Psychic For Radio biography
US project PSYCHIC FOR RADIO was instigated by Shawn Gordon of Progrock Records fame back in 2007. In progress since then, a steady stream of musicians have been involved in this endeavour one way or another. A five year long development and recording phase was finalized with the release of the debut CD Standing Wave in the fall of 2012.


Studio Album, released in 2012

Songs / Tracks Listing
1. On My Own (8:04)
2. Euthymal (3:54)
3. Shed My Skin (8:18)
4. She Knows (6:46)
5. Blood (7:05)
6. Pushing the One (5:13)
7. Once Begun (3:47)
8. Blacken What Is Grey (4:40)
9. School's Out (4:12)
10. Get Me Out of Here (3:25)
11. How to Go On (8:48)


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