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Interview: Soccer96 (for It's Psychedelic, Baby)



Soccer96 bring us futuristic soundscapes pierced by extremely groovy jazz-influenced drum beats.
The duo firstly bonded over a mutual love of John Bonham's drumming while in college, where they were part of a group of beatniks who would do experimental jazz jams with the lights out and improvised film soundtracks. This norm-challenging approach became intrinsic to their sound which is proven to induce mind-bending experiences.
Read through and enjoy these guys’ magnificent vibes.


Since this is a blog about psychedelic music let me start off by asking why do you believe your music might be appreciated by the psychedelic music lovers, although your music isn't truly psychedelic as far as music genre goes?

Dan: We are psychedelic in the true definition of it’s dictionary meaning…  "relating to or denoting drugs (especially LSD) that produce hallucinations and apparent expansion of consciousness”. 
This meaning is close to our hearts as we believe in using music as a tool to elevate our consciousness. This is why the music is psychedelic in its nature and foundation rather than direct musical comparison with psychedelic rock.  

We don't tend to adhere to a specific sense of genre boundary or particular music vocabulary in favour of experimentation so we rarely fit into a particular scene and that's something we're comfortable with. I think that instead we are creating our own sonic world with its own set of creative 'rules' and as long as we don't break these unspoken rules then our world stays tangible and visceral, the moment we break those rules the whole world would crumble down before us.


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Collaboration: Man On Wire (Bruno Albuquerque + Hugo Pereira)


Movie trailer:



Two different ways of expression, two different people, one motif.
As said before this collaboration is a little different from the previous one. This time I challenged Bruno Albuquerque to make an illustration based on the documentary film Man On Wire, but Bruno is not the kind of guy who does what he is told to so he decided he would rather do a poster instead of just an illustration and the result, as always, is incredibly good.
Man On Wire is a passionate journey through Philippe Petit’s, a French high-wire artist, plan to high-wire walk between the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center. The idea of doing this is, by itself, mind-blowing but Philippe Petit’s passionate speech makes it even more special.

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Everything Is Useless Favourite 2012 Albums

This is not meant to be a best of 2012 albums list. It is just about the albums that surprised me most or the ones I’ve listened to the most during this year with no specific order. 


Red Forest by If These Trees Could Talk



















These trees know how to beautifully build up tension resulting in some powerful post-rock. They are from Ohio, USA, and this is their 2nd album. If you like this one don’t forget to check out their previous releases: Above The Earth, Below The Sky from 2009 and their homonymous debut EP from 2006.


An Awesome Wave by Alt J



















We already talked about this one. This combines effective pop melodies with some groovy drums that drink from hip-hop beats. This is without a doubt one of this year’s revelations.

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Collaboration: To Jeff (Poem+Illustration)



This one should’ve been posted yesterday because it was somehow inspired by Jeff Buckley.  It features a poem of my own and a specifically done illustration by Pedro Rodrigues named Drown.
I believe it’s worth the delay but feel free to leave any feedback. Enjoy!



To Jeff

Your ashes by the sea bathing your lover’s naked feet.
I saw her – standing in grief – rattling hands and disbelief,
The waving waters dictating the mournful rhythm
As the sober grey skies hid the last living light.
Her knees are now sunk in the sand
And her once immaculate nightgown
Immerses in an ocean of despair.

You, white boy, departed this life too soon
You, white boy, abandoned your lover too soon.
A beautiful stranger in this world
A tormented soul roaming forever blind
Singing grace of long gone lullabies.
Let her lay her head on your hip
Such love must be buried deep.

by Hugo Pereira




by Pedro Rodrigues

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Yesterday I fought back every atom in me

Writing down some of my own thoughts.


In case you have difficulties reading it:

"Yesterday I fought back every atom in me but then I realised everything is useless."

by Hugo Pereira

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Preface



This blog is all about those cold nights we sit in front of the fireplace and give in to all the useless but joyful stuff. As Oscar Wilde stated in the preface of his book The Picture of Dorian Gray: “We can forgive a man for making a useful thing as long as he does not admire it. The only excuse for making a useless thing is that one admires it intensely. All art is quite useless.”

Join in if you feel like being useless for a while.

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