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Primordial Undermind

last worldly bond

About Me

currently available for live performances in Europa and beyond...
More info, downloads, commerce, etc: LastFM , Puzzling Archive , used bargains , Psychedelic Music , Versolafine and the links below: ¤ 'Swimming the Ultramaroon' on if I could hear you I would hit you 7" comp (Baby001), Baby Huey (1991)
¤ Sferic Mandalas from the Ecclips'd Eye 7" (Baby006), Baby Huey (1992)
¤ 'Delerium Insomniacal' on Pawnshop Reverb cassette comp (SHR28), Shrimper (1992) and Abridged Perversion CD comp (SHR98), (1994)
¤ Aenesthetic Revelations 7" (ID074507R), Dionysus Records (1993)
¤ And All Tall Monsters Stand cassette (SHR043), Shrimper (1993)
¤ 'Solvent (Micro)' on Fantasy Band 7" comp (SHR710), Shrimper (1994)
¤ Yet More Wonders of the Invisible World LP/CD (SGCD7), September Gurls (1994)
¤ Ache 7" (PEN-023), Penultimate (1995)
¤ 'Shade' on To All the URLs I've Loved Before CD comp (SNT002), Escargot magazine (1997)
¤ You and Me and the Continuum CD/LP (CAM007), Camera Obscura (1997)
¤ 'Not an Atom' on Terrastock All Access CD comp (POTCD2), Ptolemaic Terrascope magazine (1997)
¤ 'Fall and Break' and 'Windy and Warped' on Serotonin Ronin CD comp (CAM013), Camera Obscura (1998)
¤ Universe I've Got CD (CAM032), Camera Obscura (1999)
¤ Beings of Game P-U CD (CAM046), Camera Obscura (2001)
¤ 'Evestrum' on Tryptaphonic Mind Explosion CD comp (MR011), Mandragora Records (2002)
¤ Live 2002: Houston-Brooklyn CD-R/Download. Distributed through the Texas Psych Yahoo Group (2002)
¤ Thin Shells of Revolution CD (EJ58), Emperor Jones (2003)
¤ 'Non servium' on Hall of Mirrors 2XCD comp (EJ69), Emperor Jones (2005)
¤ Austin Jam CD-R/download (collaboration with the Magic Carpathians ), World Flag Edition (2005)
¤ Tom Carter & Vanessa Arn/the Moglass: Snake-Tongued, Swallow-tailed CD (ns28) Nexsound (2005)
¤ Loss of Affect CD (SAAH044), Strange Attractors (2006) & LP (SGLP39), September Gurls (2006)
¤ Tom Carter & Vanessa Arn: What is here for? LP (ASP05) A Silent Place (2007)
¤ Eric & Vanessa Arn: y/y, Live in Vienna 1/18/07 CD-R (THS-HM02) The Lotus Sound (2007)

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 7/4/2005
Band Website: cameraobscura.com.au/cambios.htm
Band Members:
Influences: A blur of indefinite energy, invisible not for transparency but for speed. An ecstatic dance dissolving the corrupted fabric of causality, invoking singularity, bleeding at the edges. Radiant spectral photon flux irradiating primal metabolism; resonant vibration within the primitive emotions inducing moiré visions of coherent light via sympathetic stimulation of the optic nerve. Labyrinthine mirrored corridors of abstraction sporadically lighted by fires of irrationality. Amplified homeostatic hum transmuted into an oscillating neurochemical ouroboros feeding a crescendo of standing wave drone through each molecular bond in the corporeal manifestation of collected nonconscious reality.
Sounds Like: "PU have crawled out of the psychedelic undergrowth and evolved into something special" - Edwin Pouncey ( Savage Pencil ), the Wire

"underworldy free-rock music... The Undermind is a kind of direct descendant of the big late ‘60s electronics-powered post-psychedelic ensembles such as Fifty Foot Hose, but much much better " - Julian Cope , Headheritage

"These aren't just burnouts playing loud, distorted psych. They're paranoid burnouts playing loud, distorted psych. Behold the swirling madness and tranquility" - Doug Kubert, Zeen

"more than enough gnarl to satisfy the goriest of heads" - David Keenan, the Wire

"the battle between structure and chaos is a real, levitating joy" - Dave Pearce , Ptolemaic Terrascope

"Primordial Undermind has been playing whatever the hell they've wanted since 1993" - Counter Clock, "What's worth paying for" Blog

"from streams of molten electric guitar sputtering geysers of fluid ectoplasm into the air, to high desert country influenced elements left to blister and bleach in the sun... so utterly gorgeous in places it's like a long view of paradise" - George Parsons, Dream Magazine

"Primordial Undermind attempt to bend their music away from plotted psychedelic explosions and towards free music" - John Mulvey, the Wire

"Unbelievably authentic psychedelia: put more reverb on the guitar and its Blue Cheer meeting Vanilla Fudge after a month in the desert." - John Darnielle , Last Plane to Jakarta

"Chunky, sprawling jazz-psych splatter that somehow congeals into a 4 headed dragon of tidal doom and breaks apart into a thousand shards of glistening starlight and reforms, back and forth all over again " - Lee Jackson, Womblife

"the best space rock improvisational band around." - Carlton Crutcher , Aural Innovations
Record Label: Strange Attractors, Emperor Jones, Camera Obscura
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Eric & Vanessa Arn Live cd-r out now

Eric & Vanessa Arn's new cd-r 'y/y Live in Vienna: 1/18/07' is ready for order from the miraculously and happily resurrected Lotus Sound label. This disc is the second release in the limited edition ...
Posted by Primordial Undermind on Sat, 07 Jul 2007 04:56:00 PST

New Tom Carter & Vanessa Arn LP available!

At long last, a full length LP of Vanessa (electronics) and Tom (lap steel) duets, recorded in Austin in 2003, is seeing the light of day. Entitled 'What is Here For', this fabulously stretched and pu...
Posted by Primordial Undermind on Sat, 23 Jun 2007 01:55:00 PST

UK tour accomplished, France and Belgium looming

I'm back in Austria safe and sound after a quick solo swing through the UK, which was really a blast. Many thanks go to all the kind folks who set up shows, played with, provided food and crash space...
Posted by Primordial Undermind on Sat, 12 May 2007 09:46:00 PST

Eric plays solo in the UK

Hey Friends, Eric Arn (guitarist/vocalist of Primordial Undermind ) is making a short UK tour later this month. First solo tour, and first time playing on the island. Expect some of the usual avant...
Posted by Primordial Undermind on Tue, 17 Apr 2007 04:03:00 PST

US Tour survived, even enjoyed

Well, we made it. From NYC, through Chicago and Nashville, to Houston. 27 sets played in 24 days (plus 2 unavoidable cancellations). Plenty of underminded gospel was spread, with no van breakdowns,...
Posted by Primordial Undermind on Sat, 07 Apr 2007 07:49:00 PST

Loss of Affect vinyl now available

Good news for all fans of 19th-century audio technology (like ourselves): our new album 'Loss of Affect' is now extant as a spiral scratch in pvc. This format also presents Vanessa's stunning full-col...
Posted by Primordial Undermind on Fri, 05 Jan 2007 08:55:00 PST

First gig in Vienna

Friday night was our first PU show in town, and things went unbelievably well. Subterrarium is an über-cool underground venue. Very cozy and comfortable. A surprisingly large and attentive crowd m...
Posted by Primordial Undermind on Mon, 27 Nov 2006 06:14:00 PST

Listed for Dusted

The sweet folks at the über-cool Dusted ezine wanted a Listed "music-related list", so we managed to send them one. They've gone so far as to post it on their site here. Check it out, and let us kno...
Posted by Primordial Undermind on Fri, 17 Nov 2006 04:35:00 PST

PU's 'Loss of Affect' is available NOW

So, our new album 'Loss of Affect' is at long last manifest as little silvery discs you can own, hold, and hear for yourself. It's on Strange Attractors, and the official release date is November 14,...
Posted by Primordial Undermind on Fri, 29 Sep 2006 10:23:00 PST

New Undermind album on the way

At long last a new full-length entitled 'Loss of Affect' is set for release. It's culled from our final sessions in Austin, and features the 2003-2004 lineup (Vanessa, Joe, Johnny, and Eric) plus som...
Posted by Primordial Undermind on Thu, 18 May 2006 01:13:00 PST