Dreamweapon: An Evening of Contemporary Sitar Music

Editorial Reviews
Album Description
2004 reissue of 1990 release, features 4 tracks including 'An Evening Of Contemporary Sitar Music', a transfixing 40-minute-plus document of a landmark Spacemen 3 performance recorded at Waterman's Art Centre in Hammersmith on August 19, 1988. Space Age. --This text refers to the Audio CD edition.

Tracks:

An Evenign Of Contemporary Sitar Music
Ecstasy Live Intro Theme
Ecstasy In Slow Motion
Spacemen Jam

Product Description

1. An Evening Of Contemporary Sitar Music
2. Ecstasy Live Into Theme
3. Ecstasy In Slow Motion
4. Spacemen Jam

Format: CD

Customer Reviews:

Ecstatic Drone.......2005-05-23

This CD presents a different sort of ambience. The first, 44-min. track consists of a continuous pulsating drone, gradually rising & falling in intensity, with accompanying gentle sitar melodies. The rest of the CD offers a steady (as opposed to pulsating) drone with a high, moog-like accompanyment. There are no vocals. The whole CD presents a mystic vibe--and dares your mind to merge with it...with meditative ecstasy the desired result...if you can dig it. Upon repeated listenings, this music works its way into your brain like a gentle bliss-drill---and that's when true enjoyment kicks in.

Dreamweapon: An Evening of Contemporary Sitar Music

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Spacemen 3-'Dreamweapon'(Sympathy For The Record...)
La Monte Young Meets Punk
best for going to sleep to
Wow Im High!
Healing

Dreamweapon: An Evening of Contemporary Sitar Music
Spacemen 3
Manufacturer: Sympathy 4 the R.I.
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000003KXP
Release Date: 1993-10-08

Tracks:

Evening of Contemporary Sitar - 44:21
Ecstasy in Slow Motion - 9:26
Spacemen Jam (previously unreleased) - 15:42

Album Description

2004 reissue of 1990 release, features 4 tracks including 'An Evening Of Contemporary Sitar Music', a transfixing 40-minute-plus document of a landmark Spacemen 3 performance recorded at Waterman's Art Centre in Hammersmith on August 19, 1988. Space Age.

Customer Reviews:

Spacemen 3-'Dreamweapon'(Sympathy For The Record...).......2004-09-21

One thing about 'Dreamweapon' is that it's quite a bit different from their other live recordings,at least the ones that I've heard.Originally released in 1990 and reissued in 2003.The tracks on 'Dreamweapon' were recorded at a UK concert that took place in August,1988.Really enjoyed the 44-minute epic "An Evening Of Contemporary Sitar Music" which,of course features some top notch sitar playing.Best described as dreamy neo psychedelia.The disc's other two cuts are "Ecstasy In Slow Motion" and "Spacemen Jam",which were penned by Sonic Boom.Basically,if you're a Spacemen 3 fan and you even somewhat dig sitar playing,you SHOULD have no problem digging on this CD.

La Monte Young Meets Punk.......2004-03-17

La Monte Young's classic band (archival material has been released by John Cale) was the seed of the Velvet Underground and is clearly where Spacemen 3's influences lie. Most of their albums are focused around trippy psych punk jams. However, this cd leaves out the harsher edges and is a punked out modern day equivalent of what La Monte Young and Terry Riley were doing in the sixties. On first listen you may find this album to be repetitive and unfocused but if you try to use it as an ambient experience rather than trying to relate to it as a song you will really enjoy it. This is ambient music that "goes somewhere"

best for going to sleep to.......2003-11-09

too bad this is out of print again! the first track is revelatory (and not just because it reveals fragments of many songs that would appear on 1989's Playing with Fire). in addtion, it's a fantastic album to fall asleep to!

Wow Im High!.......2001-11-09

I just finished listening to this for the 5th or 6th time. This is not really a CD more of an experience and you have to treat it like one.

Not something to casually put on and go about doing other things. You also should have become well aquainted with the rest of the Spacemen 3 catalog first. Then turn down the lights lay back and be prepared not to get up for 45 minutes.

It can be a long bumpy ride escpecially after a half hour and the pulsing drone can seem annoying but just relax. After its over get up you will feel totally refreshed and somewhat high!

By the way this was recorded live as an art exihibit in a gallery in 1988. On the credits there is no drummer listed or bass but there is a "joint roller".

Healing.......1999-12-24

An enlightening performance. Every listening takes me out of my mind. Spacemen have redefined minimalism and provided a rich and flavorfull sonic experience by acknowledging the healing power of music without melody.

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Spacemen 3-'Dreamweapon'(Sympathy For The Record...)
La Monte Young Meets Punk
best for going to sleep to
Wow Im High!
Healing

Dreamweapon: An Evening of Contemporary Sitar Music
Spacemen 3
Manufacturer: Import [Generic]
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000024JM1
Release Date: 2004-02-24

Tracks:

Evening of Contempoary Sitar Music
Ecstasy Live Intro Theme
Ecstasy in Slow Motion
Spacemen Jam

Album Description

Customer Reviews:

Spacemen 3-'Dreamweapon'(Sympathy For The Record...).......2004-09-21

La Monte Young Meets Punk.......2004-03-17

best for going to sleep to.......2003-11-09

Wow Im High!.......2001-11-09

I just finished listening to this for the 5th or 6th time. This is not really a CD more of an experience and you have to treat it like one.

It can be a long bumpy ride escpecially after a half hour and the pulsing drone can seem annoying but just relax. After its over get up you will feel totally refreshed and somewhat high!

By the way this was recorded live as an art exihibit in a gallery in 1988. On the credits there is no drummer listed or bass but there is a "joint roller".

Healing.......1999-12-24

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