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The Psykadelik Whirlpool

by Andrew Stone

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1.
A Beginning 05:01
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2.
Children of The Sun 09:54
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3.
The Universe is Dancing (v1.0) 05:48
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4.
Water of Life 05:53
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5.
The Psykadelik Whirlpool: Bill and Ben are Waiting [part 1] 08:15
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6.
Tiny Lites [part 2] 06:58
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7.
An Ending [part 3] 05:37
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about

THIS IS A 7 SONG ALBUM

So, what is The Psykadelik Whirlpool? To be honest, I'm not quite sure. The idea has been in my mind literally for decades, without my coming to any kind of satisfactory conclusion... until I saw the image that makes up the album cover that my wife Alex has created. Despite its complexity, it is one single line, which means that if you trace 'round all of its twists, turns and curlicues, you'll end up—eventually—right back where you started.

The cover art image is based on a Fibonacci sequence, a set of mathematically related numbers that govern shapes and patterns in the natural world. Looking at it, you might "see" a sea-shell, or even a side-on section of a human brain. This is no accident, and harks back to the ideas of "sacred geometry" that were a part of Renaissance thinking.

So, the Psykadelik Whirlpool is consciousness, awareness, presence. If you are lucky enough, you can see it in the eyes of a new-born child... It is also the space in between sleep and waking, life and death. We follow all the twists and turns and end up right back where we started.

And if you think all of this is nonsense, that's fine. There's nothing quite so serious as really good nonsense.

There you go.

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released February 13, 2023

Composed, arranged, recorded and produced by Andy Stone (apart from track 6, based on an idea by Michael McClure from the summer of 1977). Andy plays Acoustic and Electric 6 and 12 String Guitars, Bass Guitar, Mandolins, Ukulele, Guitar Synthesizer and Sings.

Alexandra Stone plays Acoustic Guitars on tracks 3 and 4.

Simon Whitbread plays Drums on tracks 1, 2, 3 and 4.

David Eales plays Drums on tracks 5, 6 and 7.

Special guest, Matt Tarling, Violin solo on "Tiny Lites".


THERE ARE NO KEYBOARDS ON THIS ALBUM


Mastered by Andrew Faunch.
Original artwork by Alexandra Stone.
Other artwork and layout by I Pity Inanimate Graphics, ipigrafix@gmail.com

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Andy is a multi-instrumentalist, composer, producer, arranger and singer. Growing up in the ’60s and ’70s, the influence of the great bands of that era are distilled in his music making. With the recordings here, Andy and his friends bring to you their love for English Progressive Rock. They represent a pilgrimage; a life in music. ... more

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