Orfanado – video for Avorio

Sound of Cobra have sent me the forthcoming album “Iter” by Orfanado to review and I am really, really blown away by it. Review coming as soon as possible (will be a bit busy this weekend with the Damo Suzuki + Art Error Ist gig) so to keep you in the frame in the meantime, here’s a track off these new faves of ours:

The Ballad of Genesis and Lady Jaye

Showing at this years Tribeca film festival in New York is “The Ballad of Genesis and Lady Jaye“, a film by Marie Losier. The film joins Psychic TV on the road but is mainly focussed on the relationship between Genesis P-Orridge and Lady Jaye, as well as their well-documented experiment with pandrogeny. See the film’s website for screening details.

Ira Cohen R.I.P.

The film-maker Ira Cohen has passed away, as confirmed by his website.

Although also a photographer and a poet, Cohen is best remembered for his short psychedelic, avant garde film “The Invasion of Thunder Bolt Pagoda”. The film was released on DVD by Arthur Magazine with the option of viewing the film with the original psychedelic drone soundtrack by Angus Maclaise or with new soundtracks recorded by Acid Mothers Temple SWR and also by Sunburned Hand of the Man

Psychedelic Short Film: Twelve Dark Noons

Twelve Dark Noons is a psychedelic apocalypse film with music from Naked on the Vague. The film is being made by Future Primitive Films who have made videos for Zola Jesus, Moon Duo, Gary War and US Girls. The film is being co-produced by Caleb Braaten of Sacred Bones.

Here’s the trailer: