Gathering of the Tribe : Music and Heavy Conscious Creation

This is a fascinating overview of music's intriguing and enduring relationship with the dark side. Much of the music discussed in Gathering Of The Tribe deals with the special power of sound and tone. Frank Zappa may have said that 'writing about music is like dancing about architecture,’ but this book explains how music can - or for a moment believed it could - move mountains. It is a matter of record that over the centuries composers and musicians have been consistently inspired by the occult. Few music lovers can fail to have been intrigued by the rumours of magick and mysticism that surround many of their favourite albums. In chapters that cover the different musical styles, from jazz through folk, rock, pop, noise and experimental forms, Gathering Of The Tribe sketches a fascinating overview of this provocative and enduring relationship with heavy conscious creation, offering en route a guide to the ultimate occult record collection, ranging from the Beatles to the Stones, Led Zeppelin to Nick Cave, Captain Beefheart to the Wu Tang Clan, Debussy to Throbbing Gristle, Charles Manson, Barbara the Gray Witch, Coven and more. 1 j'jJ^OF JHE ХЩПЕ Introduction: Mmic and the *occuh* 1 COSMIC SOUNDS 2 lAZZ AND THE SPIRIT WORLD ^ FREAKY FOLK 6 SORCERY AND THE CINEMA T THE DEVILS INTERVAL MUSIC AND THE OCCULT' THE ANCIENT MYSTERY OF SOUND Г.АТИЕ CHAPTER ONE COSM|C S(^^S EXPERIMENTS WITH MUSIC AND THE SUPERNATURAL KARLHEINZ STOCKHAUSEN STIMMUNC OLIVIER MESSIAEN PETITES LITURGIES DE LA PRESENCE DIVINE (ABC, 1974) IMPROVISATION AND REV0LUTI0NARYJAZ2 FORMS CHAPTER TOW GRAHAM COLLIER THE DAY OF THE DEAD (MOSAIC, 197^) ALICE COLTRANE UNIVERSAL CONSCIOUSNESS (iMPULSE!, I971) Г,AJ^^£R^fфR Q CHAPTER THREE 1^ЁД]^ FOLK WEIRD MANIFESTATIONS OF A DOCUMENTARY FORM OF MUSIC CHAPTER THREE BARRY DRANSFIELD BARRY DRANSFIELD (POLYDOR, 1972) 1971) GRAEME ALLWRIGHT A LONG DISTANT PRESENT FROM THEE... ESOTERIC MUSIC So shall this song In greatest joy Though thousand generations come Return into eternity Saxo the Grammarian, in his History of the Danes, tells of a ELACKEHARD JUHPLE LEE‘SCRATCH PERRY If ‘rules are to be broken' Is itself a rule, then I can break that one and say Vules are not to be broken.’ Moondog CHAPTER FIVE PSY^H-GtU’ COUf^TEfeCU THE PEACE AND LOVE FLIPSIDE CHAPTER FIVE 'ThhhfT IfE BEFORE DEATH RD Ung Tbe Group ^inae:e THE ZODIAC COSMIC SOUNDS m ^ИЕ XftfRE S^CE^Y J(^ С|1чЕМД CHAPTER SIX The sea is a grain of sand, the sun is a little spark. I’m not afraid of Life I’m not afmid of Death. KRZYSZTOF KOMEDA Pray Rosemary’s Baby. “Whatever happensy happens. It's all food” PETER WHITEHEAD DADDY 2 ‘ Z^ i )АСК NITZSCHE PERFORMANCE (i BLACK WIDOW FUREKAABEN NJ|f4]pEl|€kpS hallucinations» hallunreations, haloo nay cations hassooleonatlons, saloonatatlons and saluitlons Mel Lyman ELEC^JC S'f ОЙМ HELL States of Mind Basi Kirc (Philips, 1967) DEATH PILE C.R. Raview by |6NNiFea wauis *997) ^993) 2S2, 2S2.3M-353f 352'^» 353"» 35^» 3^0» 4^ 44^ 292. 2dS» 3^1r 21S. М3’ 342» 353^* 3fiS« з2^322. М3* This is a fascinating overview of music's intriguing and enduring relationship with the dark side. Much of the music discussed in Gathering Of The Tribe deals with the special power of sound and tone. Frank Zappa may have said that †̃writing about music is like dancing about architecture,' but this book explains how music can - or for a moment believed it could - move mountains. It is a matter of record that over the centuries composers and musicians have been consistently inspired by the occult. Few music lovers can fail to have been intrigued by the rumours of magick and mysticism that surround many of their favourite albums. In chapters that cover the different musical styles, from jazz through folk, rock, pop, noise and experimental forms, Gathering Of The Tribe sketches a fascinating overview of this provocative and enduring relationship with heavy conscious creation, offering en route a guide to the ultimate occult record collection, ranging from the Beatles to the Stones, Led Zeppelin to Nick Cave, Captain Beefheart to the Wu Tang Clan, Debussy to Throbbing Gristle, Charles Manson, Barbara the Gray Witch, Coven and more.