Beyond The Wizard's Sleeve. Inside The Time & Space Machine and The Grid - Richard Norris' occasional blog
Sunday, 23 September 2012
The Time and Space Machine World Tour Of London
After a summer of festivals, the Time and Space Machine are headlining two psychedelic festivals in Liverpool and Lewes, then embarking, this Autumn/Winter, on what we are calling 'The Time and Space Machine World Tour Of London'.
The dates are as follows, with more to be added. We have gigs in Central, North, East and West London… if you fancy putting us on in South London, to collect the set, please get in touch!
In fact if you fancy us playing anywhere, get in touch. We need to get out more...
Fri 12th Oct - London Palladium - with H.Hawkline
http://www.wegottickets.com/event/180747
Sat 20th Oct - Oxfam Oxjam benefit at The Nest , Stoke Newington
http://www.oxjamstokey.com/
Weds 24th Oct - Union Chapel, Islington - with Tim Burgess
http://www.seetickets.com/Event/TIM-BURGESS/Union-Chapel/648786
Sat 17th Nov - Regeneration, The Tabernacle, Notting Hill
A weekend exploring altered states of experience -http://www.regenerationfestival.org.uk/about.html
Mon 3rd Dec - The Lexington - with Black Market Karma and Lola Colt
http://www.wegottickets.com/event/184781
Wednesday, 29 August 2012
Lewes Psychedelic Festival
Thursday, 5 July 2012
Pete Fowler and Oscar Granse create stunning animated video for The Time and Space Machine single 'Good Morning'
Friday, 29 June 2012
The Time and Space Machine cover Amy Winehouse's 'Rehab' for Q magazine tribute CD
The track on the Q CD is a very edited version - the full Rehab track is about fifteen minutes long! It starts with the song and then kicks off into a Farfisa and space echo guitar groove that stretches the track out of all recognition. Maybe we'll release that version one day...
Listen to it here.
Tuesday, 5 June 2012
Rough Trade In Store Gig - July 24th
It's our first London appearance and cements a continuing relationship with Rough Trade that started when I took them my first single, aged 14, and they bought the entire pressing with money out of the till. Rough Trade, I salute you!
Full details of the in store here.
Liverpool Psychedelic Festival
This should be a great gig as Liverpool has always had strong psychedelic undertones. I ran a club called the Hangout in Liverpool in the mid 80's, which tripped the light fantastic every week to psych and garage, plus live shows from the Cardiacs, Freight Train, Zodiac Mindwarp and more. We'll certainly be bringing that spirit to Liverpool with the 5 piece Time and Space Machine band. Turn on...
Tuesday, 8 May 2012
Debut Time and Space Machine Shows in Brighton and Liverpool
Expect backwards guitar/harmony singing/phaze/light show fun....
Brighton support comes from Restlesslist with DJ action from Catholic Discipline
Facebook page for the Brighton gig here.
Tickets for the Brighton gig here and here
Liverpool support comes from The Lucid Dream with DJ action from Bernie Connor
Facebook page for Liverpool gig here.
Tickets for the Liverpool gig here
Friday, 30 March 2012
Regeneration Psychedelic Festival
Check out this event, a very psychedelic festival called Regeneration in Dorking, Surrey on 20th and 21st July. Talks from Phd toting profs under titles like 'What do psychedelics mean?' will be mixed with films like Holy Mountain and BFI short films, plus music from Cranium Pie, Amorphous Androgynous, and light shows from Bardo Lightshow and more. Oh, and a live set by The Time and Space Machine. Tickets are £99 for the weekend and are available here.Check out the website here.
Time and Space Machine Clash Podcast: A Hot Trip To Heaven
There's a new Time and Space Machine podcast up at Clash magazine's site. It's available for download, and includes a new T+SM edit and many psych gems. You can check it out here.
Monday, 19 March 2012
The Time and Space Machine - Live Show
The Time and Space Machine live show, which is a 6 piece band plus light show, is available to book worldwide via out new agency Elastic Artists. For more details and booking enquiries, you can book us here.
Thursday, 15 March 2012
My top 20 UK Psych singles for FACT Magazine
My 20 favorite UK psych singles are listed in FACT magazine, with various pop facts, here. They didn't put up the YouTube links, so here they are...
1. The Factory - Path Through The Forest
MGM 1444 1968
Philips BF 1805 1969
3. July
Major Minor MM 568 1968
4. Dantalion's Chariot - The Mad Man Running Through The Fields
Columbia DB 8260 1967
5. The Accent - Red Sky at Night
Decca F 12679 1967
Island WIP 6029 1968
7. The Apple - Buffalo Billycan
Page One POF 101 1968
8. The Yardbirds - Happenings Ten Years Time Ago
Columbia DB8024 1968
Philips BF 1809 1968
10. The Hush - Grey
Fontana TF 944 1968
11. Bamboo Shoot - The Fox Has Gone To Ground
Columbia DB8370 1968
12. Boeing Duveen and the Beautiful Soup - Jabberwock
Parlophone R 5696 1968
Stable SLE 8001 1968
14. Caleb - Baby Your Phrasing Is Bad
Philips BF 1588 1967
15. Rameses and Selket - In My Minds Eye
CBS 3717 1968
16. 23rd Turnoff - Michael Angelo
Deram DM 150 1967
17. The Pretty Things - Defecting Grey
Columbia DB8300 1967
18. Tintern Abbey - Vacuum Cleaner
Deram DM 164 1967
19. Rare Bird - Devil's High Concern
Charisma CB 120 1970
Atlantic 584 194 1968
Thursday, 23 February 2012
The Time and Space Machine - First UK Festival dates announced
The first two 2012 UK Festival dates for the Time and Space Machine live band have been announced. The 5 piece band play Standon Calling over the weekend of 3-5 August, and headline the Far Out tent at the Green Man Festival on August 19. You can read a T+SM interview on the Green Man site here.