The Time and Space Machine with Hawkwind and the Australian Pink Floyd. At a space station.

Esteemed and sartorially astute DJ Justin Robertson rang me up yesterday. 'Is it true you are playing with Hawkwind and the Australian Pink Floyd?' he said. 'Or did I dream it?'

It is indeed true. And at Jodrell Bank space observatory no less.

If there's ever been a better reason for Liverpool and Manchester's esteemed stoner populace to get together en masse I don't think I've encountered it.

Details here.

The Time and Space Machine sign to A Giant Leap live agency...

The Time and Space Machine sign to A Giant Leap live agency...

T+SM have a new live agent, Monica Melissano at A Giant Leap. Monica represents a number of excellent psych bands we like and sends them of on UK, US and European tours. So, we may be coming to your town...

For Live Bookings, please contact Monica at monica.m@agiantleap.net

The Time and Space Machine World Tour Of London

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

Lewes Psychedelic Festival

The third Lewes Psychedelic Festival is upon us.... it's an all-nighter on Saturday October 6th 2012, from 8pm til Sunrise. Bands, innerstrings psychedelic lightshow, Meditations by the Holy See, installations, free love.... £10 in advance from Union Record Store Lewes and Resident Brighton... turn on...

Pete Fowler and Oscar Granse create stunning animated video for The Time and Space Machine single 'Good Morning'

Pete Fowler and Oscar Granse have done it again... here's their ace animated video for the new Time and Space Machine single 'Good Morning', which is released on Tirk on July 23rd. Mixes come from Coyote, St.Etienne and Leftside Wobble. Luxuriate in the video right here.

The Time and Space Machine cover Amy Winehouse's 'Rehab' for Q magazine tribute CD

The Time and Space Machine have recorded a cosmic cover version of Amy Winehouse's 'Rehab', for a tribute CD that is being given away with the August issue (out July 2nd). The quietus reckon it's "like Lou Reed's Transformer if he'd been imbibing pep pills in the sun, rather than giving off the whole mardy New York smackhead vibe."

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.

Rough Trade In Store Gig - July 24th

The Time and Space Machine play a live in store gig at London's Rough Trade East shop, Brick Lane E1 on 24th July at 7pm. Wristbands are available free to anyone who buys the new T+SM album 'Taste The Lazer' before the gig, while a few extra bands will be given out on the day.

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

Our June 3rd Liverpool gig has been postponed to accommodate a much larger show on Saturday 29th September, billed as the Liverpool International Festival of Psychedelia. The gig will feature 2 stages and a host of acts, including Icelands Dead Skeletons, plus the Lucid Dream, the Shook Ups, Will Sergeant and many more. Check out the details here.

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...

Debut Time and Space Machine Shows in Brighton and Liverpool

The debut shows of the new Time and Space Machine five piece live band take place over the June bank holiday weekend in Brighton and Liverpool. The band play Sticky Mike's Frog Bar in Brighton on Friday June 1st, and The Kazimier in Liverpool on Sunday June 3rd.

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

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.

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.

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

2. The Open Mind

Magic Potion

Philips BF 1805 1969

3. July

Dandelion Seeds

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

6. Nirvana - Rainbow Chaser

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

9. Jason Crest - Black Mass

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

13. Sam Gopal - Escalator EP

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

20. Sharon Tandy - Hold On

Atlantic 584 194 1968

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.

New Time and Space Machine single - Pill Party In India

Here's the striking artwork for the new Time and Space Machine single 'Pill Party In India', due for release on Tirk at the end of January. The single comes backed with Psychemagik and Mojo Filter mixes. It's the first release from the forthcoming second album 'Taste The Lazer', which will be released in early Spring. The Time and Space Machine are also gearing up the five piece live band for gigs and festivals in 2012 - watch this space....

The Daily Flash - A Psych Tune Every Day

Lately I've been spending way too much time on Twitter. One of the things I've been doing is posting a video of a favorite psychedelic tune every day.

It's not meant to be a definitive list. Some are obscure, some are well known. It's more me waking up in the morning, or the evening, and thinking "what psychedelic tune would I like to hear today?"

So far I'm up to 59 days.... the first 50 are listed below. You can follow this madness on Twitter at @MrRichardNorris.

The Daily Flash - The First 50.

1. Dantalion's Chariot - Madman Running Through The Fields

2. JK and Co - Fly

3. The Accent - Red Fly at Night r

4. The 23rd Turnoff - Michael Angelo

5. The Id - Boil The Kettle, Mother

6. Hearts and Flowers 'Tin Angel'

7. Moby Grape - Omaha

8. Steve Miller Band - The Beauty Of Time Is That It's Snowing (Psychedelic B.B)

9. SRC - Black Sheep

10. Iron Butterfly - Theme.

11. Dragonfly (US) - She Don't Care

12. The Fun and Games - It Must Have Been The Wind

13. Brainticket - Black Sand

14. Esprit De Corps - If.

15. The Fruit Machine - I'm Alone Today

16. The Colors Of Night - Colors

17. Mandrake Paddle Steamer - Strange Walking Man

18. Rainbow FFolly - Sun Sing

19. July - Dandelion Seeds

20. Kippington Lodge - I Can See Her Face

21. The Jefferson Handkerchief - I'm Allergic To Flowers 23

22. Ning - Machine

23. Rabbi Joseph Gordan - Competition

24. The Factory - Path Through The Forest - extended alternate version

25. Nirvana - Rainbow Chaser

26. The Monks - Oh How To Do Now (live on German TV)

27. The Electric Flag - Fine Jung Thing

28. West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band - Help, I'm A Rock

29. Andrew Brown - Tarot (Ace Of Wands theme)

30. The Baroques - Mary Jane

31. Jerry Yester and Judy Henske - Farewell Aldebaran

32. Boeing Duveen and the Beautiful Soup - Jabberwock

33. Country Joe and the Fish - The Masked Marauder

34. The United States Of America- Garden Of Earthly Delights

35. Amboy Dukes - The Journey To The Center Of The Mind

36. Druids Of Stonehenge - God Bless The Child (live TV performance)

37. Rare Bird - Devil's High Concern

38. The Golden Dawn - This Way Please

39. The Hush - Grey

40. The Pink Floyd - Come In Number 51, Your Time Is Up

41. The Moon - Never Mind

42. The Zodiac - Cosmic Sounds - Leo

43. Dirty Filthy Mud - Morning Sunflower

44. The Sub - Mari Huana

45. Madeleine Chartrand - Ani Huni

46. The Moles - We Are The Moles

47. Clear Light - Black Roses

48. the Ditchling Players Alice In Wonderland East Sussex psych out!

49. Ramases - Molecular Delusion (Space Hymns)

50. Brigitte Bardot - Contact

Now on Twitter...

My ramblings are now on Twitter. I resisted for an age but finally gave in.... Follow me here.

A pastoral, psychedelic summer mix

I've just completed a summery, psychedelic, Balearic set of tunes for Sean Rowley's BBC Kent programme The Joy Of Music. Listen here...

New Mix For Tame Impala

I've just completed a new nine minute psychedelic mix for Tame Impala, for their track 'Solitude Is Bliss'. It'll be out on Modular shortly. CHeck it out on my Soundcloud .... I couldn't think of a more appropriate or like minded band for the Time and Space Machine to mix.

TAME IMPALA - Solitude Is Bliss - The Time & Space Machine Remix by RichardNorris