Great stuff! Reminds me of Hallucination Engine from the early 90s, and a Santa Cruz group with several incarnations, lastly called Eyelevel. Their stuff can be heard on the yt channel fanningbrian, highly recommended. Thanks for posting this -
John, I have peeled the banana 🍌 The band takes you on a magical mystery tour. The album takes you on a journey to the center of the mind. Captivating psychedelic jazz! Love the Indian influence with the Ravi Shankar-ish sitar and some of that sounds like George Harrison/Beatles who introduced rock to the sitar. Ty
From the contaminated ashes of The Banana Splits rises this slippery plantain of profane pop. The acrimony surrounding the split of the Split's profits after splitting up drove Fleegle into Exile, though when they found out they threw him off the tour bus. Drooper and Snorky ended up backing up Helen Reddy during her avant-garde period, when she slowly pulled out her bloody tampon while yodeling The Mikado, in its entirety. Sadly Bingo was lost when he inexplicably blew up on stage drumming for Spinal Tap. Coaxed back together in the studio (by literally a buttload of coke snorted from some comely buttcracks), assisted by some guy on trumpet they thought was torturing a tabby in the alley, which turned out to be his attempt at "Tequila"---these guys nailed it and recorded this stull until the staff finally broke through the door. Their elaborate stage set, four huge "peels" emanating from a tall rotating mirror-balled banana, was their undoing when just "rockin' out" each slipped on their respective peel and sailed off into the crowd, the sitar itself fracturing three skulls, its sound doing irreparable damage to countless eardrums. Sued, blued (and sued again by The Blue Man Group), tattooed with failure and inked by obscurity, each died tragically from autoerotic asphyxiation while recording Gaspers for Decca.
not AI. This is an archival album featuring their rare single from 1971 plus previously unreleased recordings from the 70s. This was originally released in 2019 on Pharaway Sounds.
People think that when they hear unusual instrumental combinations that it's AI. Yes, children, once upon a time musicians from different genres got together and jammed back in the olden days too. This shows how small people's listening base is. Alice Coltrane was fusing Indian music and Jazz way back in the day, but to many people, music apparently didn't exist before 1980.
@@kynoceph i have found a LOT of bullshit from some channels claiming some obscure 70s extravaganzza and ultimately is AI... so I was also reluctant when I saw this, nevertheless i cannot be more happy to hear something like this being 100% legit!
It's been known to be real for a while. Just because some records from the 60s and 70s sound like they were recorded in a dumpster doesn't mean that all of them were recorded that way.
Obviously you didn't listen past the first few minutes. When they start jamming it's not dissimilar to some of the Impulse! Records releases of the late 60s and early 70s. The idea of fusing jazz with traditional Indian instruments dates back to the 1950s.
@@kynoceph Yeah, both musical traditions are known for their improvisation. Classical Indian musicians have been known to compare themselves to Jazz artists.
Well, that was different! Shades of psychedelia ... good music for tripping on if you know what I mean ...
That’s 💯 the intent. 😉
Deliciously mindmashing
I love it! A real time trip. For a 72 year old CPA working on the computer at home, it's just the thing to keep my head grounded.
Great stuff! Reminds me of Hallucination Engine from the early 90s, and a Santa Cruz group with several incarnations, lastly called Eyelevel. Their stuff can be heard on the yt channel fanningbrian, highly recommended.
Thanks for posting this -
The trumpet player is excellent. Who would have thought it would blend so well with tablas and a sitar.
Excellent album
They are a New Zealand band from the late 1960s and early 1970s.
Chilli out 2025!!!!! 🎼👍👍😎
I distinctly recall they were all the rage back in the day..
John, I have peeled the banana 🍌
The band takes you on a magical mystery tour. The album takes you on a journey to the center of the mind.
Captivating psychedelic jazz!
Love the Indian influence with the Ravi Shankar-ish sitar and some of that sounds like George Harrison/Beatles who introduced rock to the sitar.
Ty
Alice Colteane, Donald Byrd, Ravi Shankar, Mahavishu Orschestra, Krautrock, Sam Gopal, Beatles for sure
It's got a little Emerson Lake and Palmer vibe.
Some Alice Coltrane vibes too
hear something new every.... once in a while!
Never knew they made an album.
That is a compilation
puff, puff pass
From the contaminated ashes of The Banana Splits rises this slippery plantain of profane pop. The acrimony surrounding the split of the Split's profits after splitting up drove Fleegle into Exile, though when they found out they threw him off the tour bus. Drooper and Snorky ended up backing up Helen Reddy during her avant-garde period, when she slowly pulled out her bloody tampon while yodeling The Mikado, in its entirety. Sadly Bingo was lost when he inexplicably blew up on stage drumming for Spinal Tap. Coaxed back together in the studio (by literally a buttload of coke snorted from some comely buttcracks), assisted by some guy on trumpet they thought was torturing a tabby in the alley, which turned out to be his attempt at "Tequila"---these guys nailed it and recorded this stull until the staff finally broke through the door. Their elaborate stage set, four huge "peels" emanating from a tall rotating mirror-balled banana, was their undoing when just "rockin' out" each slipped on their respective peel and sailed off into the crowd, the sitar itself fracturing three skulls, its sound doing irreparable damage to countless eardrums. Sued, blued (and sued again by The Blue Man Group), tattooed with failure and inked by obscurity, each died tragically from autoerotic asphyxiation while recording Gaspers for Decca.
A French band?
Hmmm, there is something new , delay trumpet with sitar and tabla.
It's pretty cool but the first song has some rubbish AI feel that's for sure
Where from, you think, AI got this "rubbish feel"? 🤔
not AI. This is an archival album featuring their rare single from 1971 plus previously unreleased recordings from the 70s. This was originally released in 2019 on Pharaway Sounds.
People think that when they hear unusual instrumental combinations that it's AI. Yes, children, once upon a time musicians from different genres got together and jammed back in the olden days too. This shows how small people's listening base is. Alice Coltrane was fusing Indian music and Jazz way back in the day, but to many people, music apparently didn't exist before 1980.
@@kynoceph i have found a LOT of bullshit from some channels claiming some obscure 70s extravaganzza and ultimately is AI... so I was also reluctant when I saw this, nevertheless i cannot be more happy to hear something like this being 100% legit!
Disagree lots of references from psychedelic music at the time, sure but it isn't soulless
If Satan had a band and a mouth full of bananas 😮
Doesnt sound like the 70's at all, sounds like some AI generated thing from 2024
@anasabelac7000
Sounds like you need to do some research, champ 🤣🤣
Well, it's the other way around.
Its real.
I absolutley remember this album.
It's been known to be real for a while. Just because some records from the 60s and 70s sound like they were recorded in a dumpster doesn't mean that all of them were recorded that way.
This band sounds like deli market down town how did they get a record deal only God knows I would have thrown them out sitar and all.
Obviously you didn't listen past the first few minutes. When they start jamming it's not dissimilar to some of the Impulse! Records releases of the late 60s and early 70s. The idea of fusing jazz with traditional Indian instruments dates back to the 1950s.
@@kynoceph Yeah, both musical traditions are known for their improvisation. Classical Indian musicians have been known to compare themselves to Jazz artists.