Stone Premonitions

A strange angel, with the head of a lizard, dances with a small orange furry alien and two beautiful nudes around a ring of power in some unnameable space. Sounds of music draw you into the circle, which reveals itself a spiral of eternal energy, spinning further and further into inner space, as your mind expands...

Then you're back on the street in your business suit wondering if it was all a dream. You're late for work! But before you rush off you look up, and there, high in the sky above you in a red balloon, you see the evil clown manipulating your marionette strings, laughing...

...It's just a taste of the vibe that many of the Stone Premonitions creations seem to inspire in me (and maybe in you too). Stone Premonitions is a Cooperative or Collective organization, officially started in 1994 but with its roots much earlier in 1974. Sometimes a record label, sometimes a radio station, always an incredible group of creative artists and musicians. The story's way too big for me to tell here, so check out their history on:
http://www.aural-innovations.com/stonepremonitions/history.html

...One of my favorite bands from the many (there's just an amazing output of music!) available is Census Of Hallucinations. Here's some unabashedly Psychedelic music with great hooks, crazy spaced-out moments, counter-cultural anarchist attitudes, fantastic musicianship, and lots of fun. But there's a LOT more besides COH. Check out the Stone Premonition discography and see:
http://www.aural-innovations.com/stonepremonitions/catalog.html

...Many of the SP recordings can be found at Stone Island Records (along with the CDs of some tosser called Beowulf Kingsley for some reason), which has a great web radio station that plays Stone Premonitions stuff all day long! Check it out here:
http://www.stoneislandrecords.com/

...Crazy cool. I'll leave you with a couple of teaser demos...have fun...