John Sinclair & Monster Island: Peyotemind CD

Peyotemind is a project that began while researching the Music is Revolution CD (EIH#10), when a 1963 student notebook written by John Sinclair was found in a box of papers in the John and Leni Sinclair collection at the Bentley Libray in Ann Arbor, Michigan. The notebook included poetry and an essay written while under the influence of peyote. This work became the main 33 minute title track for the Peyotemind CD, an improvisation recorded by Monster Island with poem vocals added by the author John Sinclair. An early and important contribution to psychedelic literature Peyotemind was recorded in one take in the fall of 2000. Included are two other Monster Island improvisations: “Ganges Dawn” and “Eternal Now”- an homage to Alice Coltrane. The last track is Sinclair’s “Monk in Orbit” recorded live at the Contemporary Art Museum in Detroit again with John Sinclair on vocals and special guest Len Bukowski on bass clarinet. 4 track CD, time: 68 minutes, 4 color sleeve/jewel box and shrink-wrapped. liner notes by Cary Loren and excerpt facsimile of John Sinclair’s 1963 psychedelic student notebook.

PERSONNEL
#1 Realizations of Peyotemind & After
Present were:
Matt Smith – piano
Cary Loren – moog, samples
Aran Ruth – guitar
Eugene Strobe – vibes
Efe/Kevin/Warn – percussion
John Sinclair had missed the recording session, but later Paul van den Hout in Rotterdam recorded his vocals while he listed to the taped version on the headset.
#2 Peyotemind Part two
Present were:
Matt Smith – piano
Cary Loren – percussion, vibes, samples
Warn Defever – percussion, moog
Davin Brainard – percussion
Efe – percussion
Aran Ruth – bass
#3 Eternal Now and Ganges Dawn for Alice Coltrane
Present were:
Matt Smith – piano,br> Cary Loren – percussion, vibes, samples
Warn Defever – percussion, moog
Davin Brainard – percussion
Efe – percussion
Aran Ruth – bass
Otto Kontrol – rehab
#4 Monk in Orbit
Present were:
John Sinclair – vocals/ words
Matt Smith – electric piano, sitar
Cary Loren – mini-moog, samples
Warn Defever – percussion
Erika Hoffman – harmonium
Aran Ruth – bass
Kevin Callaway – percussion
Special Guest: Len Bukowski – bass clarinet

“thought-provoking jazzy psychedelia, seasoned with spookhouse Moog and a sense of delicate spaciousness.
“–Scram Magazine
as new CD sealed in shrinkwrap and jewel box.

$ 20.00