Sample Section # 1

I'll be including every now and again some
sample material which cats can use as textures for
their recordings or just plain ideas to get inspired by,

Nik “Pascal” Raicevic’s chief claim to fame is as a session percussionist for two tracks on the Rolling Stones’ Goat’s Head Soup, but in the early 1970s he released several pioneering electronic instrumental albums under various names.

His first release, in 1970, was an eponymous album under the name “Head”; it was released by Buddah Records and contained tracks with names like “Cannabis Sativa” and “Methedrine”. Buddah had second thoughts fairly quickly and Raicevic was soon on his own. He released four albums on his own label (keeping the drug theme by naming it “Narco Records and Tapes”) before selling all his equipment to Steve Roach and dying of an overdose or finding Jesus or something.

This is The Sixth Ear, from 1972, with great spacey Moog sounds. For you DJs out there, this makes a fantastic music bed for back-announcing. Raicevic credits himself under three different pseudonyms on the involved musicians list on the back cover. The engineer is listed as “William Elder”, but I don’t think it’s the Mad/Playboy artist.

1. The Sixth Ear
   
   


2. Journey Into the Light
   
   


3. Subconscious Nebula


4. Anandamayi


5. Identity


6. Demons of Rage


7. Karma


8. Vision of Kali


9. Life

DO NOT LISTEN TO THIS TAPE IF YOU ARE STONED.