Photo by Rick Mendoza

‘Ceremony’ gives aural substance to Jon DeRosa’s shamanic immersion, in the devotional rites of Ayahuasca and Huachuma.

I felt a certain sense of exhilaration, when Roberto at Fnord Tapes contacted me regarding this latest release, under Jon’s guise as Aarktica.

Just last year, I read one of the most profound, life affirming books I have ever encountered, ‘Psychedelia: An Ancient Culture, a Modern Way of Life’ by Patrick Lundborg.

It’s a book I had intended to buy, on reading a review in 2013, by Killing Joke bassist Youth. For whatever reason, it fell from my radar, resurfacing again in 2015 – sadly, in the meantime the author Patrick Lundborg, had passed away in 2014.

Image by Mattias Launois Photo

The Underground Youth return with yet another vinyl masterpiece, their latest triumph, in the shape of ‘Haunted’.

Such is the buzz, for those in the know, around The Underground Youth – that the Fuzz Club Records deluxe vinyl edition of 100, sold out immediately on the day the pre-order was announced, one of which plays before me as I write this.