{"title":"The Jonny Halifax Invocation","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"thank-yougatitude-dub","title":"Thank You\/Gatitude Dub","description":"\u003cp\u003ePrepare to be engulfed in the sonic maelstrom that is The Jonny Halifax Invocation as they unleash their blistering new single \"Thank You”. Renowned for their mesmerising forays into extended sun-scorched psychedelic soundscapes on the critically acclaimed albums Açid Blüüs Räägs Vols.1 \u0026amp; 2, The Jonny Halifax Invocation now emerge with a thunderous new proposition in the form of their latest 7\" single. A dynamic shift of gears in The Invocation’s sonic landscape, “Thank You” is a two minutes and thirty-seven second explosion of raw, primal energy, a revolutionary last call, an arrow shot of burning malcontent for this time. “Thank You” goes for the kill from the first beat of filthy amphetamine buzzsaw swagger cutting some heavy sonic rug with spiritual forefathers The Stooges and MC5. Cosmic free jazz saxophonic squawks soar, while the preacherman of the apocalypse invites the congregation to question the root of their original gratitude with life or death urgency. Meanwhile over on the flip side, \"Gratitude Dub” slows the rumbling groove to a lurching, swaggering rollercoaster ride of hallucinogenic dub exotica just before the wheels fall off.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"God Unknown Records","offers":[{"title":"Black 7\" - 2204739","offer_id":50380108202315,"sku":"2204739","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/Jonny_Halifax_Invocation_Thank_You_GOD113_c6c1149d_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1726207895"},{"product_id":"acid-bluus-raags-vol2","title":"Acid Bluus Raags Vol.2","description":"\u003cp\u003eAçid Blüüs Räägs Vol.2’ is the latest evolution of the sound of last year’s Volume 1. The debut album was described by Joe Banks for Shindig! Magazine as; “Shivering slabs of drone blues transcendentalism…a burning junkyard of sheet metal blues… Hot stuff.” Volume 2 builds on the skronk blues guitar, sax and electronic drones of it’s predecessor, to explore cosmic free jazz, concrete exotica and dub, channelling influences of Moondog, Terry Riley, 75 Dollar Bill and Wolf Eyes. Playing like the imagined film soundtracks to a dystopian, re-wilded, post eco crash world in the style of Tarkovsky's ‘Stalker’ and ’Solaris’, Jodorowsky's surreal desert western ‘El Topo’, or the early novels of JG Ballard. This new collection sees the addition of minimal analogue drum machine loops as well as live instrumental contributions from the new players of the ever evolving Invocation band, plus some superstar guest contributors. Featuring five brand new tracks, including the forthcoming single; ‘Cosmic Fanfare’, has already picked up BBC 6 Music support from Gideon Coe. The new album was mixed by Alex McGowan (aka Captain Future) of Space Eko Studios and features Invocation band regulars Rick Jensen of Apocalypse Jazz Unit, Skronk and Oneirologist on sax and bass clarinet, Will Emms aka Tiki Eerie on melodica, horns and claviola, plus special guest appearances from Duke Garwood on clarinet and Mikey 'Moondog' Chestnut of Snapped Ankles on bass synth. “….Acid fried kosmiche blues meets drone raag transcendentalism”. Jonny Halifax is a primitivist free blues outsider, sonic shaman of the acid fuzzed lap steel guitar, demented blower of the howling harmonica of doom. His new band project now combines avant swamp blues heaviosity with kosmic free jazz experimentalism in a fluid collective of godless raag brut improvisations - sonic visions of an hallucinatory apocalyptic near future. Inspired by Henry Flynt’s avant bluegrass experiments fusing country blues with eastern acoustic musical stylings, Spacemen 3’s contemporary sitar music, and the monolithic drone doom immersion of Sunn 0))), THE JONNY HALIFAX INVOCATION build hypnotic instrumental soundscapes using lap steel and homemade slide guitars, harmonica and alto sax. Underpinned by layers of acoustic and electronic drone instruments and fed through an arsenal of pedalboard electronics that would make Kevin Shields weep, the blues are transmogrified, unhinged, reduced and re-imagined as intoxicating, trance-inducing, feedback-drenched noise paintings. THE JONNY HALIFAX INVOCATION follows Jonny’s junkshop skronk blues one man band Honkeyfinger, and the Julian Cope endorsed gospel fuzz psychedelia of Jonny Halifax \u0026amp; The Howling Truth, whilst not forgetting his ambient drone metal side project; Deathenteredinerror. His musical CV also includes studio contributions to tracks by Andrew Weatherall’s Two Lone Swordsmen, UK metal behemoths Orange Goblin, Heck and Melting Hand.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"God Unknown Records","offers":[{"title":"Black LP.","offer_id":50405287526731,"sku":"2188116","price":22.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/jonny_halifax_acid_blues_raaga_vol_2_GOD110_17f943c9_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1726575270"},{"product_id":"acid-bluus-raags-vol-2-remixed","title":"Açid Blüüs Räägs: Vol. 2 Remixed","description":"\u003cp\u003eJonny Halifax Invocation return with a new set of remixes from their phenomenal second full length \u003cem\u003eAçid Blüüs Räägs: Vol. 2\u003c\/em\u003e released last year to rave reviews, via their own Greasy Noise imprint and God Unknown. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe East London based collective have been active since 2021, releasing a stash of amazing lathe cut releases, all dressed in the most incredibly eye catching packaging and featuring Jonny’s now trademark psych flavoured, lino-cut and screened sleeves. In hindsight it all seems so simple- the marrying up of the most incredible looking records with the bands’ incendiary psyched out, kosmik washed swamp blues is one heck of a draw. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAstutely described as “combining avant swamp blues heaviosity with kosmic free jazz experimentalism in a fluid collective of godless raag brut improvisations - sonic visions of an hallucinatory apocalyptic near future”. Reference points are incredibly eclectic from Alice Coltrane, Sun Ra, Moondog, Captain Beefheart etc via The MC5 or the blissed out mantras of Popol Vuh to “imagining Spacemen 3 in the high desert being scorched by the hot hot sun”. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe background to this set is probably best coming from Jonny himself: “The origin of this remix project began in the final mixing of the album ‘Acid Blüüs Räägs Vol.2’  with Captain Future at Space Eko East Studios. When the Captain tried out some heavy dub treatments on the opening track ‘Cosmic Fanfare’ the idea for a whole parallel remix project pronounced itself as the righteous path. So, after mixing the album, the Captain set sail for the cosmos with his dub version of track 1. The logical next step was to put the call out to the Invocation family… Jason Stoll, God Unknown label boss and Sex Swing bass swinger gives ‘Fever Dawn’ the dark and heavy treatment. Long time friend and prolific cottage industry remixer The Lincolnshire Poacher takes ‘Wail Of The Dead Woods’ off to his murky hideout to close the first side. On the flip Brother Chris Rotter, the band’s very own sonic traveller of the white and the black keys, pulls out a very cinematic mix of ‘The Sun and The Red Sand’. And the final track ‘Celestial Symphony In D’ is treated to two re-imaginings; first from long term collaborator Charlie Behrens who treats us to some delicious experimental rupturings, under his new moniker Collapsing Drums, followed by former band mate and present collaborator Mr Chestnutt, with a Floating World Pictures cosmic gospel rave mix to close the party. Something for everyone….Dig!!!”\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Feral Child","offers":[{"title":"LP - Black","offer_id":52911120482635,"sku":"R4160-9228","price":17.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/ca4d5b21-99df-58b1-3dd4-9e5090012e6e.jpg?v=1752592411"}],"url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/collections\/the-jonny-halifax-invocation.oembed","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}