Pancakes/magi Razzo
Oh What's That/neue Signale
Split LP on clear vinyl, limited to 500 copies. Artwork by Darren Merinuk. This is an interesting split LP with the current German psych band The Pancakes (older material from 2005-2009) and some unreleased material by Magi Razzo from 1986! The record comes with a 2 sided insert for each band. The A side starts with 5 tracks of psychedelic garage rock by the Pancakes including the one called 'The Too Long Fried Hemp Pancake Woman'. 'The Ghost' is a funny track but it has you singing along, "Silly Ghost" by the end. 'The Hemp Pancake' song is freaky, strange and a bit like surf psych stuff. The long track 'Flying' is more psychedelic and floating with some nice bendy guitar and a stoned nature. 'Hawaii' and 'Banana' are shorter 3-4 minute tracks. 'Hawaii' is a funny track and 'Banana' a mostly instrumental track with a repeated theme and again surf returns. Magi Razzo were a dada psychedelic band from Germany in the '80s. These 8 tracks were recorded on a 4 track tape machine in 1986. 'Java Girl' reminds a bit of Hungarian music! 'Der Rhein Ist Tot' is also a strange mix of surf calypso nonsense with some psychedelic guitar. 'Melancholie 86' has a cool drive to it as well. 'Flashback No. 5' also returns to this slight surf psych feel and a really strange psychout section in this instrumental track. 'Wieder Einmal' is the longest track at 5 minutes. 'Silicon Orbit' features that 13th Floor Elevators freaky jug sound but is pretty cool. 'Silicon Safer Sex Part 1' ends the side and is a happy strange number that you want to whistle along with. Pretty strange but cool record especially if you like surf psych stuff and understand German!