grok martian love call by Mij Yodeling Astrologer

Just when we thought all the weird dusty corners of strange and magical sounds had been uncovered from the vast archives of the ESP label, something new to us, shiny and unbelievably wonderful gets unearthed. MIJ is the strangely cryptic moniker of Jim Holmberg, (or on second thought not so strange as we just realized, it's his name spelled backwards!) who was discovered in Washington Square Park on a hot summer day in 1969 yodeling and playing guitar by ESP label head Bernard Stoller. But this wasn't any country western or Swiss Alps yodeling, this was some freaked out high-keening spacey Martian kind of yodeling. The kind that cuts through time and space and penetrates your subconscious. Blown away by his street performance, Stoller invited Holmberg into the studio the next day to record a full length album and in just three hours with an array of echo effects and a patient and agreeable engineer, the Yodeling Astrologer was born. Apparently Holmberg had explained to Stoller that after being injured in an auto-accident that had fractured his skull and impaired his hearing, his perceptions became altered and he began to do things musically that he couldn't comprehend but they somehow worked, and indeed they do. With both voice and guitar reverbed to the nth degree, this is some Donovan meet Dreamies meets Curt Boetchner of The Millenium psych-folk magic. So awesome and beautiful, weird and dreamy, with well-written songs and just enough freaky yodeling that won't scare off the folks who might be put off by the concept of, well, freaky yodeling. We've been playing this nearly everyday, it's so good. So Highly Recommended! Aquarius Records

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[jimbear88]

videos are in China about 740 miles west of Beijing along the yellow river ... there is a famous movie studio there

[Marisaliya]

i rated this video 5/5

[jimbear88]

thanks there will be more

[Taliadrtuju]

I like, I've got to look into more of this.

[jimbear88]

there will be more

[Laradxdwds]

I just moved to the U.S, great video

[jimbear88]

glad you liked it

[Spiregrain]

Arrived here after reading the book Seasons They Change. Wow this is something else...great song. Just bought this CD from Amazon, can't wait for it's arrival. Thanks for sharing your music on YouTube.

[coy0te9]

Where did the Mongolian tourist videos come from? They're such an improbably wonderful pairing with the music!

[BlackMonk66]

This track leaves me awestruck.

[nizxbit]

I tried to buy the orig. lp years ago,nice to actually hear it,ESP never disappoints.

Does anyone know the title of a dub/reggae tune with saxophone,yodeling,male vocals-really distinctive,i really need to know!

[jimbear88]

more to come soon

[jimbear88]

thanks