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Thanks for posting the Ksiezyc......new for me and definitely strange and wonderful wyrd folk.
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Been listening to this a lot lately.....very atmospheric.....well known here I'm sure.
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Originally posted by ALotOfBottle ALotOfBottle wrote:

Have to recommend the self-titled EP by Księżyc - it's a Polish freak-folk cult classic. 



A fantastic album (which has had a fairly recent CD reissue). A reformed Księżyc put out a second album, Rabbit Eclipse, in 2015 that is just as good IMO.

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Have to recommend the self-titled EP by Księżyc - it's a Polish freak-folk cult classic. 
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wow. Thanks for this thread. I have a lot to catch up on. The only Acid Folk I really know is Comus and I love them. Looking forward to checking out some others listed here.
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Another one i really love that isn't on PA is Grizzly Bear. It was an acquired taste but they have some really bizarre compisitional styles.

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Originally posted by ClemofNazareth ClemofNazareth wrote:

For some lesser-known but great music check out Faun Fables, Carol of Harvest, Rabbit Rabbit.  

Two of my favorite obscure acid folk albums are both self-titled, Justine who were made up of Americans and Brits, and String Cheese which had connections to It's a Beautiful Day. 

And while I wouldn't consider them acid, freak or wyrd Errobi's 'Ametsaren Bidea' is a pretty killer Basque folk album with some funky sounds.



Wheeeewwwww... thanks for saving our collective arses Clem, for neither Ken and I had spotted this thread...EmbarrassedOuchLOL

well, I guess we educated them enough that such a thread can happen without us, now Approve

I'll counter Clem's Justine with another UK/US duo called Subway


Originally posted by Mortte Mortte wrote:

From here mentioned I really like Comus, Pearls Before Swine, Incredible String Band, Tim Buckley and Roy Harper.


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In terms of modern acid/psych/prog folk(-rock) (the wave that was called Wyrd folk), I can suggest the first two albums of PG Six (PG is for Pat Gubler), the whole of Espers (prefer Espers I and II, though) and a couple of early Tunng. I think only the latter is still active/touring as an act, though (fun concerts too). The Espers members are involved in their solo projects.



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From here mentioned I really like Comus, Pearls Before Swine, Incredible String Band, Tim Buckley and Roy Harper. Have to mention here UK Kaleidoscope, although it might be more fairytale psych pop, really great anyway. Also Finnish band Pihasoittajat has made really great album "Kontaten Kotia" which has also some prog mystic sounds.
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I've been meaning to drop this on the thread for a while:
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Originally posted by Guldbamsen Guldbamsen wrote:

Originally posted by Junges Junges wrote:

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Yes, I was about to mention David Tibet and cohorts. Thunder Perfect Mind fits this thread like the proverbial glove.
I just turned on to them. Fantastic stuff.
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^ Really like Gorky's; got hear of them through Super Furry Animals, Gorwel Owen who produced and played keyboards on some the early SFA stuff also worked with GZM. I saw them at a tiny free festival in mid Wales in 1996 and they were great, a little shambolic in places but very charming and very influenced by Kevin Ayres!

Gruff Rhys' solo lps are very much in a similar vein, particularly 'Candylion'.. also worth watching are the documentary films by Gruff Rhys 'Separado' and 'American interior'. 

The two compilation lps 'Welsh Rarebit vols 1 & 2' which are compilations of Welsh language psych, folk and proto-prog from the Welsh 1970 label 'Sain' partly curated by Gruff Rhys.. which then brings me to Meic Stevens, the 'Welsh Bob Dylan' who was a good mate of Syd Barrett..

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In the last year or so I have really got into Welsh band from the 90s-early 2000s, Gorky's Zygotic Mynci.

They put out 9 albums from 1992-2003 and then disbanded. Extremely eclectic; very folk acid tinged at times with a pop sensibility. But they were very , very eclectic...sort of Syd Barrett type acid-freak but then again not...it's hard to explain!

Euros Childs was their front man and IMHO is a genius. I am slowing buying his solo output...he's extremely good IMHO. But I love Gorky's and Childs' folk leaning tracks.....Childs is a big Richard Thompson appreciator. So you can definitely get RT's vibe in certain songs especially his solo stuff. But it's so varied it's mind boggling. Gorky's and Childs are both worth a listen.

Here's 2 from Gorky's and one from Childs. The first, Lladd Eich Gwraig, sung in Welsh is from 1992, the next Meirion Wyllt, which is mainly an instrumental from 1997 and the last by Childs, Farm-Hand Murder is from 2008. Have a listen!

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Originally posted by Junges Junges wrote:

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Yes, I was about to mention David Tibet and cohorts. Thunder Perfect Mind fits this thread like the proverbial glove.
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Secret Path by Gord Downie. No really! Sort of... ambient folk? I'm having trouble explaining why I recommend it but I do recommend it. Also thankful I don't have to explain who he is.
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Originally posted by siLLy puPPy siLLy puPPy wrote:

I find the French band Ripaille's "La Vielle Que L'on Brūla" to be somewhat freaky folky as well although it is uneven, it still has an overall vibe.

This was completely new to me but I just checked it out on Youtube after seeing your review - I like it quite a bit. Thanks for the tip.

Staying in France, but with a Breton folk-rock vibe, I'm also a fan of the Dan ar Braz album Douar Nevez. Another record with a consistent vibe.
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More good suggestions.

Noticed that I neglected to mention one of my particular favourites in my OP (was recommended to me at this site quite a few years ago) -- Extradition's Hush.

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Buffy Saint-Marie's Illuminations was some really good experimental folk for its day. Maybe not psychedelic enough, it certainly was a pioneering album in mixing electronica to folk

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I'm surprised no one has mentioned Neutral Milk Hotel....




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