Rob Sanderson offers two albums of retro sci-fi psychedelica on his blog titled Heavy Horn Action. His blog is a good example of an artist taking music distribution into his own hands and using the internet to allow people to hear his creations and make their own judgements far away from the commercial hype of the music industry. The albums represent two distinct projects of Sanderson’s; Heavy Horn Action and Midnite Classix.

Heavy Horn Action checks in with Hyperbolikaleidoscopsychedelic Freakout!. As the title suggests, these are somewhat psychedelic ponderings witha little campy 60s sci-fi vibes thrown in for good measure. The songs are essentially collages pasted together with sampled dialoques and effects over spacy melodies that are driven by a techno beat. Not all of it is successful but tracks like “Hour of the Invisible Now”, “Subliminal Song”, and the rockin’ title song all make for some some interesting fun.

Midnite Classix’s Feeding The Thin Air is less psychedelic and more Drum’n'Bass. It’s appears to be focused on the dance floor crowd and packs some nice grooves. There’s a little of everything for the electronica fan. “Classical Gas” (Not the old Mason Williams hit) is very acid jazz while “Don’t Trust The Human” and “Time to Evolve” lays downs a heavy beat rather nicely. I find the album by Heavy Horn Action more my style but fans of electronic mood music will enjoy both.

You can download the two albums from Rob’s blog via Rapidshare or through the Internet Archive from the link below. The files are in either MP3 (64kbps, 192kbps, or VBR) or Ogg Vorbis format.

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Heavy Horn Action - Hyperbolikaleidoscopsychedelic Freakout!
Midnite Classix - Feeding The Thin Air