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Reign Drive by Plastic Crimewave Syndicate (Chicago)

✨OUT NOW ON NERVOUS RECORDS✨

Absolutely love the original song so finally decided to make this house version that we can play in our sets/mixes!

The track is a bridge between classic house music and the classic jungle vibe set forth by Soichi Terada in the original

Appreciate any support on this!

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Record Club - Grand Senshuraku

Crystal Therapy set during Members Only episode 9, 27.07.2025

Crystal Therapy is the holistic ambient techno duo of Lux (synthesizers, violin) and Psonic (drum machine, turntables).
Their electronic live set features a dub approach, blending ambient, breaks, bass, and slowed-down techno, aiming to reharmonize your energy centers.
Since 2023, they've brought their live sets to clubs and festivals (Argo16, Sajeta Festival, Astro Club, Wrong Speed Fest).

In parallel, they offer DJ sets that explore a wide range of BPMs, from 33 RPM slowdowns to footwork and jungle

CRYSTAL THERAPY @ Members Only Episode IX (2025)

Glass Vortex

Lorelei's Grasp (Live)

Dwellers in the Mirage

Thunderbolt of Flaming Wisdom 
by 
Plastic Crimewave Syndicate 

1.  Ghost of Dread Reaction 
2. Future to the Ancients 
3. Wasted All the Time 
4. Vast Beyond
5. No Place

Recorded November 2016 
Recorded, Engineered & Mixed by Mark Yoshi 

Plastic Crimewave Syndicate is...
Plastic Crimewave (Steve Krakow) - voice / lyrics / guitar / effects
Cosmik Jru - bass guitar  
Jose "The Beast" Bernal - drums & cymbals

Special Guests 
Bruce Lamont - saxophone 
William Vermett - synthesizers 
Whitney Johnson - viola

PCWS premaster refs 062017    

Ghost of Dread Reaction

This is the first track off my new album, 'opening up.'  I really love this raga and all its possibilities.  You can listen through the whole album for free on Bandcamp, where you can also purchase the CD ($15 w/ shipping) or digital download ($7).  Just click the 'Buy' link above. Thanks for listening!

opening up

Raag Rageshree

From N+B 001

Eponymously named for Chameleon, a member of the Legion of Superheros, this hazy and shoegazey psych jam by Chicago legend Plastic Crimewave is the b-side to the inaugural 45 which was released in mid-July via newcomers Notes and Bolts Records and Tapes. Grab a copy on limited to 100 green or good ol' black at www.notesandbolts.net

Plastic Crimewave Sound - Tears For Reep Daggle

Vanya

Eyelid Chambers

The Ivy Maze

Sophomore release Frozen Altars on Captcha Records.
http://captcharecords.bandcamp.com/album/frozen-altars-3

MOONRISES S/T album ON cassette through Priority Male (http://www.prioritymaletapes.com/catalog.html)
LP through Logan Hardware/Galactic Archives:
(http://chicago-independent.com)

"Moonrises is a new project by Chicago psych guru, schizo axe-weilder Plastic Crimewave along with keyboard sorceress Ms. Libby Ramer and drum warlock Ben B. Billington. Together this cosmic trio have laid a scorcher of white hot psychedelic space rock to tape. We're talking bubble and gurgle organ melodies, chanted male/female vocal interplay and ultra manic guitar scree backed by nonstop jazzy pummeling drum work that lifts off and doesn't stop. This trance inducing slice of stratosphere snorting sonicisims will have you hovering in the garden of the edens expressway in no time. 8 cuts of interstellar space ritual that kicks on the afterburners to thrust you ever further towards new galaxies. If you like Acid Mothers Temple, Fabulous Diamonds, Gunslingers, Flying V's, the color clear and the solar system that get on board cuz when the sun sets, the Moonrises! Recommended." --PERMANENT RECORDS

Prog/punk/psych/free jazz trio from Chicago featuring Plastic Crimewave of longtime spacepunkers Plastic Crimewave Sound, and creator of Drag City's Galactic Zoo Dossier mag on guitar; Ben Billington of free-jazz titans Tiger Hatchery and Wasteland Jazz Unit on drums; and Libby Ramer on keys. Sublime space-outs change to propulsive noise-assaults on a dime, but with pained tunes buried in the muck.

The Ivy Maze

Moonrises

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