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Lounge Records The revival of new psychedelic rock in Philadelphia in the mid-90s was intimately connected with the fate of the Lounge label. Lounge promoted such exceptional Philly talents as the early Asteroid #4, the Azusa Plane, Transient Waves, Bent Leg Fatima and others in two important compilations: Sounds from Psychedelphia (1999), and Sounds from the Low Orbit Lounge (1997) co-produced with Low Orbit (aka WKDUs Eric Zimmerman). Lounge seems to have gone into hibernation... not quite sure if that has anything to do with Asteroid #4 leaving Philly.

The Low Orbit Lounge Eric Zimmerman wouldn't believe me but his label was my inspiration for organizing the Philadelphia Ambient Consortium (Music and Noise). See, the Low Orbit label was just a thought, an intention, whose only existence was its tenuous connection to little artifacts like cds and events and conversations. Same with PAC(MaN). Eric put out a compilation album with Lounge records entitled "Sounds from the Philadelphia Low Orbit Lounge" despite the fact that there was no Low Orbit Lounge outside of Eric's mind. The Consortium only exists in my mind too despite the fact that I organize concerts and put together compilation albums (please be patient while I work on the comp!). These names, "Low Orbit Lounge", "PAC(MaN)", are just frames for our good intentions. "Sounds from the Philadelphia Low Orbit Lounge" is a terrific collection of local droner, space rock, and psychedelic creativity. The compilation includes tracks by Asteroid #4, the Azusa Plane, Lenola, Flowchart and others. Check it out. What's Eric doing now? The man is a recluse, and the Low Orbit Lounge comp was his one and only contribution to the catalog. I think if you really need to find him you should look for him at the Astrocade where he is one of the resident savants.  "Sounds from the Philadelphia Low Orbit Lounge" is a project from two new record labels: Low Orbit and Lounge. Informed by My Bloody Valentine, Spacemen 3, and early Pink Floyd, the multi-artist compilation creates a new sound of Philadelphia where inspiration and innovation run wild. With tracks by the Asteroid #4, Lenola, Photon Band, Dagobah System and Cathode Ray, it's a planetarium of the local space rock scene. - Philadelphia Weekly Sounds from the Philadelphia Low Orbit Lounge Track01 the_asteroid_no4 car_thief_millenia Track02 flowchart sole_qualm Track03 slumber calling_all_cars Track04 lenola go_destruct_your_own Track05 the_azusa_plane shooting_speed_with_lou_reed Track06 bent_leg_fatimah relax Track07 photon_band glow_in_the_dark Track08 cathode_ray sante_sagre Track09 dagobah_system introduction Track10 the_dealers the_rice_wine_emo Track11 wicked_finger fraenkischer_bauerntanz Sounds from Psychedelphia track01 three_4_tens i_feel_fine track02 aspera_ad_astra give_em_back track03 transient_waves wavelength track04 photon_band here_comes_some_changes track05 azusa_plane drinking_scotch_with_delmore track06 slumber bell_boy track07 bent_leg_fatimah AD track08 intro_to_india the_world_is_waiting track09 lenola sids track10 asteroid_no4 tricks_of_the_trade