Songs For Rainy English Autumn Afternoons (Released on 5 Jan 2015)
This is a beautiful intense poetic very ‘English’ album! Waves of melancholy and intense emotion create a haunting massage for the senses, to carry you away on a dream-like hallucinogenic journey! An album for all those who are not afraid to cry tears of joy and feel the beauty in sadness! The songs and voices are beautiful hypnotic and sublime. Hong Guo’s piano & strings and Eva Sisi Yuan’s production blend and evoke perfectly the almost hypnotic beauty of the music voices and songs.
Track List:
01. Anna May Wong
02. Dragon
03. Kensington Gardens
04. Anyway
05. Tears of Joy
06. River
07. Invisible
08. Alone
Composed written and arranged by Hong Guo & Chris Garland
Words: Chris Garland
Music: Hong Guo & Chris Garland
Vocals: Hong Guo & Chris Garland
Produced by Eva Sisi Yuan (Empress CC!)
Label: Audio Fabrique
Ambient Music For Rainy English Autumn Afternoons (Released on 24 Dec 2014)
A hypnotic hauntingly beautiful dream-like album. Close your eyes and drift away as the music takes you on a journey through your senses. Soft, flowing, sensual undulating harmonic melting soundscapes and angelic vocal effects create the ultimate massage for the senses. Loose yourself in joy.
Track List:
01. Anna May Wong (Melting)
02. Dragon (Melting)
03. Kensington Gardens (Melting)
04. Anyway (Melting)
05. Tears of Joy (Melting)
06. River (Melting)
07. Invisible (Melting)
08. Alone (Melting)
Composed written and arranged by Matthew Leigh Embleton, Hong Guo & Chris Garland
Words: Chris Garland
Music: Matthew Leigh Embleton, Hong Guo & Chris Garland
Vocals: Hong Guo & Chris Garland
Produced by Matthew Leigh Embleton
Label: Audio Fabrique
3 trax from Garden Of Dub - Vol 2 - Chilled (Released on 15 April 2014)
MIND BLOWING HYPNOTIC AMBIENT PSYCHEDELIC DUB MIND CANDY
Snakestyle meets The Psychedelic Manifesto in the sonic ‘Garden Of Dub’. Snakestyle’s mind-blowing dub mixes of The Psychedelic Manifesto’s stunning ‘Garden Of Dreams’ album.
Track List:
1. Lost In Dub: Snakestyle Meets Tangerine Dream On The Dark Side Of The Moon
2. Believe In Love Dub: Snakestyle Meets Brian Eno In Ambient Heaven
3. Life In A Day Dub: Snakestyle Sets The Controls To The Heart Of The Sun
4. Marrakech Dub: Snakestyle Meets King Tubby And The Masters Musicians Of Joujouka
5. Post Modern Buddha In Dub: Snakestyle Meets King Tubby At Café Del Mar
6. Fire Dub: Snakestyle Takes A Trip To The Planet Of Love
7. Music Is Love Dub: Snakestyle Meets Syd Barret In Acid Dub Nirvana
8. Hypnotized Dub: Snakestyle Turns On Tunes In And Spaces Out
9. Inside Dub: Snakestyle Meets A Rainbow In Curved Air
Words: Chris Garland
Music: Chris Garland & Matthew Leigh Embleton
Produced by Matthew Leigh Embleton & Chris Garland
Remixed by Snakestyle
Label: Audio Fabrique
3 trax from Garden Of Dub - Vol 1 - Cooked (Released on 15 April 2014)
SKANKING TRIPPED OUT MINIMAL DUB TECHNO HOUSE GROOVES
Snakestyle meets The Psychedelic Manifesto in the sonic ‘Garden Of Dub’.
Snakestyle’s hallucinogenic mind-blowing dub mixes of The Psychedelic Manifesto’s stunning ‘Garden Of Dreams’ album.
Track List:
1. Lost In Dub: Snakestyle Meets King Tubby On The Trans-Europe Express
2. Believe In Love Dub: Snakestyle Meets The Rockers Uptown
3. Life In A Day Dub: Snakestyle Meets Prince Far I Under Heavy Manners
4. Marrakech Dub: Snakestyle Meets Big Youth In Jemaa El-fnaa
5. Post Modern Buddha In Dub: Snakestyle Meets Black Uhuru
6. Fire Dub: Snakestyle Meets Jah Shaka On Starship Africa
7. Music Is Love Dub: Snakestyle Meets Joe Gibbs On Acid
8. Hypnotized Dub: Snakestyle Takes A Trip With Lee Scratch Perry
9. Inside Dub: Snakestyle Trips Out With Augustus Pablo
Words: Chris Garland
Music: Chris Garland & Matthew Leigh Embleton
Produced by Matthew Leigh Embleton & Chris Garland
Remixed by Snakestyle
Label: Audio Fabrique
SNAKESTYLE special killer white label dub mixes of 'Lost' from album 'Garden Of Dreams'
(Released on 15 April 2014, included in Garden Of Dub)
5 taster trax from new album: Garden Of Dreams (Re-released on 15th April 2014)
All Songs Written Produced & Arranged by The Psychedelic Manifesto (Plus Brit Leissler on 'Inside')
Words: Chris Garland
Music: Chris Garland/ Matthew Leigh Embleton (Plus Brit Leissler on 'Inside')
Vocals: Chris Garland/Hong Guo (Plus Brit Leissler on 'Inside')
Produced by Matthew Leigh Embleton & Chris Garland.
Label: Audio Fabrique
All Additional Instrumentation: Matthew Leigh Embleton
Renaissance Lute (made by Luke Emmet of Orlando Lutes, 2013)
Baroque Lute (made by David Van Edwards, 2011)
Doepfer A-100 Synthesiser
Yamaha NP30S Digital Piano
Bombarde
Acoustic Bass
Finger Cymbals
Track List:
1. Lost
2. Believe In love
3. Life In A Day
4. Marrakech
5. Post Modern Buddha
6. Fire
7. Music Is Love
8. Hypnotized
9. Inside
Lost and found in the in Balkans
'Garden of Dreams by The Psychedelic Manifesto is a remarkable reminder of innocence - both lost and still accessible. The dreamy vocals and uber-chilled instrumentals of Post Modern Buddha, for example, summon up an era of optimistic peace-mongering, eclipsed partly by the zeitgeist of the eighties and the greedy decades that followed.
I listened to the album on a long and at times difficult drive through the Balkans. The haunting vocals on Inside, especially, helped me find the calm necessary to navigate through reminders of recent violent trauma in countries that are struggling to find the right path on their own journeys to inner and outer peace.'
- Rohit Jaggi, Financial Times Aviation, Car and Motorcycle Columnist, and Deputy Editor of FT Wealth magazine
'Garden of Dreams is filled with hypnotic beats, tantalizing voices, and melodies that resonate in your heart. It delights with poetic imagery and thoughtful, evocative lyrics that speak to the soul. Enter this portal and traverse to a dazzling soundscape, where your senses will be fully awakened.'
- Bridget Mak, Lawyer and writer from Toronto, Canada, July 2013
'The Psychedelic Manifesto's Garden Of Dreams is Perfect English Romanticism, Pastoral Lyricism, Gentle Psychedelia, Timeless, Zen Like and Extremely Beautiful'
– Japanese Art & Design Historian & Writer, July 2013
'Beautiful Trippy Gentle Floating Psychedelia from The Psychedelic Manifesto'
'Garden Of Dreams is a must have album for those looking for healing karma'
'The Psychedelic Manifesto’s ‘Garden of Dreams’ is album of great beauty and sensitivity, superbly produced by Matthew Leigh Embleton, this is in every sense an essential album for those who seriously value music and artistry'
'The new Psychedelic Manifesto Album 'Garden of Dreams' continues the bands evolutionary journey into a world of gentle flowing, trippy, soothing, healing sonic alchemy! While still retaining the shadow of 'post-dub-step', indeed the 'dub-factor' remains imbedded in the TPM consciousness!
'Garden Of Dreams' is an album of wonderfully moving uplifting and almost heart-stoppingly beautiful melancholy, that gently seduces you with a soothing, healing and calming massage for mind and body, and, in doing so provides a very personal listening experience. This is definitely not the kind of music for listening too in the pub while swilling beer! Indeed TPM I suspect, would be appalled at the idea of this happening!
This unique and very special album of wonderful poetic songs, beautiful arrangements and harmonies, is almost 'classical’ in its realization. Matthew Leigh Embleton’s production (supported by Chris Garland) is graceful and inspired. Matthew’s sense of harmony and texture, together with his excellent musicianship, was obvious on his previous solo album’s, but here, the combination of this, and Chris Garland’s, beautiful and inspired songwriting, wonderfully tear jerking heart break vocals, and co-composition, and the angelic achingly beautiful backing vocals of Hong Guo, have created an album that is a beautiful unique and seductive masterpiece of sound and emotion.
This is an album that you come home to after a less than wonderful day, close the door, lay down, put on the headphones, and just drift away into your own soothing personal, hypnotic inner space, as the beautiful melancholic songs and flowing melodic gentle harmonies, take you on a healing emotional journey.
'Garden of Dreams’ is indeed a 'must have' album, and in another time, this would be a monstrously successful album, however in the age of Lady Gaga and the XFactor this is most unlikely to happen.'
- IBG April 2013
2 special FREE DOWNLOAD trax from TPM - heart stoppingly beautiful alternative mixes
9 tracks from Sometimes You Can Hear The Angels Cry
(Re-released on 23rd April 2014)
'The Psychedelic Manifesto has obviously taken careful note of many of the mistakes and pitfalls that have beset so many of their peer group. They have developed and evolved their sound so that the seeds of promise present in their first album have now fully blossomed. The sounds are very bass-driven, meaning your heart is stirred into action. This is a disc made for slow evenings on the dance floor, the kind that build forever, climaxing in a glorious sonic orgy. It’s also got its’ poppy moments. The Psychedelic Manifesto have not forgotten that, what draws listeners in, is a riff or beat they hear and cannot get out of their heads. This then, is both a great pop record and a true dance classic. Sounds weave their way in and out of your head with sleekness and ease, meaning that sadly, the album is over before you know it.****'
- Jonathan Robert Muirhead 2011
'A beautiful and deeply affecting album, natural, vivid, timeless, full of the sense and emotion within and without artificiality. It takes you far away and gracefully melts into your heart'
- Hong Guo Chinese Artist, Musician & Designer
All material composed, written, produced & arranged by The Psychedelic Manifesto
(C. Garland/R. Steuns) © 2010. Words: Garland. Music: Garland & Steuns.
Production: Garland & Steuns. Mixed by Steuns. Artwork & Design: 'Wing design': Noriko. All other artwork/design (including web design&construction): The Hong Dynasty (w: thehongdynasty.co e:me@thehongdynasty.co).
Label: Audio Fabrique
Lysergic Sushi（Re-released on 1st Nov 2014)
''A wonderful inspired album of soaring uplifting soundscapes and sonic frequencies that carries you away on a glorious hallucinogenic journey' - IBG 2009
All songs written produced mixed arranged by The Psychedelic Manifesto (C. Garland/R. Steuns). Words: Garland. Vocals: Garland. Music: Garland & Steuns. Additional vocals on Forever & Perfectlight: Ilona. Time: Brit.
Label: Audio Fabrique