Name: Volume 3
Brand: Bardo Pond

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

FIRELP699

Colour

Black

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Discogs ID

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Download code

Download code: Yes

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

Extended format

Extended format: No

Format detail

Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2023-03-10

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier GB

Cargo

Tax rate GB

Standard:20

UPC / Barcode

809236169914

Total Cap

2 / Black / LP

Artist

Bardo Pond

Genre GB

Psychedelic

Label GB

Fire Records

Fire Records is an independent record label headquartered in London, England, UK. Founded in the mid 80s, Fire Records has been a prominent force in the music industry for decades. They have released early records from Pulp, Teenage Fanclub, Spacemen 3, Blue Aeroplanes, and many other influential artists. In the early 90s, the label was home to notable acts such as Neutral Milk Hotel, The Lemonheads, Built to Spill, and Urge Overkill.With a rich history of discovering talent and nurturing their careers, Fire Records remains dedicated to supporting groundbreaking musicians across various genres. Their diverse roster showcases both established names and emerging talents who push boundaries and challenge conventions.

Bardo Pond is an American psychedelic rock band from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Formed in 1991, their drug-inspired music encompasses genres such as space rock, acid rock, post-rock, shoegaze, noise and psychedelic rock.

The current members of Bardo Pond include Michael Gibbons on guitar, John Gibbons on guitar, Isobel Sollenberger on flute and vocals, Clint Takeda on bass guitar, Jason Kourkonis on drums and Aaron Igler on synth/electronics.

From their first line-up until 2001, the band consisted of Isobel Sollenberger, John Gibbons, Michael Gibbons, Clint Takeda and Joe Culver.

Super rare recordings from 2002 and pressed on vinyl for the very first time. The third in the band’s series of limited-edition releases showcasing jam sessions and other miscellany. Like Fugazi on acid, a rage for the Velvets, a mantra with real purity of tone.

Somewhere between the Dilate album in 2001 (“a combination of Kyuss and Spacemen 3” NME) and On the Ellipse in 2003 ("Nowhere is feedback more melancholic, more emotive, than that fashioned by Bardo Pond” Brainwashed), Bardo Pond transcended into a mantra-like, multi-layered, cross-dimensional, wah wah powered nirvana.

In some circles, they say, spaceships wafted them away and they only returned some-time later, mind-altered and bedraggled, ears ringing. But that is the stuff of supposition.

As we already know, there is no ‘off’ switch on Bardo Pond, they are never knowingly unplugged. Indeed, the modal evolution of their sound continues unabated.

Volume 3

Music GB