The Amorphous Androgynous

Turn On, Tune In, YouTube Out.

We set Garry Cobain of wizard psychedelic duo Amorphous Androgynous – who have taken over the Quietus today – a task recently: “If everyone was coming back to yours after the pub shut and you had to take everyone on a psychedelic trip but only had access to YouTube… what would you play?” And, here, my friends, are the results…

1. The GOASST – ‘Animals’

I absolutely love this – cults, hippies, rituals, the Pleiades, pentagrams, lamas, UFOs, nakedness… What’s not to like? ‘Animals’ has a celebration of the potential for a different kind of lyrical content and philosophical outlook at a time where cosmically, politically and spiritually we seem to be embracing this discovery and yet ( still ) the traditional song seems to be stuck with the mundane. Getting drunk. (Young songwriters seem obsessed with it. What’s up with that ?) Conditional love. (As opposed to the higher state of unconditional love.) Materialism… It’s about time the ‘song’ represented this intrigue goin’ down… let’s pledge and start afresh here.

2. The Mighty Boosh – ‘The Yeti Song’

I’m probably the only person who saw this as an instant classic (and took it seriously). I even discussed the AA mixing this for A Monstrous Psychedelic Bubble and producing some of their other material with Julian Barrett of the Boosh. He seemed vaguely interested for a while. But he was probably downright confused by me seeing the psychedelic potential in this piece of absurdism. He seemed more intent on sending me links for The Pod an earlier thing he’d done which was sending up electronic producers and horribly reminiscent of our very own Future Sound Of London. I chuckled but I think he half-expected me to be insulted.

3. OSHO – ‘One Of The Most Interesting Words In The English Language Is Fuck’

Absolutely the most charismatic and captivating of mystics, OSHO is fun, creative, rebellious and enlightening. The way of the rebel is the way ultimately of the spiritual person. This YouTube is a must have of mine at any party. In AA, we’ve been using him as voice over material for years on our Monstrous Psych Bubble mixes. I tried to license his voice for the official releases and ended up having to try and prove to the OSHO FOUNDATION that I was enlightened in order to do so ! I failed (not surprisingly) but remain convinced OSHO (if alive) would thoroughly approve of my attempts to compile an album on a theme of cosmic consciousness. “Fuck” is a great word and like so much of language just shows how conditioned we are to react to words purely on the basis of convention and propriety. “Fuck it”, I say. ‘Tourettes and meditation for everyone.”

Watch the other 25 psychedelic trips selected by Gaz Cobain here: The Quietus