A rarity for Plasmodium: One and a half hours of prog rock from Seattle ambient/tech-house producer Gel-Sol

Seattle’s Gel-Sol is producer/musician Andrew Reichel, whose dichotomous sound spans from ambient soundscapes to complex, rhythmic electronica, to absurdist plunderphonics, creating a dynamic psychedelic universe with heavy emphasis on improvisation. In 2004, Gel-Sol released the critically-acclaimed Gel-Sol 1104 (aka Music Made For You…And By You, I Mean Me.) on the UK’s cult ambient label Em:t Records. Gel-Sol’s follow-up album Unifactor continues the tradition of his unique, amorphous sound collages, and was released on Upstairs Recordings (Vancouver) in April 2007. Gel-Sol’s third album IZ, released by Upstairs/Psychonavigation in 2008, is an all-ambient excursion written for his niece, and is a bit of a departure from his previous two efforts. In 2010, Gel-Sol released K8EMA, a psychedelic/ambient follow-up to IZ, written for his second niece.

Andrew is also a member of the electronic group KIDS FOR TOMORROW, an improvisational trio focused on experimental/ambient music, and co-hosts Monster Planet, a monthly ambient/experimental night dedicated to improvisation and shitty monster movies.

1. Gel-Sol - Plunder a Raging Moon (exerpt)
2. Lucifer's Friend - Ride the Sky
3. Budgie - Breadfan
4. Zior - Entrance of the Devil
5. Master's Apprentices - Catty
6. Fleetwood Mac - The Green Manalishi (With the Two Prong Crown)
7. Patto - The Man
8. Coeur Magique - Mademoiselle Marie
9. Formula 3 - Dies Irae
10. Krokodil - Skylab
11. Holger Czukay - Cool in the Pool
12. Jeff Britton - Rub Out
13. Tame Impala - Desire Be Desire Go
14. Dungen - Stadsvandringar
15. Haruomi Hosono - Rose & Beast
16. Recreation - Reach out, I'll be there
17. Reo Grey - Ginseng Bird Rub
18. Chico Magnetic Band - Pop Orbite
19. Manfred Mann's Chapter Three - One Way Glass
20. Beyond the Wizard's Sleeve - Don't Cry Girl
21. Black Moth Super Rainbow - Zodiac Girls
22. Frank Stallone - We're Turning Your Bedroom Back in to the Computer Room
23. Sarolta Zalatnay - Hadd Mondjam El
24. Panta Rhei - Der Losverkaufer
25. Chris Gallbert - Sing Sing
26. Kati Kovacs - Add M†r Uram az Esît!
27. Zia - Helelyos
28. Gel-Sol - Gel-Sol's Adventures Beyond the Plunderworld (exerpt)