Psychetropic Underground by Psychetropic Underground

I started out in the Polish cassette underground in 1998. I've been recording tapes with simple folk/punk/blues/psychedelic songs, inspired by Syd Barrett, Velvet Underground, Monster Magnet, Woody Guthrie, Sawyer Brown, and Captain Beefheart. Those are the influences I remember today. I was using a pseudonym back then, Adam Sandosa, taken from the first Amon Duul LP, "Psychedelic Underground".

Fairyport Convent is not only my one man band. It is also the name of my debut album for The Swamp Records, released in December 2021. Despite having debuted on vinyl and CD in 2011 with "Second Hand Man", "Fairyport Convent" is the ultimate debut album, as it collects my earliest compositions, even if recorded years later alone or with the help of my friends. I hope it will inspire you and help you discover music beyond the mainstream. It was released as digital only, but maybe that's better, as you can enjoy the music without physical format's limitations.

In 2011 I have worked pretty much in pop music in Poznań, having just released a vaudeville pop album, "Second Hand Man", on vinyl and CD. On this album, the legendary Polish artist Andrzej Mikołajczak has been assisting me and producing the songs. In 2014 however, I have finally released my long-dreamed about psychedelic album. An album that "passes with flying colors the ULTIMATE test of any psychedelic album...". First released on CD-R by Kendra Steiner Editions in 2014, re-released on vinyl by the Australian label Ramble Records in 2021. Artwork by Justin Jackley.

In 2015 I got first interested in noise, field recording, and musique concrete. It was also the year I discovered Angus MacLise and Yuri Morozov. I started recording sound landscapes. In 2020 I got in touch with Nicolas Tourney from Snow in Water Records, France. He has kindly agreed to release "Eimi". The album was complimented by Maurizio Bianchi as "a masterpiece in the genre" of ambient and experimental music. Since then, I have released 5 more albums at Snow in Water Records. I hope 2024 will bring another new album for this amazing label.

My first vinyl LP, titled simply "Adam Majdecki-Janicki", was released by the Texas, USA-based label Herby Records on December 9 2023. It neatly summarizes 25 years of home-recording in Poznań, Kraków, Darłówko, Warsaw, Berlin, London, and other towns I have visited with my trusted tape recorder.

The album can be ordered here: https://herbyrecords.bandcamp.com/album/adam-majdecki-janicki on limited beautiful white wax lathe cut with exclusive Justin Jackley artwork.

I never stopped making art, so here we are in 2024.

Tracklist

1.	Dziadowie	2:50

2.	Motorvating	3:14

3.	Grand Relic	3:32

4.	Galop Technokracji	2:22

5.	Kraut It	2:33

6.	Londonesse	4:12

7.	Marijuana i Cycki	2:57

8.	Police Paranoia	3:39

9.	Psychetropics	25:35

Credits

released November 1, 2024

Adam Majdecki-Janicki - improvisations, preparations, living stereo.

Artwork: found art, 2019.

This album is dedicated to all my Friends and Family.

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