SOUTAR, Richard Archives - Guerssen Records https://wpguerssen-test.odoo.rgbconsulting.com/artist/soutar-richard/ Guerssen Records Wed, 16 Apr 2025 14:37:40 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.5 https://wpguerssen-test.odoo.rgbconsulting.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/cropped-isotip-32x32.png SOUTAR, Richard Archives - Guerssen Records https://wpguerssen-test.odoo.rgbconsulting.com/artist/soutar-richard/ 32 32 Episodes https://wpguerssen-test.odoo.rgbconsulting.com/product/episodes/ Tue, 07 Jan 2025 23:00:00 +0000 http://guerssen.hl1097.dinaserver.com/product/episodes/ Very rare album from 78-79. An amazing accomplishment of electric folkrock, harmony and more, as only Richard can do it. Much rarer and better than noted "Lavender Daydreams", this was just a 100 press way back, now a legit Void press of 700 should get everyone a copy. "Love's Fool", "Breaking Away" are the highlights. Lyric sleeve is here. Original had just a tiny picture of Richard pasted on the cover. For the Void Reissues they have encompassed the picture as well as full backing artwork front and back. A nice one and way overdue to be reissued on Vinyl.

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]]> Very rare album from 78-79. An amazing accomplishment of electric folkrock, harmony and more, as only Richard can do it. Much rarer and better than noted “Lavender Daydreams”, this was just a 100 press way back, now a legit Void press of 700 should get everyone a copy. “Love’s Fool”, “Breaking Away” are the highlights. Lyric sleeve is here. Original had just a tiny picture of Richard pasted on the cover. For the Void Reissues they have encompassed the picture as well as full backing artwork front and back. A nice one and way overdue to be reissued on Vinyl.

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]]> Satori Circus https://wpguerssen-test.odoo.rgbconsulting.com/product/satori-circus/ Wed, 06 Sep 2023 22:00:00 +0000 https://wpguerssen-test.odoo.rgbconsulting.com/product/satori-circus/ Richard Soutar was one of the earliest artists on the east coast to write, record, press and publish his own albums. In 1976, he self-released a trippy DIY gem of a record called "Lavender Daydreams," followed by "Episodes" in 1979. Both albums eventually saw reissue as (long sold out) LP editions on Void Records, who are now going to release Soutar's latest recordings in a band setting, Satori Circus, which has touches of hard rock, blues, and county -- as handled in Soutar's idiosyncratic way. Stated influences on the new album include the Doors and Mississippi John Hurt -- and maybe much more accurately, an Adyashanti lecture: "all the crazy scenes you go through like a madman running in circles and suddenly seeing it clearly because you're in this very quiet sacred moment that descends unexpectedly on you. Some people call it Grace, others samadhi, others Satori," as Soutar explains.
"Satori Circus is a collection of songs I wrote over the last fifteen years... and some go back farther," says Soutar. "It included sounds that aren't being created anymore but I still love and I feel others might still want to hear. I played with sound effects more. I also had access to a mellotron and a Hammond B3 and anything else I could think of. Satori Circus is my movement into digital. It was very difficult and I struggled with my 8-track digital. It was like working with gloves on for an analogue and tape guy. There were extra steps and a lot of multi-function buttons, but there was economy too." Limited to a 400 copies on black vinyl.

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]]> Richard Soutar was one of the earliest artists on the east coast to write, record, press and publish his own albums. In 1976, he self-released a trippy DIY gem of a record called “Lavender Daydreams,” followed by “Episodes” in 1979. Both albums eventually saw reissue as (long sold out) LP editions on Void Records, who are now going to release Soutar’s latest recordings in a band setting, Satori Circus, which has touches of hard rock, blues, and county — as handled in Soutar’s idiosyncratic way. Stated influences on the new album include the Doors and Mississippi John Hurt — and maybe much more accurately, an Adyashanti lecture: “all the crazy scenes you go through like a madman running in circles and suddenly seeing it clearly because you’re in this very quiet sacred moment that descends unexpectedly on you. Some people call it Grace, others samadhi, others Satori,” as Soutar explains.
“Satori Circus is a collection of songs I wrote over the last fifteen years… and some go back farther,” says Soutar. “It included sounds that aren’t being created anymore but I still love and I feel others might still want to hear. I played with sound effects more. I also had access to a mellotron and a Hammond B3 and anything else I could think of. Satori Circus is my movement into digital. It was very difficult and I struggled with my 8-track digital. It was like working with gloves on for an analogue and tape guy. There were extra steps and a lot of multi-function buttons, but there was economy too.” Limited to a 400 copies on black vinyl.

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