{"product_id":"the-kaleidoscope-a-beacon-from-mars-lp","title":"THE KALEIDOSCOPE 'A BEACON FROM MARS' LP","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"row\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"col-lg-7\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"row\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"col-lg-12 pt-2\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"pt-2\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWielding a battery of exotic instruments that once adorned a thrift-shop front window (bazouki, oud, vina, saz, doumbeg), the Kaleidoscope was every bit as multi-hued and subject-to-change as the telescope full of bright bits of colored glass the band was named after. If there had been a prize for the most eclectic psychedelic outfit, L.A.’s Kaleidoscope would have had it stashed on a shelf—between the hookah pipes and the bowling trophies—in the band’s rehearsal space. Formed by multi-instrumentalists David Lindley and Chris Darrow, with a membership that also included multi-instrumentalist Solomon Feldthouse and multi-instrumentalists Max Buda, Chester Crill and Fenrus Epp (all the same person!) along with drummer John Vidican, this wildly experimental outfit pioneered what would become the world-music genre by darting deftly between rock, folk, blues, Cajun, country, Middle Eastern, good-time ballads and Eastern European styles, with plenty of full-blown psychedelia on the side. It’s an exotically diverse approach, explored to great effect on 1968’s A Beacon from Mars, Kaleidoscope’s second LP (the working title for the album was Bacon from Mars). Just float your head through the buoyant, sprawling, mystical title track; the driving, raga-esque “Taxim”; or the graceful opener, “I Found Out,” which unfolds like the tender petals of a young rose. Beacon from Mars is an album no fan of ’60s West Coast psych can afford to miss!\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"SUNDAZED MUSIC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67766382002270,"sku":"THE-KALEIDOSCOPE-A-BEACON-FROM-MARS-LP","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0280\/0484\/3614\/files\/image_7b7355fc-d8ee-4080-8834-94fb30932f35.jpg?v=1792168489","url":"https:\/\/shop.revolvermag.com\/products\/the-kaleidoscope-a-beacon-from-mars-lp","provider":"Revolver Magazine","version":"1.0","type":"link"}