Psycheground Group - Psycheground (
Easy Listening, Jazz-Funk, Psychedelic Rock 1970) Italy

The Psycheground Group was an obscure progressive rock group from Italy, so obscure in fact
that their exact makeup is not entirely known. Supposedly members of Nuova Idea and keyboardist
Vince Tempera were members, but I just pulled that information from a random website.
Nevertheless, they released this album in 1970 containing five instrumental tracks that span
prog and psych while maintaining a funky jazz type of vibe. The standout cut is "Easy," an
absolutely nasty exercise in funky drumming, hammond organ, guitar, and bass. The first time I
heard this I seriously couldn't believe my ears. Now it's a top want of mine, and with only a
supposed 50 copies produced, I know it's gonna be a tough hunt.

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A sweet psychedelic set, but one with very mysterious origins -- originally recorded as a sound
library session, by a group that was really the better-known Nuova Idea! The album's definitely
got a vibe that fits its sound library roots -- all instrumental, with a bit less bravado than
most psyche albums of this type -- almost more of a focus on the rhythms, which stretch out
strongly amidst the Hammond and guitar solos on the set. The whole thing's still pretty rockish,
but also has a deeper sensitivity to the overall sound too -- a quality that's partly due to
production efforts of Giampiero Reverberi.

tracklist:

01. Psycheground (8:08)
02. Easy (7:21)
03. Traffic (6:00)
04. Ray (3:02)
05. Tube (7:35)

Members:

Ninety (2), Paolo Siani, Vincenzo Tempera