Drawing from the deep well of the California desert, psychedelic rock goldsmiths SoftSun (with Yawning Man members and Pia Isaksen) and Ten East (featuring Isaiah Mitchell of Earthless) present a second excerpt taken from their mesmerizing split LP "Turned To Stone Chapter 10", to be released on April 3rd via Ripple Music. 

🌘 Get dreamy with new Softsun single Nowhere Else 🌘

Shortly after forming in late 2023, SoftSun — the project formed by guitarist Gary Arce of Yawning Man, bassist and vocalist Pia Isaksen and drummer Dan Joeright — had a highly productive time recording in both 2024 and 2025. After finishing their debut album Daylight in the Dark, the band had more material they wanted to record and finished three more songs for Ripple Music. Gary Arce then came up with the idea of releasing the songs as part of a split album with his other project Ten East, which had been quiet for some years.

Inspired to write new Ten East songs, he put together a recording session with Yawning Man drummer Bill Stinson and Pia Isaksen on bass, and later had Isaiah Mitchell of Earthless record some additional guitar. Stellar players, mesmeric sound and the soul of the Californian desert: SoftSun and Ten East deliver a rad split album that locks you into a hypnotic groove and refuses to let go.

Ten East & SoftSun will be released as part of Ripple Music's fan-revered Turned To Stone split series on April 3rd. Check out the bewitching first single with Ten East's First Light!

TEN EAST & SOFTSUN "Ten East & SoftSun" split album

Out April 3rd on Ripple Music (LP/digital) - Preorder

TRACKLIST:

1. SoftSun - Nowhere Else

2. SoftSun - Open Shelter

3. SoftSun - Emotional Overdrive

4. Ten East - First Light

5. Ten East - Slow Motion War II

About Ten East

Ten East is an experimental project initially formed by Gary Arce, Mario Lalli, Bill Stinson and Brant Bjork. The project´s first release Extraterrestrial Highway came out on Cobraside in 2005. The project is named after Interstate 10, a major transcontinental highway stretching from Santa Monica, California, to Jacksonville, Florida, known for its diverse landscapes. Always collaborating with different musicians, depending on availability and which musician friends were around, the project has been like a revolving door of contributors.

The music is based on loose structures, as improvisation and an experimental attitude have always been at the heart of the music. Letting the tape roll and seeing what happens has always been their main method. This split will be Ten East's first release since 2016's Skyline Pressure, featuring Gary Arce (guitar), Bill Stinson (drums), Pia Isaksen (bass) and Isaiah Mitchell (additional guitar).

Gary Arce - Guitars

Isaiah Mitchell - Additional guitars

Bass - Pia Isaksen

Bill Stinson - Drums

About SoftSun

SoftSun is the result of a divine collaboration between visionary musicians from opposite sides of the world: Yawning Man guitarist Gary Arce from the Californian Mojave Desert and vocalist and bassist Pia Isaksen from the cold and ever-inspiring grounds of Norway. Their environments are nearly palpable in their beautifully heavy, mellow and ethereal sound, with Arce’s trademark cinematic guitar soundscapes providing a stark contrast to Isaksen's heavy bass and haunting vocals combined with Dan Joeright's perfectly patient drumming.

Released in the fall of 2024 via Ripple Music, their debut album Daylight in the Dark was hailed as “a truly majestic work of art” by UK website Outlaws of the Sun and “something that will haunt you long after you step away from these tracks,” as stated by Joshua Tree Voice. Their 2025 sophomore album Eternal Sunrise (Heavy Psych Sounds) dives deeper into their dusk-to-dawn reveries, resulting in a masterful and moody exploration pushed by the gentle percussions of drummer Robert Garson.

Gary Arce - Guitars

Pia Isaksen - Bass and vocals

Dan Joeright - Drums

Ten East links

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SoftSun links

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Ripple Music links

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Lord Elephant- Ultra Soul

Leandro Gaccione – Guitar, Edoardo De Nardi – Bass, Tommaso Urzino – Drums

Electric Dunes take a trip thru space time and your imagination Gigantia doom space rock magic. Smoke Tower lost in your imagination. Black River Blues emotional memories and dreams come flooding back. Astral thundering bass pounding drums crunchy riffs and screaming leads pull you in. MindNight rumbles your very essence. Leave dark melancholic doom metal music draws you in.

Dawn Of A Dark Age- Ver Sacrum

Vittorio Sabelli – Guitars/Bass/Clarinet/Vocals. Emanuele Prandoni/Alessandra Santovito – Vocals, Aeternus Drums. Ignazio Cuga - Vocals

Il voto infranto (L'ira di Mamerte) one stranbge musicl mind trip that envelops your very being. Il consiglio degli anziani (L'oracolo) stand shout play air guitar and just let loose. Il rito della consacrazione lost in the depths of despair and madness. Venti anni dopo: la partenza (Nascita della nazione sannita) slightly over 14 minutes of strange musical imaginations.

Mourn The Light – Sorrow Feeds The Silence

Bill Herrick – Bass, Kyle Hebner- Drums, Kieran Beaty- Guitar, Dwane Eldredge Guitar/Vocals, Andy Small- Vocals

Empty And Hollow close your eyes and drift away in melancholic memories. The Truth (Was A Lie) crunchy riffs soaring vocals thundering drums with pounding bass. The Fading Light classic power metal magic that envelops your very being. Doomed To Fall Forever screaming guitars soaring vocals thundering drums with pounding bass, Sorrow Feeds The Silence will have the crowd on its feet just shouting playing air guitars and letting loose. In The Shadows drifting thru a sea of emotions and memories. When Dreams Die scorching ;leads pounding drums thumping bass crunchy riffs and amazing vocals. We Don’t Belong the emotions send shivers down your spine. Forever Hollow just kick back with friends and let the music flow thru emotional memories.

NattRadio- The Longest Night

Niklas Brodd / Martin Boman

Shadow Speaker crunchy riffs doom rhythms with interesting vocals. Sketches From the Dark melancholic music that pulls you in. Alright For Now lost in the depths of your imagination. Dark Streets sway dance and groove the night away. Night melancholic space rock. Shifting Baseline is a catchy tune that envelops your senses. All For You drifting on a cloud of melodic memories. Rainbirds just let your dreams and imagination take you away. The Longest Nigh just floating thru space time and dreams.

Puritan Bone- Ecstasy On The Frontier Of Blood

T - Drums - Vocals , Lethargor - Guitars /Bass /Vocals

Unyielding Desires . ...Pierced by the Light of a Swollen Moon grabs you by the throat and strangles you as you struggle to breathe. Impudence Swore her allegiance lost id dark dreams and emotions. Corporate Drift slowly crushes your very essence, Untitled lost in melancholia dreams. Awaiting Lunar Absolution death darkness and despair in the blackness of space and time. In Throne Of Prurience black darkness pull you into nothingness.

-Xroadie

The Iveys- Anthology 5 Miniskirts and Rainbows

Peter Ham- Guitar, Roy Anderson- Drums, Ron Griffiths- Bass, David 'Dai' Jenkins- Guitar

Cleopatra In A Miniskirt take a trip back to the 60s and enjoy the musical journey. I Love You is a catchy tune that sticks in your head. Blodwyn [demo] drifting on a cloud of melodies. All Of My Life lost in distant memories. That’s Okay just let the emotions take you away. Spider Woman soft melodies pull you on. Angelique [demo] floating on a cloud of memories. Bound To Get Lucky Someday clap foot tap and just groove. Girl Without Love is one catchy tune. Black & White Rainbows [version 2] back to a much simpler time and place. Tomorrow Today [version 2] the emotions come flooding back. Yesterday Ain’t Coming Back [demo] a musical journey back in time. Love Means Happiness sitting with friends clapping and singing. Good Boy lost in imaginations. All The Fun Of The Fair soft melodies envelop your senses. Please Understand Love lost in memories. I Miss You [demo] singing with friends. I Love The Way You Hate Me takes you back in time. Girl Next Door In The Miniskirt [whistling version] is a catchy tune that sticks in your head.

Turbo Lovers- Working Blue

B.J. Lisko – Guitar/Vocals, Keith Dougherty – Bass, Christian DeSantis – Drums

Over The Top clap fist pump foot stomp play air guitar sing and shout. Rock N Roll Tragedy will have the crowd on its feet rocking all night long. Disarray is a very catchy tune that envelops your very being. Black & Blue stand as one shout and rock till the break of dawn. Is This Your Love crunchy riffs strong vocals pounding drum and thumping bass. In Youngstown grab your air guitar riff fist in the air chant and just let loose. Never Knew Nothing crunchy riffs screaming leads powerful vocals with screaming leads. Heart To Heart will have you rocking all night long.

Billy Yfantis - Decade of Cosmic Soundscapes “2015–2025 The First Years in Space”

Billy Yfantis – Everything

The Missing Link one catchy space rock tune that pulls you in. The Electric Blender Sessions Dust Not Found The Mysterious Trip lost in nothingness. No Christmas in Space takes a trip thru your imagination. Dust Not Found- floating on melodies. The mysterious trip just let loose with your dreams. The Electric Drill Sessions acid space rock mayhem, Venus the emotions come flooding back. Landing lost in imaginations. Cosmic Noise strange sensations of musicals directions. Planetary Noise drifting in loneliness. Cats Eye Nebula space rock music that pulls you in. Orion Nebula pulsating rhythms draw you in to nothingness. The Universe Collapses tripping the day away, strange sensations send shivers down your spine. Arrival At The Blinking Planetary drifting in rhythms. Inside The Southern Pinwheel Galaxy pulsation rhythms lets your imagination flow.

Bedtime Space Stories drifting in space and time. Symbols Of Life In Space pulses pull you into dreams. Ionosphere Reverie one catchy tune of emotions. Shielding Skies just drifting along. New Moon close your eyes and dream. Waning Gibbous a prog rock masterpiece. The Journey one strange musical mind trip. Astral Beats pulsation rhythms maker you get up and move. Dreaming Among Planets space rock majesty. Lo Finding Earth clap foot tap and groove. Space Echoes dreaming the day away. Behind The Eye Of The Universe dreams memories and emotions. Cosmos And Phos acid space rock magic. Heaven drifting with the pulses of the earth and heaven. Acid Dreams dreams emotions and memories come flooding back.

Ritual Arcana - St

SharLee LuckyFree - Bass / Vocals, Scott "Wino" Weinrich – Guitar, Oakley Munson - Drums

Ritual Arcana dark melancholic music and vocals pull you in. Occluded is a crunchy riffs fist pumping sing along tune. Free Like A Pirate take one strange musical mind trip, Summon the Wheel doom metal music that envelops your very being. Berkana lost in dark imaginations. Mistress of Change drifting in space and rime. Road Burnt screaming leads solid rhythm. Subtle Fruits lost in emotions memories Judgement XX darkness death and emotions that envelop you senses,

Temptress- Hear

Andi Cuba – Drums/Vocals, Kelsey Wilson – Guitar/Vocals, Christian Wright – Bass/Vocals

Into the tribal beats slowly pull you in. Narrows close your eyes dream and let the emotions pull you in. Edge clap foot tap sway groove and just let loose. These Walls is a very catchy tune that envelops your senses and gets you rocking. Now Or Never fist pump head bang and just let loose. Be Still dreaming the day away. Downfall takes you back to the acid rock of the 70s enjoy the musical mind trip. Out of one strange journey in your imagination.

-Xroadie

Oslo's hard rock revelers BONG VOYAGE team up with Outlaws of the Sun to present a fun and infectious new track taken from their forthcoming debut album "Hedonistic Hard Rock", to be issued on May 8th through Ripple Music.

"Would you like to live deliciously? Don't fool yourself, 10,000 beers was never enough. As a wise man once said, "more is more". Come join us on our conquest for powder. By listening to our newest single, you support this ideology, and the never-ending battle for pure hedonism."

🔥 Indulge in sonic excess with One Hundred Million Billion Beers 🔥

So you think you’ve heard rock? Well, not like this! Bong Voyage are finally ready to release their super highly anticipated debut album, Hedonistic Hard Rock, in cahoots with Ripple Music. This album is a larger-than-life tribute to the very music that made your mom fall in love with your dad, and your friends fall in love with your sister. This album will take you from the dirtiest dive bars to the ring of Uranus, and everything in between.

Hedonistic Hard Rock is pure sex, drugs, and rock ’n’ roll incarnate, inspired by the true hedonists from the ‘70s, ‘80s, and ‘00s - the pioneers of pure overindulgence. Join Bong Jovi, Abuse Springsteen, Elton Bong, Bong Iver and Kim Bong Chill committing all the seven deadly sins, through the nine circles of hell, and back into-a-gadda-da-vida, baby. Don't miss the latest single Large and In Charge!

New album "Hedonistic Hard Rock"

Out May 8th on Ripple Music (LP/CD/digital) - Preorder

Bong Voyage blasted into the Norwegian heavy rock scene after releasing a bunch of independent singles, which instantly made them the most exciting new band in town. Their motley crew consists of known offenders from established acts such as Håndgemeng, Suncraft, and Buskas. They are a bunch of road-worn greasers who want to make a living playing rock ‘n’ roll. Give in to the beer pressure and lose yourself to hedonism — this is the perfect soundtrack to your next bender. As the Bong-boys say: live bong and prosper!

Bong Voyage is

Charlie Ytterli = Vocals

Simen Andersen = Guitar

Kim Grannes = Guitar

Tobias Paulsen = Drums

Asbjørn Halsten = Bass

Bong Voyage links

Facebook⎪Bandcamp⎪Instagram

Ripple Music links

Website⎪Facebook⎪Bandcamp⎪Instagram

For Fish the 'Vigil...'  album and tour-cycle ended prematurely. The album sold decently and the tour to promote it did great in terms of tickets sold. The singer however was in a hole due to the high costs of recording the album as well as having an expensive stage set-up live. Add the creation of his own studio at his new home in Haddington, Scotland. Fish needed more revenue but EMI resolutely stopped further tour funding and promotion of new singles and wanted Fish to make a new album. Eventually things came to a blow with the Scot entering litigation with the label for the second time within a short time. This court battle prevented him from releasing new material but it didn't stop the writing process where he again was joined by Mickey Simmonds, Frank Usher and Robin Boult. In the end he had to settle on a deal where EMI pretty much was the winner, the only good thing was Fish was released from his pretty awful contract and in that sense was a free man finally. Once the dust had settled Polydor Records came in and offered a contract allowing to at last record his sophomore solo album.

Once the recording session began the quartet was joined by David Paton on bass guitar and Ted McKenna on drums, the latter formerly of The Sensational Alex Harvey Band, Gary Moore and Michael Schenker to name but a few. Things didn't work out with Ted however who only played on two songs before being replaced by Ethan Johns. The son of producer Glyn Johns, Ethan is himself a renowned producer and multi-instrumentalist these days.

Fish's second album begins with 'Shadowplay' where he looks back on how and why his first marriage almost ended during the creation of 'Vigil In A Wilderness Of Mirrors'. 'Credo' follows and came about when he was fathering his firstborn child while watching images of war on TV. The senselessness of the fighting with so many people dying for nothing clashed with the joy and pride of being a father making him think what kind of world is he bringing his child in to? On 'Just Good Friends' he candidly tells how he and a close friend and confident got much too close than intended. Thankfully a heart to heart prevented anything bad from happening and they parted on good terms. 'Favourite Stranger' deals with emotional isolation and losing yourself in that process. As a consequence you seek out strangers who are willing to listen as you unburden...at least for a few minutes. In 'Lucky' we find Fish singing about his roots, he does mention his hometown Dalkeith. It also a song for Scotland and its hardworking especially miners, a profession which ran deep within his family.

Fish opens again on 'Dear Friend' as he reflects on becoming a father but it is also a letter to his old self. Growing up and turning into the artist Fish he lost touch with friends who chose the family life and parenthood. But now he was there himself. 'Tongues' is basically Fish unleashing his thoughts and feelings regarding the recent litigation situation. Words is something he knows as well as a sharp tongue – pun intended – so this is his way of getting back at EMI. The title track 'Internal Exile' is a two-folded composition as it on the one hand deals with Fish's position in the music business at the time: ostracized and prevented from releasing music. On the other hand it's about his discovery of a country he didn't know despite being born there. However, returning to Scotland after years living in England, he now experienced his motherland differently. The album ends with a cover of Thunderclap Newman's song 'Something In The Air'. Being about revolution and people getting together to change the world the lyrics fit Fish's new-found political stance about his country.

'Internal Exile' is a strange album in that individually most of the songs on the album are good and the lyrical subject matter follows a common thread. But somehow they don't work well together collectively. The main reason for this, I believe, is the enormous pressure and stress Fish was under while creating the album. It is baffling that he wrote good songs during this ordeal but the problem was the songs were written here and there instead of during focused sessions meaning musically Fish missed, in lack of better words, that the music strayed too much far apart. There was so much potential especially since songs like 'Lucky' and 'Just Good Friends' remained in his setlists for so many years but sadly the album underwhelmed.

-Swedebeast