{"id":22318,"date":"2026-09-03T10:47:17","date_gmt":"2026-09-03T15:47:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/?p=22318"},"modified":"2026-09-03T10:48:59","modified_gmt":"2026-09-03T15:48:59","slug":"spirits-burning-michael-moorcock-plus-hawkwind-and-blue-oyster-cult-alumni-return-with-some-hothouse-flowers-and-an-alien-heat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/?p=22318","title":{"rendered":"SPIRITS BURNING, MICHAEL MOORCOCK, PLUS HAWKWIND AND BLUE \u00d6YSTER CULT ALUMNI RETURN WITH SOME HOTHOUSE FLOWERS AND AN ALIEN HEAT"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Los Angeles, California:<\/strong> Spirits Burning, Don Falcone<\/strong>\u2019s long-running psychedelic\/space rock outfit, combine once again with sci-fantasy legend Michael Moorcock<\/strong> and Blue \u00d6yster Cult<\/strong>\u2019s A<\/strong>l Bouchard<\/strong> for the album An Alien Heat<\/em>.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Released on October 16 on blue vinyl and CD, An Alien Heat <\/em>is a musical reimagining of the first book in Moorcock\u2019s Dancers At The End Of Time<\/em> trilogy, itself the inspiration behind four Spirits Burning albums.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is a fascinating collaboration, and today sees the release of the first single from the album, a delicious taster for what is certain to be ranked among the very best of all Spirits Burning albums.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHothouse Flowers,\u201d described by Falcone as, \u201cA special collaboration between Mike, Al and me,\u201d was originally based on poet Theodor Wratislaw<\/strong>\u2019s poem of the same name.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Described by Moorcock as \u201ca British poet associated with the Oscar Wilde<\/strong> circle,\u201d Wratislaw languished \u201clargely unpublished in his lifetime. The poem is probably his best. His life was basically dull and he died in 1933.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI felt some sympathy for him and wanted to give him his moment of fame since he was so unsuccessful during his lifetime and because \u2018Hothouse Flowers\u2019 related so closely to the theme of the book. The people at the end of time are indeed hothouse flowers although they are immortal! I intended to write a story about our world’s end that was not gloomy! And Dancers at the End of Time<\/em> was that.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

SINGLE: https:\/\/orcd.co\/hothouseflowers<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

CD\/VINYL: https:\/\/cleorecs.com\/search?q=spirits+burning+%26+michael+moorcock+an+alien+heat<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

DIGITAL: https:\/\/orcd.co\/analienheat<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Having already brought the remainder of that trilogy, The Hollow Lands<\/em> and The End Of All Songs, <\/em>to shimmering life on Purple Pyramid, Moorcock and Spirits Burning go all out on this first chapter. Guests include Hawkwind<\/strong> family members Harvey Bainbridge<\/strong>, Adrian Shaw<\/strong>, Mick Slattery<\/strong> and Bridget Wishart<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In addition, Falcone credits Bouchard with \u201cbringing onboard some musicians previously unavailable to Spirits Burning, such as Blue \u00d6yster Cult\u2019s Donald \u2018Buck Dharma\u2019 Roeser<\/strong>, who provides the lead vocals to this piece.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bouchard explains, \u201cI had already asked some other people to sing some of the songs and join the SB collective. I thought Don\u2026 would be perfect for the song and, when I sent him the track, he thought so too. It was the first time we had collaborated on a concept album since Imaginos<\/em> in 1988. I felt the same way doing this as I did while I was doing [that].  The sum was greater than the sum of the parts, which is as good as it gets in the creative world.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He  continues, “I had previously contributed two songs to Spirits Burning. Then Don [Falcone] asked me to write some new songs for a few chapters of the book and I found I really enjoyed it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI asked him if I could do more. He liked what I did and agreed. He said the album would have a couple of instrumentals like the other songs I had done for him.  But reading Mike\u2019s words, I felt they were too good to not be put into the songs. [So] I started adapting the instrumental pieces that Don had created to Moorcock\u2019s words.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The album itself is still a month away, but \u201cHothouse Flowers\u201d is the perfect introduction.  As Falcone concludes, \u201cWe chose well in making it the album\u2019s launch point, and it\u2019s great to have it renew life as a single.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Los Angeles, California: Spirits Burning, Don Falcone\u2019s long-running psychedelic\/space rock outfit, combine once again with sci-fantasy legend Michael Moorcock and Blue \u00d6yster Cult\u2019s Al Bouchard for the album An Alien Heat.   Released on October 16 on blue vinyl and CD, An Alien Heat is a musical reimagining of the first book in Moorcock\u2019s Dancers At The End Of Time trilogy, itself the inspiration behind four Spirits… Read More »SPIRITS BURNING, MICHAEL MOORCOCK, PLUS HAWKWIND AND BLUE \u00d6YSTER CULT ALUMNI RETURN WITH SOME HOTHOUSE FLOWERS AND AN ALIEN HEAT<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":22319,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22318","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22318","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=22318"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22318\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22321,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22318\/revisions\/22321"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/22319"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=22318"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=22318"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=22318"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}