Danish rock band Baby Woodrose was formed in 2001 by Uffe Lorenzen, later known under the
alias Lorenzo Woodrose. Started as a solo project and later evolved into a band. Some records are solo recordings and some are recorded with different line-ups of musicians.
Baby Woodrose is a rock band formed in Copenhagen, Denmark in 2001. They take their name from the Argyreia nervosa, a plant commonly known as Hawaiian baby woodrose, which can be used for hallucinogenic effects and whose seeds are known to have psychotropic effects on those who eat them.
Baby Woodrose was started in 2001 by Uffe Lorenzen, later known under the alias Lorenzo Woodrose.
Initially Baby Woodrose was a personal side-project for Lorenzo Woodrose, who was still drummer and songwriter in On Trial then. Lorenzo recorded Baby Woodrose's first album Blows Your Mind by himself on Pan Records (re-released by Bad Afro in 2003). Later on he decided to take the project to the next level and contacted 'The Moody Guru' (Riky Woodrose, bassist) and 'Fuzz Daddy' (Rocco Woodrose, drummer).
As a power trio they recorded several more albums, the first of which was Money for Soul, released on
Bad Afro in 2003. Following the quick success of Baby Woodrose, Lorenzo quit On Trial in 2003, after 17 years in the band. They released a live record of their performance on Gutter Island Garage Rock Festival, Live at Gutter Island later in 2003. In 2004, they were nominated for the Danish Music Awards in 2004, which they didn't win however. They also released Dropout!, which was an album of cover songs by other artists, such as The Savages and 13th Floor Elevators in 2004.
2006 saw the release of the follow-up studio album with the band's own songs, after their breakthrough. The album Love Comes Down was released on Playground Music Scandinavia, as the only
collaboration between Baby Woodrose and a larger record label (Lorenzo later bought the master tapes back, to re-release Love Comes Down on Bad Afro). In 2012 the album Third Eye Surgery was released, displaying a more space rock type sound from the band, which was well received among critics and fans. Baby Woodrose released Freedom, the group's eleventh full-length, on September 16, 2016. Freedom displays a more politically outright Baby Woodrose with a powerful, distorted rock sound in the veins of Third Eye Surgery (2012).
Baby Woodrose announced a break from live concerts from the summer 2016. Since then Lorenzo
Woodrose has released a new solo album, Galmandsværk (Bad Afro, 2017) under his own name, Uffe Lorenzen, which he tours with. Some years after joining, Moody Guru and Fuzz Daddy both left Baby Woodrose. Kåre Joenson replaced Moody Guru on the bass, and for some time, Johan Lei-Gellett replaced Fuzz Daddy on drums with Adam Olsson joining on guitar. Johan Lei-Gellett and Adam Olsson (both of the surf band, The Good The Bad) were later replaced by Geronimo (drums) and Yobo (guitar), resulting in the most stable lineup in later years.
01. BABY WOODROSE - BLOWS YOUR MIND! 2002
Blows Your Mind is the classic debut album by Baby Woodrose originally released in 2001 on main man
Lorenzo Woodrose own label Pan Records. Lorenzo wrote the songs and played all the instruments himself and although the sound is more lo-fi than usual on a Baby Woodrose album the songs are among the best he ever wrote.
The artwork by Malleus has caused controversy recently. The printer in Germany denied to print the sleeve due to the fact that they found it to be too offensive!
Baby Woodrose – Blows Your Mind!
Label: Pan Records – Pan 778
Format: CD, Album
Country: Denmark
Released: 2001
Genre: Rock
Style: Garage
TRAXS
01. No Way Out 2:32
02. Baby Blows Your Mind 3:25
03. What A Burn 2:26
04. Caught In A Whirl 2:42
05. Pandora 2:15
06. Spinning Wheels Of FIre 2:33
07. Living A Dream 3:05
08. Flaminica 2:22
09. Maya 3:40
10. D'Ya Get What You Give 4:39
11. Kara Lynn 3:59
12. Right To Get High 3:30
13. Mind And Soul 4:01
14. Nobody Spoil My Fun 6:13
NOTES
Artwork – Malleus (See the post HERE)
Pan records was the record label owned by Lorenzo Woodrose, Founder of Baby Woodrose. This first release of Baby Woodrose "Blow Your Mind" was on this label. Later versions were released by Bad Afro records.
Flac Size: 302 MB
02. BABY WOODROSE - MONEY FOR SOUL 2003
Alot of the album reminds me of the real 60's retro stuff that you would hear on Monster Magnet's 'Dopes to Infinity'...complete with keyboards, handclaps and tremelo effects on the guitars. The two guitars
throught the mix on this album seem to play off of each other nicely and overall is very impressive playing. If you are into Dopes to Infinity... get this one. If you like retro guitar garage stuff you might like it as well. Baby Woodrose have a little of everything... heavy fuzz-psychedelia... the works!
The songs are pretty simple, but they just have feeling, something that many bands these days are just lacking big time. This also is something that you can hardly put into words, where the feeling lies, just when you hear the songs, they have it, it's that simple!
Baby Woodrose – Money For Soul
Label: Bad Afro Records – AFROCD018
Format: CD, Album
Country: Denmark
Released: 2003
Genre: Rock
Style: Garage Rock, Psychedelic Rock
TRAXS
01. Honeydripper 2:52
02. Disconnected 2:09
03. Pouring Water 2:15
04. Hippie Chick 2:44
05. Everything's Gonna Be Alright 3:01
06. Carrie 3:41
Mellotron [Additional] – Jürgen Hendlmeier
07. Money For Soul 3:09
08. Never Coming Back 2:43
09. You Own It 2:56
10. You Better Run 2:14
11. Rollercoaster 3:02
12. Volcano 3:13
LINE - UP
Guitar, Organ, Vocals – Lorenzo Woodrose (Uffe Lorenzen)
Bass, Guitar, Vocals – Riky Woodrose (Anders Skjødt Kjærgaard)
Drums, Percussion, Vocals – Rocco Woodrose (Anders Grøn)
NOTES
Written-By [All Songs By] – Lorenzo Woodrose
Artwork – Malleus
Flac Size: 259 MB
03. BABY WOODROSE - DROPOUT! 2004
Some of the liner notes explains the origins of the album: ”As much as we love playing a few of our
favourite songs by obscure sixties garage bands when we play live, we also think our albums should reflect the creativity of our own originals, so the four covers we did when we recorded our Money For Soul album in October 2002, quickly ended up collecting dust in the Bad Afro vaults. We also recorded six more about a year later while doing some demos for our next album and eventually agreed to collect all those covers on this fine little release”.
Baby Woodrose – Dropout!
Label: Bad Afro Records – AFROCD021
Format: CD, Album
Country: Denmark
Released: 2004
Genre: Rock
Style: Garage Rock, Psychedelic Rock, Punk
TRAXS
01. Can't Explain 2:07
Written-By – Lee, Echols, Fleckenstein
02. I Lost You In My Mind 2:52
Written-By – Schule, Turano
03. Who's It Gonna Be 3:11
Written-By – Cole
04. I Don't Ever Want To Come Down
Written-By – Erickson, Hall
05. The World Ain't Round, It's Square
Written-By – Rego, Zuili
06. Dropout Boogie
Written-By – Van Vliet, Bermann
07. I'm Going Home
Written-By – Roslie, Parypa
08. This Perfect Day
Written-By – Bailey, Kuepper
09. Not Right
Written-By – The Stooges
10. A Child For A Few Hours
Written-By – Markley, Morgan
NOTES
Album of covers from 60's/70's garage bands:
Track 1 originally by Love
Track 2 originally by Painted Faces
Track 3 originally by The Weeds
Track 4 originally by 13th Floor Elevators
Track 5 originally by The Savages
Track 6 originally by Captain Beefheart And His Magic Band
Track 7 originally by The Sonics
Track 8 originally by The Saints
Track 9 originally by The Stooges
Track 10 originally by The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band
Flac Size: 208 MB
04. BABY WOODROSE - LOVE COMES DOWN 2006
This album is considered by many as their 'lost album' as it was only ever released in Scandinavia. Lorenzo Woodrose (guitar and vocals), Fuzz Daddy (drums) and The Moody Guru (bass) have created a swirling, epic vibe that takes in the '60s at its soulful best and blends it up with some garage rock There's
a bunch of keyboards and female backing vocals fleshing out the sound and Woodrose's vocal has never been more soulful and songs like "No Other Girl" and "Growing Younger" are among the most commercial he's recorded, with the latter embellished by striking 12-string guitar. It's great garage pop, with the exception of the closing title track "Love Comes Down" which draws a lysergic chalk outline around a body and hangs around at the scene of the crime for five minutes. It has a tremendous trippy feel and it's a song that merits immersion at high volume.
Baby Woodrose – Love Comes Down
Label: Spinello – PGMCD 41, Playground Music Scandinavia – PGMCD 41
Format: CD, Album
Country: Denmark
Released: Mar 13, 2006
Genre: Rock
Style: Alternative Rock
TRAXS
01. What Ya Gonna Do? 2:57
02. Found My Way Out 2:41
03. Kitty Galore 2:28
04. No Other Girl 2:38
05. Lights Are Changing 3:14
06. Growing Younger 3:04
07. All Over Now 2:29
08. Chemical Buzz 2:05
09. Christine 2:48
10. Do Right 2:06
11. Born To Lose 2:34
12. Roses 2:10
13. Nobody Knows 2:26
14. Love Comes Down 5:09
LINE - UP
Guitars, Vocals - Lorenzo Woodrose
Backing Vocals – Maria Hakkarainen (tracks: 1, 6, 9), Maria Hänninen (tracks: 1, 3), Suffeli Rapinoja (tracks: 1, 6, 9)
Guitar [Noise] – Manoj Ramdas (tracks: 14)
Lead Guitar – Ski Williamson (tracks: 11)
Organ – Jeppe Juul (tracks: 14), Jürgen Hendlmeier (tracks: 3 to 5, 12), Martin Budde (tracks: 8, 9)
Songwriter – Lorenzo Woodrose
Flac Size: 296 MB
05. BABY WOODROSE - CHASING RAINBOWS 2007
Lorenzo Woodrose is back with another Baby Woodrose creation. This album takes inspiration from the
Dragon Tears project and mixes it with a more psychedelic flavour of Lorenzo’s influences from the late 60’s with some rock and roll. Think Chocolate watch Band, Strawberry Alarm Clock.. Some cool special guests including Tømmerclaus, Morton Aron, a Indian musician, and others are featured… Begins with the great psych-pop number Someone to Love..The end comes with madness of your own Making, a laid back number with acoustic guitar and reminds me of some of the psych stuff of Bevis Frond. This is a
fantastic album & something completely different from what the band has made before.. dig it baby…
Baby Woodrose’s music licks from the same lysergic sugar cube as the Brian Jonestown Massacre. Guitar strings are bent into brilliant splashes of colorful sound, while the children of Aquarius stand swaying, entranced, palms turned upward, faces to the sky! HIGHLY RECOMENDED!!!
Baby Woodrose – Chasing Rainbows
Label: Bad Afro Records – AFROCD035
Format: CD, Album
Country: Denmark
Released: 2007
Genre: Rock
Style: Psychedelic Rock, Alternative Rock, Garage Rock
TRAXS
01. Someone To Love
02. I'm Gonna Make You Mine
03. Let Yourself Go
04. Twilight Princess
05. Lilith
Steel Guitar [Hawaiian] – Peter Knudsen
06. In Your Life
Sitar – Shree Pelle
Tabla – Frank Juel
07. Chasing Rainbows
08. No More Darkness
09. Dark Twin
Cello – Tømrerclaus
10. Renegade Soul
Flute – Linnéa Villén
11. Madness Of Your Own Making
LINE - UP
Guitar, Organ, Vocals – Lorenzo Woodrose
Bass, Tambura – The Moody Guru
Drums, Percussion – Fuzz Daddy
Flac Size: 307 MB
06. BABY WOODROSE - BABY WOODROSE -2009
The album presents a unique mix of melancholy, psychedelia, and grunginess. It has a very airy sound and there isn’t a single song that isn’t tinged with melancholy. Still, like Woodrose says, its punchiness comes
from more upbeat tracks like the KINKS-esque “No Mas” and “Take It.” The album also has a royal ton of psychedelic influence. The penultimate track on the album, “Scorpio,” is a good deal more brooding than the rest of the album’s material, being mostly an acoustic affair with some atmospheric keyboards in the background. The final track, “Secret Of The Twisted Flower,” is a full-out fuzzfest overflowing with trippy effects and lengthy sections of feedback.
Baby Woodrose – Baby Woodrose
Label: Bad Afro Records – CD038
Format: CD, Album
Country: Denmark
Released: Sep 14, 2009
Genre: Rock
Style: Garage Rock, Psychedelic Rock
TRAXS
01. Fortune Teller 3:37
02. Take It 2:10
03. Open Your Heart 2:24
04. Emily 2:44
05. Laughing Stock 2:38
06. Countdown To Breakdown 3:54
07. Changes Everywhere 3:24
08. Hollow Grove 2:53
09. No Mas 2:15
10. Mikita 2:41
11. Scorpio 3:08
12. Secret Of The Twisted Flower 5:32
LINE - UP
Bass, Guitar, Backing Vocals – The Adam Olsson
Drums, Bass, Guitar, Vocals, Written-By, Producer – Lorenzo Woodrose
Backing Vocals – Sebastian T. Winther on Tracks: 01-09
Electric Piano [Fender Rhodes] – Henrik Heinzz Malm on Tracks: 01- 04-08-11
Backing Vocals – Johan Lei Gellett on Tracks: 04
Blues Harp – Henrik Hall on tracks: 04
NOTES
Album was officially released 14th. of September 2009 - vinyl however was delayed until late November/early December of the same year.
As on the debut album (but on none of the subsequent) everything was played and performed by Lorenzo Woodrose.
Flac Size: 249 MB
07. BABY WOODROSE - MINDBLOWING SEEDS AND DISCONNECTED 2011
In 2011 it’s 10 years ago that Lorenzo Woodrose started his own label Pan Records and released the Baby
Woodrose debut album Blows Your Mind. The album is still a favourite among many Baby Woodrose fans and along the years the album has sold almost 10.000 copies on LP and CD and an unknown amount of downloads. To celebrate the 10 year anniversary Bad Afro will release Mindblowing Seeds & Disconnected Flowers – a collection of 15 of the original 4 track demos that led to the release of Blows Your Mind.
Baby Woodrose – Mindblowing Seeds And Disconnected Flowers
Label: Bad Afro Records – AFROCD 041
Format: CD, Album
Country: Denmark
Released: Apr 25, 2011
Genre: Rock
Style: Garage Rock, Psychedelic Rock
TRAXS
01. Baby Blows 3:05
02. What A Burn? 2:16
03. Caught In A Whirl 2:27
04. Pandora 2:23
05. Spinning Wheels Of Fire 2:42
06. Living A Dream 3:22
07. City Of People 1:44
08. Gonna Get You Down 2:11
09. D'ya Get What You Give 3:33
10. Flaminica 2:25
11. Maya 2:34
12. Kara Lynn 3:29
13. Nobody Spoil My Fun 2:34
14. She's All Mine 2:11
15. Run Little Girl 2:33
NOTES
Written-By, Recorded By – Lorenzo Woodrose
Written-By – The Illusions (tracks: A7)
Originally released to celebrate the 10 year anniversary of Baby Woodrose' first album. This one comes 20 years after.
"Mindblowing Seeds & Disconnected Flowers" is a collection of 15 of the original 4 track demos that led to the release of "Blows Your Mind".
Flac Size: 258 MB
08. BABY WOODROSE - THIRD EYE SURGERY 2012
The Danish wonder comes up trumps again with the nine track genius of 'Third Eye Surgery'. Like all Baby Woodrose albums, a different feel engulfs the sounds and this time, the whirl of space rock psychedelic fuzz wafts through the air like a joss stick in a hippy's boudoir, all encompassed in a slight
Eastern setting. Although the trippy vibe is more than evident, Baby Woodrose never fully engulf you and make you feel like you're not on the same psychedelic trip, they merely wrap an arm around you and paint shades of mellow that take you exactly where you want to go. There is darkness on 'Third Eye Surgery' but there is also light, and that's the kind of emotional blend that breathes a lot of life into the nine songs. And of course it's the great musicianship as well as Lorenzo Woodrose's unmistakeable voice and his excellent songwriting talents that ensure that 'Third Eye Surgery' is definitely one of the psychedelic highlights in 2012"
Baby Woodrose – Third Eye Surgery
Label: Bad Afro Records – AFROCD43
Format: CD, Album
Country: Europe
Released: Apr 16, 2012
Genre: Rock
Style: Psychedelic Rock
TRAXS
02. Waiting For The War
03. Dandelion
04. Just A Ride
05. Bullshit Detector
06. Nothing Is Real
07. Love Like A Flower
08. Third Eye Surgery
09. Honalee
LINE - UP
Bass, Backing Vocals – Mr Johnson (Kåre Joensen)
Drums, Percussion, Effects – Geronimo
Guitar, Organ, Backing Vocals – Justin Cayce
Guitar, Organ, Vocals – Lorenzo Woodrose
Backing Vocals – The Adam Olsson on Tracks: 01-02-07
Sitar – Vicky Singh on Tracks: 02-06-07
Lead Vocal - Emma Acs on track: 03
NOTES
Written-By – Lorenzo Woodrose
Flac Size: 271 MB
09. BABY WOODROSE - FREEDOM 2016
With empowering tracks like “21st Century Slave“, “Open Doors“, and “Red The Signpost“, the theme of self-liberation ripples throughout every iota of this record. The title track “Freedom“, usually associated
with the improvised 1969 Woodstock version from Richie Havens, is actually a much older song, known as a gospel tune or a negro spiritual or “slave song”. These songs exude the very equivocal elements that contribute to first freeing one’s mind and then allowing their physical body to follow and one only need to look to the lyrics of the song “Mantra” for their own personal, well, mantra or life philosophy when it comes to this record: “I can’t stop..I can never get enough”. Indeed…Can you?.
Baby Woodrose – Freedom
Label: Bad Afro Records – AFROCD050
Format: CD, Album, Limited Edition
Country: Denmark
Released: Sep 16, 2016
Genre: Rock
Style: Psychedelic Rock, Garage Rock
TRAXS
01. Reality 5:27
Written-By – Lorenzo Woodrose
02. 21st Century Slave 3:33
Backing Vocals – Maria José
Written-By – Lorenzo Woodrose
03. Open Doors 3:07
Written-By – Lorenzo Woodrose
04. Mind Control Machine 4:52
Written-By – Lorenzo Woodrose
05. Peace 2:26
Written-By – Lorenzo Woodrose
06. Freedom 3:07
Written-By – Richie Havens
07. Red The Signpost 2:57
Written-By – D. Blossom, T. Roswicky
08. Mantra 3:17
Written-By – Lorenzo Woodrose
09. Termination 8:28
Written-By – Lorenzo Woodrose
LINE - UP
Vocals, Guitar – Uffe Lorenzen Woodrose
Synth, Keyboards, Theremin – Anders 'Moody' Kjærgaard
Bass – Kåre Joensen
Drums, Percussion – Hans 'Geronimo' Beck
Guitar, Backing Vocals – Mads 'Yobo' Jørgensen
Backing Vocals – Maria José 0n Track: 02
NOTES
Promotional CD issued by Bad Afro.
All brilliant LPs. many thanks
ReplyDeleteAwesome post, amazing stuff. Bravo Kostas.
ReplyDeleteEric.