Alexander “Sasha” Shulgin is probably the most important chemist alive. In addition to rediscovering MDMA and popularizing its therapeutic use, he also synthesized hundreds of new psychoactive chemicals and - with his wife and companion Ann - chronicled their effects in the extraordinary detail of two legendary volumes, PIKHAL & TIKHAL. At the age of 85, Sasha recently suffered a stroke and now requires full-time medical care. This benefit compilation is the response from an international network of musicians whose work and lives have been enriched and inspired by the work of these two pioneers and their courageous exploration of nonordinary consciousness. The L.A.B., or “Large Animal Bioassay,” was the pet name given to visionary chemist Sasha Shulgin’s small group of friend-volunteers who spent years exploring the effects of his newly-discovered molecules on their consciousness. This heroic team of psychonauts were the first to experience hundreds of novel states of consciousness, and it is in their honor that we name this compilation of eclectic tracks. Just as their own journeys took them into realms of both the profound and profane, pleasure and anxiety, these two hours of music – spread over two discs, one danceable and one ambient – are the perfect accompaniment for an adventure to the human mind’s furthest horizons… DISC 1 Stardust Output - Theravada Ninsopolis - Love On Pleather Couches Animus Invidious - Poppy Psylab - Jupiter In Aries Deux Helix - Gods In Amnesia The Acidophiles - AMOROUS drnknmstrr feat Sarah Cranberry - Violin Divinorum Thought Photography - Bender Boy Shadow Attack - After Dark EXIN - All The Lakes Dreamcode - Noospheric Synthesis Rhizomorph - Latent Ferality Benicewicz - Cassiopeia McDonough, Garfield, Uzzardi - Space Migration Anima L - Floating Enochian Poetics DISC 2 Enumclaw - Ka-Ata-Killa phat kid - atmospcr34 Braindouche - Nothing Left To Take Away Wonderland - Kundun crashzendo - plunging headfirst into cotton candy clouds Pelican Daughters - Aurascape Yellow Crystal Star - Heaven on Earth Jack Hertz - Mind-Flush Zympht - Trichotomy Chris Adams - GYB Colliding Paths - Colliding Paths Vanessa Rossetto - Eohippus http://bit.ly/shulginbenefit I’m very grateful to have a track included on this epic compilation for a very worthy cause.

Alexander “Sasha” Shulgin is probably the most important chemist alive. In addition to rediscovering MDMA and popularizing its therapeutic use, he also synthesized hundreds of new psychoactive chemicals and - with his wife and companion Ann - chronicled their effects in the extraordinary detail of two legendary volumes, PIKHAL & TIKHAL.

At the age of 85, Sasha recently suffered a stroke and now requires full-time medical care. This benefit compilation is the response from an international network of musicians whose work and lives have been enriched and inspired by the work of these two pioneers and their courageous exploration of nonordinary consciousness.

The L.A.B., or “Large Animal Bioassay,” was the pet name given to visionary chemist Sasha Shulgin’s small group of friend-volunteers who spent years exploring the effects of his newly-discovered molecules on their consciousness. This heroic team of psychonauts were the first to experience hundreds of novel states of consciousness, and it is in their honor that we name this compilation of eclectic tracks.

Just as their own journeys took them into realms of both the profound and profane, pleasure and anxiety, these two hours of music – spread over two discs, one danceable and one ambient – are the perfect accompaniment for an adventure to the human mind’s furthest horizons…

DISC 1

  1. Stardust Output - Theravada
  2. Ninsopolis - Love On Pleather Couches
  3. Animus Invidious - Poppy
  4. Psylab - Jupiter In Aries
  5. Deux Helix - Gods In Amnesia
  6. The Acidophiles - AMOROUS
  7. drnknmstrr feat Sarah Cranberry - Violin Divinorum
  8. Thought Photography - Bender Boy
  9. Shadow Attack - After Dark
  10. EXIN - All The Lakes
  11. Dreamcode - Noospheric Synthesis
  12. Rhizomorph - Latent Ferality
  13. Benicewicz - Cassiopeia
  14. McDonough, Garfield, Uzzardi - Space Migration
  15. Anima L - Floating Enochian Poetics

DISC 2

  1. Enumclaw - Ka-Ata-Killa
  2. phat kid - atmospcr34
  3. Braindouche - Nothing Left To Take Away
  4. Wonderland - Kundun
  5. crashzendo - plunging headfirst into cotton candy clouds
  6. Pelican Daughters - Aurascape
  7. Yellow Crystal Star - Heaven on Earth
  8. Jack Hertz - Mind-Flush
  9. Zympht - Trichotomy
  10. Chris Adams - GYB
  11. Colliding Paths - Colliding Paths
  12. Vanessa Rossetto - Eohippus

http://bit.ly/shulginbenefit

I’m very grateful to have a track included on this epic compilation for a very worthy cause.