Artist description Vine Sweetland & The Forefathers of the New Millennium are a psychedelic array of forty instruments from five continents, two dozen musicians, and one poet.

Music Style Psychedelic, Raga, Stoner Rock, Space Rock, World, Spoken Word, Ethnic Fusion, Poetry, Jam Bands

Musical Influences The Doors, Quintessence, The Crazy World of Arthur Brown, Hawkwind, Ravi Shankar, The Incredible String Band, Syd Barrett, The Moody Blues, Jimi Hendrix, Arzachel, Morgen, Writing on the Wall, Sly and the Family Stone, Velvett Fogg, The United States of America, Traffic, Spirit, Santana, Love, The Litter, The Kaleidoscope, The Golden Dawn, The Electric Flag, Cream, Deep Purple, The Chocolate Watch Band, Blind Faith, SRC, Blue Cheer, The 13th Floor Elevators, Jefferson Airplane, Iron Butterfly, The Seeds

Similar Artists N/A

Artist History Collaborations: The Denmark Sessions (2000), Rahul Sakyaputra; Montreal Moonlight Meditation (2001), Rahul Sakyaputra; Dalai-Lemma (2001), The good Library; Divine Beauty (2001), Rahul Sakyaputra; Voices (2002), Mountain Mirrors; Elephant Memory (2002), Mandrake's Love Apple; Kaleidoscopic Reentry (2002), The Takeshi Nishimoto Entourage.

Group Members SATIVA: Roger Gillespie, Ramesh Kumar, Gary S. Montemer, Gerry Peterson, Rahul Sakyaputra, Tony Selvage, Vine Sweetland; LIGHT SHINING IN THE DISTANCE: Loghman Adhami, Steven M. Barrera, Dhyanesh Bhatt, Daniel Bishop, Greg Dahl, Javier Diaz, Roger Gillespie, Rupesh Kotacha, Gary S. Montemer, Takeshi Nishimoto, Michael Olsen, Purvi Pathak, Vibhav Pathak, Preast, Rahul Sakyaputra, Anju Shaky, Budha Shri, Todd Simon, Vine Sweetland, Rob Terrell, Vigo, Vivienne, Ron Wagner

Instruments SATIVA: drums, tabla, bass, flute, sitar, violin, electric guitar, tambura; LIGHT SHINING IN THE DISTANCE: violin, banjo, cabasa, tambourine, organs, saxophone, congas, claves, mambo bell, cowbell, big and small cha cha bells, drums, gongs, santoor, four string electric bass, six string acoustic guitar, ten string acoustic guitar, tambura, cymbals, tabla, naal, triangle, dijeridu, sitar, buffalo drum, trumpet, flugle horn, piano, six string electric guitar, magic harp, rain stick, chimes, cello, flute, marimba, mridangam, talam, tambourim, diareh

Albums Sativa: Single I (Zemira, 2001); Light Shining in the Distance (Zemira, 1999)

Press Reviews SATIVA: All-Music Guide, 2001 (USA); Aural Innovations, 2002 (USA); Cosmic Lava, 2002 (Germany); hEARd, 2002 (Australia); Stonedgods Webzine, 2002 (The Netherlands); StonerPlanet.com, 2002 (Sweden); Zoopa Loop, 2002 (France). LIGHT SHINING IN THE DISTANCE: Acid Attack Music, 2001 (England); All-Music Guide, 2000 (USA); The Astral Project, 2000 (New Zealand); Aural Innovations, 2001 (USA); Background Magazine, 2002 (The Netherlands); Chaos Realm, 2002 (USA); Cosmic Lava, 2001 (Germany); DPRP, 2001 (The Netherlands); Drowned in Sound, 2001 (England); Durp, 2000 (Germany); Poet John Gardiner, 1999 (USA); hEARd, 2000 (Australia); Jambands.com, 2001 (USA); Author George Clayton Johnson, 1999 (USA); Poet Lee Mallory, 1999 (USA); Poet Daniel McGinn, 1999 (USA); Music Connection Magazine, 1999 (USA); Next...Magazine, 1999 (USA); OC Weekly, 2000 (USA); Poetry Splash!, 2001 (India); Pooterland.com, 2002 (England); Prog-résiste, 2000 (Belgium); Relix Magazine, 2000 Year-end Special (USA); Stonedgods Webzine, 2000 (Italy); StonerPlanet.com, 2001 (Sweden); Stonerrock.com, 2000 (Canada); Stonerrockchick.com, 2002 (Canada); Tarkus, 2001 (Norway); Turk's Head Review, 2000 (USA); The Unheard Music, 2002 (USA); Zoopa Loop, 2000 (France)

Location Long Beach, California - USA

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