CARNIVAL DETOURNEMENT

Hamster Theatre

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RIO/Avant-Prog

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4.18 | 33 ratings | 2 reviews | 39% 5 stars

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Studio Album, released in 2001

Songs / Tracks Listing

1. Vermillion Hue Over Lake Lausanne (for Nimal) (6:05)
2. What makes you think this is a good place to bring a date? (3:04)
3. Les Funfs (3:39)
4. Jeanne-Marie (3:33)
5. The Breach (1:34)
6. Bur Di Lie Town So (4:21)
7. The Caspian (1:18)
8. Fanfare (0:44)
9. Vang Vang (4:22)
10. Bug 2: The History of the United States (4:06)
11. Tick Fever (2:29)
12. The Turn of Events (3:57)
13. The Carrot is a Hologram (1:44)
14. Drunken Penguin Tango (1:35)
15. The Cat Song (2:23)
16. A Reluctant Farewell (4:30)

Total Time: 49:24

Line-up / Musicians

- Dave Willey / accordion, keyboards, piano, melodica (4,10), harmonium (4,12), electric & acoustic (7) basses, guitarron (8,9), electric & acoustic (4) guitars, polkalele (15), bouzouki (1), percussion, drums, tin whistle (8), violin (8,12,15)
- Jon Stubbs / trombone, keyboards, piano (11,13), electronics (3,6,8,10), guitar (5), bass (5,13), percussion (6,7), jaw harp (12)

With:
- Carmel Kooros / vocals (7)
- Mike Johnson / electric (1,2,6,9,10) & acoustic (12) guitars, mandolin (9)
- Mark Harris / saxophones (1,6,10,15) , flute (2,5,10), clarinet (2,4,13), recorder (5)
- Greg LaLiberte / clarinet (3,11,16), bass clarinet (11)
- Jonathan Bangs / trumpet (12)
- Mike Fitzmaurice / acoustic bass (2,10,12,15)
- Kent MacLagan / acoustic bass (11)
- Raoul Rossiter / drums (1,2,5,6,12,15)
- Mark McCoin / drums (3)

Releases information

Artwork: David Greenberger with Rick Cummings (photos)

CD Cuneiform Records ‎- RUNE 146 (2001, US)

Digital album

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HAMSTER THEATRE Carnival Detournement ratings distribution

4.18
(33 ratings)

Essential: a masterpiece of progressive rock music(39%)
Excellent addition to any prog rock music collection(30%)
Good, but non-essential (21%)
Collectors/fans only (9%)
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4 stars Categorizing this kind of music would be a quite difficult task. This kind of music belong in fact to Rio/Avant from its folkish side, maybe as Samla, (not sure about that, that's what I feel right now), along with many more influences, rather to the old school and roots of progressive rock. C ... (read more)

Report this review (#81436) | Posted by ShW1 | Sunday, June 18, 2006 | Review Permanlink

5 stars What can I say about this brilliant album, the best discovery of last year for me? (And there were a lot of them). They are progressive in the best sense of the word, not beholden to any clich� traditions of 70s progressive, but entirely open to many musical styles, which they juggle with t ... (read more)

Report this review (#68024) | Posted by RoyalJelly | Thursday, February 2, 2006 | Review Permanlink

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