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A Person 
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 Topic: Avant-Rock recommendationsPosted: January 23 2010 at 19:31 |
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I am looking for any and all prog(or otherwise) bands that fall into this category. Anything with jazz and avant-garde influences will be of interest.
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Atavachron
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Posted: January 23 2010 at 19:43 |
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Le Silo - wonderfully complex stuff from Japan
Present - Roger Trigaux & Daniel Denis, Certitudes especially good Flat 122 - more mind-boggling stuff from Japan, more in a Fusion vein Cartoon - among the very best American bands from the early 80s, a personal fave NeBeLNeST - intense, dark, sometimes spacey French avantprog |
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avestin
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Posted: January 23 2010 at 20:08 |
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I'll only recommend current and new bands:
YUGEN - Italian instrumental avant-rock, rich textures, complex, beautiful ZAAR and SOTOS - two related bands from France (formed by two brothers, one is now dead). In the Present/UZ mold U TOTEM - their s/t album is a stunning piece of avant-rock TIGROVA MAST - brilliant band from Croatia TIPOGRAPHICA - insance Japanese group SIMON STEENSLAND - multi-instrumentalist, eclectic, some zeuhl influences as well as UZ LE SILO - what Dave said SHINING - Grindstone and In the Land... are excellent SEBKHA CHOTT - in the mold of SGM, Secret Chiefs etc SATANIQUE SAMBA TRIO - creepy and awesome Brazilian band ROUGE CIEL and INTERFERENCE SARDINES- good groups from Quebec RATIONAL DIET - Belarusian group, chamber-prog, also influences by such composers as Ives and Stravinski POCHAKAITE MALKO - go for their second album Laya PANZERPAPPA - Splendid Norwegian band influences by UZ, Magma and Canterbury bands LAS OREJAS Y LA LENGUA - Argentinian group, with two good releases OLIVE MESS - Latvian group that may be hard to swallow but I love them and think they're worth the effort OCTOBER EQUUS - magnificent Spanish avant-rock (with some zeuhl influences on their second) NORMAL LOVE - a relatively new band from PA, USA, very good album they released, called 2007 MIRTHKON - Vehicle is one of the most intense albums I've heard MAKE A RISING - avant-pop/rock ( I love these guys) LACRYMOSA - great "chamber-prog" JONO EL GRANDE - fun group from Norway JEAN LOUIS - great album from 2008 GATTO MARTE - good Italian "chamber-prog" GARGANTUA - good Polish avant-rock/chamber-prog FRENCH TV - excellent American group, well established by now, try their 6th album FINNEGANS WAKE - chamber-prog FAR CORNER - American chamber-prog EXTRA LIFE - unique sounding group (by Charlie Looker) DATE COURSE PENTAGON ROYAL GARDEN - now defunct, a great avant-garde Japanese group COMBAT ASTRONOMY - "brutal prog" CHEER-ACCIDENT - their latest is a must CARDIACS - Must must must .... must! CAPILLARY ACTION BIRDSONGS OF THE MESOZOIC - highly talented bunch ALAMAAILMAN VASARAT - so called "klezmer prog" 1870 (MIL OCHOCIENTOS SETENTA) - Mexican UZ? |
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SaltyJon
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Posted: January 23 2010 at 20:12 |
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Miriodor is another good one.
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avestin
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Posted: January 23 2010 at 20:17 |
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Some more:
ANATROFOBIA - based in JRF, very good Italian group BLAST - Dutch group, highly complex chamber-rock/prog FUN MACHINE - NJ based band, fun like their name, nice mix of Cardiacs, Mars Volta and Make A Rising OEIL DU SOURD, L' - More related to psych and JRF, but of interest to Zeuhl fans TRIBAL LOGIC - good psych/avant Russian group Ehnahre - Related to Kayo Dot, but metal based DISEN GAGE - eclectic Russian band, their latest is awesome If you want other bands/musicians not on PA and not rock based, I can post some later |
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SaltyJon
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Posted: January 23 2010 at 20:29 |
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Their albums are (or at least were) available free on their website, too. |
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SaltyJon
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Posted: January 23 2010 at 20:34 |
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The albums still are available free, and if you wish you can buy them. Here's the official website: http://disengage.ru/ if you plan to check them out.
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avestin
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Posted: January 23 2010 at 22:13 |
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Some that are not on PA but should be:
La Grande Formation - an eclectic affair of jazz, rock, avant-garde with Fabrizio Cassol from Aka Moon. ESSENTIAL!! both albums. Lach'n Jonsson - he worked solo (and collaborated as well as operating Bauta). Flat Earth Society - great fun band, jazz, craziness, catchy Also, are you into electro-acoustic music? Edited by avestin - January 23 2010 at 22:14 |
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Procol Harum Machine
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Posted: January 23 2010 at 22:25 |
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The Monks
Other bands im too lazy to link include: The Godz Red Crayola Negativland (named after a NEU! song) Mothers of Invention Like the list?
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A Person
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Posted: January 23 2010 at 22:33 |
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I feel like a kid in a candy store.
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ProgressiveAttic
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Posted: January 23 2010 at 22:38 |
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Ktzat Acheret - No Names (lots of jazz, rock and madness)
Shlomo Gronich - Cotton Candy (crazy classically trained pianist/keyboardist and singer very experimental with lots of jazz - Herbie Hancock covered Nueba from the album) Robert Wyatt - Rock Bottom (melancholic avant) Frank Zappa - Grand Wazoo (VERY jazzy!!!) |
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Michael's Sonic Kaleidoscope Mondays 5:00pm EST(re-runs Thursdays 3:00pm) @ Delicious Agony Progressive Rock Radio(http://www.deliciousagony.com)
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Tsevir Leirbag
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Posted: January 24 2010 at 18:10 |
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Since Assaf pointed Lach'n Jonsson, I'll also suggest UR Kaos and Songs Between Cities and Waterholes, in which he was involved. They're also both on Bauta.
I'd also suggest:
- Zut Un Feu Rouge
- Diamanda Galas (similar to Arrigo Barnabé, I think you've heard this one)
- Ahvak
- Alamailmaan Vasarat
- Rouge Ciel
- Wondeur Brass/Justine/Les Poules
- Les Granules Edited by Tsevir Leirbag - January 24 2010 at 20:23 |
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Les mains, les pieds balancés
Sur tant de mers, tant de planchers, Un marin mort, Il dormira - Paul Éluard |
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Raff
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Posted: January 24 2010 at 18:21 |
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I'll just mention one name: AREA. One of the seminal RPI bands, their unique sound is rooted in jazz-rock/fusion, but with strong world music influences, as well as an avant-garde component due to Demetrio Stratos' distinctive vocals.
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A Person
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Posted: January 24 2010 at 21:55 |
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If I have heard it, I didn't know it at the time. I'm always willing to hear more though. |
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Henry Plainview
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Posted: January 24 2010 at 22:07 |
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Oh jeez, Person, if you're going to make it that broad, you could save everybody some time and just go to the RIO/Avant list. I guess then you wouldn't have Last Exit and Flat Earth Society, but even still! :P
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if you own a sodastream i hate you
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A Person
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Posted: January 24 2010 at 22:11 |
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I wanted to see if there is anything outside of RIO/Avant that I'd be interested in. Besides, I'll have need one thread to reference for a while. |
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avestin
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Posted: January 25 2010 at 07:24 |
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Well, that is a "huge territory" in itself to explore that requires very attentive listening, but before that I think you need to get one example to see if you even like it; it is a totally different musical landscape, a quite distant sounding approach that needs the listener to realize that before getting into it; otherwise it either goes over your head or you eventually hate it. My friend Michael from Prog Ears always recommends as an intro the following album (and I agree with him on that): Francis Dhomon - Frankenstein Symphony ElectroCD is a great place to get Electro-acoustic and other related cd's from various composers (old and new) http://www.electrocd.com/en/cat/asp_0978/ If you want a sample of this piece, send me a PM. |
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The Hemulen
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Posted: January 25 2010 at 09:46 |
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