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BrufordFreak
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I'm the opposite: the ecstatic near-operatic vocals are what suck me in; with each album I listen to I feel as if I've been through a religious experience--like a Roman Catholic high mass or a Southern Baptist service or a whirling dervish or a performance of Beethoven's 9th. I guess it helps that I don't "hear" words, just sound--every foreign language is just another way of expressing one's self . . . here, in song, musically? |
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Guldbamsen
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Hi Luca I wrote with Julian back when he released the live Fractale album..which also serves as his debut I believe. I really dig that album..more than what came after. Rather reminds me of the vibe I get from the Finnish big-band Astro Can Caravan: big jazzy gestures via horns and so forth but mixed with a rhythmic driving force often found in Zeuhl-like bands. I also really enjoy the Xing Sa album. Nice pick. |
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friso
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Yeah Magma is that type of band that allows for obsession :)
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I'm guitarist and songwriter for the prog-related band Mother Bass. Find us at http://www.motherbass.com. I also enter stages throughout the Netherlands performing my poetry.
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Manuel
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I've never been stuck on someting, really. I've always appreaciated all kinds of bands, genres, sounds, etc. But I can see how somebody can experience something like that, when it really gets to you.
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Hiram
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If you're into darker side of zeuhl, I'd recommend Guapo's "Black Oni" album. It's been ages since I've heard their other albums and they're filed under RIO/avant here, so I'm not sure about them, but this one comes very close to Magma in their more sinister moments.
edit: also, it's instrumental so if you find typical zeuhl vocals tough to digest you might want to give it a try Edited by Hiram - April 07 2021 at 14:01 |
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Catcher10
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I've tried also.....Too much other stuff to listen to.
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rushfan4
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I am stuck on Planet Kobaia, but I am trying to get off. The Magma albums have come up on my alphabetical rotation, but they are a hard listen for me. Would be much better as instrumentals in my opinion? Still find the made-up language cheesy and mostly unlistenable.
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BrufordFreak
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Such a great sub-genre of prog! And one that fulfills the promise to be truly progressive.
I LOVE all the suggestions above, but don't forget Jannick Top's amazing 2009 release Infernal Machina, VAK's 2018 release Budo, Eskaton's 1981 release 4 Visions, and the albums of Bondage Fruit--especially their debut and their amazing 2002 release Skin as well as the 2006 sleeper EP by Magister Dixit, Cellule de crise and Chicago's own Ga'an. Such great music! |
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Drew Fisher
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geekfreak
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Kobaia or Planet Gong
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Friedrich Nietzsche: "Without music, life would be a mistake."
Music Is Live Two people are better off than one, for they can help each other succeed. Keep Calm And Listen To The Music… < |
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Artik
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I won't help You, Kobaians will only do you good :)
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omphaloskepsis
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Mathematical Mother is must for anyone into Zeuhl.
Edited by omphaloskepsis - April 07 2021 at 06:25 |
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octopus-4
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Felona and Sorona (Le Orme). Two more planets.
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octopus-4
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Nice to see that you like Fractale, by my pen friend Julian Julien. As you mentioned Setna, let me add their spin-off Xing Sa. One of my favorite zeuhl albums. |
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nick_h_nz
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Dai Kaht and UTO have already been mentioned, but I would add to that Koenji Hyakkei! 🤗🥰
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Guldbamsen
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I go through heavy bursts of zeuhl attacks but during recent years I’ve come to crave the more “chill” albums the genre has to offer. That certainly doesn’t mean I don’t frolick in the more zany quarters from time to time though.
But yeah stuff like Setna’s Guérison and Laurent Thibault’s Mais On Ne Peut... has been getting a lot of playtime as well as Fractale’s Live Suranné. |
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I sense a poll - prog's greatest planets...
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octopus-4
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But I sometimes pay a visit to Planet Gong, too.
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Cristi
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I visit Kobaia every once in a while, haven't got lost or stuck yet
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bartymj
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Have to admit, U.T.O.'s Mathematical Mother I think is my favourite album in the genre thus far, even ahead of anything Magma. The Magus equally good but there's something about the track Codice Y16 that keeps me coming back to it. If you've not heard it already I was also a big fan of Dai Kaht's album (Dai Kaht II) released last year. A "happy" Zeuhl album.
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octopus-4
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I strangely happened to know about the existence of Kobaia on a SciFi magazine. That pulp was used to publish an article in the last ppages, and that one was about SciFi and music. After many years (about 20) I decided to try Magma and bought Kohntarkosz. Just to say that I know how you feel. (P.S. - Try Universal Totem Orchestra)
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