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hellogoodbye
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Topic: 4 little gems (169) Posted: May 05 2016 at 03:01 |
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Brast Burn : Debon
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hkGy4U2DM7c Dada : St https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pLvL1ywF_ms Karuna Khyal : Alomoni 1985 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ElmKmy1fVg Jorge Reyes : Comala https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lWgue0huUZc
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hellogoodbye
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Posted: May 05 2016 at 03:02 | |
Review by DamoXt7942
FORUM & SITE ADMIN GROUP RIO / Avant / Zeuhl Team & Moderator An obscure Japanese underground outfit hit a grand slam and went out soon. I consider, of KARUNA KHYAL this should be a good expression. No confirmed information about them. (Surprisingly, even the distributor doesn't know the details.) Here's only an album named Alomoni 1985 with no credit. What a mystery! I was so amazed before opening the jack-in-the-box. Side A 24-32 Eccentric sounds with a twisted guitar and religious percussions & voices have come now! We can have a feeling that something bad would happen - with very solemn, weird, and eerie sounds. Realizing that this music style should be Oriental and of Buddhism, we might come close to be absorbed the weirdness. But don't be deceived. Time's gonna change soon about 3 1/2 minutes later. Suddenly extremely repetitive quiet banjo, stable percussions, and uncomfortable voice over some effectors are around us. Not only this, scenes are altering so rapidly. Here come some growling and bells ringing with the recorded tape slowly or reversely played For these sounds, somebody might say KARUNA KHYAL was of Japanese Krautrock like Faust. However, I do suggest they (he?) should be more influenced by drugs, druggy lives, and drug abuses than Krautrock scene. Such druggie, speedy, and freaky explosions could be born otherwise. Side B 22-30 More aggressively artifactual noises, process voices repeating Alomoni, O-chow, Gaow, and various meaningless (senseless?) words, and heavy bass sounds can rush toward and run over us. I'm sure, of all in the side, the most important element is the heavy bass. This rhythmical bass sounds can remind us the trip for Buddhism. How? You can feel you repeat the words of Buddha, can't you? About 11 1/2 minutes later, eccentric and crazy guitar sounds and much crazier voices (with cries of a baby and dandling of a father...?) should take us into another sky. We should dance to the druggie noise without our intention whether we misunderstand or not. At last, we should have a vacant feeling with the last quiet air. And go out like the outfit... Caution! This album is a real drug, not a cranky work...but highly recommended as a drug. |
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Logan
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Posted: May 05 2016 at 03:14 | |
Brast Burn's Debon for me, great album I think, but all sound good.
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Just a fanboy passin' through.
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hellogoodbye
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Posted: May 05 2016 at 03:21 | |
A DAMOniac album
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Logan
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Posted: May 05 2016 at 03:39 | |
I think I discovered that album thanks to Damo's blog, which has a ton of excellence in it. Edited by Logan - May 05 2016 at 03:47 |
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Just a fanboy passin' through.
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hellogoodbye
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Posted: May 05 2016 at 03:53 | |
Absolutely. He's the best.
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Meltdowner
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Posted: May 05 2016 at 04:56 | |
I heard of Jorge Reyes from his collaborations with Steve Roach. I'm curious to listen to his work
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hellogoodbye
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Posted: May 05 2016 at 04:58 | |
Very interesting stuff, Sam, at the frontier of World and prog music.
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hellogoodbye
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Posted: May 05 2016 at 05:01 | |
5.0 out of 5 stars
By J. Ramirez on April 30, 2004 Format: Audio CD
The album Comala is inspired on the surrealistic novel Pedro Paramo by mexican writer Juan Rulfo. It's a short story where "Rulfo's characters emerge gradually from a landscape of death and decay, as his tale offers testament to the enduring integrity of the human soul." The music is designed to submerge the listener in a state of consciousness where boundaries between life and death disappear and the use of acoustics and chanting will transport you to Rulfo's mythic Comala. The remarkable use of pre-hispanic instruments and real native american ritualistic chanting mixed with futuristic sounds and synthesizers creates an atmospheric limbo of the afterlife. The old woman chanting is Maria Sabina, a Mazatec curandera / high priestess that used to conduct ceremonial mushroom rituals in the 60's and 70's. Maria Sabina lived in Huautla de Jimenez, a small village in Oaxaca, Mexico. John Lennon, Peter Townshend, Mick Jagger, and Bob Dylan are some of the celebrities who traveled to Huautla, seeking the spiritual guidance of Maria Sabina. In any case, Jorge Reyes work of art combines past and present, the old and the new and transports the listener to a world that exists only in a space in time called Comala. |
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zravkapt
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Posted: May 05 2016 at 08:58 | |
I know Brast Burn and I've heard of Jorge Reyes. the other two were new to me but I voted for Reyes,
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Magma America Great Make Again
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ALotOfBottle
Prog Reviewer Joined: February 17 2016 Location: Lublin, Poland Status: Offline Points: 1990 |
Posted: May 05 2016 at 09:18 | |
I really like the name Dada for a band.
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hellogoodbye
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Posted: May 05 2016 at 09:41 | |
Unpredictable Darryl.
About Dada, they could have chosen that cover : |
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Man With Hat
Collaborator Jazz-Rock/Fusion/Canterbury Team Joined: March 12 2005 Location: Neurotica Status: Offline Points: 166178 |
Posted: May 05 2016 at 13:56 | |
I only know Brast Burn and KK, of which I prefer the former. Though both are deliciously zonked out.
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Dig me...But don't...Bury me
I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect. |
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octopus-4
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Posted: May 05 2016 at 14:49 | |
I totally agree. I think is one of the craziest, trippy, evily, scary albums that I've ever listened to.
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Curiosity killed a cat, Schroedinger only half.
My poor home recorded stuff at https://yellingxoanon.bandcamp.com |
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hellogoodbye
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Posted: May 05 2016 at 14:52 | |
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hellogoodbye
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Posted: May 06 2016 at 03:47 | |
In 1970 Pete Gage and Elkie Brooks (After she met Pete Gage, whom she would marry)
formed the short-lived rock fusion band, Dada. The group worked well but changes were brought about with the arrival of another future star by the name of Robert Palmer and Dada transformed into Vinegar Joe. Island Records president Chris Blackwell subsequently suggested the three consider continuing their musical partnership leading to the formation of Vinegar Joe with the addition of former Robert Palmer, Jody Grind keyboardist Tim Hinkley , drummer Rob Tait, and bassist Steve York. The band managed to release one obscure album for ATCO (1970′s “Dada” catalog number 2400 030), before collapsing. Personel on Dada album is; Pete Gage (guitar & bass) Elkie Brooks (vocals) Paul Korda (vocals); Jimmy Chambers (vocals, percussion) Barry Duggan (flute, alto saxophone, baritone saxophone) Malcolm Capewell (flute, tenor saxophone) Ernie Luchlan (trumpet, flugelhorn) Don Shinn (keyboards) Martyn Harryman (drums, percussion) |
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hellogoodbye
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Posted: May 06 2016 at 09:29 | |
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Meltdowner
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Posted: May 06 2016 at 10:20 | |
All very good albums but I voted for Karuna Khyal, it's one of the strangest albums I listened to, one that made me question the definition of music... and my mental sanity
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hellogoodbye
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Posted: May 06 2016 at 11:26 | |
and mine !
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Lewian
Prog Reviewer Joined: August 09 2015 Location: Italy Status: Offline Points: 14122 |
Posted: May 07 2016 at 11:15 | |
I feel slightly embarrassed to prefer Reyes so clearly with his fancy modern late 80s sound; a proper prog fan should probably not dismiss the more vintage aesthetics of the others. Still, I'm hugely attracted to the sound alchemy of Reyes while not being particularly impressed by the others.
Edited by Lewian - May 07 2016 at 11:18 |
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