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Topic: Obscure Albums Posted: May 31 2016 at 23:23
List some of your favorite highly obscure albums. I'm talking about amazing, one of kind records that not many people have heard about both in general and on this site. Lets just say you got an album that you feel your the only person in the world that listens to it, this is the place to share it.
Some examples:
Although its not that obscure on this site
Kew Rhone - John Greaves / Peter Blegvad / Lisa Herman
My recent discovery was a German krautrock band Golem. They are said to have recorded their only album in 1973 and it was reissued in the 90's. However, it is suspected that they might have been a band in the 90's, as nobody seems to have the original vinyl of the album from 1973.
Another obscurity from Germany is Hax Cel. They have also recorded only one classically-influenced krautrock album.
You have mentioned John Greaves' Kew Rhone. It's a fantastic album! I've been listening to it for the last few days and I absolutely love it. Another band, that is probably more underrated than obscure (it's still active) is Moving Gelatine Plates from France. They have played Canterbury-style prog rock at the beggining of the 70's. I have known about them for a good while, but have not appreciated them until just a few days ago. A phenomenal group!
One more band that I would love to recommend is a Greek band Axis. They played jazz rock-fueled progressive rock in the early 70's and similarly to their countrymen, Aphrodite's Child, they emigrated to France. A great, great band!
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Posted: June 01 2016 at 10:56
It got good publicity and marketing when it was released, maybe edging it out of this category as a result, but I never could fully appreciate Patrick Moraz's The Story of I. Blustery pop margined by South American rhythms didn't really stick in my craw.
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Posted: June 02 2016 at 03:17
ALotOfBottle wrote:
My recent discovery was a German krautrock band Golem. They are said to have recorded their only album in 1973 and it was reissued in the 90's. However, it is suspected that they might have been a band in the 90's, as nobody seems to have the original vinyl of the album from 1973.
A fake band they never existed as all the other bands of the so called Pyramid lable as:
Cozmic Corridors, Galactic Travellers, Temple, Pyramid, The Nazgûl, Fuerrote, Baal, Chronos, Spirulina und Astral Army.
Some of the above have a fake Album some just appear on a sampler.
Also, there is a great obscure folk outfit called Forest. It gets a lot
of hate, especially here, on PA, but I think their music is very good. A
thing I agree with (and the main argument people have against the band)
is that they are not excellent musicians. However, with their music,
you can feel a lot of spirit come through with great feeling for the
music. Again, not great, but very good and calmind music!
Just today, I have found out about about this German electronic/ambient band called Sand. They look to have released only one album, but I've only listened to it once, so I can't really tell if it's good or not. People on PA seem to hate it, though. I do believe, though, that they have an interesting sound nonetheless.
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I suppose obscure is a relative term.....here are a few I consider obscure that I enjoy listening to...
Oh yeah, Titus Goran, man! Totally forgot! I was suprised to read they were American. And prices on those Indian Summer records have skyrocketed recently!
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