What albums did you listen to today?...continued

Meltdowner wrote: Magnum Vaeltaja wrote: I think that might be a record for just a single day... Did you have time to sleep?

 'And Their Refinement of the Decline' by Stars of the Lid was playing on repeat when I woke up this morning. That's it so far, but it's only lunchtime.

Meltdowner wrote: Aussie-Byrd-Brother wrote: Meltdowner wrote: Tangerine Dream - Quantum Gate Oooh, what did you think, mate? Although I wouldn't expect it to instantly make a big impression...I'm on about my fortieth listen by this point!  Considering most of their recent output that I heard, Quantum Gate is surprisingly good and it goes on unexpected directions at times. In comparison, the Quaeschning/Schnauss album sounds much more like classic TD than the new TD

Great, mate. I'll still likely grab that Quaeschning/Schnauss album before too long. I kind of feel it probably deserves a spot on the TD shelf.

Last two days for me:
Tangerine Dream – Pergamon/Quichotte
Tangerine Dream – Thief
If – 2
Birth Control – Live ‘79
Perigeo – Abbiamo Tutti un Blues da Piangere
Cybotron – Implosion
Jean-Michel Jarre - Oxygene
Chase – Ennua
Hot Tuna – First Pull Up, Then Pull Down - cracking jammy bluesy acid psych from the Jefferson Airplane spin-off.

Meltdowner wrote: ^ How's that Cybotron album? Fruupp - Future Legends Oren Ambarchi - Hubris Fire! Orchestra - Vilnius Jazz Festival 2017, Lithuania Carol of Harvest - s/t Gonçalo - Boavista

Pretty damn good, mate. Had it for quite a while but only just got around to spinning it lately. It's interesting, the deep-spacey keyboards sound more like the instrumental passages of Eloy than Tangerine Dream, and they use a live drummer which gives it a very `rock' sound.

How did you like that Fruup album? First time hearing it/them? I think all of their four albums are great!

Sam, I don't have that Carol of Harvest album, but I know of its reputation, and I've certain years ago I used to spin it on Youtube and was plenty impressed. I'll have to give it a fresh spin and look at getting it in the future.

Last night's choices:
Boffalongo – s/t (mix of acid/blues/jazz/psych/pop from late ’68)

I.Q – Are you Sitting Comfortably?

Marillion – Holidays in Eden (OK, so the title track is a bit crappy, and not every track is a gem, but I’ve realised I’d take this more commercial album over most of their more recent ones that came after `Marbles’. At least this one has punchy tightly written tunes and avoids the mumbly rambling vocals and vagueness of the modern discs that can wear a little thin).

Steve Roach – Alive in the Vortex
Steve Roach – Soul Tones
Steve Roach – Monuments of Ecstasy

Stephen Halpern and Georgia Kelly – Ancient Echoes – sublime new age/ambient LP
Tangerine Dream – Alpha Centauri
Oresund Space Collective – Hallucinations Inside the Oracle (another killer of an album from them!)

Last night:

Arena – Songs from the Lions Cage

P.F.M – Emotional Tattoos (sigh...mostly pretty unengaging AOR with top-notch playing. The great instrumental on it is the shortest piece!
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P.F.M – Live Collection: November 1980 – Sam, this is that one you know too from the video, what a great performance (and not a William Tell Overture in sight! )

Michael Hoenig – Departure from the Northern Wastelands

^ Sam I'm currently waiting for my Vespero copy, I'm hoping it will turn out as good as their latest Lique Mekwas album.

Larkstongue41 wrote: Jim O'Rourke - Eureka Gastr del Sol - Camoufleur (^ same)

Magnum Vaeltaja wrote: Aussie-Byrd-Brother wrote: P.F.M – Emotional Tattoos (sigh...mostly pretty unengaging AOR with top-notch playing. The great instrumental on it is the shortest piece! ) Is that their latest one? What a shame, probably won't be checking it out, then

That's right, mate. I'll post a detailed review of it over the next few hours, but it's definitely not a very essential work. Which is a shame, because some of their last few like `AD 2010: La Buona Novella' and `Stati di Immaginzione' were generally excellent.

It's even less interesting when you realise plenty of other vintage prog acts, be they Cherry Five, Maxophone, Metamorfosi, etc and many others have all delivered fairly recent works that are still very ambitious and lavish with plenty of `prog' elements to them.