Interview with Dzyan's Peter Giger |
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Posted: June 02 2019 at 17:57 |
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Thanks! Giger is/was interesting no matter the context/music and this was an enjoyable read. One of the great european percussionists. I was just reading up on Brainticket's Joel Vandroogenbroeck solo ond other albums/projects (I enjoy quite a few of his Colorsound-releases) so I was looking at this Drum Circus-album yesterday. Thought I was familiar with it already, but listening to this fun mess earlier (on youtube) I seems I wasn't. I do prefer the conventionally beautiful last nine minutes on that "epic" opener + those more straight jazz fusion tunes/parts. I have grown a little impatient over far out "poetry", deep hippie nonsense and nasal chants over the years. This again + your avatar inspired me to locate my Giger Lenz Marron-albums. Man those are overlooked. I think might I love them (Where The Hammer Hangs being my favorite of the two) just as much as Time Machine and Electric Silence. They have a intimacy to them which works to their advantage and represent a continuance of what I like best about Dzyan - which is their eastern/indian-drenched approach to jazz fusion. |
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Oh wow I wasn't aware those were among your very favorite albums. I actually just noticed your Where the Hammer Hangs-avatar today in your post here as well. Giger Lenz Marron have an obvious place here I think. Were they actually rejected? About half their tunes are purely Jazz Rock Fusion - and the ones that aren't are just closer to Indo-Prog/Raga Rock-section = the former genre fused with an eastern twang anyway. It should have been a no-brainer imo. Edited by Saperlipopette! - June 03 2019 at 11:15 |
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Yes, it should have been a no brainer, but I must say I don't understand why they were rejected. (and yes, they were, even with me starting a thread on their inclusion)
I don't like Drum Circus, but quite like the various Four for Jazz records; and Giger's first solo album Family Of Percussion from 1975 is a masterpiece.
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