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Sean Trane
Special Collaborator Prog Folk Joined: April 29 2004 Location: Heart of Europe Status: Offline Points: 19541 |
Topic: Heard of the best Aussie group? >> Rainbow Theatre Posted: November 15 2006 at 03:44 |
RAINBOW THEATRE — Fantasy of Horses
Review by Sean Trane (Hugues Chantraine) Special Collaborator Prog-Folk Specialist — First review of this album — Wow!! I never start my review with wow. But apparently this group remains to be discovered by a lot of people, and that includes me. Talk about unearthing a gem here… Out of nowhere comes from the underworld this strange band that knows what drama is. As a matter of fact, some of their music can even be called operatic having not only a string section but also a moody wind section as well: jazzy feel on those very Spanish Conquistador dramatic themes. Yes, the music is often grandiose (sometimes bordering on the cheesy) and being somehow what Days Of Future Past should’ve been. Does this sound intriguing? Ya betcha!! These guys are drawing musical circles around you and they are twiddling with your unstabled brains with their incredible musical meanders and those orgasmic Mellotrons washes. Posted Wednesday, November 15, 2006, 03:25 EST | Permanent link |
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progrockgirl
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Posted: November 15 2006 at 04:18 |
I found this album on ebay last year and totally agree with you. It's
surprising because I dislike opera, but the operatic vocals make an
interesting contrast to the jazzy feel of the music. There are
beautiful mellotron passages as well, which is what originally
attracted me to the album. The title of the album was also a selling
point as I'm a horse lover. It would be interesting to have seen
them perform live.
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Australian
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Posted: November 15 2006 at 04:25 |
Sounds interesting, I'll pick it up later this week with any luck.
And another thing, Edited by Australian - November 15 2006 at 04:27 |
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R o V e R
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Posted: November 15 2006 at 04:34 |
WOW I Want this Album |
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Sean Trane
Special Collaborator Prog Folk Joined: April 29 2004 Location: Heart of Europe Status: Offline Points: 19541 |
Posted: November 15 2006 at 04:41 |
Be sure to get the right re-issue. Mine is without the bonus track. My copy is the Green Tree re-issue.
there is a newer edition that came out this month on Aztec records. Their first album, the Armada is also due out soon. Edited by Sean Trane - November 15 2006 at 04:57 |
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Australian
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Posted: November 15 2006 at 04:45 |
Hm... I'll try to remember that, thanks Huguesy!
Found it. Seems I may have to order it from the CD Store however.
Its Good to see theatre spelt correctly.
Edited by Australian - November 15 2006 at 05:02 |
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mystic fred
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Posted: November 15 2006 at 05:00 |
Very enthusiastic review, Hughes, i'm curious! - will look forward to hearing this one!!
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manticor
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Posted: November 15 2006 at 07:26 |
Best Aussie group is Buffalo with late Pete Wells
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Sean Trane
Special Collaborator Prog Folk Joined: April 29 2004 Location: Heart of Europe Status: Offline Points: 19541 |
Posted: November 15 2006 at 07:42 |
they're not even in the Archives
But I just saw that the albums are in my library system >< will check this out, but I doubt they will be better than RB
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Ivan_Melgar_M
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Posted: November 15 2006 at 12:49 |
I'm not very impressed with most Aussie bands but abut two weeks ago I had to write a bio of this album, managed to get some samples from Fantasy of Horses and inmediately required the CD.
The funny thing is that Sean and I discovered this great band almost simultaneously and exchanged some PM's about them, mainly because I found so strong Jazz and King Crimson influences that for some moments I was tempted to send them to Art Rock.
After receiving the CD my doubts were cleared, the Jazz influence is almost a plus, like some kind of topping and mainly managed by the Rhythm Section, but the main melodic structure and atmosphere is clearly Symphonic, and the KC influence is mainly from ITCOCK, so there was no doubt that the best place for them is Symphonic and didn't even bothered HT or Bob who were very busy writting their bios (Bob's will be added tonight with the complete list of links for 40 bands with new bios) and just wrote a short biography.
Had the luck to get the re-mastered edition with the Classical addition by Julian Browning (Symphony No. 3 -First Movement- ) which is good but different to the mood of the album.
According to info found in the net, their first album "Armada" was re-released a week ago (The same day I wrote the bio) and just found it in http://www.aztecmusic.net/avscd019.htm even when a bit expensive
Don't expect something similar to Sebastian Hardie and every Aussie band, some are good even great but Rainbow Theatre is OUTSTANDING and on another level.
Can't understand why this gem has remained hidden during such a long time.
Iván
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Losendos
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Posted: November 17 2006 at 07:55 |
Can't understand why this gem has remained hidden during such a long time.
Iván [/QUOTE]
Prog is the most unfashionable musical form ever and prog lovers in Oz seem to be even a smaller percentage than other countries. I only found out about Sebatsian Hardy in 1983 and have only just now hear about this group. Must get a cd.
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