Potemkine |
Post Reply |
Author | |
avestin
Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: September 18 2005 Status: Offline Points: 12625 |
Topic: Potemkine Posted: October 10 2007 at 21:53 |
POTEMKINE to me have this cool jazzeuhl sound, I really dig the bass movements in their music, the way they use it to create a groovy sound.
As with several other French bands, this too had siblings forming it.
PA bio:
Potemkine managed to blend in a very good way the basis of Zeuhl music with its prominent bass role and a lighthearted spirit of fusion with some 20th century contemporary music. They this deviate from the norm of “mainstream” Zeuhl, but they manage to deliver an original sound, making them unique in this scene. Potemkine was formed by three brothers from Toulouse – Charles (guitars, piano, vocals), Philippe (drums and percussions, piano) and Michel (piano, vocals) Goubin. They had taken other musicians to fill in the positions of bass, violin and some drumming and percussions parts. They released their first album Foetus in 1975. This album was more influenced by Magma, though it contained the fusion leniency. In 1977 Triton was released and it featured a more clear inclination towards a fusion sound, but the Zeuhl characteristics are still there (in the bass part, theatrical piano playing and the occasional chanting vocals) and also the chamber music sound that would later appear in RIO originators bands such as Univers Zero. This approach reached its peak in Nicolas II released in 1978 which also marks their last album. You can get both Triton and Nicolas II on CD from SOLEIL ZEUHL.
I would recommend getting the Soleil Zeuhl re-issues of Nicolas and Triton where the bonus tracks are in fact the Foetus album and Mystere single.
|
|
Sean Trane
Special Collaborator Prog Folk Joined: April 29 2004 Location: Heart of Europe Status: Offline Points: 19616 |
Posted: October 11 2007 at 04:24 |
I went for Triton.
|
|
let's just stay above the moral melee
prefer the sink to the gutter keep our sand-castle virtues content to be a doer as well as a thinker, prefer lifting our pen rather than un-sheath our sword |
|
Syzygy
Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: December 16 2004 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 7003 |
Posted: October 11 2007 at 14:59 |
Nicolas II for me.
|
|
'Like so many of you
I've got my doubts about how much to contribute to the already rich among us...' Robert Wyatt, Gloria Gloom |
|
avestin
Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: September 18 2005 Status: Offline Points: 12625 |
Posted: October 13 2007 at 13:23 |
For groovy jazzeuhl, you can't go wrong with either Triton or Nicolas, I think.
Too bad I couldn't find any sample. I'll try and add an mp3 to their PA page.
I'll send one to Tony R.
Which track you think would be best?
|
|
Cesar Inca
Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: May 19 2004 Location: Peru Status: Offline Points: 4888 |
Posted: October 13 2007 at 15:12 |
"Nicolas II" is the album with the jazziest focus on it, relatively releaving the ban'd sound from the strong RIO component tha thad been featured on previous efforts.
Kind regards.
|
|
VanderGraafKommandöh
Prog Reviewer Joined: July 04 2005 Location: Malaria Status: Offline Points: 89372 |
Posted: October 13 2007 at 15:19 |
I think I prefer Triton too, if memory serves. I prefer their sound to Zao's later jazz sound too, infact. A very good band indeed.
|
|
|
|
Philéas
Forum Senior Member Joined: June 14 2006 Status: Offline Points: 6419 |
Posted: October 14 2007 at 10:43 |
Mystère, actually. Out of the real albums, I prefer Fœtus.
Are the re-issues still in print? |
|
avestin
Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: September 18 2005 Status: Offline Points: 12625 |
Posted: October 14 2007 at 11:55 |
Yes, I bought them just earlier this year.
Greg Walker still lists them - http://synphonic.8m.com/country/france.htm
Wayside has them - http://www.waysidemusic.com/Search.aspx?Keyword=potemkine
And I guess other online vendors have them.
|
|
Cesar Inca
Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: May 19 2004 Location: Peru Status: Offline Points: 4888 |
Posted: October 15 2007 at 20:32 |
Yeas, ZAO is another example of a Zheul band that gradually went focusing more on the jazz-rock aspect of their music. Both grands ae great, indeed, but it's understandable that those who grew to love their earlier efforts feel less enthusiastic about thir later albums. Another example of "not-too-amazing" development is AIN SOPH, who began recycling the influences from Canterbury and Camel through exotic melodic flavors from their native Japan, and then they turned into a Yellow Jackets-kind of jazz-rock band for their "5 Evolved into 9" album. This was a good musical work, but the band had lost its main peculiar essence.
Anyway, these things are better than doing 'Follow You Follow Me' or 'No Reply At All'.
Kind regards.
|
|
Post Reply | |
Forum Jump | Forum Permissions You cannot post new topics in this forum You cannot reply to topics in this forum You cannot delete your posts in this forum You cannot edit your posts in this forum You cannot create polls in this forum You cannot vote in polls in this forum |