Vox Nostra - Full album preview

French band Vox Nostra has been generous enough to allow their whole debut album to be streamable from Progarchives - so if anyone wants to take a listen, or perhaps even write a review - go here to start listening :-)

Good stuff?

I listened to about half the album, before I had to put away the computer to do other things. Very well sung and played, but I wouldn't say it's my cup of tea.

As regards Latin, it may be a dead language, but it's not extinct. It's the official language of the Catholic Church for one, and I personally know people who can speak it quite fluently. It may not be question of millions of people, but certainly many more than those who speak Kobaian. Ah, and I seem to remember that French descends directly from Latin - so, it is quite a different matter from those bands who 'despise' their native language in order to adopt English.

Still note sure why this one isn't in Zeuhl considering how indebted it is to Magma.  I like it.

Trouserpress wrote: Logan wrote: Still note sure why this one isn't in Zeuhl considering how indebted it is to Magma.  I like it. They were suggested to us but I'm not sure we got round to voting on them... I didn't realise Eclectic had gone ahead and added them though. Might give this a listen at some point, but I remember listening to the samples on myspace and being a tad underwhelmed. Could be a grower though.

Yeah,  I alerted your team to it on April 8th, and they were added to Eclectic on May 15 by Rivertree (which is great).  I went away on a trip not that long after posting about it in your team thread so may have missed subsequent discussion.  It's better for bands to get added sooner if approved for a team, anyway (we all know that Prog often can fit various categories and multi-team evaluations can take a long time).  A band can always be moved later -- the important thing is getting it in.  I was okay with it in Eclectic, and the other team members had approved it anyway, but thought that it would particularly appeal to Magma/ Vander fans.  It wasn't my initial band suggestion, but I must admit, largely having left team work, that I took particular notice when King By-Tor noted that it had Magma similarities (the Magma-head in me could not resist).

I wrote in your team thread:

I don't know if you know about this one yet.  Voxnostra has been approved for Eclectic, I've just heard it now, but this is so heavily Magma inspired that I think you guys should consider it for Zeuhl.  I think it should be with Magma http://www.myspace.com/voxnostra

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I felt that Zeuhl would better highlight the project due to its obvious Magma similarities even though, as I recall, it's lacking in the dominant bass-work that is so common to Zeuhl (I should listen again as my memories are already hazy, but the myspace page maxes my system resources).  It's something that would interest Magma-heads, even if they don't particularly like it.  It's the softer, poppier side, I might say, of Zeuhl and Magma.  But as I said, the Eclectic team members approved it (I thought it should be moved when I finally got around to hearing it and only took interest because King-by-Tor mentioned Magma -- I'm not really in team work any more) and so it can always go in Eclectic now and then be re-considered at some other time for a potential move.  Anyway, I thought it would be good to alert your team to it. Personally,  I don't care that much about category placement any more (so common for music to be acceptable for multi-categories, but multi-team evaluations are time consuming)....
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I did warn of the myspace page seizing computers, so be interested to see what you think now that it's streaming at PA.

EDIT: Very cool that this is streaming at PA!


Edited by Logan - June 01 2009 at 16:29

Thanks, I'm sure you can set me straight. ;)

I really like the album, and welcome to the forum!

Interesting.post.. Incidentally, I never thought it was the same as Magma, I merely thought that it had enough similarities with Magma to be in the broad Zeuhl universe (there are many different bands in Zeuhl.... I wouldn't say that Zao and Magma sound the same either).  I thought it would be something that would appeal to those into Magma/ Zeuhl and so Zeuhl might better highlight the project.

My language on it being "so heavily inspired" was hyperbolic though, and I apologise for that.  Indeed, your music has its own identity.  And of course it fits fine in Eclectic (and so would much of Zeuhl if we didn't have a Zeuhl category).

I look forward to your next album (though, personally, I hope you avoid English lyrics, but offer translations in a CD booklet).  I prefer DVDs to CDs, one can subtitle music that way.

Okay, thanks.

Incidentally, Eider Stellaire is one of Zeuhl's best I feel.  I have their albums, but neat to see that they have a streaming album here.