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dubovsky
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Topic: Tonton Macoute Posted: June 10 2011 at 21:39 |
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Anyone recommend similar artists?
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Atavachron
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Posted: June 10 2011 at 22:06 | |
Warm sounds from this unassuming English foursome who played the earthy rock/jazz/pop alchemy so
available to bands of the time. They do a lovely job, too, and show an earnest feel for the music.
Familiarities as Brubeck, Van Morrison, and BS&T are here as well as peers like Raw Material or The
Running Man. And I hear little problem with the production on the reissue-- it sounds as the
original did, full and round.
There is, however, a good deal of musical derivation that distracts from a full embrace of the material, the band more than once imitating any number of jazz & pop standards, e.g. 'Fever', 'Moondance', and other hits. Perhaps in 1971 that was still cool. Bucolic notes and a taste of Zep circa '69 for 'Just Like Stone', a perfectly nice vocal number from keyboardist Paul French and windman Dave Knowles. Blues-jazz 'Don't Make Me Cry' has some surprises at nine minutes (these guys can play), and eastern chimes open 'Flying South in Winter' with strong flavors of Bo Hansson from French's wonderfully dusty organ. Some moody bluesdom and echoplex pop in 'Dreams', closing on parts 1 & 2 of 'Natural High', a masterful display of freeform progressive jazzrock at its most genuine. Very nice if flawed. |
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dubovsky
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Posted: June 10 2011 at 22:38 | |
Thank you very much, not really what I was looking for, and I don't agree with your review either. Too analytic. It's a 5-star band. It doesn't matter if their influences were derived from previous artists.
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Atavachron
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Posted: June 11 2011 at 04:03 | |
bull-- that's a positive review with a few honest criticisms
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dubovsky
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Posted: June 12 2011 at 03:32 | |
and that was my honest criticism of your criticism
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Atavachron
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Posted: June 12 2011 at 04:14 | |
and another thing; if you're not interested in the artists I compare the band to, you may not really like that kind of stuff
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ExittheLemming
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Posted: June 12 2011 at 04:54 | |
Anyone called after the nickname given to a Haitian paramilitary force wouldn't have their problems to seek but:
You might also like Zzebra who assimilated african, funk and rock elements into their fusion style. The criminally under appreciated Tommy Eyre was the keyboard player. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m99X6jDK2lA Edited by ExittheLemming - June 12 2011 at 04:55 |
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oliverstoned
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Posted: June 12 2011 at 14:12 | |
I think of Cressida/Asylum, a band in the same "precious" stream. |
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dubovsky
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Posted: June 19 2011 at 21:43 | |
I'm trying to bump this thread. Maybe someone can give me some obscure bands I don't know of that are comparable to Tonton.
Thank you for the Cressida and Zzebra recommendations. I've already heard of Cressida, they don't have that jazzy influence to me though. Zzebra is interesting |
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noni
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Posted: September 22 2017 at 11:25 | |
There's a revisited album out... A 2cd master gem..
This is an excellent album from all genres of prog rock. This has mild jazz influences but nothing too harsh!!!
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Mascodagama
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Posted: September 22 2017 at 13:24 | |
I gather the second CD was recorded recently. How is it?
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Soldato of the Pan Head Mafia. We'll make you an offer you can't listen to.
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noni
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Posted: September 22 2017 at 13:33 | |
Both cd's are brilliant... Highly recommended.
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noni
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Posted: September 22 2017 at 13:35 | |
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Rn8W6-1P8w&t=1588s
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Tom Ozric
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Posted: September 22 2017 at 14:23 | |
Try SKIN ALLEY - To Pagham and Beyond
I love this styling of early 70's Jazz-Prog, so it may work for you. |
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Saperlipopette!
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Posted: September 22 2017 at 14:42 | |
+ perhaps: Kollektiv - SWF Session No. 5, Kvartetten som Sprangde - Kattvals, Clouds - Up Above Our Heads, McLuhan - Anomaly...
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noni
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Posted: September 22 2017 at 19:19 | |
Sorry, got this recently. Both cd's are excellent and different. CD 1 was the original re-mastered and CD2 is a 2017 of new material. News has it, they might even make another album!.....
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noni
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Posted: September 22 2017 at 19:29 | |
Another album on the same vein as Tonton Macoute is The Swedish Family
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noni
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Posted: September 23 2017 at 10:14 | |
Thanks for posting this link. Just downloaded it from YouTube. A difficult album to find!... 480 download gives this a 192 kbps quality. Not bad!!
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