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Moorglader 
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 Topic: Other than location, what makes "Canterbury"Posted: July 10 2012 at 02:32 |
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Hey Smurph!I'm really glad you're getting into the Canterbury scene. Everyone's made excellent suggestions that'll really add to your musical world. Here's a beautiful Canterbury related song for you:
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TODDLER
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Posted: July 10 2012 at 12:09 |
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Matching Mole! Wow, what a short lived band and the tragic accident of Robert Wyatt! What haunting memories I have of this time period. I believe I purchased the LP'S from "Jem Records" who had a warehouse in North Plainfield, NJ. This entrie underground scene in the 70's was so interesting to me. I was a fanatic out of control and it was so cool traveling to Philadelphia and actually meeting other record collectors who I shared a common interest with.
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Posted: July 10 2012 at 12:15 |
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What a strange song. I love this song!
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Posted: July 10 2012 at 12:18 |
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You beat me to it, fantastic album!
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Posted: July 10 2012 at 12:24 |
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I listened to some of that egg album on youtube and it is fantastic! I can't wait to start buying some of this stuff.
Also, BJ-1 - your album avatar is great as well. Present is much scarier than their name suggests! BUt they are as awesome as their name suggests. It is literally like getting a present.
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Haha, yeah. I've read allmusic's review of that double set and they compared it to chinese water torture, which is actually quite true.  They're still as brilliant now as when I first heard'em.That Egg album is a must have, it's like Soft Machine's trickier brother. Almost got a knot on my tongue while counting all the time sigs but the music is constantly great and classic canterbury material! |
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I love Egg. Great band, and as for Robert Wyatt, this is just beautiful:
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Frankly I have to disagree with Steve (love ya Steve). Bands like Gong and Khan could, fairly easily, be put in something like psych. But honestly, bands like Egg, Caravan, early Soft Machine, and especially Hatfield and the North and National Health, for me have such a distinct sound that can't be put in any other sub-genre here in PA. Jazzy, complex yet wonderfully catchy and fun, somewhat psychedelic, Canterbury is a small but rather distinct community and sound.
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I love that album, absolutely classic stuff.  |
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Recently I've had a chat with Clive Brooks. EGG may have some new songs written by Mont Campbell but they don't have a label or money to pay for a rehearsal room and a self-release, also because they don't live in the same city.
We are going to miss a new masterpiece
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Amazing  I would feel sorry if money would be the reason to miss a masterpieceIt happened with UK in the 1990's, I remember. Aren't there any millionaires on PA who would want to subsidize?  Okay, let's get real again. |
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Posted: July 11 2012 at 04:15 |
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I don't think there are millionaires around here, but maybe a British band with own rehearsal room able and wishing to help...who knows?
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Posted: July 11 2012 at 05:01 |
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Dominant elements of psychedelic rock and jazz, and quirky English humour.
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Summer snows of Greenland.
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Yeah, that's one of the things that makes Canterbury Canterbury, the chords and chord sequences.
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Posted: July 11 2012 at 12:20 |
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A Canterbury band not from Canterbury and one of my favorites:
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Indeed, very nicely put. Also, and maybe this is slightly non-factual, but then again I've never been a champ with facts, - I do think there is a distinct sound - a quirkiness if you will - that seeps through in most Canterbury acts. Whimsical instrumentation that perhaps comes from a specific British humour. This is, however, also very recognisable in bands from outside of the UK - Supersister and Zyma for instance share a lot of this quirkiness.
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Posted: July 13 2012 at 02:54 |
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Canterbury is a hard thing to define, for me it's just one of those things that when you hear you know. Having said that, the easiest way I could describe it (which probably omits important elements) is psychedelic jazz-rock full of atmosphere and whimsey (both lyrically [if present]) and musically, usually keyboard dominant (with certain types of keyboards/key sounds) with intricate rhythms and rhythmic ideas and specific chord/chord sequences (which goes above my head in terms of musical understanding), with obviously 'british' feel (Even if produced outside of England) and in depth/complex song writings.
Or something like that. And it's one of the richest scenes in the prog world to my ears.
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Posted: July 13 2012 at 10:14 |
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!!! Have they considered using something like kickstarter to raise the funds to record/release it? |
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Posted: July 13 2012 at 11:37 |
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Wow- I been noticing one difference is that Canterbury has some extremely "out there" solos. More than the usual early 70s music ha.
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I think their age is influencing their will to make the new album. I have suggested him working like Camel, recording their parts separately and mix them together. I don't know how it will go. I haven't had other contacts after that one.
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