Five-Storey Ensemble

http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=3017

Belorussian avant-prog group Rational Diet began an ambitious agenda at the start of 2011, but by the time the bandmembers exited the studio after a series of recording sessions lasting until February of the following year, the group -- or at least Rational Diet as a band name -- was no more. Instead, February 2012 marked the formal founding of a new band, Five-Storey Ensemble, featuring several principal members of Rational Diet. There was also some apparent dissension in the ranks, and another group featuring ex-Rational Diet members who had participated in the sessions -- the Archestra -- emerged at roughly the same time. So while fans of these creative musicians might have lamented the passing of one inventive Rock in Opposition-influenced band, there were now two groups in its place, with the chamber classical Five-Storey Ensemble first out of the gate with the debut recording Not That City, although with a head start of only a month before the more electric rockish Archestra came out with an album of their own, Arches.
http://www.allmusic.com/artist/five-storey-ensemble-mn0003097895

This could fit in RIO imo

Dean wrote: Five-Storey Ensemble were rejected for RIO two months ago.   As far as I can tell Archestra were never submitted.

Padraic wrote: I posted some Youtube vids of Archestra in the RIO Team thread.  Archestra is pretty much standard RIO, they should probably be added.  IMNSHO.

Exactly, via their videoclips provided by you, we feel strong RIO.

Anyway, we must evaluate with one entire album ... it's fine if someone can send us more samples via PM.

Nogbad_The_Bad wrote: Dean wrote: Five-Storey Ensemble were rejected for RIO two months ago.   Wow

As Chris said back in June: "Rational Diet stripped of its electric instrumentation, experimentation and zaniness. Sounds mostly like chamber classical to me" ... and Rock in Opposition without the Rock is not RIO, and while chamber rock (or chamber prog if you prefer) can be seen as a branch of Avant Prog, again without the rock it's not chamber rock or Avant Prog.

Some links relating to The Archestra (this appears to be the band where Rational Diet's rockier side has become manifested), including a few samples (sorry - I don't have the album )

Edited by yam yam - October 03 2013 at 20:39

Wow.  Wow...  I got FSE, Roqueforte and Clivages on the same day and pondered the similarities immediately.  I just blindly assumed that FSE was here.  I guess there's naught to do about it, but I find it amazing (and disappointing) that they were rejected.  And here I voted for them for one of my top prog albums of 2013!  Oh the humanity!

Padraic wrote: Man With Hat wrote: Nogbad_The_Bad wrote: I would argue that there are Chamber Rock bands in the RIO section here who do not rock any harder than Five Storey Ensemble. Aranis, Julverne, & Pikapika Teart to name but three. PT certainly is more rock than FSE. As for Aranis...Roqueforte probably has enough to cover them (but I agree that before that I would say they didn't belong). Don't know Julverne so I can't comment on them. Either way, just because one act was added it doesn't effect other acts being added. I agree with this 100%.

Who, me or Man With Hat? I personally don't think PT rocks any harder than FSE but that may just be me, PT was actually my album of the year that year and I love both. I also tend to think that bands that have been approved do inform other bands eligability otherwise its just completely abitrary. Certain bands should be representative of how far the boundaries of a genre spread with the main population of bands being well within those boundaries and only a few on the edge. Now FSE might be on that edge, or beyond depending on your perspective but as stated before I believe other bands, particularly Julverne rock less.

NWW

Sorry to be so persistent--I still can't find my way around this web-site--couldn't find this 'original' thread--Till now--so I started another. Sorry.