Five-Storey Ensemble!

A fan of RATIONAL DIET and many groups from the AltrOck stable, the new/first release from Rational Diet spawn FIVE -STOREY ENSEMBLE, Not This City, is not only the best prog album I've heard from this year but my favorite album--I've been playing it daily for almost two months now! Like SKE's release from 2011, 1000 autunni, when compared to his work with YUGEN, Not This City is not quite as dissonant or abrasive as parts of RATIONAL DIET's work; it is very melodic and yet structured with stunning shifts of mood and beauty. I JUST WISH IT WOULD FIND ITS WAY INTO THE PROGARCHIVES CATALOGUE!!! 

It's a superb album and I agree a bit gentler on the ears than Rational Diet. I'm really enjoying the prominence given to Alexander But'ko's accordion and Natalja Malashkova's oboe, which often saturate the pieces in melancholy, jaunty or ominous Balkan atmospheres. The interplay between Olga Podgaiskaja's and Sergey Dolgushev's voices is also great with some real tension and release, the vocals feel integral to the compostions not just decorative afterthoughts.

It could almost be an ECM recording a lot of the time - in a good way. Fans of Dino Saluzzi, Paul McCandless and even Garbarek will get a lot out of it I reckon. Not much rock'n'roll here, it's more like chamber music with moments of rock influence - but it's one of my favourites of the year anyway.

For those that want to check it out, you can listen to the whole thing on progstreaming here.



Edited by Mascodagama - July 06 2013 at 07:00

My guess is it is simply because they have not yet been added to PA.  I anticipate they will be added soon.

infocat wrote: My guess is it is simply because they have not yet been added to PA.

That is correct.


Also, lovely album. I anticipated liking The Archestra more based on initial samples, but I think I prefer this one overall.

Gents, this suggestion never arrived to the ZART team. I have just posted it to the team. 

TheGazzardian wrote: Nogbad_The_Bad wrote: Wonderful album as is the release by the other RD spin off The Arches- Archestra Speaking of which, where can you buy this now? It doesn't seem to be on wayside anymore...

I suppose it's probably fallen by the wayside.

octopus-4 wrote: Gents, this suggestion never arrived to the ZART team. I have just posted it to the team.

 

^ Eh?

octopus-4 wrote: seventhsojourn wrote: octopus-4 wrote: Gents, this suggestion never arrived to the ZART team. I have just posted it to the team.    If you check your team thread you will see that I sent the suggestion there on the 18th June from this thread:   http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=93859&KW=ensemble   You will also see that it was previously suggested direct to your team thread by another Collab.     For some reason we have missed it.    Not quite.    There's no track of this band on Progfreak.   I have nothing to do with Progfreak.

seventhsojourn wrote: octopus-4 wrote: seventhsojourn wrote: octopus-4 wrote: Gents, this suggestion never arrived to the ZART team. I have just posted it to the team.    If you check your team thread you will see that I sent the suggestion there on the 18th June from this thread:   http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=93859&KW=ensemble   You will also see that it was previously suggested direct to your team thread by another Collab.     For some reason we have missed it.    Not quite.    There's no track of this band on Progfreak.   I have nothing to do with Progfreak.