Colour Haze

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In the past couple weeks, I've been going through this band's discography in chronological order and are these guys a surefire candidate for most improved group in progressive music or something? They started out as sort of like a German Kyuss, enjoyable but not exactly mindblowing, only to then become something else after shifting to a "jam band" format picking up more influences from funk, jazz and their country's Kosmische Musik tradition.

You know, CH's albums from the selftitled onwards are what I hold up as how to do a retro-genre/"new old school" project the right way: It keeps all the things that made the originals worth, the structure of their music showing a level of ambition that's exceptional for heavy psychedelic rock of their generation and some of the best instrumental interplay in modern rock period; at the same time they actually benefit from being a generation removed from most of their inspiration, for instance their dynamic between different sonic textures relying on advances in guitar technology since then.

Still not quite sure what my favourite album is, though. Surprised to see there's only one CH review on the main site, I might finally start writing some of my own then.

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Toaster Mantis Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: April 12 2008 Location: Denmark Status: Offline Points: 5898	Topic: Colour Haze Posted: December 21 2013 at 05:22
	In the past couple weeks, I've been going through this band's discography in chronological order and are these guys a surefire candidate for most improved group in progressive music or something? They started out as sort of like a German Kyuss, enjoyable but not exactly mindblowing, only to then become something else after shifting to a "jam band" format picking up more influences from funk, jazz and their country's Kosmische Musik tradition. You know, CH's albums from the selftitled onwards are what I hold up as how to do a retro-genre/"new old school" project the right way: It keeps all the things that made the originals worth, the structure of their music showing a level of ambition that's exceptional for heavy psychedelic rock of their generation and some of the best instrumental interplay in modern rock period; at the same time they actually benefit from being a generation removed from most of their inspiration, for instance their dynamic between different sonic textures relying on advances in guitar technology since then. Still not quite sure what my favourite album is, though. Surprised to see there's only one CH review on the main site, I might finally start writing some of my own then.
	"The past is not some static being, it is not a previous present, nor a present that has passed away; the past has its own dynamic being which is constantly renewed and renewing." - Claire Colebrook

Toaster Mantis Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: April 12 2008 Location: Denmark Status: Offline Points: 5898	Posted: December 22 2013 at 08:42
	By the way, has anyone heard their newest album She Said? I actually haven't, but if it's anything like Tempel or All it's probably great.
	"The past is not some static being, it is not a previous present, nor a present that has passed away; the past has its own dynamic being which is constantly renewed and renewing." - Claire Colebrook

charles_ryder Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: April 15 2014 Location: St.Petersburg Status: Offline Points: 171	Posted: April 16 2014 at 04:51
	I was sure that they last album is "Euporie Tide". What is "She Said"?
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Toaster Mantis Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: April 12 2008 Location: Denmark Status: Offline Points: 5898	Posted: April 16 2014 at 06:51
	You're getting Causa Sui and Colour Haze confused with each other... understandable, since they are two very similar groups in both style and nomenclature.
	"The past is not some static being, it is not a previous present, nor a present that has passed away; the past has its own dynamic being which is constantly renewed and renewing." - Claire Colebrook

charles_ryder Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: April 15 2014 Location: St.Petersburg Status: Offline Points: 171	Posted: April 16 2014 at 07:03
	Oh... You right, I'm bone-head. Colour Haze is a nice band, but I'm not hear the last albom. Edited by charles_ryder - April 16 2014 at 07:05
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Jzrk Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: February 21 2014 Location: Chicago Status: Offline Points: 126	Posted: April 16 2014 at 22:55
	This is a band I had just checked out a while ago an liked.I want to go back and do some more listening to their music

charles_ryder Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: April 15 2014 Location: St.Petersburg Status: Offline Points: 171	Posted: April 29 2014 at 11:39
	Please recomment me similar bands.
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Toaster Mantis Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: April 12 2008 Location: Denmark Status: Offline Points: 5898	Posted: April 29 2014 at 12:16
	In addition to Causa Sui I can also mention Earthless, Mammatus and Papir as similar contemporary bands listening to. Wo Fat too, though they're a bit further to the metallic side of things.
	"The past is not some static being, it is not a previous present, nor a present that has passed away; the past has its own dynamic being which is constantly renewed and renewing." - Claire Colebrook

charles_ryder Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: April 15 2014 Location: St.Petersburg Status: Offline Points: 171	Posted: April 30 2014 at 03:03
	Oh, thanks! Earthless is not my band. Perhaps... Wo Fat are great, they has a big sound. And Mammatus and Papir... I will listen to them.
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Anon-E-Mouse Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Newbie Joined: December 13 2013 Location: In Transit Status: Offline Points: 10	Posted: June 17 2014 at 14:20
	I've heard some Colour Haze in the past and I quite enjoyed it. Just how is that possible that over their entire output they merited only a lone review?

Toaster Mantis Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: April 12 2008 Location: Denmark Status: Offline Points: 5898	Posted: June 18 2014 at 04:26
	My guess is that they're not very popular outside the Germanic cultural sphere.
	"The past is not some static being, it is not a previous present, nor a present that has passed away; the past has its own dynamic being which is constantly renewed and renewing." - Claire Colebrook

Anon-E-Mouse Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Newbie Joined: December 13 2013 Location: In Transit Status: Offline Points: 10	Posted: June 18 2014 at 13:52
	Thanks to a friend in Germany, I was able to hear "She Said" within 24 hours of my request. Time permitting, I may pen a few notes in the Review section. For now, let me just say that it's very much like "All" and to the extent that if you have that album then this one is redundant, meaning that you would have heard these notes before. I hope that it's of useful info to the original query.