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hellogoodbye
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Topic: 4 little gems (108) Posted: September 23 2014 at 03:22 |
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Gastr Del Sol : Camoufleur
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PN6Ib9kT6g4 HerrGottSax : Seibold Seiergesichts Sündige Saxofone http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vIokAE_-1QY Ping Pong : St http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VItIvATslhg Don Shinn : Takes a Trip http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iXQbBSRAwPc
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hellogoodbye
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Posted: September 23 2014 at 03:26 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
There's something about this. It feels like the music on Camoufleur (and its predecessors) seems to exist "at a distance." Not that it's particularly difficult to digest, or that it doesn't have any emotional presence, but... it's like a mirage. A portrait of "real" music that, when approached, seems to shift its location; at any moment I start to warm up to it, it throws me off its path. Truly adjusting to this sound is nigh impossible. Some experimental music can be digested (conceptual appreciation aside) as source of a sort of chaotic catharsis (Beefheart, Naked City, Brotzmann)*, but in Camoufleur's case this is obviously useless. It's not like getting over one massive hurdle and then bathing in the brilliance (Feldman, Xenakis, Rowe)* either, as these songs are... well, just that, songs. I shouldn't have to be this concerned with how to approach this record, dammit, it has actual I guess what I'm trying to say is that Jim O'Rourke is a f**king genius, even when he's making music whose daring I still can't quite wrap my head around. I'm going to go listen to Halfway to a Threeway and make some sense of all of this at a later date. *Faust's debut album (and probably a few others, over the years) also failed to conform to either of these criteria, but they got through on sheer charm. So at least Gastr del Sol is in good company. the Crystalbird. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6LKlG5wxx0 |
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zravkapt
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Posted: September 23 2014 at 08:51 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Only know Gastr Del Sol and that's what I voted for. Great early American post-rock.
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Magma America Great Make Again
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hellogoodbye
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Posted: September 23 2014 at 12:15 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
An old friend of mine, Darryl. I was surprised to find it on P.A.
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hellogoodbye
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Posted: September 23 2014 at 16:41 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Don Shinn is a much neglected figure in the early development of UK prog...This is a high-end gaming and frankly is frightening the fact that half a year ago I had no idea about the existence of this artist!... time it to change On the earlier 1966 Polydor single version of 'A-Minor Explosion', Shinn can be heard employing an overdriven organ sound, jazzy chord voicings, spooky 'freakout' atmospherics, and, most notably, crashing his reverb springs in precisely the same way that Keith Emerson, Jon Lord, and countless others would eventually do years later. This 1969 remake is not as wildly manic as the 1966 original but more cerebral, and foreshadows the overall playing style and organ tone that would be echoed by Dave Stewart on the first Egg album released the following year in 1970. Citing Shinn's influence, Keith Emerson recalls: "Don Shinn was a weird looking guy, really strange. He had a schoolboy's cap on, round spectacles... I just happened to be in the Marquee when he was playing... The audience were all in hysterics.... And I said, 'Who is this guy?' He'd been drinking whisky out of a teaspoon and all kinds of ridiculous things. He'd play an arrangement of the Grieg Concerto, the Brandenburg and all. So my ears perked up....Playing it really well, and he got a fantastic sound from the L-100. But halfway through it he sort of shook the L-100, and the back of it dropped off. Then he got out a screw driver and started making adjustments while he was playing. Everyone was roaring their heads off laughing. So I looked and said 'Hang on a minute! That guy has got something'. I guess seeing Don Shinn made me realize that I'd like to compile an act from what he did. He and Hendrix were controlling influences over the way I developed the stage act side of things". Coincidentally, Shinn had been playing in a trio with future Uriah Heep bassist Paul Newton and drummer Brian Davison who would eventually work alongside Keith Emerson in The Nice. Paul Newton recalls: "In the 60's I was playing with a guy from The Nice, Brian Davison, and another guy, a keyboard player, who was a real genius. It was a trio, and most of it was really jazzy. This keyboard player was a guy called Don Shinn who went on to play with Dada, which was the forerunner of Vinegar Joe....He used to teach me bass lines on his organ pedals...really technical jazz stuff." Before his groundbreaking journey into pre-progressive rock territory, Shinn played with a number of mid '60s British beat outfits including The Meddy Evils, The Echoes (backing Dusty Springfield), and The Soul Agents featuring Rod Stewart. After releasing 'Temples With Prophets' in 1969, Shinn showed up on the one and only release by Dada (1970), which also featured vocalist Elkie Brooks and former Jody Grind guitarist Ivan Zagni. Following Dada, Shinn worked with Keith Relf's Renaissance, playing electric piano on the track 'Past Orbits of Dust' from the 1971 album 'Illusion'. Absolute revelation, premiere on CD ,his debut album (released in March 1969 by the British Columbia EMI entitled 'Temples With Prophets' and in France in the psychedelic cover as 'Don Shinn Takes A Trip') organist Don Shinn and his team recorded a completely instrumental masterpiece the piano and Hammond organ brilliant thin Progressive is developing, it is enclosed in brilliant sound a psychedelic classic rock and jazz-rock color psychedelic guitar trenchant strongly, based on a stable, solid, trouble is playing with a sense of the band by the drum which a slightly more mature version of the Nice and early Brian Auger's Trinity with more than a hint of Edward Grieg i .. Arzachel! This is the absolutely mandatory for all fans of psych-prog-jazz-rock (or whatever it was called ...) with the authorities Hammond. Perfect sound quality. Additionally CD Record Label Flawed Gems contains A-Minor Explosion [3:09] 1966 single version released as Don Shinn & The Soul Agents)fantastic,and also answer ,which one the band recorded the first progressive single. by Adamus67
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hellogoodbye
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Posted: September 24 2014 at 00:41 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Tracks like Il miracolo, Caro Giuda (Italian version of Blue Mink's single Time for winning), both also released on singles, or Cresciuta in un paese with orchestral arrangement, fall in the typical mainstream pop Italian style of the era, while Il castello or the long jazzier Suite in 4 tempi are among the best moments, very well composed. Musically well played, the album contains nice keyboard and sax parts, demonstrating the very good quality of the musicians involved. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dVPnakgrqfg http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k0QYylV-qEo
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Saperlipopette!
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Posted: September 24 2014 at 00:55 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Well it had to happen at some point: I don't know any of these
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hellogoodbye
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Posted: September 24 2014 at 02:56 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Ca m'arrive tout le temps
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Cactus Choir
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Posted: September 24 2014 at 03:02 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
I've got to vote for Don Shinn, an important but neglected figure in the development of Prog as the biography above illustrates. I've tried a few times to get him listed on PA but to no avail, a glaring omission.
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"And now...on the drums...Mick Underwooooooooood!!!"
"He's up the pub" |
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hellogoodbye
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Posted: September 24 2014 at 03:53 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Maybe this time, my friend
Don Shinn - A Minor Explosion - Album Version - 1969http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GyfpypUvawU |
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Cactus Choir
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Posted: September 24 2014 at 04:26 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
I hope so!
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"And now...on the drums...Mick Underwooooooooood!!!"
"He's up the pub" |
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hellogoodbye
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Posted: September 25 2014 at 03:33 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
HerrGottSax – Seibold Seiergesichts Sündige SaxofoneLabel: Eigelstein Musikproduktion – ES 2013 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album Country: Released: Genre: Style: Tracklist
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Herrgottsax! - Siebold Seiergesicht's Sündige Saxofone. 1981 Eigelstein. Judging by the cover, the title name, and some of the cartoonish voices, one gets the impression this album was made for children. Maybe John Coltrane's kids, I dunno? Other than the aforementioned voices, this is mainly a superbly crafted Kraut fusion album in the Missus Beastly, Munju and Mosaik style. Large ensemble featuring multiple saxophones, flutes, horns, guitar, bass and drums. The compositions and playing are very tight, and some of the sections will have you raising your head repeatedly in amazement. There's some standard jazz noodling as well - but overall a very pleasant surprise and well worth seeking out. Would make for a nice reissue on GoD. |
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hellogoodbye
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Posted: September 25 2014 at 14:10 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
JAZZZZZZ for me
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