BIOTA- excellent avant noir prog/RIO
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Topic: BIOTA- excellent avant noir prog/RIO
Posted By: avalanchemaster
Subject: BIOTA- excellent avant noir prog/RIO
Date Posted: May 12 2008 at 12:37
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http://www.biotamusic.com/ reviews: http://www.biotamusic.com/articles.html I cannot sing their praises enough. they should be added to the RIO list, they featured Chris Cutler and the female singer from Thinking Plague on later material. their music is bordering on indescribable, although it has fragments of ambient, noise, jazz, avant garde, prog, classical....it seems to mutate and flux in and out of styles, as if it were an entity that speaks a ton of different languages.....may not be for everyone, but I think they are brilliant! could not find a myspace page. ------------- http://www.amazon.com/gp/shops/storefront/index.html?ie=UTF8&marketplaceID=ATVPDKIKX0DER&sellerID=AP |
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Posted By: laplace
Date Posted: May 12 2008 at 12:40
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Biota are neato. =) I think they're featured in the Art Box as part of the remix material, which further ties 'em to prog. ------------- FREEDOM OF SPEECH GO TO HELL |
Posted By: avalanchemaster
Date Posted: May 12 2008 at 12:58
correct. I have not heard the Art Box myself though, just the BIOTA material.... ------------- http://www.amazon.com/gp/shops/storefront/index.html?ie=UTF8&marketplaceID=ATVPDKIKX0DER&sellerID=AP |
laplace wrote:Posted By: avestin
Date Posted: May 12 2008 at 13:51
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If you're willing to write a bio, I'll make the addition, crediting you.
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Posted By: mithrandir
Date Posted: May 12 2008 at 14:34
| there's a band I haven't listened to in a while, I have Invisible Map and Object Holder and one more which I cant recall at the moment, all great stuff! I'd like to hear some of their earlier material too |
Posted By: avalanchemaster
Date Posted: May 12 2008 at 16:06
the one I have is Tinct/bellowing room.....  ------------- http://www.amazon.com/gp/shops/storefront/index.html?ie=UTF8&marketplaceID=ATVPDKIKX0DER&sellerID=AP |
Posted By: avalanchemaster
Date Posted: May 12 2008 at 16:08
okay. let me get back to you with a bio in a few days.....should I post it in this thread/send you a private message? ------------- http://www.amazon.com/gp/shops/storefront/index.html?ie=UTF8&marketplaceID=ATVPDKIKX0DER&sellerID=AP |
Posted By: avestin
Date Posted: May 12 2008 at 16:58
Send me a PM.
Also, write down at the bottom of the bio which name do you want have written in there to credit you; that is, do you want your real name or forum nick.
Cheers
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Posted By: avalanchemaster
Date Posted: May 12 2008 at 17:08
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very well. as soon as I get around to it, I will PM it to ya. thanks. ------------- http://www.amazon.com/gp/shops/storefront/index.html?ie=UTF8&marketplaceID=ATVPDKIKX0DER&sellerID=AP |
Posted By: stonebeard
Date Posted: May 12 2008 at 17:44
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How is it noir? Are there saxophone interludes and monologues in Chicago accents?  ------------- http://soundcloud.com/drewagler" rel="nofollow - My soundcloud. Please give feedback if you want! |
Posted By: avalanchemaster
Date Posted: May 12 2008 at 19:15
well one of the understood definitions of "noir" is "suggestive of danger or violence", in this instance, the music is extremely dark and potentially disconcerting to numerous folks. You people on here; what is it with arguing over f**king semantics???????? stfu already and go listen to the band. than call it what you want.....  ------------- http://www.amazon.com/gp/shops/storefront/index.html?ie=UTF8&marketplaceID=ATVPDKIKX0DER&sellerID=AP |
Posted By: MasquedMan
Date Posted: May 12 2008 at 20:41
Uh, I think he was joking, as shown by the wink...Calm down.
This is pretty good, although at times a little too ambient for my taste.
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Posted By: avalanchemaster
Date Posted: May 12 2008 at 22:00
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I love ambient music, so they are spot-on with that element. don't worry, I can take a joke......hopefully the excessive 's was an indication of absurdity....------------- http://www.amazon.com/gp/shops/storefront/index.html?ie=UTF8&marketplaceID=ATVPDKIKX0DER&sellerID=AP |
Posted By: MasquedMan
Date Posted: May 13 2008 at 00:31
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No, it wasn't, it was what made me think you were actually freaking out there.
Well yeah, different tastes. It's good, but I think I would find it difficult to listen to as something more than background music. I agree that they're prog, though, so I'm not sure if my opinions are really on-topic.
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Posted By: soundsweird
Date Posted: May 13 2008 at 01:45
| I have one Biota album, but I prefer their "precursor", Mnemonists. Two of their albums have been released on CD, and I have a 2-LP set that, according to a group member, is not slated to be released on CD. Pity. |
Posted By: mithrandir
Date Posted: May 13 2008 at 14:41
I've been wanting to check that out for a while, what do they sound like? isnt it like ambeint/noise/industrial stuff or something?
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Posted By: soundsweird
Date Posted: May 13 2008 at 23:14
| They're not too far off from Biota. All sound sources were acoustic (no synths), IIRC. |