Samla Mammas Manna
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Topic: Samla Mammas Manna
Posted By: The Hemulen
Subject: Samla Mammas Manna
Date Posted: June 12 2005 at 18:00
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These guys have really captured me just recently. Their eclectic brand
of ludicrous jazz rock is just... well it's everything I love all
rolled into one easy sound! I'm listening to their reunion album "Kaka"
for the first time as I'm writing this and the narration is inspired -
very Stanshall-esque. As for the music itself... sublime! These chaps
are complex yet listenable, loose but structured and are having far too
much fun to be bothered with pretension. I think they're destined to
become firm and longstanding favourites of mine. |
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Posted By: DallasBryan
Date Posted: June 12 2005 at 18:02
wise choice Straightpants!  sure you already have Matlid, Klossa Knapitatet and Snorungarnas Symfoni, so I have nothing more to say! |
Posted By: The Hemulen
Date Posted: June 12 2005 at 18:04
Ta.  I just don't know why it's taken me so long to discover them. It really does feel as if ever there was a band created JUST for me then Samla Mammas Manna would be that band. |
DallasBryan wrote:Posted By: MikeEnRegalia
Date Posted: June 12 2005 at 18:12
Isn't Hasse Bruniusson the part-time perucssionist of the Flower Kings, too? Love him in the Flower Kings DVD ------------- https://awesomeprog.com/users/Mike" rel="nofollow">Recently listened to: 
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Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: June 12 2005 at 18:13
Golly...you call us over from another thread, and I've never even heard of this band.........sheesh! ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Snow_Dog" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: The Hemulen
Date Posted: June 12 2005 at 18:14
He is! Saw TFK live a couple of years ago and he did a cracking percussion solo in the middle of Devil's Playground. Cracking good stuff! Btw - is that DVD any good? |
Posted By: Tony R
Date Posted: June 12 2005 at 18:14
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You invited us round just for this Trousertrout?????
What's this "Tongue-Twister" Fan Club?????? |
Posted By: DallasBryan
Date Posted: June 12 2005 at 18:14
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Im ordering Cos(Belgium) first album, I have never heard before. Will give you a yeah or nay when I give it a spin. Sure you are already familar with Herbie Hancock's Headhunter already, funky and smart! Also you may find interest in Axiom Funks Funkcronomicon(Parliment, Funkadelics, Bill Laswell, Sly Stone, Buckethead, etc). And of course you are famiar with Picchio dal Pozzos debut already. Might I also suggest Grovjobb - Vaternas fest for some real Swedish prog around the turn of the century! YoU dda manNN! |
Posted By: The Hemulen
Date Posted: June 12 2005 at 18:14
Then DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT! You're really missing out on this one, Dogbreath. |
Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: June 12 2005 at 18:17
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I'll put it on my "to do" list trouserstress! ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Snow_Dog" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: MikeEnRegalia
Date Posted: June 12 2005 at 18:22
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Are you joking? It is amazing. The DVD was shot in Sweden in a theater with only a small audience. It's like a studio recording, with a stellar sound quality. They play only epics and long songs: Truth will Set You Free, Garden Of Dreams, Stardust, Silent Inferno, Humanizzimo, Circus Brimstone. ------------- https://awesomeprog.com/users/Mike" rel="nofollow">Recently listened to:
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Posted By: The Hemulen
Date Posted: June 12 2005 at 18:25
Fantastic!! I never cared for TFK's poppier stuff - it's only the epics I listen to their albums for. Wow... sounds like I may have to invest in this DVD. After I've got that Magma trilogy one. |
Posted By: Tony R
Date Posted: June 12 2005 at 18:30
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I suppose I better ring the BeauHeemian Delivery Service................... |
Posted By: The Hemulen
Date Posted: June 12 2005 at 18:31
I'm sure they would assist you. |
Posted By: Jimbo
Date Posted: June 12 2005 at 18:37
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One of my favorite bands from Sweden! Måltid and Klossa Knapitatet are
both excellent albums, I just love their totally absurd vocals
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Posted By: The Hemulen
Date Posted: June 12 2005 at 18:40
Have you heard Kaka? I'd say it's just as good as Måltid and perhaps even better than Klossa Knapitatet! |
Posted By: Jimbo
Date Posted: June 12 2005 at 18:48
Not yet, it's on my shopping list, though! -------------
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Posted By: Man Overboard
Date Posted: June 12 2005 at 19:35
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You guys need Hasse B's Flying Food Circus.
------------- https://soundcloud.com/erin-susan-jennings" rel="nofollow - Bedroom guitarist". Composer, Arranger, Producer. Perfection may not exist, but I may still choose to serve Perfection. Commissions considered. |
Posted By: Eemu Ranta
Date Posted: June 13 2005 at 03:56
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I much prefer their debut over 'Klossa Knapitatet', but then those are the only SMM albums I have. A decent band one couldn't call unoriginal! ------------- The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable - George Bernhard Shaw |
Posted By: Syzygy
Date Posted: June 13 2005 at 11:10
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A fine band, capable of the most intricate and delicately wrought prog yet they never take themselves too seriously. They have toured with the mighty Yoshida Tatsuya of Ruins on drums, which must have been a combination to make your fillings rattle. The Von Zamla albums are pretty good too, lots of whimsical humour and virtuosic playing. ------------- 'Like so many of you I've got my doubts about how much to contribute to the already rich among us...' Robert Wyatt, Gloria Gloom |
Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: June 30 2005 at 06:11
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After a while I started to enjoy what I heard! ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Snow_Dog" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: Biggles
Date Posted: June 30 2005 at 08:21
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What the hell is up with you and your constant recommending of extremely underground bands? I can never find them on Limewire. Or anywhere else for that matter ------------- The crux of the biscuit is the apostrophe. http://www.last.fm/user/sbonfiglioli/?chartstyle=red"> 
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.Posted By: The Hemulen
Date Posted: June 30 2005 at 08:24
Limewire sucks. GET YE TO SOULSEEK! |
Posted By: progreviews
Date Posted: June 30 2005 at 08:32
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Or, better yet, get thee to http://www.waysidemusic.com/ - Wayside Music or http://synphonic.8m.com/ - Syn-Phonic . Pirating underground prog (from tiny labels with tiny profit margins)... not cool. ------------- http://www.progreviews.com/"> 
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Posted By: The Hemulen
Date Posted: June 30 2005 at 08:35
Agreed, but not all of us have money to spare. I'm a jobless student who's obsessed with prog - I have a simple choice. A) Forget about exploring the music I love or B) Download music until I have a regular income and can replace the albums with real CDs (as I'd dearly love to do). Ripping off artists is the LAST thing I want to do. |
Posted By: progreviews
Date Posted: June 30 2005 at 08:40
I hear you. I'm actually all for file sharing, but I also don't want the prices of prog CDs to inflate because of it, or (more likely) labels to go out of business. I think file sharing actually is good for the industry as a whole (and frankly I don't really care about pirating major label stuff regardless of the economics of it), but harmful for small niches like ours. Anyways, back to the topic at hand Have you heard any Zamla Mammaz Manna or Von Zamla? Von Zamla especially is pretty awesome stuff, though it's instrumental and a little darker. I think 1983, a live album recently released on Cuneiform, is the only one in print on CD.------------- http://www.progreviews.com/">
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Posted By: The Hemulen
Date Posted: June 30 2005 at 08:45
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I have indeed heard some Zamla Mammaz and Von Zamla. Both are mighty impressive!
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Posted By: Cesar Inca
Date Posted: June 30 2005 at 08:55
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SAMLA MAMMAS MANNA & the off-shoot ZAMLA MAMMAZ MANNA - the best Swedish prog band ever... Of course, in my humble opinion.
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Posted By: Velvetclown
Date Posted: June 30 2005 at 10:17
------------- Billy Connolly Dream Theater Terry Gilliam Hagen Quartet Jethro Tull Mike Keneally |
Posted By: Man Overboard
Date Posted: June 30 2005 at 10:56
 I LOVE these guys.
------------- https://soundcloud.com/erin-susan-jennings" rel="nofollow - Bedroom guitarist". Composer, Arranger, Producer. Perfection may not exist, but I may still choose to serve Perfection. Commissions considered. |
Posted By: goose
Date Posted: June 30 2005 at 12:20
I got a bit from slsk, I think. So yeah, go there. |
Posted By: Man Overboard
Date Posted: June 30 2005 at 12:26
Usenet's where it's at, alt.binaries.sounds.mp3.prog posted their
entire discography recently, and Usenet is a direct stream from your
ISP, so speeds are as fast as you can handle. 
------------- https://soundcloud.com/erin-susan-jennings" rel="nofollow - Bedroom guitarist". Composer, Arranger, Producer. Perfection may not exist, but I may still choose to serve Perfection. Commissions considered. |
Posted By: The Hemulen
Date Posted: June 30 2005 at 12:40
| Usenet scares me... |
Posted By: Man Overboard
Date Posted: June 30 2005 at 12:44
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Usenet is extremely frightening... it was around long before the
web or p2p... But if you can figure it out, and know where to go
and what to avoid, it can be amazing.
------------- https://soundcloud.com/erin-susan-jennings" rel="nofollow - Bedroom guitarist". Composer, Arranger, Producer. Perfection may not exist, but I may still choose to serve Perfection. Commissions considered. |
Posted By: Biggles
Date Posted: June 30 2005 at 13:46
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I actually buy a lot of music. I buy one or two albums a week. I just want to know what I'm getting into before I buy anything. I'm not gonna buy something just because someone recommended it and then find out that I dislike it, cause that would just be a waste of money. I want to listen to them first. ------------- The crux of the biscuit is the apostrophe. http://www.last.fm/user/sbonfiglioli/?chartstyle=red">
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Posted By: Bj-1
Date Posted: June 11 2006 at 01:12
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I have Klossa Knapitatet and Familjesprickor.
Both truly awesome albums. Currently, I like Familjesprickor best. Perhaps thier most diffictult and most RIO work. I love it!! ------------- RIO/AVANT/ZEUHL - The best thing you can get with yer pants on! http://www.last.fm/music/Exerior" rel="nofollow - EXERIOR Experimental tech/death/progmetal from Norway! |
Posted By: oracus
Date Posted: June 11 2006 at 03:32
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I can found nothing from these guys :( -------------  |
Posted By: Explorer-eighth
Date Posted: June 11 2006 at 22:31
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Zamla Mammaz Manna must have been influenced by Frank Zappa, Egg, Soft Machine and Henry Cow. When I listen to Zappa's Absolutely Free, I can hear some similarities. Zamla Mammaz Manna are very individual in spite of that. They have influences of Swedish folk music which I have never heard in any other band. I have got Maltid; Klossaknapitatet and Familjesprickor in my CD collection. ------------- The music I enjoy is complex; varied; deep and well played. |
Posted By: Hierophant
Date Posted: June 12 2006 at 03:30
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I love them - but their constant girlish screaming keeps me from enjoying them. ------------- 
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Posted By: Teaflax
Date Posted: June 12 2006 at 04:32
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Posted By: Rocktopus
Date Posted: June 12 2006 at 04:40
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Not even Folkvise i Morse and Little Karin (by Zamla)?
------------- Over land and under ashes In the sunlight, see - it flashes Find a fly and eat his eye But don't believe in me Don't believe in me Don't believe in me |
Posted By: Abstrakt
Date Posted: June 12 2006 at 09:20
I still can't get into them... 
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Posted By: DallasBryan
Date Posted: June 12 2006 at 09:50
| dont think some have the imagination to understand what they are doing. Such as on Matlid, I think the song is Den återupplivade låten. If you listen closely you hear in my mind a sort of gnomish chartacter setting down to eat, drink and whatever else and fart when he is through. Not to many rock bands are clever enough to ever try that. So you may be asking some more than they are capable of understanding or expecting from music. |
Posted By: Teaflax
Date Posted: June 12 2006 at 10:01
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