The Books for Prog Folk
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Topic: The Books for Prog Folk
Posted By: MoodyRush
Subject: The Books for Prog Folk
Date Posted: April 07 2013 at 22:27
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The Books was a project of guitarist/vocalist Nick Zammuto and cellist Paul de Jong. Their music is at ground-level folk, but features a number of sound clips from a variety of sources, with other electronic effects. Their albums are Thought for Food, The Lemon of Pink, Lost and Safe, and The Way Out. They broke up in 2012. http://www.myspace.com/thebooksmusicpage" rel="nofollow - http://www.myspace.com/thebooksmusicpage ------------- Follow me down to the valley below. Moonlight is bleeding from out of your soul. -Lazarus |
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Posted By: yam yam
Date Posted: April 08 2013 at 06:18
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There are eight music samples on the myspace music page given above. One half of the project, namely Nick Zammuto, was suggested twice fairly recently as a solo artist. Firstly by Svetonio, from January 2012: http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=84457" rel="nofollow - http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=84457 , where both Keishiro and Andy Webb made comments to the effect that he was not PA material, and then by frippism in May last year: http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=87018" rel="nofollow - http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=87018 , where the discussion was far more promising, but no real decision was made and the thread eventually went quiet (though is still live). Of course this proposal is for The Books, rather than Nick Zammuto, but his solo work is obviously of some interest too, having been proposed twice by different people within the space of six months. Anyhow, I usually post a whole load of YouTube videos when I respond to a suggestion, but not this time...Why, you may ask?  Well, this guy: http://www.youtube.com/user/TheBooksFan4Life/videos" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/user/TheBooksFan4Life/videos has posted everything the band ever did...66 videos in all  , and I'm blowed if I'm embedding all those here!!  So here's just one...An hour or so's live performance in Auckland New Zealand on the 25th of February 2011 at Kings Pub, filmed in decent quality, & where you will hear the following:0:35- Group Autogenics 5:30- IDKT 10:00- Tokyo 14:08- Be Good To Them Always 20:02- A Cold Freezin' Night 23:56- A Chain Of Missing Links 29:05- The Goose 32:16- Free Translator 36:30- Meditation Outtakes 37:40- 8 Frame 43:43- An Owl With Knees 49:17- Smells Like Content 54:38- Take Time 1:01:37- Classy Penguin 1:06:51- Cello Song For all the studio albums in their entirety, go to the YouTube user link I posted above.  I'm not personally hearing this as Prog Folk at all - experimental stuff indeed, but to be totally honest I ain't got a clue where you might file it on here...Thoughts anyone? Edit: Here's an interview with Nick Zammuto, where he talks about why he ended The Books, and started his solo project: http://pitchfork.com/news/45239-nick-zammuto-talks-about-ending-the-books-starting-his-new-project/" rel="nofollow - http://pitchfork.com/news/45239-nick-zammuto-talks-about-ending-the-books-starting-his-new-project/ .  |
Posted By: MoodyRush
Date Posted: April 08 2013 at 12:20
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I honestly just discovered Zammuto and The Books after he performed with his new project at my school. It is experimental, and it has the trappings of folk, so that's why I thought Prog Folk. If it doesn't fit w/ that team's view, that's fine. I do think it's good music though from my few listens.
And thanks for posting a video, it's a big help! ------------- Follow me down to the valley below. Moonlight is bleeding from out of your soul. -Lazarus |
Posted By: seventhsojourn
Date Posted: April 15 2013 at 06:21
| Experimental indie / electronic. Don't really see a place for it on PA. |