What albums did you listen to today?...continued

Sagichim wrote: ^ That's great, you'll love it  Just remembered another thing you might like that is not that far off from those albums. Check out Catapilla http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lY1ECed8cAY Two past days included Groundhogs - Black Diamond Groundhogs - Crosscut Saw The Muffins - Palindrome England - Book Of Circles Black Mountain - IV Emilio Locurcio - L'Eliogabalo Black Widow - Sacrifice Chromb! - Le Livre Des Merveilles Clearlight - Forever Blowing Bubbles Carmen - Fandangos In Space Fusioon - Minorisa Matching Mole - Little Red Record

 

Guldbamsen wrote: Gotta say, I think that Black Mountain album is my fave of theirs. It used to be In The Future (mostly for nostalgic reasons), but I just love the way they’ve evolved as musicians. I mean there were no guitar solos on any of the earlier albums..at least not like you get on IV..and I love that. Also really dig the almost Germanic flashes of electronic that seem to pop up now and again - on some tracks even incorporating some 80s like dream-pop/post-punk vibes. It’s a colourful album compared to their earlier work..not as “one-noted” if that makes any sort of sense...and I tend to prefer bands’ earlier more raw efforts actually

Sagichim wrote: ^ That's great, you'll love it  Just remembered another thing you might like that is not that far off from those albums. Check out Catapilla http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lY1ECed8cAY Two past days included Groundhogs - Black Diamond Groundhogs - Crosscut Saw The Muffins - Palindrome England - Book Of Circles Black Mountain - IV Emilio Locurcio - L'Eliogabalo Black Widow - Sacrifice Chromb! - Le Livre Des Merveilles Clearlight - Forever Blowing Bubbles Carmen - Fandangos In Space Fusioon - Minorisa Matching Mole - Little Red Record

Yes!!!! Catapilla
Man I love that band Their sophomore album is a clearcut masterpiece in my book. I always think of the ride I got from a friend who drove me from the airport in Copenhagen (Kastrup) and straight on into the heart of the city - pitch black night, heavy almost torrential rain and then this album on full blast mixing beautifully with the kaleidoscopic shimmers of neon light we got whilst looking out into what genuinely looked like Copenhagen by night..at sea.

Gotta say, I think that Black Mountain album is my fave of theirs. It used to be In The Future (mostly for nostalgic reasons), but I just love the way they’ve evolved as musicians. I mean there were no guitar solos on any of the earlier albums..at least not like you get on IV..and I love that. Also really dig the almost Germanic flashes of electronic that seem to pop up now and again - on some tracks even incorporating some 80s like dream-pop/post-punk vibes. It’s a colourful album compared to their earlier work..not as “one-noted” if that makes any sort of sense...and I tend to prefer bands’ earlier more raw efforts actually

Yesterday:
Jethro Tull - Songs From The Wood
Serge Gainsbourg - Histoire de Melody Nelson (One of those albums I NEVER tire of)
Ozric Tentacles - Erpland (Perhaps THE album I’d recommend newcomers to the band)
Ozric Tentacles - Jurrasic Shift (or this)
DJ Shadow - Endtroducing (Basically a great big scissors-adventure with a myriad of samples of old soul, funk and hip hop, interspersed with drums and beats...and it works! Especially with that old school turntable aura about it that really shines through)
Simple Minds - New Gold Dream ( ever get to one of those albums/cds that just need around 50% more volume to get to a normal listening level? This is one of those.)
Mike Oldfield - Amarok (Apropos the above..though not entirely because Amarok..is well different It’s one of those albums where it’s impossible NOT to fiddle around with the volume at least a couple of times during the track. One of the reasons is very straightforward because of the section with the LOUD high pitched noises that scare the faeces out of me every time I hear it (can’t prepare for this no matter what!), but more importantly: the whole album seems to be mixed with a somewhat big difference between the quietest sounds and the loudest ones (dynamic range).This effectively means that when I think I am at a nice listening volume..the music then suddenly picks up and introduces some rock passages and I’m literally jumping out of my seat in order to turn it down )
Dr. John - The Sun, Moon & Herbs (I’m not entirely sure why this album isn’t more popular..at least around the peeps who own and dig Gris-Gris. This music just sounds so..’real’. It’s natural and snaky - almost writhing like a blues snake, but yeah it sounds so genuinely ‘real’)
Jethro Tull - A (I kinda like the synths...but can definitely picture a whole horde of less than sympathetic fans of the band who had grown out their beards for years and also started to dress like troubadours..feeling somewhat let down by the arrival of the zippy sounds of Captain Kirk’s starfleet )

Edited by Guldbamsen - May 21 2020 at 05:49

Airsculpture - Metal Adjacent
Perhaps - Volume One
Alternativ Quartet - Linistea Astupa Goluri
Blueneck - The Outpost: Reconstructed
Breidablik - Darker Days
Breidablik - The Wastelands
Darnakes - Virgo

^ That's great, you'll love it 

Guldbamsen wrote: Cosmiclawnmower wrote: Guldbamsen wrote:   Btw seeing as you dig the Ozrics and Gong...any chance you’ve ever heard the “lost” Gong album ‘Obsolete’? Sure it’s listed under some French fella named Dashiell Hedayatt..but it’s pretty much Gong via members AND most importantly the music.   You know, i have admit that until you mentioned it, that lp completely passed me by! Ive read (yours and others) review here and went straight on YouTube and am listening to it now!!!! WOW how have I missed this album?? Certainly musically its miles out there beyond 'Magic brother..' and 'Continental Circus' and sounds (in sections) much more advanced than 'Camembert..' and has a rawness that Gong lost a bit after Camembert.. mind you some of the more obscure live bootlegs etc with long improvised work-outs show they could still do it.. but not really there till Planet Gong Floating Free Anarchy.. Ive been looking to see if I can find a physical copy of this and have drawn a complete blank.. has it been re-issued at any time recently?? I bet original copies fetch a frightening amount!! WOW again.. i'm genuinely shocked that ive not heard this before but that's the REAL joy of this forum, you can ALWAYS find something new by recommendation or research. You've made my day!! i'm a very happy man! Many thanks xxx  P.S I think it would be very hard to plough straight furrows with this on in the tractor!! Sweet I’m always on about this album over the forum so it warms my heart to see that someone picked up on the rec. It is a wonderful album, and no sadly it has not been re-released to my knowledge...which is both criminal and somewhat odd imo. I mean, there are quite a few of these specialised labels that go out of their way to find some of the most obscure prog/psych known to man...and when you then think about the players involved it makes even less sense Oh well we can always hope. I vividly remember feeling the exact same about another French band called Plat Du Jour who made one selftitled album back in 1977, a masterpiece no less..yet lo and behold if it didn’t get a re-release after a couple of very very positive reviews over PA

 

Cosmiclawnmower wrote: Guldbamsen wrote:   Btw seeing as you dig the Ozrics and Gong...any chance you’ve ever heard the “lost” Gong album ‘Obsolete’? Sure it’s listed under some French fella named Dashiell Hedayatt..but it’s pretty much Gong via members AND most importantly the music.   You know, i have admit that until you mentioned it, that lp completely passed me by! Ive read (yours and others) review here and went straight on YouTube and am listening to it now!!!! WOW how have I missed this album?? Certainly musically its miles out there beyond 'Magic brother..' and 'Continental Circus' and sounds (in sections) much more advanced than 'Camembert..' and has a rawness that Gong lost a bit after Camembert.. mind you some of the more obscure live bootlegs etc with long improvised work-outs show they could still do it.. but not really there till Planet Gong Floating Free Anarchy.. Ive been looking to see if I can find a physical copy of this and have drawn a complete blank.. has it been re-issued at any time recently?? I bet original copies fetch a frightening amount!! WOW again.. i'm genuinely shocked that ive not heard this before but that's the REAL joy of this forum, you can ALWAYS find something new by recommendation or research. You've made my day!! i'm a very happy man! Many thanks xxx  P.S I think it would be very hard to plough straight furrows with this on in the tractor!!

Sweet
I’m always on about this album over the forum so it warms my heart to see that someone picked up on the rec. It is a wonderful album, and no sadly it has not been re-released to my knowledge...which is both criminal and somewhat odd imo. I mean, there are quite a few of these specialised labels that go out of their way to find some of the most obscure prog/psych known to man...and when you then think about the players involved it makes even less sense
Oh well we can always hope. I vividly remember feeling the exact same about another French band called Plat Du Jour who made one selftitled album back in 1977, a masterpiece no less..yet lo and behold if it didn’t get a re-release after a couple of very very positive reviews over PA

This one I may get made fun of for. Gentlemen, I give you what I think is my ultimate, all time guilty pleasure album...

Prince—1999. ( say what you will, but the song arrangements are incredible on this album. Has some progressive dance electronic musings to. I give this album a 10 for creativity. Pretty crazy this came out in 1982 and I think it will surprise a lot of listeners. I recently bought the remastered boxset and it is really amazing. Great content and Bernie Grundman did a fantastic job remastering the album. )

You guys can make fun of me now. Lol.   

Cosmiclawnmower wrote: Sagichim wrote: Maybe a bit more famous than Dashiell Hedayat and you might already know them, if you're looking for more of the same Here & Now are a must. They are the guys who play on the Floating Anarchy album, try their Give & Take album and you won't regret.   Thanks Sagi! I'm a big fan of Here & Now; they are another band I used to bump into a lot on the free festival ans squat party scene in the UK in the 80's and have seen lots of times in lots of different line-ups.. Give and Take is fantastic as is Fantasy Shift, Theatre and of course with Daevid Allen on Floating Anarchy

Edited by Sagichim - May 18 2020 at 14:24

Sagichim Maybe a bit more famous than Dashiell Hedayat and you might already know them, if you're looking for more of the same Here & Now are a must. They are the guys who play on the Floating Anarchy album, try their Give & Take album and you won't regret. [/QUOTE wrote:   Thanks Sagi! I'm a big fan of Here & Now; they are another band I used to bump into a lot on the free festival ans squat party scene in the UK in the 80's and have seen lots of times in lots of different line-ups.. Give and Take is fantastic as is Fantasy Shift, Theatre and of course with Daevid Allen on Floating Anarchy