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 Posted: April 07 2006 at 08:55 |
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Another one for today. The band: DÜN Their only album: Eros from 1981 This album is without a doubt on of the best prog albums to come out of France, and one of the best in the genre. This album has 4 tracks and 4 bonus tracks of which 3 are alternative versions of the album tracks. What amazing music comprised of mixture of symphonic, avantgarde, Zheul and other styles of music. The musicianship is impeccable. The drums are excellent! The bass playing is awesome as well. Instrumental extravaganza. There is also a flute which either leads the music or just accompanies it, giving the music a naughty side. There is also a piano and other keyboards thrown in there, but there is no chaos in the music, there is a clear path to the tracks, and it flows on so well. There are also percussions sounding exactly like xylophones, which give it a sound of a modern day symphony. The music is dynamic and a bit crazy at times and the tempo changes often, certain disharmonies, complex, aggressive at times, and shifts from fast tempo's to slower ones. A musthave. Track listing |
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Posted: April 07 2006 at 03:29 |
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Hello PA members, Today I want to recommend the Spanish band ATILA which released albums, Beginning of the End 1975, Intencion in 1976 and Reviure in 1977. There is heavy use of Hammond, Moog and Mellotron and it is mainly instrumental. They do change the moods in their songs but not in a sudden and hasty way, more subtly. They jam a bit in their music alongsideplaying the main themes of their pieces. For instance in the track El Principio del Fin you get the heavy keyboards, some hard edged rock guitar playing, classic prog tunes andplaying etc. Both Intencion and Reviure are worth having, IMO. Sorry I don't go on about the music, but I seem to be at a los for words right now... Edited by avestin |
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VanderGraafKommandöh
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Posted: April 06 2006 at 04:15 |
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Cool, I shall do that. Each track is an MP3, so it may take a while! Unfortunately they don't offer the albums as zip files.
While I'm here, I'll throw another band in: Circulus - Folk/Prog, not sure if it they'll be to everyone's tastes, because they tend to be more folk than prog, but they have a few good proggy pieces and one track in particular is very symphonic. |
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Posted: April 06 2006 at 04:07 |
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VanderGraafKommandöh
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Posted: April 06 2006 at 04:04 |
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Yes, they have two albums available for download on their website, check them out! They also have two tracks from their debut album available also. They're different, quite fun to listen to.
They also have a Myspace page. I posted about them a few days back, but nobody replied for some reason. |
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Posted: April 06 2006 at 04:01 |
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^^^ Some links. Offical website: http://www.bigelf.com/newsite/v2/index.shtml Page on PA: They seem to be getting good reviews here. another link: http://www.psychedelic-music.net/pmdb/db3/db_band.php4?id=62 |
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avestin
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Posted: April 06 2006 at 03:58 |
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Hi James, Don't know them, what are they like? |
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Posted: April 06 2006 at 01:56 |
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Yes, I've heard some Bubblemath too!
But I recommend: Bigelf. Because nobody here seems to listen to them and they need yet another mention! |
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avestin
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Posted: April 06 2006 at 01:53 |
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^^^ to continue this, three links: |
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CaincelaOreinim
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Posted: April 06 2006 at 00:56 |
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YES! Bubblemath is some great stuff, very quirky all over the map material. I keep hearing this song by them that comes on randomly about masturbation...and it convinces me that it's a different band each time hah.
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JusLisn
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Posted: April 06 2006 at 00:49 |
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Attention prog lovers: You have got to check out the band Bubblemath. Their album Such Fine Particles of the Universe needs to be heard. Really, really good stuff. Progressive rock through and through.
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Ad hoc, ad loc and quid pro quo. So little time, so much to know.
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Posted: April 06 2006 at 00:18 |
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Hola Progadicto, Thanks a lot for this excellent list. I know and second your recommendations regarding Akineton Retard, Iconoclasta, Sarax, Cabezas De Cera, Canarios (excellent), A Barca Do Sol, Exisimo and Flor De Loto. I will definitely tack down and listen to the others you have mentioned. I have recommended above Cabezas De Sera and I think the next one I will focus on will be Akineton Retard, your fellow coutrymen. To Cowbell1, Echolyn is also one of my favourites. Their live album Official Live Bootleg: Jersey Tomato http://www.echolyn.com/discography.asp?iAlbumID=10 and here are all of their official free downloadable songs: http://www.echolyn.com/multimedia.asp Enjoy PA members, come recommend your favourite music!
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Posted: April 05 2006 at 21:52 |
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Alot of people know this here buy more people need to listen to Echolyn. I knew they were good but they have become my 3rd of 4th favorite band.
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Posted: April 05 2006 at 21:28 |
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Dear friends:
Greetings!! I am from Chile and I really think that the Prog, Fusion, Experimental and similar rock gendres created since 70's in Latin America and Spain are really interesting, specially in Mexico, Argentina, Brazil and Spain. Here is a list of some albums that I have in my collection. If you have de chance to buy them, don't think twice!! I really appreciate your opinions... *FULANO: Superb fusion band from Chile. Their key albums are EN EL BUNKER, EL INFIERNO DE LOS PAYASOS and VIVO. *AKINETON RETARD: SAME and AKRANIANA (Pay attention: this chilean band has a direct inffluence of acid jazz and zeuhl. Really inetersting) *ICONOCLASTA: REMINISCENCIAS (Superb prog mexican band) *HUMUS: 4 (Another great mexican band, very inffluenced by King Crimson) *EL DIABLO: SAME. Amazing experimental and psychedelic band from Mexico... *SARAX: EJECUCION. Chilean band... very experimental and close to heavy rock... *CABEZAS DE CERA: SAME... Amazing mexican band leaded by Mauricio Sotelo. Superb mixture between rock, jazz and ethnic rhythms. They totally have 4 albums and every one is a masterpiece... They are playing in Chile right now... *ALEACION 0.720: SAME. Another interesting mexican band with an attractive work on folk sound. *FROLIC FROTH: OUROBOROS. In the line of HUMUS. Very psychedelic... *NOBILIS FACTUM: MUTANTE. Another mexican band. Delicate and melodic prog. *PERFUME DE MUJER: EL MONOLOGO DEL CARACOL. An exotic, excentric and very experimental cuban band that mixes prog with many latin rhythms. *CANARIOS: CICLOS. An spectacular opera prog rock from Spain based on Vivaldi's "4 Seasons". *IMAN: CALIFATO INDEPENDIENTE. Spanish band with inffluences of King Crimson. There is more, I know. Even I forget various albums that I have in my collection. Some other interesting bands are: FROM BRAZIL: III MILENIO, BLEZQUI ZATSAZ, A BARCA DO SOL... FROM ARGENTINA: PABLO EL ENTERRADOR, RAEL... FROM CHILE: TRYO, EXSIMIO, CRISALIDA, DWALLIN... FROM PERU: FLOR DE LOTO... Well, I don't have much more to say. One thing that I'm sure is that in Latin America prog rules and sounds hard... |
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Posted: April 05 2006 at 14:36 |
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The band: EAST OF EDEN The album: Snafu In this album it is evident that this band is plainly having fun playing its stuff. THe music bursts out with full Joi de vivre, the guitars, violin and saxes giving rise to the musicians feelings and demonstrating their talents, which are not to be underestimated. The music takes on occasionally a slightly mad rythm with the saxes just playing in a frenzied manner (as in Gum Arabic). Other times the music is like plain rockm with guitar solos (Nymphenburger). There is a blues/rock basis to the songs in this albums, and it is noticeable, but they manage to give an additional value, and turn it into something more, hence make it progressive. Track 7 which is made up of 3 parts has this Arabic tone to it and then it becomes amorphic, sort of abstract jazz track with the guitar and violin releasing their frustrations and go on later to create a beautiful ensemble (a bit vague this description, I know). The sound is "dirty" and very fitting the mood here. All in all, a very enjoyable album and recommended. |
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Posted: April 05 2006 at 13:32 |
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Things have gotten a bit slow lately. Maybe the two threads by Erik about new prog will stir things up a bit. I want to focus your attention on a Mexican band that has been mentioned in those two above mentioned threads. The band is CABEZAS DE CERA and the album which I will shortly talk about is their first self titled album Cabezas de Cera from 2000. I must say that as for originality, this band wins most of the points. Not your typical prog. Classified here under art-rock since describing their style is tricky, therefore, art-rock (the category for "we can not classify them in a genre") is the chosen description. Essentially an instrumental band (except for some narrative like vocals on Pretexto A Un Texto Fragmentado). The percussions department here is quite a busy and much varied one. I really love the job Francicso Sotelo does here, he gives the music such a special atmosphere with his instruments. Ramses Luna with all of his wind instruments (flutes, sax and clarinet) leads the music and gives a sort of ethnic tone to it. Mauricio Sotelo provides the rythm with his guitars and bass. there are several guest musicians completing the sound and the overall result is an original, intriguing and satisfying listen. I would not call this Latino-prog as I heard several times. There are some Latin inuendos in some songs, but that is it. WHat I do hear is some tribal like music, Jazz, rock and some other small additions. A refreshing and very good album. |
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Posted: April 04 2006 at 13:21 |
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Two more excellent Maneige albums I had the opportunity to listen to (thanks to a good person here), are Libre Service - Self Service and Ni Vent... Ni Nouvelle I will recommend something later this week. Good day to all PA members. Edited by avestin |
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Posted: April 01 2006 at 01:32 |
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The Saturday Special Playlist. Today I felt like listening to some strange, weird out of the ordinary and avant-garde music. I decided to pick a few bands I like really much. The playlist includes, among others: THINKING PLAGUE - In Extremis, A History of Madness MIRIODOR - Jongleries Elastiques , Mekano, Third Warning , Parade UNIVERS ZERO - Heresie, Ceux Du Dehors, Heatwave TONTON MACOUTE - Tonton Macoute HÖYRY-KONE - Hyönteisiä voi Rakastaa ETRON FOU LELOUBLAN - Les 3 fous Perdegagnent - Au pays des... SAMLA MAMMAS MANNA - Måltid , Klossa Knapitatet DISCUS - ... tot licht SLEEPYTIME GORILLA MUSEUM - Grand Opening And Closing, Of Natural History CAPTAIN BEEFHEART (AND THE MAGIC BAND) AZIGZA - Azigza AKSAK MABOUL - Un Peu De L'âme Des Bandits ALAMAAILMAN VASARAT - Vasaraasia, Käärmelautakunta, Kinaporin Kalifaatti AKINETÓN RETARD - Akineton Retard 5UU'S - Crisis in Clay, Hunger's Teeth AREA - Arbeit Macht FreiCrac !
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Posted: March 31 2006 at 14:54 |
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I second that. Les Porches is a brilliant album!  |
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Posted: March 31 2006 at 14:06 |
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I am in th emood tonight , so here is another recommendation. This one is about a band which is featured here on PA but I have yet yo see a thread about them. The band is avant-garde OPUS AVANTRA from Italy. The album is Lord Cromwell (plays suite for seven vices) from 1975 which has no written reviews here, only 1 unwritten rating. This is avant-garde blending several genres - Classic, Opera, Jazz, and simply quirly music textures with piano and flute fighting between them to determine who will be the most insane as can be heard on "Ira". Other tracks have a more calssic feel to them even being opera like, as can be heard on the first track Flowers on Pride . The second track begins with a piano playing for several minutes and then it becomes a bit quirky with a synth producing some weird sounds, and the piano switching to a style common to avant-garde pieces of modern music. The third track begins with a nice piano and then joins the percussions and a choir starts singing eith flute accompanying them. Quite a "normal" track for this album. I won't go on with boring you on the rest. I want to track down their later albums from 1989 Strata and Lyrics from 1995 which seem to get more good reviews. I hope this band get more attention than the current almost lack of interest. It may not be an essential or even amazing band but it deserves recognition for their music and their originality. |
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