Auri for Prog Folk
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Topic: Auri for Prog Folk
Posted By: tigerfeet
Subject: Auri for Prog Folk
Date Posted: September 22 2021 at 20:50
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I had forgotten that Nightwish members were also in the band Auri. I had listened to their first album a few years ago but just discovered they had just released their 2nd album. upon review, after a few listens, I thought since Nightwish are in these archives, it made sense to nominate this band for the team to review. Additionally, the 2nd album was more prog orientated. From Wiki: Auri is a Finnish band composed of vocalist and violinist Johanna Kurkela, keyboardist and backing vocalist Tuomas Holopainen, and guitarist, keyboardist and pipe player Troy Donockley. Holopainen and Donockley are also members of Finnish band Nightwish. Their self-titled first album, Auri, was released on March 23, 2018 and was recorded at Peter Gabriel's Real World Studios. Their second album, titled II – Those We Don't Speak Of was later released on 3 September 2021 Holopainen described Auri's style as "rabbit hole music and celestial metal" with "influences from folk music, Celtic music, [and] soundtracks". British rock magazine Prog describes the band as prog folk. The band's name is based on a female character from The Kingkiller Chronicle. Auri - March 23, 2018 1. The Space Between 5:00 2. I Hope Your World Is Kind 5:02 3. Skeleton Tree 4:19 4. Desert Flower 6:03 5. Night 13 4:24 6. See 5:12 7. The Name of the Wind 3:50 8. Aphrodite Rising 5:33 9. Savant 4:27 10. Underthing Solstice 7:06 11. Them Thar Chanterelles (ft. Liquor in the Well) 5:21 Those We Don't Speak Of - September 3, 2021 1. Those We Don't Speak Of 4:08 2. The Valley 4:43 3. The Duty Of Dust 6:02 4. Pearl Diving 6:16 5. Kiss The Mountain 3:41 6. Light And Flood 6:57 7. It Takes Me Places 4:05 8. The Long Walk 4:22 9. Scattered To The Four Winds 5:18 10. Fireside Bard 4:49 Examples: Additional tracks on Youtube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7jwFf0Z_K1a5d_ca3JkASw" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7jwFf0Z_K1a5d_ca3JkASw Media: https://www.facebook.com/AURlband" rel="nofollow - https://www.facebook.com/AURlband https://www.instagram.com/auri.band/" rel="nofollow - https://www.instagram.com/auri.band/ https://linktr.ee/auri.band" rel="nofollow - https://linktr.ee/auri.band I wonder what the team will think  ------------- I'm sorry, if you were right, I'd agree with you. Robin Williams. |
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Posted By: Sean Trane
Date Posted: September 23 2021 at 01:01
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Ken & I will give your our feedback ASAP.  ------------- let's just stay above the moral melee prefer the sink to the gutter keep our sand-castle virtues content to be a doer as well as a thinker, prefer lifting our pen rather than un-sheath our sword |
Posted By: kenethlevine
Date Posted: September 27 2021 at 19:24
| seems reasonable to me, crossover would work too but Troy Donockley kind of tips it over to folk and there is pretty much no metal here |
Posted By: Sean Trane
Date Posted: September 28 2021 at 15:25
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the folk part is evident, the rock part is a bit rare to my tastes, and TBH, I haven't heard the prog part. ------------- let's just stay above the moral melee prefer the sink to the gutter keep our sand-castle virtues content to be a doer as well as a thinker, prefer lifting our pen rather than un-sheath our sword |
Posted By: kenethlevine
Date Posted: September 28 2021 at 16:10
it's prog in the same sense as Nightwish is prog, minus the metal
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Sean Trane wrote: