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Ozark Soundscape 
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Joined: October 20 2014 Location: not here Status: Offline Points: 2360 |
 Posted: July 08 2016 at 23:50 |
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They Might Be Giants - "Join Us"
The Police - "Reggatta de Blanc" Saint Pepsi - "Hit Vibes" Yes - "Going for the One" Chuck Person - "Eccojams Vol. 1" Mudhoney - "Superfuzz Bigmuff Plus Early Singles" |
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Aussie-Byrd-Brother
Special Collaborator 
Honorary Collaborator Joined: October 12 2011 Location: Melb, Australia Status: Offline Points: 7951 |
Posted: July 08 2016 at 16:27 |
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Anyone else listed to `The Mute Gods - Do Nothing Til You Hear From Me' at this point? Not very sold on this one. Very straightforward rock songs with the slightest of proggy frills, sounding a little like Steven Wilson’s music if he was happy to settle for an indie/rock sound (it’s even more straightforward than his work with `Blackfield’). Beggs has a good voice, but there’s something...crushingly dull about the disc, I can't work what it is? It's very melodic and easy to listen to on a surface level, but after 20 minutes I was thinking `Yeah, OK, I get it...time to move on to something interesting’. It’s like a much less satisfying version of the Sound of Contact album `Dimensionaut’, which still provided more proggy moments. Not exactly having `buyers regret’ as such, but certainly ready to banish to the back of the shelf already. Perhaps, at best, it might become a background listen at work eventually.
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ALotOfBottle
Prog Reviewer 
Joined: February 17 2016 Location: Lublin, Poland Status: Offline Points: 1990 |
Posted: July 08 2016 at 13:02 |
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Association P.C. - Sun Rotation. It's one of those great discoveries I've made, I'm really proud of. The band's second offering is equally great to their outstanding debut. This one is a lot more electronic, at times even krauty, but it definitely is a straight-up jazz-fusion album with free-jazz influences. It's full of beautiful Rhodes, great guitars, and funky grooves.
Wishbone Ash - Argus. It's one of my favorite albums from the heavier side of prog rock. Is it that heavy? Probably not. I really enjoy the romantic, even poetic quality with its sort of ancient, Roman, pre-medieval concept of war. Great album! Agitation Free - Malesch. I like Agitation Free, I really do, but today has not been such a great day for me personally and it just did not seem to "spark" like two of the previous albums. It's a good one, though. Popol Vuh - In Der Garten Pharaos. Wonderful ambient music. Popol Vuh always saved their compositions from sounding simple, uninteresting, and repetative. It always has something that puts it above ordinary cosmic music. And this album is a perfect representation of that. Steamhammer - Speech. Steamhammer were one of my favorite prog rock bands, before I started listening to prog rock. I really appreciated their bluesy material, which I still consider top shelf. However, this one is drastically different from their previous, blues-fueled releases. It cannot be put into a sub-genre. It's definitely close to prog rock. It's dark, mysterious, dynamic, and varied. This is highly recommended! Embryo - Rocksession. Based on "someone's" recommendation, I expected this to be a good representant of cosmic krautrock. And Rocksession was something much different. It's a very good albums with an exotic sound that fuses jazz-rock with world music. Nice! Ashra - New Age Of Earth. The recipie to really enjoy this album is to sit by the lake. I did so, just reading the book. The sun was going down slowly and Manuel Gottsching's beautiful, striking soundscapes accompanied this fantastic experience. This is some extremely good music! Pachyderm - Two Weeks Of Spring. Pachyderm are a modern Canadian band aiming at that authentic, krautrock sound. Their style is at times similar to Ash Ra Tempel, as well as Gila. They are conservative with the use of electronics, instead they rely greatly on vocals and acoustic guitars. They have some really nice moments, although I skipped a few places. This was my day. Man, after all, it feels krautrock is a pretty small sub-genre. I've been listening to it intensely for the last month probably and I feel like I've ran out of things to listen to and I simply don't enjoy many bands, because of searching for that non-existant "ideal sound" of mine. I bet I'm wrong, but it feels that way. I've asked for some recommendations as to non-fully-electronic "kosmische musik" on one of the groups on Facebook and out of about 40 suggestions, only two or three were something new. I feel like cutting down on listening might help me in enjoying the music more. Also, I'm going to see Tortoise live tomorrow.  |
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King Only
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Joined: May 19 2013 Location: Tokyo, Japan Status: Offline Points: 554 |
Posted: July 08 2016 at 10:18 |
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This Heat - Repeat.
Ian Boddy and Parallel Worlds - Exit Strategy. Killing Joke - Pandemonium. Jimi Hendrix - Band Of Gypsys. Richard H Kirk - Anonymized. Mark Kozelek and Desertshore. Wrangler - L.A. Spark. The Verve - All of the B sides of singles from the Urban Hymns and A Northern Soul eras.
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Meltdowner
Special Collaborator
Honorary Collaborator Joined: June 25 2013 Location: Portugal Status: Offline Points: 10279 |
Posted: July 08 2016 at 04:38 |
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 You are certainly right about that  I tried many times and with different artists and I can't. I listen to Symphonic Prog, RPI, some Psych Rock (the heavier and less hypnotic ) and Stoner Rock when I drive. These don't encourage to drive fast either... although "Heart of the Sunrise" and "Sound Chaser" are exceptions  I see you posted on the first page
 It's also nice to see everyone's progression in terms of listening habits. |
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ALotOfBottle
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Joined: February 17 2016 Location: Lublin, Poland Status: Offline Points: 1990 |
Posted: July 08 2016 at 04:32 |
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"Mr. Canterbury"  If you've been reading my "What albums did you..." lists recently, Canterbury, as much as it is my favorite sub-genre, has been substituted for krautrock, with which I've got a sizzling, passionate love affair, at the moment. "One of us, one of us, one of us, one of us, one of us, one of us, one of us..." |
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Aussie-Byrd-Brother
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Honorary Collaborator Joined: October 12 2011 Location: Melb, Australia Status: Offline Points: 7951 |
Posted: July 08 2016 at 04:23 |
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Welcome to the party, Mr Canterbury! Join the chant - "One of us, one of us, one of us!" |
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Aussie-Byrd-Brother
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Honorary Collaborator Joined: October 12 2011 Location: Melb, Australia Status: Offline Points: 7951 |
Posted: July 08 2016 at 04:22 |
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Yeah, give the first track of that album a spin and see what you think, I was sucked in pretty quickly and because of driving home in busier traffic today I got to spin the whole album! Glad to say it's consistently good the whole way.
Ha, nowadays I ALWAYS listen to Berlin school/electronic/ambient music on the way home, especially on those very late shifts! It really calms me down. It's impossible to get caught speeding when listening to that sort of music as well, it doesn't encouraghe you to drive faster like metal or something! No, I haven't been there the whole time either, but many of us have really made it a bit of a home here. Always nice to see what everyone's listening to. |
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ALotOfBottle
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Joined: February 17 2016 Location: Lublin, Poland Status: Offline Points: 1990 |
Posted: July 08 2016 at 04:18 |
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Happy 500th page, folks!
 Thanks for support everyone! |
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Meltdowner
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Honorary Collaborator Joined: June 25 2013 Location: Portugal Status: Offline Points: 10279 |
Posted: July 08 2016 at 03:47 |
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Cool! These electronic collaborations are always interesting I could never drive while listening to it. I fell asleep during the first track yesterday, track two is for tonight Oh, I didn't notice that. Happy 500th page guys
Even though I haven't been here since the first page it has been really great to discuss and discover music here in the past two and a half years  |
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Aussie-Byrd-Brother
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Honorary Collaborator Joined: October 12 2011 Location: Melb, Australia Status: Offline Points: 7951 |
Posted: July 08 2016 at 03:33 |
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By the way, happy 500th page, `What Albums Did You Listen To Today' bitches!
Good doing time with you all, a long-lasting relationship that has weathered many a storm, and we've only come out stronger! |
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Aussie-Byrd-Brother
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Honorary Collaborator Joined: October 12 2011 Location: Melb, Australia Status: Offline Points: 7951 |
Posted: July 08 2016 at 03:32 |
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Yep, I started off in Canterbury, lazed in the sun, headed to deep space, landed back in Italy and then chilled in my crib!
This is this last one, an ambient/electronic collaboration with very subtle grooves, I think it's superb. I have several albums from both Lorenzo Montana and Mick Chillage, they always put out very thoughtful and intelligent electric/ambient albums that are respectful of the old masters but sound very contemporary. So I figured an album between the two should be amazing, and it was simply wonderful. The longer pieces are especially beautiful. https://carpesonum.bandcamp.com/album/deviazoni-cosmiche I have been hanging to spin `The Delicate Forever' again. I'm back on some late night finishes again next week, I think a nice play of that album on the 11pm drive home would be perfect. Edited by Aussie-Byrd-Brother - July 08 2016 at 03:34 |
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Meltdowner
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Honorary Collaborator Joined: June 25 2013 Location: Portugal Status: Offline Points: 10279 |
Posted: July 08 2016 at 03:20 |
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 What's the last one?Kl(aüs) - s/t Surya Kris Peters - The Hermit Surya Kris Peters - Modular Mono LogicKlaus Johann Grobe - Spagat Der Liebe Klaus Johann Grobe - Im Sinne Der ZeitSteve Roach - The Delicate Forever
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TeleStrat
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Joined: December 27 2014 Location: Norwalk, CA Status: Offline Points: 9319 |
Posted: July 08 2016 at 02:45 |
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Thursday...
Bone Man - Plastic Wasteland Laserdrift - Laserdrift Craang - To The Estimated Size Of The Universe Valkyrie - Shadows Low Orbit - Low Orbit The Machine - Calmer Than You Are
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Ozark Soundscape
Forum Senior Member
Joined: October 20 2014 Location: not here Status: Offline Points: 2360 |
Posted: July 07 2016 at 23:52 |
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Black Flag - "My War"
The Fall of Troy - s/t Jonathan Richman - "I, Jonathan" Savages - "Silence Yourself" Mudhoney - "Superfuzz Bigmuff Plus Early Singles" |
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Aussie-Byrd-Brother
Special Collaborator
Honorary Collaborator Joined: October 12 2011 Location: Melb, Australia Status: Offline Points: 7951 |
Posted: July 07 2016 at 22:51 |
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Steve Hillage – Green
National Health – Of Queues and Cures Ash Ra Tempel – Starring Rosi Mantric Muse – s/t Ozric Tentacles – Paper Monkeys La Coscienza di Zeno – La Notte Anche di Zeno F.E.M – Sulla Bolla di Sapone La Maschera di Cera – Le Porte del Domani Progenesi – Ulisse L’alfiere Nero Lorenzo Montana & Mick Chillage – Deviazoni Cosmiche |
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DeadSouls
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Joined: February 28 2016 Location: Chile Status: Offline Points: 4255 |
Posted: July 07 2016 at 21:26 |
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Henry Cow - Legend
Jethro Tull - TAAB News from Babel - Letters Home King Crimson - The Great Deceiver
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ALotOfBottle
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Joined: February 17 2016 Location: Lublin, Poland Status: Offline Points: 1990 |
Posted: July 07 2016 at 14:07 |
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Too tired to do the typical thing I tend to do, so I will just list the albums.
Emerson Lake & Palmer - Pictures at an Exhibition (on a vinyl I got for an equivalent of $3 in VG shape) Cozmic Corridors - Cozmic Corridors (thanks for recommendation, andreol. I enjoyed it, not immensly, but moderately). Magma - 1000 Centigrades (my favorite Magma album, I think. Love it by bits!) Can - Future Days (I did not like it all that much. It was neat, but, at least for me, nothing to write home about. I liked Ego Bamyasi and Tago Mago much more.) Ozric Tentacles - Erpsongs (my first encounter with this band, thanks to the CD by dad gave me. I like them. There is something cheesy about their sound, but a lot of great elements compensate for that. Brainticket - Psychonaut (kind of a let down, but I did not like their debut in the first place, either. It's a 3 star effort) Niagara - Niagara (some might consider it boring and sterile, I really like that sort of thing. It's like Inventions for Electric Guitar for drums. Very nice vibes!) The Cosmic Jokers - Galactic Supermarket (not as good as their debut, but still very nice). I've also just returned from a concert by a band Aksak with Eberhard Kranemann, who used to be in Kraftwerk (67-71) and Neu! It sort of reminded me of Cluster. It lacked that "spark", but it was a very enjoyable experience! This was my day! Edited by ALotOfBottle - July 07 2016 at 14:08 |
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DeadSouls
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Joined: February 28 2016 Location: Chile Status: Offline Points: 4255 |
Posted: July 07 2016 at 08:45 |
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Fantastic! for me too. 'The Confessions of Dr. Dream and Other Stories' (1974) have interesting passages too. Totally recommended if you haven't listened to it yet.
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ALotOfBottle
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Joined: February 17 2016 Location: Lublin, Poland Status: Offline Points: 1990 |
Posted: July 07 2016 at 08:42 |
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Of course, it's an acquired taste for me really. I like the first three albums from him, before he turned to pop-oriented material. |
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