Zypressen & Lacrymosa

Or as Alamaailman Vasarat humorously describe themselves (quote only) "kebab-kosher-jazz-film-traffic-punk..." chamber music.  I think of AV as chamber rock, I don't know about all the klezmer bands.  Certainly their music owes much to klezmer music.  There's lots of klezmer music that could be described as a kind of chamber music, certainly (though the term is generally used for a kind of classical music of course, so I don't think one would normally classify it as such).  "Chamber klezmer music" sounds like a good classification to me.  Not all klezmer-based music with small bands would fit I would think (generally, strictly speaking, it should be one player to a part with tight interplay of musicians -- harmonics).

Lots of ethnic/ folk music might be brought under the umbrella.


Edited by Logan - August 03 2007 at 16:07

I have yet to hear either. I'm particularly interested in hearing Zypressen.

chamberry wrote: coleio wrote: What's chamber rock? It's the combination of Chamber Music and Rock. Maybe you'll hear a rock band with a cello and violin or maybe a chamber group with drums and bass, line-ups in the same vein end up being called chamber rock....

It need not have strings, but it generally has acoustic instruments.  It's best heard in a small venue... such as a chamber pot , and it should have a fairly small ensemble with one player to a part.  Most bands don't have many players, of course.  Solos are not as common in chamber music generally (be it classical, jazz, or rock), as it's about the interplay of parts.  I find it more intimate than other forms of rock.  It won't have the lushness of, say, Symphonic Prog (a piano fits the music better than a Mellotron), and it won't have the spectacle associated with Arena Rock, or the loudness (I wouldn't want to see a chamber rock group with huge amplifiers).

The players tend to be very good in Chamber Rock, and there's often more playfulness and subtlety than in other forms of rock.  It's more minimal than some other types of music, but each part is well-integrated.

Incidentally, some bands associated with chamber rock have quite large ensembles, but I tend not to classify those as chamber rock. It's music best played in an intimate venue.

I love chamber rock, but then I would rather go see a classical music trio or quartet than a symphony orchestra.

That's sort of my take on it beyond line-up, anyway.  I started with classical chamber music (love cello, violin, piano trios), and apply the same basic principles to chamber rock (as I said rock tend to have small ensembles anyway, but it's an approach to making/ performing music beyond utilising acoustic instruments).

Edited by Logan - August 03 2007 at 15:10

honganji wrote:   Katra Turana is considered  as a chamber rock group. 1st album (Saito played only in this album)  is more serious sound than 2nd album Kimera and 12 inch single The End. But I prefer The End and Kimera than 1st album Katra Turana.   Golden Avant Garde has released only 1 album in 1990s. This is also Saito's leader group but very different from Lacrymosa. He said this was cyber-punk rock.  Of course, this must be put into progressive rock !!

I surely prefer Zypressen because of more "beautiful" and "juicy" soundspectrum and "warmness" of acoustic instruments. Lacrymosa seems IMHO too "sterile-sounding" and more"colder" than Zypressen.

What's chamber rock?

Not really a poll, this is more to:

Edited by avestin - August 02 2007 at 19:53