z.a.r.p.e.k. (O-Z) XIV

octopus-4 wrote: TD, Popol Vuh, Univers Zero and Thinking Plague are all great albums, but they can't compete (in my heart) with Saucerful of Secrets

Not surprised to read that from you Luca. I gave that one 4.5 stars so i also really appreciate what they did there.

Finally made a decision and picked Thinking Plague. It's everything i love about avant/rio music.

SaltyJon wrote: That Thinking Plague is amazing, no brainer for me.

My favourite Thinking Plague album !  Man i'm having a really hard time picking an album this time.

Sumdeus wrote: Mellotron Storm wrote: Man after all the posts boasting about In Den Garten Pharaos i decided to spin it right away(hey i'm unemployed and at home) anyway what a monster this is. Florian's second album with two side long tracks. Love the second track with all of that organ. Hey i wanted to quote Brandon from the Ground & Sky site, well paraphrase is more like it. "While Klause Schulze and Tangerine Dream's goals were to take you to the planets and stars, Popol Vuh's goals is to take you right into the presence of God himself". Man he ain't sh*ttin' anyone after listening to this album. yeah haha, that record just makes me feel like I just gobbled up a bunch of mushrooms and am sitting near a little creek in a mystical forest, waiting for divine spirits to come share their secrets with me

In Den Garten is just so crushing, gets my vote

Mellotron Storm wrote: Man after all the posts boasting about In Den Garten Pharaos i decided to spin it right away(hey i'm unemployed and at home) anyway what a monster this is. Florian's second album with two side long tracks. Love the second track with all of that organ. Hey i wanted to quote Brandon from the Ground & Sky site, well paraphrase is more like it. "While Klause Schulze and Tangerine Dream's goals were to take you to the planets and stars, Popol Vuh's goals is to take you right into the presence of God himself". Man he ain't sh*ttin' anyone after listening to this album.

yeah haha, that record just makes me feel like I just gobbled up a bunch of mushrooms and am sitting near a little creek in a mystical forest, waiting for divine spirits to come share their secrets with me

Man after all the posts boasting about In Den Garten Pharaos i decided to spin it right away(hey i'm unemployed and at home) anyway what a monster this is. Florian's second album with two side long tracks. Love the second track with all of that organ. Hey i wanted to quote Brandon from the Ground & Sky site, well paraphrase is more like it. "While Klause Schulze and Tangerine Dream's goals were to take you to the planets and stars, Popol Vuh's goals is to take you right into the presence of God himself". Man he ain't sh*ttin' anyone after listening to this album.

Aussie-Byrd-Brother wrote: Dave, we've got a second hand record chain here called Dixons, and on December 27th and 28th they had a 20% off all stock sale, and even though I was meant to be sleeping in the morning from working the previous night at nightshift, I dragged my zombie corpse down there and spent two hours in a daze searching through everything! Came across that `Babel' album on LP, got it for $16 (down from $20). The guy at the counter even said to me `Urh, I wouldn't...are you sure you want this? It's not very good', but I figured it was a little rarer, so I took the chance. I wonder if it was his copy that he'd traded in? Anyway, it's very synth/classical based, occasionally dull and tedious, but very effective and striking when it works.One or two themes are very haunting and dark. No percussive elements at all, it's essentially one long floating classical work on keyboards/piano. I don't regret buying it for a second, even if it's no classic. I wanted to ask you, they also had (for $45!) a Schulze/Rainer Bloss/Ernst Fuchs collaboration called `Aphrica' on LP, do you know if it's any good? I was a little reluctant at that price...then again, that would have been the best time to grab it, would have got it for $36...

Dave, we've got a second hand record chain here called Dixons, and on December 27th and 28th they had a 20% off all stock sale, and even though I was meant to be sleeping in the morning from working the previous night at nightshift, I dragged my zombie corpse down there and spent two hours in a daze searching through everything!

Came across that `Babel' album on LP, got it for $16 (down from $20). The guy at the counter even said to me `Urh, I wouldn't...are you sure you want this? It's not very good', but I figured it was a little rarer, so I took the chance. I wonder if it was his copy that he'd traded in?

Anyway, it's very synth/classical based, occasionally dull and tedious, but very effective and striking when it works.One or two themes are very haunting and dark. No percussive elements at all, it's essentially one long floating classical work on keyboards/piano. I don't regret buying it for a second, even if it's no classic.

I wanted to ask you, they also had (for $45!) a Schulze/Rainer Bloss/Ernst Fuchs collaboration called `Aphrica' on LP, do you know if it's any good? I was a little reluctant at that price...then again, that would have been the best time to grab it, would have got it for $36...