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avestin wrote: rileydog22 wrote: Assaf, I picked up that box set you recommended in the Electro Acoustic thread, and I really like a lot of the stuff I've heard so far.  My favorite as of yet is the piece by Olivier Messiaen, but unfortunately it appears that that was the only electro acoustic piece he ever did.       I still haven't got it myself, I'll order it next month after the paycheck comes in (been very naughty with cd purchases these past 3 days... bought stuff I shouldn't have....  something to do with some Japanese mini-lp reissues of some band... guess which...). Same!   Plus Manfauna and Elixers.   Glad you liked it; I'm really anticipating this. I've also been enjoying those other electro-acoustic albums from Dhomont and Ferarri I've mentioned here; excellent pieces!

I have an Olivier Messiaen album, but it's not electro acoustic.  It's very good though and I prefer it to the Bartók I have.

Now all I need is that one very sort after Albert Huybrechts album with that chamber orchestra work on.

By the way,  I added Tigrova Mast (long overdue on my part); an excellent Croatian band, original, ,creative, adventurous, wild, crazy, experimental... they've released one album through RAIG last year and will release another one this year.

Their first album has rather short songs, but packed with energy and is a very fun listen; somewhat made me think of the intensity (but not style exactly) of Mr. Bungle.

I must say, ZePTO is much better than NeBeLNeST's previous two albums, I'm completely surprised!

yes, the new Guapo is outstanding!  I recently went on a hauling spree, picking up a lot of the material off of the ProgArchives Avant/RIO link....will post some thoughts as they come in....

Discus sounds like they would be interesting, they have been likened to Mr. Bungle, which is right up my alley!
http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=922

I found both of their albums on amazon.com (I am a fiend), and due to excellent and enticing reviews (above), I had to purchase it.  I also picked up the Cartoon two on one album....cannot get enough of that RIO sound.  I also finally got a copy of 5uus "crisis in clay", which may be their finest moment (and the most aggressive?)......ah, I could listen to this stuff all day.  Also picked up The Residents "our tired, our poor, our huddled masses", which I owned before I had my feet wet in prog, now I have to own it again after foolishly getting rid of it.  I am basically systematically going down the list of Avant prog/RIO artists and trying to collect as much of it as possible.....

Oh yeah, I forgot about Elixers!  That's the next one I need to grab; I really dig their last couple of albums and I hear only good things about this one. 

I don't like to hear that this one is tamer, though.  I'm sure it'll be good, but I always liked the high energy present in their music. 

^^^ I'll replace my MP3 versions of them soon, but on CD.

rileydog22 wrote: I don't like to hear that this one is tamer, though.  I'm sure it'll be good, but I always liked the high energy present in their music.

I can relate. Five Suns was my first album from them and I love the unrelenting energy it has, but Elixirs is a completely different beast and it works. What the album lacks in energy it makes up for the variety in themes and color  which was something that the previous 2 Guapo albums always missed and it wasn't a bad thing then, but now the variety adds alot to the music and its atmosphere. Believe me that you won't care about high energy after a couple of listens of the album.

Ok, so this is the only place i could think of to ask. Apologies if it is out of place.

Does anybody know where i can find Brothers of the Occult Sisterhood albums? I'm particularly interested in "Enter The Cult...", but goodness it's hard to find, excluding the mymwly blog (on which i will enquire if i can't find it anywhere else). I've tried boomkat and the rateyourmusic links.

Unfortunately there's no way I'll be able to take time off for the Zorn season, which is a great pity as the 6 Litanies night looks brilliant and I 'd love to see Masada as well, although I'd be pleased to catch any of them. Frith, Zorn and Patton is quite a proposition!

Speaking of Bohren and Der Club of Gore... I've only recently come across this band and have not yet heard a single note of their music.

Can somebody recommend me something by them?  I'm guessing they're kind of a chamber rock type outfit, but correct me if this is not the case.


Edited by James - April 23 2008 at 20:17