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    Posted: August 13 2012 at 21:32
ZEUHL WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP

Yay, last round of qualifiers! Round 4

Here's the bracket:

The bands in question are:
JANNICK TOP vs. ZAO



Poll ends August 16th.


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Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 13 2012 at 21:32
Never cared much for Zao, while Infernal Machina was excellent. Easy choice this time.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 13 2012 at 21:48
Zao for sure.  Especially for the first two albums -- though I like all of Zao's albums.  It was Osiris that got me into Zao, but I especially came to love the début - Z=7L (a considerably underrated at PA album for my tastes).  Infernal Machine didn't do so much for me -- not that I've spun it much.  I liked Soleil d'Ork more.

it was hearing this that initially got me to really fall for Zao:



And the first track off my particular favourite Zao album:


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Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 13 2012 at 22:25
Love Zao. All their 70's albums are great (even the zeuhlless Typareth). Why are they so overlooked? And why do I keep forgetting how magnificent they are myself?

Jannik Top solo albums should be no match for them (but I didn't think Dün and Shub Niggurath would be out in the first rounds either).
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 13 2012 at 23:33
Yannik for me. 
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 14 2012 at 01:14
ZAO is one of my favourites so they get my vote but i'm a big Top fan too. I'm sad they are against each other here.Unhappy
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 14 2012 at 03:12
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 14 2012 at 05:17
Zao, and those were poor choices for examples. Their first album Z=7L is a classic Zeuhl album. After that they gradually went pure instrumental fusion. Top did his best work with Magma; his song "De Futura" was done better by Magma although his version is great too.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 14 2012 at 11:25
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 15 2012 at 03:30
Zao is loosing this?! 

Originally posted by zravkapt zravkapt wrote:

Zao, and those were poor choices for examples. Their first album Z=7L is a classic Zeuhl album. After that they gradually went pure instrumental fusion. Top did his best work with Magma; his song "De Futura" was done better by Magma although his version is great too.
Agreed. But I hear lots of Zeuhl in their fusion except in Typareth. Here's Zao in a "classic" Zeuhl mode.




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Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 15 2012 at 06:02
^ Yeah..I was about to say that I only have Shekina and while I haven't listened to it for years I never understood why they are called Zehul, there's nothing Zehulic about it, but I'll give it another day and listen to other videos. As for now I'm voting for Jannick.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 16 2012 at 11:54
Zao, love everything pre-"Typhareth". "Infernal Machina", on the other hand, is probably one of my least favorite zeuhl albums ever.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 16 2012 at 13:15
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 17 2012 at 17:51
Oops, this was supposed to end yesterday but I wasn't home all night. Embarrassed

Last few hours to vote then. All you Zao freaks better step it up 2 votes if you want them to pass. Wink
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 17 2012 at 21:53
I'll close the poll early now with Jannick Top up one vote, BUT, if people are inclined to keep voting, vote away until 24:00 EST and make a post, and if your post falls before midnight, I'll count it tomorrow morning. 
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 18 2012 at 00:47
Listening to some more videos Jannick Top's Infernal Machina sounded a little flat to me while Zao were more interesting, not the best Zehul I've heard but good enough.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 18 2012 at 19:47
Sadly with the tie, Jannick Top still moves forward as he has a higher average rating than Zao does. 

I'll get the new poll up tomorrow probably. Lots of work tonight.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 19 2012 at 03:52
According to my (correct) tastes most of these polls are turning out wrong. 
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