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Joined: April 05 2006
Location: Vancouver, BC
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Points: 35949
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:
Joined: December 20 2010
Location: Tomorrowland
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Points: 11696
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).
Joined: March 12 2005
Location: Neurotica
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Points: 166178
Posted: August 14 2012 at 03:12
Top for me.
Dig me...But don't...Bury me I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect.
Joined: October 12 2010
Location: Canada
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Points: 6446
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.
Joined: December 20 2010
Location: Tomorrowland
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Points: 11696
Posted: August 15 2012 at 03:30
Zao is loosing this?!
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.
Joined: November 29 2006
Location: Israel
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Points: 6632
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.
Joined: June 04 2010
Location: Terria
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Points: 13298
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.
Joined: November 29 2006
Location: Israel
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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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