Agusa or Jordsjo
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Topic: Agusa or Jordsjo
Posted By: AFlowerKingCrimson
Subject: Agusa or Jordsjo
Date Posted: August 15 2024 at 12:06
| Two modern Swedish bands and two of my favorites from that country. Bonus points if you know how to properly pronounce the names of either band (especially Jordsjo which has stumped me). |
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Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: August 15 2024 at 12:08
Both are really good. 
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Posted By: AFlowerKingCrimson
Date Posted: August 15 2024 at 12:08
| ^Wow, that was a really fast response. ;) |
Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: August 15 2024 at 12:10
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I have heard of both and think I have heard music of both, but I will say that I only know Agusa. Prima Materia was somewhere on my list of 2023 albums of the year. ------------- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXcp9fYc6K4IKuxIZkenfvukL_Y8VBqzK" rel="nofollow - Duos for fave acts |
Posted By: omphaloskepsis
Date Posted: August 15 2024 at 13:22
| Jordsjo by a smidgen. |
Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: August 15 2024 at 13:35
I didn't even realize that.
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AFlowerKingCrimson wrote:Posted By: AFlowerKingCrimson
Date Posted: August 15 2024 at 15:06
So you don't just sit here in the prog poll section waiting for new polls to pop up?
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Posted By: mellotronwave
Date Posted: August 15 2024 at 15:33
They keep BOTH the prog flame! 
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Posted By: VianaProghead
Date Posted: August 15 2024 at 16:21
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I only know Jordsjo, really. ------------- "PROG IS MY FERRARI". Jem Godfrey (Frost*) |
Posted By: Mellotron Storm
Date Posted: August 15 2024 at 18:02
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I know both but prefer Jordsjo by quite a bit. ------------- "The wind is slowly tearing her apart" "Sad Rain" ANEKDOTEN |
Posted By: moshkito
Date Posted: August 15 2024 at 18:26
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Hi, First time I heard of Jordsjo. Time to go listen!!! ------------- Music is not just for listening ... it is for LIVING ... you got to feel it to know what's it about! Not being told! www.pedrosena.com |
Posted By: AFlowerKingCrimson
Date Posted: August 15 2024 at 19:51
You won't be disappointed. One of the best prog bands of the past 10 years or so (imo).
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Posted By: moshkito
Date Posted: August 15 2024 at 21:05
Hi, It was a good listen, but I think I like Agusa better, for the sense that their long pieces are really well designed and defined, and not appear to be simply a bunch of different segments glued together ... Agusa has a nice continuity that is rare in a lot of music these days. Both are very nice, and it's difficult to decide which I seem to enjoy better, and likely it is the fact that I heard Agusa first and loved their album. The Jordsjo album did not strike me as strong. But still nice. ------------- Music is not just for listening ... it is for LIVING ... you got to feel it to know what's it about! Not being told! www.pedrosena.com |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: August 15 2024 at 23:00
| Both about equally. I discovered both last year along with Lumsk. The latter has female vocals which is very nice. BTW I like the latest Agusa album although it's quite different to Prima Materia has to be said. |
Posted By: MikeEnRegalia
Date Posted: August 16 2024 at 00:56
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Jordsjø are from Norway though - any name with a "ø" cannot be Swedish, it's not in the alphabet. In Swedish it would be "Jordsjö". But same pronunciation
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Posted By: Hrychu
Date Posted: August 16 2024 at 05:23
https://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/project/5958967" rel="nofollow - https://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/project/5958967 Also, Mike, are you perhaps from Skåne? I've heard that the Skånska mål is pretty distinct. ------------- “On the day of my creation, I fell in love with education. And overcoming all frustration, a teacher I became.” — Ernest Vong |
Posted By: MikeEnRegalia
Date Posted: August 16 2024 at 05:48
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^ I'm not a native Swedish speaker myself - but yes, I live in Skåne. There are huge variations within Sweden (and Norway) when it comes to pronunciation ... and in the clip you recorded, it sounds almost identical from what I can hear. Equally problematic in pronunciations are words with "sk", like "sked" (spoon).
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Posted By: Hrychu
Date Posted: August 16 2024 at 05:54
------------- “On the day of my creation, I fell in love with education. And overcoming all frustration, a teacher I became.” — Ernest Vong |
Posted By: MikeEnRegalia
Date Posted: August 16 2024 at 06:11
| ^ Like I said, there are variations due to local dialects. For instance, the word "kanske" (perhaps) is usually pronounced like the words you mentioned in your last words, but sometimes also with a sound like the english "sh". |
Posted By: Lewian
Date Posted: August 16 2024 at 08:30
| Love Jordsjo. Not impressed by Agusa. |
Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: August 16 2024 at 10:30
I had Agusa in 41st place of my 2023 albums list. I'm listening to Jordsjø's Salighet from 2023 now and I like the pastoral qualities I heard. The Scandinavians seems to be the modern Prog masters of Symph and retro. ------------- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXcp9fYc6K4IKuxIZkenfvukL_Y8VBqzK" rel="nofollow - Duos for fave acts |
Posted By: Saperlipopette!
Date Posted: August 16 2024 at 12:10
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I really enjoyed Agusa's En Annan Värld. That album is haunting and something special. An album to get lost in. But their two latest offerings didn't really leave much of an impression. Not bad. Not at all. The sound in itself is still great and the do what they do really well. But this sort of instrumental "retro prog" needs to be exceptional to stand out. Unfortunately they feel a little generic or by numbers to me. Truly love the two Jordsjø albums I know: Nattfiolen and Salighet. The vocals contribute to add a distinct personality that I feel Agusa lack at times. They have this wide eyed pastoral magical mystery (tour) that I adore in so many softer early 1970's progrock bands (like these bands that starts with a C: Cressida, Camel, Celeste). -I'm gonna give my votes to the norwegians.
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Posted By: AFlowerKingCrimson
Date Posted: August 16 2024 at 13:58
Which Jordsjo did you listen to? It could depend on the album (or song).
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Posted By: AFlowerKingCrimson
Date Posted: August 16 2024 at 14:00
| I voted both equally even though I've heard(and own) more Agusa |
Posted By: Octopus II
Date Posted: August 17 2024 at 00:02
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Agusa
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Posted By: mathman0806
Date Posted: August 17 2024 at 03:19
| I have heard both. Both for the first time with their 2017 albuns. My initial impression favored Agusa and that has stuck over the years. My vote went to Agusa. |
Posted By: Zeph
Date Posted: August 17 2024 at 07:45
| I like both, but would put Jordsjø over Agusa. |
Posted By: AFlowerKingCrimson
Date Posted: August 17 2024 at 10:05
Why does that not surprise me?
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Posted By: progaardvark
Date Posted: August 17 2024 at 11:58
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Really like both bands. Jordsjø just a tad more. The microwave gasped out a couple of prefixes at me. ------------- ---------- i'm shopping for a new oil-cured sinus bag that's a happy bag of lettuce this car smells like cartilage nothing beats a good video about fractions |
Posted By: someone_else
Date Posted: August 17 2024 at 15:11
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I only know Jordsjø, which is one of my favourite present day bands. ------------- 
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