What albums did you listen to today?...continued

DeadSouls wrote: Magma - 1.001° Centigrades  Thanks Tymon. That was truly fantastic, the feelings I had are the same when I listened LegEnd for the first time. Mind-blowing! Thanks for encouraging me to listen to it. I'm really excited to listen more Zeuhl, but I don't know what should be the next one...

Oh yay! So glad you liked it, mate! I'm really happy it appealed to you. If you enjoyed this one, you might want to try Kobaia and Mekanik Destruktiw Kommandoh, obviously. Eskaton's 4 Visions should also make a pleasant listen. There is also Shub Niggurath with Les Morts Vont Vite on the RIO-ish side. Very dark and ominous music, the atmosphere recalls Univers Zero at times. Univeria Zekt is a Magma offshoot that produced something quite simillar to Centigrades, even a bit more soul-esque. However, the band you will like as a fusioner that you are is Zao! Their first album maybe a little less, but the following are pure jazz-fusion with elements of high-quality zeuhl. Let's see... I'd save bands like Dun and Archaia for later, their music still does not really appeal to me. Weidorje is similar on the rough side of zeuhl, but more accessible (and that I actually like). Laurent Thibault had an album called Mais On Ne Peut Pas Rêver Tout Le Temps that featured one of The Northettes (Ammanda Parsons if my memory serves). Setna are a modern band fusing zeuhl with Canterbury, very nice! I think that's enough!  Don't be discouraged by my recommendations, Centigrades is very special and unique. Glad you liked it! 

progbethyname wrote: Tymon. I really liked your review. Back stories and historical References livin' up any review. I like the way Michael put it...'epic biblical.' He is right cause sometimes you feel you have to cover every ground or possible avenue of love and passion for which you have for the album. I'm like that as well sometimes. Being carried away with words can be a lot of bottle....I mean fun sometimes. I still dig your passion! Thank you for the read.

Meltdowner wrote: Very enthusiastic Zarathustra review, Tymon. Great read

Thanks!


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Tymon. I really liked your review. Back stories and historical References livin' up any review.
I like the way Michael put it...'epic biblical.' He is right cause sometimes you feel you have to cover every ground or possible avenue of love and passion for which you have for the album. I'm like that as well sometimes.
Being carried away with words can be a lot of bottle....I mean fun sometimes. I still dig your passion!
Thank you for the read.   

Listening pleasures for the last week. Not a lot cause my work hrs are crazy, but as you all know one thing about me is that I will always put b up a fight to grab at least 1 hr a day for time in my sonic universe.

Steve Roach-- Halcyon days
APP-- Live In Colombia 2013
Saviour Machine-- Live In Deutschland (2002)-- this is one of my favourite live albums. A real commitment to the legend trilogy. Absolutely excellent. Nearly 3hrs in length. Had to space it out over 2 days to finish it. I miss the winter cause by then I have waaaaay more time to and for myself. :)

Peter Gabriel-- Plays live! (1984.) pretty damn good but not quite as good as live in Athens (1987.)
Logos-- La Enigma del vita ( omg I just love the modern and retro melding of RPI sounds/styles.)

Talk with you guys next week. Traveling to London, ONT for work. May the PROG be with you.

Electric Magma - Silverball 

Tangerine Dream - Atem 7.5/10  Hate the first six minutes, but the rest is pretty good. TD's strangest, quietest album

Very enthusiastic Zarathustra review, Tymon. Great read

Last thursday:
Birth Control - Hoodoo Man (More proggy than the previous album. The title track was the only I knew from them before, because of the pipe organ solo)
Michael Brückner - The Days of Johnnie Zilch (A fictitious soundtrack, very fun listen)

Aussie-Byrd-Brother wrote: Tymon, it’s a great review, mate. I wouldn’t worry too much about what other people think, it’s best to develop a writing style that best suits you, whether it be shorter or longer. I used to like what I affectionately referred to as the `biblical length epics’ (and I still make the exception for those on the bigger `event’ releases that demand a bit more time spent on them), but nowadays I find a better sense of flow and rhythm with about four paragraphs – intro, discuss side a, discuss side b, conclusion (or splitting CD contents into roughly two halves of the same size). Another thing to remember is, for every review you write, either some people will read it and respond to it in some way, or no one will read it all! So it’s best to simply focus on yourself and writing in a way that is personally fulfilling first and foremost. After all, in the end, us amateur reviewers are simply just music dorks with too much time on our hands! I personally write from the perspective of `This album is absolutely amazing and I must tell the whole world about it!!’, whether anyone is listening or not! I’ve had some reviews that have been completely ignored, others that have had hundreds of likes on Facebook (which absolutely baffles me, who are these people, and where are they seeing my review?!), and even one or two that have had over a thousand `likes’, which I have absolutely no explanation for!

Love the way you put it, mate! I really enjoyed your review of Marsupilami, the name seemed familiar (probably from the times when I explored this early organ-driven prog, like Aardvark, Czar etc., like a madman ). Nice list there!

Magnum Vaeltaja wrote: I just read through your review and ultimately I think you nailed it. I loved all of the historical background and I was certainly inspired to revisit the album. All I would make note of is that you tended to "over-write" when describing side one. I found that whole paragraph a tad overwhelming to follow. Perhaps just remove a few of the redundant adjectives and adverbs and I think it'll make the whole review a lot more streamlined. Again, great job!

Knew it! Sometimes I just can't cut the chase when discussing the things I love, which, as you might have noticed, was the case with the title suite here. I will try to follow your advise. And thank you for your compliments!

ALotOfBottle wrote: Museo Rosenbach - Zarathustra I started writing a review on that album yesterday. Today it was mostly just polishing (and I still find some mistakes there ) It's the longest review of mine by far (almost 1400 words). I won't say anything about the album here. I would appreciate it if you could take some time to check the review out, even if you provided feedback and tips on how to improve and what bores the reader. I'd appreciate it!

Jupiter - Your Eccentric State Of Mind

Il Balletto di Bronzo - Ys Love this album by bits. Somewhat similar to Museo Rosenbach's Zarathustra, but more technical, less Genesis-y and more... Dunno. Their sound is so original. Heavy, yet finesse and tasteful. Amazing. They are such good writers. The music is nearly flawless. I like how someone once said (I think it was Dereck Higgins in one of the vlogs) that the vocals are over the top, but the music deserves it. Exactly that!
Pink Floyd - Atom Heart Mother This is Pink Floyd in its creative peak. Probably not, but close. I really like the experimental era of Floyd, pretty much everything up until Meddle. Not that I don't like Meddle or DSOTM, but I would love to hear what Pink Floyd would have sounded like if they kept on experimenting. I think, as we once speculated with Tom, the band Dom with their album Edge Of Time gets pretty close to being a more developed Saucerful Of Secrets.
Latte e Miele - Passio Secundum Mattheum This name shows up frequently when it comes to RPI, so I decided to check them out. Their music has something of krautrock, in my mind. As delicate and varied as it is, it is pretty raw and rough and just by the music, you can hear they were a rather obscure act. The music does not remind me of anything specific, sort of a melting pot of the influences from all around, I think. Solid writing and performance.
Henry Cow - Western Culture One of the best from HC (but then again which one isn't?), their swansong is really mature and well-thought. The compositions are nothing like old HC, instead they seem to take this chamber rock using jazz instrumentation and add touches of industrial (Tim's Farfisa glitch sounds). When I had first reviewed it, I gave it 5 stars, which I regreted later, only to find out this was a right move recently.
Alphataurus - Alphataurus I guess it's a pretty good album. I did not go crazy about it, I probably just wasn't in the right mood. Sometimes, even the best music just does nothing to you. You don't seem to get any fun out of it or feel any passion, feel wasted, having to force yourself to notice music. That sucks. But it's a good album and I can tell that even if I did not appreciate it when I listened to it. Pretty Yes-y, in my mind. Kind of similar to Seramis' one-shot.
Museo Rosenbach - Zarathustra I started writing a review on that album yesterday. Today it was mostly just polishing (and I still find some mistakes there ) It's the longest review of mine by far (almost 1400 words). I won't say anything about the album here. I would appreciate it if you could take some time to check the review out, even if you provided feedback and tips on how to improve and what bores the reader. I'd appreciate it!
Fred Frith - Guitar Solos This album was on top of my head for a few days now and seeing one of the peeps here had listened to it, I had to revisit it. This serves well as background music, really interesting what Frith was doing other than writing compositions in 51/16 for Henry Cow. Sort of like free jazz. This is very hypnotic and goes suprisingly well with cleaning the house.

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