Chamber Prog

A sub-sub genre? Perhaps! Just trying to stir the kettle a bit here


Was "Eleanor Rigby" by The Beatles the first Chamber Prog song?


Some of my favorite Chamber Prog:

1. "Palace of Mirrors" by Estradasphere
Link to PA album in RIO/Avant-Prog

2. "Koralrevens Klagesang" by Panzerpappa
Link to PA album in RIO/Avant-Prog

3. "Le Mariage Du Ciel Et De L'enfer" by Art Zoyd
Link to PA album in RIO/Avant-Prog

4. "~" by iamthemorning
Link to PA album in Crossover Prog

5. "Signs of Life" by Penguin Café Orchestra
Link to PA album in Eclectic Prog

6. "Implosion" by Univers Zero
Link to PA album in RIO/Avant-Prog

ole-the-first wrote: Univers Zero and Art Zoyd were both terrific, but I prefer Art Zoyd's more eletronic works, escpecially 'Berlin'. Zoyd's soundtracks for classic expressionist films are excellent as well.iamthemorning counts for me as the best debut of last few years, great guys. Didn't expected that music from Russia could be so good.

I haven't listened to a lot the AZ electronic albums, so, I can't offer a good opinion yet. I seem to prefer a more traditional approach when it comes to Chamber Prog. It's an on going musical journey



iamthemorning's "~" is a great debut. I have high hopes for their next album.

smartpatrol wrote: Elanor Rigby is chamber but not prog

I don't entirely agree but....probably.

I think it was Prog in its time (Prog did not exist in 1966) but is not considered Prog now as it's too traditional Chamber. Kind of like Elvis Costello and The Brodsky Quartet's "The Juliet Letters" are Chamber but not Prog....

schizoidman wrote: A sub-sub genre? Perhaps! Just trying to stir the kettle a bit here Was "Eleanor Rigby" by The Beatles the first Chamber Prog song? Some of my favorite Chamber Prog: 1. "Palace of Mirrors" by Estradasphere Link to PA album in RIO/Avant-Prog 2. "Koralrevens Klagesang" by Panzerpappa Link to PA album in RIO/Avant-Prog 3. "Le Mariage Du Ciel Et De L'enfer" by Art Zoyd Link to PA album in RIO/Avant-Prog 4. "~" by iamthemorning Link to PA album in Crossover Prog 5. "Signs of Life" by Penguin Café Orchestra Link to PA album in Eclectic Prog 6. "Implosion" by Univers Zero Link to PA album in RIO/Avant-Prog

moshkito wrote: Hi,   If you ever want to hear "pure" chamber music with electric instruments, Terje Rypdal's EOS has to be in the collection. Beware to skip the first cut that was put in there to make sure you wanted to hear things, and is meant to take you out!   There is no better that I have ever heard, and in some cases, the list so far is a "quasi" type list for me.   But I always felt bad that many "progressive" or "prog" folks will not listen to ECM and give it the credit it deserves. Terje taught Jeff Beck how to do the soaring piece that flies ... and is not a solo for a stupid rock song! It's an actual piece of music that is composed and designed just like the Chamber Music of yesteryears!   This album, is likely too progressive and classical for the tastes of most folks here. The first cut, btw, is a metal assault, in case you don't think it was done in 1972 and doesn't fit the album, but I think it was a serious joke to throw off the jazz'ists and the folks that don't listen to music!   Two other versions of Eleanor Rigby that I think are better ... Esperanto in the "Last Dance" album, and Ides of March's first album. Both are fabulous and I think even better than the actual Beatles version.

I do prefer my Chamber Prog the trad way, but, always willing to hear something new, so, I will listen to some of "EOS".

TODDLER wrote: schizoidman wrote: A sub-sub genre? Perhaps! Just trying to stir the kettle a bit here Was "Eleanor Rigby" by The Beatles the first Chamber Prog song? Some of my favorite Chamber Prog: 1. "Palace of Mirrors" by Estradasphere Link to PA album in RIO/Avant-Prog 2. "Koralrevens Klagesang" by Panzerpappa Link to PA album in RIO/Avant-Prog 3. "Le Mariage Du Ciel Et De L'enfer" by Art Zoyd Link to PA album in RIO/Avant-Prog 4. "~" by iamthemorning Link to PA album in Crossover Prog 5. "Signs of Life" by Penguin Café Orchestra Link to PA album in Eclectic Prog 6. "Implosion" by Univers Zero Link to PA album in RIO/Avant-Prog I love everything listed here. This is one of my favorite styles. Regarding "Eleanor Rigby" ...I don't truly see much of a difference between Procol Harum's "Fires (which burnt brightly)" and "Eleanor Rigby" when it comes to structure and overall approach musically. The 2 songs are totally different from each other regarding the actual chord changes, but the idea of structure in sound and style is the same approach musically speaking. Procol Harum are often mentioned on P.A. , but consider Gary Brooker singing "Cry Baby Cry" from the White Album and the musical elements are evident.

Art Zoyd may be my favourite band in PA, and Generation Sans Futur is to me one of their greatest.  Univers Zero's debut is my favourite of UZ.  Presents first two are musts

I'd recommend Volapuk amongst the more modern ones (Polyglot and Where is Tamashii? are my faves -- see youtube)., as well as  Rational Diet, Aranis, and  DAAU is great.  Also Far Corner, Yugen, Ahvak, Zypressen...

Although it's not really prog, a favourite chamber music album of mine that I think would appeal to
various RIO chamber prog fans is Kronos Quartet's Mugam Sayagi.

schizoidman wrote:   iamthemorning's "~" is a great debut. I have high hopes for their next album.

Padraic wrote: schizoidman wrote:   iamthemorning's "~" is a great debut. I have high hopes for their next album. So do I - but I wouldn't consider them chamber prog.

I've always considered this one of the first 'chamber prog' songs and certainly an influence on AZ and UZ.