Anekdoten Apprecition Thread
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Topic: Anekdoten Apprecition Thread
Posted By: geekfreak
Subject: Anekdoten Apprecition Thread
Date Posted: May 08 2015 at 14:03
cannot understand why Anekdoten as not gotten a thread here on progarchives.com so here I`ve started one so anyone else enjoy the heavy aggressive at times symphonic, moody, melancholy progressive rock band. six great albums filled with two mellotron players and cello.  ------------- Friedrich Nietzsche: "Without music, life would be a mistake." Music Is Live Two people are better off than one, for they can help each other succeed. Keep Calm And Listen To The Music… < |
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Posted By: Nightfly
Date Posted: May 17 2015 at 12:15
| I'm a big fan. The new album is stunning - as good as anything they've released in the past IMO with perhaps the exception of Nucleus. |
Posted By: infocat
Date Posted: May 17 2015 at 18:46
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I am also really enjoying the new album. Part heavy, part not; all good. The only downside of this one (and their last few) is no more cello!  ------------- -- Frank Swarbrick Belief is not Truth. |
Posted By: Horizons
Date Posted: May 17 2015 at 19:20
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Their live albums are top notch. The mellotron is pretty much a bellowing lead instrument. While their vocals can sometimes be tiresome, they're unique and fit the music perfectly. ------------- Crushed like a rose in the riverflow. |
Posted By: infocat
Date Posted: May 17 2015 at 20:30
------------- -- Frank Swarbrick Belief is not Truth. |
Horizons wrote:Posted By: Sean Trane
Date Posted: May 18 2015 at 06:55
if memory serves, there was a (small) bit of cello in the previous aToD album... Yeah, I also miss the cello, but I think ASD got some heat for not playing it well (it was fine enough forme, though) in their early albums. So she may be a bit psychologically blocked in that direction. But the new one is definitely in my faves after Nucleus and the debut... I adore the closing lengthy intrumental with theo Travis' sax and flute.
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Posted By: Sean Trane
Date Posted: May 18 2015 at 06:57
when saying that, would you say Nucleus is a notch above???  or below the others?   Personally I find Gravity their lesser album, followed bu AtoD then From Within.
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Posted By: someone_else
Date Posted: May 18 2015 at 08:54
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All their albums are 4 stars and up, but I prefer their later work: Gravity, A Time of Day and Until All the Ghosts Are Gone, the latter being one of the best albums of 21st century prog. ------------- 
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Posted By: The.Crimson.King
Date Posted: May 18 2015 at 12:17
Nucleus is a prog masterpiece in all respects. I lump the 1st 3 songs (Nucleus/Harvest/Book of Hours) together in what I like to call "The Nucleus Suite"  ------------- https://wytchcrypt.wixsite.com/mutiny-in-jonestown" rel="nofollow - Mutiny in Jonestown : Progressive Rock Since 1987 |
Posted By: Horizons
Date Posted: May 18 2015 at 12:24
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From Within. Their best album. FACT. ------------- Crushed like a rose in the riverflow. |
Posted By: Nightfly
Date Posted: May 18 2015 at 16:48
Oh definitely a notch above - no less than a 5 star album IMO. I'd probably have ATOD and Gravity the opposite way around to you but agree they are the weaker ones though only by comparison to the rest. Most bands would kill to have released 2 such good albums.
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Posted By: geekfreak
Date Posted: September 04 2016 at 04:51
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fabulous band new albums nearly never of my hi-fi ------------- Friedrich Nietzsche: "Without music, life would be a mistake." Music Is Live Two people are better off than one, for they can help each other succeed. Keep Calm And Listen To The Music… < |
Posted By: geekfreak
Date Posted: September 05 2016 at 11:48
  Anekdoten I need to get them now on vinyl...------------- Friedrich Nietzsche: "Without music, life would be a mistake." Music Is Live Two people are better off than one, for they can help each other succeed. Keep Calm And Listen To The Music… < |
Posted By: geekfreak
Date Posted: September 08 2016 at 03:01
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I just cannot say which album is the top one Vemod, From Within and Until The Ghosts Are Out! are the first ones I`ll play first... ------------- Friedrich Nietzsche: "Without music, life would be a mistake." Music Is Live Two people are better off than one, for they can help each other succeed. Keep Calm And Listen To The Music… < |
Posted By: Kingsnake
Date Posted: September 08 2016 at 03:15
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Anekdoten is one of those band, I forget and then play again and then forget. Maybe because they take so long te record an album. A bit like Hidria Spacefolk. The band is kind of dark, and difficult to swallow. Their first albums are King Crimson-Red-alike. Their later albums have an own sound. Lots of mellotron, heavy stonerrock rhythms and melancholic vocals. Long time my favorite was Gravity, then replaced by A Time of Day and recently by Until All the Ghosts are Gone. The thing I like the least is the too heavy/noisey/chaotic stonerrock sections. Too loud and almost ugly. I like the flute and mellotron. Very nostalgic.
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Posted By: geekfreak
Date Posted: September 08 2016 at 11:00
hmmm interesting view point yes there first album "Vemod" is very King Crimson-Red-alike the others imho are starting to be Anekdoten sound. the other point of alike is two or three cover artwork seem to have like a Black Sabbath Vibe... ------------- Friedrich Nietzsche: "Without music, life would be a mistake." Music Is Live Two people are better off than one, for they can help each other succeed. Keep Calm And Listen To The Music… < |
Posted By: Kingsnake
Date Posted: September 09 2016 at 01:56
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You must be a Mellotron-fanatic? Am I right? Moody Blues, Anekdoten, King Crimson :-) Sometimes I hear very early Barclay James Harvest in the music of Anekdoten. |
Posted By: geekfreak
Date Posted: September 13 2016 at 22:08
ooh yes Mellotron-Fanatic to Right...Like Bigelf too ------------- Friedrich Nietzsche: "Without music, life would be a mistake." Music Is Live Two people are better off than one, for they can help each other succeed. Keep Calm And Listen To The Music… < |
Posted By: Kingsnake
Date Posted: September 14 2016 at 01:53
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Bigelf, I should try that out. (Y) Also a very nice 70's band with Mellotron is Cressida. A little different but sounds like Moody Blues here and there.... |
Posted By: ColonelClaypool
Date Posted: September 22 2016 at 08:03
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I scored a picture disc of Until All the Ghosts are Gone from this year's Record Store day. So happy, and such a great album. ------------- With magic, you can turn a frog into a prince. With science, you can turn a frog into a Ph.D. and you still have the frog you started with. |
Posted By: CCVP
Date Posted: September 23 2016 at 20:54
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I mean, the band is fantastic, but it doesn't jump out from the crown, if you know what I mean. Until The Ghosts are Gone changed that a bit, but just because it's easier to listen to than From Within, their undisputed apex IMHO. Up to that point they only managed to marginally emulate other bands, specially very early King Crimson without having anything specifically theirs, but with From Within they managed to have a distinctive sound which was, by leaps and bounds above everything they've put out up to then and from then. The album is VERY nuanced, uses light and dark VERY well and has that degree of spaciness their other albums lack. Until the Ghosts are Gone is easily their second best, it has their distinctive sound and the compositions are great and all, but it's "just" a very good prog album. If you have any sort of ground-level understanding or knowledge of it you can enjoy it, while I believe their earlier albums (Nucleus and From Within) are deeper than that. Still, fantastic band, I genuinely hope they can put another album as good as or better than their 2015 output. -------------   
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Posted By: geekfreak
Date Posted: June 17 2017 at 03:52
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planned playlist today Anekdoten ooh yes...yes ------------- Friedrich Nietzsche: "Without music, life would be a mistake." Music Is Live Two people are better off than one, for they can help each other succeed. Keep Calm And Listen To The Music… < |
Posted By: Mellotron Storm
Date Posted: June 17 2017 at 18:46
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A top three band for me so I consider myself to be maybe the biggest fan on this site. I've rated many of their albums with five stars, they just suit me perfectly. And the new one is their best in my opinion. I think I have all their stuff including the rare EP. I hope before I pass on that I can see them live, it will be one emotional experience if I do. ------------- "The wind is slowly tearing her apart" "Sad Rain" ANEKDOTEN |
Posted By: Tom Ozric
Date Posted: June 17 2017 at 19:20
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^ Nice John. Nice. And nice to have you back !! I also think their latest rivals Nucleus for top Anekdoten album. |
Posted By: geekfreak
Date Posted: June 18 2017 at 05:32
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Argh! sometimes the modern world is the absolute pits totally SUCKS! this is in no way simple to answer but this is the fourth time posting this post...so here go`s firstly thank you Tom thank you for saying its nice to have me back, totally agree with you about the album too! ------------- Friedrich Nietzsche: "Without music, life would be a mistake." Music Is Live Two people are better off than one, for they can help each other succeed. Keep Calm And Listen To The Music… < |
Posted By: Mellotron Storm
Date Posted: February 16 2018 at 20:19
Missed this before. Hey Tom! Listened to Until All The Ghosts Are Gone back to back tonight. What a range of emotions for me and that "just can't get enough" feeling with this band and yet never over-playing them for fear of ever growing tired of their music. ------------- "The wind is slowly tearing her apart" "Sad Rain" ANEKDOTEN |
Posted By: Tom Ozric
Date Posted: February 16 2018 at 21:15
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^ Hi John !! Better late than never I have to say that I haven’t spun any Anekdoten for quite some time. That has got to change. Been obsessing over Metal, Devo, White Willow and Wobbler though !! |
Posted By: condor
Date Posted: February 16 2018 at 22:50