| Author |
 Topic Search  Topic Options
|
Kim? 
Forum Groupie
Joined: August 09 2007
Location: Norway
Status: Offline
Points: 84
|
 Topic: Favourite of the Guapo 'triptych'
Posted: March 19 2009 at 08:10 |
Elixirs has been out for a while, so people should be able to decide now (or not). All three rank amongst my favourite albums ever, and they all work on quite different levels. But if I had to choose one, it'd probably be Black Oni. It binds all my favourite genres together: prog meets drone meets "post-rock" meets zeuhl meets ambient meets jazz meets RIO, etc.. All three of them do to a greater or lesser extent, but I guess I just find Black Oni to have this perfect balance. And also it contains Black Oni V, which is a killer track!
If you chose the fourth option, here are some links for you to check out: www.myspace.com/guapoband guaponews.blogspot.com
|
 |
GosudO
Forum Groupie
Joined: December 24 2006
Location: France
Status: Offline
Points: 59
|
Posted: March 19 2009 at 10:01 |
|
Three excellent albums, to say the least.
My vote goes to Five Suns. Part II is just gorgeous.
|
|
AlexUC
Forum Senior Member
Joined: June 06 2007
Location: Noveria
Status: Offline
Points: 392
|
Posted: March 19 2009 at 10:07 |
|
Tough Five Suns has one my all time favorite instrumentals (part 2), Black Oni flows betters for me. Very original band indeed
|
|
This is not my beautiful house...
|
|
Kim?
Forum Groupie
Joined: August 09 2007
Location: Norway
Status: Offline
Points: 84
|
Posted: March 19 2009 at 10:11 |
Hehe, AlexUC, you should've had Elixirs as your avatar and voted for it 
|
|
progismylife
Forum Senior Member
Joined: October 19 2006
Location: ibreathehelium
Status: Offline
Points: 15535
|
Posted: March 19 2009 at 10:15 |
|
Looking at the links now!
|
|
AlexUC
Forum Senior Member
Joined: June 06 2007
Location: Noveria
Status: Offline
Points: 392
|
Posted: March 19 2009 at 10:24 |
 Kim? wrote:
Hehe, AlexUC, you should've had Elixirs as your avatar and voted for it |
Maybe... But I need some more spins before  Elixirs is a difficult one for me... Maybe too long tracks, and a little bit noodly for the moment...
|
|
This is not my beautiful house...
|
|
progismylife
Forum Senior Member
Joined: October 19 2006
Location: ibreathehelium
Status: Offline
Points: 15535
|
Posted: March 19 2009 at 10:38 |
|
I'm definitely adding these guys to the top of my wishlist.
|
|
AlexUC
Forum Senior Member
Joined: June 06 2007
Location: Noveria
Status: Offline
Points: 392
|
Posted: March 19 2009 at 10:48 |
|
|
|
This is not my beautiful house...
|
|
progismylife
Forum Senior Member
Joined: October 19 2006
Location: ibreathehelium
Status: Offline
Points: 15535
|
Posted: March 19 2009 at 10:50 |
|
|
|
Padraic
Special Collaborator
Honorary Collaborator
Joined: February 16 2006
Location: Pennsylvania
Status: Offline
Points: 31169
|
Posted: March 19 2009 at 10:53 |
|
Black Oni easily, really enjoy the others but for me Black Oni is one of the most ferocious displays of awesomeness in my entire music collection.
|
|
Logan
Forum & Site Admin Group
Site Admin
Joined: April 05 2006
Location: Vancouver, BC
Status: Offline
Points: 37998
|
Posted: March 19 2009 at 11:04 |
|
Five Suns and Black Oni are about tied for me. Love both. I'm not so enamoured with Elixirs (I find it less substantial). I've voted for Black Oni in the past, but now I'm giving it to Five Suns. Both are great, imo. Incidentally, I also like Twisted Stems muchly (and Miasma and The Carousel of Headless Horses is great).
|
|
"Questions are a burden to others; answers a prison for oneself" (The Prisoner, 1967).
|
|
Froth
Forum Senior Member
Joined: November 19 2005
Location: United Kingdom
Status: Offline
Points: 461
|
Posted: March 19 2009 at 11:35 |
i have not yet heard five suns, though i have high hopes for it. Black Oni i liked at first, but now i find it rather predictable and derrivative. Elixirs is my favorite, as i think its thier most origional sounding, even if Guapo are beginning to sound like a project (which i suppose they are now) rather than a band.
2 further questions:-
1.Has anyone got Daniel O'Sullivan's Mothlite album? i seriously recommend it.
2.Has anyone got the early Guapo albums like 'Towers open fire'. they have long since been unavailable and i'd love to know what they sound like
|
|
Kim?
Forum Groupie
Joined: August 09 2007
Location: Norway
Status: Offline
Points: 84
|
Posted: March 19 2009 at 11:59 |
Froth wrote:
2 further questions:-
1.Has anyone got Daniel O'Sullivan's Mothlite album? i seriously recommend it.
2.Has anyone got the early Guapo albums like 'Towers open fire'. they have long since been unavailable and i'd love to know what they sound like |
Yeah, the Mothlite album is also fantastic. Great atmosphere! By the way, there are two new preview tracks on their myspace: myspace.com/mothlite. Although a bit more 'poppy' (not necessarily a bad thing), I think they sound promising. Yes, I've got Towers Open Fire on my computer. I haven't listened to it that much, but so far I don't really enjoy it. A bit noisy and trashy punk-rock maybe, with some electronic elements and tapes. You can hear some traces, although slight, of what they were to become, though.
|
|
Froth
Forum Senior Member
Joined: November 19 2005
Location: United Kingdom
Status: Offline
Points: 461
|
Posted: March 19 2009 at 14:26 |
|
hey! i just found towers open fire on the web and im listening to it now. its sounding pretty good so far!
|
|
sleeper
Prog Reviewer
Joined: October 09 2005
Location: Entropia
Status: Offline
Points: 16449
|
Posted: March 19 2009 at 14:30 |
|
All three albums are excellent but I went with Five Suns, just simply superb.
Edited by sleeper - March 19 2009 at 14:30
|
Spending more than I should on Prog since 2005
|
|
Evolutionary Sleeper
Special Collaborator
Honorary Collaborator
Joined: December 30 2008
Location: Berkeley, CA
Status: Offline
Points: 7037
|
Posted: March 19 2009 at 15:41 |
|
Black Oni for me. I love all three of these albums, but Five Suns may be my least fav.
Edited by Evolutionary_Sleeper - March 19 2009 at 15:54
|
|
|
|
Equality 7-2521
Forum Senior Member
Joined: August 11 2005
Location: Philly
Status: Offline
Points: 15784
|
Posted: March 19 2009 at 18:20 |
|
Black Oni
Not a huge fan of the band though, never differentiated themselves enough to my ears.
|
|
"One had to be a Newton to notice that the moon is falling, when everyone sees that it doesn't fall. "
|
|
Man With Hat
Collaborator
Jazz-Rock/Fusion/Canterbury Team
Joined: March 12 2005
Location: Neurotica
Status: Offline
Points: 166183
|
Posted: March 19 2009 at 19:39 |
Five Suns.
All are excellent though. Can't wait for their new one.
|
|
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.
|
|
Froth
Forum Senior Member
Joined: November 19 2005
Location: United Kingdom
Status: Offline
Points: 461
|
Posted: March 19 2009 at 20:56 |
|
Ive heard that the new ones going to afro-beat influenced, with alot more atmospheric synthersizers. cant wai!
|
|
Equality 7-2521
Forum Senior Member
Joined: August 11 2005
Location: Philly
Status: Offline
Points: 15784
|
Posted: March 19 2009 at 21:55 |
|
Now that sounds very interesting.
|
|
"One had to be a Newton to notice that the moon is falling, when everyone sees that it doesn't fall. "
|
|
Donate monthly and keep PA fast-loading and ad-free forever.
/PAlogo_v2.gif "Progarchives.com Homepage")
Favourite of the Guapo 'triptych'
