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Poll Question: Which three are your favorites?
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^^ Been lurking from time to time. Evil SmileLOL

Mike, I wish your wife a full recovery soon. Ying Yang

Have fun everyone. TCat & I'll join in the future, for sure. Thumbs Up

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Originally posted by TCat TCat wrote:

Sorry I haven't had much to say today and still haven't had a chance to comment on all of the entries.  

Thanks to Raff for putting up her nomination.  I will start putting these up tomorrow and hopefully we can start voting on them over the weekend, so, please get back to me with your own nominations by tomorrow (Friday) evening.

After this go round, I'm afraid that I won't be able to participate for a while.  It's becoming more and more difficult to devote the time to this that I really want to give.  Hopefully after my wife has recovered fully, things will get better, but for now, I think it will be best for me to devote my time to the genre teams that I belong to and keeping track of the new release report, and that is probably about all I can do for the time being.  I will visit future threads, make occasional comments and vote when I can, though.  Once things get back to normal, I should be able to get back into "full participation" in these threads, which I enjoy very much. 
  Mike, thank you for taking this on (especially under your present circumstances), I do hope your wife enjoys a quick recovery.  Of course, family comes first!  And until you can participate again more fully after this one, let us know from time to time how you both are doing. 
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Sorry I haven't had much to say today and still haven't had a chance to comment on all of the entries.  

Thanks to Raff for putting up her nomination.  I will start putting these up tomorrow and hopefully we can start voting on them over the weekend, so, please get back to me with your own nominations by tomorrow (Friday) evening.

After this go round, I'm afraid that I won't be able to participate for a while.  It's becoming more and more difficult to devote the time to this that I really want to give.  Hopefully after my wife has recovered fully, things will get better, but for now, I think it will be best for me to devote my time to the genre teams that I belong to and keeping track of the new release report, and that is probably about all I can do for the time being.  I will visit future threads, make occasional comments and vote when I can, though.  Once things get back to normal, I should be able to get back into "full participation" in these threads, which I enjoy very much. 

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Originally posted by Meltdowner Meltdowner wrote:

Without a theme it's difficult to pick any songs, I'll listen to the playlist and try to come up with something. If we could follow the 3 songs rule in future polls I'd appreciate it. It's a lot of music to listen to in less than a week, let alone try to comment on the songs.


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I really liked the FC Kahuna song, it's my kind of Electronic: soothing enough with tasteful modern production. How's the rest of the album?
Already knew that great Scorpions album. Prog fun fact: Eloy's fantastic Jurgen Rosenthal plays drums on it.

Thanks for the comments.  I really love that FC/Kahuna song, but since I first heard it on a sampler CD, I haven't yet found the time to hear the entire album, but I know I must soon.  I'm sort of embarrassed that I haven't heard it all yet seeing as I love that track so much, but I have so much music already on my list to listen to and no time to check it out.  Sorry about that.  

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Originally posted by TCat TCat wrote:

Nickie, if you are interested in investigating Mercury Rev as you mentioned, just keep in mind that there was a big change in their style of music.  You should be safe with everything from the album "The Deserter's Song" and after.  The albums that came before that one take a little more time to get used to as they are a bit noisy, but they are still good if you give them a chance to grow on you.  They are listed in the archives under Prog-related, by the way.

They have recorded some albums under the name "Harmony Rockets" which I haven't heard yet, so I don't know how they are, but I believe they are probably psychedelic meanderings, so I'm a bit wary of those, but couldn't say for sure yet.  My favorite albums are "Deserter's Songs", "All is Dream", "Snowflake Midnight" and "See You On the Other Side".  Here are a couple of other tracks by them if you are interested:

"Spiders and Flies"


"Godess on a Highway"




  Thanks, Mike, had a chance to listen today.  I really like the piano parts on the "Spiders and Flies," I'm not as crazy about their vocals as the instrumental parts (often a problem for me, and I don't only like "perfect" singers, so that isn't why).  I actually might enjoy the psychedelic meanderings, so am going to check out Harmony Rockets, lol!  LOL
Edited to add:  I went down the Harmony Rockets rabbit hole....pretty good spacy stuff there!  Definitely worth checking out for those who enjoy that sort of thing.


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Without a theme it's difficult to pick any songs, I'll listen to the playlist and try to come up with something. If we could follow the 3 songs rule in future polls I'd appreciate it. It's a lot of music to listen to in less than a week, let alone try to comment on the songs.


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I really liked the FC Kahuna song, it's my kind of Electronic: soothing enough with tasteful modern production. How's the rest of the album?
Already knew that great Scorpions album. Prog fun fact: Eloy's fantastic Jurgen Rosenthal plays drums on it.
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Originally posted by suitkees suitkees wrote:

Originally posted by Snicolette Snicolette wrote:

First impressions of the (so far) final 3rd.

Suitkees:  Kat Onoma “Magic” Dark atmospheric sounds, here.  Can’t help but think of Leonard Cohen, with the deep voice.  Sorcery at work?  Perhaps.  Again Kat Onoma, “La scie electrique”  This one definitely more electronic in feel, I like the first one by them, better, as it is warmer in feeling.  Orange  Blossom “Cheft El Khof”  Spoken voice (this time female) keys start the piece off, goes into Arabic singing?  I love the singing part, would love to hear this with deeper-sounding Middle Eastern instrumentation.  Haushka “Black 6”  This one is my favourite of them.  I prefer this over the electronica, I suppose, which is probably not a surprise by now.   Melodic, rich cello atop a steady drone and something else plucky-sounding coming in.  😊 Haunting and much more my style than the other ones this time.  Yar Elazar Glotman “ Orchid Sedation”  Some ambient/minimal music, this one is now my favourite of your selections.  The main sound is much like a wire strung harp (although I think it’s keyboards?) over a drone sound.  I like this VERY much!  😊


Thanks for your feedback! The instrumentation on the Glotman & Erlandsson album is indeed interesting, and there is some sound design created in post-production (but all taken from the original instruments). I am quoting from their bandcamp page: "Negative Chambers feels completely timeless in its quiet minimalism and is made up of an array of instrumentation such as gimbri, violin, karkaba, miniature cymbals, cello, harmonium, steel string acoustic guitar, zithers, transistor radio, tibetan singing bowl, amplified plate & piano frame, partly led by a slow, almost spiritual contrabass."
They call it "an imaginary, dislocated folk music for the current dark ages."

Regarding Orange Blossom, your wish is my command ;)
Since you like the singing, from the same album:

And you would probably prefer their second album on which the electro and trip-hop influences are less present. You might like Ya Sidi:

@Raff: Never heard of Wall of Voodoo, but this sure is an entertaining and captivating song. Thanks!

  Videos removed for space....Thank you, will listen to these others when I am a little more awake.  I actually looked up the Glotman & Erlandsson collaboration and did a first listen yesterday all through.  I have no idea why some minimalist music "speaks" to me and some doesn't, but this and I want to explore some more of them before I decide what I would like to purchase.  Thank you, I'm sure I never would have heard of them without this posting (and these polls of course).  Smile
Edited to add:  Yes, I love both of these, you got it right, the second one in particular.  Smile


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I've been listening to all the songs in the playlist so far. As usual, quite a few gems thereThumbs Up. Anyway, I have decided to nominate the Branduardi song, as it seems to have encountered most people's favour.
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Originally posted by Snicolette Snicolette wrote:

First impressions of the (so far) final 3rd.

Suitkees:  Kat Onoma “Magic” Dark atmospheric sounds, here.  Can’t help but think of Leonard Cohen, with the deep voice.  Sorcery at work?  Perhaps.  Again Kat Onoma, “La scie electrique”  This one definitely more electronic in feel, I like the first one by them, better, as it is warmer in feeling.  Orange  Blossom “Cheft El Khof”  Spoken voice (this time female) keys start the piece off, goes into Arabic singing?  I love the singing part, would love to hear this with deeper-sounding Middle Eastern instrumentation.  Haushka “Black 6”  This one is my favourite of them.  I prefer this over the electronica, I suppose, which is probably not a surprise by now.   Melodic, rich cello atop a steady drone and something else plucky-sounding coming in.  😊 Haunting and much more my style than the other ones this time.  Yar Elazar Glotman “ Orchid Sedation”  Some ambient/minimal music, this one is now my favourite of your selections.  The main sound is much like a wire strung harp (although I think it’s keyboards?) over a drone sound.  I like this VERY much!  😊


Thanks for your feedback! The instrumentation on the Glotman & Erlandsson album is indeed interesting, and there is some sound design created in post-production (but all taken from the original instruments). I am quoting from their bandcamp page: "Negative Chambers feels completely timeless in its quiet minimalism and is made up of an array of instrumentation such as gimbri, violin, karkaba, miniature cymbals, cello, harmonium, steel string acoustic guitar, zithers, transistor radio, tibetan singing bowl, amplified plate & piano frame, partly led by a slow, almost spiritual contrabass."
They call it "an imaginary, dislocated folk music for the current dark ages."

Regarding Orange Blossom, your wish is my command ;)
Since you like the singing, from the same album:


And you would probably prefer their second album on which the electro and trip-hop influences are less present. You might like Ya Sidi:




@Raff: Never heard of Wall of Voodoo, but this sure is an entertaining and captivating song. Thanks!



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I think one of the refreshing things about these polls is that people have felt comfortable to express their thoughts (respectfully) about the music and that with time, we're all coming to know who may (and may not) enjoy various pieces of music and songs from such a wide spectrum of artists.  

And of course, know that it may not be possible for people to comment on each one, all depends on what one is doing at the time.  I know, for me, to jot down my thoughts has helped me figure out who ends up on the short list and then, the shorter top 3 list.  No pressure, this is meant to be enjoyable, not a task.Smile
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Thanks, Nickie. I'm not sure if I'll go with the Sheller or Stringtronics. When I posted the Stringtronics one I was thinking and hoping that you would enjoy it.

I might not get a good chance to comment until voting time (and probably won't comment on all of the nominations) -- sorry I've been remiss in that way recently. I really appreciate those who are taking the time to listen to and respond to the suggestions and those who engage in conversation about the choices.

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First impressions of the (so far) final 3rd. 

George:  Special thanks for the Abstract Logic track.  Will definitely seek out the rest of it.  This was exactly the kind of thing Kofi was wanting to do at the time I met him.  And thank you for adding in the entire Middle Passage LP.  😊  Masters of Reality “She Got Me “ Mr Baker is so fun to watch.  Just slammin’ good rock here, but done so very well.  And, since it’s out of the competition, such a sweet appearance of the lovely Norah Jones.  Really a nice moment of sanity in our crazy world.

Lewian:  Laurent Pernice “Stupid Things”  Starts off with some drone and horns (mizmars or bombardes?) thunder crashes, moves into some wayback spoken vocals repeating.  Hypnotic stuff, I like the percussive something-or-others (my technical term for the marima-ish sound).    Then some jaw-harp ends it all up, with some stuff being spoken through it (or an effect like one, anyway) and some more horns braying along with the various  layers as they continue on to the end.

Raff:  Wall of Voodoo “factory 1982” I’d not heard this one, although very familiar with “Mexican Radio,” got lots of airplay on KROQ in the 80’s while I was living there.  Like their dissonant vocals over the electronic kind of clangy “factory” music.  

Suitkees:  Kat Onoma “Magic” Dark atmospheric sounds, here.  Can’t help but think of Leonard Cohen, with the deep voice.  Sorcery at work?  Perhaps.  Again Kat Onoma, “La scie electrique”  This one definitely more electronic in feel, I like the first one by them, better, as it is warmer in feeling.  Orange  Blossom “Cheft El Khof”  Spoken voice (this time female) keys start the piece off, goes into Arabic singing?  I love the singing part, would love to hear this with deeper-sounding Middle Eastern instrumentation.  Haushka “Black 6”  This one is my favourite of them.  I prefer this over the electronica, I suppose, which is probably not a surprise by now.   Melodic, rich cello atop a steady drone and something else plucky-sounding coming in.  😊 Haunting and much more my style than the other ones this time.  Yar Elazar Glotman “ Orchid Sedation”  Some ambient/minimal music, this one is now my favourite of your selections.  The main sound is much like a wire strung harp (although I think it’s keyboards?) over a drone sound.  I like this VERY much!  😊

Logan:  William Sheller “Introit” Beautiful orchestral piece with choir voices and some…….twangy guitar? I wasn’t expecting that.  😊  Stereolab “The Flower Called Nowhere” Light-spirited romp with washy sound under lilting female vocals.  Sort of ersatz 60’s feel.  Stringtronics “Dawn Mist” Begins with some spacy violin, then into a psych-y bit of bass, keys and strings.  Nice twisty melody.  This is my favourite of these from you today
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album. Find the Stereolab song less captivating, Stringtronics
on the other hand are all the more so.


Thanks for the comments. :)

I adore Lux Aeterna. I also think it would be a worthwhile addition to PA, but I don't want to go down that route again (if he had more albums really like it...). In PA I would most liked it to Jean-Claude Vannier's L'enfant assassin des mouches, which has a Serge Gainsbourg Histoire de Melody Nelson connection. I expect that will be my nomination, but maybe the Stringtronics-- I love the Mindbender album (cool library music). At first I thought of Sheller, but then I thought I might go with a loungy library music theme with Stringtronics, Vladimir Cosma, and Sven Libaek's Inner Space. That's my comfort music in a way.

By the way, I've been remiss in commenting on other choices the last couple of polls. Been very busy, and I'm procrastinating now. I did listen to all of nominated songs the last two rounds, and was sure of one in each round, but had difficulty deciding on the other two. I still haven't voted in the last two at all. I burnt myself out a bit trying to comment on all of the choices in earlier polls (very time consuming) and was not happy with my lack of anything remotely interesting or insightful to say, so thought I probably wouldn't try that anymore. Normally I listen with my phone while doing other things, but it has issues (dies quickly) and needs replacing. I wasn't planning to participate this round particularly as time is scant.

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Originally posted by TCat TCat wrote:

Nickie, if you are interested in investigating Mercury Rev as you mentioned, just keep in mind that there was a big change in their style of music.  You should be safe with everything from the album "The Deserter's Song" and after.  The albums that came before that one take a little more time to get used to as they are a bit noisy, but they are still good if you give them a chance to grow on you.  They are listed in the archives under Prog-related, by the way.

They have recorded some albums under the name "Harmony Rockets" which I haven't heard yet, so I don't know how they are, but I believe they are probably psychedelic meanderings, so I'm a bit wary of those, but couldn't say for sure yet.  My favorite albums are "Deserter's Songs", "All is Dream", "Snowflake Midnight" and "See You On the Other Side".  Here are a couple of other tracks by them if you are interested:

"Spiders and Flies"

"Godess on a Highway"
  Videos removed for space.  I will check these out, thank you.  Smile

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I'll post just another song, which maybe will be more appealing to people because it's in EnglishWink. It's my favourite track from Wall of Voodoo's Call of the West album, known by most for "Mexican Radio". This one is quite different, however. The lyrics are also outstanding:
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Nickie, if you are interested in investigating Mercury Rev as you mentioned, just keep in mind that there was a big change in their style of music.  You should be safe with everything from the album "The Deserter's Song" and after.  The albums that came before that one take a little more time to get used to as they are a bit noisy, but they are still good if you give them a chance to grow on you.  They are listed in the archives under Prog-related, by the way.

They have recorded some albums under the name "Harmony Rockets" which I haven't heard yet, so I don't know how they are, but I believe they are probably psychedelic meanderings, so I'm a bit wary of those, but couldn't say for sure yet.  My favorite albums are "Deserter's Songs", "All is Dream", "Snowflake Midnight" and "See You On the Other Side".  Here are a couple of other tracks by them if you are interested:

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Originally posted by mathman0806 mathman0806 wrote:

Originally posted by Snicolette Snicolette wrote:

George:  Three from Ginger Baker.  I had the pleasure of meeting “Beware of Mr Baker,” once.  He was on very good behaviour, thankfully.  I also worked with his very talented (and much milder mannered) son, Kofi.  Ginger Baker’s Air Force “12 Gates of the City”  Haven’t heard this in a very long time.  Reminds me a lot of Traffic.  And reminds me that I should revisit this incarnation in Ginger’s career.  Next, “Mektoub” from Middle Passage.  Really enjoyed this Middle-Eastern tinged piece.  Thirdly, with Masters of Reality, “John Brown.”  Never heard this one before, either.  Made a pretty simple song a lot more interesting with his percussive style. 

Good to hear that he was well behaved when you met him. He certainly had a reputation. His son is quite talented, but I only know of one album he did though it is one of my favorite fusion albums from the 90s with Jonas Hellborg and Shawn Lane---Abstract Logic. It's on PA listed under Jonas Hellborg, and for those of you who like that type of stuff, recommended. 

Here's one from that album. 

Video removed for space for reply.  Very much looking forward to listening to this!  At the time I met Kofi, he was working on a possible collaboration with Jack Bruce's son, Malcolm.  Both of their fathers had just finished guest spots on Bill Ward's solo album, "Along The Way," so they sought us out at the time for potential management.   Kofi is such a talented drummer as well, I guess he had a very rough relationship with his father.  I guess all that angst makes for good drumming.  Thank you for putting this here, I"m sure others will find it of interest as well.  Smile
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Second batch, after listening:

Snicolette: Mark Almond, Hank Dogs and Iron & Wine, three beautiful songs, so it’s difficult to make a choice. For now I think I prefer Hank Dogs, but they are all three very pleasant listens.

 
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Wow!  You've gotten ahead of me in the mini-reviews!  
I'm glad you found these three enjoyable.  There is something that makes them all go together for me, in terms of general feel, even though they are quite different from one another.  Love reading all the mini-reviews, it's good insight into how people come to their final selections.  Smile
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Originally posted by Snicolette Snicolette wrote:

George:  Three from Ginger Baker.  I had the pleasure of meeting “Beware of Mr Baker,” once.  He was on very good behaviour, thankfully.  I also worked with his very talented (and much milder mannered) son, Kofi.  Ginger Baker’s Air Force “12 Gates of the City”  Haven’t heard this in a very long time.  Reminds me a lot of Traffic.  And reminds me that I should revisit this incarnation in Ginger’s career.  Next, “Mektoub” from Middle Passage.  Really enjoyed this Middle-Eastern tinged piece.  Thirdly, with Masters of Reality, “John Brown.”  Never heard this one before, either.  Made a pretty simple song a lot more interesting with his percussive style. 

Good to hear that he was well behaved when you met him. He certainly had a reputation. His son is quite talented, but I only know of one album he did though it is one of my favorite fusion albums from the 90s with Jonas Hellborg and Shawn Lane---Abstract Logic. It's on PA listed under Jonas Hellborg, and for those of you who like that type of stuff, recommended. 

Here's one from that album. 

Video removed for space for reply.  Very much looking forward to listening to this!  At the time I met Kofi, he was working on a possible collaboration with Jack Bruce's son, Malcolm.  Kofi is such a talented drummer as well, I guess he had a very rough relationship with his father.  I guess all that angst makes for good drumming.  Thank you for putting this here, I"m sure others will find it of interest as well.  Smile
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Second batch, after listening:

Snicolette: Mark Almond, Hank Dogs and Iron & Wine, three beautiful songs, so it’s difficult to make a choice. For now I think I prefer Hank Dogs, but they are all three very pleasant listens.

Cristi: Hehehe… Listening to your batch of songs I can imagine why you have difficulties choosing one of them, so have I. Think I prefer Marriages (a kind of straight-forward post-rock, if that exists), or Flowing Tears (idem), or Orkid, or Kaipa (could be a title song for a film), or maybe Vanishing Kids...

Raff: Inti Illimani, another beautiful song; I love those voices and the music. I was less touched by M’anam.

Lewian: Laurent Pernice, you’re probably not surprised… that I like this one very much! Didn’t know him at all, so will start exploring a bit more of him.

Logan: Nice to see William Sheller coming up here. Lux Aeterna is a great album. Find the Stereolab song less captivating, Stringtronics on the other hand are all the more so.

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