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

ALotOfBottle wrote: Get better, Michael! I really like that Cluster II album. It's probably because I really enjoy the sound of combo organ, especially in ambient music (that's why I like Klaus Schulze's tones so much). Tom, enjoy that Guru Guru album! Their first three are excellent albums!

Cluster are great - even into the 80's.
Yeah, big Guru Guru fanboy here - have stacks of their LP's. I even love the 'rockin' 4th s/t album. That RnR medley is so much fun !! Mani is one of my favourite drummers.

Edited by Tom Ozric - August 05 2016 at 00:00

Magnum Vaeltaja wrote: Aaayyyyyyyyy! Always glad to see some love for that album.  After dozens and dozens of listens I always manage to find something new to appreciate whenever I put it on.  Get hyped, because apparently Bubu is set to have a new full length album out within the next year, and check out their EP Replandor if you haven't; not quite as perfect as Anabelas, but still excellent!

It's outstanding! I can't wait for their new album! I am yet to check out their EP, though! But writing about Bubu, I knew you would show up. Really, such a great band. I liked it for the very same reason Henry Cow's debut is one of my favorites of all time. If you don't know it, check it out! You might just like it!

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ALotOfBottle wrote: Bubu - Anabelas. Wow... WOW... WOOOW! This is what I love about prog (and what Michael said yestarday) - new discoveries always seem to pop up! This album is so incredible. It has the proportion of influences that I love! It definitely has that Avant-Rock/Canterbury influence of the Softs, Henry Cow, maybe even Magma at times, but there is also that typical prog rock thing going on right there, very much in the vein of King Crimson or Gentle Giant. The arrangements and performance are sheer perfection!

Bubu - Anabelas. Wow... WOW... WOOOW! This is what I love about prog (and what Michael said yestarday) - new discoveries always seem to pop up! This album is so incredible. It has the proportion of influences that I love! It definitely has that Avant-Rock/Canterbury influence of the Softs, Henry Cow, maybe even Magma at times, but there is also that typical prog rock thing going on right there, very much in the vein of King Crimson or Gentle Giant. The arrangements and performance are sheer perfection!
Peter Frohmader/Nekropolis - The Awakening. Nekropolis Live '79. Another phenomenal listen! I really, really enjoyed Frohmader's solo debut, which I've expressed in my review a few days ago, but the way he plays with his band live is outstanding. There is a strong jazz influence, but the dark ambient post-krautrock quality is still in the foreground. Excellent!
Zanov - Moebius 256 301. I really liked Zanov's debut. This one, in my opinion, seems to put more emphasis on the melody and the sound being friendly. I feel, however, that in the process a bit of those atmospherics were lost. However, it's still a very good album. Does not really stand out for me, but it's very enjoyable.
Zao - Z=7L. This was my fist Zao album. It very much resembles Magma from the 1000 Centigrades era, for me. Jazz-rock is a primary influence, but there is no Kobaian heaviness here. However, there are beautiful, feminine vocals. This is much easier listening than Magma, but no less rewarding. Great!
Setna - Guerison. The kingdom of Fender Rhodes, huh? Setna are probably one of hte best modern zeuhl bands. Their awesome fusion of zeuhl and Gilgamesh-like Canterbury sound just simply does it for me! The vocals do sound a bit like Michael Jackson, but only at times. And the electric piano is a prominent instrument here, which is something I always like.
Heldon - Un Reve Sans Consequence Speciale. I had only been introduced to Heldon's second album until I listened to this one today. It's definitely very different, but on both of these, Heldon seem to have a very distinctive sound. I really like the combination of a synth, a guitar, and drums and the balance between their parts. They have some great moments on this one!

This was my day. Man, that Bubu is good! And Nekropolis too!

^ I heard it this morning, it's indeed very gentle. I don't like the bombast of these albums you mentioned as much as their calmer parts, so I thought it was really good.

Brian Eno - Here Come The Warm Jets

Not good Michael.
On the other hand, I've had a good run of listening this eve :
BANCO DMS - Banco
BERNARD PAGANOTTI - Paga
FRUUPP - Seven Secrets
ELEPAHANT9 - Walk The Nile
and currently on GURU GURU - Hinten

Put it this way, Sam. If you decide you have a craving for brussel sprouts, and for some reason you were lazy and bought a pre-packaged pack of them instead of picking them fresh like you usually do, and then when you decide days later you actually want them, notice that the `best before' date is two days out, and you can tell that they don't exactly look the best anymore, but you decide to cook and eat them anyway - DON'T!

Yep, the new Roach has a long track in the middle, and it initially said that the digital download version of that particular track will run 74 minutes, and now two days later after the announcement, seems like they're going to do two different CD releases, kind of like that `The Delicate Forever/Delicate Beyond' twin releases.

I'll admit, I wasn't able to concentrate on the second Cluster album much, I was too busy clutching my stomach trying to get home before the twisting pain in my guts (as Roger Waters would say on `The Wall') `fills me with the urge to defecate'!

Edited by Aussie-Byrd-Brother - August 04 2016 at 04:08

I'm sure you'll dig it, Sam.

I sadly have been away from work with a kind of food poisoning, so all I have to offer is what I listened to on the way home from work last night:

Steve Roach - Shadow of Time/This Place to Be

and the first 20 minutes of `Cluster 2' this morning, before I pulled over in the car feeling my stomach churning and thinking `Nope, not risking this!' and drove back home!

Edited by Aussie-Byrd-Brother - August 04 2016 at 03:46