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Pablo_P 
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Joined: March 20 2005 Location: Poland Status: Offline Points: 1028 |
 Topic: Harmonium’s samples ... OMG!!!Posted: March 25 2006 at 06:55 |
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Did you noticed that Harmonium has vever been as popular on this forum as recently? More and more of you are talking about them... That's good of course
 BTW, The 5th season is a beautiful album  |
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belz
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Joined: February 14 2006 Location: Canada Status: Offline Points: 17 |
Posted: March 24 2006 at 18:48 |
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I started to listen to prog music with Harmonium. This is simply the best prog band ever; they got right to the heart of it and captured the essence of the 70s more than any other band.
HARMONIUM LE MEILLEUR GROUPE AU MONDE! |
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Zitro
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Joined: July 11 2005 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 1321 |
Posted: March 24 2006 at 18:43 |
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EBAY, man The "Buy it now" costs around $8-15 plus shipping while the bidding ones can end up being supercheap. The bad thing are the shipping costs. You should get their 2nd album ... also the first one is amazing. The third one is a little more complicated and I need to digest it more in order to make a review out of it. I think the 3rd one is a disappointment, even if the band is proggier than the perfection that is the 2nd album. Edited by Zitro |
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White Queen
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Joined: December 28 2005 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 218 |
Posted: March 24 2006 at 18:29 |
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BebieM
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Joined: November 01 2004 Location: Germany Status: Offline Points: 854 |
Posted: March 24 2006 at 18:03 |
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Ahh, i really need l'Heptade, but it's pretty hard to find here. Amazon.de doesn't have it
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Jimbo
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Honorary Collaborator Joined: February 28 2005 Location: Helsinki Status: Offline Points: 2818 |
Posted: March 24 2006 at 17:34 |
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chamberry
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Honorary Collaborator Joined: October 24 2005 Location: Puerto Rico Status: Offline Points: 9008 |
Posted: March 24 2006 at 17:30 |
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I'll try to find it and I'll give my comments in this thread |
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Jimbo
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Posted: March 24 2006 at 17:17 |
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All you guys who haven't heard L'Heptade, you should definitely check it out as well. It's almost as good as Si On Avait ... It's different, perhaps slightly over-long, but pretty fantastic, nevertheless.
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chamberry
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Posted: March 24 2006 at 17:05 |
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I'm with you two but in the "better than CTTE" part. I can't say what is my best album (too hard) but is definatly in the top 5 of mine. |
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Jimbo
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Posted: March 24 2006 at 16:59 |
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Agreed.  |
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Zitro
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Joined: July 11 2005 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 1321 |
Posted: March 24 2006 at 16:28 |
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MY wallet hurts but: I CAN SAY THAT SIN ON AVAIT BESOIN D" UNE 5 iEMME SAISON IS CURRENTLY MY FAVOURITE PROG ALBUM OF ALL TIMES, EVEN BEATING CLOSE TO THE EDGE! My Review is here. My English is not excellent but here is what I have to say about it: http://www.progarchives.com/Review.asp?id=72975
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Fitzcarraldo
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Honorary Collaborator Joined: April 30 2004 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 1835 |
Posted: March 16 2006 at 08:18 |
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OK, I borrowed "Si On Avait Besoin d'une 5ième Saison" from a Prog acquaintance and it is indeed excellent. He does not have "L'Heptade", but the sample from "L'Heptade" in the Archives also sounds excellent so I've ordered both CDs from Amazon Canada (the lowest prices I could find). Expensive hobby...
To keep the price down I've gone for Amazon Canada's cheapest postal rate (which looks like surface mail to me, via the old Pond) as they quote 1 to 2 weeks to ship "Si On Avait Besoin d'une 5ième Saison", 24 hours to ship "L'Heptade" and 8 to 12 weeks for "standard international shipping"! So I'll let you know my opinion of "L'Heptade" at the end of May or sometime in June! Anyway... nice to discover something I actually like, which seems to be a rare occurrence these days. (Mind you, most of the stuff I have heard in the last few years that I like turns out to have come from the 1970s.) Edited by Fitzcarraldo |
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Tony Fisher
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Joined: April 30 2005 Location: England Status: Offline Points: 967 |
Posted: March 15 2006 at 16:24 |
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You clearly haven't heard the brilliant Irish band Horslips, then. Good though Harmonium undoubtedly are, Horslips blow them away. I would also rate Gryphon, Strawbs and Mostly Autumn above them in the prog folk field. But that's probably true of most bands, actually. |
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Heptade
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Joined: May 19 2005 Location: Canada Status: Offline Points: 427 |
Posted: March 15 2006 at 15:37 |
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Harmonium rules
Especially L'Heptade! |
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The world keeps spinning, people keep sinning
And all the rest is just bullsh*t -Steve Kilbey |
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Dirk
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Joined: August 11 2005 Location: Netherlands Status: Offline Points: 1043 |
Posted: March 15 2006 at 15:24 |
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Si on Avait besoin is a great album.
I wonder how you feel listening to Histoire sans parole, a 15 minute epic which imo is even better than Depuis l'automme. |
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chamberry
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Honorary Collaborator Joined: October 24 2005 Location: Puerto Rico Status: Offline Points: 9008 |
Posted: March 15 2006 at 15:11 |
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The samples are just the sprinkles on the ice cream.
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Fitzcarraldo
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Honorary Collaborator Joined: April 30 2004 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 1835 |
Posted: March 15 2006 at 09:28 |
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The samples do sound delightful. Are the other tracks on the two albums from which the samples came as good as the samples? Or are the samples the cream on the top?
Edited by Fitzcarraldo |
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erlenst
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Joined: May 17 2005 Location: Denmark Status: Offline Points: 387 |
Posted: March 15 2006 at 07:12 |
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I bought
Today, I received L'Heptade in the mail. You can get it quite cheap on Ebay actually, I payed about 12 english pounds for the original canadian pressing in almost mint condition (The vinyl that is. The sleeve is only excellent). I have only listened to it once, but MY GOD this is exciting ! Too soon to say if it is the same masterpiece as their second album, but it is really really promising ! Amazing band. |
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Norm Cash
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Joined: June 01 2005 Location: Scotland Status: Offline Points: 280 |
Posted: March 15 2006 at 06:41 |
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I also discovered Harmonium thanks to Prog Archives. I've only just picked up the live album "En Tournee" to complete my collection. Haven't had the chance to listen to it yet, but I'm sure I won;t be disappointed Personally, I'm glad the vocals are in French. I don't speak French myself, but they still sound just right. Does that make any sense at all? Zitro, I would recommend that you also check out "Au-dela des ombres" by Ere G (See their entry on this site). The track "Infantes" is just wonderful. Another fine example of Quebecois Prog-Folk! |
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video vertigo
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Joined: September 17 2004 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 1930 |
Posted: March 14 2006 at 23:45 |
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I read a topic last week where harmonium was mentioned, and I listened to the samples and felt exactly the same. I hunted down a copy on the internet for $8 and its en route, I really can't wait.
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