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Just ficking through some of the RIO/avant-garde bands.

One band that has caught my interests was:

AKINETÓN RETARD: they have some very good high reviews, and have nothing but praise from Cesar Inca (César Inca Mendoza Loyola). From reading this they seem right down my alley.

I was wondering which album people would suggest starting with?
    

Thanks for that... I have been looking at my local CD stores and it appears their s/t albums is the only one they stock in. So it makes the choice a little easier for the moment

In the biography they are likened to John Zorn's Naked City. How correct do you find this to be?
      

OK, here is what I'm down to for my next purchase (that are RIO/Avant Garde, or still along more experimental lines):

Black Velvet wrote: That is a very nice list . Of those these are the one I would suggest: Ahvak - s/t Deus ex Machina - Cinque Far Corner - s/t Thinking Plague - In Extremis I'm not sure what Miriodors' new album sounds like, but if it is anything like 'Jongleries Elastiques' I would be tempted to put that on the list as well! Just wondering who are Krakatoa? never heard of them. Hope this helps

I ordered 5 Suns after hearing praises on this site comparing it to Crimson's Red & Univers Zero, and found that while it goes stylistically in this direction, it's a lot of bluster with few compositional chops to back it up...rather tedious ostinatos that go on and on, with little to say musically. I got the feeling they're pretty young, so maybe they'll develop into something good, but the comparisons are way premature.

You got me very curious on Krakatoa. I have to find it now!

Just another little question about Krakatoa. I went to their site to be delighted to find a few songs to download from their lastest album..We Are the Rowboats along with Togetherness. I found great joy in the two tracks off Togetherness, but tended to feel rather bored while listen to the tracks off their new album.

I'm just wondering if anybody else felt this, to me they just felt like they were going through the motions, there seemed to be something missing. I think I will have to have a little more of a listen. I'm sure it is one of those bands that grow on you.

Looks like I am going to be finding myself some "This Heat" as well!

After reading Cesar Inca's thread about Bubu not being symphonic but more leaning to a RIO sounding band (and still maintaing some hallmarks of symphonic genre, thus making them art rock), I went back to the album and re-listened to it thoroughly.
First of all, it is a brilliant album and I was thinking what a shame it was that this is the only album they released (it was a rather large band). Second, Coming from Argentina and recording this in 1978 must have put this album in recluse from the rest of the world. Perhapse in other circumstances they would have been part of the original RIO movement and even appeared in the RIO original festical in March 12, 1978 .
Third, I am convinced this is not pure symphonic prog and I am also that this has RIO sounds and elements in it, but the mixing of styles make it not quite a full RIO/Avant style album, althuogh it is strongly linked to it. It is RIO/Avant-Related
What do you think?

Another thing, what do you think of the band Fulano?
Here is their bio from this site:
Considered the top Chilean fusion jazz-rock band. Their compositions range from an experimental pop-rock to acid jazz with an avant-garde background. A complex top-notch rock style featuring female vocals.
Now I have their album Vivo. And while it is a fusion album, it has an avant-prog quirkiness to it and therefore this may appeal to many Avant-prog fans. I know I enjoy this album.

Black Velvet wrote: Just another little question about Krakatoa. I went to their site to be delighted to find a few songs to download from their lastest album..We Are the Rowboats along with Togetherness. I found great joy in the two tracks off Togetherness, but tended to feel rather bored while listen to the tracks off their new album. I'm just wondering if anybody else felt this, to me they just felt like they were going through the motions, there seemed to be something missing. I think I will have to have a little more of a listen. I'm sure it is one of those bands that grow on you.

Edited by Moatilliatta - June 12 2006 at 19:33

For RIO you have to start with Henry Cow. Henry Cow is an excellent example of both complicated and practical music. Unrest and In Praise Of Learning are excellent albums.