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I would like to recommend following little known band - Les Projectionnistes. They are mixing jazz-rock with avant-garde elements. The only their album I have "Copie Zero" is a superb listen and a must for RIO/avant/Jazz-rock lovers.
 
Following is taken from their web-site projectionnistes.com. There are also some samples available on web-site.
 
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In the musical vignettes of Les Projectionnistes you will hear many divergent strains : love of brass bands and film soundtracks (noir atmospheres and frenetic chase scenes included), but also modal jazz, Raymond Scott-styled eccentric cartoonishness, scorching Hendrixian guitar rock, avant-garde textures, tight funk horn riffing, some Hammond B3 flavors, a Latin tinge, and maybe even a bit of punk for good measure. But Projectionnistes music is no random pastiche of sounds thrown together willy-nilly; the band merge all of the aforementioned influences and more together into a unique and singular sound, one that seems utterly familiar because you have heard these stylistic antecedents before, but never combined together in quite the same way. Ear-catching melodies, clever arrangements, monster grooves, killer chops, sensitivity, and subtlety are all part of the puzzle, yet all fit together seamlessly, such that the lines between the puzzle pieces disappear from view.

With Claude St-Jean at the helm, who is also the musical director of the brass band L’Orkestre des Pas Perdus, the musicians that make up Les Projectionnistes come from diverse backgrounds. They have worked in Montreal’s jazz, rock and “musique actuelle” scenes : Bernard Falaise on electric guitar, Pierre Labbé on tenor saxophone, Roberto Murray on alto saxophone, Tommy Babin on acoustic bass and Rémi Leclerc on drums. They are known to choose in their repertoire from their two CD release, Vue (2005) and Copie zéro (1999).

 

Formed in 1996, the group is also noted for its performances of improvised music accompanying classical surrealist films. They have left powder marks of their performances at the Montreal Inter-national Jazz Festival , at the Vancouver Jazz Festival and at Ottawa Jazz Festival, at AMG EdgeFest in Ann Arbor U.S.A., the Rencontres de musique actuelle at Usine C, at Quai des Brumes in Montreal, at the Toronto Downtown Jazz Festival and the Soirées des Musiques Fraîches in Québec City and in St-Malo, France.

This is projection without film, a volatile mix of raw energy, stimulating, bracing and best seen and heard in the dark.

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This is one great band! Enjoy!



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Bodkin:
Bill Anderson (bs)
Zeik Hume (voc)
Mick Riddel (gt))
Doug Rome (keyb)
Dick Sneddon (drums)

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Bodkin (LP West CSA 104. 1972; CD World Wide - SPM Int. W&W001, 1991)
(Three Days After Death (Part 1) [9:28] / Three Days After Death (Part 2) [7:09] / Aunt Mary's Trashcan [10:48] / Aftur Yur Lumber [5:12] / Plastic Man [5:59])

I recommend forgotten Scottish band BODKIN - album Bodkin to followers of original seventies prog rock and all of us who like "oscillate sound of authentic Hammond organ.HeartThumbs UpClap

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Anyone who is a fan of latter day Porcupine Tree but who has not heard their earlier albums here's what I recommend:
 
1. The Sky Moves Sideways (1995): Absolutly perfect mix of spacey, electronically-manipulated ambience and spacy jams. Beautiful music, but at times unsettling!
 
2. Up the Downstair (1993): Similar to The Sky Moves Sideways, but with more simple poppy songs (with the same tinge of electronics).
 
3. Metanoia (1998): Mostly improvised, with a dominantly subdued yet unsettling mood and several "freak-out" passages.
 
4. Signify (1997): A slightly weaker and a bit darker complement to The Sky Moves Sideways.
 
5. Voyage 34: The Complete Trip (1992): An album recorded trying to achive the experience of a bad acid trip that tears apart a user's psyche!
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Just though I would show everybody the little play is have going for today. I think most people will not have heard of these so hopefully this is going to be helpful.


BRAST BURN - Debon



Track listing:

1. Debon Part 1 (23.28)
2. Debon Part 2 (22.28)


KARUNA KHYAL - Alomoni 1985



1. side a 24'32
2. side b 22'30

There is very little know about this Japanese band, other than they think this the same band under different name. No line up is know.

This is a website with a little bit of information, review and other such things.
http://www.stalk.net/paradigm/pd0708.html




THE DECAYES - Not Yet (1980)



1. shoot 'em in the head 4'33
2. my house in iran 2'19
3. right now 3'00
4. we just want money 4'00
5. i'm not a clown 1'39
6. only fourteen 4'45
7. look at that man 3'31
8. coffee 2'42
9. what a drag 3'59
10. no good 4'00
11. all my friends are trees 4'27

And interesting Avant-garde electronic band from the USA who produced four albums in the late '70s and early '80s.


förklädd gud - jazz i sverige 77




1. suite birth 26'40
2. davis' cup 3'37
3. fläsklägg 6'31
4. ditt rosa kranium 5'16
5. hopplös flamenco 7'30
6. after ours 1'07

A fantastic Jazz improved/Avant-garde album from Sweden. In someways reminds me of the band Smegma, which will get a turn next.



Iskra - Allemansrätt (ett minne för livet 1977)



1. den ensamme cyklisten 5'58
2. klirr - tolv man i skogen 6'54
3. vedkraft 4'43
4. grodsymfonin 5'15
5. en syl i vädret 4'19
6. till katarina blum 7'04
7. gula flöjten 4'27
8. halte kameraden 3'35

Yet another Swedish Avant-garde group



Smegma - Glamour Girl 1941



1. difference 3'50
2. 1980 a.r. (after radiation)
3. prowing nose
4. die wo-wo 14'00
5. i am not artist 6'01
6. ladies nite at the ortho lounge 3'55
7. half a billion 7'38

These guys have just been passed by the RIO/avant prog team. A must for anybody who is into Avant-garde music.

I Voag - The Way Out



1. front door
2. hall
3. kitchen
4. toilet
5. living room
6. bedroom
7. the way out
8. the lengthy pause
9. franco's prayer
10. the raw end (of the tits, bum & challenge deal)
11. boxing and sparing (with the third dimension)
12. the goalkeepers fear of the piss-up
13. planning-budgeting-shopping
14. helping the police with their enquiries
15. your own hair - your own chance
16. el cada dia del gente comun
17. the tuned knife and fork toned down to a light lunch
18. the monumental

Side project of one of the members of the Homosexuals. Sited as "bedroom psych, sound collage, and avant noise" Also availble from ReR records.


If anybody is interested more in some of these bands just get in contact with me, or if you do a little bit of googling I think you will find what you are looking for Wink
 
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^^^
Besides Smegma which I have, I don't know anything from there. You got me really curious now. I love those unknown/underground albums and groups, especially when their sound invloves the word Avantgarde... LOL
 
 
 
 
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Regarding förklädd gud - jazz i sverige, I found some things in the following places:
 
 
 
It's too bad I don't know Sverige since most info is naturally in that language.
 
 
 


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I think if you look through that insects and individual site you might find some things that interest you. That is where I found out about all those artist I stated above.

Well I have to say after all that Avant-garde, my head is throbbing and my sanity has been thrown out the window LOL But it was a great day.

Also I have suggested that Brast Burn should be add on the site (I started a thread in the suggestion section). Karuna Khyal's album is in the archives and they are the same band under different names, with a very similar sound. I like to think almost like Japanese Kraut Rock
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Too much Avantgarde can damage your brain LOL
 
I'd like to recommend now a French musician called Alain Markusfeld - http://www.progarchives.com/Progressive_rock_discography_BAND.asp?band_id=2482
 
 
His discography here in PA is incomplete. I will file a complaint to the Discographies Editor for not doing his job. Wait a minute... that's me... Well I'll slap myself later and I will add the missing albums this week.
 
Now this artist makes beautiful ethereal music, spacey in nature with some relaxing and soothing voices (both male and female). Somewhat psychedelic at times. They actually sound stoned.  
I have the 2 albums listed here on PA:
Both are similar in sound and make a nice and relaxing listen for when the Avantgarde has driven you over the edge. But the 2nd one, Le Son... shows a progression from the first in sound quality and in complexity. As Oliverstoned notes in his review of the album it features two known musicians: Joכl Dugrenot on bass (Clearlight, Delired cameleon family, Zao) and Laurent Thibault (Magma).
He has apparentely evolved with the following albums, as the bio here says.
Not a mindblowing album, but I think this is some very nice music to discover and listen to in addition to all the stuff you already know.
Here are the two only reviews on those albums by Oliverstoned:
 
I think this would be a nice addition to someone who is interested in knowing more of the French prog scene and likes space/psychedelkic prog.
 
 
EDIT: I just wanted to update that I added the missing albums by Markusfeld
EDIT 2: I wrote a review about Le Monde En Etages - http://www.progarchives.com/Review.asp?id=82431


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everyone on this site should listen to 'maiden's milk' by the meat puppets
and if you like that, get their album 'up on the sun'
 
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Album out later this month (18th?)
 
GREAT STUFF from where else? The UK
 
 
 



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I would like the make the recommendation of a Progressive Folk band I have only rescently discovered.

CARNASCIALIA - s/t



Side 1
1. Canzone Numero Uno (c'è chi batte i denti, chi prende il ritmo eci balla sopra) (5:57)
2. Fiocchi di neve e Bruscolini (3:03)
3. Almeisan (9:39)
Side 2
1. Kaitain (6:57)
2. Cruzeiro do Sul (5:41)
3. Gamela (6:59)

Total Time: 38:16
Line-up

- Pasquale Minieri / guitar, bass, vocals
- Giorgio Vivaldi / percussion, flute
- Carlo Siliotto / violin
- Demetrio Stratos / vocals
- Clara Murtas / vocals
- Nunzia Tambara / vocals
- Piero Brega / vocals
- Luciano Francisci / accordion
- Tommaso Vittorini / saxophone
- Maurizio Giammarco / saxophone
- Mauro Pagani / violin, mandolin
- Danilo Rea / piano
- Marcello Vento / drums
- Pablo Romero / tin whistle


Their biography on the site:

CARNASCIALIA was an Italian folk prog project that was founded from the ashes of CANZONIERE DEL LAZIO in the late seventies. The founders Pasquale Minieri and Giorgio Vivaldi as well as Carlo Siliotto were all previously members of that group. CARNASCIALIA released only one album. In this album the group consisted of Pasquale Minieri (guitar, bass, vocals), Giorgio Vivaldi (percussion, flute), Carlo Siliotto (violin), Demetrio Stratos (vocals), Clara Murtas (vocals), Nunzia Tambara (vocals), Piero Brega (vocals), Luciano Francisci (accordion), Tommaso Vittorini (sax), Maurizio Giammarco (sax), Mauro Pagani (violin, mandolin), Danilo Rea (piano), Marcello Vento (drums) and Pablo Romero (tin whistle). The most famous members for progressive music fans were obviously Demetrio Stratos of AREA and Mauro Pagani of PREMIATA FORNERIA MARCONI fame.

The only album was released in 1979 and it carries the group’s name. The music in this album can be considered avant prog folk. It is hard to compare this group to the other groups of the seventies Italian scene but it is somewhat similar at least to some works of CLAUDIO ROCCHI. The music is not similar to the symphonic groups of the Italian scene, which were the most famous ones, but the music is nevertheless very good and should please fans of prog folk.

CARNASCIALIA was an interesting group in the avant prog folk scene. Recommended!

: : : Markus Mattsson, Finland : : :

Here is a link to a review by Trouserpress on this site:

www.progarchives.com/Progressive_rock_discography_CD.asp?cd_id=7671

Another related link

www.italianprog.com/a_carnascialia.htm
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I would like to recommend Randone's last album "Hybla Act 1" - released in 2005
 
 
On that site you can listen to many samples of the album.
 
 
The opus is about the millenary history of the city of Ragusa, the ancient Hybla, passing through wars of ancient times, medieval age and baroque period.
 
Great concept album for a continuous track divided on cd in 25 songs. Excellent and varied arrangements, vocals provided also by a baritone.
 
This is a real gem, a BAROCK OPERA, as it's said in the liner notes.
 
Line-up

- Nicola Randone: vocal, 12 string guitar, digital piano, arturia moog, NI B4 and orchestral samples
- Riccardo Cascone: drums and percussions
- Marco Crispi: lead guitar
- Livio Rabito: bass, vocal and background vocal


Special Guests

- Beppe Crovella: moog, mellotron, wurlitzer
- Graziano Raniolo: sax
- Carmelo Corrado Caruso: baritone vocal
- Lautaro Acosta: violin
- Bianca La Rosa: female voice
- Elena Infantino: background female voice
- Franco Cilia: narrow voice
 
Track Listing: 1.)- Preludio (Hybla) 14.)-Giovanni Chiaramonte
  2.)- Guardia alle mura 15.)- Giovinastro e Lucsia
  3.)- Guerra agli invasori 16.)-Simone Chiaramonte
  4.)-La resa 17.)-La solitudine di Venezia
  5.)- Le invasioni 18.)-La fine dei Chiaramonte
  6.)-La regina di Cipro 19.)-Rimpianti
  7.)- Infuria la battaglia 20.)-Bernardo Cabrera
  8.)-Enrico VI e la corona di ferro 21.)- Cospirazione contro i Giudei
  9.)-Veglia funebre per il Conte Guglielmo 22.)-La caccia
  10.)-La principessa triste 23.)-Gian Battista Odierna
  11.)-Manfredi Chiaramonte 24.)-Il terremoto
  12.)-Ballata in onore del conte 25.)-Epilogo (crevit Ragusia Hyblae ruinis)
  13.)-Un genitore afflitto
 
 


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Intención -- album cover
 
Reviure -- album cover
 
some might say the best band from Spain in the 70's!Sleepy


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Originally posted by DallasBryan DallasBryan wrote:

Intención -- album cover
 
Reviure -- album cover
 
some might say the best band from Spain in the 70's!Sleepy


that looks.... interesting... I'll..err... check it out hahahha
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Paradoxe -- album cover
 
Spacecraft - Paradoxe
 
Sons Optique -- album cover
 
Francois Breant - Sons Optiques
 
Visions Of Dune -- album cover
 
ZED - Visions of Dune
 
Adonia -- album cover
 
Ose - Adonia
 
 
if you like the best from Lard Free, Clearlight, JM Jarre and Heldon you might find these rather interesting!Cool
 
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Riccardo Zappa's Celestion(Andrea Cortese post) is also a very good suggestion..........


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Originally posted by DallasBryan DallasBryan wrote:

Paradoxe -- album cover
 
Spacecraft - Paradoxe
 
Sons Optique -- album cover
 
Francois Breant - Sons Optiques
 
Visions Of Dune -- album cover
 
ZED - Visions of Dune
 
Adonia -- album cover
 
Ose - Adonia
 
 
if you like the best from Lard Free, Clearlight, JM Jarre and Heldon you might find these rather interesting!Cool
 
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Riccardo Zappa's Celestion is also a very good suggestion..........


oh that one is Riccardo Zappa... I coudn't tell by the cover..  great recommendations DB... I'm not sure if I can find those though....
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Vättarnas fest -- album cover
 
Grovjobb - Vatternas fest
REAL PROG from Sweden in 1999!Approve
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try Greg Walker(NV) or Doug Larson(NJ) Imports CHEAP! CHEAP!

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try Greg Walker(NV) or Doug Larson(NJ) Imports


haha.. just messin' with you DB... I was diggin the cover art... I haven't used Doug Larson.. but highly recommend Greg Walker... my last order came from some place in Maryland.. great prices good selection...quick service.. will try my next order there again... already spoken for though...more Japanese symphonic...Heart
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MATERIAL

MEMORY SERVES

  1/  Memory Serves                              (Laswell,Beinhorn)            5.08
  2/  Disappearing                               (Dara,Sharrock,BL,MB,Maher)   7.11
  3/  Upriver                                    (Bang,Laswell,MB,Maher)       5.25
  4/  Metal Test                                 (Frith,Laswell,MB,Maher)      4.30
  5/  Conform To the Rhythm                      (Laswell,Beinhorn,Frith)      4.30
  6/  Unauthorized                               (Sharrock,Laswell,Maher)      3.50
  7/  Square Dance                               (Frith,Laswell,Maher)         4.29
  8/  Silent Land                                (Lewis,Laswell,Beinhorn)      3.48
  9/  For A Few Dollars More                     (Morricone)                   4.22

          Recorded at OAO Studio, Brooklyn, New York
          Track 10 recorded at Radio City and Green Street Studios
          Engineered by Martin Bisi
          Mixed at Sorceror Sound, NYC by Martin Bisi, Michael Beinhorn, Bill Laswell
            and Fred Frith
          Produced by Material with Martin Bisi
          Track 10 produced by Material
Bill Laswell : 4, 6 and 8 String bass; Sonny Sharrock (1,2,3,4,5,6) : guitar; Fred Frith (1,4,5,7) : guitar, violin, xylophone; Henry Threadgill (2,6,7) : alto saxophone; George Lewis (1,7,8) : trombone; Henry Kaiser (9) : guitar; Olu Dara (2,3) : cornet; Billy Bang (3,6) : violin; Robert Musso (9) : guitar; Grand Mixer D.S.T. (9) : turntable; Daniel Ponce (9) : percussion; Anton Fier (9) : drums; Charles K. Noyes (1,8) : drums, percussion, bells; Fred Maher (1,2,3,4, 5,6,7) : drums, guitar, percussion; Michael Beinhorn : synthesizers, tapes, radio, guitar, drums, voice. 

          1981  -  Celluloid/Vogue,  529812  (Vinyl)
          198?  -  Celluloid/Island (UK),  ILPS 9693  (vinyl)
          1982  -  Musician/Elektra,  EI  60042  (Vinyl)
          19??  -  Celluloid (USA),  CEL. N.Y.  5508  (CD)
          1992  -  Metronome/Restless,  7 72653-2  (CD)
          1992  -  MauMau,  MAUCD  623  (CD)
Note : Only the Metronome/Restless and MauMau versions contain track 9.

REVIEWS :

Material was a prolific band in the early '80s, and if you had to pick just one of the many EPs and LPs that came out around this time, this is the one to take. First of all, just check out the personnel -- it's a who's who of the downtown avant-party set: Bill Laswell and Michael Beinhorn, of course, aided and abetted by the likes of Fred Frith, Sonny Sharrock, Henry Kaiser (and those are just the guitarists), violinist Billy Bang, drummer Anton Fier, and too many more to mention. The sound is consistently challenging yet just as consistently rewarding; Laswell's bass is front-and-center most of the time, churning out funky and angular lines that provide a solid foundation for more outre sounds like Frith's prepared guitar and George Lewis's splayed trombone on "Memory Serves" and the scratchy violin and edgy seven-beat melody of "Metal Test." "Conform to the Rhythm" indulges Beinhorn's singing at its tuneless, Orwellian worst, but there's far more to recommend than to criticize on this album. Strongly recommended.

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