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I would like to bring to the attention to the Mexican RIO band called Decibel. For what I can see they are not the site but from what I have read they were one of the bands to join the moment.

Here is a little bit of information aboout the band, all four of their albums are available from:

www.forcedexposure.com

"A Chamber/Experimental/RIO & Progressive rock band from Mexico. The band started in 1974 as a trio and then they became a sextet. The band were influenced by European acts like Magma, Faust, Henry Cow and also by Avant-Garde composers like Pierre Henry, Kagel, Stockhausen. In 1978 they recorded their masterpiece 'El Poeta Del Ruido' which is considered by many as a Masterpiece. They evolved then into Nazca and only in the 90's formed back. The box set features a 28 pages booklet in a thick carton box with three CD's (Each more then 74 minutes). CD #1 is made from the 70's and featured for the 1st time the complete unedited 'El Poeta Del Ruido', Unreleased UNAM sessions which one of them was on the ReR sampler and never on CD plus the 1st RIO Festival live performance. CD #2 features the 90's material including the bands favorite improvised album Furtuna Virilis and other unreleased material. CD #3 is a new live performance of new material never on CD and with great interest plus 30 minutes if Archives from the 1977-1978."

Also if people are interested you are able to have a bit of a listen to there acclaimed album "el Poeta del Ruido" on this site. You have to scroll down a little to find it.

voltagecontrolledtechnicolor.blogspot.com/

Root Pepper wrote: eugene wrote: Root Pepper wrote: I am a HUGE HUGE HUGE Zorn fan. I could talk endlessly about him, and there's endless places to begin. If I can assist about Zorn in any way, I'd love too.   Ok then, maybe it's wrong to ask "HUGE HUGE HUGE Zorn fan", but what is your opinion about his Duo with Fred Frith, which I was talking about above. To me it sounds like guys taking a "micky" - I mean there is no music there and it sounds like a joke or something.      I think it's a REALLY awful idea to buy Zorn recordings on a whim. They cover every angle. I learned too that you never really just see a Zorn album in the store, form a preconcept of what it will be, and then buy it. If you're going to get some Zorn without knowing what it'll be beforehand, don't allow other musical ideas to get in your head. I don't own this recording myself because it's far too noisy for my liking, but I don't think it's any less of an album. It's a 100% improvised show Frith and Zorn did, and it's quite an interesting recording - just not worth enough repeated listens to own. For future reference, definitely sample Zorn recordings on amazon.com or something of the like before buying. His 50th ann. series vary all over the place, much of which are improvised noise like shows. Some crash and burn, but others, such as Hemophiliac or Painkiller (vol.s 6 an 12), shine brilliantly. This post is a little rushed (I have to be somewhere very soon!) but I hope it answers your question! I wanted to get back to you as quickly as possible.

Black Velvet wrote: In light of DallasBryan's recommendation of Material I thought this link could be of some interest. Material

They are on the RIO-team's voting chart.

Black Velvet wrote: Thank you, Joren for going into such indepth detail about all the works you own. I did find the time to read it, being a big John Zorn fan. I only have 5 of his albums, most of which I enjoy immensely (even if I have give some of them quite low ratings on here), but that being said his stuff is not for everybody. Try giving Pool some more time, his game pieces are really something that take a lot of time and dedication to appreciate fully. They are unknown territory in contemporary music. I own Cobra which is his third game piece if I remember correctly. I think it took me a good two years to get into this album now even though I enjoy it greatly it is not one of those albums you would put into the player for days on end. I have done a review for this album and in hidesight am probably lucky to make it out the other side with my sanity. When reviewing it I listen to the album on repeat for a whole day which I would not recommend anybody test out for themselves. Other than this Game piece I have a few albums which seem to tend towards the Art Rock side of things. These being "The Big Gun Down" and the seconded in the 'Romance series', which are both very commendable albums. This is a very good guide to John Zorns material and has from what I have seen he has done a lot of experimental works with the ideals of pushing the boundries of instrumental technical and these are not the place to start with his works. It seems we have a few John Zorn fanatics around here, so if you put all our information together we may be able to come up with a very complete ideal of all the works he has done over the years. I must wish you luck with your holiday task, it seems like you have a busy time ahead of you. If there very comes time when you need some help I'm sure there are many people on this thread who are will to give a helping hand.

I'll keep on trying witht the game pieces, I'll keep on trying. I will read your reviews as well; it should be interesting to read about another "fan"'s view on things.

How are enjoying Mister Greem, Joren?

Oh you need to listen to Mister Green more.  I prefer Skymind also (but it's a close call), but Mister Green is very rewarding.

Both albums are around 4.5 or so for me.  I find the opening track on Skymind drags on a bit too long, but apart from that, there aren't any real problems.

It's more progressive than many albums in my collection and possibly more progressive than many RIO/Avant-Prog albums too.

And I wouldn't really compare it to KC's LTiA!

Off topic for a second. We talked abuot Jewlia Eisenberg and Charming Hostess before and it appears she will perform here at the end of July with local musicians. The problem is I don't really know what to expect. It's not too expensve either (13-15$). But from what I heard by Charming Hostess, I am not convinced I shuold go. Plus, I am not sure my wife will go with me. She will perform in Belgium afterwards.

You can go back to Taal and the rest.

How about those atonalities, eh?

Geck0 wrote: Assaf, defend me about Taal in the Taal thread! Well, if she's with other musicians, she may not be that bad... can it really hurt?  You may miss out on something excellent, or you may witness something awful.  Take your pick!

I have seem there has been a little arguements in the Taal thread. But i Don't think I am going to be of much help

Assaf, with the concert, it's really is not that much. But for me I'm not really much of a concert goer if it is not a band that I love. If I think it is going to be risky I would prefer to spend the money on a new CD. But I guess the decision is up to you if it was me personally I would not bother going (to put it bluntly). Also I think I am the same with the Charming Hostess, listed to it a few times now and it really isnot doing much for me, though better than their later works.

To go off topic for a moment...

Adam, have you checked out Scott Walker's latest album?  I think this is rather minimalistic with it's sound and you may appreciate it.  Having said that, you may hate it!

Geck0 wrote: To go off topic for a moment...Adam, have you checked out Scott Walker's latest album?  I think this is rather minimalistic with it's sound and you may appreciate it.  Having said that, you may hate it!

That name just went straight over my head. I cannot say I have have never heard of him before. Could you tell me a little about him? Minimalistic sounds good!

don't fear, even if I don't like him I will give reasoning to it. I not one to say things without backing.