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Points: 7908 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 10 2006 at 23:52
Originally posted by eugene eugene wrote:

Originally posted by Prog-jester Prog-jester wrote:

Another dissappointment - Little Tragedies "Return".Hope they're better on "New Faust",because "Return" is not my kind of music at all!!!
 
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Abandon all your hopes. Faust is in the same style. I mean - music in all instrumental parts is great, but when he starts singing - it sounds like from completely different band/style/genre. I wonder if it's only me or someone else also thinks that music and lyrics/vocal lines do not go together. The band is using lyrics by great Russian poet of so called "Silver Age" era (beginning of 20th century), and lyrics as poetry are great on their own, but IMO it does not suit music at all. This is one of the rare cases when you put two "great" together and get "nothing great" as the result.
 
   
I can't agree. I think music and lyrics go together quite well.
In my opinion LITTLE TRAGEDIES is the best prog band appeared in Russia in the last 20 years.
Singing style is close to traditions of Russian bards. Gennady Ilyin is not a great vocalist, but he has his own, instantly recognizable, voice. For me it is much better than countless technically good, but faceless singers.
And in case of LITTLE TRAGEDIES lyrics are important, while listening to their albums you have a lot to think about.  
 
Those who are interested can listen online (stream) their 2000 album "Porcelain Pavilion" here: http://www.russiandvd.com/store/product.asp?sku=36254. It represents the band's style well. 


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Points: 2703 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 11 2006 at 05:46
Originally posted by NotAProghead NotAProghead wrote:

Originally posted by eugene eugene wrote:

Originally posted by Prog-jester Prog-jester wrote:

Another dissappointment - Little Tragedies "Return".Hope they're better on "New Faust",because "Return" is not my kind of music at all!!!
 
LOL
 
Abandon all your hopes. Faust is in the same style. I mean - music in all instrumental parts is great, but when he starts singing - it sounds like from completely different band/style/genre. I wonder if it's only me or someone else also thinks that music and lyrics/vocal lines do not go together. The band is using lyrics by great Russian poet of so called "Silver Age" era (beginning of 20th century), and lyrics as poetry are great on their own, but IMO it does not suit music at all. This is one of the rare cases when you put two "great" together and get "nothing great" as the result.
 
   
I can't agree. I think music and lyrics go together quite well.
In my opinion LITTLE TRAGEDIES is the best prog band appeared in Russia in the last 20 years.
Singing style is close to traditions of Russian bards. Gennady Ilyin is not a great vocalist, but he has his own, instantly recognizable, voice. For me it is much better than countless technically good, but faceless singers.
And in case of LITTLE TRAGEDIES lyrics are important, while listening to their albums you have a lot to think about.  
 
 
Actually all you said above is true. I only disagree with the first line. IMO instrumental parts and vocal melodies are not matching at all. Singing style of Russian bards (which I love when sang by Russian bards) does not go together with powerful Symphonic Prog the band is playing. And on the other hand, poetry by Nikolay Gumilev does not require musical surrounding of this kind to remain important, thoughtful, beautiful and great.
 
 
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Points: 5908 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 16 2006 at 06:49
Gumilev is excellent poet,but he DOESN'T F***ING FIT HERE!!![
As a result,it sounds ridiculous to a Russian ear(IMO)
Gonna listen to EXTROVERT more precisely right now
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Points: 5908 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 28 2006 at 13:14
Just bought The Soviet Rock Encyclopedia(badly written and designed),and found there...

DO MAJOR - nice symphonic Prog with Frippique guitars(their guitarist is Fripp's League's graduator)

VISOKOSNOE LETO - legendary proto-AVTOGRAF band,mostly unknown

ASFALT - avantgarde jazz band with RIO influences

QUADRO - their keyboardist Gorsky have released recently a solo-album "The Legend about the Knight",musically close to Wakeman's solo efforts

GERDA
NEBESNOE ELEKTRICHESTVO
KULTURNIY BUNKER
MODEL
MAGNIT
RENTGENKABINET
^ - no recordings left .They all are said to be "art-rock"

CHOLBON and SERGE - Yakutian bands with Floydian attitude(plus native art influences)

NIKOLAY PARFENUK - there is said that he has released a vynil, musically close to classica; GENESIS era...I'd like to have it!!!



BTW,there are NO neither HORIZONT nor RAINY SEASON...funny book...


    

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Points: 5308 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 28 2006 at 14:32
 ^ I wanted to buy that book once, but I ended up buying something on renaissance art instead.
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Points: 5908 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 30 2006 at 07:08
Originally posted by Trickster F. Trickster F. wrote:

 ^ I wanted to buy that book once, but I ended up buying something on renaissance art instead.


I guess the book you bought is much more progressive than the one I've got
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Points: 5308 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 30 2006 at 08:39
Probably, I actually remembered about its existence after your post, and I had bought it 3 months ago. Describes me well as a reader.
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MELNITSA (www.melnitsa.net) - the leading Russian Folk-Rock band,having a cello,flute,acoustic guitars and even harp in its line-up(as well as native Russian musical instruments)!!! Can be compared to JETHRO TULL(but without any bluesy influences) and RENAISSANCE(mainly because of touching female vocals),but very original and HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!!!
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Points: 5908 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 03 2006 at 09:35
QUORUM - nice New Symphonic band.

ETERNAL WANDERERS - QUORUM's side-project,spacy neo-prog.

TREPANGA - shock-art-rock,reminding visually of Alice Cooper


All bands are in process of recording their debut albums
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Points: 5908 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 16 2006 at 09:53
Originally posted by Geck0 Geck0 wrote:


Anyone know more about these?Белый Острог (White Ostrog)


Got their stuff recently.Not exactly prog,but very interesting - a multi-genred instrumental violin/guitar duo
     
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