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avestin
Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: September 18 2005 Status: Offline Points: 12625 |
Posted: September 14 2006 at 20:10 |
I knew you were going to do that again... You stupefy me with your amazing collection and knowledge.
Ok, I only know Lightning Bolt (thanks to you), Black Dice (I like noise), Wolf Eyes (which I still have trouble as whether or not to include them here), Venetian Snares (also heard good things about them), Henry Cowell (obviously) and I heard of Black Flag and Tosca Tango Orchestra but not them.
Of your list the band that most interests me is Borbetomagus. Your short description is enough to get me going, and with that webstore link you send me earlier, I am in danger of becoming reckless with funds now...
Hope your web connection resumes normal state fast.
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Apsalar
Forum Senior Member Joined: June 06 2006 Location: gansu Status: Offline Points: 2888 |
Posted: September 14 2006 at 20:37 |
Yes, Wolf Eyes is difficult. Out of the two albums I have their lastest offering is definately the more proggy of the two, but I don't think fully prog. The big thing for me is whether this music is rock or not? It does have tendancies to lean this way, but I don't think enough. So for me at the moment it would be between prog-related and not at all. I think it would open up too many boundries, though I do think the band 'Nord' d a better job at this style, bring in longer compositions into the equation. I'm really wishing I went to see Wolf Eyes when they were in Australia. I was talking to a person how works in one of the second hand store in Sydney and he said seeing them live really showed what the band was about. I think this would have helped me to understand the bands ideas a little clearer.
Yes, if I had a credit card I would definately be spending a lot of money at that store I showed you. Just to let you know, I don't know if you have found their Cerberus Shoal stock yet You should be able to read a little on the site about Borbetomagus. They are a hard listen, sent my sister running out of my room last night . But give them a chance and they will grow on you.
I will get back more about some of the bands I listed later. I hope this internet connection will work stably again soon *fingers crossed*
p.s. Listening to U Totem at the moment, doesn't sound too bad for a first listen. Only have a few songs, but they seem quite good.
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VanderGraafKommandöh
Prog Reviewer Joined: July 04 2005 Location: Malaria Status: Offline Points: 89372 |
Posted: September 14 2006 at 23:07 |
Assaf, add The Deserts of Träun to your list, they're an offshoot of Estradasphere.
Links: http://www.last.fm/music/The+Deserts+of+Tr%C3%A4un http://www.cs.uu.nl/~jur/reviews/thelilacmoon.html http://www.myspace.com/thedesertsoftraun (with samples) I've yet to hear anything by them though. Also check out the free track on Estradasphere's last.fm page. Crashing Icons is in the post I hope, so I should have that album soon. Can you guys recommend where to start with 5uus? EDIT: listening to some samples of The Deserts of Traun... they sound quite interesting! Edited by Geck0 - September 14 2006 at 23:26 |
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avestin
Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: September 18 2005 Status: Offline Points: 12625 |
Posted: September 14 2006 at 23:21 |
5UU's: I have Hunger's Teeth and Crisis in Clay and both are very good in my opinion. I think you can go chronologically here and start with Hunger's Teeth.
They deliver an intense a listen, I can tell you that.
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VanderGraafKommandöh
Prog Reviewer Joined: July 04 2005 Location: Malaria Status: Offline Points: 89372 |
Posted: September 14 2006 at 23:25 |
Thanks Assaf.
I must say, The Deserts of Traun are rather interesting! I think you'll like them. |
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avestin
Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: September 18 2005 Status: Offline Points: 12625 |
Posted: September 14 2006 at 23:29 |
They do sound good.
Another one to add to the voting list.
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VanderGraafKommandöh
Prog Reviewer Joined: July 04 2005 Location: Malaria Status: Offline Points: 89372 |
Posted: September 14 2006 at 23:31 |
I'm not sure if the name is just a project title... Because their MySpace page says Part III or something...
Anyhow, it's a project of Dave Murray, former drummer of Estradasphere. The Court of the Blackmetal Princess sounds a bit like Agalloch, I like it. Oh and by the way, you can hear Estradasphere's live output at Archive.org. I've just been listening to a sample of theirs too and it's crazy stuff, but good! They remind me of Taal slightly actually, but I prefer Taal still. Edited by Geck0 - September 14 2006 at 23:44 |
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Apsalar
Forum Senior Member Joined: June 06 2006 Location: gansu Status: Offline Points: 2888 |
Posted: September 15 2006 at 01:11 |
Cheers for that, Archives.org never fails to amaze with all the rare stuff they have lying around.
Also you are not going to be regreting that purchase of Absolute Zero, I only got it a few months back, I still have not given it enough attention, but I definately see the extreme value in this record. Also I'm assming you order it from Cuneiform, there are some nice linear notes wtih the album which I found to be be an interesting read.
As for one of those band off the list. The first one I will give a little more information is Venetian Snares.
This is the allis of electronic composer Aaron Funk. Just in case you were wondering how this name can about here is a little excert from an interview
"It started as more of a description of the style of music I write than a name. One fine spring day years ago, I was writing a track with really fast snare rolls that sounded like scraping a stick across a grate or running a pencil down venetian blinds in a distracted classroom. The snares were Venetian snares and I liked the absurd notion that they might be special snares from Venice.
I always pay very special attention to the detail of my snares, and you could say that the snare is the lead instrument in most of my tracks, where maybe a vocalist would tell the story. Since the name came about, I've been told of a television news piece entitled Venetian snares. Apparently children were accidentally hanging themselves in Venetian blinds and dropping like flies. I enjoy the word snare in the context of a trap or a lure. Somebody else mentioned to me, they came across Venetian snares in some medieval text."
Getting on with it. This has been a band that I have taken a great interest in over the last six month. I only own one of his ablums, but for the mean time I think it is enough for my brain to disgest. He does have many other projects, and I have heard this is not his best one, which intreges me even further. His music is something quite hard to pin down into one genre, with influences coming in from far and wide. I think the easiest way to describe the music is a cross between 20th century Classical and Drum and Bass. Then for good measures throw in some loose Jazzy affairs and a sprink of Trip Hop. Now we have only touch the surface of what this music is about.
I think that will be as far as I will explain, if you find this interesting, please check out some of his stuff.
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Yukorin
Forum Senior Member Joined: November 21 2005 Location: Japan Status: Offline Points: 1589 |
Posted: September 16 2006 at 04:07 |
Picked up a copy of the Ruins live 'Mandala 2000' on the excellent Tzadik label. Features their 'Hardrock Medley' with Maboroshi no Sekai's Yuuji on violin. Great stuff ! Anyone heard their 40 songs in 2 minutes Progressive Medley ? |
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Faaip_De_Oiad
Forum Senior Member Joined: March 18 2006 Status: Offline Points: 529 |
Posted: September 16 2006 at 04:17 |
I've heard Ruins' Prog Medley!!
Go to Hisashi's website to see all the songs that are in the song. Edited by Faaip_De_Oiad - September 16 2006 at 04:17 |
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Yukorin
Forum Senior Member Joined: November 21 2005 Location: Japan Status: Offline Points: 1589 |
Posted: September 16 2006 at 04:18 |
Cheers Faaip, will do ! |
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Yukorin
Forum Senior Member Joined: November 21 2005 Location: Japan Status: Offline Points: 1589 |
Posted: September 16 2006 at 04:22 |
Here's the link to their Medley madness: http://www.nekoma.com/hisashi/mu_nr.html Kouenji Hyakkei are doin' a Magma medley these days. Astonishing technique Edit: fixed link Edited by Yukorin - September 16 2006 at 04:24 |
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Syzygy
Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: December 16 2004 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 7003 |
Posted: September 16 2006 at 07:13 |
The medley is on the Japanese edition of Pallaschtom, and there is a full list of the 39 songs on the sleeve.
I saw Ruins Alone as part of the Japanese New Music festival last year, and Yoshida included the Classical medley in the set. Is there anything he can't do?
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Yukorin
Forum Senior Member Joined: November 21 2005 Location: Japan Status: Offline Points: 1589 |
Posted: September 16 2006 at 07:17 |
I worship Koenji Hyakkei and Yoshida-san but for some reason Ruins have never clicked with me. Gonna pick up this one up tho' ! Gotta hear the studio versions |
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Faaip_De_Oiad
Forum Senior Member Joined: March 18 2006 Status: Offline Points: 529 |
Posted: September 17 2006 at 02:35 |
Ruins were the reason i got interested in Zeuhl/Rio
So they will always have a big place in my heart. Hey Yuko, you should give Tzomborgha a try. A very polished production, and very lush sounding instruments, Well lush when compared to their older work. I'm sure you'd enjoy that one. and maybe open the doors. |
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proger
Forum Senior Member Joined: June 03 2005 Location: Israel Status: Offline Points: 944 |
Posted: September 17 2006 at 11:32 |
just got henry cow's "legend" and "in the phraise..."- dont know which one is better...
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...live for tomorrow...
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avestin
Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: September 18 2005 Status: Offline Points: 12625 |
Posted: September 17 2006 at 14:33 |
Just thought I'd mention (here as well) that NeBeLNeST will release a new album this month - ZePTo |
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eugene
Forum Senior Member Joined: May 30 2005 Location: Ukraine Status: Offline Points: 2703 |
Posted: September 17 2006 at 17:19 |
Looking forward to this one.
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carefulwiththataxe
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avestin
Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: September 18 2005 Status: Offline Points: 12625 |
Posted: September 18 2006 at 08:24 |
Another release this September - BIRDSONGS OF THE MESOZOIC with ORAL MOSES
Taken from the Cuneiform website:
For their 13th album and in their 25th year together, post-punk, art-rock pioneers Birdsongs of the Mesozoic do a 180 degree musical swerve and link up with bass-baritone vocalists Oral Moses, one of the preeminent African-American performers of traditional spirituals. The band demolish all preconceptions about themselves by presenting a program of heavily rearranged, well known African-American spirituals and 19th century art songs. The blend of Birdsongs' cutting-edge instrumentation with the strength and majesty of Moses' voice creates a very unorthodox yet deeply moving sound, which The Noise called, "Totally sublime and deeply moving." This collaboration represents a new experiment from all parties - something of a meeting at the crossroads between two creative parties passing in very different directions. Together they bring these centuries-old songs kicking and screaming into the 21st century.
And this as well:
THE MICROSCOPIC SEPTET
Active for a dozen years, the Microscopic Septet were widely recognized as "New York's Most Famous Unknown Band." The group started with a basic reeds-and-rhythm texture (soprano, alto, tenor and baritone sax, piano, bass and drums) that was sonically similar to the sound of the Swing Era. However, they employed these textures to address a widely eclectic range of styles, from free-form music to R&B, rhumbas and ragtime. The result was a brilliant blend of fresh-sounding orchestration and inspired soloing. Beloved in New York, where they generally drew capacity crowds, "The Micros" were one of the most celebrated of the many cutting-edge units associated with experimental music's best-known venue, the Knitting Factory, during the peak years of the "Downtown" music movement in the mid 1980s onward. This beautifully packaged and annotated set includes new cover artwork by Pulitzer-prize winning illustrator Art Spiegelman, new notes by leader Phillip Johnston, lots of great photographs and newly remastered versions of the first two albums by the band: "Take The Z Train" and "Let's Flip!", as well as quite a lot of never-before released material, including the well-known theme to the NPR show Fresh Air. The majority of this set has never appeared on CD and all of it has been unavailable for a number of years.
"A truly distinctive sound that pumps Basie boogies, zestfully shifts from tangoed unison to Dixieland discordance with Mingus precision and sax solos that reach Eric Dolphy free and Earl Bostic blue within the same tune; this is one band that can afford to be seriously original and share a playful humor" - Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide
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Syzygy
Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: December 16 2004 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 7003 |
Posted: September 18 2006 at 12:54 |
I'm just listening to some of the samples on BSOTM's website - sends shivers down the spine! What The Residents were striving for on American Composers and Cube-eez seems to have been achieved here with consumate ease. I don't know if it's prog but it's incredibly powerful.
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