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HOLY f**k those samples are good! It kind of reminds of what I've heard of Larval, except actually good (I haven't even made it all the way through the one album I have, I'm not sure why, but I try to put it on and I don't find it interesting enough to continue). Thanks for the heads up! Hot damn, I don't even remember the last time I was blown away like this. The weird things is that I've heard part of Rip through... before, but it didn't affect me nearly as much as the samples from that I heard just now.

 

 

Taiga is a wonderful album, but I really have to check out their other albums in addition. Very interesting band indeed!

 

I found some time ago a double CD collection of this French band Collection d'Arnell~Andréa, (1988-1989), containing the major part of their work five records and an EP.

 a mixture of chamber rock, ambient  and post -punk. I had some trouble getting through the first 4, but the last two ; "Villiers Au Vent" (1994, dealing with WW1) and Cirses Des Champs (1996) are quite interesting, even so the voice of singer Chloé Saint-Liphard is an acquired taste.

Here is their website with some samples :

 

 

 

 

 

 

Art Zoyd 3 - Symphonie pour le Jour ou Bruleront les Cites (1976 version) (Japanese mini-lp sleeve) $27.00 Art Zoyd's early and great works have been unavailable for such a long time that it's too easy to forget what a strikingly original and amazing band they were in their prime. One of the original R.I.O bands (they joined in the second wave of bands... Label

Art Zoyd - Symphonie pour le Jour ou Bruleront les Cites (Japanese mini-lp sleeve) $27.00 Art Zoyd's early and great works have been unavailable for such a long time that it's too easy to forget what a strikingly original and amazing band they were in their prime. One of the original R.I.O bands (they joined in the second wave of bands... Label Belle Antique

Art Zoyd - Phase IV (Japanese mini-lp sleeve) 2 x CDs $35.00 Art Zoyd's early and great works have been unavailable for such a long time that it's too easy to forget what a strikingly original and amazing band they were in their prime. One of the original R.I.O bands (they joined in the second wave of bands... Label Belle Antique

Art Zoyd - Musique pour l'Odyssee (Japanese mini-lp sleeve) $27.00 Art Zoyd's early and great works have been unavailable for such a long time that it's too easy to forget what a strikingly original and amazing band they were in their prime. One of the original R.I.O bands (they joined in the second wave of bands... Label Belle Antique

Art Zoyd - Generation sans Futur (Japanese mini-lp sleeve) $27.00 Art Zoyd's early and great works have been unavailable for such a long time that it's too easy to forget what a strikingly original and amazing band they were in their prime. One of the original R.I.O bands (they joined in the second wave of bands... Label Belle Antique

 

 

 

 

 

For those who can't afford it or simply don't want to pay this much, Emusic has digital downloads of Art Zoyd albums.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ah, Yes, The Red Masque;

I added them last year, and recommended them several times (also wrote a review for Feathers For Flesh). A very innovative band with dark atmosphere and sometimes eerie mood but creative and interesting.

Their new album Living Fossils should be released this year (they've finished recordings).

A great band out of the prolific Philly avant-rock scene.

 

 

 

Also, I don't know if any of youse are aware, but there has been speculation amongst fans that Sleepytime Gorilla Museum may be releasing new material this summer or at least sometime this year.  Lately, they've been playing a handful of new songs, and I don't suppose those are exclusive to their film (which will be filmed this summer, too!).  Low quality songs have been shown on youtube so not much can be recognized as to what their new direction will be, but one of the songs, I noted a similar atmosphere to a combination of A Hymn to the Morning Star and Sleep is Wrong.  It seems to be a mostly vocal-inspired piece with less consonant melody of Hymn, along with loud bursts from percussion.  I'm not sure if that description really fits it, that's how I remember the song when I listened a while back, it was one of the only songs that was somewhat coherent.