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Posted: February 18 2008 at 20:28

Prog-jester wrote:

Rico's Russian Post-Rock Propaganda

wonderful write-up

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Posted: February 19 2008 at 00:05

Garion81 wrote:

Ken,

I found this for Marimba Plus

http://www.myspace.com/marimbaplus

and by Vapirov does he mean a group or this artist?

http://cdbaby.com/cd/vapirov

Sorry nothing for Vezlivi Otkaz

thanks, Garion!

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Posted: February 19 2008 at 06:51

sorry for being late (still under euphoria

), I know about Âåæëèâûé Îòêàç (Vezhliviy Otkaz), they're very interesting and eclectic band, somewhat jazz-avant-funk-rock. I'll try to provide samples for you

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Posted: February 19 2008 at 09:33

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sorry for being late (still under euphoria

), I know about Âåæëèâûé Îòêàç (Vezhliviy Otkaz), they're very interesting and eclectic band, somewhat jazz-avant-funk-rock. I'll try to provide samples for you

Spacibo/Thanks! I also saw yesterday (probably old news) that MALS is releasing a band from Belarus, which was of special interest to me. It's not often you get any positive news from Belarus!

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Posted: February 19 2008 at 10:02

Yep, 7 OCEAN is to be released soon. The freshest release is ETERNAL WANDERERS (hope to get it soon)

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Posted: February 19 2008 at 10:33

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Yep, 7 OCEAN is to be released soon. The freshest release is ETERNAL WANDERERS (hope to get it soon)

Eternal Wanderers? Title or band name?

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Posted: February 19 2008 at 13:15

Band name, I gotta propose them for inclusion as soon as I get the disk from MALS

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Posted: April 21 2008 at 10:53

...and yes, ETERNAL WANDERERS were added and reviewed (check the link)

Also Assaf has something interesting to tell us about AMQ RSM

He already did - check his review!

I plan to get this on CD asap

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Posted: April 28 2008 at 19:35

I can't remember if I ever posted it or not (if so, my apologies for the redundancy) but you can view clips from "Audio Diplomacy" by Fromuz at: http://youtube.com/results?search_query=fromuz+prog+rock&search_type=

Two of the five tracks for "Overlook" have been mixed and I think sound pretty great. The album should be out by August or September.

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Posted: May 15 2008 at 12:09

Mixing is still a work in progress for "Overlook" by Fromuz, and so is the art, but I have posted the cover and 2 inside pieces that will be part of the package: http://kenwestphal.com/Overlook.html

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Posted: May 15 2008 at 16:46

That's really a great work, Ken - the same as for 'Audio Diplomacy' Clap

I'm impressed!

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Posted: May 15 2008 at 19:19

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That's really a great work, Ken - the same as for 'Audio Diplomacy' Clap

I'm impressed!

Thanks very much, Rivertree. I'm very happy with the way the art is going.

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Posted: May 16 2008 at 12:32

oh boy, it seems the thread was abandoned for a long time

We've added EVERYTHING IS MADE IN CHINA and some more bands are planned

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Posted: May 16 2008 at 13:07

7 OKEAH (7 OCEANS) Has anyone listened to this band from Belarus? I got a copy from MALS not too long ago to review and just haven't gotten to it yet, but have found it to be very listenable. There is a lot of classic synthesizer sound on the album.

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Posted: May 16 2008 at 18:27

lyrics are annoying as hell. I've tried two times to sit through the whole album, but I failed

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Posted: May 17 2008 at 00:26

really? annoying in what way? I guess there's a benefit in not speaking Russian fluently!

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Posted: May 17 2008 at 08:08

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really? annoying in what way? I guess there's a benefit in not speaking Russian fluently!

indeed

they are far too primitive and non-lyrical (more like spoken-word prose text) - IMHO surely, I'd rather prefer fully instrumental record

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Posted: May 17 2008 at 14:10

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artguyken wrote:

really? annoying in what way? I guess there's a benefit in not speaking Russian fluently!

indeed

they are far too primitive and non-lyrical (more like spoken-word prose text) - IMHO surely, I'd rather prefer fully instrumental record

So, it's the vocal quality, not the lyrical content? At one point, during one of the early songs on the album, my wife walked in and asked, "why are you listening to that? You hate rap."

Now, it's not as bad as rap - IMHO - but you're right, the vocals are not particularly melodic. It took me a couple of tries to get past the vocals. My gag reflex suppressed rather quickly and now I can get past the vocals and enjoy the music.

However, this is not essential listening. I got some other thoroughly unlistenable stuff from MALS this past week for review. I don't want to even bother. However, these are not Russian or FSU bands, so I'll spare you the details.

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Posted: May 17 2008 at 17:20

artguyken wrote:

So, it's the vocal quality, not the lyrical content?

both, I'm afraid

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Posted: May 22 2008 at 15:49

EVERYTHING IS MADE IN CHINA review

WHERE ARE YOU, LIAM? added (check the videos)

and some videos for INFRONT have been added too

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