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I realised you were speaking about Guapo after I posted that reply.

Thanks for the nice words about the signature... I was trying to find a better photo of Klaus Blasquiz but couldn't... I think I'll have to do a vidcap of him from that MDK video.

song_of_copper wrote: James wrote: I realised you were speaking about Guapo after I posted that reply. Thanks for the nice words about the signature... I was trying to find a better photo of Klaus Blasquiz but couldn't... I think I'll have to do a vidcap of him from that MDK video. Good idea.  Then take a picture of yourself with a pair of maracas (or claves... it might be claves??) and we can all play 'spot the difference'.

They look like tiny Van de Graff Generators.

I'd rather look like Klauz Blasquiz than look like I actually do.

rileydog22 wrote: Is it just me or does Blasquiz look kinda like Wyatt?

It's just you.

MovingPictures07 wrote: rileydog22 wrote: Is it just me or does Blasquiz look kinda like Wyatt?   I never would have thought that, but for some reason now that you mention it... he does look like Wyatt in that picture.

He doesn't though.

MovingPictures07 wrote: James wrote: MovingPictures07 wrote: rileydog22 wrote: Is it just me or does Blasquiz look kinda like Wyatt?   I never would have thought that, but for some reason now that you mention it... he does look like Wyatt in that picture. He doesn't though. Not entirely, but there's some resemblance. Maybe Jake and I are crazy then.

In that case, I'm crazy too.

I wouldn't have thought that, but I guess I kind of see it in the way you could argue anyone with long grey/white hair and a beard looks like Robert Wyatt. :P

Ladies (well judging by this thread, only Melissa shows up here, so Lady) and Gentlemen, tell me about Guapo, and why you like it.
And preferably an overview of musical features/attributes sorta deal as well.

Also, tell me about Present, and why you not only like it, but why it seems like Hughesman will possibly enjoy it.


Edited by HughesJB4 - August 14 2008 at 03:49

James wrote: HughesJB4 wrote: Ladies (well judging by this thread, only Melissa shows up here, so Lady) and Gentlemen, tell me about Guapo, and why you like it. And preferably an overview of musical features/attributes sorta deal as well. Also, tell me about Present, and why you not only like it, but why it seems like Hughesman will possibly enjoy it. Guapo's impossible to describe. That's not the answer you wanted, was it? Present are like Univers Zero... only different. Again, that doesn't help, does it? I'm feeling a bit brain dead today, so I'll leave it to Patrick, Assaf, Blowie or Melissa to explain.

QFN=Quoted for n00bishness.

Seriously man, I asked for details, not how incredibly brief and undescriptive your reply could be.
Present like UZ.
That's a start I guess, given Heresie is a 5 star album in my books.

Well that actually helps a bit, thank you
Present more electrified hey? Sounds like it's already on the money for my taste if I dug UZ.
*cue other RIO heads for more info*

HughesJB4 wrote: Ladies (well judging by this thread, only Melissa shows up here, so Lady) and Gentlemen, tell me about Guapo, and why you like it. And preferably an overview of musical features/attributes sorta deal as well. Also, tell me about Present, and why you not only like it, but why it seems like Hughesman will possibly enjoy it.

Hello Harry, one RIO Lady reporting for duty (although I believe there are others about... Cleo?)

Guapo: have a glance at the 'Guapo Appurrreciation Thread' for fulsome praise, descriptive flights of fancy, etc.   The short answer is: intense, sinister, intellectual, dark, if Lord Byron and Aleister Crowley had a RIO/avant band...   Has a really distinctive drum sound, kind of crisp, hissy and militaristic.  Bass guitar to the fore, cool keyboards also.  'Elixirs' is a bit of a departure from the previous two albums, with more varied instrumentation - sounds like the soundtrack to a creepy movie.  I've not heard the pre-'Five Suns' stuff.

Present: it sounds like a fantastic combination of man and machine!  (I came up with that on my walk to work this morning! )  It's really quite repetitive (hence the machine part!), and you could call it dark, but it's also jaunty and mischievous (and thus nicely human-sounding, rather than utterly cold).  A less daunting spectacle than UZ, but no less satisfying.  Why would you possibly enjoy it?  Well, for starters, there's Roger Trigaux, whose guitar occasionally sounds like... a person suffering excruciating agony, but enjoying it.

I hope that helps!