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Points: 37232 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 24 2009 at 12:18
Originally posted by cacho cacho wrote:

Originally posted by Logan Logan wrote:

Originally posted by cacho cacho wrote:

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Attahk is mediocre by Magma's standards, but would be great quality for many other bands.  LOL There is music I love from it.  


That's what I said! Angry Wink


I'm multi-tasking as usual (a reason why I tend not to participate in these fast-moving threads as there are so many distractions, and so it commonly takes me a while to get down my post -- especially the kids).


You should not participate, then Greg Stern Smile You got to have the speed and agility to participate in this thread! Damn it, where are the 'guide-lines' for the Shred Room! Wink

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I also have a very slow brain these days.  It's really quite alarming.  One thing I really admire about you "chat-types" is the agility, wit, and speed in response.
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I'm slow but still somehow manage to reply quickly.

I'm brain-dead most of the time.
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Points: 37232 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 24 2009 at 12:20
Originally posted by James James wrote:

That's probably because Art Zoyd don't have a drummer and so are more akin to true chamber music.

I prefer the heaviness and dark-undertones of UZ and Present.  As for Shub-Niggurath... wow!


Shub-Niggurath's amazing, yes!  I still really love UZ and Present.
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Points: 89372 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 24 2009 at 12:21
Ooooooooooooooh this is excellent stuff.

So few plays on last.fm!

Where's the love for contemporary avant-garde music? Ermm
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I'm listening to Art Bears.  Approve
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Points: 37232 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 24 2009 at 12:22
What is excellent stuff?
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Greg, try Pocket Orchestra.

And also, after Les Morts Vont Vite, Shub-Niggurath's sound changed and actually got darker still. Big smile
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Points: 37232 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 24 2009 at 12:23
Too late.  Yes, Art Bears is great.  One of my favourites.
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Points: 89372 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 24 2009 at 12:23
Originally posted by Logan Logan wrote:

What is excellent stuff?


Harrison Birtwistle.

Nenia: The Death of Orpheus

This is a vinyl rip.  Not sure when it was recorded but it was composed in 1970.

The vocals remind me of Dagmar Krause and Stella Vander. LOL

Plus it has bassoon on it.


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I've been meaning to try Pocket Orchestra; thanks for the recommendation.  Truth be told, over the last couple of years, my musical exploration has slowed to a trickle.  Before that I was discovering music at such a ferocious rate (subsequently I would return to music I knew so damned well already).
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Points: 89372 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 24 2009 at 12:28
I've been doing the same.

Nothing beats the familiar.
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Points: 37232 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 24 2009 at 12:31
I'll definitely look into Harrison Birdwistle, erm Birtwistle. And like anyone with decent taste LOL, I love the bassoon.
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Points: 89372 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 24 2009 at 12:32
It annoys me how there are so few plays for Harrison Birtwistle on last.fm Ouch

This Opera is excellent.
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Points: 89372 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 24 2009 at 12:35
Originally posted by Logan Logan wrote:

I'll definitely look into Harrison Birdwistle, erm Birtwistle. And like anyone with decent taste LOL, I love the bassoon.


http://www.avantgardeproject.org/agp91/index.htm

Nenia is the piece I'm listening to.

Other pieces by him:

http://www.avantgardeproject.org/agp88/index.htm
http://www.avantgardeproject.org/agp89/index.htm
http://www.avantgardeproject.org/agp90/index.htm

Antiphonies for Piano and Orchestra is also excellent. Big smile
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Points: 89372 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 24 2009 at 12:37
My FLAC files aren't updating properly... I change the ID3 tags and they don't change.  Sometimes they do though.

Any ideas why this is?
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Points: 37232 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 24 2009 at 12:40
Incidentally, I want to discover some more recent chamber bands/ albums (one that are barely/ non-rock at all).  SOme months ago I was listening to a  lot of Aranis and Kronos Quartet, and love Ereia (Doctor Nerve with the Sirius String Quartet).  I'm back into rock more now, but felt I was leaving it agin (as I did for many years before I came back to Progressive Rock for nostalgic reasons and discovered that it's a way more fertile and interesting, diverse umbrella than I had imagined, as we consider it here).  Incidentally, what do people here think of Spock's Beard?
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Downloading "Nomos" now.
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Chamber band recommendations:

Invert = like Kronos Quartet but with two 'cellists, a violinist and a viola player (I think)

I have all their albums (available from CD baby) and they're excellent.

Also try 1870.  They're an Argentinian band that use electronics in their music.  However, they're firmly routed in chamber music.
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Points: 37232 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 24 2009 at 12:43
Originally posted by James James wrote:

Originally posted by Logan Logan wrote:

I'll definitely look into Harrison Birdwistle, erm Birtwistle. And like anyone with decent taste LOL, I love the bassoon.


http://www.avantgardeproject.org/agp91/index.htm

Nenia is the piece I'm listening to.

Other pieces by him:

http://www.avantgardeproject.org/agp88/index.htm
http://www.avantgardeproject.org/agp89/index.htm
http://www.avantgardeproject.org/agp90/index.htm

Antiphonies for Piano and Orchestra is also excellent. Big smile


Thanks.  That is a great site that I haven't used for a while.  Will download too (must make room on my harddrive or finally set up my external harddrive on this old computer).
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Points: 89372 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 24 2009 at 12:44
Originally posted by NaturalScience NaturalScience wrote:

Downloading "Nomos" now.


Good piece.

I think I like Antiphonies the best.  That's probably because it's 33:52 in length and it doesn't feel too short. Big smile
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