RIO/Avant Drop-In Centre

Dave also has a Facebook page and maybe contactable there also.

Getting this in the front page again...

Here's a small something for the experimental-rock/free-jazz/electro-acoustic listeners:
http://www.myspace.com/stronglyimploded

I love miRthkon's Vehicle so much.  I distanced myself from it awhile back just cuz I was having a difficult time wrapping my head around it.  I came back today, and, while i still can't wrap my head around it and probably never will, I'm just constantly enthralled by each audial inch.  It feels like such a cohesive bunch of songs, all of them with their own aspects but with many connecting threads: for example, you can separate/group them in ways such as this:

totally f**kin awesome songs about animals or edible plants:

1. Banana
2. Coven of Coyotes
3. Honey Key Jamboree

baaaanaaanaaaaa


Edited by mecca - August 21 2009 at 22:35

As I've probably mentioned it already, Jean Louis's album is my pick for 2009.  You should all try and check it out. 

Edited by James - August 22 2009 at 10:47

Alucard wrote:   I found this French book a couple of days ago, excellent overview over the French experimental music scene from the 60's up to now, with a main focus on Avant Prog and RIO, very detailled and well written,

Where in France did you find it, which store?
I'm asking cause I'll ask someone in my family there ( they're in Paris) to buy it for me.

Captain Capricorn wrote: James wrote: As I've probably mentioned it already, Jean Louis's album is my pick for 2009.  You should all try and check it out.  I'm enamored with it ...that bass player is phenomenal!

Seems it's in fact a 2008 release.

CPicard wrote: I've read it this winter. I thought doing a review in the adequate section, but I lacked time to write a full review in English. I also met the author at a conference about Woodstock and the French 'pop' festivals of the 70's. Too bad Grimo wasn't here.

Edited by Alucard - August 28 2009 at 08:55

Alucard wrote: CPicard wrote: I've read it this winter. I thought doing a review in the adequate section, but I lacked time to write a full review in English. I also met the author at a conference about Woodstock and the French 'pop' festivals of the 70's. Too bad Grimo wasn't here.   I just finished the book, excellent! Have you read Au-delà du rock the book he wrote about German Prog? The other books from the Le mot et le reste edition look interesting too!   BTW Are you coming to the RIO festival ?

Yes, I did, as I also read Musiques Expérimentales by Philippe Robert (also published by Le Mot et le reste).
They begin to have an interesting catalogue.
About the RIO festival, I'm not sure to be able to come. Alas!

So I tried contacting a guy on the official Biota site (again) about getting a bio, we'll see if he follows through....