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Rottenhat wrote: Udi Koomran wrote: Tsevir Leirbag wrote: I ordered Shub Niggurath's Introduction and Guapo's Five Suns + Black Oni yesterday. Be prepared for some heavy listening experiences Both Shub and Guapo are some of my favorite Magma inspired groups I concur. Great stuff!

 

SaltyJon wrote: Ahvak's s/t and Eskaton's 4 Visions both arrived today!  Plus, Jakko M. Jakszyk's The Bruised Romantic Glee Club which features two Henry Cow covers.  I'm incredibly excited about all three albums.

Yummy! Tell us about the Jakko M. Jakszyk after you've listened if so inclined: I'm curious/never heard of it [though have heard the name...].

I liked it quite a lot.  Most of the music is far from RIO/Avant, and he's listed in Canterbury Scene here.  Both discs were good to excellent, the first being original material written during a particularly tough period in his life and the second being covers of bands such as Soft Machine, King Crimson and Henry Cow.  The covers are all great (as is the first disc, but the second really hit me upon first listen).  I liked his cover of KC's "Pictures of a City" the most; titled "Pictures of an Indian City", it featured Jakko playing sitar, one of his friends/collaborators on tabla, and Pete Sinfield actually wrote new lyrics for the song to be more aligned with the title.  Plus, the list of guest musicians on this album was phenomenal; Hugh Hopper, Dave Stewart, Mel Collins, King Fripp, Clive Brooks...it goes on and on, and most of the names are instantly recognizable and great musicians.  Here's the album page if you'd like to get a full list of what's on the album, who plays when, the rest of the guest musicians, read Raff's excellent review, etc: http://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=22133

Edited by SaltyJon - May 12 2010 at 21:39

Oh, so not the one you posted but the band posing one?

I finally received Miriodor's Rencontres.

listennow801 wrote: SaltyJon wrote: I liked it quite a lot.  Most of the music is far from RIO/Avant, and he's listed in Canterbury Scene here.  Both discs were good to excellent, the first being original material written during a particularly tough period in his life and the second being covers of bands such as Soft Machine, King Crimson and Henry Cow.  The covers are all great (as is the first disc, but the second really hit me upon first listen).  I liked his cover of KC's "Pictures of a City" the most; titled "Pictures of an Indian City", it featured Jakko playing sitar, one of his friends/collaborators on tabla, and Pete Sinfield actually wrote new lyrics for the song to be more aligned with the title.  Plus, the list of guest musicians on this album was phenomenal; Hugh Hopper, Dave Stewart, Mel Collins, King Fripp, Clive Brooks...it goes on and on, and most of the names are instantly recognizable and great musicians.  Here's the album page if you'd like to get a full list of what's on the album, who plays when, the rest of the guest musicians, read Raff's excellent review, etc: http://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=22133 Thanks Jon -appreciated. Sounds interesting indeed...

No problem, it's a fun album.  Conveniently enough it is (or at least was) available on Wayside for only $9.

Tsevir Leirbag wrote: I finally received Miriodor's Rencontres.

Edited by Rottenhat - May 19 2010 at 13:04

Syzygy wrote: Apropos of more or less nothing, I recently downloade Zao in Tokyo from emusic, a fine live recording from 2004. The line up is piano/sax/bass/drums and a soprano vocalist, and they reinterpret tracks from the first 3 Zao albums. The sound put me in mind of Koenjihyakkei's current line up, and I wonder if anybody else suspects that Yoshida Tatsuya was sitting in the audience taking notes?

I still love Zao Live!, far more than any of the studio efforts....must be a Lockwood thang

The performance is just so much zeuhlie awesomeness

SaltyJon wrote: I'm planning to get my first Zao album before long, been considering starting with one of their first two.  Does that sound like a solid plan to you?

yeah, I think I remember Osiris being one of the better ones

If you like what you hear definitely checkout Yochk'o Seffer solo - Ghilgoul is a great album readily available, I think his first few were mind-blowing but at least the debut is woefully oop, never to be found


Edited by Padraic - May 20 2010 at 21:12

Sounds good.  Thanks!