RIO/Avant Drop-In Centre

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Zeena Parkins : Between the Whiles

Might be old news, but two tracks from Aranis' new album are available to listen to on the band's Myspace: http://www.myspace.com/aranis

The addition of drums/percussion by Dave Kerman works well from what I've heard so far.

Apsalar wrote: Assaf, if your around, do you still get sent stuff from RAIG? (or keep up with what they're putting out). The Won James Won tape 'Corpus Unhearmeticum' came in the mail the other day. You got any thoughts? Seems pretty solid so far. Cut and diced experimental rock.

Hey Adam

I was getting drowned with promo's so I asked Igor for a time-off with what he sends me; I might resume if I can get some of the load off at work.
I'll get hold of that Won James Won release, though.
What's up with you these days? What part of the world are you now?

SaltyJon wrote: Might be old news, but two tracks from Aranis' new album are available to listen to on the band's Myspace: http://www.myspace.com/aranis The addition of drums/percussion by Dave Kerman works well from what I've heard so far.

Padraic wrote: What else has rocked the world of RIO this year?  I've not been keeping up as I used to.

Hey Patrick,

May I suggest just a few:

Scott johnson - Americans (avant-garde)
Extra Life - Made Flesh (if you liked his first album, you'll like this)
Thelema Trio - Neither From, Nor Towards... (chamber)
Combat Astronomy - Earth Divided by Zero (brutal/avant; the album is for streaming on their Bandcamp)
Chrome Hoof - Crush Depth (eclectic/heavy/avant-ish)
Rebel Wheel - We are in the time of evil clocks (eclectic/dark/avant-ish)
Zs - New slaves (getting quite experimental with this one, avant-garde)
Elephant9 - Walk the Nile (if you liked their first, try this as well)
Zoe Keating - Into the trees (chamber, cello-lead)
French TV - I forgive you for all my unhapiness (their usual self, funny, but less "avant", more eclectic/Canterbury/jazzy/symph-y).

avestin wrote: Padraic wrote: What else has rocked the world of RIO this year?  I've not been keeping up as I used to. Chrome Hoof - Crush Depth (eclectic/heavy/avant-ish)

There's a new Chrome Hoof album? Why was I not informed of this sooner?!

From Siberia
http://www.myspace.com/pikapikamusic
really soon on AltrOck...

porcyville1 wrote: From Siberia http://www.myspace.com/pikapikamusic really soon on AltrOck...

Hmm. That's nice music n' all, but is it just me or are there a few too many of these chamber-prog bands these days? I guess I'm still not a massive fan of Univers Zero or Present (arguably the progenitors of this sound), but it seems to be a predominant form of music becoming "adopted" by avant-prog fans despite more recent exponents (Aranis, for example) seemingly having little to do with either prog or avant-garde music.

I really don't want this to come across as being needlessly negative, but I just feel like it's reaching saturation point. These bands just don't excite me, they seem more content to play within a certain 'style', fixed parameters, almost consciously harking back to bands from the past rather than attempting to push things forward (which is what I always kinda assumed the 'avant' part of 'avant-prog' stood for). What do you guys think?

James wrote: I agree with you, actually, David. I love Univers Zéro, Shub-Niggurath and some Present (they're a bit hit and miss).  However, I'm pretty ambivalent toward Aranis, Far Corner and NeBeLNeST. I do very much enjoy Zaar, Sotos and Ahvak though.  So it depends on what sound they create, for me.

I agree with most everything here; love these bands etc.  but I recently gave the latest Far Corner another listen and well it's excellent.  That fretless bass playing makes it great.  But not just that, it is reasonably complex and the compositions are enjoyable and dark.  I'm not just biased because they are from my state either...   It's been ages since I listened to NeBeLNest though.  Aranis I have never heard... but if it has Dave Kerman involved I will give it a listen...

Trouserpress wrote: porcyville1 wrote: From Siberia http://www.myspace.com/pikapikamusic really soon on AltrOck... Hmm. That's nice music n' all, but is it just me or are there a few too many of these chamber-prog bands these days? I guess I'm still not a massive fan of Univers Zero or Present (arguably the progenitors of this sound), but it seems to be a predominant form of music becoming "adopted" by avant-prog fans despite more recent exponents (Aranis, for example) seemingly having little to do with either prog or avant-garde music.