Flower Kings Appreciation Thread

Roj:

zumacraig wrote: Roj: okay, i'll check them out.  i've only dabbled in the ambient stuff and just stumbled upon BoC when researching Eno.  i know the name FSoL, but never really listened to them.  Will do that soon.   BTW, did you ever hear that Orb album with David Gilmour?  wonder if that's any good. C

 
The FSOL album on my list is mostly (but certainly not all) ambient, a really classy piece of work.  It's very atmospheric and relaxing, and it's my favourite of theirs.  I think they would not be out of place in PA as Prog Electronic.  FSOL are almost orchestral in the way they build soundscapes.  I'm a little surpised the Electronic Team rejected them

Of the others on my list, most are a bit more uptempo than BoC but definitely of the same ilk.  Plaid in particular I find wonderful.  I tend to not like everything they do but there's always so many fantastic tracks on each album.  I think If the electronic instruments used in Plaid's music were replaced by bass, drums and guitars they would sound like a prog band for sure.

Yes, I've got The Orb/Dave Gilmour album.  It's pretty good, but I think it does tend to drag a little after a while.  Some great lazy hazy guitar playing on there as you'd expect from Gilmour, over pretty relaxed beats.  Overall it would probably appeal to fans of The Orb more than Floyd.  As a fan of both, I'm happy .

Enjoy.

I listened to OK computer as I was sent a lot of their stuff as MP3....completeley underwhelmed as I was - I really couldn't see why it was lauded as a masterpeice.......

Edited by M27Barney - January 15 2013 at 08:02

@Roland, Roj-i've heard a bit of the gilmour orb thing.  david just sounded he was noodling and not really ripping any solos.  like you, i need to get it and sit down with it.  i really love BoC because they have a very hazy analog sound kind of like my bloody valentine.  that constant slight movement off key.  it sounds like the tape's bent.  not to mention the cover's.  love 'em.  it's fun to imagine riding through the world in the mid 70s with record stores, new highways, sparsness and no big box stores ruining the landscape.

infandous wrote: M27Barney wrote: I listened to OK computer as I was sent a lot of their stuff as MP3....completeley underwhelmed as I was - I really couldn't see why it was lauded as a masterpeice....... I have far more deserving music to lend my ear to.......I have taken delivery of one of the two Nexus CD's that I ordered......so I have a real dial-Emma on Friday night - Nexus or "Keyholder"......might listen to em both I suppose....n Back to the original argument - anybody who could prefer OK Computer to anything that Lalo Huber has composed is not a true Symphonic prog appreciator.......The sound when he defacates would be more prog than RH.... I just have the one Nexus album (the one you just got), as well as their contributions to the Colossus projects.  Not really inspired to try anything else, though I would like to try one of their albums with the woman vocalist, as I find the male vocals decidedly weak.  Which is probably my main reason for not exploring more, as the Hammond playing is generally quite enjoyable.  Which one of those early albums would you recommend?

They are both equally as fantastic - mind you I don't tend to listen to lyrics as such - just treat as another instrument - the singing is in Spanish - it doesn't bother me because like I said - and only overly god preachy lyrics tend to get on my threepenny's......I haven't heard the one CD you've got - Perpetuum thingy-me-bob...but it's winging it's way across the pond as we speak.....whats this colossus projects - looks like I'm going to have to buy those as well... 

zumacraig wrote:  in rainbows was fairly accessable.

Nov wrote: zumacraig wrote:  in rainbows was fairly accessable. Yes indeed. The tracks I like most from the CD my mate gave me are mostly on In Rainbows.

I have a double dial-emma, as I have Perpetuum Karma as well now....My Nexus collection is complete and I am a happy man.

M27Barney wrote: infandous wrote: M27Barney wrote: I listened to OK computer as I was sent a lot of their stuff as MP3....completeley underwhelmed as I was - I really couldn't see why it was lauded as a masterpeice....... I have far more deserving music to lend my ear to.......I have taken delivery of one of the two Nexus CD's that I ordered......so I have a real dial-Emma on Friday night - Nexus or "Keyholder"......might listen to em both I suppose....n Back to the original argument - anybody who could prefer OK Computer to anything that Lalo Huber has composed is not a true Symphonic prog appreciator.......The sound when he defacates would be more prog than RH.... I just have the one Nexus album (the one you just got), as well as their contributions to the Colossus projects.  Not really inspired to try anything else, though I would like to try one of their albums with the woman vocalist, as I find the male vocals decidedly weak.  Which is probably my main reason for not exploring more, as the Hammond playing is generally quite enjoyable.  Which one of those early albums would you recommend? They are both equally as fantastic - mind you I don't tend to listen to lyrics as such - just treat as another instrument - the singing is in Spanish - it doesn't bother me because like I said - and only overly god preachy lyrics tend to get on my threepenny's......I haven't heard the one CD you've got - Perpetuum thingy-me-bob...but it's winging it's way across the pond as we speak.....whats this colossus projects - looks like I'm going to have to buy those as well...

Start with this one.  3 CD's, 9 tracks.  Some are great, some not as great, but all are enjoyable  to me.

http://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=10592

This is the other one that Nexus is on:

http://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=23458

Honestly, I've liked all the Colossus Project albums that I've heard.  They can be pricey, but in general are a good deal as you get a variety of prog bands on one album, most of them are filled with epics.

It's funny because Karmakanic's "Who's The Boss...?" is the album that warmed me up to exploring TFK's music furhter. Before that, I only knew Space Revolver and The Sum Of No Evil, both of which I appreciated more as I got to know TFK more.