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kenethlevine ![]() Special Collaborator ![]() ![]() Prog-Folk Team Joined: December 06 2006 Location: New England Status: Offline Points: 9112 |
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pretty pretty pretty pretty....pretty
But why oh why couldn't we get a live video version of ASFAS??? The performance I saw in MA in October was wonderful. I do love the DVD as did the friend I watched it with. We had to make an evening out of it. I also lapped up all the interviews and extras. ps I will have to try the surround sound!
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micky ![]() Special Collaborator ![]() Honorary Collaborator Joined: October 02 2005 Location: . Status: Offline Points: 46838 |
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what a woman...
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The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip
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rogerthat ![]() Prog Reviewer ![]() Joined: September 03 2006 Location: . Status: Offline Points: 9869 |
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...meanwhile found this on youtube:
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rogerthat ![]() Prog Reviewer ![]() Joined: September 03 2006 Location: . Status: Offline Points: 9869 |
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They did a show at Glasgow last week with Curved Air. Anybody from PA attended and how was it?
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esa ![]() Forum Newbie ![]() Joined: January 07 2010 Status: Offline Points: 5 |
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The DVD can now be purchased from the band's Bandcamp store as well, with digital live album download included
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rogerthat ![]() Prog Reviewer ![]() Joined: September 03 2006 Location: . Status: Offline Points: 9869 |
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*bump* Did anyone get a chance to listen to the DVD? Tom Brislin goes on a tear on Ashes Are Burning, evoking (for me) Chick Correa and going well beyond where the reticent Tout stopped. Believe he was only on the latest instalment of Cruise to the Edge. Very interesting chords played by Tesar on the Ashes..improvs too. Instrument wise one of the best live versions of Ashes Are Burning.
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kenethlevine ![]() Special Collaborator ![]() ![]() Prog-Folk Team Joined: December 06 2006 Location: New England Status: Offline Points: 9112 |
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now I'm really looking for ward to hearing it when I return home from an extended absence.
The band is now at sea I think, on the Moody Blues cruise, or maybe it's the Yes cruise, I can't keep track!
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rogerthat ![]() Prog Reviewer ![]() Joined: September 03 2006 Location: . Status: Offline Points: 9869 |
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Holy sh*t, I just tried the surround sound setting and it got even better! In this setting, Annie's voice is so close to what it was like in the 70s recordings. Well, would that there had been surround sound in the 70s! I have to commend the band on spending the money they collected from fans through the fundraiser well. I was initially a little skeptical about the need for another DVD other than that it was a Europe tour after so long but they have delivered something 'extra' with this DVD that makes it worth.
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rogerthat ![]() Prog Reviewer ![]() Joined: September 03 2006 Location: . Status: Offline Points: 9869 |
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To my great good luck, my aunt who lives in IL is here in India to attend a family function. And since she kept asking me what I'd like for a gift, no prizes for guessing what I asked!
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GKR ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: January 22 2013 Location: Brazil Status: Offline Points: 1376 |
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Mein gott!
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kenethlevine ![]() Special Collaborator ![]() ![]() Prog-Folk Team Joined: December 06 2006 Location: New England Status: Offline Points: 9112 |
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I'm supposed to get it in the mail automatically but I was a late addition to the crowdfunding campaign, so I hope there are no glitches. Sorry rogerthat, but I think the US$ will see leaner times ahead. It has had a few years in the sun and should now wither a little
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rogerthat ![]() Prog Reviewer ![]() Joined: September 03 2006 Location: . Status: Offline Points: 9869 |
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Oh man, that's a tempting review. But with the greenback appreciating so much, it's going to cost a bomb what with overseas shipping charges. :( Let's see, parking this for the time being, maybe couple of months down the line I will bite the bullet.
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esa ![]() Forum Newbie ![]() Joined: January 07 2010 Status: Offline Points: 5 |
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Live at the Union Chapel DVD and digital live album are out:
Stereo soundtrack is LPCM, and also includes the band's first-ever Dolby Digital 5.1 track. Lossless digital audio download (FLAC, ALAC) available from band's website. In my biased opinion, the video quality, lighting, and editing are a big step up from the 2011 DVD. Rave Tesar's audio mix is is superb, as always.
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rogerthat ![]() Prog Reviewer ![]() Joined: September 03 2006 Location: . Status: Offline Points: 9869 |
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There is a way in which operatic sopranos modify the vowel sounds to produce a more open tone. This sound is the same that you hear on the last sustained ScheherazAAAde. But Annie uses that sound very sparingly.
Here's a link to the Bent Knee thread: |
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kenethlevine ![]() Special Collaborator ![]() ![]() Prog-Folk Team Joined: December 06 2006 Location: New England Status: Offline Points: 9112 |
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hmm that track certainly sounds operatic to me which I usually don't like, but I can't quite get the "aa" vs "ouiiii". That track is also not very typical for Corde Oblique. I will see if I think of another that is more typical and post it. How about posting "Bent Knee" here
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rogerthat ![]() Prog Reviewer ![]() Joined: September 03 2006 Location: . Status: Offline Points: 9869 |
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Nice music! As for the vocals, she/they sound accomplished alright but I am personally not fond of the operatic 'ouiiii' syllable. It always surprised me that in spite of learning singing from an opera instructor, Annie emphasised more of an 'aaaa' syllable which agrees more to my Hindustani moorings, I guess. A good example is when she sings "Emotion smoulders, starts to burn in hAAArmony" in Touching Once; would have expected a classically trained singer to inflect that ouiii sound there. I am (still) looping Bent Knee's Shiny Eyed Babies which is as different as it gets from Renaissance.
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kenethlevine ![]() Special Collaborator ![]() ![]() Prog-Folk Team Joined: December 06 2006 Location: New England Status: Offline Points: 9112 |
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here is a band I love called Corde Oblique that features a number of excellent female singers. This track, while not quite sounding like Renaissance, might appeal to fans of that band, plus I wanted to give this thread a bump
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"It just has none of the qualities of your work that I find interesting. Abandon [?] it." - Eno
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kenethlevine ![]() Special Collaborator ![]() ![]() Prog-Folk Team Joined: December 06 2006 Location: New England Status: Offline Points: 9112 |
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I think with the exception of "Jeckyll and Hyde", "Golden Key" and "Kalynda" the whole album sounds flat. Heck even those songs are only saved by Annie. I could never get into Winter Tree at all
Edited by kenethlevine - January 27 2016 at 22:29 |
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