What albums did you listen to today?...continued

^ I think it's just a free demo. I saw them a few months after they released it and they didn't have copies of it.

^ Cool! Looks like we are 2 of the 200 (too bad it's not numbered) 

Aussie-Byrd-Brother wrote: Cosmic Ground – 2 – This will be for the drive home, Sam. Mosaico – Vola – This little favourite again, Sam. Such a lovely Italian album, short and sweet too! Great vocalist as well.

It amazes me how you can drive with that kind of music 

Billy Cobham - "Spectrum"
maudlin of the Well - "Part the Second"
John Scofield - "A Go Go"
Devo - "Greatest Hits"
Roses - "R is for Roses"
Herbie Hancock - "Head Hunters"

Aussie-Byrd-Brother wrote: ALotOfBottle wrote: New Trolls - Concerto Grosso per I Why is this rated so low? It's not amazing, but it's really good. The blues-rock riffs sound far from being dry and uninteresting. Orchestration is magnificent. The long suite is pretty cool. Mate, I think you'll find that the thinking is that several other Italian bands went on to do more interestings things with orchestral elements than what the New Trolls did on that one. For instance, have you tried Banco's `Di Terra'? That has a real dynamic fusion of band and orchestra, not just the orchestral bits "added on top". I might have been a little over-zealous, but I seem to recall I gave that one a five-star review on the Archives some time back?! I've really come to enjoy `Concerto Grosso' for what it is, a sweeping and pleasing album, if perhaps surface thrills over much in the way of depth?

I'll make sure check out Di Terra, I've never heard it. Thanks for that recommendation, friend. I like good orchestral work in RPI. And I like how you say "That has a real dynamic fusion of band and orchestra, not just the orchestral bits "added on top". That is what makes a good album with orchestra in my opinion. Contaminazione is killer - the orchestra really sounds like a part of the band, not just guests, if that makes any sense. Five Bridges by the Nice is great in my opinion. Very underrated by many.

Tonights choices:

Beardfish – Mammoth
Haken – Restoration
Ozric Tentacles – Waterfall Cities
Cosmic Ground – 2 – This will be for the drive home, Sam.

Mosaico – Vola – This little favourite again, Sam. Such a lovely Italian album, short and sweet too! Great vocalist as well.

Leap Day – Skylge’s Lair – I love this band so much, just a fine modern prog band with constantly great playing.

Banco del Mutuo Soccorso – Come In Un’Ultima Cena – You were spot on, Sagi. Not quite up to the standard of the first few, but a very respectable album that still has with plenty of depth and prog-smarts.

Meltdowner wrote: Only first listens: Ozric Tentacles - Become The Other Cosmic Ground - Cosmic Ground 2 (I was feeling like listening to TD but I heard most of their classic albums recently, so why not some CG?  I wish it had more distinct progressions (like on the last song), it's generally very minimalistic.)

I still think Dirk Jan Müller deserves a bit more credit than simply being dismissed as a clone! Yes, there's spots on those two CG albums (and I get the feeling a third is on the way fairly soon) where he `recreates' the sounds of the classic TD albums, but I think he's doing pretty interesting stuff as well, a lot of his music diverts into looooooooong droning passages and trance elements. It's just that you have to be in the right mood for it!

Aussie-Byrd-Brother wrote: Sagichim wrote: Di Terra is wonderful, for a long time I've been meaning to play it but just haven't come around it. I'm long overdue to give it another listen as well, mate (probably haven't since I wrote that review). Ever have those albums that you love to bits, but you don't listen to nearly often enough? I'll be honest, even though I know I enjoy the hell out of `Di Terra', at this exact moment off the top of my head I can't recall a single note on it!

Yeah I have a few albums like that, but when I play them it all starts coming back.

Sagichim wrote: Di Terra is wonderful, for a long time I've been meaning to play it but just haven't come around it.

I'm long overdue to give it another listen as well, mate (probably haven't since I wrote that review).

Ever have those albums that you love to bits, but you don't listen to nearly often enough? I'll be honest, even though I know I enjoy the hell out of `Di Terra', at this exact moment off the top of my head I can't recall a single note on it!

Miles Davis - "Get Up With It"
John Coltrane - "Olé Coltrane"
Anal c**t - "I Like It When You Die"