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

Moody Blues - Long Distance Voyager

Sunday...

Vangellis - Rosetta (2016)....  Awesome!!

Vangellis - Rosetta (2016)....  Awesome!!!

The Bearded Bard wrote: Yeah, there's a couple of tracks on side 4 of PG I can do without as well ("Boogie with Stu" and "Black Country Woman"), but the rest of it I like. I have more problems with "Kashmir" myself.  B&B are crazy, that's true. Crazy good that is.

Really? Got to love the Mellotron on that one

Indeed!

The Bearded Bard wrote: TeleStrat wrote: Meltdowner wrote: TeleStrat wrote: Agusa - TVA  (Malmo, Sweden  2015)   Instrumental / Psychedelic Space Rock  (with a bit of Folk)  Here's an album I forgot to check out last year  Definitely check out the Agusa album. I also like Katarsis (live) that came out last month.    I second the Agusa - Två recommendation.  A top 2 album from last year for me (no two-puns intended, believe it or not ). The enhanced Nordic folk touches here, contra their debut, makes this a truly emotional album for me (love that Nordic folk stuff).

Thanks for the recommendation, guys I heard a track from it on a local radio Prog show last year and it sounded lovely

TeleStrat wrote: The Rising Sun Experience - Beyond The Oblivious Abyss  (Lisboa, Portugal  2014)   Funk, psychedelic, folk, classic rock with heavy keys, percussion and guitars

Hmmmm, I'm intrigued! I never heard of them

Aussie-Byrd-Brother wrote: Jethro Tull – Songs from the Wood (Sam, I’m kind of shocked, but this Dull album actually seems rather good...or at least nothing enrages me on it, and it's much more complex instrumentally lol Have you heard it yourself?)

I never heard it, I'll keep it in mind... I heard Aqualung last month and it's still early to give JT another try


This weekend:
Wolfmother - s/t (In the car, it's less offensive to the ears )
Salem's Pot - Pronounce This! (Even better this time )
Jamiroquai - A Funky Odyssey
Earth Wind & Fire - Spirit
Mr. Bungle - California
The Winstons - s/t (Great way to start a Sunday morning )

From the stressful days filled with exhausting work and anxiety connected with it, finally comes a wonderful, passionate listening day.

Clivage - Mixtus Orbis My first Indo-Prog album, I think. Absolutely love this. Very spiritual, symphonic, exotic-sounding, jazzy, highly intelligent music. In terms of how the music reacts with me, it sits very close to Magma. However, it stands fantastically on its own. Really looking forward to revisiting this in the close future.

Throbbing Gristle - D.O.A: The Third and Final Report This is where musical interests of mine and my dad's come together. We had a listen to this one during breakfast and agreed that Throbbing Gristle is a very original, exceptional band. No, this is definitely not easy listening. In some circumstances, this kind of music is really sterling.

Soft Machine - Volume Two Having watched the BBC Radiophonic Workshop broadcast with Soft Machine that I've shared over in the other thread, I felt a very strong urge to revisit the album it took me a while to like, by one of my favorite bands of all time. And now I'm here, unable to get "Hibou Anemone and Bear" out of my head.

Semiramis - Dedicato a Frazz This was not an easy album to dig for me during the first few listens, but I've really started appreciating the music recently. What gets me everytime is the cute, percussive, harpsichord-imitating synthesizer sound. The guitar is fantastic, too. All in all, I've got to admit - this music is excellent.

Musica Elettronica Viva - Friday If you've been following my posts on this thread, you might have noticed I really enjoy deep listening. This album is fabulous proto-industrial, avant-ambient, early electronic effort that really captures the spirit of late sixties' academic approach to experimental music.

Sun Ra - Atlantis I have really been enjoying Sun Ra recently. This is perhaps the most experimental of the albums I've listened to. His cosmic instrument, Farfisa, is on the lead here together with ethnic percussion.The big band supports the background.

Jim, I have to thank you for the random Pantera mention! I was never a fan when I was in highschool, but I had that run of four albums from `Cowboys from Hell' through to `The Great Southern Trendkill', probably because all the other kids at school had them. Sadly all those CD's are away somewhere in various boxes in a spare cupboard these days, so it would take a lot of effort to dig them out. So I just looked a full clip of `Far Beyond Driven' and have spent the last twenty minutes spinning it again (for probably the first time in twenty years!), and I have to say, those guys were sh*t hot, and that album endlessly grooves like an absolute monster!!



I'm also torn between thinking `These guys have the biggest balls ever', and pissing myself laughing at how `massive' the lyrics are! I correctly recalled some heroic favourites such as:

"I'm bone, brain and cock, deep down, STRONGER THAN ALL"

*****

Cheers about the avatar, mate, I've always liked this one, it's pretty old! There's a kind of funny story to it! Right as I was getting into prog, a mate and I came across a photo of Alan Parsons making the same pose with his eye, and we said `That is so freaky, I bet his music is really trippy!'...and after hearing the Alan Parsons Project for the first time, we were like `Wow, they are really vanilla....'

Aussie-Byrd-Brother wrote: Jim, is that the album with the track `Good Friends and a Bottle of Pills'?! Hilarious!

It is! 

Hey, nice new Av you have there!

Jim, is that the album with the track `Good Friends and a Bottle of Pills'?! Hilarious!

Steve Hillage - L (haven't spun this in years)
Genesis – ...and Then There Were Three
Gentle Giant - Interview
Kansas - Masque
Iron Maiden – Killers
National Health – s/t
U.K – s/t
King Crimson – Lizard

Jethro Tull – Songs from the Wood (Sam, I’m kind of shocked, but this Dull album actually seems rather good...or at least nothing enrages me on it, and it's much more complex instrumentally lol Have you heard it yourself?)