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

The Cars - 'Panorama': Strangely "arty" at times for a Cars record, even the single "Touch and Go" is rather bonkers during the verses. Some neat guitarwork and Atari-style synths to go along with the girl-chasing lyrics.

Prog Sothoth wrote: The Cars - 'Panorama': Strangely "arty" at times for a Cars record, even the single "Touch and Go" is rather bonkers during the verses. Some neat guitarwork and Atari-style synths to go along with the girl-chasing lyrics

Yes, love it....and the Car in general could be sublime

Finnforest wrote: Prog Sothoth wrote: The Cars - 'Panorama': Strangely "arty" at times for a Cars record, even the single "Touch and Go" is rather bonkers during the verses. Some neat guitarwork and Atari-style synths to go along with the girl-chasing lyrics Yes, love it....and the Car in general could be sublime

Super underrated record. Their best imo

As is my Halloween tradition, I waited until late at night and put on In The Court of The Crimson King. Such a great, fitting album for this time of year (in the northern hemisphere, at least)! 

ALotOfBottle wrote: Adelbert Von Deyen - Nordborg Very good! Definitely an improvement over his debut album. The first track is in the vein of the first release, sort of Schulzesque, while the second piece picks up a very dancable rhythm with somewhat of an Alpha Centauri-ish Farfisa playing and great Hohner piano fills. Nice album! I'm looking forward to hearing what Von Deyen was up to on his next records. Present - Le Poison I have finally got around to watching the documentary Romantic Warriors II:<span ="st"> A Progressive Music Saga About Rock in Opposition, having enjoyed the one they did on the Canterbury scene immensly. This one is not as good, but it was quite enjoyable and made me discover a thing or two about the movement. And there was an interview with Raff in the film! Anyway, this album is excellent. I really enjoy this cold, satanic atmosphere, very interesting stuff. I like the role of the guitar in the band. Really nice album and I will be investigating more RIO I had not known about. But boy, I don't want to stop my jazz-fusion kick. </span>

Glad you dug `Nordborg', man. The next one `Atmosphere' is perhaps best of all and probably AvD's defining moment. It's got a shorter uptempo poppier piece to open with, but then it goes into dreamy Floydian atmospheres and so loooooong multi-sectioned extended stuff that is full of originiality and great ideas. Just be careful about the album after it, a massive change in direction (which is admittedly admirable it self), but it has a lot of acoustic guitar and Von Deyen on vocals in a kind of quasi-mellow Floyd manner, but it's pretty forgettable and uninteresting. `Planets' after it is better, but still a far cry from the precious first three (well, they're precious to me! )

You know, that second Present album is actually in my top ten all-time favourites! An icy and creeping develish nightmare, love it to bits....so does my office at work...well, OK, so they don't love it, try the complete other end of that, but they sure hear it enough!

Yesterday:

Area - Caution Radiation Area This Area album gets lower ratings than Arbeit Macht Frei and Crac!, but, in my opinion, it is equally good, if not better than the latter. Magnificent electro-free-fusion jams, experimental ambiences, baffling compositions - Caution Radiation Area is a masterpiece for me.

Wolfgang Dauner Trio - Output The very first ECM release. This is a pretty good album. I usually get bored with piano-fronted jazz trios (Bill Evans erhm... Some of Keith Jarrett's and Chick Corea's stuff erhm...), but Wolfgang Dauner makes it interesting with the use of some odd overdriven/ring modulated keyboard as a lead instrument.

Etron Fou Leloublan - Les Trois Fous Perdegagnent I am guilty of not having listened to any full album by Etron Fou Leloublan until yesterday. And I was missing out! These guys have got an amazing style, very much up my alley. Classic Rock In Opposition sound, full of great instrumental and rhythmic twists.

Jonas Palm - Ze Wörmnest This is a rather obscure electronic album, from 1980, when the Berlin scene was not as flashy and creative as it used to be. Jonas Palm uses only one synthesizer on this, which results in a bit of a dull sound. It’s a shame, because his abilities do deserve a wider plethora of timbres and sounds. Recommended for investigators of progressive electronic.

Samla Mammas Manna - Snorungarnas Symfoni Far from being my favorite Samla Mammas Manna album, but it’s still pretty good. They have, however, taken a route that was visible on the previous albums to the extremes. Very melodic, nostalgic, which is great, but estranging jazzy and comedic qualities that made Samla Mammas Manna Samla Mammas Manna.

Nucleus - Elastic Rock I like Nucleus. I like the British jazz scene in general. Elastic Rock is a very creative album with elements that really define Nucleus. There is, however, one odd thing that bothers me about the sound of this album and I can’t really elaborate that. Maybe it’s from listening to Soft Machine too much?

Count in Popol Vuh's Aguirre - The Wrath of God, as I've watched the movie, if that counts anyhow.

SBB - Karlstad
Shadowfax - Watercourse Way
Banco Del Mutuo Soccorso - Darwin (This would be my favorite Banco)
Magma - Sl*g Tanz
Seven Impale - Contrapasso
Goat - Requiem

This Polish band is awesome (I even prefer Exist from 2008, check it out)

Camel - Mirage It was exactly a year ago that I've discovered how great this album is. Sweet memories, man. Beautiful melodies, beautiful sounds. Love it.

Art Zoyd - Génération Sans Futur Great album showcasing Art Zoyd's "classic" chamber style. Although I might be in a minority, I find Art Zoyd's music to be much more scary than that of Univers Zero (which I do love dearly).