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

Laurie Anderson - Big Science

Thursday...

Ophiucus - Ophiucus - A folky French album from 1971. I saw a 5 star review for it on the front page the other day with a lot of Harmonium comparisons, so I was naturally very intrigued. The production is unsurprisingly rough, but the music itself is not bad at all. Plenty of calm acoustic sections, fine melodies, and the singing is quite pleasant. No Serge Fiori, but still a nice voice and very appropriate for the music. In fact, I have to give these guys credit for having a surprisingly wide sonic palette. Though most of the music is pastoral folk, there are some vaguely eastern sounding moments and some heavier psychedelic sections. Not essential, but a nice blend of music altogether.

Guldbamsen wrote: Cromagnon - Caledonia

That's an album I hold in very high regard, David. It's a really brave effort for 1969. The track "Caledonia" is mind-blowing.

Egg - The Civil Surface I love this album and have loved it since the very first time I heard it. There is something so playful and whimsical about these melodies and harmonies here and they are at the highest technical level. This mixture of many different influences, jazz-fusion, 20th century classical, avant-rock, is incredibly effective.

Acid Mothers Temple - In C I am big into minimalism and I was curious what kind of stuff Acid Mothers Temple, a band I had investigated very briefly a while ago, might be able to conjure up with such a title. The music is interesting to say the least. Very original, although the framework is mostly krautrock/space-rock-inspired, this is actually minimal and I liked this album.

John Surman - Tales of the Algonquin John Surman is a musician I really like, same goes for this album. It's a great representation of his and his band's capabilities. It's similar to many British jazz records of the early seventies - on the edge of post-bop, rhythm and instrument-wise, and fusion, harmonically. Really nice!

Isotope - Illusion Aaaand now we travel to more jazz-fusion oriented territories. This is a great album. These energetic rapid grooves are, in my opinion, quintessential of fusion. Hugh Hopper has some excellent bass parts, especially on the title track. Gary Boyle on guitar is a wizard. Keyboard work is also spectacular. This band played together really well.

Teddy Lasry - E=MC² Sam, this is indeed a very original album. I really liked it. It's electronic for sure, but you can't tell if it's jazz-oriented or what. There are influences of jazz, folk, and ethnic music and they blend really well. For what I know, this is very well-crafted melodic progressive electronic music.

Klaus Schulze - Mirage Definitely my favorite Klaus Schulze album. All of the elements of his music that I love click on this album. It's so emotional, so atmospheric, so beautiful, this is a jewell. Even from my computer, it sounds so sharp, these soundscapes are really delightful. I am definitely looking into getting the record.

Naked City - Naked City

Sun Ra - "Lanquidity"
Sun Ra - "The Lady With the Golden Stockings"
Sun Ra - "Jazz in Silhouette"
Halsey - "Badlands"
The Roland Kirk Quartet - "Rip, Rig and Panic"

ALotOfBottle wrote: Acid Mothers Temple - In C I am big into minimalism and I was curious what kind of stuff Acid Mothers Temple, a band I had investigated very briefly a while ago, might be able to conjure up with such a title. The music is interesting to say the least. Very original, although the framework is mostly krautrock/space-rock-inspired, this is actually minimal and I liked this album. Teddy Lasry - E=MC² Sam, this is indeed a very original album. I really liked it. It's electronic for sure, but you can't tell if it's jazz-oriented or what. There are influences of jazz, folk, and ethnic music and they blend really well. For what I know, this is very well-crafted melodic progressive electronic music.

I keep seeing that band mentioned, I'll have to check them out eventually as well.

Cool, I knew you'd like it. Yes, it's a very difficult album to categorize, really not the usual PE stuff.

Yesterday:
The Doors - Full Circle (Quite different from the previous album, who was clearly a follow-up of LA Woman. I think I liked this one slightly more. Sure it has some filler but even the Morrison albums had IMO, except maybe the debut.)
Eloy - Silent Cries and Mighty Echoes
John Coltrane - My Favourite Things

Jethro Tull - Under Wraps (a great album, while many will wince it is among my fave JT)  
Jethro Tull - Crest of a Knave
Jethro Tull - Stand Up
Fleetwood Mac - Future Games
Lindsey Buckingham - Go Insane 

St. Vincent - "Actor"
Igor Stravinsky / Cleveland Orchestra / Pierre Boulez - "Pétrouchka; Le Sacre du printemps"
Moondog - s/t
Béla Bartók / Takács Quartet - "The 6 String Quartets"
Arnold Schoenberg / Lord Byron / Albert Giraud / Glenn Gould - "Piano Music, Piano Concerto, Fantasy for Violin, Pierrot Lunaire"

Edited by Ozark Soundscape - November 19 2016 at 21:57

Alpha Wave Movement – Transcendence
Alpha Wave Movement – Kinetic
Ashra – Inventions for Electric Guitar
Oresund Space Collective- Music for Pogonologists
Oresund Space Collective – Ode to a Black Hole
Deuter - Aum

Alphataurus – s/t - was half asleep at work with only four hours sleep, so the forceful loud vocals on this woke me up! Always a ripper of an album.

Promenade - Noi Al Dir Di Noi - Definitely one of the standout new Italian discs of the year! Insanely frantic and busy sax-dominated Italian prog with a youthful energy.