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Originally posted by TeleStrat TeleStrat wrote:

^  Hey Sam, I agree that Historical Graffiti is excellent. You should try Yawning Sons when you get a chance.
It is members of Yawning Man and the British band Sons Of Alpha Centauri. 
Their album is called Ceremony To The Sunset.
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Tangerine Dream - Atem It's a scary album. Very dark, cold, swampy. I really liked it. I have this nice 1976 2LP Virgin gatefold pressing of this album together with Alpha Centauri on the other disc, which I picked up very cheaply. Though I prefer the latter, this is an amazing album still. The atmosphere is really unique on here. 

Oren Ambarchi - Hubris Sam, it is a great album, thanks for talking about it, I doubt I would have encountered it anytime soon. I really like how, for a big part, it uses "traditional" electro-acoustic instrumentation for this unexplainable musical nectar. 
I'd love to find Atem. I already have Alpha Centauri though, great album Thumbs Up

Yes, a very interesting blend of acoustic and electronic. By the way, I read he has two previous albums in a similar style. I'm trying not to get more records for a while but I keep receiving newsletters with awesome new music Embarrassed

Yesterday:
Brand X - Masques
The Fratellis - Costello Music (I heard "Chelsea Dagger" on the radio the other day, I completelly forgot about these guys. I was really addicted on their first two albums eight years ago, very fun stuff.)
Popol Vuh - Das Hohelied Salomos
Farmhouse Odyssey - Rise of the Waterfowl (A very interesting new jazzy Symphonic Prog album. Quite similar to Promenade, now that I think about it.)
Forma - Physicalist (Reminds me of Steve Hauschildt, who coincidentaly (or not) is on the same label.)
Brainticket - Cottonwoodhill (I'm agreeing with Bonnek's review, the fun is over at the end of side A. Side B is more of the same.)
Papir - Untitled (A smooth EP to avoid nightmares Tongue)
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Queen - Sheer Heart Attack
Queen - News at the World
Queen - Made in Heaven (deluxe version)


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First night of nightshift choices:

Tangerine Dream – Zeit (LP 1)
Jefferson Airplane – Takes Off
The Byrds – Mr Tambourine Man
Pink Floyd – A Saucerful of Secrets
Caravan – s/t
Gong – Flying Teapot
Arti e Mestieri – Tilt
Perigeo – Abbiamo Tutti un Blues da Piangere
Light Year – Reveal the Fantastic
Cos – Viva Boma
Carmen – Fandangos in Space
Klaus Schulze – La Vie Electronique: Vol 1 (disc 1)
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^Great choices, Michael. Smile
For me:

Botany - Dimming Awe, the Light is Raw I liked Botany's newest ambient-jazzy album, so I decided to check out his previous works. This is something totally different - electro trip-hop with somewhat of an anti-commercial feel. The fact that I've really enjoyed listening to this album reminds me of how much I have evolved and matured musically over the last year. It's a really nice feeling to be able to enjoy many diverse genres.

Frank Zappa & the Mothers of Invention - Ahead of Their Time I love 1968-70 era of the Mothers, especially their live performances, this one is no exception. Sometimes the jokes they make onstage are so unfunny, they become funny and the performance is dripping with energy. The version of "King Kong" is fantastic here!

Amon Düül II  - Phallus Dei The first three Amon Düül II albums are really outstanding. I am just starting to notice how sophisticated their music is, despite the rather sloppy, stoned performance (which does have its charm). The atmosphere is so scary, satanic, just love it. Music for spending a night at a forest!
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Fleetwood Mac - "Penguin": I would say this is a pretty underrated album in their catalog. Granted I tend to skip the songs sung by Walker and I'm not completely on board with the tune featuring the calypso jive, but the rest is quite good and the songs sung by Welch are outstanding. I swear, "Bright Fire" has this atmospheric "hanging out down by the old mill" vibe that's utterly sublime and authentic. It's just so hard to capture that aura these days.

Fleetwood Mac - "Bare Trees": The few times anyone's asked me what my fav Mac songs are, they always follow up my answers with "Hmm..."Sunny Side of Heaven", don't know it...did Stevie Nicks sing it?" I really enjoy this album (thankfully the only track I don't care for is the final one so I just stop it when that poem-reading thing starts) and Kirwin's stuff here is especially cool. Plus, I actually like the version of Welch's "Sentimental Lady" here; so organic and even a bit folky in a way. McVie has one of her better ballads here too.
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New Order - "Low-Life"
New Order - "Republic"
AIR - "Moon Safari"
Daft Punk - "Homework"
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Out Of The Earth - Out Of The Earth  (Lamia, Greece  2015)
Heavy psych rock, stoner, doom trio  

Native Daughters - Master Manipulator  (Denver, Colorado  2016)
Instrumental, heavy riff-based, post-metal 

Weedpecker - Weedpecker II  (Warsaw, Poland  2015)
Psych, stoner, grunge with dual guitars 

Mos Generator - Songs For Future Gods  (Port Orchard, WA  2007)
Classic hard rock, stoner rock trio  

Moon Coven - Moon Coven  (Malmo/Stockholm, Sweden  2016)
Heavy psychedelic rock 
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My Brightest Diamond- This is My Hand
Mr. Mister - Welcome to the Real World
Aimee Mann - Bachelor No. 2 (Or, The Last Remaining Dodo)
Shara Worden - Letters to the Distant Earth
My Brightest Diamond - A Thousand Shark's Teeth


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The Fratellis - Here We Stand
Yawning Sons - Ceremony To The Sunset (This is really good too, Gary. There's a Krautrock vibe on this one. I think it could have a bit less vocals though.)
Klaus Schulze - Moondawn (Am I the only one bothered with the very delayed synth sound on the left channel on side A? It's so out of tempo with the drums, it gets on my nerves.)
Popol Vuh - Letzte Tage-Letzte Nächte
Love Machine - Circles (First listen, I bought the CD considering only Uwe's review. It's a German Psych Rock band with Southern Rock influences, it's surprisingly good.)
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^  I totally agree with you about Yawning Sons.
You know me, fewer vocals never hurt my feelings.  Wink
I have the orange vinyl version of the LP and Discogs has several copies at reasonable prices (two of the sellers are from Spain so that should work out good for you if you're interested).
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My Brightest Diamond - Bring Me the Workhorse
My Brightest Diamond - I Had Grown Wild
My Brightest Diamond - This is My Hand
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Three amazing albums today.
Julian Priester - Love, Love
Paradox - Drifting Feather
Art Bears - Hopes and Fears
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Originally posted by ALotOfBottle ALotOfBottle wrote:

^Great choices, Michael. Smile
For me:Amon Düül II </span>- Phallus Dei The first three <span ="st">Amon Düül II albums are really outstanding. I am just starting to notice how sophisticated their music is, despite the rather sloppy, stoned performance (which does have its charm). The atmosphere is so scary, satanic, just love it. Music for spending a night at a forest!
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Cheers, mate! Ha, you know I'm always on the lookout for THAT next album, whatever it might be, where I'll think `Now Tymon would dig the heck out of this…' Will report back whenever I come across an album like that for you!

It's funny you say that about Amon Düül II. The only album I was missing from their classic period up until a few months ago was `Tanz der Lemminge’, and I was kind of shocked that it was hugely ambitious, varied and unusually stylish and ravishing (for them!) despite having that same rough-as-guts messy playing! I honestly didn’t expect the album to sound anything like it did, full of many surprises.

Tonight’s choices:

Tangerine Dream – Force Majeure
Tangerine Dream – Zeit (second LP)
Jefferson Airplane – After Bathing at Baxters
The Byrds – Fifth Dimension
Pink Floyd - More
Amon Duul 2 – Tanz der Lemminge
Tangerine Dream – Logos
Tangerine Dream – Sorcerer 2014
Steve Roach – Structures from Silence
Kitaro - Oasis

Caravan – Waterloo Lily (I still think this might be Richard Sinclair’s defining moment as a bass player. Definitely my second favourite Caravan album after `Grey and Pink’)

Cosmic Ground – III
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IQ - Tales From The Lush Attic - Listened to my own custom expanded edition (as I always do now), with three of the GEP remaster bonus tracks worked into the flow of the disc. Great stuff! This is neo-prog done right. I always preferred this to the Genesis albums that they were trying to mimic (Foxtrot, Selling England). All of the classic Genesis sound, but with none of the lyrical silliness and way more instrumental firepower. What's not to love?

Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath - I'm not entirely sure why people consider this to be the first pure metal album and all that...it's more or less just a blues album. Historical debates aside, it's still enjoyable to put on. Iommi kills it throughout. I especially like the two medleys; he has some mighty fine soloing in them. I also really like the instrumental sections of the title track, but, gotta love Ozzy, every time I hear him yell "Oh GOD NOOOoooOOOOoo", I just burst out laughing. Of course they were trying to go for a blood-curling horror movie kind of effect, but it sounds more like the kind of scream you'd get from a stoner who just spilled the last bowl of chips all over the floor or something. LOL 

Richard Betts - Highway Call - Perhaps the best Allman Brothers alumni solo album of them all. This is pure country goodness from start to finish! Great interplay between Betts' electric, the lap steel, and Vassar Clements' fiddle. Although there's a lot of focus on that sweet, sweet country jamming, the songwriting isn't half bad, either. Long Time Gone and Highway Call are beautiful songs; pure nostalgia. Highly recommended to any fans of the more country-oriented side of Southern Rock. 


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CHVRCHES - "The Bones of What You Believe"
Boards of Canada - "Geogaddi"
New Order - "Low-Life"
Toto - "IV"
Vangelis - "Chariots of Fire"
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Thursday...

Electric Moon - Flaming Lake  (Fulda, Germany  2011)
Instrumental psychedelic space rock trio recorded live

Samavayo - Dakota  (Berlin, Germany  2016)
Heavy rock, stoner, fuzz trio  

Buddha Sentenza - SWLVR  (Heidelberg, Germany  2013)
Instrumental psychedelic stoner rock 

Dune Pilot - Wetlands  (Munich, Germany  2014)
Heavy rock, desert, stoner 

Kings Destroy - And The Rest Will Surely Perish  (Brooklyn, NY  2010)
Metal, sludge, stoner 

Lambda - Space Express  (Cesky Krumlov, Czech Republic  2015)
Instrumental post-rock, stoner, doom 
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Saga - Live in Hamburg
My Brightest Diamond - All Things Will Unwind
CocoRosie - Heartache City
Joan As Police Woman/Benjamin Lazar Davis - Let It Be You
Joan As Police Woman - The Classic


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Cheers, mate! Ha, you know I'm always on the lookout for THAT next album, whatever it might be, where I'll think `Now Tymon would dig the heck out of this…' Will report back whenever I come across an album like that for you!

It's funny you say that about Amon Düül II. The only album I was missing from their classic period up until a few months ago was `Tanz der Lemminge’, and I was kind of shocked that it was hugely ambitious, varied and unusually stylish and ravishing (for them!) despite having that same rough-as-guts messy playing! I honestly didn’t expect the album to sound anything like it did, full of many surprises.

Caravan – Waterloo Lily (I still think this might be Richard Sinclair’s defining moment as a bass player. Definitely my second favourite Caravan album after `Grey and Pink’)

Cosmic Ground – III

Very kind of you to say that, Michael! I am digging the heck out of that Arkham album you have recommended to me a few months ago! You know what I like. Smile

Same with me - I came relatively late to listening to Tanz der Lemminge and I was really surprised at how ambitious and varied it was. It's interesting, because it is psychedelic and completely stoned and at the same time, the compositions are well-organised and musicianship very tight. Great, baffling album! I need to listen to Wolf City some more, I know it's very good, but I never got hooked on it.

Waterloo Lily is a Caravan album I really like, too. I think it's even above Grey and Pink in my book. "The Love in Your Eyes" is such a killer track! It's at the same time beautiful a la Camel from Mirage and incredibly Canterburian (just check out that flute solo!). And Richard Sinclair's playing is spectacular throughout.
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Hi Samuel
Cool to see you span that Forma album. Currently listening to it myself. You're right it does remind me a bit of Hauschildt, only I find it a tad more varied and interesting tbh. Not that I don't appreciate him - I just really dig Physicalist

Me yesterday:
Forma - Physicalist
Ingranaggi della Valle - Warm Spaced Blue
Haruomi Hosono - Cochin Moon
Il Paradiso degli Orchi - Il Corponauta
Heron Oblivion - s/t
Morgan Delt - Phase Zero
Oren Ambarchi - Hubris
Preoccupations - s/t
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Pendragon - The Jewel - I remembered this was one of the albums that I listened to quite a bit when I was first getting into prog. Jeepers, my taste was awful back then! The melodies are frankly quite uninspired, and the overtly 80's production doesn't help. I'm very glad that I didn't spend any money on this one (a mistake that I made when I was briefly infatuated with Pallas' The Sentinel).

IQ - Ever - Ah, this is much better. Not masterpiece material, but there are some fine melodies and spirited performances throughout. 

Promenade - Nir Al Dir Di Noi - Ah, this is much better. Now we're back in the big leagues. From first listen, I can confidently call this my favourite album of 2016. Absolutely flawless; superb production, sublime compositions, plenty of romance, virtuosity, and sexy jazz touches. Just about everything I love in music can be heard somewhere in here. Love this album!

Harmonium - Harmonium - Speaking of sublime albums. I don't love this one quite as much as Cinquieme Saison or l'heptade, but it still has its own charm and beauty that set it apart. Serge Fiori sounds great on everything he sings, so I have no complaints here. Fantastic stuff.

Interpose+ - Interpose+ - Wow, what a pleasant surprise! I had no idea what kind of a sound to expect from these guys, but the cover was intriguing enough to that I checked it out. I'm very glad that I did as it's really fantastic. There's nothing not to like. Bright, active, instrumental playing with delightful synth and wind timbres playing off each other, a very upbeat, urban, modern, sort of vibe, and emotive vocals. Definitely one that I'll be adding to my "to buy" list!

Khan - Space Shanty - The very best Canterbury album in my opinion. Canterbury, lighthearted as it is, is one of those genres that seems to be very conducive to abstract silliness, but what Khan does so wonderfully is work those absurd ideas and influences into something so structured, tangible, and ultimately very emotive. There's such an enchanting atmosphere weaved throughout the album, and a very nostalgic sort of vibe to the whole affair. Oh yeah, and there's something to be said for the killer interplay between Hillage and Stewart. If only it wasn't for the fact that Hollow Stone is a step down in inspiration from the songs that precede it, I'd consider this one to be an unequivocal masterpiece. 


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