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

Less is more yes but I think Zeit somehow is above that. There's so much going on only it's happening 'on the same frequency' so all those synths, organs and cellos somehow jello together in one big gulp of gelatinous mass. I can imagine sperm whales putting this on before having sex.

Aussie-Byrd-Brother wrote: Guldbamsen wrote: Kebnekaise - s/t (folk rock meets nordic folk music meets fusion meets Krautrock...straight outta Sweden! One of my old faves) David, is this the one you mean? http://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=5003 If so, yep, totally agree. Especially improves after the first track too...and absolutely a Krautrock album in it's own way!

Oh yes that's the one!
It is also known simply as 'll'.
I most definitely hear it as a "Krautrock" even if that makes no sense whatsoever. It is currently sitting on the shelf between Dzyan's Time Machine and Walter Wegmüller's Tarot
Sweden in particular had something of a pseudo Krautrock scene with Älgarnas Trädgård, Arkimedes Badkar (second album), Arbete & Fritid, International Harvester and the likes.

Aussie-Byrd-Brother wrote: Guldbamsen wrote: I'm still stuck on Vol 10 mate so I really can't comment on what has come out after although I remember digging Misophonia the few times I've spun it...but I keep reaching for Vol 10 if I want a little Electric Orange. Hah those Ikarus vocals are indeed atrocious. They were the only thing bringing the album down if I remember correctly, but it's been ages since my last spin. Well, I have keep spinning the new Electric Orange one, mate, and I was probably very hasty in my somewhat early dismissal. Playing it LOUD delivers much more satisfying results! So I'll keep at it...I'm actually a little OD'd on E. OJ at the moment, bought three recent discs of them in the one go! That Ikarus album...it was a blind buy, because it literally sounded on paper like everything I dig about those kind of jazzy/adventurous proto-prog kind of albums, and there was also THAT cover to fall in love with...but yeah, very quickly I keep coming back to the opinion of `Oh, man, just stop f*cking singing for a bit!!' But as you kind of suggest, everything else about is top-notch and totally reliable. Will keep at it!

I know exactly what you mean. EO can get a little samey which is why I tend to stick to the releases where they pull it off best ie Vol 10, Morbus and Krautrock From Hell.

Life's too short for great music with horrendous vocals....or is it? I've been listening to a fair bit of Eloy lately and while I think the new Joan of Arc reeks of retirement home, I keep on coming back for Planets.
Seriously though that new one needs a kick up its own backside. I hear a lot of great potential marred by far too sleepy and polite playing.

Guldbamsen wrote: Kebnekaise - s/t (folk rock meets nordic folk music meets fusion meets Krautrock...straight outta Sweden! One of my old faves)

David, is this the one you mean?


http://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=5003

If so, yep, totally agree. Especially improves after the first track too...and absolutely a Krautrock album in it's own way!

Aussie-Byrd-Brother wrote: Sagichim wrote: Yesterday... Eden - Erwartung Patrick Gauthier - Bebe Godzilla (Shouldn't be missed by any Zehul fan, fantastic album) Did you like that Eden one, Sagi? I reviewed it just the other day, I think it's wonderful! Although I was discussing it soon after with someone who thinks it's totally forgettable, so what do I know?!  I was just thinking of that `Bebe Godzilla' album the other day, I accidently got it confused with another jazzy Zeuhl stunner - George Jinda's `The Wheel of Love'...wish I had EITHER of them!

Guldbamsen wrote: I'm still stuck on Vol 10 mate so I really can't comment on what has come out after although I remember digging Misophonia the few times I've spun it...but I keep reaching for Vol 10 if I want a little Electric Orange. Hah those Ikarus vocals are indeed atrocious. They were the only thing bringing the album down if I remember correctly, but it's been ages since my last spin.

Well, I have keep spinning the new Electric Orange one, mate, and I was probably very hasty in my somewhat early dismissal. Playing it LOUD delivers much more satisfying results! So I'll keep at it...I'm actually a little OD'd on E. OJ at the moment, bought three recent discs of them in the one go!

That Ikarus album...it was a blind buy, because it literally sounded on paper like everything I dig about those kind of jazzy/adventurous proto-prog kind of albums, and there was also THAT cover to fall in love with...but yeah, very quickly I keep coming back to the opinion of `Oh, man, just stop f*cking singing for a bit!!' But as you kind of suggest, everything else about is top-notch and totally reliable. Will keep at it!

Yesterday...

Last few days:

Just spotted Artaud there Samuel - how did it fare?

I always post yesterday's pickings so I thought I'd change it up and actually do what the thread asks of me.
Today:
Magic Bus - Philip The Egg (anyone heard this album? A must for early Canterbury fans)
Cluster - Zuckerzeit
Jumbo - D.N.A.
Boards Of Canada - Tomorrow's Harvest
Donald Byrd - Electric Bird (man I'd forgotten just how much I adore this delicious slice of psychedelic fusion)
Fleet Foxes - Crack-Up (Soooooo good)
Kendrick Lamar - DAMN
Kebnekaise - s/t (folk rock meets nordic folk music meets fusion meets Krautrock...straight outta Sweden! One of my old faves)
Floating Points - Reflections - Mojave Desert (One of the finest little releases of 2017. A small epiphany caught live on tape in the desert)

Vital is excellent Sam, a totally different beast in their catalog, I see how you can like that one