What albums did you listen to today?...continued - Progressive Rock Music Forum

Originally posted by Aussie-Byrd-Brother

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.

“The Guide says there is an art to flying or rather a knack. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.”

- Douglas Adams

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.

“The Guide says there is an art to flying or rather a knack. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.”

- Douglas Adams

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.

“The Guide says there is an art to flying or rather a knack. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.”

- Douglas Adams

Hah I can vividly imagine that!
Would be cool to set out to make an album recorded specifically for different animals' mating rituals. Prog electronic may just be THE style to do something like that in.
Hey! Did I just deliver you your next album on a silver platter Samuel?

Edited by Guldbamsen - September 21 2017 at 08:25

“The Guide says there is an art to flying or rather a knack. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.”

- Douglas Adams

Guldbamsen wrote:

Hah I can vividly imagine that!
Would be cool to set out to make an album recorded specifically for different animals' mating rituals. Prog electronic may just be THE style to do something like that in.
Hey! Did I just deliver you your next album on a silver platter Samuel?

Only if you provide the cover LOL

Today:

Focus - Moving Waves

Tangerine Dream - Zeit

Jolly - The Audio Guide to Happiness Part 2
Black Mountain - Wilderness Heart
The War on Drugs - A Deeper Understanding
Harmonium - Les Cinq Saisons
Captain Beyond - Captain Beyond
Beardfish - +3626-Comfortzone
Fleetwood Mac - Rumours
Yes - 90125

Guldbamsen wrote:

This could actually work (also without having to be tongue-in-cheek). There's something very elegant and sensuous about the way animals move that I feel could be mimicked through music.

I'm really not the best person to express it though. I prefer machines for inspiration, it's probably why I love the motorik beat Tongue

Just two today:

Metallica - ... And Justice For All (With a pause halfways, it's so unnecessarily long.)

Torga Ostera - Queda Ascendente (I felt like listening to Floyd.)

Magnum Vaeltaja wrote:

Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here

Jose Cid - 10 000 Anos Depois Entre Venus E Marte

Willie Nelson - Honeysuckle Rose

Allman Brothers - The Complete Fillmore East Recordings: 71/3/13 (First Show)

Van Halen - Van Halen II

Eagles - One of These Nights

Eagles - Hotel California

Y'know, The Eagles suck, but I have One Of These Nights, and I think it's alright !! Especially The Sorcererr. Love the title track too, and, the song from Long Run called I Can't Tell You Why. Cool sh*t !!!!

2 great albums today...
Elder - Lore
A Silver Mount Zion - He Has Left Us Alone, But Shafts of Light Sometimes Grace the Corner of Our Rooms

Categories strain, crack and sometimes break, under their burden - step out of the space provided.

Some current Gauthier with a lot of Magma guys, do you get all of them?