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Padraic
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Posted: August 18 2008 at 14:48 |
James wrote:
All I want to listen to is RIO/Avant-prog/VdGG and the occasional bit of Canterbury.
Surely there's music I want?!
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I think the problem is that you're limited within the above parameters - there's only so much Canterbury, VdGG, RIO, etc. - and being an expert in these areas and having listened to these artists for a long time you feel like you've heard all there is to hear (obviously you haven't, but you know what I mean). You need to find a genre or some sort of music with "low hanging fruit" - you've done so much mining in Canterbury/RIO/Avant that it feels exhausted (again, even though it really isn't).
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Padraic
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Posted: August 18 2008 at 14:49 |
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VanderGraafKommandöh
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Posted: August 18 2008 at 14:55 |
No, I don't feel I've exhausted my listening with those genres... it's just there appears to not be enough bands to cater for my requirements!
I still have UZ, Present and Miriodor albums to purchase... oh and I'd love to get that Guigou Chenevier album too.
But stuff like Volapuk and Magma albums, will just be replacing MP3s (which of course is important) and aren't new to my ears.
Oh wait... I still haven't heard much Samla Mammas Manna yet, so I'll be getting more of their stuff. I have two of their albums and one more on its way.
Well... outside of the realm of prog, I want to start plunging into the avant-garde classical and contemporary scene.
Cornelius Cardew and many more...
Plus I'm absolutely desperate to hear Albert Huybrechts... no idea when I finally will.
Edited by James - August 18 2008 at 14:57
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MovingPictures07
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Posted: August 18 2008 at 15:44 |
James wrote:
No, I don't feel I've exhausted my listening with those genres... it's just there appears to not be enough bands to cater for my requirements!
I still have UZ, Present and Miriodor albums to purchase... oh and I'd love to get that Guigou Chenevier album too.
But stuff like Volapuk and Magma albums, will just be replacing MP3s (which of course is important) and aren't new to my ears.
Oh wait... I still haven't heard much Samla Mammas Manna yet, so I'll be getting more of their stuff. I have two of their albums and one more on its way.
Well... outside of the realm of prog, I want to start plunging into the avant-garde classical and contemporary scene.
Cornelius Cardew and many more...
Plus I'm absolutely desperate to hear Albert Huybrechts... no idea when I finally will.
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Try branching out some more.
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VanderGraafKommandöh
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Posted: August 18 2008 at 16:03 |
Dude, I have a very diverse palette when it comes to music... there's not really anywhere else for me to go besides dire genres I know I'll dislike.
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Padraic
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Posted: August 18 2008 at 16:10 |
Are(A)zione is some major pwnage.
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TGM: Orb
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Posted: August 18 2008 at 16:11 |
As, coincidentally, is Nine Feet Underground
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VanderGraafKommandöh
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Posted: August 18 2008 at 16:12 |
Yes it is. If I could... is Caravan's best album.
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Padraic
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Posted: August 18 2008 at 16:13 |
I still need to get a few more Caravan albums...but it's not a priority.
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Padraic
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Posted: August 18 2008 at 16:22 |
Winter Wine
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Posted: August 18 2008 at 16:28 |
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Padraic
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Posted: August 18 2008 at 16:30 |
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Posted: August 18 2008 at 16:37 |
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VanderGraafKommandöh
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Posted: August 18 2008 at 16:41 |
ELP? Ewww, I'd rather listen to Rush.
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Posted: August 18 2008 at 16:50 |
James wrote:
ELP?
Ewww, I'd rather listen to Rush.
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The Three Fates is awesome :) So is the rest of ELP.
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Toaster Mantis
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Posted: August 18 2008 at 16:54 |
ELP has H. R. Giger do one of their album covers. How cool is that?
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"The past is not some static being, it is not a previous present, nor a present that has passed away; the past has its own dynamic being which is constantly renewed and renewing." - Claire Colebrook
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VanderGraafKommandöh
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Posted: August 18 2008 at 17:13 |
See, I like Fanfare for the Common Man... but I prefer Sylvia by Focus, which uses the same Copland theme.
I also happen to prefer The Nice.
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MovingPictures07
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Posted: August 18 2008 at 17:13 |
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VanderGraafKommandöh
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Posted: August 18 2008 at 17:15 |
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MovingPictures07
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Posted: August 18 2008 at 17:24 |
James wrote:
See, I like Fanfare for the Common Man... but I prefer Sylvia by Focus, which uses the same Copland theme.
I also happen to prefer The Nice.
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I really like Fanfare for the Common Man and Sylvia... but in the end I'd probably go with ELP. Just personal taste there though.
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