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

Guldbamsen wrote:

Faust - Fresh Air (One of the year's finest imo. Took me exactly two spins to 'get' the opening titletrack. Haven't looked back since. How did it fare with you Hubert? I saw you span it the other day;)

I didn't expect much going into it having not heard anything after Faust IV but I must say I'm greatly impressed. By far the best post-70s Krautrock album I've heard. It's great to see the guys haven't lost any of their magic. It's very different from the first 4 albums (more accessible in a way; more clean sounding) but still recognizably Faust. Not a single dull moment.

Prog album of the year? I'm tempted to say yes.

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mechanicalflattery wrote:

Magnum Vaeltaja wrote:

Mike Oldfield - Incantations

How do you like that one? There's a scrappy, intrepid band of rebels who seem to view it as Oldfield's best work (an opinion I find increasingly tempting) but then there's the entirely coherent and understandable counterpoint that it's a bloated and self-indulgent mess. It's a mystifiying album, to be sure.

I have no qualms with it. I would probably consider it my favourite Oldfield album, but only because I'm not a huge fan of his stuff in general. I have no real problems with the length or repetitive nature since it's a very pleasant collection of sounds to fill the room with for 70 minutes, even if it doesn't venture very far in that time. If I had to rate it, I'd probably give it a good ol' middle of the road 3 stars.

when i was a kid a doller was worth ten dollers - now a doller couldnt even buy you fifty cents

Larkstongue41 wrote:

Guldbamsen wrote:

Faust - Fresh Air (One of the year's finest imo. Took me exactly two spins to 'get' the opening titletrack. Haven't looked back since. How did it fare with you Hubert? I saw you span it the other day;)

I didn't expect much going into it having not heard anything after Faust IV but I must say I'm greatly impressed. By far the best post-70s Krautrock album I've heard. It's great to see the guys haven't lost any of their magic. It's very different from the first 4 albums (more accessible in a way; more clean sounding) but still recognizably Faust. Not a single dull moment.

Prog album of the year? I'm tempted to say yes.

Cool man I'm glad you liked it. It seems to be a rather polarising Faust album in that half of my buddies love it like I do whilst the other half feel it is the equivalent of watching paint dry. Oh well.
Faust has made a couple of noteable releases since the 70s including one genrebreaking collab with Dälek where hip hop meets industrial krautrock, but it's been a while since they released something as inspired as this imo. The last release was a strange experiment where Faust delivered a rudimentary musical foundation on which other artists preferably should build their music on. Sorta like an official collab with everyone and anyone willng to partake. Must admit I've only heard the blueprint and wasn't impressed. Would be cool to hear what the music has transformed into in the hands of say Hanson, Death Grips and Boy George fx...anything I am not expecting tbh.

“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

Yeah me too Tymon although I feel it is more of a feeling than an actual tangible ingredient to the music. Reminds me of the more noisy acts such as Faust and perhaps even more the acts that came in the wale of Krautrock such as Zoviet France and Throbbing Gristle....but with hip hop at the epicentre.

Today:
Agusa - Agusa
Klaus Schulze - Androgyn
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - Polygondwanaland
Charles Mingus - Oh Yeah
Tangerine Dream - Electronic Meditation
Dzyan - Time Machine
Genesis - Duke
LCD Soundsystem - American Dream

Btw Love Untrue and most other Burial releases. Recently I've been too much into the Rival Dealer ep to spin any ogher of his. Such a great little record. I do wish he'd start releasing full albums again. Methinks the eps are a little overpriced compared to what one actually gets for the money.

Edited by Guldbamsen - November 22 2017 at 11:39

“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

Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon

Wobbler - From Silence to Somewhere

Carpe Diem - En Regardant Passer Le Temps

Edited by Magnum Vaeltaja - November 22 2017 at 22:19

when i was a kid a doller was worth ten dollers - now a doller couldnt even buy you fifty cents

Funny how that goes. I thought those two eps felt somewhat similar. Rival Dealer does have the looong epic chillout track though (which I absolutely adore. Also great for mating rituals

).

This morning:
Miles Davis - Sketches Of Spain
Hooffoot - s/t
Igor Wakhevic - Hathor

“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