Prog with accordion
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Topic: Prog with accordion
Posted By: Tuzvihar
Subject: Prog with accordion
Date Posted: August 02 2006 at 17:11
Do you know any?  ------------- "Music is much like f**king, but some composers can't climax and others climax too often, leaving themselves and the listener jaded and spent." Charles Bukowski |
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Posted By: erik neuteboom
Date Posted: August 02 2006 at 17:22
| Japanese band Quikion, see my review! And Italian band Abiogenesi on their first CD in one track. |
Posted By: proger
Date Posted: August 02 2006 at 17:24
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univers zero.
"kruzenshtein and purhov"- had some parts with accordion. TP. ------------- ...live for tomorrow... |
Posted By: Tuzvihar
Date Posted: August 02 2006 at 17:26
Quikion? They're not on the archives, are they?  ------------- "Music is much like f**king, but some composers can't climax and others climax too often, leaving themselves and the listener jaded and spent." Charles Bukowski |
Posted By: avestin
Date Posted: August 02 2006 at 17:28
http://www.parohod.net/index.html - Kruzenshtern & Parohod Official Site
Klezmer prog ------------- http://hangingsounds.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow - Hanging Sounds http://www.progarchives.com/ProgRockShopping.asp" rel="nofollow - PA Index of prog music vendors |
proger wrote:Posted By: proger
Date Posted: August 02 2006 at 17:28
nop... ------------- ...live for tomorrow... |
Posted By: proger
Date Posted: August 02 2006 at 17:29
wow they got a site! but something bad with your link. ------------- ...live for tomorrow... |
Posted By: avestin
Date Posted: August 02 2006 at 17:30
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[QUOTE=proger]
wow they got a site!
but something bad with your link. [QUOTE=proger]
TISTAKEL ACHSHAV
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Posted By: erik neuteboom
Date Posted: August 02 2006 at 17:34
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From my review in Background Magazine:
QUIKION –RAMADAN
(2004, 46.20, Poseidon PRF-018/Gazul-Musea Records ) Here is a very surprising progressive effort from Japanese trio Quikion, a trio featuring members on vocals, concertina, harmonium, toys, percussions, guitar, buzouki, tampura, accordion, glockenspiel, psaltery and pianica. So a wide range of instruments and not the most usual as you can read. During my first session with this CD I was blown away by the virtuosic, often swirling play on the accordion and the powerful female vocals, splendid! During the 12 songs you can enjoy a kind of progressive folk, often Russian overtones, at some moments Indian (Eastern Asia) with tampura and sitar and at other moments Irish or Greek (bouzouki). But the focus remains on the great accordion play, if you like this kind of music, you will be delighted with this amazing CD! *** (Erik) http://www.musicterm.jp/poseidon/ - www.musicterm.jp/poseidon/ |
Posted By: SidSmith
Date Posted: August 02 2006 at 17:37
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How about KTU with Kimmo "Hendrix of the accordion" Pohjonen with King Crimson's Pat Mastelotto and Trey Gunn and Samuli Kosminen on sampler. Their album 8-Armed Monkey is a superb blend of out-there rock which gets fairly proggy in places. Here's my http://sidsmith.blogspot.com/2005/11/8-armed-monkey-by-ktu.html - review ------------- Sid Smith http://www.dgmlive.com - http://www.dgmlive.com http://sidsmith.blogspot.com/ - http://sidsmith.blogspot.com/ |
Posted By: Fassbinder
Date Posted: August 02 2006 at 17:39
| As far as I remember, you can hear accordion on the recent Ian Anderson / Jethro Tull records, played by Andrew Giddings. |
Posted By: stonebeard
Date Posted: August 02 2006 at 17:44
Collage "War is Over" (Moonshine). The last 13 seconds or so are accordion.  ------------- http://soundcloud.com/drewagler" rel="nofollow - My soundcloud. Please give feedback if you want! |
Posted By: Tuzvihar
Date Posted: August 02 2006 at 17:44
Erik, do you know where I can order it (I'm from Poland)? I checked a polish net shop fan.pl and it seems the album is unavailable now...  I would really like to hear that! ------------- "Music is much like f**king, but some composers can't climax and others climax too often, leaving themselves and the listener jaded and spent." Charles Bukowski |
Posted By: The Rock
Date Posted: August 02 2006 at 17:53
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There's a song from Grobschnitt,I can't remember,I know it 's on Solar Music Live.....
They use accordion on it. ------------- What's gonna come out of my mouth is gonna come out of my soul."Skip Prokop" |
Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: August 02 2006 at 18:17
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Hamster Theatre has accordion I believe. ------------- Dig me...But don't...Bury me I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect. |
Posted By: eugene
Date Posted: August 02 2006 at 18:22
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Lars Hollmer ------------- carefulwiththataxe |
Posted By: mickstafa
Date Posted: August 02 2006 at 18:53
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Jethro Tull, especially their later stuff (typically live). A lot of Ian Anderson albums have accordian as well, including Secret Language of Birds and Rupi's Dance. The JT Christmas Album has a liberal use of the quirky instrument as well. Anderson jokes around with Giddings on the Living with the Past DVD (I believe) about how he (Giddings) hates to play the thing, but Anderson "makes him." |
Posted By: Bj-1
Date Posted: August 02 2006 at 19:00
Yep. In SMM too. ------------- RIO/AVANT/ZEUHL - The best thing you can get with yer pants on! |
Posted By: The Ryan
Date Posted: August 02 2006 at 22:19
| If you like Jazz-accordian music you could pick up Dave Douglas's Charms of the Night Sky. As far as prog goes, I don't know about accordian being present, although the KTU suggestion by a previous replyer might suffice. I have heard both of these before and hopefully won't disappoint. |
Posted By: hegelec
Date Posted: August 03 2006 at 00:00
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I'm sure PFM used an accordian on the "Cook" album; the track 'Celebration' comes to mind . . . And they really used it well, too!
And, of course, Keith Emerson played that b*****d thing for Greg Lake's 'C'est la Vie' during the Works Orchestral tour; but then, that's not really "prog" now is it? ------------- Cheers! |
Posted By: RUM26
Date Posted: August 03 2006 at 00:55
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well maybe you would know some if you acctually looked at my indiana topic.......NOW!!!!!! ------------- SHEP get with the program |
Posted By: erlenst
Date Posted: August 03 2006 at 01:54
| There is some slight use of accordion on a song from Yezda Urfa - Sacred Baboon ! |
Posted By: honganji
Date Posted: August 03 2006 at 02:03
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Katzen Kapell, Kirche, Alas, Shikata Akiko etc
Fujino Yuka (藤野由佳) is known as an accordion player. She is a member of Rivendel also she plays in Kirche (guest member) and Shikata Akiko (support member).
Katzen Kapell is a Swedish band. Lead vocalist is female and she plays the accordion.
Alas's new album includes accordion in many parts.
If you are interested in Piazzola, some of his albums taste progressve rock. Try his music !
Demi Semi Quaver's vocalist Emi Eleonola is also known as an accordion player. However their music is not always put into progressive rock. Early Demi Semi Quaver is better for me.
Quikion is already mentioned on this thread.
U~~~M, if I try to search my collection, there are probably more other bands. But I can suggest only these bands / artist, now.
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Posted By: Australian
Date Posted: August 03 2006 at 02:30
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I believe Mike Oldfield uses an accordian in Amarok, bute very breifly. Other that that I can't think of anything else. ------------- 
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Posted By: Dragon Phoenix
Date Posted: August 03 2006 at 03:02
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Kayak have used the instrument quite effectively a few times (e.g. See see the sun).
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Posted By: erik neuteboom
Date Posted: August 03 2006 at 03:49
| Tuzvihar: see http://www.progwalhalla.com - www.progwalhalla.com (e-mail [email protected]) |
Posted By: Raff
Date Posted: August 03 2006 at 05:12
Definitely you can - I saw Andrew Giddings play the accordion both live in Rome earlier this year and on the "Living With the Past" DVD - Ian Anderson calls it "the squeezy thing"! |
Posted By: Syzygy
Date Posted: August 03 2006 at 05:55
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Skeleton Crew and News From Babel both use accordion (played by Zeena Parkins), but it's more of a featured instrument than integral to the sound.
Thijs Van Leer played a bit of accordion on Hocus Pocus by Focus, but I don't recall Focus using the instrument much anywhere else.
John Greaves - Chansons uses accordion extensively throughout, and the excellent Songs also features it here and there.
Not prog, but maybe of interest: the Anouar Brahem albums Le Pas Du Chat Noir and Le Voyage De Sahar were both recorded by a piano/oud/accordion trio and are excellent. The Khomsa album also features accordion on about half the tracks. The albums are on ECM and blend North African music, jazz and something of Eno's shorter ambient pieces (think Another Green World or Music for Films). ------------- 'Like so many of you I've got my doubts about how much to contribute to the already rich among us...' Robert Wyatt, Gloria Gloom |
Posted By: Fusionman
Date Posted: August 03 2006 at 06:57
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The best accordian music in prog is Swedish Family - Vintage Prog
It's Tomas Bodin from The Flower Kings kind of...just look at the concept. ------------- 
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Posted By: M. B. Zapelini
Date Posted: August 03 2006 at 07:22
Speaking of Jethro Tull John Evan plays some accordion on the "War Child" album. Early Fairport Convention albums also have some songs played on accordion, I think, by Ashley "Tyger" Hutchings. ------------- "He's a man of the past and one of the present" PETER HAMMILL |
Posted By: Eetu Pellonpaa
Date Posted: August 03 2006 at 07:27
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There's some of it on the first RENAISSANCE's self titled debut from 1969.
Though not prog, JACK BRUCE also vomited sometimes though an accordion during the CREAM days. Maybe he could have just sticked to his bass.
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Posted By: proger
Date Posted: August 03 2006 at 11:30
TODA RABA(how do u know hebraw?) ------------- ...live for tomorrow... |
Posted By: Phil
Date Posted: August 03 2006 at 12:30
| I was going to say I think Focus use it now and again, I'm sure it's used by Harmonium on one track in particular on their wonderful 5 seasons album, (sorry I forget the French title) and of course there's the wonderful "C'est La Vie", on which it creates that treu characature of France, ah yes I can smell zee onions... |
Posted By: jonirob
Date Posted: August 03 2006 at 13:28
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The Strawbs use accordion on "Nomadness" ------------- 
Red Prog |
Posted By: Prog-Brazil
Date Posted: August 03 2006 at 15:24
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Styx on Boat on the River (?) Poços e Nuvens from Brazil has some songs with accordion too, specially in native songs (in southern of Brazil accordion is a popular instrument) ------------- Let the sunshine in |
Posted By: Goldenavatar
Date Posted: August 03 2006 at 19:09
| I don't believe anyone has mentioned Uzva yet, they have quite a bit of accordian. We need far more prog music with accordian. |
Posted By: Bern
Date Posted: August 03 2006 at 19:21
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There is accordion in the end of En pleine face from Harmonium.
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RIP in bossa nova heaven. |
Posted By: soundsweird
Date Posted: August 04 2006 at 00:04
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NOBODY'S MENTIONED P F M'S LONG ACCORDION SOLO ON "IS MY FACE ON STRAIGHT" FROM "THE WORLD BECAME THE WORLD"?!?!?! I DON'T REMEMBER ANY ON "COOK", BUT THERE COULD BE.... WHEN I SAW THEM LIVE ON THAT TOUR (OPENING FOR DAVE MASON), THEY DIDN'T USE ANY ACCORDION.
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Posted By: progpat
Date Posted: August 04 2006 at 04:38
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XANG will have in their upcoming album "The last of the lasts" a concept album about WW1.
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Posted By: The Hemulen
Date Posted: August 04 2006 at 07:46
Just in case. Hollmer is the Accordion Prog Daddy. Also, a dip into Samla Mammas Manna, Zamla Mammaz Manna and Von Zamla (all featuring Hollmer as a main composer/performer and thus soaked with accordion) is essential. |
Posted By: Mr_Upside_Down
Date Posted: August 04 2006 at 10:14
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Alias Eye, an excellent prog/pop band hailing from Germany, have some great accordion passages in their songs. Just listen to the title track of "Field of Names" and you'll see what I mean! |
Posted By: Dick Heath
Date Posted: August 04 2006 at 12:52
| Weird Al Yankovic has had his moments with the accordion: Smoke on the Water and Bohemian Polka,( if not played too often) will raise a smile. |