So I stumbled onto their 2009 album Removing. I have to admit - this is a pretty darn good album! I have the first two and always liked them a lot.
So I stumbled onto their 2009 album Removing. I have to admit - this is a pretty darn good album! I have the first two and always liked them a lot.
The first one is good, The World of Genius Hans is absolutely awesome, Moving is decent and Removing is fine.
Parts of Genius Hans gets me thinking of The Muffins; I suppose that's not coincidental, seeing how both were heavily influenced by Zappa/Mothers and Soft Machine.
Be sure to check out these obscurities as well (when/if you have the time and dough): Rhesus O (France), Nine Days Wonder (Germany), Brainstorm (Germany), Kandahar (Belgium), Recreation (Belgium), Lagger Blues Machine (Belgium), Dr. Dopo Jam (Denmark), Coma (Denmark) and Vanessa (Norway). They were by no means "like MGP", but shared their influences and expressed them.
"Improvisation is not an excuse for musical laziness" - Fred Frith
"[...] things that we never dreamed of doing in Crimson or in any band that I've been in," - Tony Levin speaking of SGM
The Muffins have always been in my top 10 - such a great band. I have a tasty live show from around '78? I cant recall at the moment. They could play that crazy live just as good too. Wish there was a great live capture from their prime. Recent stuff is great - but something old would be nice too.
I have a couple of those bands you mentioned - Nine Days Wonder and Brainstorm. Good stuff.
Still haven’t heard Removing, but I love the first two (exemplary underground jazzrock with bursts of absurdist fun). Moving is underrated, mostly still Canterbury/avant-influenced, but some of it reminds me of Happy the Man. Worth checking out (if you have the original Muséa CDs of the 70s MGP albums, you have it anyway as bonus tracks).
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What Scrotes said.Originally Posted by Scrotum Scissor
Supersister also belongs with that gang.
no tunes, no dynamics, no nosebone
I think Dedalus can be mentioned here too
Genius Hans is an excellent album, I like the cover too.
Ian
Host of the Post-Avant Jazzcore Happy Hour on progrock.com
https://podcasts.progrock.com/post-a...re-happy-hour/
Gordon Haskell - "You've got to keep the groove in your head and play a load of bollocks instead"
I blame Wynton, what was the question?
There are only 10 types of people in the World, those who understand binary and those that don't.
A band that is seldom discussed. They're a rather unique example of intergrating jazzy Zappaisms into a typical scandinavian, Hendrix influenced, rock frame. Financial Tycoon is a very idiosyncratic album.
The first album at least, although it is probably a bit more restrained. Definitely among the finest 10 Italian progressive jazz-rock albums. I like parts of the second too, but its infamous erraticism can appear somewhat disturbing, even for an "avant" head.
Another title which may appeal to the OP, is Floh de Cologne's Geyer Symphonie - although it is arguably more of a narrative in sound than an impressive musical piece.
"Improvisation is not an excuse for musical laziness" - Fred Frith
"[...] things that we never dreamed of doing in Crimson or in any band that I've been in," - Tony Levin speaking of SGM
I'd even add Pazop and Cos (both Belgian) to that list
my music collection increased tenfolds when I switched from drug-addicts to complete nutcases.
Add...
Traveling ~ Voici La Nuit Tombee
Hell, they ain't even old-timey ! - Homer Stokes
While Pazop are probably adequately tongue-in-cheek to fit the bill (and I LOVE the Psychillis release), Cos were somehow too serene and "serious" in approach. Very, very good though - particularly Viva Boma.
And the hard-to-come-by Shampoo album also treads close, yet isn't really there...
"Improvisation is not an excuse for musical laziness" - Fred Frith
"[...] things that we never dreamed of doing in Crimson or in any band that I've been in," - Tony Levin speaking of SGM
Good one. And then Maajun/Mahjun, or perhaps the Mosaïc album from 1977 (which veers from chamber-rock to proto-punk in a matter of minutes but still retains that distinguished "underground" feel of MGP).
"Improvisation is not an excuse for musical laziness" - Fred Frith
"[...] things that we never dreamed of doing in Crimson or in any band that I've been in," - Tony Levin speaking of SGM
For some reason the band Etna popped into my head. I guess they might be more Mahavishnu-styled than these other bands though.
I sure do like that cover too. Pretty.
I love the Etna record as much as I do Inner Mounting Flame, but they don't really file under "weirdo-jazzy-prog".
"Improvisation is not an excuse for musical laziness" - Fred Frith
"[...] things that we never dreamed of doing in Crimson or in any band that I've been in," - Tony Levin speaking of SGM
That was a cool period in music.
All those bands gleamed something from early zappa.
no tunes, no dynamics, no nosebone
If it comes to "weirdo-jazzy-prog" I also think of the mysterious "Orchestra Njervudarov"
(a major lable release on EMI just that EMI do not know they relesed it hmmmm..)
And I caught a slight glimpse of Nogbad UNMASKED
That's his avatar on ProgArchives, I believe
my music collection increased tenfolds when I switched from drug-addicts to complete nutcases.
It was until I put up a censorship protest avatar. It's a picture of Nogbad The Bad from Noggin The Nog books.
Ian
Host of the Post-Avant Jazzcore Happy Hour on progrock.com
https://podcasts.progrock.com/post-a...re-happy-hour/
Gordon Haskell - "You've got to keep the groove in your head and play a load of bollocks instead"
I blame Wynton, what was the question?
There are only 10 types of people in the World, those who understand binary and those that don't.
was this to do with the Google ads boycoot if "indecent" album artwork were not blurred (Roxy Music).
my music collection increased tenfolds when I switched from drug-addicts to complete nutcases.
Yes
Ian
Host of the Post-Avant Jazzcore Happy Hour on progrock.com
https://podcasts.progrock.com/post-a...re-happy-hour/
Gordon Haskell - "You've got to keep the groove in your head and play a load of bollocks instead"
I blame Wynton, what was the question?
There are only 10 types of people in the World, those who understand binary and those that don't.
I don't have Removing. I have the first two (and thus the Moving album, which comes as bonus tracks on those two CDs), and re-listened to Genius Hans tonight, which I enjoyed. I don't recall liking the first one quite as much, but it's still OK. For this kind of stuff I tend to prefer Supersister and Cos, but I do enjoy the MGP albums when I spin them.
Bill
Never heard of them.
If we're mentioning the Traveling, then it's only fair to include Forgas' Cocktail from 1977. Some groovy porn-prog-fusion right there.
"Improvisation is not an excuse for musical laziness" - Fred Frith
"[...] things that we never dreamed of doing in Crimson or in any band that I've been in," - Tony Levin speaking of SGM
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