Zgond is the second release from France's Zwoyld and I believe there is an audience for this band on the board. They're an almost exclusively instrumental band that blend elements of avant garde, symph prog, and jazz rock; in a fun , very French way. Below is their Bandcamp link. Both albums are available as "name your price" downloads, or you can follow a link to a 2-disc CD anthology
https://zwoyld.bandcamp.com/album/zgond
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Damn. Me likey!
Bought both albums after just a couple minutes of listening. This is dynamite stuff. Thanks for the heads-up Yves!!
Quite welcome. I pretty much had the same reaction yesterday!
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I somehow was expecting endless posts of yugoslawian bands on bandcamp to follow...
(they where a fav band of a former member)
Zwoyld are a really good band, I like the Zeuhl touches in their stuff..
Fantaztic stuff! Thanks Zyvez! Surprized they haven't been picked up by a label.
Your dezcription iz perfect!
Excellent! Thanks!
Very tasty! Thank you Yves. At moments it has a similar feel to Yolk's rather excellent album Solar from last year, but they have their own thing going on.
I have regrettably been forced to buy the double CD. Hate it when that happens.
C'est diabolique!Originally Posted by Mascodagama
It's good, but I really wish they were less avant and more sympho-lympho, 'cause that's what I vant. There's a most distinct line between avant and sympho. It comes with a strange and alien sound which somehow can't be assessed back to some given symphos of the 70s. "Could THIS sound have been made by the classic sympho?", one asks - and then on to evaluation. It's highly important to come out on the correct side of things.
"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
Ooooh, sounds like a 'must-check-out'.....cheers Yvester.
If it isn't Krautrock, it's krap.
"And it's only the giving
That makes you what you are" - Ian Anderson
I will go for their double album CD for sure
Merci Yves.
Last edited by Trane; 07-21-2018 at 08:03 PM.
my music collection increased tenfolds when I switched from drug-addicts to complete nutcases.
It's pronounced "Ah-vant." And my advice is forget the sympho-lympho and find you a nympho. (Yes, I know you're getting older...Buck up, chappie.)
Next year at RIO ?
I like this a lot. The guitars in particular. I didn't catch its avantness. Maybe I have become so avant lately that, unless it's music that makes me feel like a complete imbecile, I dare not call it avant.
Nothing life-changing here, but a good, fun record. I am not sure we can ask for more nowadays.
You and others might want to hint this band toMichel Besset & Co
my music collection increased tenfolds when I switched from drug-addicts to complete nutcases.
Glad to see this thread got a bit of traction.. I think I prefer this second release to their debut, which sounds technically more complex, but a more difficult listen, imo...
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Just bought both of them, very good stuff, keeps reminding me of Guapo
Ian
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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.
At first I thought I preferred this new release, but that debut is pretty solid!
"Corn Flakes pissed in. You ranted. Mission accomplished. Thread closed."
-Cozy 3:16-
Yeah, I listened to 200 000 on the train this morning and it's a grower. I was especially digging the Zeuhlisms and Blasquiz-worship on Chaa and the thumb-piano intro to Melku.
Thanks Yves for the H.U.!!
1st spin, like it!
Pura vida!.
You're welcome... We almost have a real thread going here now!
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