The last and final Greek restaurant (Alexandros at Holbergs plass; they offered exquisite food and wines there) has just closed in Oslo, and as a rabid protest I intend to have nothing but chilly ouzo and Greek progressive music streaming from my speakers tonight.
Here's what's in store:
Akritas - [sole album] (great, eclectic and poetic and spacey stuff)
Aphrodite's Child - 666 and some of the hits
Apocalypsis - s/t (quite OK tho' of-the-mill 'symph' rock)
Axis - Axis (the 1973 *classic*, which I just got on vinyl from a label calling themselves O;M rather dodgy label, I guess)
Socrates - Phos and Drank the Conium
Iraklis - [sole, the double rendition] (large scale folky 'symph' and more)
P.L.J. Band - Armageddon (monster space rock opus)
Kostas Tournas - Aperanta Chorafia (I don't much like the others of his; this one is a poetic, orchestrated song-form epic)
Poll - Poll (never heard the debut) (solid folky pop tunes)
Mariza Koch - Arabas (great singer-songwriter, but this is a CD-R with bad hiss in it)
Peloma Bokiu - Peloma Bokiu (heavy progressive) (CD-R)
Leda/Spyros - Hameno Tipota (nice and folky tunes, but appalling CD-R rendition)
Dimitris Poulikakos - Metaforai (heavy progressive with brass in quasi-Canterburian and/or Zappa-like arrangements, CD-R!)
And some newer stuff:
Abaton - s/t (pseudo-religious, semi-krauty worldmusic-meets-industrial; rather good one, I think)
Ciccada - [both]
Will o' the Wisp - Gift for Your Dreams (arguably the finest modern Greek progressive release; wonderful psych)
Purple Overdose - Solemn Visions and Reborn (great acid/space-rock with 'trons and excellent axework)
Voyage Limpid Sound - Electronically Enhanced Dream (DIY psych by a 19-year old onemanband with uncanny resemblance to Syd Barrett or Steve R. Moore - absolutely stunningly good album!)
So - just some tips there. TUPÌ!
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