"It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it."
-- Aristotle
Nostalgia, you know, ain't what it used to be. Furthermore, they tells me, it never was.
“A Man Who Does Not Read Has No Appreciable Advantage Over the Man Who Cannot Read” - Mark Twain
Without detouring away from GYBE...those of you who like the rockier side of post rock might want to check out Caspian. Their latest 'Dust and Disquiet' just landed and is quite excellent IMHO:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tPE7ebffvBg (hard to describe, almost has a PG vibe to it)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Azwuqj7JnMI
If you're actually reading this then chances are you already have my last album but if NOT and you're curious:
https://battema.bandcamp.com/
Also, Ephemeral Sun: it's a thing and we like making things that might be your thing: https://ephemeralsun.bandcamp.com
Oooh...nice! Thanks, John!
Music isn't about chops, or even about talent - it's about sound and the way that sound communicates to people. Mike Keneally
Yes,Nice , thanks. Now back to our regularly scheduled posts.
"It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it."
-- Aristotle
Nostalgia, you know, ain't what it used to be. Furthermore, they tells me, it never was.
“A Man Who Does Not Read Has No Appreciable Advantage Over the Man Who Cannot Read” - Mark Twain
I tried to see what the big deal was but I’m afraid these guys leave me cold. Mind you, it was the album with the infinity symbol in the title and not this one, but it just struck me as a really amateurish attempt at neo-classical music with rock instruments. It just sounded like an amorphous blob of sound. My thought, “what a waste of an orchestra.”
Don’t compare them to Sigur Ros. They’re extremely lively and beautiful with dreamy melodies that spin round your head, not at all like this unmemorable dreariness.
Confirmed Bachelors: the dramedy hit of 1883...
But this is hardly about whether or not you can "do it yourself"; countless erstwhile unmusical youngsters are able to learn guitar sweeps, seeing how this is a physical rather than a musical technique - yet you rarely hear accusations against its superfluous functions from folks who'd jump at the alleged pointlessness of dissonance. What you refer to as "noise" has been constantly employed within most kinds of music since the dawn of artistic modernism, and most definitely in academic contemporary composition. "Music defines as organised sound", said Edgard Varese - while saying absolutely nothing about any mandatory melodicism.
Being someone who started listening to post-rock and math-rock when they first appeared in the first half of the 90s (although I'm not really a fan of what's been created under that moniker for the past 6-7 years), and still a musician and an ardent fan, collector of and writer on "classic" progressive rock, I must say that I was spellbound at the sheer musicality of many post-/math-rock artists. Of course, I soon learned that there was a far more abundant influx of trained musicianship in post/math quarters than there ever were in 70s progressive rock - implying that I decided to stay with it and discern its eventual qualities.
Sometimes it's not about what you do or don't, but whether there's a basic understanding of the connotations.
"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 understand it perfectly, and understand your points....don't necessarily disagree. But still stand by my thoughts. Whether they are accomplished musicians or not has no point here to this particular sample. Noisy, simplistic, and amateurish to my ears. sorry
No one's feelings are hurt (I hope ), so no need for sorrying. I wouldn't assume your message to be that noise, simplicity and the amateurish are somewhat interconnected, though - or? To some, those three assets would probably fit perfectly to many a "big six prog" band when compared to other, perhaps more cerebral or aesthetically self-conscious musics. For instance, it'd be far fetched to aline Yes or Genesis with Art Zoyd or Univers Zero - seeing how two of them created through-composed charts whilst the other two were merely aspiring to such an impression. One man's gold may be the other's turd when it comes to art - that's what they say.
"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
Are we done with posting the album covers for these featured discs, or did PE receive a 'cease and desist' from the band?
"Corn Flakes pissed in. You ranted. Mission accomplished. Thread closed."
-Cozy 3:16-
^^ They have ceased; the question is whether or not they will desist.
This week's feature album: The Green Album. A very deep green.
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