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    Art Zoyd recommendations

    Which Art Zoyd albums do PE people recommend?

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    "Le Mariage Du Ciel Et De L'Enfer"

    Also the first three albums proper.

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    Most on PE will probably recommend the earlier albums (before Phase IV)
    I prefer these:

    Phase IV 1982
    Les espaces inquiets 1983
    Le Mariage Du Ciel Et De L'Enfer 1984
    Berlin 1987
    Marathonnerre I 1993
    Marathonnerre II 1993

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    Quote Originally Posted by Zeuhlmate View Post
    Le Mariage Du Ciel Et De L'Enfer 1984
    Berlin 1987
    And earlier:

    Symphonie Pour le Jour ou Bruleront les Cités (second version)
    Generation Sans Futur

    The latter two in particular contain some of the most amazing 'rock related' music you're ever likely to hear. The sheer intensity involved is mesmerizing and staggering.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Scrotum Scissor View Post
    Symphonie Pour le Jour ou Bruleront les Cités (second Version)
    This one for sure!!

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    Symphonie Pour Le Jour Ou Bruleront Les Cites
    Phase IV
    Generation San Futur
    Musique Pour Le Odyssee
    Les Espace Inquiets
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    I would recommend Phase IV, Musique Pour Le Odyssee, Berlin

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    Generation sans futur
    Les espaces inequiets
    Haxan

    Those three will give you a good sample from different eras.
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    Everything up to 1987.
    Macht das ohr auf!

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    Hooking in to this Thread. I need some Art Zoyd recommendations too.

    I only own Faust, which I think is okay but does not really get my adrenaline going. I see nobody recommends it so I probably have the wrong album.

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    Quote Originally Posted by spacefreak View Post
    Everything up to 1987.
    Yup, but I'd first stop at their first six albums before going any further... IMHO, of course
    my music collection increased tenfolds when I switched from drug-addicts to complete nutcases.

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    Quote Originally Posted by thedunno View Post
    I only own Faust, which I think is okay but does not really get my adrenaline going. I see nobody recommends it so I probably have the wrong album.
    I think it's a bit important to sort the three main phases of AZ' career apart; their first tenure was very much that of intense "chamber rock" variations, with little except for electric bass and some occasional guitar or keyboard to distinguish it from contemporary composition per sé; their second tenure was a transitional phase starting with the double set Phase IV, where they entered a more distinctly electroacoustic sound with more percussion and pulse, aschewing the more obvious early Zeuhl influx in favour of influence from soundtracks, industrial rock etc. Their third and ongoing phase (i.e. everything post-Berlin) is much more electronically based, but still interesting.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Scrotum Scissor View Post
    Their third and ongoing phase (i.e. everything post-Berlin) is much more electronically based, but still interesting.
    Indeed, but a newcomer has to exhaust the first two phases before, i.m.o.
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    Still exploring them, but . . . . . . .

    Musique pour l'Odyssée
    Génération sans futur
    Symphonie pour le jour où brûleront les cités
    Berlin
    Häxan
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    Used to be hard to get those CDs and also they were quite expensive

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    Quote Originally Posted by Progmatic View Post
    Used to be hard to get those CDs and also they were quite expensive

    Some of them still are. Wasn't there some "All they ever did" Kind of Box Set announced?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Prehensile Pencil View Post
    "Le Mariage Du Ciel Et De L'Enfer"

    Also the first three albums proper.
    These four



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    Quote Originally Posted by zravkapt View Post
    Generation sans futur
    Les espaces inequiets
    Haxan

    Those three will give you a good sample from different eras.
    Those three for me as well plus Berlin, Musique Pour L'odyssee and Le Mariage Du Ciel Et De L'enfer.
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    Quote Originally Posted by TheH View Post
    Some of them still are. Wasn't there some "All they ever did" Kind of Box Set announced?
    Steve F. is doing a box set but I think it is all or mostly unissued material, not including the original albums.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mascodagama View Post
    Steve F. is doing a box set but I think it is all or mostly unissued material, not including the original albums.
    It is all unissued studio and live material. Nothing that has been released before. So it will have nothing to do with folk's recommendations about previous albums or what is available in terms of previous albums.
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    Generation San Futur is my go-to!

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