"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
Zoikhem – Vox Clamantis In Deserto (1997)
https://soundcloud.com/rafael-kozub/...clamantis-in-1
https://centraldoprog.blogspot.com/2...erto-1997.html
Last edited by Zeuhlmate; 05-11-2019 at 11:46 AM.
This is just so great:
"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
Steve F.
www.waysidemusic.com
www.cuneiformrecords.com
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“Remember, if it doesn't say "Cuneiform," it's not prog!” - THE Jed Levin
Any time any one speaks to me about any musical project, the one absolute given is "it will not make big money". [tip of the hat to HK]
"Death to false 'support the scene' prog!"
please add 'imo' wherever you like, to avoid offending those easily offended.
^ I can only believe, Steve.
"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
^ ^ ^
Finally! Someone who understands!!
Steve F.
www.waysidemusic.com
www.cuneiformrecords.com
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
“Remember, if it doesn't say "Cuneiform," it's not prog!” - THE Jed Levin
Any time any one speaks to me about any musical project, the one absolute given is "it will not make big money". [tip of the hat to HK]
"Death to false 'support the scene' prog!"
please add 'imo' wherever you like, to avoid offending those easily offended.
That description is spot on. I'm currently listening, it's available on Bandcamp: Nagah Mahdi - Opuscrits en 48 rouleaux
Wow, I like it!
Scrot,
ya forgot these guys
my music collection increased tenfolds when I switched from drug-addicts to complete nutcases.
^ Funny you should mention that, as I just got it on vinyl (reprint) a few months back. I previously had a lousy CD-R rendition of -parts- of it, but this new one sounds way better.
Is it a "lost classic" on par with Artcane or Mosaïc or Exitae or Vortex? I'm not entirely sure, but there are bits and pieces on this thing that certainly deliver all the goods. It deserves to be heard by more folks.
"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
But now we're getting seriously off track here, as Plat Du Jour et al. are OLD Weirdo French.
Constitution-day here in Norse this upcoming Friday, so I guess there'll be Crémant- or Cognac-weekend donning Old Weirdo French then. I'll might even spin that Camizole CD from Spalax. Such a great treat for rejoycing of the 'hood.
"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
Why hasn't Chromb! been mentioned? They're new. They're weird. They're French. They're a great band.
I have the Paisley Press bootleg CD (a needle drop, natch) which as far as I can tell is the complete album. Sounds decent enough for what it is. Highly rate the album. I like it better than Artcane or Mosaic, though nowhere near as much as Vortex (who are a big deal in my personal pantheon). Ex Vitae I don't think I have ever heard, will have to check it out.
^ You're absolutely correct about the Vortex (second album, I reckon); truly one of the magnificent achievements of this late-70s "other" progressive scene in France, and one which went a long way in redefining the possibilities of "academic" approaches to jazz/rock/contemporary sensibilities. This, to me, is the work which McLaughlin didn't succeed with on making Apocalypse under the Mahavishnu moniker.
"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
"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
Fuck, Jack Dupon rules. You know you're listening to something really good when you don't know how to describe it to an outsider.
Ex Vitae was no big deal for me (actually fairly conventional & boring).
But yeah, Vortex is an absolute must for me, though my preference clearly goes to their first (s/t) all-too-short (IMHO) album, though the two excellent bonus tracks on the CD 1 on the 2on2 Triton release are solving that problem.
I put the enhanced Vortex debut on the same platter as Plat Du Jour, AFAIAC.
my music collection increased tenfolds when I switched from drug-addicts to complete nutcases.
^ That first Vortex is interesting enough, if a tad too overtly 'Softsy' to my ears. The second one amazes on the strength of both the material itself and the large scope of professional orchestration, arrangement and production. Somehow I wouldn't have expected this kind of music from anywhere else but France in the late 70s, although vaguely similar concepts were to some extent attempted by the likes of Pohjola and Gustavsson in Finland.
"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
my music collection increased tenfolds when I switched from drug-addicts to complete nutcases.
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