Avant-prog binge 2022

[Udi Koomran]

Suddenly riding a major Art Zoyd wave

Wow
I forgot just how much I live them

[neuroticdog]

Suddenly riding a major Art Zoyd wave

Wow
I forgot just how much I live them

Weird...i'm listening to the box right now.

thinking that disc 10, the one labeled "Outside Music" might be my favorite so far.

best
Michael

[NogbadTheBad]

I've been getting a lot of mileage out of the box, its very repeat listenable.

[TCC]

Me too:
I share the enthusiasm for Art Zoyd: right now I'm listening to CD 4 of the box set that I bought about 3 weeks ago (digital)... what a ride/experience!!

[Udi Koomran]

I lost interest after Berlin
After that one i felt the music changed and the unique balance they had between acoustic and electric changed to mostly electronic
I felt They leaned too heavily on digital technology and lost that edge
Yet revisiting Berlin ( which is a transitional album) and Haxan I found myself enjoying these

And i remember discovering the original album which they re-recorded later in the 80’s
That was quite shocking to hear such a familiar album sounding so bare and dry such presence and punch - amazing

https://youtu.be/cbLxyWRspXE
https://youtu.be/wX55jUoDHNI

[neuroticdog]

While I didn't exactly lose interest, my enthusiasm started to wane a little after Berlin, like your's, but I continued to collect pretty much everything they put out.

...and similar to you, as years went by I appreciated their "cold electronics" sound more and more and the somewhat minimalist direction they were heading. I wish I saw them perform live but I never made the trip to RIO or other locales

I am enjoying that recent release by Thierry Zaboitzeff quite alot...it has a lot of variation and I like the directions he's moving into musically.




best
Michael

[JKL2000]

NP: 5uu's - Hunger's Teeth

[TCC]

Me too:
I share the enthusiasm for Art Zoyd: right now I'm listening to CD 4 of the box set that I bought about 3 weeks ago (digital)... what a ride/experience!!

np:
Art Zoyd - Le Mariage du Ciel et de L’Enfer, Paris, March 1985 (44 1/2 discs 4-5)

[Bob Drake]

Anyone know if Hungers Teeth is still in print? I have it, I just wondered as it's got such an, at this point, "vintage" looking package; it's hard to imagine copies still being printed up, unless it's had a redesign.

I'll probably put it on tomorrow - it's been staring at me lately.

I just asked Chris Cutler, he said yes it's still in print. So your fave ReR distributor may have a copy or two.

I think Dave, Sanjay and James Grigsby made the cover on James' home computer, back in the days when "home computers" were still pretty rare and exotic things! Maggie Thomas was there too because she always remembers James getting excited about "moving one pixel"....

BD
www.bdrak.com

[Kcrimso]

Comic Sans font on the cover of Crisis In Clay was not great choice...

[chalkpie]

Comic Sans font on the cover of Crisis In Clay was not great choice...

I think it looks great and it matches my toenails.

[chalkpie]

NP: 5uu's - Hunger's Teeth

And......?

[Kcrimso]

I think it looks great and it matches my toenails.

It looks awful but I really love what you have done with your toenails.

[chalkpie]

It looks awful but I really love what you have done with your toenails.

Well thank you! I've been spinning 'Clay' pretty much every day...gets better and better and better. I love both those early albums equally, both are insanely great. Dave knocked it out of the park compositionally speaking. I need to revisit the two later Cuneiform albums, but my CD player is not hooked up since our entire first floor is being redone. Totally sucks mooseass not having CD or turntable right now. Streaming is saving my bacon.

[Kcrimso]

Well thank you! I've been spinning 'Clay' pretty much every day...gets better and better and better. I love both those early albums equally, both are insanely great. Dave knocked it out of the park compositionally speaking. I need to revisit the two later Cuneiform albums, but my CD player is not hooked up since our entire first floor is being redone. Totally sucks mooseass not having CD or turntable right now. Streaming is saving my bacon.

I spinned it yesterday. I enjoyed music much more than the cover.

[Mascodagama]

I spinned it yesterday. I enjoyed music much more than the cover.

I keep putting the cover in my CD player but it won't recognise it. Not sure whether to send the album back or look into a warranty claim on my player.

[Kcrimso]

I keep putting the cover in my CD player but it won't recognise it. Not sure whether to send the album back or look into a warranty claim on my player.

I keep watching the music but I cannot see anything.

[Mascodagama]

NP, José Luis Fernández Ledesma:



Avant, or just creepy as hell? You decide.

[Mascodagama]

I keep watching the music but I cannot see anything.

Not just me then. This isn't very satisfactory.

[Bob Drake]

Does this make it sound any better?new uus.jpg

[Kcrimso]

Does this make it sound any better?new uus.jpg

It does. I like it! Possible reissue cover?

[Bob Drake]

haha, sorry it was just a joke! I used some silly online "design your heavy metal logo" website.
BD
www.bdrak.com

[Mascodagama]

Does this make it sound any better?new uus.jpg

I'm transcribing the image onto a wax cylinder for my Edison. Some tricky stylus work involved. Will report back later.

[Kcrimso]

haha, sorry it was just a joke! I used some silly online "design your heavy metal logo" website.
BD
www.bdrak.com

That makes me a sad panda.

Is there any "make your prog cover with comic sans" generator available?

[Kcrimso]

My avantish binge of the week:

Manna/Mirage : Man Out Of Time (US, 2021) *****
The Red Masque : Fathomless (US, 2018)
Daniel Denis : Sirius And The Ghosts (BE, 1991) ****
Fred Frith Trio : Road (UK, 2021)
Brian Ferneyhough : Music For Flute (UK, 2002)
5uu's : Crisis In Clay (US, 1997) ****+
The Work: See (UK, 1992)
Cassiber: The Way It Was (DE, 2014) ****
Chris Dench: ik(s)land[s] (UK, 2005)
Brian Ferneyhough : Sonatas, Second & Third String Quartets, Adagissimo (UK, 2017
Etron Fou Leloublan : Face aux éléments déchaînés (FR, 1986)
This Heat : Deceit (UK, 1981) ****½
Manna/Mirage : Blue Dogs (US, 2015) ****
Chris Cutler / Lutz Glandien: Domestic Stories (UK/DE, 1992) ****½
Fred Frith : Speechless (UK, 1981) ****+
Lost Crowns : Every Night Something Happens (UK, 2019) ****-
Yolk : Solar (FR, 2017) ****½

I have started to explore composers of the "new complexity" school like Brian Ferneyhough and Chris Dench. Tricky stuff. I am not yet sure if I like that stuff or not.