October Equus 'Permafrost'

[ahrm]

The avant-prog band October Equus have released a new album called Permafrost.

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The tracks are:

1.Erosive forces of wind and water 05:14
2.Lead poisoning 05:14
3.Boots, nails, watches... 05:24
4.Thermokarst 05:15
5.Trapped in the sea ice 03:58
6....books, saws, silk handkerchiefs... 03:52
7.Graves of the crewmen buried on Beechey Island 06:17
8....two double-barreled guns and 40 lbs. of chocolate 05:31


...and the band:



Ángel Ontalva guitar
Víctor Rodríguez keyboards
Amanda Pazos Cosse bass
Vasco Trilla drums

All compositions by Ángel Ontalva & Víctor Rodríguez

Like their previous Saturnal, the album is mixed by Amanda Pazos Cosse and mastered by Udi Koomran.

Wayside, Syn-Phonic, ZNR Records are selling it in the USA.
Azafrán Media in México.
AltrOck in Italy.
Just for Kicks, No Man's Land in Germany.
Caerllysi Music in UK.
Disk Union, Marquee, Garden Shed in Japan.

You can order it too to octoberXart, and it is available as a digital download on the octoberXart Bandcamp web site:

http://octoberxart.bandcamp.com/album/permafrost

[NogbadTheBad]

It's been delivered but I'm not there right now so it'll be a nice pressie when I get back next week.

[Joe F.]

Picked it up a couple of weeks ago. Good stuff.

[Hobo Chang Ba]

[thedunno]

I am also enjoying this one a lot.

My first impression was a little disappointment. Compared to their previous record; the very lush-sounding 'Saturnal', this sound less impressive. The sound is much more stripped down and it sounds less composed and more improvised. However, in return you get a more spontanous band-sound that sounds fresh en energetic. It also haas a more jazzy touch. For Saturnal I have to be in the mood to play it. This record is more for all moods ans seasons.

Out of the last batch of records from Altrock this is the one I play the most.

[spacefreak]

The avant-prog band October Equus have released a new album called Permafrost.

...and it's a good one as well. I liked the jazzier sound.

[ahrm]

Friends, thanks for the positive comments. I find that Permafrost have a better balance than Saturnal.
If you want to listen to Permafrost you can do it in Progstreaming, together with my solo album called Mundo Flotante that was released in December 2012 in our label octoberXart, like Permafrost: http://www.progstreaming.com/_wb/index.php

[Sunhillow]

Friends, thanks for the positive comments. I find that Permafrost have a better balance than Saturnal.
If you want to listen to Permafrost you can do it in Progstreaming, together with my solo album called Mundo Flotante that was released in December 2012 in our label octoberXart, like Permafrost: http://www.progstreaming.com/_wb/index.php

Great, great music. I'm honoured in streaming this.

[thedunno]

I received this is my email today:

we are finishing the recording of another album in octoberXart: October Equus Quartet 'Isla Purgatorio'.

The album includes 9 new compositions written by myself. These compositions shows the impact that had in me many years ago several early Cuneiform Records bands like Curlew or Doctor Nerve, and also influences like 70's jazz-rock, Soft Machine or Terje Rypdal. Of course, in the particular October Equus' complex style, althought in this time with more ostinato bass riffs and jazz-oriented solos than usually.

The band for this quartet are Ángel Ontalva guitar, Alfonso Muñoz alto sax, Amanda Pazos Cosse bass and Vasco Trilla drums & percussion.
The releasing of this CD is scheduled for October 15 (day of the old roman October Equus holiday!).

We are accepting pre-orders that will help for pressing the CDs. If you are interested, you can send us 12 euros (shipping included) via PayPal to the usual account and you will receive the CD as soon as it will be released:

info@octoberxart.com

This is a video (that you surely have seen already) of this band rehearsing for the recording of the album:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6kQV9Vo3I58

Very soon we will send you several pre-mixes and some samples of the artwork too!

Thanks & bests / Ángel Ontalva

Wow, talking about productivity! I quite like Permafrost so I will certainly pre-order this one as well.

[Hobo Chang Ba]

[Steve F.]

The album includes 9 new compositions written by myself. These compositions shows the impact that had in me many years ago several early Cuneiform Records bands like Curlew or Doctor Nerve

Nice to see that these works - when Cuneiform was first finding itself and its 'sound' - made some impact on some other great musicians.

Made my morning.

[ahrm]

Nice to see that these works - when Cuneiform was first finding itself and its 'sound' - made some impact on some other great musicians.

Made my morning.

I discovered those Cuneiform bands on some moment around 1990, at the same time that Ambiances Magnetiques, another big influence... Well at that point I was playing guitar from more or less ten years ago, but was listening all that new music that I started to think more seriously about to create a band and to turn a professional musician. Still I'm not sure if was a good idea or not...

[ahrm]

Hello,

we are mixing the new October Equus Quartet 'Isla Purgatorio' album. The definitive date for release it is October 31, and will be released on Clamshell Records, a spanish label specialised on free jazz and improvisation.

You can listen to a couple of pre-mixes here:

https://soundcloud.com/angelontalva/...s-quartet-isla
https://soundcloud.com/angelontalva/...quartet-isla-1

I'm still working on the cover, but probably this picture will be close to the final thing...

prueba portada copia.jpg

I hope you like it!

Ángel