This article discusses the recent reissues of Triskaidekaphobie and Le Poison Qui Rend Fou:
http://www.goldminemag.com/reviews/a...s/past-present
I didn't even know about these reissues. They have a ton of bonus tracks!
This article discusses the recent reissues of Triskaidekaphobie and Le Poison Qui Rend Fou:
http://www.goldminemag.com/reviews/a...s/past-present
I didn't even know about these reissues. They have a ton of bonus tracks!
Wow...very cool article.
There are a couple of threads going about the Present reissues. In a nutshell: buy them, and buy them gladly
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Buy them now, wonderful stuff, the remastering is great, the bonus material is great, the liner notes are great.
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"Today, Present’s sound is less avant-progressive (the term most frequently flung at them) than it is a forebear of a lot of what passed as Prog in more recent years. "
I am not sure I understood this part
Great review, with one reservation - that "Ersatz" is presented as a 25-minute piece (?!).
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I think it's a typo and he means 5 minute piece for Ersatz and the '2' was a slip of the key.
Because there isn't any studio track on either of those albums that is 25' long. The longest song on Le Poison is 15:24.
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please add 'imo' wherever you like, to avoid offending those easily offended.
Well, it's no big deal anyhow; I thought the article/review was great as such - and more people always need to hear these releases. As for the "no longer being 'avant-progressive' thing", I'm not reading all too much into that except for it trying to convey how even a rather obscure act like Present indeed came to have their own followers in time.
"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 had a chance to hear a few tracks properly cranked on the B&W's since the wife and kids are still in NJ.
The star of the show here is the Udester. Too bad this article doesn't mention the dude who made this happen. What a masterful job at making these works sound much improved, basically perfect. Across the entire spectrum, it is sonic perfection....the bass now has an extension that was missing before and there is a solid bite on the mid's/upper mid's without making your ears bleed. Like I said, sonic perfection. Warmth, but with balls. I was never super keen on the sound until now.
UDI KOOMRAN ladies and germs.
"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
PS - yeah, Udi doesn't exactly suck.
Geee fellas you are making blush
I am thankful to Steve F. who gave me the chance to do justice to these albums
it was very hard to do so I hope people actually go and buy them
again its really pleasing to know you guys dig this - thank you
" Maybe next time you'll do better? " = what a dick
I knew you'd get a kick out of that!
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