Just a terrific day in the garden. The corn's all in now & still around 120 or so cobs to get shared with family & friends. (Honey Select Triplesweet) -and man, is it ever. These last 2 weeks have been corn heaven slathered in butter. Discogs Bandcamp "Heldon's last was album was also their best. Stand By stood on an imaginary crossroad between Robert Fripp, Magma and Tangerine Dream." – Scented Gardens of the Mind.
Stand By is the seventh and final album by Heldon, the quintessential progressive French electronic rock band. Originally released on Egg in 1979, this features the classic Heldon line-up of Richard Pinhas-guitar and electronics, Patric Gauthier-Moog synthesizer and electronics, Didier Batard-bass, François Auger-drums and guests, including Klaus Blasquiz of Magma! This was one of Heldon's heaviest rock albums.
Discogs 1995 Bandcamp Composer, guitarist & electronics innovator Richard Pinhas is recognized as one of France's major experimental musicians & is a pivotal figure in the development of electronic rock. This was Heldon's fifth, & many people's favorite, this was called "the apex of the punk-electronic sound - a masterpiece". by Forced Exposure. Includes a guest slot by Magma monster bassist Janick Top and two live bonus tracks! Probably their closest, along with Stand By, to a heavy zeuhl sound with massive electronics added!
"Fans of Kraftwerk and Neu! owe it to themselves to check out this similarly far-sighted stuff...exciting guitar and Moog noodle-o-rama!" – C.M.J.
Ps- I've really enjoyed exploring a bit of Richard Pinhas' work. Heldon was terrific.
Antwerp - Parallel Sphere album page has a couple of Free mixes Bandcamp Built from thumping beats, sparse otherworldly instruments and eerie keys, ‘Parallel Sphere’ sounds like a perceptual jump back and forth over centuries, with cultures and sounds extrapolated from their own age and relocated somewhere else.
It’s diverse and pensive music, with each track defining an ambiguous dissimilarity, industrial vs. organic, and a disorienting relationship to time. 'Sleep talking people’ is a heaving piece of muddy and mechanized electronic might, an odd catchy track with calamitous power. ‘Kalj’ is particularly deep and delicate with a decided dark undertone throughout, while ‘Dissolving words’ sounds like a smoky mix of tumbled-down atmospheres and playfully twirling haze.
Recorded & mixed at Imaginason Studio, Dour, Belgium, October 1993
from http://www.progressor.net/review/present_1993.html Synopsis. "COD Performance" is the only Present album where the line-up features only the main mastermind behind the band, Roger Trigaux, and his son Reginald, and not the entire band. Formally, the album consists of three long tracks, the second of which is an instrumental piece (see track list above). However, there are no pauses between compositions, and it's impossible to fix the beginning of the second and third of them without looking at the CD player's display. Furthermore, all the arrangements on the album are in the state of constant and logical development, and each composition here is actually the part of the same monolithic epic. "COD Performance" is an album of a completely uniform stylistics representing nothing else but a unique acoustic RIO with elements of electric RIO and guitar Art-Rock. Even though there is little in common between this music and that on any of the other Present albums, all the central hallmarks of the band's creation: high complexity, dark and mysterious atmosphere, the intensity and depth of arrangements, etc are more than merely evident here. While the heavy guitar riffs and the parts of percussion are featured on any of the three compositions on "COD Performance", most of the arrangements here are nevertheless based on the interplay between either two acoustic guitars or acoustic and electric guitar. And you won't be able to imagine what an amazingly rich sound this highly profound and interesting album has until you hear it. The vocals by both Roger and Reginald (lyrics are in English) are present only in the beginning of "COD Performance" and closer to the end of it, though they're great and greatly fit this outstandingly original music. While singing is a rare thing concerning such a specific genre as RIO, the presence of vocals and vocalizes on this album looks more than simply defensible, as they always meet surrounding musical events.
Bandcamp Portraits sees Chris Davids and Liam Ivory exemplify the sort of rare but precious sonic harmony that has made their name so far: equal parts emotive instrumentation and sturdy rhythms, stark soundscapes and rich textures. Featuring longtime collaborator Pedestrian (2nd Drop / Born Electric) as well as vocalists Holly Walker and Jono McCleery, the album takes on a subtle dynamism and natural warmth redolent of Gold Panda and SOHN.
Bandcamp Recorded in England and Austria, the album contains a guest appearance by King Crimson's drumming and electronics wizard, Pat Mastelotto. Inspired in part by the musical theories of 20th Century composer Olivier Messiaen, there's a terse angularity to the compositions whose unexpected textures feature the appearances of a string quartet and a recorder player. At a personal level, the music of Dervish and the creative methods used in its composition, have pushed both Boddy and Reuter into markedly different places, forcing each one to change their usual approaches. At a 2008 recording session in Austria, having sampled Reuter's Touch Guitar loops, Boddy then effectively "plays" the notes. The result is a mirage of shades and colors in which it is impossible to determine the respective roles of the players. At times Dervish occasionally flirts with playful but punchy dance beats, off-kilter funk and stabbing percussive blasts that manage to be both unsettling in their apparently anarchic deployment whilst also providing a startling focal point.
& Markus Reuter & Zero Ohms The Sun Is Just The Sun, But The Stars They Call The Heavens (2011) & From Worlds Unseen a Light yet Streams a Sound Replete (2015)
Released Sept. 9/2016 A review from his website “Sometimes music shouldn't be easy, and instead should be mysterious, idiosyncratic and the work of a true maverick. So we should welcome the arrival of a new Johnny Dowd album. . . . Never a man to run from the truth, if there was any justice, this guy would be a legend.“— Acoustic Magazine (UK) “Imagine if Hank Williams had mutated into Captain Beefheart, acquiring a bunch of primitive electronic equipment along the way, and you’ll get some idea of where Johnny Dowd is at onExecute American Folklore. . . . Gloriously deviant.“— Andy Gill, The Independent (London)
More post-rock than anything Jazz, but that's where it was filed on Bandcamp, so that's how it ended up on my radar. I like it for what it is. Almost wrote something up for BitW, but really, aside from it not being in my site's wheelhouse, I really wasn't sure what to write other than "I like this; hit the play button." Which, honestly, is where I'd like my site to end up eventually... just a simple sign-off recommendation and some embedded audio and album art and links.
Doofy - how do you rate the Black Arts Jazz Club? I nearly downloaded yesterday, but put it off in case I found something else i preferred before my refresh at the end of the week.
Just about to listen the album above posted by jonahpwll to see if I like it.
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Fans of the early trilogy won't be disappointed.
I can hear why this is so highly praised in reviews. Just delightful. Four of the five volumes are on emusic. (All five if you are in Europe I think).
Discogs
Bandcamp
"Heldon's last was album was also their best. Stand By stood on an imaginary crossroad between Robert Fripp, Magma and Tangerine Dream."
– Scented Gardens of the Mind.
Stand By is the seventh and final album by Heldon, the quintessential progressive French electronic rock band. Originally released on Egg in 1979, this features the classic Heldon line-up of Richard Pinhas-guitar and electronics, Patric Gauthier-Moog synthesizer and electronics, Didier Batard-bass, François Auger-drums and guests, including Klaus Blasquiz of Magma! This was one of Heldon's heaviest rock albums.
Discogs 1995
Bandcamp
Composer, guitarist & electronics innovator Richard Pinhas is recognized as one of France's major experimental musicians & is a pivotal figure in the development of electronic rock. This was Heldon's fifth, & many people's favorite, this was called "the apex of the punk-electronic sound - a masterpiece". by Forced Exposure. Includes a guest slot by Magma monster bassist Janick Top and two live bonus tracks! Probably their closest, along with Stand By, to a heavy zeuhl sound with massive electronics added!
"Fans of Kraftwerk and Neu! owe it to themselves to check out this similarly far-sighted stuff...exciting guitar and Moog noodle-o-rama!"
– C.M.J.
Ps- I've really enjoyed exploring a bit of Richard Pinhas' work. Heldon was terrific.
Antwerp - Parallel Sphere
album page has a couple of Free mixes
Bandcamp
Built from thumping beats, sparse otherworldly instruments and eerie keys, ‘Parallel Sphere’ sounds like a perceptual jump back and forth over centuries, with cultures and sounds extrapolated from their own age and relocated somewhere else.
It’s diverse and pensive music, with each track defining an ambiguous dissimilarity, industrial vs. organic, and a disorienting relationship to time. 'Sleep talking people’ is a heaving piece of muddy and mechanized electronic might, an odd catchy track with calamitous power. ‘Kalj’ is particularly deep and delicate with a decided dark undertone throughout, while ‘Dissolving words’ sounds like a smoky mix of tumbled-down atmospheres and playfully twirling haze.
Discogs
- Guitar, Voice, Percussion – Roger Trigaux, Reginald Trigaux*
- Illustration [Drawings] – Reginald Trigaux*
Recorded & mixed at Imaginason Studio, Dour, Belgium, October 1993from http://www.progressor.net/review/present_1993.html
Synopsis. "COD Performance" is the only Present album where the line-up features only the main mastermind behind the band, Roger Trigaux, and his son Reginald, and not the entire band. Formally, the album consists of three long tracks, the second of which is an instrumental piece (see track list above). However, there are no pauses between compositions, and it's impossible to fix the beginning of the second and third of them without looking at the CD player's display. Furthermore, all the arrangements on the album are in the state of constant and logical development, and each composition here is actually the part of the same monolithic epic. "COD Performance" is an album of a completely uniform stylistics representing nothing else but a unique acoustic RIO with elements of electric RIO and guitar Art-Rock. Even though there is little in common between this music and that on any of the other Present albums, all the central hallmarks of the band's creation: high complexity, dark and mysterious atmosphere, the intensity and depth of arrangements, etc are more than merely evident here. While the heavy guitar riffs and the parts of percussion are featured on any of the three compositions on "COD Performance", most of the arrangements here are nevertheless based on the interplay between either two acoustic guitars or acoustic and electric guitar. And you won't be able to imagine what an amazingly rich sound this highly profound and interesting album has until you hear it. The vocals by both Roger and Reginald (lyrics are in English) are present only in the beginning of "COD Performance" and closer to the end of it, though they're great and greatly fit this outstandingly original music. While singing is a rare thing concerning such a specific genre as RIO, the presence of vocals and vocalizes on this album looks more than simply defensible, as they always meet surrounding musical events.
Bandcamp
Bandcamp
Portraits sees Chris Davids and Liam Ivory exemplify the sort of rare but precious sonic harmony that has made their name so far: equal parts emotive instrumentation and sturdy rhythms, stark soundscapes and rich textures. Featuring longtime collaborator Pedestrian (2nd Drop / Born Electric) as well as vocalists Holly Walker and Jono McCleery, the album takes on a subtle dynamism and natural warmth redolent of Gold Panda and SOHN.
Bandcamp
Recorded in England and Austria, the album contains a guest appearance by King Crimson's drumming and electronics wizard, Pat Mastelotto.
Inspired in part by the musical theories of 20th Century composer Olivier Messiaen, there's a terse angularity to the compositions whose unexpected textures feature the appearances of a string quartet and a recorder player. At a personal level, the music of Dervish and the creative methods used in its composition, have pushed both Boddy and Reuter into markedly different places, forcing each one to change their usual approaches. At a 2008 recording session in Austria, having sampled Reuter's Touch Guitar loops, Boddy then effectively "plays" the notes. The result is a mirage of shades and colors in which it is impossible to determine the respective roles of the players. At times Dervish occasionally flirts with playful but punchy dance beats, off-kilter funk and stabbing percussive blasts that manage to be both unsettling in their apparently anarchic deployment whilst also providing a startling focal point.
Markus Reuter & Zero Ohms
The Sun Is Just The Sun, But The Stars They Call The Heavens (2011) &
From Worlds Unseen a Light yet Streams a Sound Replete (2015)
Petrels - Jörð
- And "a holy grail of electronic music"
- releases September 21, 2016.
Boris - Smile (Japan version)
Back to their best
Bandcamp
Melanie De Biasio - "Blackened Cities"
Released Sept. 9/2016
A review from his website
“Sometimes music shouldn't be easy, and instead should be mysterious, idiosyncratic and the work of a true maverick. So we should welcome the arrival of a new Johnny Dowd album. . . . Never a man to run from the truth, if there was any justice, this guy would be a legend.“— Acoustic Magazine (UK)
“Imagine if Hank Williams had mutated into Captain Beefheart, acquiring a bunch of primitive electronic equipment along the way, and you’ll get some idea of where Johnny Dowd is at onExecute American Folklore. . . . Gloriously deviant.“— Andy Gill, The Independent (London)
Fragile Field - "Wing Half"
More post-rock than anything Jazz, but that's where it was filed on Bandcamp, so that's how it ended up on my radar. I like it for what it is. Almost wrote something up for BitW, but really, aside from it not being in my site's wheelhouse, I really wasn't sure what to write other than "I like this; hit the play button." Which, honestly, is where I'd like my site to end up eventually... just a simple sign-off recommendation and some embedded audio and album art and links.
Anyways, it's NYP on Bandcamp - https://fragilefield.bandcamp.com/releases
I genuinely think some people here might enjoy this. Two different cellists are part of the project, if that helps seal the deal.
Just about to listen the album above posted by jonahpwll to see if I like it.