I am not normally a fan of Southern Rock but the Drive-By Truckers are a massive exception.
AMG says of the album "Almost six years in the making, the Drive-By Truckers have created a startlingly intelligent work....... Southern Rock Opera should be required listening not only for fans of the genre, but anyone interested in the history of '70s rock, or even the history of the South in that decade. More the story of Hood than Skynyrd, this is thought-provoking music that also slashes, burns, and kicks out the jams. Its narrative comes to life through these songs of alienation, excess, and, ultimately, salvation, as seen through the eyes of someone who lived and understands it better than most."
Thanks to @greg in 2011 and @Brighternow in 2012 for the introduction to the Penguin Cafe Orchestra and the reminder by @confused in 2020.
My favourite albums of theirs, s/t and “Signs of Life”.
That first album cover still gets to me in a weird way, weird but good, direct to the subconscious and all that. Saw the Penguin Cafe - the current version of the band a few years ago. Rarely have I been in an audience so cosily middle-class; knit your own muesli etc for whom Peguin Cafe were 'very obviously' the most "out" thing that they listened to. Again a curious feeling. Not being judgemental it was just like being the only mod at a rockers gig or hippy at a Clash gig. (Old man shuffles off starts talking to the clouds).
^^^Reminds me of the time some years back when my wife & I went to a Ween concert and thought it would be a good idea to find spots right near the front which would turn out to be the mosh pit.
Well, I can't go through the Ds without giving them another listen. Some of my favourite Emusic discoveries. Most enjoyable!! The Drift Noumena
@confused One of my favorite song moments is 4' 28" of Transatlantic on Noumena. The whole track is great but the way that moment is framed by everything that precedes makes it like a sunrise.
A little while back I bought the Muzan Editions discography based on having got a couple of interesting titles from them and a special offer price. More than some other discography buys I have found it very up and down in terms of whether I like stuff as I wade through it, but this one I found really interesting.
Glover employs polyrhythms, Reich-inspired arpeggiations, and tempos
that seem to fall in and out of time with themselves, all while using a
dizzying variety of instruments to create a vibrant and colorful mosaic
of musical experience.
From the artist: "This album cycles through 7 modes of a unique 11-limit
tuning system. 12 just intonated intervals were chosen by ear and
through harmonic exploration through combining intervals from the
overtone and undertone series. The scale's most idiosyncratic feature is
its extensive use of the comma interval (81/80 or 21.5 cents), which
provides most of the harmonic dissonance and irregular beating between
notes. This piece is also a study on rhythmic phasing and sequencing in
which there is no constant time measure or tempo."
My first visit for a couple of weeks, so much to follow-up on. I didn't realise that the Zombies were still playing, never mind recording. I saw them way back, must be over 50 years ago now. I'd also forgotten Penguin Cafe Orchestra. That will be on my playlist later today.
We are moving/downsizing soon. In the last ten days or so I've been digitsing about 60% of my CD collection ready to take to charity shops. That has now led to me going through iTunes having a clear out before uploading to the cloud for a backup. Back in the day, eMusic, Amazon, even itunes, had lots of free samplers. Most of those have now gone, never really played much of them other than the odd track or two
Just reached this, so I am playing it while having a coffee break
The Ezz-Thetics label is very slowly being re-populated on Bandcamp but this January '23 release hasn't popped back up yet. Makes for fine Sunday morning listening and I really need to go back to the three albums this is the distilled / re-mastered essence of.
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I am not normally a fan of Southern Rock but the Drive-By Truckers are a massive exception.
AMG says of the album "Almost six years in the making, the Drive-By Truckers have created a startlingly intelligent work....... Southern Rock Opera should be required listening not only for fans of the genre, but anyone interested in the history of '70s rock, or even the history of the South in that decade. More the story of Hood than Skynyrd, this is thought-provoking music that also slashes, burns, and kicks out the jams. Its narrative comes to life through these songs of alienation, excess, and, ultimately, salvation, as seen through the eyes of someone who lived and understands it better than most."
Rated No. 3 for 2008 by ProgArchives and well worthy of that.
Don Peris
Ten Silver Slide Trombones Go When The Morning Shineth
The Old Century
Donald Byrd
Modern Jazz Perspective archive.org Byrd In Hand
A New Perspective archive.org Black Byrd archive.org
My favourite albums of theirs, s/t and “Signs of Life”.
That first album cover still gets to me in a weird way, weird but good, direct to the subconscious and all that. Saw the Penguin Cafe - the current version of the band a few years ago. Rarely have I been in an audience so cosily middle-class; knit your own muesli etc for whom Peguin Cafe were 'very obviously' the most "out" thing that they listened to. Again a curious feeling. Not being judgemental it was just like being the only mod at a rockers gig or hippy at a Clash gig. (Old man shuffles off starts talking to the clouds).
Doug Sahm / Sir Douglas Quintet
Honkey Blues Mendocino
Doug Sahm And Band Groover's Paradise
The Return Of Wayne Douglas
Simon Jeffes - Performed By Members Of The Penguin Café Orchestra
Music From The Penguin Café
Doyle Bramhall - Doyle Bramhall II
Bird Nest On The Ground Fitchburg Street
Doyle Bramhall II Rich Man
You wouldn't believe it but amongst all the rubbish they have 7 of the top Kate Bush albums!!!
Go figure!!!
The Day Before Wine And Roses The Days Of Wine And Roses
Medicine Show Out Of The Grey
Ghost Stories
discoveries. Most enjoyable!!
The Drift
Noumena Ceiling Sky
Memory Drawings Blue Hour
Nocturnes Colliding Contours
Radiations Shunter
Driftmachine Plays Marien van Oers Spume & Recollection
@confused One of my favorite song moments is 4' 28" of Transatlantic on Noumena. The whole track is great but the way that moment is framed by everything that precedes makes it like a sunrise.
From the artist: "This album cycles through 7 modes of a unique 11-limit tuning system. 12 just intonated intervals were chosen by ear and through harmonic exploration through combining intervals from the overtone and undertone series. The scale's most idiosyncratic feature is its extensive use of the comma interval (81/80 or 21.5 cents), which provides most of the harmonic dissonance and irregular beating between notes. This piece is also a study on rhythmic phasing and sequencing in which there is no constant time measure or tempo."
Well worth a listen.
Music Might Help
by ALIGAGA
On the subject of Drift, I also really like the track "Insane" from the album "Left at Ottley" by (you guessed it!) the band "Drift".
https://open.spotify.com/album/7ifXTxNhfaa3M3Lbl8HLaF
Lumière For Synthesized & Concrète Sound
Nature Never Did Betray The Heart That Loved Her Celtic Vedic Bandcamp
Celtic Vedic In Dub Bandcamp
Eight Ears Phoenix
We are moving/downsizing soon. In the last ten days or so I've been digitsing about 60% of my CD collection ready to take to charity shops. That has now led to me going through iTunes having a clear out before uploading to the cloud for a backup. Back in the day, eMusic, Amazon, even itunes, had lots of free samplers. Most of those have now gone, never really played much of them other than the odd track or two
Just reached this, so I am playing it while having a coffee break
Bes Rats Don't Eat Synthesizers
The Green Dogs Of Dahshur
Living Water Cosmic
With Matthew Halsall - Inspirations The Gondwana Orchestra Feat. Dwight Trible - Colors
Cosmic Vibrations Ft. Dwight Trible - Pathways & Passages
It's rather jolly. Is it a new piece ( I presume so)? It does remind me of their "disco phase" which upset people years ago.