peterfrederics
Thanks for your comments and totally understand what it’s like to be so busy! Really glad that emusers is here for the long term. I likewise listen to many of your tips and often for similar reasons. That is, to my mind, what makes this group so great to belong to.
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(Quote) An interesting story that Jeanne Loriod was the sister-in-law of famous composer Olivier Messiaen and the foremost proponent of the early electronic musical instrument, the ondes Martenot.
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"Veneer" by José Gonzáles who is, surprisingly, Swedish albeit born of Argentinian parents. Excellent Indie Folk.
AMG says "Veneer is a striking collection of hushed and autumnal indie pop bedroom songs"
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@Germanprof Bruce Cockburn brought back memories of living in Canada in the late 70s.
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@Plong42 Porcupine Tree are my favourite modern Prog Rock band, so any morning could be a PT kind of morning for me!
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@ez6 thanks for the tip. Steven Wilson is by far my favourite modern Prog Rock exponent, solo and as part of Porcupine Tree
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Bernie Taupin's "Scattershot - Life, Music, Elton and Me"
"I loved writing, I loved chronicling life and every moment I was cogent, sober, or blitzed, I was forever feeding off my surroundings, making copious notes as ammunition for f… -
Pat Metheny Group s/t album from 1978
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One of my favourite obscure singles from the mid to late 1960s, "Meditations" by Felius Andromeda. I heard it first on the excellent "Rubble" set of compilations Volume 11.
Absolutely drenched in psychedelia!
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"Wires - Dream - Wires" the 2015 Post Metal/Post Rock album by Tacoma Narrows Bridge Disaster.
They remind me of Explosions In The Sky
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Thanks to @confused for reminding us of Harry Nilsson and his great musicFunnily enough, bearing in mind the title of this discussion stream, Harry did a not pa…And their outstanding second album from 1995, "Bends".
AMG says "what makes The Bends so remarkable is that it marries such ambitious, and often challenging, instrumental soundscapes to songs that are at their cores hauntingly melodic …“Collector's Item From the San Francisco Scene“ by The Great Society. Grace Slick’s pre Jefferson Airplane days with the early versions of “Somebody To Love” and “ White Rabbit” done right at the beginning of the West Coast Psychedelic era.Can't resist that regular visit to my Quicksilver Messenger Service albums.
Today it is their first and probably their best, the first s/t album from 1968.
in What Are You Listening to (23) Skidoo? Comment by peterfrederics September 2023@confused thanks for the tip.That Gypsy s/t is a great album!“Fandangos in Space” the 1973 album by Carmen. A fabulous, distinctive blend of progressive rock coupled with flamenco themes and rhythms. One of my all time favourite albums.
AMG says “Released in 1973, Fandangos in Space introduced to t…Delightful Post Rock/Shoegaze album “Bitter Hands Resign” from 2005 by Canadian band A Northern Chorusin What Are You Listening to (23) Skidoo? Comment by peterfrederics September 2023
@djh a great album and I particularly like the track “Dream of a Drummer”
Another group along similar lines, German this time, and with an eerily familiar choice of cover …Well worth trying Gryphon’s two recent albums issued in 2018 and 2020 after a more than 40 year break, featuring three of the original band members!I particularly like “Reinvention” and “Get Out Of My Father’s Car” has its mom…If only I was going to be in England on November 28th with Gryphon performing live at Cambridge Junction in Cambridge!“The Obscurants” album by Post Rock band Alternative 4
Thanks to @Muggsy for introducing us to the band Death after he saw them live back in 2016. Listened today to their album “…For The Whole World To See”
in What Are You Listening to (23) Skidoo? Comment by peterfrederics August 2023Funny that Rory Kinnear was Prime Minister on the first episode of “Black Mirror” and now likewise on “The Diplomat”.“Promised Works” a compilation Post Rock album by The For Carnation featuring Brian McMahan former member of Slint.Or they had never forgiven the members of Amon Düül II for spinning off from Amon Düül!!
”Psychedelic Underground” by Amon Düül.“Yeti” the 1970 Krautrock album by Amon Düül II.
AMG says “ The second album by Amon Düül II…….1970's Yeti, is their first masterpiece, one of the defining early albums of Krautrock”.
in Favourite Rock Albums from the late 60s and early 70s Comment by peterfrederics August 2023
