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[Deenfan]

 

[Teunis]

Steve Lukather - Ever Changing Times

7. Stab In The Back

[maddox]

*hugs Deenie.  

[PH]

Neal Morse - ?
2. Another World

Fantastic song! This whole album is filled with Morse energy. I love it!


-Paco

[Teunis]

The Reasoning - Dark Angel

np: Pink Floyd - Echoes (best of)

track: Shine On You Crazy Diamond

[maddox]

Before i go to sleep:

David Gilmour - Live In Gdansk

   

[Nicky007]

& before I go to sleep:

NP  Subsignal:  Beautiful & Monstrous  (on MySpace and repeat)

http://www.myspace.com/subsignalband

The singer's name is Arno Menses, and the guitarist is Markus Steffen. Does that ring a bell, guys ? 

That voice, whew 

B&M went straight to my SL. It hasnt been released yet.

Nicky.

[Bupie]

Sonata Arctica - Ecliptica 

The more I listen to them the more I appreciate Tony Kakko's voice

[maddox]

& before I go to sleep:

NP  Subsignal:  Beautiful & Monstrous  (on MySpace and repeat)

http://www.myspace.com/subsignalband

The singer's name is Arno Menses, and the guitarist is Markus Steffen. Does that ring a bell, guys ? 

That voice, whew 

B&M went straight to my SL. It hasnt been released yet.

Nicky.

I thank you, Nicky. 

[Teunis]

Pendragon - Pure

Track: It's Only Me 

[Iggy]

The 1st Chapter - Circus Maximus

Arrived today.

[PH]

Andy Edwards - Progressive

Very interesting music! And cool too.
And free!

http://andyedwardsmusic.blogspot.com/



-Paco

[Iggy]

IT Bites - The Tall Ships

[Nicky007]

NP  Agalloch:  The Mantle

Didnt really grip me on first full run. Sorta atmospheric acoustic and metal with growl - rather unusual, actually. Group is from Oregon.

Checked up on the Amazon reviews again, and was surprised that there are quite a lot. Lord Chimp was ravin about it - so I'd better give it some more runs.

Anyone else here into Agalloch ?

Nicky.

[Teunis]

Sylvan - Presets

[maddox]

NP  Agalloch:  The Mantle

Didnt really grip me on first full run. Sorta atmospheric acoustic and metal with growl - rather unusual, actually. Group is from Oregon.

Checked up on the Amazon reviews again, and was surprised that there are quite a lot. Lord Chimp was ravin about it - so I'd better give it some more runs.

Anyone else here into Agalloch ?

Nicky.

Ehm...no. Haven't got the foggiest idea what or who you mean. 

NP> Just starting up Winamp so lets see....Ah that's a good one, let's play this:

The Flower Kings - Space Revolver

Track: [01] I Am The Sun pt I

Cool. 

[Nicky007]

OK, Mad, it might interest some roomies. Here's the beginning of Lord Chimp's (as usual, elegant) review of Agalloch's The Mantle:

"Stunning

By Lord Chimp (Monkey World),  February 21, 2003

Any Opeth comparison is senseless and unfair. To me, Agalloch is strange marriage of Norwegian metal's halcyon elegy, seas of atmosphere, folk music, screeching metal, and more. So smoothly integrated are these styles that the designation of 'metal' becomes hardly satisfying, or at least Agalloch hammers the mold to suit themselves. Their 'metal' -- a term presumably assigned because of some harsh vocals and double-bass drumming -- is soft and haunting and gorgeous. The glassy distortion on the guitars is the dull gleam of sunlight beyond gray clouds rather than machine gun battery. Acoustic guitars dominate, punctuated with layers of electric guitars (rather than simple synth chords). Most importantly, Agalloch here develops seductive atmospheres and achieves them beautifully thanks to a lush but subdued production job. (Production is the only knock that can be sustained by their excellent debut Pale Folklore.) Haughm's voice is one of the eeriest I've ever heard, the vocals split between harrowing rasps and gritty, forlorn whispers. Although his voice was difficult to adjust to (it's very... different), I love it now.

Instrumentation that seemed unchanging and simple proves to be very diverse on repeated listens. It helps to actually look at song credits and see what instruments are involved because they are very subtly integrated: from the symphonic percussion on ...And the Great Cold Death of the Earth to the bristly mandolin of A Desolation Song to the beautiful, understated trombone theme in The Hawthorne Passage to the realms of texture within each song. Special note for A Desolation Song, which uses the accordion (ggyah!) beautifully. Who would have thought...

Concerning that textural element, Agalloch is amazing in the way they weave different threads and progression in passages that are quite minimalist. The Lodge is an epochal instrumental that feels like you are rising from a winter forest on Earth to the cosmos. First it is only pastoral acoustic guitar chords shimmering as sparse percussion beats in the distance. Agalloch slowly adds nebulous texture after texture (double bass and electric guitars), which gives the music a nearly tangible rising sensation. Finally an empyrean electric guitar line is the only remaining sound as the other instruments retreat, leaving one with a feeling of transcendence and power. This is just one (short) example of Agalloch's brilliant writing and arrangements."


NP  Agalloch:  The Mantle

Rising 

Nicky.

[Oliver Twist]

Pendragon The Window Of Life and will be followed by The Masquerade Overture

Not listened to this (Window) for a while. Had forgotten how good it is.

Also played The Visitor earlier, not heard that for a while either. Arena's best album ;-)

Shields to maximum

[The Butterfly Man]

NP  Agalloch:  The Mantle

Rising 

Nicky.

Wow Nicky. After reading that review you posted I think I really NEED to check these guys out. Too bad I'm at work now and my pc doesn't have any speakers so I need to wait until this evening. Especially the last part of the review, concerning the instrumental 'The Lodge' sounds amazing!

"The Lodge is an epochal instrumental that feels like you are rising from a winter forest on Earth to the cosmos. First it is only pastoral acoustic guitar chords shimmering as sparse percussion beats in the distance. Agalloch slowly adds nebulous texture after texture (double bass and electric guitars), which gives the music a nearly tangible rising sensation. Finally an empyrean electric guitar line is the only remaining sound as the other instruments retreat, leaving one with a feeling of transcendence and power. This is just one (short) example of Agalloch's brilliant writing and arrangements."

Ahhhhh...

NP: Pain Of Salvation - Undertow (on my iPod)

Tom

[Iggy]

In a Word - Yes

[Iggy]

Still playing In a Word by Yes. It is going to take some time!   

[Nicky007]

Wow Nicky. After reading that review you posted I think I really NEED to check these guys out ...

Yeah, Tom, I'm quite sure you'l like'm.

The group that to my mind comes closest to Agalloch is Porcupine Tree, so any fan of PT should check out Agalloch.

It's very true, as Chimp writes, that the first time you hear Agalloch, you dont sense anything real special, cause it's all so slow and undramatic, but beneath the surface, there are lots of interesting things going on, and the whole mood grips you after a while. Almost uncanny.


NP  Queen:  Who Wants To Live Forever  (on A Kind Of Magic, on repeat)

One of the most wonderful songs eva 

Queen are sadly very undervalued here in the Room - guess that's cause they're so massively popular - but that shouldnt be so 

They're definitely in the same league as Floyd and pre-1983 Genesis 

And I cleaved the gap in my stuck-on songs with Who Wants 

Nicky.

[Nicky007]

NP  Queen:  A Kind Of Magic 

Lots'o great stuff on this album.

One of the special things is that they used an organ, sax, and philharmonic orchestra.

And the guys spread their special magic.

Nicky.

[Iggy]

Queen are sadly very undervalued here in the Room - guess that's cause they're so massively popular - but that shouldnt be so 

Nicky.


[/quote]

I like Queen a lot. I can't remember exactly but I think it was the Seven seas of Rhye on Top of the pops that got me hooked.

I saw them at Knebworth in 85 or 86 (I think) and it remains to this day one of my most memorable concerts.

Still playing In a Word but about tive up after 3 of the 5 CD's

[The Butterfly Man]

NP: Queen - The Show Must Go On

I really liked this song when I was still young (almost 23 now! ) and because of you guys rambling about Queen I was inspired to dig it out again. Still like it!

Tom