Miren ese blog, supongo que algunos ya lo conocerán, para los que no, denle una buena checada que está lleno de sorpresas. En fin, les pongo el link al blog con la entrada del disco del video. Espero que el video sea suficiente para crearles una idea de que esperar. Sino, díganme para evitar estos posts.
29 de septiembre de 2011
Cardiacs - Songs for Ships and Irons
Empezaré esta pseudo reseña diciéndoles que están frente a un DISCAZO de una BANDOTA. Así es, los Cardiac no son nada menos que una bandota para la cual la frase "siempre imitados, jamás igualados" parece haber sido acuñada para su original estilo de música.
Para quién no los conozcan, son la única banda que ha logrado fusionar en perfecta armonía dos géneros que por visión, estilo, ideología y musicalidad son antagónicos, vaya, incluso históricamente han sido el contrapeso una de otra. Me refiero al rock progresivo y el punk, una mezcla que la misma banda definió como pronk. El genio detrás de esta banda, ya considerada de culto, es Tim Smith, el único sabio en haber pisado la tierra que ha logrado con sus composiciones hacer esta grandiosa música siendo influencia para una plétora de artistas de diversos estilos. Desafortunadamente Tim se encuentra muy grave de salud debido a varios infartos de corazón.
Songs for Ships and Irons (1991) es una especie de disco compilatorio de la banda, que reúne un par de mini discos, Big Ship y There's to Many Irons in the Fire. Un excelente punto de partido para todo aquél que no haya descubierto esta banda y de ahí transportarse a lo largo de su excelente discografía.
A transportarse con este ataque cardiaco...
Aquí la alineación:
-Tim Smith: Guitars, vocals
-Jim Smith: Bass
-Sarah Smith: Saxophone
- William D. Drake: Keyboards
- Dominic Luckman: Drums
- Tim Quy: Percsussions
Barcos y acero...
20 de septiembre de 2011
19 de septiembre de 2011
Jean-Claude Vannier - L'Enfant Assasin des Mouches (1972)
En estos meses estaré publicando a cuenta gotas, entre la escuela y mis delirios celestes el tiempo que corre a mi alrededor estará gravitando en esferas diferentes a esta.
Por lo pronto les traigo un disco increible sin restricciones de género. Confluyen muchos aromas con inmensa creatividad con el toque de la otredad compositiva que tanto nos gusta. Me parece una obra maestra. Por falta de tiempo no puedo extenderme más pero les dejo un link con varias reseñas: http://www.finderskeepersrecords.com/reviews_vannier.html
17 de septiembre de 2011
13 de septiembre de 2011
11 de septiembre de 2011
Pura Belga. Parte 3. El renacimiento y la escena actual
Con motivo del primer aniversario de Música Transporte les traigo la última parte de la trilogía de música proveniente de Bélgica. Anteriormente se había presentado Las Conexiones jazzisticas de principios de los 70's y Los orígenes del Chamber Prog. Esta vez Hughes Chantraine nos ubica en el renacimiento del rock belga y la escena actual.
A transportarse...
-The rebirth and the actual scene.
The rest of the 80’s were fairly lean times for Chamber prog, you might want to make an exception for Maximalist who recorded one album, and ex-Cos Daniel Schell and Karo,as well as other prog currents until the early 90’s Aka Moon (harcore jazz-rock if you can believe it ;-) played in the underground and selective Kaaï club, that things started moving again. By the mid-90’s when two bizarre groups appeared on the scene: Cro-Magnon, X-legged Sally, soon followed by Hardscore, but the real news for progheads was mainly the return of firstly Present and then Univers Zero.
Present was the first one to rise from its ashes with a strange Trigaux father/son duo project, before recording a Live album (based on their early records) with US citizen Dave Kerman on drums. They have since have produced three excellent if unsettling avant-prog albums sometimes veering into Les Musiques Nouvelles. Of their second career you could try High Infidelity
Daniel Denis who had been working with French group Art Zoyd and had recorded two solo albums in the early 90’s (both highly reminiscent of U Z) before finally zeroing back into his previous universe with his old buddy Michel Berckmans (he had played and recorded over the whole planet with his bassoon) and reforming Univers Zero. The first two albums (99 and 01 respectively brought nothing new to the music that existed before, but since 2003 and the release of Implosion (where the tracks are separated by small sampled electronics themes) which turned out to be their most essential album since Uzed. Since this album, Univers Zero has been a concert group again and a live album is foreseen early in 2006 soon followed by a DVD.
Cro-Magnon is a mostly Flemish band that has recorded three vastly different albums ranging from acoustic chamber prog and classical somewhere between UZ and Julverne (Zap!) to a very energetic and fully electrified avant-prog like Miriodor (Bull) and to a rather ethnic fusion jazz rock (Brosella)..
Hardscore is the only clear-cut Flemish band - most of the chamber-prog groups discussed in this article were either Wallon (French-speaking) or from Brussels (more bilingual French/Dutch). Their albums are also an acquired taste but definitely oriented towards Frank Zappa, they have produced a highly worthy discography so far. Their most recommended album to date is Surf, Wind And Desire
Finnegans Wake is the project of Henry Crutzen (who is a veteran from the late 70’s) and they developed at first a Canterbury-related sound before progressively sliding towards more fusion-based classical music. Their latest album 4th is a double album which is awesome in spectrum and mastery.
Daniel Schell (ex-Cos) has made three albums (86, 90 & 94) with his group Daniel Schell & Karo, which hovers in between Julverne, jazz, world music, using a Chapman Stick and the Halvenhalf string quartet.
In 1992, the French-speaking government sponsored a big band called La Grande Formation, which produced two distinct groups later that year:
-X-legged Sally (X-L S) is the group of Vervloesem and Vermeersch (ex-Maximalist) who recorded seven albums (and another two as collaborations) which could send a lot of prog musicians back to their cribs. Their best albums are The Land Of The Giant Dwarfs and Killed By Charity. Disbanded by 98, (they went on to form the poppier A Group and later the big band (up to 16) The Flat Earth Society), X-L S had recently stopped activities, but was an incredibly complex mix of all kinds of music currents from free jazz to contemporary classical music and some trash ambiances. Their spirit lives on in the solo album of Pierre Vervloesem whose album Grosso Modo is a real stunner.
A bit aside and mostly accented towards jazz is Aka Moon – a sax-led trio with three outstanding masters (heavily into Coltrane at first), all of whom give lessons at the royal academy. They brought together the high-culture and the rock crowd and recorded with widest possible spectrum of artists. You might want to start with their debut Aka Moonalbum for their love of the great Coltrane and the Ganesh album to see their interest in world music.
Other groups that did not manage to hold for more than one album are Fukkeduk (Ornitozosy in 93) and Louise Avenue (Let’s Take One More from 93). Also of interest isHalvenhalf (Paysage De Carton from 93) and with members of Julverne and the fact that this last group reformed for one album in 99 proves that the Belgian scene is back in full stride.
Comenzando con las bandas, tenemos el proyecto del ex lider de Cos, Daniel Schell. Daniel Schell & Karo se enfoca en música instrumental casi acústica impregnado por world music de distintos lados. También incluyen a la Halvenhalf Quartet, una agrupación de cuerdas . Aquí sus primeros dos albums: If Windows They Have (1988) y The Secret of Blwch (1990).
Acá la alineación:
- Dirk Descheemaeker / clarinet
- Claudine Steenackers / cello
- Jean-Luc Plouvier / keyboards
- Pierre Narcise / tabla drums
- Daniel Schell / Chapman stick
- Claudine Steenackers / cello
- Jean-Luc Plouvier / keyboards
- Pierre Narcise / tabla drums
- Daniel Schell / Chapman stick
Acá la alineación:
- Dirk Descheemaeker / clarinet
- Jan Kuijken / cello
- Jean-Luc Plouvier / keyboards
- Pierre Narcise / tabla drums
- Daniel Schell / Chapman stick
- Patrick Verstraeten / French horn
- Pierre Van Dormael / guitar
- Jean-Luc Manderlier / keyboards
Halvenhalf Quartet:
- Jeannot Gillis / violin
- Jacqueline Rosenfelt / violin
- Claudine Steenackers / cello
- Wiet Van Der Leest / viola
Choirs and voices:
- Marie-Paule Fayt / Soprano
- Lucy Grauman / Alto
- Bernard Plouvier / Tenor
- Claude Massoz - Bariton
- Jan Kuijken / cello
- Jean-Luc Plouvier / keyboards
- Pierre Narcise / tabla drums
- Daniel Schell / Chapman stick
- Patrick Verstraeten / French horn
- Pierre Van Dormael / guitar
- Jean-Luc Manderlier / keyboards
Halvenhalf Quartet:
- Jeannot Gillis / violin
- Jacqueline Rosenfelt / violin
- Claudine Steenackers / cello
- Wiet Van Der Leest / viola
Choirs and voices:
- Marie-Paule Fayt / Soprano
- Lucy Grauman / Alto
- Bernard Plouvier / Tenor
- Claude Massoz - Bariton
X Legged Sally es la locura de Pierre Vervloesem y Peter Vermeesch acompañado de sus secuaces. Una mezcla de free jazz, clásica contemporánea y y demás locura que se les atraveso entre cada sinapsisi a este par de talentosoos y creativos músicos. Aquí The Land Of The Giant Dwarfs (1996)
Acá la alineación:
-Pierre Vervloesem - guitars
-Peter Vandenberghe - keyboards
-Paul Belgrado - bass
-Danny Van Hoeck - drums
-Peter Vermeersch - winds
-Bart Maris - winds
-Thierry Mondelaers - vocals
-Michel Mast - Saxes
-Peter Vandenberghe - keyboards
-Paul Belgrado - bass
-Danny Van Hoeck - drums
-Peter Vermeersch - winds
-Bart Maris - winds
-Thierry Mondelaers - vocals
-Michel Mast - Saxes
Avanzamos con una banda del mejor Chamber que haya salido de Bélgica, Finnegan's Wake. Pura maestría y complejidad. Les dejo una de sus mejores obras: Blue (2008)
Acá la alineación:
Alexandre Johnson / Flutes
Henry Krutzen / Piano, Keyboards, Tenor Sax, Percussion
Alain Lemaître / Bass
Marcílio Onofre / Piano, Keyboards
Xóchil Schütz / Lyrics
guests:
Morgan Ågren*: Drums
Alexandre Casado: Violin
Jubileu Filho: Electric Guitar
Faisal Hussein: Cello
João Johnson: Oboe
John Krutzen: Whistling
Antônio de Pádua: Trumpet, Slide Trumpet
Eduardo Pinheiro: Electric Guitar
Rogério Pitomba: Drums
Amarílis de Rebuá: Vocals
Guy Segers*: Bass
Reginald Trigaux*: Electric Guitar
Henry Krutzen / Piano, Keyboards, Tenor Sax, Percussion
Alain Lemaître / Bass
Marcílio Onofre / Piano, Keyboards
Xóchil Schütz / Lyrics
guests:
Morgan Ågren*: Drums
Alexandre Casado: Violin
Jubileu Filho: Electric Guitar
Faisal Hussein: Cello
João Johnson: Oboe
John Krutzen: Whistling
Antônio de Pádua: Trumpet, Slide Trumpet
Eduardo Pinheiro: Electric Guitar
Rogério Pitomba: Drums
Amarílis de Rebuá: Vocals
Guy Segers*: Bass
Reginald Trigaux*: Electric Guitar
Continuamos con algo más jazzero y con bastante humor, los excelentes Hardscore. Con Zappa como principal influencia, les dejo dos discos: Surf, Wind & Desire (2000) y Monkey Trial (2004).
Acá la alineación:
- Maï / lead vocals
- Frank Nuyts / programmings, Korg O1W, marimba, backing vocals
- Frank Debruyne / Soprano & Tenor saxophone, backing vocals
- Koen Van Overberghe / Korg M1, Roland U-220, backing vocals
- Iris De Blaere / Yamaha Grantouch
- Maarten Standaert / electric bass
- Jan De Smet / drums
- Frank Nuyts / programmings, Korg O1W, marimba, backing vocals
- Frank Debruyne / Soprano & Tenor saxophone, backing vocals
- Koen Van Overberghe / Korg M1, Roland U-220, backing vocals
- Iris De Blaere / Yamaha Grantouch
- Maarten Standaert / electric bass
- Jan De Smet / drums
Acá la alineación:
- Frank Nuyts / all songs (except remixes), all texts, marimba, backing vocals, all programmings, assorted madness and vocals in the soundscapes
- Iris de Blaere piano and management
- Jan Duthoy / syntesizers
- Frank Debruyne / all saxophones, backing vocals
- Maï / lead vocals
- Maarten Standaert / bass
- Jan de Smet / drums
- Frederic Segers / electric guitar 20,23, assorted madness and vocals in the soundscapes
- Stefanie Beyens & Dirk van Vaerenbergh / soundscapes
- Iris de Blaere piano and management
- Jan Duthoy / syntesizers
- Frank Debruyne / all saxophones, backing vocals
- Maï / lead vocals
- Maarten Standaert / bass
- Jan de Smet / drums
- Frederic Segers / electric guitar 20,23, assorted madness and vocals in the soundscapes
- Stefanie Beyens & Dirk van Vaerenbergh / soundscapes
Aún hay mucho más, sigue esta tercera parte con Fukkeduk y su única y excelente obra, Ornithozozy (1994).
Acá la alineación:
Jan Kuijken/ Cello, Electric Cello
Rik Verstrepen/ Violin, Whistle (Human), Whistle(Instrument)
Kristof Roseeuw/ Bass (Electric), Saw, Singing Saw, Double Bass, Bass (Upright), Block Flute
Paul Klinck/ Violin
Bart Maris Flugelhorn/ Trumpet
Tone De Wulf/ Drums, Percussion
Fukkeduk/ Applause, Handclapping, Main Performer, Vocals
Nick Didkovsky/ Guitar, Producer
Nicolas Roseeuw/ Block Flute, Saxophone, Voices
Frank Ghysels/ Amplifiers, Guitar
Rik Verstrepen/ Violin, Whistle (Human), Whistle(Instrument)
Kristof Roseeuw/ Bass (Electric), Saw, Singing Saw, Double Bass, Bass (Upright), Block Flute
Paul Klinck/ Violin
Bart Maris Flugelhorn/ Trumpet
Tone De Wulf/ Drums, Percussion
Fukkeduk/ Applause, Handclapping, Main Performer, Vocals
Nick Didkovsky/ Guitar, Producer
Nicolas Roseeuw/ Block Flute, Saxophone, Voices
Frank Ghysels/ Amplifiers, Guitar
Avanzamos con otra banda que hace una mezcla de Chamber, clásica y rock electrizante de excelentes hechuras, Cro-Magnon. Aqui para disfrutar les dejo: Bull? (1997)
Acá la alineación:
- Stefan Coltura / violin
- Rudy Mollekens / bass guitar
- Koen Van Roy / soprano, alto, baritone saxophones
- Rik Verstrepen / violin, keyboard
- Geert Waegeman / keyboards, sampling, violin, electric guitar
- Rudy Mollekens / bass guitar
- Koen Van Roy / soprano, alto, baritone saxophones
- Rik Verstrepen / violin, keyboard
- Geert Waegeman / keyboards, sampling, violin, electric guitar
Ahora una banda que viene empujando fuerte y que ha heredado lo mejor del Chamber Belga de Univers Zero, incluso participaran a lado de ellos en la edición 2001 del Festival R.I.O. Me refiero a Aranis, les dejo su obra maestra Roqueforte (2010).
Acá la alineación:
- Jana Arns / flute
- Liesbeth Lambrecht / violin
- Marjolein Cools / accordion
- Stijn Denys / guitar
- Joris Vanvinckenroye / double bass, compostion
Guest musicians:
- Ward De Vleesschouwer / piano
- Stefan Wellens / viola
- Pierre Chevalier / piano
- Dave Kerman / drums & percussions
- Liesbeth Lambrecht / violin
- Marjolein Cools / accordion
- Stijn Denys / guitar
- Joris Vanvinckenroye / double bass, compostion
Guest musicians:
- Ward De Vleesschouwer / piano
- Stefan Wellens / viola
- Pierre Chevalier / piano
- Dave Kerman / drums & percussions
Sigue esto con otra banda jazzera, AKA Moon. Una banda prolífica con bastante música y estilos de donde escoger, les dejo uno de mis favoritos, el Invisible Mother (1999).
Acá la alineación:
- Fabrizio Cassol / Alto saxophone & composer
- Michel Hatzigeorgiou / bass
- Stéphane Galland / drums
- Fabian Fiorini / piano
+ ICTUS ensemble:
- George-Elie Octors / conductor
- Takashi Yamane / clarinets
- Piet Van Bockstal / oboe & English horn
- George Van Dam / violin
- Paul De Clerck / viola
- Gery Cambier / double bass
- Jean-Luc Plouvier / piano, celesta on 18, 19, 20
- Michel Hatzigeorgiou / bass
- Stéphane Galland / drums
- Fabian Fiorini / piano
+ ICTUS ensemble:
- George-Elie Octors / conductor
- Takashi Yamane / clarinets
- Piet Van Bockstal / oboe & English horn
- George Van Dam / violin
- Paul De Clerck / viola
- Gery Cambier / double bass
- Jean-Luc Plouvier / piano, celesta on 18, 19, 20
Culminamos esta trilogía con las dos bandas más grandes que a mi gusto ha dado Bélgica, Univers Zero y Present. La anterior parte había presentado los primeros discos de este par de bandas, ahora les dejo de sus últimos trabajos para que aprecien la progresión, innovación y madurez que han desarrollado disco tras disco y reconozcan el gran legado que han desparramado en este mundo este par de bandotas. Univers Zero: Uzed (1984) e Implosion (2004). Present: High Infidelity (2001).
Acá la alineación:
- Daniel Denis / drums, percussion, synthesizer
- Dirk Descheemaeker / soprano sax, clarinet, bass clarinet
- Christian Genet / bass, balafon, bowed guitar, tapes, whistle
- Andre Mergen / cello, alto sax, voice
- Jean-Luc Plouvier / electric & acoustic pianos, synthesizer, piano strings, percussion
- Dirk Descheemaeker / soprano sax, clarinet, bass clarinet
- Christian Genet / bass, balafon, bowed guitar, tapes, whistle
- Andre Mergen / cello, alto sax, voice
- Jean-Luc Plouvier / electric & acoustic pianos, synthesizer, piano strings, percussion
Acá la alineación:
- Daniel Denis Denis / drums, percussion, keyboard, samplers, accordion, guitar
- Michel Berckmans / oboe, English horn, bassoon
- Serge Bertocchi / saxes & tubax
- Aurelia Boven / cello
- Ariane De Bievre / flute, piccolo
- Dirk Descheemaeker / bass clarinet, clarinet
- Bart Maris / trumpet, flugelhorn
- Eric Plantain / electric bass
- Christophe Pons / acoustic guitar
- Bart Quartier /marimba, glockenspiel
- Igor Semenoff / violin
- Michel Berckmans / oboe, English horn, bassoon
- Serge Bertocchi / saxes & tubax
- Aurelia Boven / cello
- Ariane De Bievre / flute, piccolo
- Dirk Descheemaeker / bass clarinet, clarinet
- Bart Maris / trumpet, flugelhorn
- Eric Plantain / electric bass
- Christophe Pons / acoustic guitar
- Bart Quartier /marimba, glockenspiel
- Igor Semenoff / violin
Acá la alineación:
- Roger Trigaux / guitar, vocal
- Reginald Trigaux / guitar, vocal
- Pierre Chevalier / piano, keyboards, organ, mellotron, vocal
- Dave Kerman / drums, percussion, vocal
- Keith Macksoud / bass
- Matthieu Safatly / cello, vocal
- Fred Becker / alto & tenor sax
- Dominic Ntoumos / trumpet, flugelhorn
- Udi Koomran / sound
Guest musicians:
- Yuval Mesner / cello
- Meidad Zaharia / accordion
- Reginald Trigaux / guitar, vocal
- Pierre Chevalier / piano, keyboards, organ, mellotron, vocal
- Dave Kerman / drums, percussion, vocal
- Keith Macksoud / bass
- Matthieu Safatly / cello, vocal
- Fred Becker / alto & tenor sax
- Dominic Ntoumos / trumpet, flugelhorn
- Udi Koomran / sound
Guest musicians:
- Yuval Mesner / cello
- Meidad Zaharia / accordion
Ahí tienen una buena rebanada de lo mejor que se ha cocinado en Bélgica musicalmente hablando, un sub-universo de música fantástica.
Y sigan disfrutando de este blog, así como yo he disfrutado de escribir en él y transportarme durante este primer año.
Y otra vez...
A transportarse a las latitudes belgas...
7 de septiembre de 2011
Algernon - Ghost Surveillance (2010)
Aquí les ofrezco algo que vale la pena escuchar. Cierto parecido a los Estadounidenses Tortoise, pero con un enfoque más duro, sin adentrarse tanto en la experimentación ni en lo minimalista. Sin embargo, el uso del vibráfono y la estructura de sus composiciones definitivamente traen a la mente a Tortoise. Así que aquellos que gustan de dicha banda, no se pierdan este álbum.
AOI - Maboroshi
Date Course Pentagon Royal Garden - Report From Iron Mountain
Nacidos de las cenizas de Tipographica, tenemos a esta banda de excéntrico nombre. Date Course Pentagon Royal Garden fue ideado por Naruyoshi Kikuchi y Yoshihide Otomo para hacer una orquesta inspirada en la época electrica de Miles Davies de principios de los 70's, el funk, un poco de fusión sudamericana y hasta toques del incesante soul que te hará bailar en tu recamarita. A esa combinación le agregaron un poco de sampleo electrónico y una estupenda producción.
Report From Iron Mountain (2001) toma su nombre de aquél libro sobre de un reporte de gobierno de caracter ultra secreto que sacudió algunos sectores de la sociedad estadounidense. El álbum es conformado por seis piezas de larga duración donde los integrantes de esta soberbia banda nipona hacen alarde de sus habilidades para desentrañar ritmos, solos y melodías de gran goce para el oyente. Una delicia musical de la década pasada que sin duda los transportistas disfrutaran.
Una muestra de esta aventura:
A transportarse a la Montaña de Hierro, donde la música aterriza...
Acá la alineación:
- Naruyoshi Kikuchi / VOX-Jagar, CD-J, keyboard
- Otomo Yoshihide / guitar
- Kohki Takai / guitar, filter
- Yasuhiro Yoshigaki / drums
- Nobuo Fujii / drums
- Masaki Kurihara / bass
- Kenta Tsugami / soprano sax
- Yoshihiro Goseki / tenor sax
- Masayasu Tzuboguchi / synthesizers, electric piano, clavinett
- Gen Ohgimi / percussion
- Masaki Yoshimi / tabla
Guest
- Itoken / drums, tambourin
- Otomo Yoshihide / guitar
- Kohki Takai / guitar, filter
- Yasuhiro Yoshigaki / drums
- Nobuo Fujii / drums
- Masaki Kurihara / bass
- Kenta Tsugami / soprano sax
- Yoshihiro Goseki / tenor sax
- Masayasu Tzuboguchi / synthesizers, electric piano, clavinett
- Gen Ohgimi / percussion
- Masaki Yoshimi / tabla
Guest
- Itoken / drums, tambourin
Repórtense chavos...
6 de septiembre de 2011
The Bird Architects - Gone
Simplemente escúchenlo, me lo agradecerán. No necesito decir más (ni tengo el tiempo para hacerlo). Una disculpa por mi larga ausencia y un saludo a los lectores de este blog.
Just listen to it, you will thank me for it. No need to say anything else. An apology for my long absence and thanks for reading us.
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