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The Lamb: Certainly a kind of poor man's Jungian self-analysis, but with a rich command of words and images – and musically sublime. Therefore: thumbs up from me.
Btw: the deeper the mystical insights, the weaker the words to describe it. Old rule, also valid in the world of concept albums.
Great gig – thanks to Deutschlandfunk and the undercover psychonaut there
The recording sounds a little flat in the lower regions – obviously the DLF sound enginieers still have to learn how to record Bent's bass sounds. A little distorted too – but that's probably what comes out of the amps, especially Snah's. Nevertheless a great broadcast/podcast or whatever you may call it.
Complete show (direct streaming link):
If there was a Nobel prize for rock music, MP would be close contenders for the first nomination. Exaggerated? Fan view? Probably. But…
Motorpsycho do not just "copy" or "replay" or "milk" 70s rock, be it progressive, heavy, folky or whatever. Motorpsycho do to 70s rock musically what Bob Dylan has done to the american folk blues canon: took it up, wrestled with it, re-shaped it, re-interpreted it and spit it out as something intelligent, new and still recognizably old at the same time – and definitively their own.
@ Punj Lizard: If you go for a walk in the woods, don't miss the sunrise and those hazy figures on the cover of MP's next album
@ suntripper: Really doesn't sound too bad, this Bulwer-Lytton beginning in full length
As for Tales of Topographic Oceans: You must be one of the very few who consider it one of the best albums of all times. Generally it is being bashed as boring, blown-up, with pseudo-philosophical esoteric lyrics. While I might support this opinion with respect to the lyrics, I do like the music quite a bit – even better condensed to 25 minutes (I did this once a long time ago, cutting with my old 4 track machine…).
And the Lamb concept isn't too pompous itself. Rather surrealistic than pseudo-philosophic, Gabriel trying to reach more common musical shores with this one. Probably the beginning of a process that ended with "Solsbury Hill". By the time Gabriel had learned to express himself in just a few minutes
.Musically the Lamb is probably Genesis at their best, though I personally prefer "Selling England".
Prog Magazine July 2022:
MOTORPSYCHO GO
FOUR FOR FOUR!
August’s Ancient Astronauts will be the
Norwegians’ fourth album in as many years.
Progressive psychedelic rockers Motorpsycho are to
release their next LP, Ancient Astronauts, on August 19
through Rune Grammofon. It will be the prolific Norwegian
trio’s fourth full-length studio album in four consecutive years,
following 2019’s The Crucible, 2020’s The All Is One and last year’s
Kingdom Of Oblivion.
Ancient Astronauts was recorded at Amber Tone Studios in
Oslo, Norway, during the summer of 2021. As a result of travel
restrictions at the time, the band’s longtime collaborator –
Stockholm-based guitarist and keyboardist Reine Fiske – had to
record his parts remotely.
Unlike their conventional recording sessions, tracking for
Ancient Astronauts was predominantly done live. The band played
together in the studio to get the instrumental takes, before later
adding overdubs and vocal lines.
Musically, Motorpsycho describe the resulting album as “at
times fairly frantic and angular yet grandiose and hypnotic. This
is a very explorative offering without a whole lot of choruses.”
Ancient Astronauts’ cover is a still from a film project that
the band are currently working on, and was shot at dawn in the
remote Norwegian village of Skotbu last August. Full details of the
film are yet to emerge, as are updates on their tour plans, which
follow on from their most recent European dates in May.
For all the latest updates on Ancient Astronauts and the band’s
other activities, go to http://www.motorpsycho.no.
@ toresan: Longest title? No. X. Find out yourself on "The All Is One".
btw.: A Phanerothyme vinyl reissue is long overdue – somebody should put it on the agenda!
My proposed corrections / alterations:
Quote:Since torrents are kind of dead and the process of sharing is becoming more and more complicated, we thought of an alternative.Since most of the older torrents are now kind of dead and the process of sharing is becoming more and more complicated for some people obviously, we thought of an alternative.
Quote:Several options were named and we agreed that the achive.org plattform would be perfect. We also agreed, that we don't like the idea to proceed without the permission of the band and the management. So I am writing to you and seek for the permission.Several options were named and we agreed that the live music archive on the achive.org plattform would be perfect. Not only is it home to the massive Grateful Dead live tape collection, but it has since developped and hosts lots of fan recordings from other interesting bands. Besides there is a policy at archive.org to stick to the copyrights of musicians and seek their permission.
We agreed in the Motorpsycho forum that we don't like the idea to proceed without permission of band and management. We are certain that this will not diminish Motorpsycho's income in any way – on the other hand there might be raising even more interest in the band via an archive.org Motorpsycho collection of fan recordings. Should any conflicts arise uploaders could easyly be contacted with their given archive.org mail adress.
What we need is not the umpteenth alternative, but the go from Motorpsycho management. Besides uloz.to is hosting everything, also illegal rips and stolen music. Not that I am a saint in this field, but this will hardly convince any band management. Let's stick to the good old archive and clear it with MP!
Exactly. Is there somebody with connections to or known by Motorpsycho management who could put forth the proposition? (petition the lords with prayer? – not quite
)
Hey Bernie – thanx once more! Great sights & sounds as usual.
I guess this was the last MP thing you filmed for a while, so enjoy the next step of your journey whithout all the psychonauts pestering you for more
I think it is most important to agree to one platform first, or we're were we started first. Relisten is probably good for streaming, but streaming is ecologically unsound and bad four your soul (Church of Heartfield, pope according to R.A. Wilson). I would prefer a stable platform where both listening and downloading are equally easy, and this seems to be the case with archive.org. If somebody additionally wants to feed relisten, no problem, as these platforms obviously have an agreement.
As I am sceptical about any other platform with ratio regulations (everyone prefers the service s/he's got the best ration on) I find the archive.org idea intriguing. Not least because archive.org once started hosting all those Dead recordings.
That would need a little organisation though. I would like to start a test upload, but that would of course involve the o.k. of the original taper/DIME uploader. Besides we should probably get the OK from Motorpsycho management to create a MP live collection on archive org.
Once there are at least 50 different uploads in the Live Music Archive on archive.org, you can ask them to create a collection. Besides for uploads you have to stick to certain naming standards. You need a 2 letter band abbreviation (MP is still not being used, I've checked that), then the description should be like this:
https://archive.org/create.php?lma=1
Probably there could be an agreement with all those tapers and uploaders on DIME, Motortrades etc. that concerts are uploaded on archive.org only after a certain amount of first publication on said platforms (probably 4-6 weeks?).
I think the upload itself is not problematic – once these points have been agreed upon everyone with a free archive.org account can upload his or others MP recordings (taper's agreement provided of course). Probably we might need some kind of administrator for the Live Music Archive Collection, once it has been registered, but that should not be a problem.
It would be great to have a (completist) MP live collection on archive.org – so please do comment on this idea (tapers especially)!
btw: archive.org is certainly the platform of choice. telegram can go to hell as far as I'm concerned…
Obviously it is easier to work on tour statistics than to remember personal experiences
I for myself have been busy recapturing the tour by grabbing the various recordings, listening and selecting the best stuff (usually 1 CD lenght per gig, as hard as it comes) for my private tour compilation. Overwhelming not only in the amount of material this time, but also in the variety and quality of music played. Whoa – but that's Motorpsycho for you.
What I find interesting is that there are quite a few better recordings of music that I experienced almost perfect or overwhelming live. While enthusing over my Köln live experience I found out that for instance N.O.X. turns out much clearer, more dynamic and versatile on recordings from other gigs. But maybe I was just overwhelmed. Anyway – as enjoyable and helpfull all those recordings may be – there is nothing like a Motorpsycho live experience!
And then I was quite happy to meet a few people again – people from other gigs, be it just two days or five years ago, and to connect a few forum nicknames to faces again. Nice to meet you all! And while I'm still waiting for the Munich recording, I'm already looking forward for the new album that is rumoured to be out sometime in summer. Well, summer starts in two days meterologically, if not motorpsychedelically…
