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@Sjur577 – thanks for the report – sounds special.
@nicoot – thanks. Although I'm not on IG, I hope others will follow-up and enjoy Tomas' posts.
Any news on last night's performance? There's a photo here:
I second @Mark's suggestion. I have Temple Fang's Live at Merleyn album and definitely recommend it.
I had thought something similar but came up with 120 / 60 / 30. Of course long improvs could have extended it further. One person on FB said Azrael deserved a double album all its own! 8O :lol:
I'm trying to get a handle on this "5hrs" claim. I realise that includes breaks between the sets, but does anybody have timings for each set?
@ supernaut
IMS = Inner Mounting Shame. One of my favourites of their little wordplay jokes – a nod to Mahavishnu Orchestra.
According to posts/comments on Facebook, the show was recorded and filmed. Apparently the band were also working with De Utvalgte on their latest collaboration. And … they have allegedly started recording a new album at a studio in Oslo (that belongs to DumDum Boys – I guess some of you will know of it).
Bloody hell!!! That is amazing. It must have been an incredible experience. Congratulations to all those who were there. I wonder if Ancient Astronauts and Azrael are the Nylang songs by different names.
@ suntripper – I agree, Snah's songs are beautiful and a lovely contrast to Bent's. I believe The Light Fantastic was a "leftover" from the Crucible sessions, but some or much of it (without the vocals) was before that part of the Begynnelser soundtrack.
I wonder if some of the new material has been composed with the Hooman Sharifi/Impure Company collaboration in mind.
I've been checking out how Kingdom of Oblivion is faring over on ProgArchives. This website has an obvious focus (it's in the name!) but includes many bands/artists that wouldn't necessarily be labelled 'prog'. In general, when any album is released it tends to gain a highish rating as fans of the band flock to give it four or five stars, but over time the rating drops, sometimes quite rapidly, depending on the number of people who acquire it and rate it. This is true for Motorpsycho as for any band. For example, 7 months ago, following the release of The All Is One, that album had an average rating of 4.13, which has now fallen to 4.05. Kingdom Of Oblivion has maintained a high rating so far, though I do expect it to continue dropping. Here are the average ratings (and the number of ratings) for the top-rated Motorpsycho albums, as of today:
Title – Average rating (number of ratings posted)
Kingdom of Oblivion – 4.23 (56)
The Death Defying Unicorn – 4.18 (488)
In the Fishtank – 4.11 (100)
Trust Us – 4.09 (101)
The All Is One – 4.05 (145)
Phanerothyme – 4.05 (122)
Behind the Sun – 4.00 (335)
The Tower – 4.00 (239)
NB: The number of ratings is a fair indication of how popular an album has become among prog fans – as we can see, The Tower was rated by 239 people, compared with In The Fishtank, which was rated by only 100 people. This suggests The Tower was a more popular album among prog fans, but that In The Fishtank was rated higher by the smaller number of people that heard it.
Ultimately, of course this is all pretty insignificant, but I find it interesting to see how MP fare among the wider prog community even though they only make up a fraction of MPs fans.
Here's a link to Motorpsycho's page on ProgArchives:
