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@Kid A and @supernaut – Interesting. Yes, I hear what you're both saying. When his involvement with Roadwork 5 was announced I became curious and watched a few YouTube vids of him talking about his work and so on and also found him to be a thoughtful and articulate person with a clear and nuanced understanding of what it means to work with music and musicians. The fact that he loves Motorpsycho is of course great. Thanks for your thoughts.
@supernaut – What makes you think they're "a total match"? These are not trick questions, I'm trying to figure out what all the fuss is about him. I don't know anything about the guy or his work except that he seems to be a well-known producer who's worked with some big, big names, but the band he really personally wanted to work with is Motorpsycho.
Just listened to the Gösta Berlings Saga's Sersophane album. Very nice, especially the long "Channeling the Sixth Extinction", which reminded me somewhat of the superb instrumental band Guapo.
Three Trapped Tigers didn't do it for me.
Heron Oblivion – Very nice. I really like the contrasts within the music.
@supernaut – how much do you think Scheps influenced the production? As I understand it, it was a co-production effort with Deathprod, which I imagine would have been a bigger deal for Scheps than for Deathprod given the former's expressed love of Demon Box and the sonic landscape of that album. Like you I'd love to hear what he has to say about working with the band on this album, especially as he's essentially an "outsider" despite his work on Boxful of Demons and Roadwork 5.
I love the gong. There, I said it. It adds a massive dramatic element that just gets me all excited. Yes, it's a little bit OTT, but I don't care. Anyway, I love the first and middle sections, the sub-Sabs riffing and the twin guitars (although I tend agree with Marc regarding the first solo), but what's most interesting to me about the song is the route it takes in the second half. I couldn't, at first blush, for the life of me figure out really what's going on. It seemed to be a bit directionless. But when I listened to it, two things from Supernaut's intentionally vague review came to mind: "bold" and "Death Defying". A few more listens and it's growing on me.
@ Shakti – I agree regarding Anders being on to something. And the point extends, IMHO, to anything else Motorpsycho does that seems to sound like another band/song – whether it's Sonic Youth, Pink Floyd or Black Sabbath: they do it best because it always sounds like Motorpsycho and it always sounds brilliant – and personally I never think, "Oh dear, they're trying to sound like [enter name of band here]". What I think is, "Fucking hell, how brilliant is this?" I could name countless prog bands that sound like Floyd, Yes, Genesis, Crimson, ELP and so on and so on, but I could name very few indeed that actually break out beyond that copycat mould to sound innovative, original, compelling. And because Motorpsycho can do that across so many genres and drawing on so many influences (just listen to Tristano!! Or Mammonumamikona!!), they are unquestionably one of a kind. No band I've ever heard even comes close in that regard.
@Sleepynaut Рlistening to Fuzz p̴ svenska right now, and rather loving it.
It's a great price. I've been contemplating ordering it and having it sent to friends in Oslo for later pick-up or forward delivery.
@Mark. That's great. I'll post something here on the relevant concert thread (when it's been created) regarding my plans.
By the way, I see your name hyperlinks to the Vera website. Are you personally connected to the venue?
Getting closer. I have it in my cart (along with some other albums I've been waiting to buy), but now it's automatically given me Standard Shipping, but I want Registered Shipping, but I can't see how to change it. I sent them an email, and they replied, "when things have calmed down, we'll look into it". Aaaargh – I need to know now! lol
