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Just watched the video on YouTube of Amgala Avenue – far out, love it. It reminds me a little of short-lived but brilliant Magma spin-off One Shot (who are well worth checking out). Definitely looking into this a bit more. Thanks for the signpost.
@supernaut – Listening to a couple of the recordings from this mini-tour (Bielefeld and Erlangen) I kinda know what you mean about Tomas. He sounds loose (in the good way), relaxed, confident, unencumbered. I'm really getting off on his playing on these recordings. I'm glad you had such a far out show.
@otherdemon – That's funny and so true. For me it's nearly always the music first and that includes the musicality, texture and expression in the vocals rather than the lyrics. In some cases I don't really care about the lyrics at all.
Now, back to spacebandit's phenomenal recording of this Bielefeld gig – it's rare to hear an audience recording so good.
@otherdemon – Interesting observation – I hadn't thought of sax but David Jackson's sax playing was quite different to Mel Collins' style as I recall (I only have a couple of VDGG albums – Godbluff and The Least We Can Do … – and rarely play them). You could be on to something!
I think it's mostly Hammill's voice that puts me off more than anything.
@spacebadit – Thanks again … seriously.
@otherdemon – I'm not really a VDGG fan so perhaps that's why my thoughts don't lean that way (and I'm not disagreeing with you), but to me it has 70s King Crimson written all over it – in a good way … a very good way. The musical language was very familiar from the word go. I was a bit worried that Bent's instagram messages about them going full-on prog might be an indication that they're heading in a direction that would be more technical and less soulful, but this one track has allayed my fears as it seems to have both that pastoral beauty and the discordant crunch found in the best Crimson material, but of course being infused with MP heart and soul (why on earth would I be even 'a bit worried'
). Love it. Can't wait for the album.EDIT: I just listened to spacebandit's recording of Lux Aertana with the headphones on and … my jaw just hit the floor. :MPD:
@Spacebandit. Thanks so much. Can't wait.
Quote:How funny life could be? For me the answer is: Bielefeld Forum 11/11/2018.One of those few moments in life when you are completely "in there" for music and more.
Oh well…ok…might be from the Stack recorded…but y'know – just the usual poor quality.
Ha ha ha. I've been refreshing Dime all day …
A quick search under 'Lux Aeterna' reveals that Terje Rypdal has an album by that title. That seems like as good a place as any to start trying out his music … so … diving in right now.
