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"The Trondheim exception trio adds another masterpiece in folky Progressive Rock to its canon. If you try to objectify the class of a band based on the multitude of their output in a given period in relation to the average quality, Motorpsycho may be the best band in the world. They bring it to 17 regular studio albums plus several EPs in 25 years, without even having once lost the inspiration. This is not the case also for Behind The Sun – the boundaries between folk, progressive rock, indie rock and psychedelic are resolved at the highest level. It actually is impossible, to record such a complex and comprehensive album in just one year, as the band plays on an unearthly technical level, without ever drifting in vain bigotry. Who will be able to integrate a drum solo into a song without sounding pretentious? Well, in Kvaestor you can hear one that consists almost entirely of double bass thunder and cymbals, which completely makes sense in the structure of the song. In any case the tasteful and unobtrusive drumming of nested studied jazz musician Kanneth Kapstad makes indie-pop anthems like Cloudwalker interesting for prog-nerds too, pushes madness in bags and Hell Pt.7: Victim Of Rock in a rarely heard musical sphere. As a peace pole in the Prog Kaleidoscope there are also delicate folk islands such as Ghost or Entropy, which make Behind The Sun also to a lesson in dynamics. There are few albums where you will find favor so quickly and that still remain interesting for so long due to their endless wealth of detail. Further evidence for the opening hypothesis. Have a good flight behind the sun everyone!"
here is the visions review for behind the sun (#252, 03/2014, p.105):
btw:
the subscription edition of the current issue includes the haircuts-dvd, in a scaled-down version obviously:
LIVE
+ RWIII – Paradiso 2002
BONUS DOCUMENTARY
+ ANOTHER UGLY TOUR 1994, alternate cut
EXTRAS
+ MAD SUN 1996, acoustic
+ S.T.G. 2000, live at Samfundet, Trondheim
+ PLAN #1 2000, live at Samfundet, Trondheim
for the april-issue visions announces a great mp-special "eine große History" occasion of mp's 25th anniversary, "one of the best and most productive prog-bands".
yes, here: platekompaniet.no
and the artwork is amazing.
Quote:hoping it's an outside producer – as much as i love this band, i'm struggling to enjoy their self-produced albumsI agree with that.
sometimes I already thought "what a pity, so much brilliance is buried in muddy sound." not even steve albini – the lord of pure sound – could tame them.
a steven wilson mix for a motorpsycho album would be the icing on the cake i.m.o.
"hey kim, could you make another ugly cover for our next album, might be an amalgam of child of the future and heavy metal fruit with some catchy hot iconography?"
:roll:
let's wait for the whole artwork. so far, none was disappointing.
ok, maybe the early ones, rwIV and barracuda.
Quote:any clue about where I could find the video of the whole show in Koeln…?must be this:
http://www.bunch.tv/news/motorpsycho-interview-live
(3rd clip)
uuh, what an unbearably terrible mixing. that baring raw and way to loud vocals in the front surrounded by an undifferentiated muddy mash of instruments… sorry guys, but that's not my cup of tea.
hoping for one of those great current cornucopia live-versions on the next roadwork-album. a must-have… dada, da da. d-d-d-d-d-d-dada, da da.
Quote:you may go on with Spacebandits recordings of fall 2011 (Hannover, Düsseldorf, Osnabrück)download's already running.
thanks for the recommendation, tomcat.
due to having a fresh dime-account (was there not a period last year when it was impossible to sign a new account?
) i got your recording spacebandit.and i must say indeed very very good quality. this was worth the arduous efforts you have taken to you, standing in the wall of noise in the first row.
some psychonaut (you know who you are) said after the show "i can't stand audience-recordings any longer" – i guess, you have to change your mind for this one, even if regular official live-recordings would be way better… :wink:
