Strategies Against Architecture - The Avant Garde/Experimental Album Club

dankrsta · 03-27-2011, 05:48 PM

Oh yeah, good catch. I'll add an l.

dankrsta · 03-28-2011, 12:10 PM

Since there was a three way tie, let's vote again for these three options: Nuclear Rabbit, Hermann Nitsch or Konstantin Raudive.

Ska Lagos Jew Sun Ra · 03-28-2011, 10:24 PM

I'd like to suggest:

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Art Zoyd - Berlin

Strange very beautiful album by the fiercely underrated, and overlooked chamber-prog outfit Art Zoyd. This is the last album they've ever written that wasn't a silent movie soundtrack, and probably their last album as a 'band' rather than a 20, or so member mini-orchestra.(they're quite as big at this point but not as). This is the point where they really really were starting to invest in electronics, and this is pretty much an industrial album. Yet, a very melodic industrial album, and in 1989 probably one of the first few of it's kind.

dankrsta · 03-29-2011, 12:45 PM

^I've listened to 4 Art Zoyd albums so far, but not that one. I think I've heard one track from it and it was very different from their early work.

Anyway, the voting is over. I arrived to another tie and it was on me to untie it. Konstantin Raudive interests me more, tbh, but I decided to vote for Nuclear Rabbit, because it's in the poll for too long, being one of the first suggestions.

So, this week we're listening to Nuclear Rabbit - Vicuna

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Originally Posted by Mrd00d

I too am truly excited about this club. My plate will be full of homework!

I want to nominate something more recent, sort of.

At first I wanted to nominate a Mr. Bungle or some other Mike Patton project right off, but I do feel we'll head that way someday naturally.

I want to nominate something overlooked.

I think this will be the time and place to nominate Nuclear Rabbit's first release Vicuna. It's available in all the usual internet places and on their website/the bassist's website (jeanbaudin) so despite being generally unheard of, they're not nobodies. They left a noticeable mark on California, at least, as well as attaining a worldwide audience (ya know, here and there).

I think it would be best described as a red-headed stepchild of Mr. Bungle. A kind of experimental thing. Really great lyrics when you catch them. The band knows what they're doing with their instruments. Their range of sounds is impressive. Hear it to understand. They are unique. Lyrics, photos, etc. at nuclearrabbit.co.uk as well (fansite)

Ska Lagos Jew Sun Ra · 03-29-2011, 12:49 PM

Hmmm... wonder where Mr.D00d has been. Hopefully his interest didn't just fizzle out, and he left.

Anyway, I'd like to be first in line for the link registries.

OccultHawk · 03-29-2011, 02:26 PM

please link me up

please

dankrsta · 04-02-2011, 02:46 PM

Oops, sorry, I almost forgot to reset the poll. With a little delay you can start voting now.

Oh and, I will include Art Zoyd in the next poll. I want to give a chance to albums that are in there for too long to be selected.

TockTockTock · 04-04-2011, 05:07 PM

Have one suggestion. It's called Live at the Zodiak - Berlin 1968 (2009).

It's by an early Krautrock band called Human Being. It's pretty much a noise rock/experimental/krautrock/free improvisation album. It has only one track that lasts 56 minutes and 34 seconds. Just by listening to ten minutes of it I can tell you this seems like a great and interesting album to check out.

These guys do a better job at summing it up: Music Review: Human Being - Live at the Zodiak

Thanks to Noise, I was able to obtain a download.

clutnuckle · 04-04-2011, 06:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Jack Pat

Have one suggestion. It's called Live at the Zodiak - Berlin 1968 (2009).

It's by an early Krautrock band called Human Being. It's pretty much a noise rock/experimental/krautrock/free improvisation album. It has only one track that lasts 56 minutes and 34 seconds. Just by listening to ten minutes of it I can tell you this seems like a great and interesting album to check out.

These guys do a better job at summing it up: Music Review: Human Being - Live at the Zodiak

Thanks to Noise, I was able to obtain a download.

got this myself recently; haven't yet sunk my teeth into it.

dankrsta · 04-05-2011, 06:34 AM

Sorry guys for the delay. My internet connection was bugging me last night, I couldn't post at all.

So, based on votes, the winner this week is Arthur Russell - Another Thought

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Originally Posted by Jack Pat

Another one is Arthur Russel's album Another Thought. It was released in 1994, and is considered to be one of his best album. When Russel was slowly dying of AIDs, he decided to lean a bit on artistic sign (for what I know, he had previously had a very "poppy" sound to his music, but I'm not entirely sure). He uses a cello and often adds a bit of distortion to it to give it an interesting feel. If you listen to how he plays, it is very strange and definitely has an avant-garde sound with atypical pauses and note sequences. Although, his voice is very "folky" to me when he sings. Anyways, I wouldn't consider it the greatest avant-garde/experimental album ever recorded, but I do think it deserves a bit of merit.

http://www.musicbanter.com/avant-gar...on-thread.html

View Poll Results: What next?
Hermann Nitsch - Requiem für meine Frau Beate (Musik der 56.Aktion)	0	0%
Scissor Shock - Psychic Existentialist	0	0%
Art Zoyd - Berlin	2	66.67%
Meredith Monk - Dolmen Music	0	0%
Minimal Man - The Shroud Of	1	33.33%
Voters: 3. You may not vote on this poll

03-27-2011, 05:48 PM	#291 (permalink)
dankrsta ... Join Date: Apr 2010 Posts: 1,776	Oh yeah, good catch. I'll add an l. __________________ Last.fm

03-28-2011, 12:10 PM	#292 (permalink)
dankrsta ... Join Date: Apr 2010 Posts: 1,776	Since there was a three way tie, let's vote again for these three options: Nuclear Rabbit, Hermann Nitsch or Konstantin Raudive. __________________ Last.fm

04-02-2011, 02:46 PM	#297 (permalink)
dankrsta ... Join Date: Apr 2010 Posts: 1,776	Oops, sorry, I almost forgot to reset the poll. With a little delay you can start voting now. Oh and, I will include Art Zoyd in the next poll. I want to give a chance to albums that are in there for too long to be selected. __________________ Last.fm

03-29-2011, 02:26 PM	#296 (permalink)
OccultHawk one-balled nipple jockey Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Dirty Souf Biatch Posts: 22,006	please link me up please

04-04-2011, 05:07 PM	#298 (permalink)
TockTockTock They/Them Join Date: Nov 2010 Posts: 1,914	Have one suggestion. It's called Live at the Zodiak - Berlin 1968 (2009). It's by an early Krautrock band called Human Being. It's pretty much a noise rock/experimental/krautrock/free improvisation album. It has only one track that lasts 56 minutes and 34 seconds. Just by listening to ten minutes of it I can tell you this seems like a great and interesting album to check out. These guys do a better job at summing it up: Music Review: Human Being - Live at the Zodiak Thanks to Noise, I was able to obtain a download.