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Post by masterofnone53 on Sept 7, 2016 17:02:08 GMT -8
i absolutely love the Technicians album, it has so many ear-worms, and the whole album has set up home in my brain. under the influence it has me crawling around on the carpet, it's so good. the arpeggiatios and layering of melodies are sublime, the production so smooth and sophisticated, food for the intellect. some meaty riffs in there too, most notably the big riff in 'Epiphlioy' which they play in the live set., also some excellent acoustic guitar work on this track.
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Post by masterofnone53 on Sept 7, 2016 17:50:44 GMT -8
having said that, i need to point out that i love all the Ozrics releases, especially ''''curious corn' and 'jurassic shift'', and on the s ubject of big riffs, how about Roly Wynne's bass line on 'Erplpland' (track), coming out of the speakers lilike an express train, right down the middlde of the miix..rock mussic at it's very best
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Post by Pp3dr0 Ag4o0 on Sept 12, 2016 1:49:37 GMT -8
I think the very fact that some say every Ozric album sounds much the same suggests people listen to things in very different ways. Well since you mention that Daniel, most artists' music or even whole genres sound the same to the casual listener. Furthermore, I am one of those people who actually enjoy only minor changes in the music of their favourite artists. I see nothing wrong with it and as I'm not a prog rock fan, I actually prefer it that way. When I listen to an artist it's because of their particular sound. Changing constantly is way too challenging for me. If I want to listen to something that's drastically different from an artist's last work I'll simply listen to another artist. there was this problem with the "Matrix" movie sequels - once the first film had blown people's minds the next films had a choice between trying to blow people's minds as much as the first : to perform unexpected philosophical turnarounds or scope-expansions , or to stay in the same metaphorical framework that had made it popular originally - they opted for the latter approach, presumably for commercial reasons. personally i always reckoned that if an artist with a strong expected style and approach were forced to work with other people's material - literally smuggling his own personality into their ideas that would be interesting and cool although in a different way from handing him total artistic control,.,. we do not live in an age of purity, but of mixed and interrupted telepathic streams -
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Post by masterofnone53 on May 10, 2017 13:58:30 GMT -8
been listening to 'yumyumtree' nonstop for a while, and actually bought another copy of the cd album from madfish burning shed website. i have bought a considerable amount of new cd's and flac downloads as all fanatics should. i find the yumyumtree extremely melodic and listenable. i agree that the 'ORGANIC' earlier stuff was in a different world.
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Post by masterofnone53 on May 11, 2017 0:04:04 GMT -8
also want to mention ' Spirals in Hyperspace', and agree with Luke it's an amazing album, 'Sliky' is immense, and also because of the collaborations with System 7 (Akasha) and Merv Pepler (Psychic Chasm]. On a couple of occasions I have turned the hi-fi up to eleven during the drum and bass part at the end of Psychic chasm and the whole neighbourhood diasappeared. A bit like in the track Strangeitude where it goes all weird.
it's a shame that Magna Carta only ship from US at ridiculous postage rates, otherwise i'd be buying a new copy, Anyhows i've rambled on enough now, thanks for your indulgence.
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Post by yiannis on May 12, 2017 2:50:16 GMT -8
As I've said TYYT took very long to click for me but SIH clicked instantly. Great album. Akasha is absolutely amazing and Merv is a fantastic programmer with an ear for vocal samples and mad atmospheres. When it came out it kind of disappointed me a bit, not because of the music but because the photos in the insert told a different story from the credits. I've only heard Slinky live from Nodens (awesome) but they have played Chewier and Oakum on many occasions, thankfully. They once appeared at a festival as a trio and played Akasha, there was a video of that but I can't remember how to look for it. TFTFA is quite underrated I find. I really like that one. I was gutted when they played Disdots on the 2013 tour but I couldn't see them.
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Post by alberik on May 16, 2017 3:39:39 GMT -8
it's a shame that Magna Carta only ship from US at ridiculous postage rates, otherwise i'd be buying a new copy, Anyhows i've rambled on enough now, thanks for your indulgence. It's available elsewhere, too.
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Post by masterofnone53 on May 18, 2017 11:06:40 GMT -8
hi Alberik, point taken, (eg. I bought my advance copy of TOTS from Amazon). I suppose I was trying to address the whole make a living independently thing. There's an interview with Ed Wynne on an Isreali radio station on Soundcloud from around the time of TFTFA and he mentions the effect of online copying on artist revenue. I recently noticed an amazing visualisation of TOTS on youtube which has been removed because of copyright issues raised by a Mr Edward Wynne
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Post by masterofnone53 on May 18, 2017 11:40:28 GMT -8
hello Yiannis, you are a true fan, a real gentle person, and a source of great knowledge !! What you say about 'Spirals' reflects what must have been the period where Ed Wynne was moving to a different way of working ie programming whole tracks. I've always been a massive lover of synth rock from the 70's onwards but for some reason I missed out on Ozrics until about five years ago and have been lucky enough to catch them live three times in the North of England, just blown away by the music. bonfire night 2013 they played several tracks to support the release of the vitamin enhanced package, real rocking stuff. It is clear that Ed Wynne is an inspirational force for many musicians, and his influence covers many genres. At the gig in Hebden Bridge september 2016 the sound man and support band were playing 'dubstep' stuff. the place was packed for Ozrics and full of love and wonder, especially during the latter part of 'Sultana Detrii'. As a creative force I can't see Ed ever going in a reverse direction. I wish him the very best wishes from my heart and thank him for the massive contribution he has made to my happiness and given inspiration to make music ( This message board is full of musicians fired by Ed's passion)
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Post by masterofnone53 on May 18, 2017 21:32:35 GMT -8
am i right in thinking that the whole dynamic of Ozrics changed after/during Hidden Step when there were (reportedly) problems with Snapper records, and the band fell apart as a consequence ?
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