Friday13th
01.06.15 | So again, double feature still means 1 v. 2 and 3 v. 4. Voting ends in six days, so on Monday. |
SharkTooth
01.06.15 | Wait one of these is Dutch?
Please tell me there's flute solos |
Friday13th
01.06.15 | Netherlands...Holland...Dutch...it's hard to follow but yes, they're the same thing :] |
SharkTooth
01.06.15 | Listening to 4 right now, there better be flutes on it |
Mad.
01.06.15 | Oh shit 4 albums at once, I have trouble with 2 |
Friday13th
01.06.15 | Oh and all of these are on spotify except Finch is on youtube : http://youtu.be/bY_Fvc4Mzdc?list=PLh76_ip9MR_rssdMCBsP7-FVSse41Qghu |
MeatSalad
01.06.15 | I fucking love 2 and 4 so it'll take a lot to sway me to the other end, but we'll see :>
Also i fucking knew you were gonna pair mine up with potsy's |
Friday13th
01.06.15 | hehe yeah a bit predictable. Checking Potsy's now and having a good laugh at the lyrics on "Bilocations." Sounds tight, obviously. |
MeatSalad
01.06.15 | Heard a track from it in plug sometime ago that ruled hard so im sure this will be a reasonably close round provided 3 is quality stuff |
Jethro42
01.06.15 | We don't have access to Spotify here in Canada. Hope there has some other links. |
MeatSalad
01.06.15 | The browser extensions I used to use to trick sites into thinking i live in the states all seem to be freemium shit now, if anyone has an alternative I'd love to hear it |
gagnonov
01.06.15 | Finch is looking insanely good so far |
MeatSalad
01.06.15 | Sadly no yodeling to be found |
SharkTooth
01.06.15 | are there flute solos tho? |
SCREAM!
01.06.15 | I just download the albums tbh |
Friday13th
01.06.15 | @Jethro just checked, and they're all on grooveshark...except Finch which is still just youtube. |
Jethro42
01.06.15 | I just tried Grooveshark and they have a new publicity (for upgrade and shit) that blocks the entries. |
Friday13th
01.06.15 | ???? dang, not here in the land of freedom. lol well we must look for back alley alternatives. SCREAM, where
do you download your music from? |
SCREAM!
01.06.15 | For the more obscure ( ;] ) stuff like we have here I usually use Soulseek. Was able to find everything from
this contest in 320kbps on there |
gagnonov
01.06.15 | https://www.dropbox.com/s/jd4zq0ld1sijy04/Finch%20-%20Glory%20of%20the%20Inner%20Force.rar |
SharkTooth
01.06.15 | I'll try to get 'em on soundcloud if I have time |
Friday13th
01.06.15 | Try one of those, Jethro. Anyways, digging that shredding on Finch! |
SCREAM!
01.06.15 | I could probably make some links like gagnonov did if anyone really needs them |
Jethro42
01.06.15 | Since Isohunt don't work anymore, I'm quite destabilized. All I need is a site like youtube where I can listen to the albums. Not necessarily a dl site. I'm suspicious about them cos of the possibilities of getting viruses. |
Friday13th
01.06.15 | Well SharkTooth offered to soundcloud them like Fripp did for The Enid. I don't know how to do that, but if he does it than that should be safe. |
gagnonov
01.06.15 | i usually just google the artist name + album name + rar or zip and get a shitton of results from download
blogs |
Onirium
01.06.15 | @Jethro that Grooveshark thing seems weird, I'm in Canada too and it works perfectly fine for me. |
Jethro42
01.06.15 | Really? I'm gonna try again in this case. |
Jethro42
01.06.15 | Hallelujah! Soundcloud works well with me! |
Friday13th
01.07.15 | Great! No more excuses now, people ;] |
Friday13th
01.07.15 | Be prepared for some Fur Elise deconstruction on track 3 of Pinnick |
Calc
01.07.15 | my vote is for 3 obvs but will listen to the rest |
Friday13th
01.07.15 | Calc, you can't vote till you've heard Finch...just making sure you understand that rule. |
gagnonov
01.07.15 | i had such high hopes after hearing a bridge to alice.. rest of the album is disappointing imo. register magister is pretty good tho |
SCREAM!
01.07.15 | How is Pinnick... prog? Only a couple of songs in but all I'm hearing is bluesy hard rock |
SCREAM!
01.07.15 | So yeah 4 definitely gets my vote between those two. Will get back to you for the first pair |
menawati
01.07.15 | already a fan of 2 and 3 interested to hear the others (but not sure i'd call 3 prog) |
TwigTW
01.07.15 | The PG&P is an excellent album, been listening to it regularly since Calc recommended it last year, but I think the Finch is a better prog album. |
menawati
01.07.15 | better than most Kings X albums that one is aye |
Friday13th
01.07.15 | It would be a stretch to call any King's X album prog...but 3 is much more hard rock. Very good album, but I couldn't vote for it over 4 even if I did like it better. |
Jethro42
01.07.15 | Out of what I've heard to date, I prefer ''Far East Family Band'' that I'd label space rock with psych and electronic leanings. There is something meditative within their music that brings me a peaceful state of mind. ''Pinnick Gales and Pridgen'' is a (...prog??) nice bluesy hard rock band a la King's X but harsher, around a talented drummer I don't really like the style, cos he tries too hard to impress, instead of focusing on the beat. I had the same thoughts about him when he played for The Mars Volta. ''Finch'' features a nice bunch of skillful musicians, but I find their music too dense. Too many notes. More than the client requests. I have to relisten to see if my vision of them could change. And I don't know what to think about Land of Kush yet. I have not finished to listen to that album. |
gagnonov
01.07.15 | i vote 1 and 4 |
Onirium
01.08.15 | I had heard about Land of Kush before, but now I really can say I should have jammed their stuff way
earlier. Some wonderfully executed and brilliant prog-tinted space rock on there; the underground Montreal
scene doesn't disappoint. Far East Family Band will really have to rule. |
gagnonov
01.08.15 | montreal over bitches |
Frippertronics
01.08.15 | Land of Kush |
Jethro42
01.08.15 | My vote goes to 4 for sure. Still undecided for the first pair. |
SCREAM!
01.08.15 | Yeah it's a tough call between those two. Land of Kush's good parts are better than Far East Family but FEF is more consistent throughout whereas LoK has some bad moments here and there |
Jethro42
01.08.15 | Totally agree. I really need to relisten to these two. FEF is more meditative (New Age tendencies) whereas LoK is more an exotic, experimental and extrovert piece of work. Tracks 2 and 3 are the tits. |
MeatSalad
01.08.15 | Voting for 4, honestly probably would've offered it as a contender if manosg didn't already and 3 isn't really prog. Still gotta hear 1 |
TwigTW
01.09.15 | Warming up to Land of Kush. |
menawati
01.09.15 | 2 and 4
others are good too though |
Jethro42
01.10.15 | I'm still unable to choose between 1 and 2. That's your fault, Friday. You know too much how to match up the albums together. |
Friday13th
01.10.15 | My pleasure. I live to perplex and confound! Problem is I'm having trouble deciding myself. |
Friday13th
01.10.15 | I really dig the sound of 1 but boy does it drag |
OwMySnauze
01.10.15 | My vote is for 2 and 3 |
Friday13th
01.10.15 | lol the lyrics of Bilocations crack me up every time. "You're an expert on mergers and acquisitions in the field of economics, but you don't know squat about biology and immunology!" |
Jethro42
01.10.15 | Agreed with you Friday about the sound of 1. And for 2, it's so repetitive that when you hear any of its segment, you heard them all. Well ok, there are some good ideas here and there such as great vocal harmonies, but it doesn't last long enough, and or it's not quite developed. |
Jethro42
01.10.15 | "You're an expert on mergers and acquisitions in the field of economics, but you don't know squat about biology and immunology!"
One cannot have it all...lol |
Jethro42
01.10.15 | I get the image now, and if we reverse it, it sounds as quirky; ''You're an expert on biology and immunology, but you don't know squat about mergers and acquisitions in the field of economics.'' |
Friday13th
01.10.15 | How about this: You're an expert on ambience and improvisation, but you don't know squat about structure and
melodies LOL |
Jethro42
01.10.15 | 10/10 bud ;) |
Friday13th
01.10.15 | *takes a bow* Thank you, judge Jethro, you're too kind. |
Jethro42
01.10.15 | I beg you! |
Friday13th
01.10.15 | I'm leaning Parallel World since it's less obtrusive. It's like Silent Way v. B Brew. |
Jethro42
01.10.15 | I was trying to give the allegory another example myself, but it didn't come easily. Maybe cos my school days are far from me. ;) |
Onirium
01.10.15 | Both 1 and 2 contain some extremely interesting ideas, but the consistency of those ideas is greater in 1, which is much less repetitve in my opinion. So yeah, I'm voting for Land of Kush for the first match.
As for the second match, Flinch definitely gets my vote. Although well-grounded in some prog clichés and sounding a bit like a hardly digestible soup of notes at times, it was very well executed and had its moments. Pinnick, Gales & Pridgen was enjoyable, but just not my kind of thing. |
Jethro42
01.10.15 | ''Silent Way v. B Brew''
I'm not sure to understand... |
Friday13th
01.10.15 | lol Flinch it's Finch like the bird. Try playing those solos without flinching! |
Friday13th
01.10.15 | Jethro, do you jam Miles Davis? |
Torontonian
01.10.15 | North african prog? sounds cool. I might give that one a try. |
Friday13th
01.10.15 | @Torontonian nah it's from Canada :p Kush was an area in N. Africa though. |
Jethro42
01.10.15 | No, not yet Friday. Shame on me. The guy was surrounded by some musicians I know very well, such as Chick Corea, John McLaughlin, Joe Zawinul, Herbie Hancock but I really need to jam some Miles Davis. You meant Bitches Brew obvs. |
Friday13th
01.10.15 | yeah haha I'm just one of those non-cussers |
AnimalsAsSummit
01.10.15 | i vote 1. its beautiful and chaotic and i like that very much |
Jethro42
01.10.15 | Non-cussers? I'll try to be done with all these question marks lol |
Friday13th
01.10.15 | K I had better start tallying here |
Friday13th
01.10.15 | @Jethro means I don't say bad words hehe you know, the b-word is frowned upon |
Torontonian
01.10.15 | @friday oh my bad, i apologize for my historical and geographical illiteracy.But ya heard a sample of one song on youtube
and it sounds great. I might also listen to 2. |
Jethro42
01.10.15 | k gotcha Friday. |
Friday13th
01.10.15 | Okay, so including my vote, 1 v. 2 is 2-4, and 3 v. 4 is 1-7 |
AnimalsAsSummit
01.10.15 | ok, for the second round im going with 4. i wasn't big on the bluesy influence throughout in addition to the overall feel of 3, but 4 is some solid ass 70s prog homie |
Jethro42
01.10.15 | Friday, did you vote for the first pair? |
Friday13th
01.10.15 | okay 3 v. 4 is 1-8 |
Friday13th
01.10.15 | yeah I voted Parallel World |
Jethro42
01.10.15 | ''I'm leaning Parallel World since it's less obtrusive''
Yeah there it is. |
Torontonian
01.10.15 | when does the voting end? |
Friday13th
01.10.15 | Well usually more definite phrasing is needed, but I know my thoughts :] |
Friday13th
01.10.15 | @Torontonian on Monday |
Jethro42
01.10.15 | I usually get the points with Google translator. But I cant understand all the expressions, like the slang (I think)... |
Friday13th
01.10.15 | I meant to count as a vote it needs to be more obvious than "leaning" but yes, I forget that itself is slang. I'm not leaning on my computer...well...I am but that's irrelevant :'] |
Jethro42
01.10.15 | lol, but yes, Google wasnt needed to know that your vote was done. I did read that whole sentence of yours too fast. |
Jethro42
01.10.15 | Those continual tom toms too loud in the mix in 2 and those dated electronic effects get on my nerves pretty fast, but I choose 2 nonetheless, even if Iceland Spur is the greatest song out of these two albums. But one song cannot save the uneven and demanding album that is Land of Kush. |
Friday13th
01.10.15 | Agreed, though I kinda dig dated pre-80s electronic effects. 1 v. 2 is 3-4 |
Jethro42
01.10.15 | But wait Friday, 2 is my vote, so it's more like 2-5... |
Friday13th
01.10.15 | oh shoot, I had it backwards...it is 4-3, I just had the albums backwards. Okay, stopping confusion in its tracks, LAND OF KUSH has 4 votes, FAR EAST FAMILY BAND has 3 votes, PINNICK, GALES, AND PRIDGEN has 1 vote, and FINCH has 8 votes. |
Jethro42
01.10.15 | There is a ''je ne sais quoi'' that I am not enjoying from the Japan music scene in general. I even have hard times approaching X Japan or Kitaro. And it's not because I haven't tried. |
Friday13th
01.10.15 | Hey, I know that French phrase without google! lol I dig X Japan's Art of Life and that's about it...obviously the terrible sloth is another Japanese gem. |
Jethro42
01.10.15 | Oh I forgot about that one. Perhaps I'd dig that Yonin Bayashi even more if I didn't remember they were from Japan! |
TwigTW
01.10.15 | I didn't know records could have 30 minute songs on them, but "Parallel World" is 30:08, so I learned something new today . . . My votes go to 1 and 4. |
Jethro42
01.11.15 | ^You're right that's weird. The longest song that I saw on a record was Supper's Ready with 23 minutes (plus Horizons on the same side, 1min38) and I thought it was about the max allowed. |
Friday13th
01.11.15 | ^yeah vinyl records had fluctuating max times over the years, though most were maxed at about 23 minutes per side. Vote stands 5-3 and 1-9. |
lre
01.11.15 | fuck yea land of kush this is lordepots btw and i vote for 1 and 4 |
Friday13th
01.11.15 | What's with the alt, Potsy? |
lre
01.11.15 | i got banned for an undetermined amount of time |
lre
01.11.15 | also i know it doesnt matter at this point cuz i missed it but just FYI for the false prog round i vote for white arms of athena or whatever. i havent heard that one yet but i listened to anubis and i literally have heard few albums worse than that so i think its safe to say that white arms wins no matter how terrible it is |
Friday13th
01.11.15 | Oh that sucks...sounds about right though lol okay 6-3 and 1-10 |
Friday13th
01.11.15 | lol dude it's over and I don't take votes when you admit you broke the rules. |
lre
01.11.15 | HAHAHAHA im the only person that voted for white arms? shit balls man maybe i SHOULD listen to it... if i cant imagine something being worse than Anubis and its 10-1 it must be transcendentally awful |
lre
01.11.15 | oh haha never mind i thought your '1-10' comment was referring to anubis and white arms |
Friday13th
01.11.15 | Yeah those two tallies are these two matches. WAoA did lose pretty badly though. |
lre
01.11.15 | but yeah it was just a FYI hence the FYI....
just wanted yall to know that anubis literally burned my ears |
Friday13th
01.11.15 | lol consensus was that it's in the 3 range much to JJKeys and Mad's chagrin. WAoA was in the 2's. |
lre
01.11.15 | well yeah jjkeys has it 5'd and i gave it a genrous 1/5 just because i couldnt give it a 0.5 so.....
im gonna lsiten to WAoA just for kicks because of this. good objectivity boost. |
lre
01.11.15 | *generous *listened |
lre
01.11.15 | *listen *tipsy as fuck tbh
|
Friday13th
01.11.15 | lol that's what sputnik has made of us...listening to stuff we know we're gonna hate to boost our "objectivity." |
lre
01.11.15 | hehehehe |
Friday13th
01.11.15 | There's a day left and time is ticking. |
zakalwe
01.11.15 | Far East Family Band - Cool!!!
Finch |
Friday13th
01.11.15 | Okay 6-4 and 1-11. Finch has this one in the bag, but 1 and 2 are still a toss up. |
manosg
01.12.15 | 1 and 4. |
Lord(e)Po)))ts
01.12.15 | fuck ye land of kush |
SCREAM!
01.12.15 | Alright so imma go with 2. Already voted for the other round |
Lord(e)Po)))ts
01.12.15 | Iceland Spar is seriously one of the most mesmerizing and trippy songs ever, i found that album on vinyl and was listening to that song on acid years back and it blew my fucking mind |
Friday13th
01.12.15 | 7-5...can FEFB pull through? |
Friday13th
01.12.15 | Alright, so Finch landslides into victory, but we still need votes from Sharktooth, Calc, menawati, MeatSalad, and Mad for 1 v. 2 |
Mad.
01.12.15 | Kush is pretty interesting |
SharkTooth
01.12.15 | 1 & 4 |
Friday13th
01.12.15 | 8-5 |
Lord(e)Po)))ts
01.12.15 | go kush go! canada! yeah! gypsy swag! |
SharkTooth
01.12.15 | Feckin pikeys |
Torontonian
01.12.15 | i listened rather hastily but i vote 1. only heard 1 & 2 |
Lord(e)Po)))ts
01.12.15 | fuck yeah |
menawati
01.12.15 | people voting 1 cos they're fucking scared of potsy |
Lord(e)Po)))ts
01.12.15 | lol pfft |
Friday13th
01.12.15 | 9-5 and looks grim for FEFB |
menawati
01.12.15 | asslickers |
Lord(e)Po)))ts
01.12.15 | cant believe u paired me up with meatsalad tho hes like the sites #1 progger this isnt fair |
Friday13th
01.12.15 | Oh, so it is about butt-kissing, then? I thought we were judging music here! |
Lord(e)Po)))ts
01.12.15 | agreed mena stop being a bitch and get with the PROGram |
menawati
01.12.15 | had a bad day, petty row inciting sort of mood |
Lord(e)Po)))ts
01.12.15 | nice man cheer up with some land of kush |
menawati
01.12.15 | cant even come on here for a good argument any more pfft |
Lord(e)Po)))ts
01.12.15 | too hungover to argue right now :/ sory |
Friday13th
01.13.15 | Speak now or forever hold your peace, cause Land of Kush and Finch are already on the next round. |
MeatSalad
01.13.15 | i got stomped |
SCREAM!
01.13.15 | Nah calc got stomped you just got trampled lightly ;) |