I just listened to 1983 again a couple nights ago. Fantastic stuff!
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"Improvisation is not an excuse for musical laziness" - Fred Frith
"[...] things that we never dreamed of doing in Crimson or in any band that I've been in," - Tony Levin speaking of SGM
I had the pleasure of seeing them in NY at I think The Knitting Factory. Wonderful band and show.
Just listened to "Långt ner i ett kannihål (liten tuva stjälper ofta stort lass)"......great great tune!
It's been ages since I spun No Makeup!, and seeing how it's not likely ever to reach CD format, I'll have to acquaint myself with it all over again. I'm so glad I got this back when it was still fairly easy to find...
"Improvisation is not an excuse for musical laziness" - Fred Frith
"[...] things that we never dreamed of doing in Crimson or in any band that I've been in," - Tony Levin speaking of SGM
Just listened to 1983 a few days ago. Great album AFAIC. Samla/Zamla is still unfolding for me, for which I am grateful.
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It's also on "Schlagerns Mystik". A strange album. A collection of short childrens ditties and an epic prog instrumental.
I listened to "1983" after a (too) long time and liked it even more. "Ten Tango" is my fav song. It also got me interested in Munju which I should investigate in. Any recommendations?
Munju is definetely worth investigating. On the last album Michael Berckmans from Univers Zero blows the bassoon.
None of their albums are CD'fied, but on the homepage http://www.munjumusic.com/ you can send an email to the guitarist who now lives in United States and he will send you a zipfile with all albums mp3'ed.
Thanks for the info. The unreleased video and song "Captain Kirk" sounded like a perfect mix of The Police, 80's Crimson and Devo.
I still do not own one single Samla album and I think thats a crying shame. Problem is that I cant find any vendor which sells their album against a reasonable price. I know Wayside sells a couple but those oversea orders get ver pricey anyway. I will save those orders for cuneiform releases. Anyone got a tip where to buy for this lowlander?
Some of them are cheap here
http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_sb_...keywords=zamla
Surprised to see No Make Up as a download on Amazon! Familycracks would be a great place to start at a good price. You can find all of them at Synphonic plus afew bootlegs: http://synphonic.8m.com/country/sweden.htm
Steve F.
www.waysidemusic.com
www.cuneiformrecords.com
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"the masses have spoken, and this has appropriately vanished into the great Prog boner pile in the sky."
“Remember, if it doesn't say "Cuneiform," it's not prog!” - THE Jed Levin
"Death to false 'support the scene' prog!"
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OK. But I guess we shouldnt hope for a CD. Too small a market.
Steve F.
www.waysidemusic.com
www.cuneiformrecords.com
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"the masses have spoken, and this has appropriately vanished into the great Prog boner pile in the sky."
“Remember, if it doesn't say "Cuneiform," it's not prog!” - THE Jed Levin
"Death to false 'support the scene' prog!"
please add 'imo' wherever you like, to avoid offending those easily offended.
Guess I'll grab a download of that one then.
Ian
Host of the Post-Avant Jazzcore Happy Hour on progrock.com
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Gordon Haskell - "You've got to keep the groove in your head and play a load of bollocks instead"
I blame Wynton, what was the question?
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This is the best Swedish band ever, and a top-10 prog act of all time. I don't know if uncle Francesco was aware of them, but if he were, he would be proud, and most probably jealous. There is stuff in Familjesprickor - like The Forge - that predates what Zappa did in the late 80's early 90's by a whole decade.
And the funny voice-primeordeal, prelingual expression element reaches a peak with the Samlos. That is on its own a huge contribution to art, if anyone cares to listen.
Of Lasse Holmes many soloalbums Vendeltid 1987 is pretty close in style to Samla/Zamla/Von.
https://www.discogs.com/LHO-Vendeltid/release/769297 - only on LP, but on CD in this compilation: https://www.discogs.com/Lars-Hollmer...elease/1352745
This version is different from the CD version, more mellow.
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