Dark ultra rare and totally stoned acid folk private pressing from '71. RED TELEVISION trip out with twisted vocals of subversive nature combined with drowsy guitars creating an overcast atmosphere of melancholy, especially all their unique aspects culminates in the mournfull 15 minute long elegy "Ghost Of Emile Zola" a tense display of haunting voices and shivering guitar bursts.
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Alia Musica was formed in 1985 in order to perform early music, particularly that from the Middle Ages, giving a special emphasis to the study and interpretation of the Spanish-Jewish repertoire. In its concerts and programmes devoted to these two chosen fields, the group makes use of its own research as well as the latest musicological findings, whether they come from theoretical studies of the sources or from practical experience in the living oral traditions found in Western music. Alia Musica has given many concerts participating in festivals and series throughout Spain and the rest of Europe, as well as in the United States of America, meeting wide-ranging applause and approval from audience and from critics alike. The group records exclusively for harmonia mundi.
Excellent german folk-rock 6-piece band. Mixing puristic folk, progressive, medieval and psychedelic influnces. Male/female vocals. Mainly, acoustic instrumentation (guitars, flute, oboe, okarina, bass, glocknspiel, mandoline, krummhorn, autoharp, plenty of percussion). This is their great debut from 1978.
Elster Silberflug´s artistry skillfully marries many stilistic genres without abandoning the medieval musical tradition. Medieval ideals are not lost in history, but are being rediscovered in our own times of similar enlightenment. Years of pessimistic idealism are being abandoned, the vision to free oneself from the narrowminded perspective that the world offers, and from the conception that one is an isolated struggler in a world of foes, has initiated a renaissance in the realisation of man being a unifying element with all creation. The great medieval symbol, the Wheel of Fortune, is once again turning, rekindling in the hearts of the minstrels the desire to inform all, of the eternal games that life playfully beholds. Elster Silberflug is a consort for medieval and renaissance music, and also for german folk music. Since many years, we have been playing on beautiful castles and marketplaces and in the concerthalls of Germany and the surounding countries, Music of the medieval wayfarer and vagabond. Music which rang in the streets, markets and taverns of times gone by. Music of the minstrel and the troubadour. The essence of this epoch has been captured by the "Elsters" since 1973, when we began our venture into the land of our musical fore-fathers and the pursuiance, in their footsteps, of the minstrel lore.
Our quest is to spread across Europe, through our music, tales of the secrets of nature, of human aspiration and destination, the vanity and fraility of human nature, the desires of the young and the sceptisicism of the old, -always in mind, the imperishable quality of love-. Our extensive repertoire includes songs written by the famous minstrels of the time, - Walther v.d. Vogelweide and Neidhardt v. Reuenthal, Saltarellos from early-medieval Italy, wild dance-tunes danced to, by the countless peasants in the villages and towns in central europe and many texts and melodies out of the great historical song-book called "Carmina Burana".( A collection of worldly songs about love, drink, life, authorities, money and all... )Elster Silberflug sing in German, mittel-hoch-deutsch. Italian, Spanish, French, Latin and English. This year we will be travelling to many renaissance-fairs (Mittelalter Märkte) around Germany. If you are in Europe, visit Elster Silberflug on one of the markets and experience the real thing - a band of troubadours in colourfull costumes, singing and entertaining the scores of visitors who come to see, feel and hear the medieval-times......today! If you want to order any of our CDs or have questions regarding medieval-music in Europe, please contact us!
AVARIC is a Progressive rock group led by multi-instrumentalist Lionel BAILLEMONT. One thinks of MALICORNE because of their magnificant combinasions between traditional and electric instruments. The beautiful melodies exploit the talents of the groupe and illuminate the purity of the vocals.
FANTASTIC French FOLK PROG ROCK. One of the best & most highly sought after French LPs.
Faubourg’s Music is traditional French from central France but anybody would be forgiven if they thought it had heavy traditions] African touch and at the same time was a cross between soft rock and jazz.One of the seven members of the band, Didier Gris, explained backstage
France. Excellent progressive folk with medieval & GENTLE GIANT touches, private press.
Quebec, Canada. Breche is one of the folky bands on the Le Tamanoir label, which released their only album "Carapace Et Chair Tendre", in 1979. a quartet of Marc Bolduc (piano/woodwinds), Daniel Roussell (guitar/plectra), Jaques Joubert (violin) and Paul Bolduc (bass/trombone).
Fairly gentle chamber progressive with occasionally some sharper edges bringing them soundwise closer to Carpe Diem or Shylock. Altogether melancholic, but good chamber progressive. Gnosis 2000
With just an album with their name, and no mention of their identity, Elektriktus are a mysterious group that only released an LP on the PDU label in 1976. The LP was recorded in Italy, but there's no proof that the group was really from Italy.
When Moulty, The Barbarians drummer left the band, the remaining members (Fieldings, Causi and Benson) moved from Boston to San Francisco and with the addition of fellow Bostonian Jeff Morris and Molcahy and O'Connor formed Black Pearl in 1967.
The excellent Greek folk-traditional album with notable orches tration and instrumen tation, the first by Christo doulous Halaris was "Tropikos Tis Parthenou (i.e. Tropic of Virgin)" (EMI COLUMBIA SCXG 100-r3) with great singer Nikos Xylouris. Also all his later 70's albums including his best, the 1975 LP "Drosoulites (i.e. Day Break Riders)" (EMI 2J062 72181-R2) are intense original eastern folk/prog gems. Taken from "A Guide To The Greek Pop & Rock Music 1965-1990"
Kolinda's reputation for being outside comes from the way they mix elements of Hungarian and Balkan folksongs with a large amount of jazz, a bit of classical, and even a few notes of rock. Their music manages to melt the passion and urgency of gypsy music with the cerebral with of cool jazz, an exciting combination that makes them one of the most successful hybrids of folk and contemporary music around today.
Makám & Kolinda - Szélcsend után (1984)
Kolinda - 6 (1987)
Kolinda - Ráolvasás / Incantation (1997)
French psychedelic rock - did it exist? Yes, but not exactly in abundance, and mainly restricted to singles & EPs (Les Goths, Tac poum Systeme). One of the few exceptions to this is the ultra-rare album by Dickens. These guys were probably well acquainted with the US undeground bands, at least judging from "Ange De Lune", a French adaption of asong recorded by theAmerican group Genesis. Apart from that, the group played their own material, with great guitar and organ driven psych comparable to the heavy LA sound (Iron Butterfly and Doors). Serge Baumer later played in the group Treponem Pal.
Canadian band. This eponymous release was the short-lived Brahman's only LP, which is too bad, because this first effort showed a lot of potential. Most of the songs were written by organist Robbie King (Skylark, Hometown Band, and, much later, Bryan Adams) and drummer Duris Maxwell (in Doucette with King, and later with the Powder Blues Band). Their blend of blues-rock, hard rock, and emerging prog rock often recalls Atomic Rooster & Procol Harum, an analogy sported as much by the style of the music as by King's riveting, rocking abilities at the organ. Singer Victor Stewart's soul sensibilities are a definite plus, especially on the heartfelt "Jonathan" and "You Changed My Life Around," the latter slapping a ballad-type melody over a rock song driven by a mean bass riff played on a Rickenbacker. "Automatic Man" features odd rhythmic patters, a dirty organ riff, and a drum solo episode, but the unsuspected highlight is "She Went Down." Here, Brahman gets one iota shy of impersonating Gentle Giant, thanks to beautiful contrapuntal lines, a harpsichord, shifting time signatures, and Stewart's voice finding a fragility very close to Kerry Minnear's. The naivete found in some of the lyrics ("Build a Tower," "Jonathan") did not age well but, otherwise, this long-unavailable LP is worth seeking out. ~ François Couture, All Music Guide
This group made a folk-rock album of Irish folk songs, named I Will Go (1975). The album contained 12 such tracks all arranged by the band. It was recorded In October 1973, produced by Fred Christmann and released on the short-lived Highdelberg-based label Happy Bird. Here you can listen to rare live album of the band.
Beyond the Black Crack was the concept of Reverend Dwight Frizzell, a musician, film maker, Doctor of Metaphysics and minister in the Universal Church of Life. It remains a little known classic, and one of the most unique listening experiences in modern experimental music. Recorded between 1974 and 1976 in locations as diverse as factories, the pyramid opposite Harry Truman's grave site as well as more 'conventional' concert settings. Beyond the Black Crack is a dark, dizzying and exhilarating journey through free jazz, electronics and environmental sound, all shattered by Frizzell's radical tape editing. This CD re-release adds further material to the original LP: - "The Wandering Madness of Basilea", a suite from 1977 unheard until now, as well as unreleased material from the Black Crack sessions.
This is one of the rarest & Best PSYCH-FOLK LP's EVER MADE!!!!On the rare German Private Label MINOS & STELIS 1011.GERMANY-1978. German psych-prog-folk-rock
Spanish quintet from the late 70's which combines violin, flute and keyboards. Their sound, although progressive in nature, is more in the realm of Hard Rock with blues influences but with a peculiar sound thanks to the magical effects of flutes and violins. Their music reminds a harder GREENSLADE or maybe a JETHRO TULL style. Prog Archives
Comprised of Chris Brockway, Jim White, Bob Quinn and Tim Garagon, Pepper Tree was signed by Capitol in 1970. You're My People (1971) featured the Canadian hit "Mr. Pride." Several singles followed in the early '70s, but Pepper Tree never duplicated their early success. ~ John Bush, All Music Guide 70's rock |
A strikingly accomplished mid-seventies UK folk-rock album in Steeleye Span tradition with beautiful female vocals and wonderfully arranged songs. Includes a wide range of instruments including mandolin, guitar, kazoo, psaltery, accordion and other eclectic instrumentation. Includes band history and a bonus track. Much sought after by collectors of folk rock.
French guitarist multi instru mentalist, very unique. His albums blend multi- layered acoustic guitars with fiery leads, piano, ethereal female voices, throbbing bass and percussion. His guitar style could be described as early Larry Coryell (acoustic) meets Randy California (electric) with a strong middle-eastern influence. Le Desert Noir is a heavier guitar album which features drums on almost every track, overall very hendrix influenced. With Platock, there is more maturity in his sound, combining delicate acoustic guitars and more piano to his trademark sound, with less reliance on drums. Contemporus attempts to continue in the same vein, but fails to reach the same energy level, except possibly on the sidelong "Contemporus" suite. Start with Platock, which most will agree is his best. First two releases are very rare. Prog Archives
German ndw punk band. Ranola was founded in 1982 (I guess) as a sub-set of the former band 'The body Snatchers', which had split up and of 'EA80', both early Mцnchengladbach punk bands. Though Ranola doesn't exist since many years now, former members of this band from Moenchengladbach, Germany, are still active. Ranola singer Jack and drummer Andreas are in a band called 'rose club', bass player (and vocals on 'Blumen') 'Der Junge' is the singer of both 'EA80' (founded 1979 and still punk) and 'The devil in Miss Jones', here together with Micka, the former Ranola guitarist.Here's some links to these: http://www.ea80.net/
