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Nov 17, 2023 7:00 AM – 10:00 AM
Music
With ǝɹnɔsqꓳ ǝɥꓕ ǝʌɐꓷ
Exploring multiple facets of jazz-adjacent prog-rock, edgy fusion, Canterbury, Zeuhl, Rock-In-Opposition, avant-prog, Rock Progressivo Italiano, world music, ambient, anything virtuosic.
the original seahorse
7:02 AM |
| Soft Machine Out of Season Softs EMI Harvest 1976 Originally issued in 1976, with the lineup of John Etheridge, Roy Babbington, Karl Jenkins and John Marshall. They were joined here by Alan Wakeman on saxophones. |
7:06 AM |
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7:09 AM |
| John Abercrombie & Ralph Towner Timeless Hamburg 1984 1984 John Abercrombie is a jazz guitarist born 16 December 1944 in Port Chester, NY - died 22 August 2017 in Cortland, NY. Ralph Towner is a multi-instrumentalist, born in Chehalis, Washington, on 1 March 1940. Both have a large catalog on ECM. This performance was recorded at a concert in Hamburg Germany in 1984. |
7:18 AM |
| Loituma Haze (Utu) In The Moonlight Northside 1999 Loituma is a quartet combining the Finnish vocal tradition with the kantele (Finnish harp). Two of them left for Sweden and joined Hedingarna. Released in Finland as "Kuutamolla". |
7:23 AM |
| Claude Léveillée Soleil Noir Black Sun Polydor 1978 Claude Léveillée is an author, composer, performer, pianist and actor from Québec born 16 October 1932, in Montréal and died 9 June 2011. He had a long and varied musical career, exploring prog rock for a short time in the late 1970s. |
7:29 AM |
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7:31 AM |
| Franck Dervieux Concerto pour des mondes disparus Dimension M ProgQuébec 1972 Franck Dervieux was a keyboardist from Quebec, starting in Jean-Pierre Ferland's band. Stricken with cancer, Dervieux summoned the strength to record his one solo release in 1972, backed with musicians that went on to form the group Contraction. Dervieux appeared on Contraction's debut LP (also 1972) but died shortly thereafter. |
7:40 AM |
| Dungen Familj Tio Bitar Kemado 2007 Dungen ("the grove") is a Swedish band based in Stockholm, fronted by singer, composer, multi-instrumentalist Gustav Ejstes. Their music blends psychedelic rock with alternative rock and Swedish folk music. |
7:46 AM |
| Tigran Hamasyan The Court Jester Shadow Theater Sunnyside / Confluence 2014 Tigran Hamasyan is an Armenian jazz pianist, born in 1987. He often incorporates Armenian melodies into his music. |
7:51 AM |
| A Triggering Myth Bagliore (Glimmer) The Sins of Our Saviours The Laser's Edge 1998 The 4th release by this keyboard driven jazz rock fusion group, active 1990-2006. This track features vocalist Alberto Piras from the Italian band Deus Ex Machina |
7:56 AM |
| Primus Sinister Exaggerator Miscellaneous Debris - EP Interscope 1992 cover of a song by The Residents |
8:00 AM |
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Thank you, John Marshall (28 August 1941 – 16 September 2023) John Marshall was an English drummer and founding member of Nucleus and was with Soft Machine from 1972-1981. And did tons of work with others. | |
8:05 AM |
| The Graham Collier Septet Blue Walls Deep Dark Blue Centre Deram 1967 This is the earliest recording of John Marshall I could locate, recorded when he would have been 25-26 years old. |
8:10 AM |
| Nucleus Earth Mother Elastic Rock UMC (Universal Music Catalogue) 1970 Pioneering jazz-rock, progressive, psychedelic band from Britain, led by Ian Carr. The band existed from 1969 to 1989. Karl Jenkins and John Marshall would leave to join Soft Machine later. |
8:15 AM |
| Nucleus Speaking For Myself, Personally, In My Own Opinion, I Think... Elastic Rock UMC (Universal Music Catalogue) 1970 This is John Marshall's composition for the LP. |
8:17 AM |
| Nucleus Sun Child We’ll Talk About It Later UMC (Universal Music Catalogue) 1970 John Marshall cowrote this song |
8:22 AM |
| Chris Spedding Sub-Continental Drift Songs Without Words Hux Records 2015 Chris Spedding was a guitarist with Nucleus, joined here by John Marshall on drums. Originally issued in Japan in 1970, this is a bonus track on the 2015 reissue. |
8:26 AM |
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8:29 AM |
| Soft Machine LBO Fifth CBS 1972 After the release of Soft Machine's Fourth, drummer Robert Wyatt departed the group and was replaced first by Phil Howard (for only 4 months), and then by John Marshall. This era took Soft Machine into a new jazzier direction. LBO is John Marshall's composition. |
8:31 AM |
| Soft Machine 37½ (Live) Six CBS 1973 On "Six", John Marshall's old bandmate from Nucleus, Karl Jenkins, joined Soft Machine and brought an even stronger jazz fusion style. |
8:37 AM |
| Soft Machine Tarabos Seven CBS 1973
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8:43 AM |
| Soft Machine D.I.S. Seven CBS 1973 In 1973, Soft Machine were Mike Ratledge, John Marshall, Roy Babbington, and Karl Jenkins. By this time, they were a pure jazz fusion group. |
8:46 AM |
| Soft Machine The Man Who Waved at Trains Bundles Harvest 1975 After an 18-month hiatus, Soft Machine regrouped with Allan Holdsworth on guitar. The group increasingly became an avenue for Karl Jenkins' compositions. |
8:50 AM |
| Soft Machine Peff Bundles Harvest 1975 |
8:51 AM |
| Eberhard Weber & Colours Little Movements Little Movements ECM Records 1980 John Marshall was the drummer with Eberhard Weber Colours from 1977-1980. |
8:58 AM |
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svår lyssningstimme | |
9:06 AM |
| French TV Colorless Green Ideas Sleep Furiously This Is What We Do Pretentious Dinosaur Records 2005 French TV is an avant-progressive band founded in Louisville, Kentucky in 1983. They're a fun band that blends various progrock styles. |
9:17 AM |
| Rhùn Sédalg Rhëvé N Tozïh Baboon Fish Label 2023 Rhùn is from France. They play in the Zeuhl style, but with a bit more chaos and weirdness than most (and the bar is pretty high). This is a new release from Rhùn. https://rhunmusic.bandcamp.com/album/toz-h (Not to be confused with the heavy psych band Rhûn.) |
9:29 AM |
| Zao Satanyia Z=7L Vertigo 1973 A French fusion super-group, formed in 1971 by two early members of Magma: François "Faton" Cahen and Jeff "Yochk'o" Seffer, and featuring many other talents of the 1970's prog and fusion fields. Zao took the Magma "Zeuhl" brand of fusion and jazzed it up a bit. |
9:36 AM |
| Setna Tryptique I (A) Guerison Soleil Zeuhl 2013 Sent is a French Zeuhl fusion band (formed in 2004), with notable Eskaton and Magma influences.
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9:44 AM |
| Simon Steensland Malaria Hur! (Hommage À La Musique De Christian Vander) V/A Soleil Zeuhl 2009 Simon Steensland is a Swedish multi-instrumentalist (drums, percussion, keyboards, wind instruments, etc.) and composer in the avant-prog field. This track is his cover of Christian Vander's "Malaria" for Magma's 40th Anniversary tribute. |
9:48 AM |
| Z.A.A.R. Scherzo # C Zaar Cuneiform Records 2006 ZAAR is a French chamber rock band that released a self-titled album in 2006 and broke up later that same year. |
9:56 AM |
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9:58 AM |
| The Wrong Object Sleep Dirt Zappa Jawaka Off 2018 Not just a Zappa cover band. The Wrong Object (from Belgium) s influenced by a vast array of artists ranging from
Canterbury Scene prog rock à la Soft Machine and Gong to Béla Bartok,
Squarepusher, Aka Moon, Charlie Mingus, Sonic Youth and Frank Zappa. |