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Ahleuchatistas - "A Way Out (Excerpt #1)" - Full Length = 3:06
Rolling, almost tribal-sounding tom-toms create momentum for biting guitar lines, for an intense, visceral track that feels like a cross between surf music, Greek folk melodies, and prog rock.
Birdsongs of the Mesozoic - "A Band Of Deborahs (Not Debbies) (Excerpt #1)" - Full Length = 4:24
A greasy piano-bass riff provides the foundation for some lively counterpoint melodies, mixed with a few quieter interludes and a mellow ending for solo strummed guitar.
Lars Hollmer - "Talrika (Live: Gouveia 2005) (Excerpt #1)" - full track= 4:59
An ominously descending bass line pumps blood into a slightly demonic-sounding prog-rock band with swirling accordion riffs and fiery guitar licks tumbling into each other amid the carefully controlled chaos. [Tempo: Mid-tempo]
Present - "Le Poison Qui Rend Fou, Part 2: Didi, Dans Ta Chambre! (Excerpt #1)" - Full Track = 9:43
A lurching, rhythmically intense waltz featuring electric guitar and piano, which then changes to 4/4 time and moves closer to chamber rock.
Present - "Le Poison Qui Rend Fou, Part 1: Ram Ram Va Faire "Pif Paf" (Excerpt #1)" - Full Track = 15:24
A unique combination of improvised electric guitar, percussive piano and elegant chamber rock (with female vocal) which moves through a wide variety of moods, tempos and melodic patterns.
Present - "Ersatz (Excerpt #1)" - Full Track = 5:08
A tart but toe-tapping contrapuntal piece for percussion, piano, guitar and bass.
Present - "Promenade Au Fond D'un Canal [Live in Livry-Gargan, France] (Excerpt #2)" - Full Track = 21:34
A long, episodic group improvisation with a variety of tempos, opening with the distinctive, two-note bass riff and then the signature theme played on electric piano in moderate tempo before accelerating into a dramatic, extended, up-tempo assault on the senses. Ends with a glorious, screaming cacophony of guitars and synthesizers improvising over the original theme.
Present - "Promenade Au Fond D'un Canal [Live in Livry-Gargan, France] (Excerpt #1)" - Full Track = 21:34
A long, dramatic piece, opening with a quiet but haunting bass ostinato before seguing into a series of interlocking, suspenseful and sometimes percussive riffs for guitar, keyboards, bass and percussion. A wailing electric guitar ends this mesmerizing but vaguely unsettling piece.
Present - "Quatre-vingt Douze [Live in Livry-Gargan, France] (Excerpt #1)" - Full Track = 17:31
Extended, episodic piece with slow, moody opening for electric piano, bass, and guitar, giving way to swirling, staccato chords and variable rhythms in minor keys. Piano timbre and rhythm provide nice hints of an Indonesian gamelan orchestra at times.
Present - "Quatre-vingt Douze [Live in Livry-Gargan, France] (Excerpt #2)" - Full Track = 17:31
Extended, episodic piece with slow, moody opening for electric piano, bass, and guitar, giving way to swirling, staccato chords and variable rhythms in minor keys. Piano timbre and rhythm provide nice hints of an Indonesian gamelan orchestra at times.
Present - "Le Poison Qui Rend Fou, Part 1 [Live in Livry-Gargan, France] (Excerpt #1)" - Full Track = 19:05
Dynamic, live version of an extended work, opening with electric guitar, then pulsing, powerful combination of drums, bass, guitar, and electric piano. Creates a sense of unease and tremendous momentum. Later section features arresting contrapuntal interplay from the group with musicians trading riffs, followed by a slow improvisation for electric piano before the group returns with a stately march tempo and then a short, propulsive finale.
Present - "Chaos Hermetique [Live in Livry-Gargan] (Excerpt #1)" - Full Track = 12:27
Opens with piercing piano chords, then moves into a repetitive, trance-like riff for guitar, bass, and drums, with the electric piano improvising over the riff. Middle section features a slower electric guitar improvisation and then slow, insistent piano chords fading into nothingness.
Present - "Vous Le Saurez En Temps Voulu (Excerpt #1)" - Full Track = 10:34
Foreboding keyboards establish an elusive, chromatically unstable melody before the ensemble joins in with a kind of lurching, macabre march -- which eventually accelerates into a hypnotic frenzy before slowing to a pensive close.
Present - "Promenade Au Fond D'un Canal (Excerpt #3)" - Full Track = 19:21
A long, dramatic piece, opening with a quiet but haunting bass ostinato before seguing into a series of interlocking, suspenseful and sometimes percussive riffs for guitar, keyboards, bass and percussion. A wailing electric guitar ends this mesmerizing but vaguely unsettling piece.
Present - "Promenade Au Fond D'un Canal (Excerpt #2)" - Full Track = 19:21
A long, dramatic piece, opening with a quiet but haunting bass ostinato before seguing into a series of interlocking, suspenseful and sometimes percussive riffs for guitar, keyboards, bass and percussion. A wailing electric guitar ends this mesmerizing but vaguely unsettling piece.
Present - "Promenade Au Fond D'un Canal (Excerpt #1)" - Full Track = 19:21
A long, dramatic piece, opening with a quiet but haunting bass ostinato before seguing into a series of interlocking, suspenseful and sometimes percussive riffs for guitar, keyboards, bass and percussion. A wailing electric guitar ends this mesmerizing but vaguely unsettling piece.
Thinking Plague - "Malthusian Dances (Excerpt #1)" - full track= 6:39
Cross-rhythms in unusual time signatures crash across the core of the track like a series of waves breaking on a beach, while staccato bursts from guitar, piano, and clarinet carry on a conversation that shifts from dramatic to cartoonish and back again at the drop of a hat, and an oddly calm-sounding female voice floats through it all. [Tempo: Mid-tempo]
Thinking Plague - "I Cannot Fly (Excerpt #1)" - full track= 8:34
A thumping bass line bangs out complex rhythms beneath an interlocking labyrinth of angular guitars and reeds while a female voice shifts between coolly delivered lyrics and wordless interjections. [Tempo: Mid-tempo]
Thinking Plague - "I Cannot Fly (Excerpt #2)" - full track= 8:34
A thumping bass line bangs out complex rhythms beneath an interlocking labyrinth of angular guitars and reeds while a female voice shifts between coolly delivered lyrics and wordless interjections. [Tempo: Mid-tempo]
Thinking Plague - "Sleeper Cell Anthem (Excerpt #1)" - full track= 6:10
Knotty riffs and off-kilter rhythms dart in and out of earshot while female vocals play it straight and the tension mounts in what could be the musical equivalent of the onset of a nervous breakdown. [Tempo: Mid-tempo]
Thinking Plague - "Sleeper Cell Anthem (Excerpt #2)" - full track= 6:10
Knotty riffs and off-kilter rhythms dart in and out of earshot while female vocals play it straight and the tension mounts in what could be the musical equivalent of the onset of a nervous breakdown. [Tempo: Mid-tempo]
Thinking Plague - "A Virtuous Man (Excerpt #1)" - full track= 11:45
Guitar and keyboard arpeggios bounce off of each other as the dynamic shifts sharply from moody and contemplative to urgent and aggressive, while female vocals make striking melodic leaps across the constantly shifting musical terrain. [Tempo: no fixed tempo]
Thinking Plague - "A Virtuous Man (Excerpt #3)" - full track= 11:53
Guitar and keyboard arpeggios bounce off of each other as the dynamic shifts sharply from moody and contemplative to urgent and aggressive, while female vocals make striking melodic leaps across the constantly shifting musical terrain. [Tempo: no fixed tempo]
Thinking Plague - "The Gyre (Excerpt #1)" - full track= 4:42
Avant-garde jazz meets progressive rock as painterly shards of piano are tossed together with reed stabs and razor-like guitar riffs in a complex piece shifting through several moods and modes. [Tempo: no fixed tempo]
Thinking Plague - "The Gyre (Excerpt #2)" - full track= 4:42
Avant-garde jazz meets progressive rock as painterly shards of piano are tossed together with reed stabs and razor-like guitar riffs in a complex piece shifting through several moods and modes. [Tempo: no fixed tempo]
Thinking Plague - "Climbing The Mountain (Excerpt #1)" - full track= 8:34
An insistent, offbeat rhythm guitar pattern is the initial fulcrum for this far-ranging piece, where everything from orchestral keyboard washes to fearsome six-string storms, calmly intoned female vocals, and bone-crushing bass lines enters the fray. [Tempo: no fixed tempo]
