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Παρασκευή 18 Ιουνίου 2010
Σάββατο 26 Δεκεμβρίου 2009
Vavoura Band - Live, the early days
One of the most underated hard rockin' bands in Greece presents here a compilation including various live recordings , from the group's early days ...
The band, (with it's two original members ; Johnny Vavouras on bass , Yiannis Drolapas on guitar and session drummers ) still perform live acts in small pubs all over Athens...
Enjoy !
Orion - The Hunter
While Tom Schlotz was in his basement studio trying to get the third Boston album put together, band mates Barry Goudreau, Brad Delp and Fran Cosmo teamed up with bassist Bruce Smith and Heart drummer Michael De Rosier and gave us a good idea what Boston might have sounded like if they had kept their original line-up. While De Rosier does a great job on the skins I would have rather seen Sib Hashain in his place, but that's a moot point. Orion the Hunter is a great rock and roll album that sadly seems to have drifted in obscurity. If you're a Boston fan, chances are you'll like Orion the Hunter.
Παρασκευή 25 Δεκεμβρίου 2009
Vavoura Band - Soundtracks for films
When I bought this cd,I was hoping for a decent ethnic release from my country.Well I was wrong...It isn't just decent,it's very good!This release features a successful combination of rock with greek traditional sounds,mostly from countryside.If you are into world/ethnic music and consider yourselves open-minded just knock it back!!!
Κυριακή 11 Οκτωβρίου 2009
Vortex Navigation Company - Things Make Patterns As They Fall
Vortex Navigation Company is the duo of Salamander's Sean Connaughty and Wes Morden (sharing duties on guitar, vocals, and loops/fX), with various guests (mainly percussion), to a large part doing spontaneous improvisations in one or the other's basement 'studios.' "Green Pyramid" is an experiment in mild droney dissonance and spooky lead guitar - not bad for a start. One of the few composed numbers, "Holler" features peculiar extra-bassy vocals over a misty potpourri of acoustic guitar, cricket chirping, and Peter Hollis' organ. It's October and Halloween is almost here... perfect timing! As you can probably tell, the whole album is moody and (presumably) introspective, and "Europa" is perhaps the best result of this approach. Subtle mallet percussion (by Wivinus no less) works beautifully behind the tapestry of warm echoey sounds... hard to distinguish the synthetic loops from the guitars sometimes. Later in the 20-minute piece, it turns slightly grey and even more soupy...a mind-numbing bliss out. Perhaps you won't even notice the Little Drummer Boy making an appearance in the background. "Down in the Willow Garden" is a traditional folk ditty that Sean probably heard drifting across a plantation one day while time-travelling from his current Georgia home-away-from-home. The other VNC original composition is "The Welcoming River," an acoustic piece but is rather unsettling in a very intriguing way - probably my favorite track on the album. On a par with Roger Waters' better dark-toned works anyway. 'Things' wraps up with another lengthy echo-drone work "Flying Low over Green Hills" that builds towards a freak-out climax and then a gradual easing off. All in all, this album is a pretty nice collection of things to lighten your spirit even as it darkens the skies overhead.
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