Cosmograf is a progressive rock project lead by Robin Armstrong, a multi instrumentalist musician from Waterlooville, England. The Cosmograf sound is rooted in 70’s classic rock with a contemporary and progressive twist with obvious influences from classic progressive rock such as Pink Floyd, Yes and Genesis, but with more contemporary flavours from bands such as Porcupine Tree, Muse, and Radiohead.
Robin plays guitar, keyboards, bass and drums, sings, and records, producing himself and fellow collaborating musicians, in his own self built music studio ‘The Trees’. Cosmograf tracks feature guest musicians from the progressive rock community performing and contributing to each album.
Captivated as a teenager by Deep Purple’s fusion of Heavy Rock with Baroque intros and lead lines, Robin often utilises a blend of classical music and contemporary rock music to provide a fusion of progressive rock that polarises audiences and demands attention.
Cosmograf albums are built around concepts – Conceptual Progressive Rock allows the freedom to span genres, stop and start in different tempos, with the inclusion o f relevant soundscapes and effects to build the story. This creates a musical freedom far beyond the commercial rules and constraints of a disposable 3 minute pop song.
Samuel Aaron Bell (April 24, 1921, Muskogee, Oklahoma - July 28, 2003) was an American jazz double-bassist. In the 1950s, Bell appeared on Billie Holiday's album Lady Sings the Blues and with Lester Young, Stan Kenton, Johnny Hodges, Cab Calloway, Carmen McRae, and Dick Haymes. In 1960 he left Haymes' band after being offered a position in the Duke Ellington Orchestra, opposite drummer Sam Woodyard. He left in 1962, spending time with Dizzy Gillespie before taking jobs on Broadway as a pit musician. He and Ellington collaborated once more in 1967, on a tribute to Billy Strayhorn. Bell held a residence at the La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club in New York City from 1969 to 1972. He also began teaching at Essex College in Newark in 1970, remaining there until 1990. Later in the 1970s he toured with Norris Turney, Harold Ashby, and Cat Anderson; in the 1980s he returned to piano playing, and retired from active performance in 1989. He died in 2003.
Abayomy significa “encontro feliz” em Yorubá, palavra que traduz bem o clima da banda. Todos amigos, que se divertem bastante tocando juntos. A banda conta com Vitinho Gottardi na guitarra, que também toca com Claudio Fantinato (percussão), Leandro Joaquim (trompete) e Pedro Dantas (baixo) na banda Sobrado 112. A banda também tem Thomas Harres, que também toca bateria com o Letuce, Gustavo Benjão guitarra no Do Amor, Donatinho nos teclados, Rodrigo La Rosa e Alexandre Garnizé nas percussões, Marco Serragrande no trombone, Thiago Queiroz no saxofone barítono , Mônica Ávila no alto e Fábio Lima no tenor. Todos se juntaram para tocar em homenagem ao nigeriano Fela Kuti, no famoso Fela Day no Rio. O próprio Vitinho explica quando e como isso aconteceu.
“A Abayomy surgiu no dia 15 de outubro de 2009, quando nos juntamos para tocar no primeiro Fela Day no Rio. Fela Day é um evento que rola em várias cidades do mundo, e que celebra o aniversário do Fela Kuti, um dos criadores do Afrobeat” – junto com o Tony Allen, com quem a banda gravou neste ano (visto no vídeo acima comparticipação do BNegão no vocal, cantando Jorge Benjor). “Montamos uma banda pra tocar somente nesse dia, mas foi tão legal que sentimos necessidade de continuar com o projeto, e a partir daí começamos a tocar pela cidade e a compor”, complementa Vitinho.
ABACUS is surely a big name for everyone interested in rock music. The band formed in 1971 made their breakthrough at the Germersheim rock festival, where ABACUS drew not less applause from the 300,000 visitors than PINK FLOYD, SANTANA or ELP which appeared on stage as well. Jürgen Wimpelberg takes on himself to play keyboards, guitars, drum programming as well as vocals. After a lengthy absence from the recording scene, German band are back with a new album, "Fire Behind Bars". They develop Pop melodies into a wide instrumental manner, with gorgeous neo-classical and symphonic sequences. In a vein near GENESIS, GREENSLADE or PINK FLOYD. ABACUS offers a modern and attractive Progressive Rock music.
Aaron Space was a Canadian psychedelic rock band from Toronto, performing art rock with a touch of psychedelia and a pinch of 70's hard rock.
Hailing from Sudbury, Ontario, Aaron Space was formed in the late 1960s by guitarist Jake Thomas (originally from North Bay, Ontario, and ex of Bucstone Hardware) Yarmouth, NS native Dave Moulaison, Gene Falbo (originally from Digigriano Cosenza Calabria, Italy) on bass, and local native drummer Bob DiSalle. While they played the area's circuit as a covers band, they slowly started writing their own material and inserting it into their playlists. By 1970, they'd relocated to Toronto to take advantage of the bigger crowds. Soon after, Warner Brothers rep John Pozer caught their act and signed them to a deal. They released their first single, "Keep On Movin'," which featured Lisa Garber on bg vocals, b/w "The Visitor" in the fall of '71 to mixed reviews. It eeked its way up to #83 on some strong support from Toronto radio, where it stayed for three weeks. Recorded at Eastern Sound in Toronto and produced by John Stewart, their eponymous debut album followed early the next year, with the single, "Marsha" b/w "She Smiles" close behind. Despite a heavy ad campaign being launched, it failed to make a dent in the chart, yet still many critics later praised the album as a whole. Entirely self-written with Moulaison and DiSalle sharing lead vocals, other songs like "Silly Ceilings," North Country Rock n Roll," and "Man In A Yellow Car" were full of heavy riffs and fuzz guitar, and indicative of the acid rock scene of the day. After a series of short tours around central Canada, plans were being made for a follow-up album, some songs had been written, and some time in the studios had been spent. But with their deal with Warner on the brink of ending, the band imploded, and everyone went on to individual projects. Falbo, now going by his real name, joined Jackson Hawke a few years later.
NEMRUD was established in the second half of 2008 in Istanbul-Turkey by Mert Göçay, Harun Sönmez and Aycan Sarı. By the time the band had its current formation, there had been several changes in the composition of band members. The current line-up was formed with the participations both Mert Alkaya and Mert Topel in 2010 and Levent Candaş in 2015 as band members. NEMRUD have released their first two conceptual Progressive Rock albums "Journey of the Shaman"(2010) and "Ritual"(2013) on Musea Records from France. In late 2015 NEMRUD continued the recordings with a conceptual S/T album, released by Rainbow45 Records from Turkey. The group is named after Mount Nemrut; the 2150m high mountain lies in southestern Turkey, known by tomb-sanctuary built in 62bc by King Antiochus I Theos of Commageme on the top mouintain overlooking The Euphrates Valley. Mount Nemrut is the place embracing the Middle of the Ground and the place that first album character 'Mitos' passes by while going to the underground. This mountain is at a sacred place which is the intersection point of East and West, two worlds that mankind have been believing for hundreds of years. NEMRUD has gone beyond the Turkish standard rock or popular line-chorus structured songs and pushed the technical and composition limits of rock music. Besides, there are classic, jazz and avant-garde components in their compositions. Their music shows the general characteristics of Progressive Rock such as changing melodies and rhythms, refrains from repetition, conceptual and abstract lyrics. The admiration of the band for the golden era of Progressive Rock reflects itself in the epical stories used in the albums. Their albums are referring to the golden 1970s era and made up of reminiscences to Eloy, Pink Floyd, Yes, Camel and other bands with psychedelic and symphonic leanings.
Finalmente saiu um grande documentário sobre ZAPPA. "Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words" . (Engula esta Pergunta: Frank Zappa em suas próprias palavras). Vejam o trailer...
Documentário: 90 min., 2016.
Diretor: Thorsten Schütte.
Uma pequena sinopse:
O documentário dirigido por Thorsten Schütte aborda Zappa através de sua persona pública e sua relação complicada com a mídia. Utilizando como matéria prima várias entrevistas na TV e performances ao vivo um tanto obscuras e esquecidas, o filme revela duas facetas deste artista complexo na longa carreira de trinta anos. Zappa foi tanto um compositor carismático que exultou no palco comoe um debatedor inteligente e intransigente que nunca renunciou às suas crenças. Este filme ressoa sua música e ideias que marcaram gerações. A luta para libertar o público de conformismo que continua a ser mais relevante do que nunca.
Mais uma palhinha:
E não é só isso... O legado de Zappa é enorme, e sua família têm administrado para que suas gravações não se percam ao longo do tempo. Vejam este vídeo abaixo...
Vejam o tamanho do armazém que possui várias gravações não publicadas... Isto quer dizer que vem muita coisa por aí.
Road Tapes, Venue #3 features two complete shows from Tyrone Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis, MN. The July '70 Mothers line-up featured Flo & Eddie, George Duke, Ian Underwood, Aynsley Dunbar & Jeff Simmons. FZ's vast Vault does not contain many full shows from this time period, so that alone makes this release a special one. The tapes were recorded to stereo reel-to-reel, but not without problems. Due to their historical relevance, we felt it was worth it, warts 'n all! Venue #3 does not disappoint.
Disc One
Show 1
1 Tyrone Start The Tape… (1:59)
2 King Kong (3:37)
3 Wonderful Wino (Zappa/Simmons) (4:47)
4 Concentration Moon (2:34)
5 Mom & Dad (3:25)
6 The Air (3:46)
7 Dog Breath (2:01)
8 Mother People (2:06)
9 You Didn’t Try To Call Me (4:10)
10 Agon – Interlude (Stravinsky) (0:36)
11 Call Any Vegetable (7:59)
12 King Kong / Igor’s Boogie (20:25)
13 It Can’t Happen Here (3:05)
14 Sharleena (4:59)
Show 2
15. The 23rd “Mondellos” (3:13)
16. Justine (Harris/Terry) (1:46)
Disc Two
Show 2, continued
1 Pound For A Brown (5:07)
2 Sleeping In A Jar (3:37)
3 Sharleena (5:49)
4 “A Piece Of Contemporary Music” (7:03)
5 The Return Of The Hunchback Duke (incl. Little House I Used To Live In, Holiday In Berlin) (10:00)
6 Cruising For Burgers (3:44)
7 Let’s Make The Water Turn Black (1:42)
8 Harry, You’re A Beast (1:29)
9 Oh No / Orange County Lumber Truck (11:01)
10 Call Any Vegetable (11:29)
11 Mondello’s Revenge (1:46)
12 The Clap (Chunga’s Revenge) (13:01)
Frank Zappa: guitar
George Duke: electric piano, vocal drum imitations
Aynsley Dunbar: drums
The Phlorescent Leech & Eddie (Mark Volman, Howard Kaylan): vocals
Jeff Simmons: bass, vocal
Ian Underwood: alto sax, electric piano
E aguardem, que muito em breve, deve ter muito mais...
