Folque were a Norwegian folk-prog band who were active in the early 1970s. According to some comments I’ve read recently, though they didn’t make much of a dent in the American market, they were quite popular in Brazil, of all places.
Month: June 2016
[Art] Allegory of Christianity (detail) — Jan Provoost — Biblioklept
via Allegory of Christianity (detail) — Jan Provoost — Biblioklept
Biblioklept should be mandatory reading for fans of art.
[Music] Punk Crock / Punk Was Rubbish And Didn’t Change Anything: An Investigation
If you were one of the silly people who belived punk would change the world, I’d recommend not knocking anyone for believing in the Tooth Fairy, as you have no ground to stand on.
Two amusing article on the phoniness of punk (which died an ugly death, but gave birth to great things like new wave, post-punk and all those goth bands in the early 80s) appear here:
Punk Was Rubbish And Didn’t Change Anything: An Investigation
[Music] Super Thing: self-titled (self-released, 2016) — The Answer Is In The Beat
First album by an Ypsilanti-based psychedelic noise rock band who have mostly (entirely?) relocated to Chicago. Highly influenced by stoner metal, grunge, and Krautrock, but it doesn’t really stick to one thing, even within each song. Vocals are present, but they’re mostly just to emphasize certain parts of the song, or otherwise guide the tracks […]
via Super Thing: self-titled (self-released, 2016) — The Answer Is In The Beat
[Music] Willem Breuker – Psalm 164
Sounding something like a pipe organ in a 1910s-era movie theater, here is Willem Breuker banging about on a keyboard. He was known as a saxophonist, clarinetist and bandleader, but was fearless when it came to improvising music.
[Music] Piirpauke – Fyssouni & Imala Maika
Finland’s legendary Piirpauke were among the first bands which could be termed as World Music.
[Music] Yuri Morozov – Human Extinction
This album by Russian synthesist Yuri Morozov was never officially released, probably because the Soviet censors thought it would be too weird for commercial consumption. It’s a shame, as it would have held its own with contemporary German and British heavyweights doing this sort of thing during the late 1970s.
[Music] Tangerine Dream – Phaedra
Phaedra, by Tangerine Dream, is considered a classic for electronic music, Kosmische Musik, Prog Rock, New Age and Krautrock.
[Music] Frank Zappa – Chunga’s Revenge
Some fine free-experimental madness from Frank Zappa. This is the title track off of Chunga’s Revenge.
A Miscellany Of Tasteful Music 