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Los Canarios/Il Rovescio Della Medaglia

2005-10-10 by mellotrongirl

"Ciclos" & "Contaminazione" IMHO are great albums, but different as 
night and day. "Contaminazione" jumps all over the place/shifts on a 
dime and is a roller coaster of soft passages and explosive 
crescendos, whereas "Ciclos" drifts along at an easier pace. Both 
gorgeous and very rehearsed sessions, indeed. RDM interprets J. S. 
Bach; Canarios realises Vivaldi. I like the first side "The Remote 
Paradise" best, and the other three sides bring up the same basic 
theme and recycles it a bit, yet it does not get drawn out. The 
highlight track for me on the RDM LP is "Ora Non Ricordo Pu'/Il Suono 
Del Silenzio" with tons of rock riff guitar/synth and monstrous 
cathedral reverb organ just blast away between these lush 
orchestral/vocal passages and other condensed drama moments. I think 
this is RDM's second album; the first-Io Como Io, I understand is a 
lot different and bland compared to this hyperkinetic workout.

Re: [Mellotronists] Los Canarios/Il Rovescio Della Medaglia

2005-10-11 by chris.dale@primus.ca

Two other interesting albums I was able to hear recently are Morse Code's
"La March Des Hommes" (which has a Gabriel era Genesis influence) and
"Pussy" (self-titled)-a pyschedelic/prog crossover comprising songs and
instrumental improvisation. Both have Mellotron on them.

Has anyone heard of Ramases? This was  South African prog with members of
10CC as the backing band. Not sure if there's Mellotron on this one but I'm
told it's an interesting listen.

Chris



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> "Ciclos" & "Contaminazione" IMHO are great albums, but different as
> night and day. "Contaminazione" jumps all over the place/shifts on a
> dime and is a roller coaster of soft passages and explosive
> crescendos, whereas "Ciclos" drifts along at an easier pace. Both
> gorgeous and very rehearsed sessions, indeed. RDM interprets J. S.
> Bach; Canarios realises Vivaldi. I like the first side "The Remote
> Paradise" best, and the other three sides bring up the same basic
> theme and recycles it a bit, yet it does not get drawn out. The
> highlight track for me on the RDM LP is "Ora Non Ricordo Pu'/Il Suono
> Del Silenzio" with tons of rock riff guitar/synth and monstrous
> cathedral reverb organ just blast away between these lush
> orchestral/vocal passages and other condensed drama moments. I think
> this is RDM's second album; the first-Io Como Io, I understand is a
> lot different and bland compared to this hyperkinetic workout.
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Re: [Mellotronists] Los Canarios/Il Rovescio Della Medaglia

2005-10-11 by Andy Thompson

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Subject: Re: [Mellotronists] Los Canarios/Il Rovescio Della Medaglia

> Two other interesting albums I was able to hear recently are Morse Code's
> "La March Des Hommes" (which has a Gabriel era Genesis influence)

Their followup, 'Procreation', is excellent, too.

> and "Pussy" (self-titled)-a pyschedelic/prog crossover comprising songs
and
> instrumental improvisation. Both have Mellotron on them.
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> Has anyone heard of Ramases? This was  South African prog with members of
> 10CC as the backing band. Not sure if there's Mellotron on this one but
I'm
> told it's an interesting listen.

According to the booklet in the recent 3-CD Vertigo set, 'Ramases' was from
Yorkshire or somewhere, and you're right about the 10cc connection. Did a
2nd album in the mid-'70s (those were the days!), and ended up comitting
suicide, sadly. Haven't heard either album.

Andy T.