#chamberrock — Public Fediverse posts

New #review today: "In the nearly three years in between Solar Barbecue and Black and Gold, the members of #Sterbus have been contributing to others’ albums and working on a set of tunes that expand their sound dramatically. #DominiqueDAvanzo and #EmanueleSterbini turn away from the frantic #Cardiacs-inspired sound of some of their previous releases to a more balanced sound, and the result is a superb album of progressive #ChamberRock." #ExposeOnline #ProgressiveRock http://expose.org/index.php/articles/display/sterbus-black-and-gold-2.html

New #review today: "#Maledictis is a Milwaukee, Wisconsin based #ChamberRock project led by composer, lyricist, and multi-instrumentalist #JohnMarszalkowski involving eight other musicians from near and far, six additional guest players, and seven more singers as part of a choir." #ExposeOnline #ProgressiveRock http://expose.org/index.php/articles/display/maledictis-echoes-of-conscience-3.html

New #review today: "With #MikeJohnson’s solo debut, fans of #AvantProgressive rock have a lot to celebrate. Johnson is, of course, the driving force behind all those wonderful #ThinkingPlague albums, and The Gardens of Loss has many qualities in common with those, starting with #ElaineDiFalco’s vocals. Johnson’s compositional sense is entirely intact, only expanded with more diverse instrumentation." #ExposeOnline #CuneiformRecords #ProgressiveRock #ChamberRock http://expose.org/index.php/articles/display/mike-johnson-the-gardens-of-loss-2.html

iamthemorning – Live at St Matthias
#Acoustic #ProgressiveRock #chamberrock #femalevocals #neoclassical #stringquartet #UnitedKingdom
CC BY-NC-ND (#CreativeCommons Attribution Non Commercial No Derivatives) #ccmusic
https://iamthemorningband.bandcamp.com/album/live-at-st-matthias

New #review today: "Dedication to BigNick by #RozVitalis is a nine-part musical dedication to Russian producer, radio host, and podcaster Nikolai Bogaichuk, who passed away in 2023. Overall the album has a #NeoClassical, dreamy, and melancholy atmosphere." #ExposeOnline #ProgressiveRock #ChamberRock http://expose.org/index.php/articles/display/roz-vitalis-dedication-to-bignick-6.html

New #review today: "#EblenMacari's Un Producto de los Sesentas was originally released in 1981, and it’s a thoroughly engaging album which richly deserves this reissue on #AzafránMedia. Macari’s guitar work is the star here, sometimes in lovely solo pieces, but also as a component of more elaborate arrangements involving extra guitars, keyboards, strings, and percussion." #ExposeOnline #ProgressiveRock #ChamberRock http://expose.org/index.php/articles/display/eblen-macari-un-producto-de-los-sesentas-2.html

New #review today: "#VictorRodriguez is a founding member of #OctoberEquus, one of Spain’s premier #ProgressiveRock bands, and one of the band’s main composers as well as their keyboardist. Fragmentos de La Torre is a twelve-part cycle of serious modern compositions, fully orchestrated with a complement of strings, drums, tuned percussion, occasional winds and horns, plus electronics and more." #ExposeOnline #ChamberRock http://expose.org/index.php/articles/display/victor-rodriguez-fragmentos-de-la-torre-3.html

Self-Titled Summer | Casualties of Cool (2014, Canada)

Our next Self-Titled Summer spotlight is on number 787 on The List, submitted by unsafelyhotboots. Here’s a quick rundown:

• Point of origin(s): This is, at least thus far, a one-off project from Canadian/Vancouverite musicians Devin Townsend and Ché Aimee Dorval. Townsend is an incredibly prolific artist who typically works in the realm of metal, with s/t projects such as The Devin Townsend Band, Devin Townsend Project, his solo material, and his record label HevyDevy Records. The Devin Townsend Project in particular started as a series of albums meant to allow space for Townsend to figure out his identity as a musician, beginning with Ki (2009), which featured Dorval as a guest vocalist on a few tracks. Initially, Casualties of Cool was slated to be the 6th album for the Devin Townsend Project (following the 2012 Epicloud) and Townsend’s 16th studio album overall. But, perhaps since the music on this album is so different from his previous work, Townsend later decided to make it a separate project, working again with Dorval then as a duo, plus Morgan Ågren on drums/percussion and various guest musicians (including a chamber choir).
• Tasting notes: Moody, ambient country rock, with vibes for days. According to Townsend himself, “It sounds like haunted Johnny Cash songs.” Also, sounds like (i.e., has the concept of) a traveller being lured to a sentient, fear-eating planet, the traveller finding solace in music on said fear-eating planet, and then liberation for the traveller and another captive of the fear-eating planet. Or something.
• Standout track: Any that feature Dorval’s gorgeous vocals. But also, as with any great concept album, the tracks bleed into and refer back to each other,[1] so you really need to listen to all of them – it’s an event.
• Where are they now?: Townsend has continued to make many records, primarily under his solo work. His most recent, PowerNerd (2024), is his 22nd studio album. Dorval has continued to work with Townsend and on her own solo material, with the 2023 The Crowned being her most recent solo studio album.
• Websites: Band website, Wikipedia; Devin Townsend’s website, Ché Aimee Dorval’s website, Devin Townsend’s Bandcamp, Ché Aimee Dorval’s Bandcamp

Happy listening!

• Songlink: Casualties of Cool – Casualties of Cool
• Discogs: Casualties of Cool – Casualties of Cool

1. Okay, so, after writing this, I realized I had listened to a version that had an extra disc with an additional hour of material. It wasn’t labelled as deluxe or anything and I listened to the whole 2h 18m without knowing where the break between discs was. So, I’m not sure how much of the referring back I heard was because maybe those extra tracks were reworked/early versions of what ended up on disc 1, etc. ↩︎

#ambient #CasualtiesOfCool #chamberRock #ChéAimeeDorval #conceptAlbum #countryRock #DevinTownsend #folk #music #musicDiscovery #selftitled

New #review today: "#Shmulikraut is an #AvantProg #ChamberRock band from the high desert lookout town of Mitzpe Ramon in southern Israel; their music is group composed, though strongly informed by improvisation and experimentation, with jazz and folk elements in abundance." #ExposeOnline #ProgressiveRock http://expose.org/index.php/articles/display/shmulikraut-guts-voyage-3.html

New #review: "Long Time Gone is #DirkMontCampbell’s latest, a powerful instrumental statement where Campbell plays nearly all of the instruments: clarinet, rabab, flutes, piano, duduk, violin, trumpet, oud, kora, ngoni, zither, laoto, gongs, Uillean pipes, charango, percussion, and more, basically a smorgasbord of instruments from all over the world crafted into unique compositions that defy convenient categorization." #ExposeOnline #ProgressiveRock #ChamberRock #ArtRock http://expose.org/index.php/articles/display/dirk-mont-campbell-long-time-gone-3.html

The great #RIO experimental #ChamberRock #JazzRock group #Tryon is trying to make an ambitious new album, and you can help. http://expose.org/index.php/articles/display/you-can-help-salmon-dreams-come-true-2.html

#NewRelease: #JackOTheClock - Portraits out today on #Bandcamp #AvantProg #ProgressiveRock #ChamberRock https://jackotheclock.bandcamp.com/album/portraits

New #review today: "In October 2024 Russian band #Compassionizer released their fourth full length album, The Fellowship of Mystery, fifty minutes of instrumental music across seven tracks. Together they perform primarily acoustic progressive chamber music that borders at times on the semi-classical..." #ExposeOnline #ChamberRock #ProgressiveRock http://expose.org/index.php/articles/display/compassionizer-the-fellowship-of-the-mystery-6.html

This Is The Glasshouse – Something Underwater
#Rock #artrock #avantgarde #chamberpop #chamberrock #electronica #experimentalhiphop #harshnoise #indierock #musiqueconcrete #noise #Canada
CC BY-SA (#CreativeCommons Attribution Share Alike)
https://thisistheglasshouse.bandcamp.com/album/something-underwater

New #review: "Deerand is the fourth album from the Iranian group #QuartetDiminished, and their first to be released on a label outside their home country. You can find their earlier albums on Bandcamp, however. The band was formed in 2013 by guitarist Ehsan Sadigh, bridging modern chamber music with rock." #ExposeOnline #ChamberRock #ProgressiveRock #RIO #TonyLevin #MarkusReuter http://expose.org/index.php/articles/display/quartet-diminished-deerand-2.html

iamthemorning – From the House of Arts
#Acoustic #ProgressiveRock #baroquerock #chamberprogressiverock #chamberrock #concert #femalevocals #live #liverecording #neoclassical #progrock #russian #stringquartet #UnitedKingdom
CC BY-NC-ND (#CreativeCommons Attribution Non Commercial No Derivatives)
https://iamthemorningband.bandcamp.com/album/from-the-house-of-arts

New #review today: "#ÁngelOntalva is making some of the most stunning recordings that defy any easy descriptions, but at the same time are uniformly rich and satisfying to listen to." #ExposeOnline #AvantRock #ChamberRock http://expose.org/index.php/articles/display/Angel-ontalva-persian-courtyard-3.html

New #review today: "Now for something radically different, at least when compared to previous #BeatLoveOracle releases. For the last four albums the core of the band was #FrankNuyts, #FrankDebruyne, #RonaldDhaene, and #StijnDeldaele. This time they decided to do things different by adding Taiwanese pianist #LiangYuWang, who adds a whole new dimension to the Beat Love Oracle sound." #ExposeOnline #AvantJazz #AvantRock #ChamberRock http://expose.org/index.php/articles/display/beat-love-oracle-radical-risk-3.html

I'm very fond of the new album by Thierry Zaboitzeff.

https://thierryzaboitzeff.bandcamp.com/album/heat

#music #ArtZoyd #ChamberRock #Avant

Morning music!

https://aranis.bandcamp.com/album/roqueforte

I haven't listened to this in a while, but it is never a disappointment. I'm very fond of the subtle percussion work, not to mention everything else.

#Aranis #ChamberRock #Belgium #ChamberMusic #ProgressiveRock #music

#NewRelease: #QuartetDiminished - Deerand out 19 September 2024 on #MoonjuneRecords Fascinating music from Iran https://4tetdiminished.bandcamp.com/album/deerand #ProgressiveRock #AvantRock #ChamberRock #JazzRock #TonyLevin #MarkusReuter

#NewRelease: #Meer - Wheels within Wheels out 24 August 2024 on #KarismaRecords #ProgressiveRock #ArtRock #ChamberRock https://meer.bandcamp.com/album/wheels-within-wheels

New #review today: "Relax and soak in the fascinating weirdness that is #LaHorsaBianca. The band was formed in Kharkiv, Ukraine in 2016 by a group of musicians from diverse backgrounds." #ExposeOnline #AvantRock #ChamberRock #AvantGarde #ProgressiveRock http://expose.org/index.php/articles/display/la-horsa-bianca-somatic-schematic-oneiric-numeric-diluvian-beat-polemosophy-2.html

The band #Ogives has a unique taste on #ChamberRock, building dramatically from quiet beginnings. Also #PostRock http://expose.org/index.php/articles/display/do-you-have-the-patience-for-ogives-2.html

The band #Ogives has a unique taste on #ChamberRock, building dramatically from quiet beginnings. Also #PostRock http://expose.org/index.php/articles/display/do-you-have-the-patience-for-ogives-2.html

The band #Ogives has a unique taste on #ChamberRock, building dramatically from quiet beginnings. Also #PostRock http://expose.org/index.php/articles/display/do-you-have-the-patience-for-ogives-2.html

The band #Ogives has a unique taste on #ChamberRock, building dramatically from quiet beginnings. Also #PostRock http://expose.org/index.php/articles/display/do-you-have-the-patience-for-ogives-2.html

The band #Ogives has a unique taste on #ChamberRock, building dramatically from quiet beginnings. Also #PostRock http://expose.org/index.php/articles/display/do-you-have-the-patience-for-ogives-2.html

New #review today: "Many years back in the mid-80s composer and multi-instrumentalist #PascalGlobensky was among the six founding members of Canadian #ChamberRock ensemble #Miriodor. Nearly 30 years on and ten-plus albums later he remains one of the three mainstays of that group. Globensky was part of the compositional foundation of Miriodor, and as such his own solo works have plenty in common with the group." #ExposeOnline #AvantRock #AvantGarde http://expose.org/index.php/articles/display/pascal-globensky-zigzag-3.html

How the hell did I not know this offshoot of #GodspeedYouBlackEmperor and #SilverMtZion (with many Turkish guest musicians) existed?! It's absolutely fantastic, great find from #1001OtherAlbums. :ablobdj:

https://esmerine.bandcamp.com/album/dalmak

#Esmerine #postclassical #ChamberRock

New #review today: "It’s been nine years since the last album from #UniversZero, and I don’t want to say it’s been worth the wait for such a great album as Lueur, which would be great even if so much time hadn’t passed, and I'm always happy to hear more from #DanielDenis and company. Long-time fans of the band have nothing to worry about, as this is a continuation of UZ’s tradition of dark #ChamberRock." #ExposeOnline #RIO #AvantRock #AvantProg #AvantProgressive http://expose.org/index.php/articles/display/univers-zero-lueur-2.html

New #review today: "Starting in 2012, French guitarist and composer Arnaud Quevedo has been working with a changing group of musicians. 2nd Life is the third full-length release, billed as #AQ&F: #ArnaudQuevedoAndFriends. Quevedo’s music takes on an expansive sound exemplifying modern #ChamberRock, and I’m reminded at times of Taal’s great Skymind album from 2003, though 2nd Life has touches of jazz in the melodies and arrangements..." #ExposeOnline #AvantRock #AvantProg http://expose.org/index.php/articles/display/aqf-2nd-life-2.html

New #review today: "Some of the music produced by the #MillerTwins (Benjamin and Laurence) in the 70s has been released on the two #FourthWorldQuartet albums that have recently come out on #CuneiformRecords, but a significant portion of their work was never recorded at the time and existed only in printed form. For Early Compositions 1973-1976, they’ve pulled out those scores and performed the music in a studio." #ExposeOnline #AvantGarde #ChamberRock http://expose.org/index.php/articles/display/miller-twins-early-compositions-2.html

#NowPlaying: #Ogives - La M​é​moire des Orages. Superb #ChamberRock from Belgium #AvantRock #ArtRock #ProgRock https://ogivesband.bandcamp.com/album/la-m-moire-des-orages

#NowPlaying: #Ogives - La M​é​moire des Orages. Superb #ChamberRock from Belgium #AvantRock #ArtRock #ProgRock https://ogivesband.bandcamp.com/album/la-m-moire-des-orages

#NowPlaying: #Ogives - La M​é​moire des Orages. Superb #ChamberRock from Belgium #AvantRock #ArtRock #ProgRock https://ogivesband.bandcamp.com/album/la-m-moire-des-orages

#NowPlaying: #Ogives - La M​é​moire des Orages. Superb #ChamberRock from Belgium #AvantRock #ArtRock #ProgRock https://ogivesband.bandcamp.com/album/la-m-moire-des-orages