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OK Larry, here goes,

'Spartacus' is my personal favorite Album by Triumvirat. You can still get a
copy from www.Cdnow.com. They are basically a Kraut Rock version of ELP.
Keyboard, Bass, Drums. Excellent Mini-Moog antics! 'Pompeii' and 'Illusions
on a double Dimple' are also very good. If you get a copy you won't be
disappointed!

Kayak is a late 70's early 80's prog rock band from Holland that in the
middle of their career sounded (IMO) Genesisy. Notable albums are 'Royal Bed
Bouncer', 'Starlight Dancer', and 'Phantom of the Night' (Best one AFAIC).
Good keyboards and orchestrations but not much EM...

Rennaisance is another of my prog rock favorites. Lots of orchestrations and
the voice of Annie Haslam is to die for! No electronics but the talent more
than makes up for it. 'Scheherazade' is my personal favorite followed by
'Turn of the Cards' (the song Mother Russia is awesome). If you have a prog
rock collection these are must have. There are sound samples at Cdnow Turn
of the Cards.

Ditto for the other bands I mentioned...

Now if you're into electronic space rock and science fiction you need to
check out Hawkwind. Vcs3's with bleeps bloops and all the trimmings set to
grungy guitars mixed with weirdness! No two albums are the same... My
personal favorite album is 'Quark Strangness and Charm'. Then again
'Allieenn 4', or 'Doremi Fasol Latido', 'Chronicles of the Black Sword' are
also very good! They have tons of material out there including many live
versions which are quite often very different (and good) from the studio
versions... Oh yeah, BTW, their bass player Lemmy went on to form Motorhead,
Simon House also worked with David Bowie, Nik Turner went on to form the
Anubian Lights as well as several solo projects) Another fledgling band,
Ozric Tenticles owes it start to Hawkwind as well as their spin off techno
masters Eat Static! Hawkwind is still active (formed 1968) and boasts having
the guinness record for the most lineup changes of any band!

Steve Hillage (originally from Gong) is another one of my obscure electronic
favorites. Again space rock featuring female synthesist Miquette Girundy and
Steve with his Guitar Synths. Notable albums 'Motivation Radio' (my
favorite), 'L', and 'Fish Rising'. Steve and Miquette went on to form the
techno band System 7 (also very good and worth a listen).

Another notable is Eloy. Another Kraut prog rock band that is heavy on
analog synths. They're still together over 20 years. Notable albums are
'Metromania', 'Destination', and 'Ocean 2'. Metromania features some
outstanding Vocoder work.

I could go on but I think I'll someone else chime in since everyone has
different tastes!

Al

-----Original Message-----
From: Larry David [mailto:ldavid@...]
Sent: Friday, February 28, 2003 12:07 PM
To: Alan Wagner
Cc: MOTM listserv
Subject: [motm] OT: EM records (was:Ice Station Zebra)

O.k. I'm sure this has been covered before but I don't "Yahoo" so I
can't check the archives.  I discovered electronic music in the
eighties, along with a local used record store where all the good stuff
(Jarre, TD, Kitaro, etc.) was in a corner for cheap - cuz I guess it
wasn't Maddona or Duran Duran.  The groups/artists listed in this recent
thread are new to me.  Would anyone be willing to make a little list of
artists/albums with real brief descriptions or comparisons to "known"
standards of reference?  It is always a joy for me to discover a new EM
record, let alone a whole new artist/catalog.

So here's what I mean:

Artist: Triumvirat
Albums: Spartacus, Julius Caesar, The Sacking of Alexandria
Style: prog rock

Artist: Kayak
Albums:
Style:  Like Jarre with some TD

Of course the above is made up, but that's the idea.

Thanks,
Larry D. (from The People's Republic of Detroit)


Alan Wagner wrote:
>
> Triumvirat! I still listen to Spartacus from time to time! And yup, I
still
> have my Kayak Albums and Camel, and Nectar, and Barcley James Harvest, and
> Renaissance, and........
>
>




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