Show 115 - French, French Canadian....and not Canadian!

[Rick and Roll]

Stop in for the next show, where we'll hear three entire CD's from three great artists.

Nil - Quarante Jours Sur Le Sinai 65:01 (2002)

Appears to be a 2006 re-release, this French band has music on the Moon, including this CD. However, although there are two "acts", there are 29 individual tracks. I have uploaded them as they appear on the disc. It's one continuous splendid piece of music, reminiscent at times of Pierre Moerlen's gong, a bit lighter, with some female vocal and orchestral parts. I like the "prepared guitar"...sure is tasty!

Azam Ali - Elysium For the Brave 52:18 (2006)

A chance listen to the radio alerted me to this amazing and beautiful artist. I was listening to the weekly heavy fusion show on the radio (yes there are some good stations at times) and after a night of bowling still had the same station on. This song came on that was just totally different. A hypnotic Gabriel sound of sorts. I wrote down the artist and posted it here. Jim has bought and put it on the Moon, and we'll get a full play on the show. Azam Ali has some other stuff out, both with and without a band, but it's a bit different than this one. On her site is an interview, in which she answered a question about her native Iran. It's very eye-opening - check it out sometime, I even copied it.

Endless Reverie
Spring Arrives
In Other Worlds
Abode
Forty-One Ways
The Tryst
From Heaven to Dust
I Am A Stranger In This World
In This Divide

Karcius - Kaleidoscope 56:54 (2006)

I should have voted this in the top 5 of 2006. Their second release continues the hard fusion vibe created by their debut "Sphere", which I played last year. There's more acoustic piano on this, and the music is a fresh take on instrumental fusion. This French-Canadian band played the NY Prog in the Park last year, and I personally feel they would crush at Nearfest. I've yet to see these guys - it's excellent to see such new great musicianship and talent continue.

Hypothese A
Maintenant
Destination
Tunnel
Hypothese B
A-0-14
Epilogue
Hypothese C

Enjoy!

[mailotron]

Thanks Rick 'eclectic' and Roll

[mossy]

Rickand Roll, order it at your local sushi parlor. Thank you for putting together the nice show.

[Rick and Roll]

Originally Posted by mossy

Rickand Roll, order it at your local sushi parlor. Thank you for putting together the nice show.

Thanks mail, the Belgian punster....

and mossy, I guess I've been called raw......

[podakayne]

some folk like sushi rick....must be an honor to have a roll named for you

in the meantime sounds like another great show i'll be listening to, hope to catch you both dayz

seeya!

[Ted]

Rick,

Just to check - Show 115 - will it air on Feb 4th and 5th? Just want to make sure. Am going to try and catch it on Monday - but want to see if I had the right show.

Appreciate all your work and effort you put into this. Thank you for sharing so much of yourself with us!!

Regards,
Ted

[Rick and Roll]

Originally Posted by Ted

Rick,

Just to check - Show 115 - will it air on Feb 4th and 5th? Just want to make sure. Am going to try and catch it on Monday - but want to see if I had the right show.

Appreciate all your work and effort you put into this. Thank you for sharing so much of yourself with us!!

Regards,
Ted

Oops, that already aired on the 28th and 29th. Show 116 will be on 2/4 and 2/5, and I'll post the set list tonight.

What I will do in the future, Ted, is to put the air dates when I post. In general, I post the Wednesday before the show, but there should be no reason to have you all guess.

Thanks for the tip and the comments!