. . . because I just felt like playing something different. This is from their second album, 1,001 Degrees Centigrade. It's from 1970, and marks the beginning of a significant shift in their sound. While the first album was very, very jazzy, this album turns more towards the traditional "zeuhl" sound--driving bass, chanting, that sort of thing. The jazz sound is still very prominent, but no...
More >
The next area of progressive rock I’d like to talk about is called zeuhl (pronounced something like, but not quite, “zool”). Like Canterbury, this style of music is also based on one band, or rather, one person. The man I’m talking about is a drummer named Christian Vander, and the band is the French band Magma. I should note at this point that I have very, very strong feelings for Magm
More >
Although this isn't really "funk," I thought this was funky enough to share. For those of you not familiar, Magma was/is a French jazz-influenced prog rock band from the late 60s and 70s that completely went in a new direction. Long story short (and wierd story less wierd) Magma started a new style of music called zeuhl, characterized by aggressive bass playing, a Fender Rhodes, operatic-styl...
More >
Ok eastcoast moggers check this outThe date: May 15 @ 9 pm at Lido Bar in Brooklyn! Back by popular demand! D.J. Doctor Micah Progsnob will be dragged out of psychedelic confinement to spin selections from his monstrous collection of obscure, hard rocking, acid psych prog rock. This is the kind of stuff you don't hear anywhere else! Come down and chill to the mindblowing sounds of Magma, Spermu...
More >
© 2006-2009 Mog Inc. All Rights Reserved
