On 31 Jul 97  13:34:11, waiting for 22, Kenneth Newman said:
 KN> @MSGID: 1:229/510@FIDONET.ORG 8081137a
 KN> On 07-29-97 MATHIEU BOUCHARD wrote to ALL... 
 
 MB> how come nobody is talking about RIO, Canterbury, Zeuhl, Krautrock 
 MB> anymore here??? 
 MB> 
 MB> i left fidonet near the end of 1996, & i'm back. but lots of people 
 MB> seem to have left meanwhile... 
 KN> 
 KN> Fido went through a period of re-adjustment oover the 
 KN> past year and as a result sosme of the older and more 
 KN> hardcore proggers lot their access, including the two 
 KN> moderators (I'm filling in for them temporarily til they 
 KN> get back). Fido is still re-adjusting and I think we'll 
 KN> see more people such as yourself coming back. 
 KN> 
 KN> In the meantime we've been joined by many new people who 
 KN> mostly tend to be into the less obscure prog bands and 
 KN> the echo is sort of finding its own direction. There's 
 KN> still enough people though that we should be able to whip 
 KN> up a good RIO or Zeuhl discussion around here. 
 KN> 
 KN> Lately I've been mainly listening to Italian bands and 
 KN> prog "classics" in quad. How boutju, Matju? 
I don't know much about RIO or Zeuhl, but I'll give a small mention of
the two most recent things I've purchased.
Camel _Harbour of Tears_:  Heavily influnced by Irish folk music, with
some smoooooth guitar.  I really like this album.  Not at all heavy,
it kind of just "floats" in your ears.  Very peacful, with some
wonderfully blusey guitar by Andrew Latimer.  Highly recommended!
Magellan _Test Of Wills_:  Quite the opposite.  Now, don't get me
wrong, I like their other album that I have, _Impending Ascension_,
but I just can't stomach this new one.  There is no grace, no
subtlety, just a heck of a lot of noise.  Now I've only listened to it
twice, but I'm not sure if I can take it once more.  Not that it's
really all that harsh, but it's just missing...something.  I dunno.
Maybe it will grow on me at some point...assuming I give it another
chance.
        Frank
... Show me kindness, show me beauty, show me truth.
--- Blue Wave v2.12 [NR]
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