Sunday, July 22, 2007

YOG SOTHOTH "Yog Sothoth" LP 1984 (France)



From the land of MAGMA, VORTEX and ART ZOYD, comes YOG SOTHOTH, revisiting classic styled jazz and giving it a darkened treatment baptized in the new music stylisms. YOG SOTHOTH owes inspiration to the above mentioned bands, though giving a lighter, more playful approach to their grim, outwardly treatment of jazz or classical music.

The album opener "Nekrosis", sets the mood in a jazzy Rock In Opposition style that evolves into a playful be-bop to conclude in an early VORTEX gone electronic twist. "Maint Reve Vesperal" that closes the first side is a creepy UNIVERS ZERO turning free jazz hybrid that ends in a calming respite. All second side is taken by the crescendo of "Fou: L' Art Noir" shifting endlessly from MAGMAoid intensity, to jazzy outbursts of pure controlled chaos, then to introspective ART ZOYD influenced progressivisms and all with a unique French sense of humor. A fresh and vital potpourri of eclecticism.

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8 comments:

  1. CellarJuly 22, 2007 at 4:07 PM

    thank you! what happened to massmirror??

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  2. AnonymousJuly 22, 2007 at 4:30 PM

    Oh feck yes!!!!! This is the best you have done yet and a personal holy grail for me.........THANK YOU!!!!!

    Cannot wait to see what you come with next...........

    William

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  3. marcJuly 22, 2007 at 8:59 PM

    Along these lines, there is also an album by a band called Human. Would you happen to have this one?

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  4. spacefreakJuly 23, 2007 at 5:38 AM

    You are talking of "Un Certain Pays" from 1985? I do have it and I shall seek my vinyl in my chaotic basement, to rip it and upload it in the near future.

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  5. AnonymousJuly 23, 2007 at 11:05 AM

    A request: The 12" of The Russians Are Coming by Berlin Express... specifically with the track "The 4-08 to Paris"... Thanks for all of the amazing discoveries and keep it up!

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  6. marcJuly 23, 2007 at 4:31 PM

    Thanks, Spacefreak. Yes, it's Un Certain Pays. I also tried ripping my copy a few years ago, but I am ceratinly no expert in converting LP to digital.

    It's a good disc that people who come to this blog would enjoy.

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  7. AnonymousJuly 23, 2007 at 4:41 PM

    request:

    lashtal - thoum ash neith

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  8. PampertuisFebruary 29, 2012 at 3:59 PM

    I am also looking for "Un certain pays" by Human. Wouldbe delighted uf you could rip it and let us hear it.

    Pamela, from France

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