For me its the first or very early LP's of: Allman Brothers - "Allman Joys" "Idyllwild South" Santana - "Santana" 200 g reissue Emerson Lake and Palmer - "Emerson Lake and Palmer" and, Beethoven - "Piano Concerto No. 4 in G Major" Rudolph Serkin/Ozawa/BSO
Recorded by the legendary David Hewitt in the Record Plant Mobile Studio. Mastered by Bob Ludwig. A rock n' roll time machine that you'll probably see in the $3 bin.
Mostly dug out of my moving experience, trying to squeeze more fun stuff every day.
For the last couple of months @tomic601@spiritofradio@nicks25@bkeskehave been the only ones subjected to my rants on another venue. Thanks for keeping me sane, guys!
@slaw Covet is fantastic. 3 virtuosos playing highly melodic math rock. Progressive rock with a certain tone using a lot of notes. One of my other favorite math rock artists is Plini, whom I’ve posted about many times here.
Covet’s guitarist is a Japanese American woman music professor who decided she wanted to record and tour instead. Extremely talented and beautiful melodic tunes. No vocal (a plus!).
unfortunately, the sq on the record is not very good. It it’s great music. Check it out.
Covet, interesting sound James. I’d not heard the term Math Rock before.
yeah, I’m often met with blank stares or laughter when I use the term….
it’s a fairly recently evolved form of progressive rock
My favorite Math Rock bands are Plini (genius Eastern European fellow plays all the instruments on his records, incredible guitar player, influential, tip of the spear stuff) , Covet (discussed above), and Polyphia (two/twin? very fast but musical guitarists). Check them out if you don’t know them. They’ll keep you young.
another absolutely awesome band that’s sometimes described as math rock but also as jazz rock is Volto. They made, I think, one of the best instrumental albums of all time.
I streamed Covet after your mention and liked what I heard. Also web searched and found Yvette Young is a self taught guitarist and fronts the band. The photo on the link shows her with the 7 string guitar, pretty cool! I can see getting blank stares at the mention of Math Rock…🤔
arthur blythe "basic blythe" - if you've ever wondered what a straightforward high quality jazz date would look like if a string quartet were also invited
One of my top ten albums of the last decade. Peter Buck on guitar, Glen Kotchie on drums, Tucker Martine recording made in Portland. How can you go wrong?
You must have a verified phone number and physical address in order to post in the Audiogon Forums. Please return to Audiogon.com and complete this step. If you have any questions please contact Support.
