Wednesday 27 March 2024

Tie Break in 1991 with Gin Gi Lob

 Just as crazy as the original one with nutty songs and odd riffs. What a shock they continued in this oddball manner into the first year of Grunge when Nirvana and Pearl Jam completely changed popular music. Thank god for uncompromising artists.

The surprisingly jazzy Ostatni Joint:


Panga lop ka:




Monday 25 March 2024

Tie Break follows up with the 1990 Cassette Duch

 



The music albeit experimental has gotten a bit more laidback and ambient in places. Crazy vocalizing still appears here and there. Some tracks feature / are spoiled by some insane (take away the s?) ethnic styled chanting. Nonetheless I reassure you this is worth hearing.

Title track:



Sunday 24 March 2024

Tie Break, 1989

 

The band achieves a remarkably complex progressive fusion sound on top of harder rock with all the electric instruments active and in the forefront. This is the first one from 1989. I appreciate that it's very much rock based, but combined with the oddest sounds, melodies, riffs, somewhat like what the early 80s Germanic progressive rockers were doing along the lines of say Kjol. Really a nice find, and again, out of the blue. And out of the ballpark too.

Zamulony (Dull) :




Wednesday 20 March 2024

Walking in Space, Japan 1971






The band made one album back then in 1971, databased and documented here.

Sadly quite a few cover versions, even some Beatles songs (Lucy in the Sky, Day Tripper). 

Best track, Sophisticated Us:



Setting aside the Beatles-derived title, Wake up Sunshine demonstrates clearly the early Chicago/BST/horn rock influence:





Monday 18 March 2024

Tomasz Stanko: Balladyna, Music 81, Lady Go

 





From discogs:

Tomasz Stańko (born July 11, 1942 in Rzeszów; died July 29, 2018 in Warsaw) was a Polish trumpeter, composer and improviser, associated with free jazz and avant-garde music.

In the early days (seventies) he did a lot of free jazz / improvised which of course holds no interest to me at all, apologies to those who do enjoy this. Later there is more composed music, very much jazz based, but occasionally with wonderful chamber compostion.

From Balladyna (1976), The First Song:



Title track of Lady Go: