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Showing posts with label Dominique Vantomme. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Dominique Vantomme. Show all posts

Sunday, May 13, 2018

Mark Wingfield "Tales From The Dreaming City"


Country: UK
Genre(s): Instrumental Progressive Rock, Fusion, Jazz, Classical
Label: MoonJune Records
Format: CD, digital
Release date: May 13, 2018
Tracklist: 
1. The Fifth Window (5:09)
2. I Wonder How Many Miles I've Fallen (7:19)
3. The Way To Hemingford Grey (5:54)
4. Sunlight Cafe (5:57)
5. Looking Back At The Amber Lit House (6:47)
6. This Place Up Against The Sky (5:46)
7. At A Small Hour Of The Night (8:03)
8. A Wind Blows Down Turnpike Lane (4:27)
9. Ten Mile Bank (5:36)
10. The Green-Faced Timekeepers (7:52)

Total Time 62:50

Line-up: 
Mark Wingfield: guitar, soundscapes
   With
Yaron Stavi (Robert Wyatt; Phil Manzanera; David Gilmour): fretless bass guitar
Asaf Sirkis (John Abercrombie; Jeff Berlin; Nicolas Meier): drums, konakol singing (10)
Dominique Vantomme: synth soloist (3, 5, 9, 10)

Description/Reviews: 
 “I wouldn't put it in any specific category” says Wingfield. “Most of the tracks on Tales From the Dreaming City are based firmly around a central melody and chord progression. To my ears, the melodic approach has something in common with the open lyricism of a lot of ECM jazz and harmonically it's somewhere between that and classical music. There are elements of rock, and with the classical influences I guess you could say it crosses over into progressive rock. But there's also a lot of improvisation going on.” 
Media/Samples 
Bandcamp

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Progarchives (Mark Wingfield - Kevin Kastning)
Proggnosis 

Friday, January 5, 2018

Vantomme "Vegir"


Country: Belgium
Genre(s): Instrumental Progressive Rock, Fusion
Label: Moonjune Records (MJR090)
Format: CD, digital
Release date: January 5, 2018
Tracklist: 
1. Double Down (7:36)
2. Equal Minds (10:19)
3. Sizzurp (10:45)
4. Playing Chess With Barney Rubble (9:04)
5. The Self Licking Ice-cream Cone (13:08)
6. Plutocracy (4:38)
7. Agent Orange (9:46)
8. Emmetropia (9:00)
9. Odin's Wig (1:54)

Total Time 76:10

Line-up: 
Dominique Vantomme: Fender Rhodes Electric Piano, Piano, Mini Moog, Mellotron
Michel Delville (The Wrong Object; douBt; Machine Mass): Electric Guitar
Tony Levin (King Crimson, Peter Gabriel, Stick Men): Bass Guitar, Chapman Stick
Maxime Lenssens: Drums

Description/Reviews: 
The spontaneity and freshness of this sizzling, high-altitude set reflects the equally unpretentious manner in which the session itself came together. Tackling some decidedly hip musical sketches of  Dominique Vantomme, the band is given full artistic liberty – and with all participants in top form, the resulting music weaves and winds its way across paths previously untrodden ... in stunning fashion, and with sure footing! In the truest MoonJune tradition, "Vegir" thumbs its nose at convention and showcases these seasoned veteran musicians at the top of their game: with the skill set, bravery and chutzpah to follow their instincts and, in the process, allow the music to seek out and ultimately capture its own form. It slinks; it growls; it stalks; it devours! It grooves; it stutters; it holds you in suspense, then explodes! (... think 'juggling chainsaws' in the sonic realm.  
Media/Samples 
Bandcamp

Links:
Web page
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Vantomme "Vegir"


Country: Belgium
Genre(s): Instrumental Progressive Rock, Fusion
Label: Moonjune Records (MJR090)
Format: CD, digital
Release date: January 5, 2018
Tracklist: 
1. Double Down (7:36)
2. Equal Minds (10:19)
3. Sizzurp (10:45)
4. Playing Chess With Barney Rubble (9:04)
5. The Self Licking Ice-cream Cone (13:08)
6. Plutocracy (4:38)
7. Agent Orange (9:46)
8. Emmetropia (9:00)
9. Odin's Wig (1:54)

Total Time 76:10

Line-up: 
Dominique Vantomme: Fender Rhodes Electric Piano, Piano, Mini Moog, Mellotron
Michel Delville (The Wrong Object; douBt; Machine Mass): Electric Guitar
Tony Levin (King Crimson, Peter Gabriel, Stick Men): Bass Guitar, Chapman Stick
Maxime Lenssens: Drums

Description/Reviews: 
The spontaneity and freshness of this sizzling, high-altitude set reflects the equally unpretentious manner in which the session itself came together. Tackling some decidedly hip musical sketches of  Dominique Vantomme, the band is given full artistic liberty – and with all participants in top form, the resulting music weaves and winds its way across paths previously untrodden ... in stunning fashion, and with sure footing! In the truest MoonJune tradition, "Vegir" thumbs its nose at convention and showcases these seasoned veteran musicians at the top of their game: with the skill set, bravery and chutzpah to follow their instincts and, in the process, allow the music to seek out and ultimately capture its own form. It slinks; it growls; it stalks; it devours! It grooves; it stutters; it holds you in suspense, then explodes! (... think 'juggling chainsaws' in the sonic realm.  
Media/Samples 
Bandcamp

Links:
Web page
Facebook