tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12004252817799506882024-02-06T19:23:31.634-08:00Soviet SamRock music from the socialist European countries<br>and their successors.<br>Comments are welcome.<br>Please tell me when you find an expired link! :)<br><br>
UPDATE October 2, 2021: I decided to revive Soviet Sam after a long hiatus. I also fixed most of the links, but maybe there are still some inactive ones.Soviet Samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15461078255340835933noreply@blogger.comBlogger217125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1200425281779950688.post-66717759212253127892024-01-19T07:27:00.000-08:002024-01-19T07:27:27.088-08:00LUBOŠ FIŠER - "VALERIE A TÝDEN DIVŮ" (original soundtrack recorded in 1970, CD released in 2006)<p><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><b>"Valerie a týden divů"</b></i> ("Valerie and Her Week of Wonders") is one of the most important movies of the Czechoslovak new wave movement, which interested the nation from the early Sixties to the early Seventies. It was directed by <b>Jaromil Jireš</b> and premiered in September, 1970.<br /><br />The soundtrack was recorded by <b>Luboš Fišer</b> (1935-1999), which was active as both an academic musician and a film composer. It's an eclectic and unusual soundtrack, in which Fišer mixed Czech folk music, chamber music, church music, avant-garde, and psychedelia.<br /><br />Even though it was one of the most important elements of the movie, it was released as a Cd only in 2006, by British indie label Finders Keepers.<br /></span><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #f1c232;"><br /></span></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="https://www.mediafire.com/file/nu3e0umqbmsl1yd/valerie.rar/file" target="_blank"><span style="color: #f1c232;">DOWNLOAD</span></a></b> <i>(kbps: 320)</i></div><div style="font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/t4itsT7GYrU?si=sxkyNONhPwhmq0nY" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></div><p></p><p></p>Soviet Samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15461078255340835933noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1200425281779950688.post-92196632265354065932023-04-13T03:35:00.008-07:002024-01-19T16:28:35.114-08:00SBB - "MEMENTO Z BANALNYM TRYPTYKIEM" (1981) + EXODUS - "SUPERNOVA" (1982)<p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>SBB</b> - <i><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><b>"Memento z banalnym tryptykiem"</b></span><br /></i></span><span style="font-family: arial;">Recorded in february 1980, released in february 1981.<br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;">136.000 copies sold in 1981 (second best selling album of the year in Poland).<br />Tenth studio album for the band, which debuted in 1974.<br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><i style="font-weight: bold;">Apostolis Antymos </i></span><span style="font-family: arial;">- electric guitar <span style="font-size: x-small;">(tracks 1, 3 & 4)</span>, acoustic guitar <span style="font-size: x-small;">(track 4)</span><br /></span><i style="font-family: arial;"><b>Jerzy Piotrowski</b></i><span style="font-family: arial;"> - drums <span style="font-size: x-small;">(tracks 1, 3 & 4)</span>, percussion<span style="font-size: x-small;"> (tracks 1, 3 & 4)<br /></span></span><b style="font-family: arial;"><i>Sławomir Piwowar</i></b><span style="font-family: arial;"> - electric guitar <span style="font-size: x-small;">(all tracks)</span>, acoustic guitar <span style="font-size: x-small;">(tracks 2 & 4)</span>, keyboards <span style="font-size: x-small;">(track 3)</span>, bass <span style="font-size: x-small;">(track 4)</span><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><i style="font-weight: bold;">Józef Skrzek</i></span><span style="font-family: arial;"> - keyboards <span style="font-size: x-small;">(all tracks)</span>, bass <span style="font-size: x-small;">(tracks 1, 3 & 4)</span>, vocals <span style="font-size: x-small;">(tracks 1 & 4)</span>, harmonica <span style="font-size: x-small;">(track 3)</span><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><b>Music composed</b> by Józef Skrzek <span style="font-size: x-small;">(tracks 1 & 4)</span>, Sławomir Piwowar <span style="font-size: x-small;">(track 2)</span>, Apostolis Antymos <span style="font-size: x-small;">(track 3),</span> Jerzy Piotrowski <span style="font-size: x-small;">(track 3)</span><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Lyrics</b> <span style="font-size: x-small;">(tracks 1 & 4)</span>: Julian Matej<br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Producer</b>: Edward Spyrka</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><b>Exodus</b> - <i><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><b>"Supernova"</b></span></i><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;">Recorded in october-november 1981, released at the very end of 1982.<br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;">476.000 copies sold in 1983 (best selling album of the year in Poland).<br />Second studio album for the band, which debuted in 1978.<br /><br /><b><i>Paweł Birula</i></b> - vocals, acoustic guitar<br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><b>Zbigniew Fyk</b></i> - drums, percussion<br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><i>Władysław Komendarek</i></b> - keyboards<br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><b>Andrzej Puczyński</b></i> - acoustic & electric guitar<br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><i>Wojciech Puczyński</i></b> - bass<br /><br /><b>Music composed</b> by </span><span style="font-family: arial;">Paweł Birula <span style="font-size: x-small;">(tracks 1, 3, 5 & 8)</span>, </span><span style="font-family: arial;">Zbigniew Fyk <span style="font-size: x-small;">(tracks 1 & 4)</span>, </span><span style="font-family: arial;">Władysław Komendarek <span style="font-size: x-small;">(tracks 1, 2 & 6)</span>, A</span><span style="font-family: arial;">ndrzej Puczyński <span style="font-size: x-small;">(tracks 1, 2, 4, 6, 7 & 8)</span>, </span><span style="font-family: arial;">Wojciech Puczyński <span style="font-size: x-small;">(tracks 1 & 4)</span><br /></span><b style="font-family: arial;">Ly</b><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>rics</b>: </span><span style="font-family: arial;">A</span><span style="font-family: arial;">ndrzej Puczyński<span style="font-size: x-small;"> (tracks 1, 2, 4, 6, 7 & 8)</span>, </span><span style="font-family: arial;">Małgorzata Maliszewska <span style="font-size: x-small;">(tracks 3 & 5)<br /></span></span><b style="font-family: arial;">Producer</b><span style="font-family: arial;">: </span><span style="font-family: arial;">Witold Trenkler<br /><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;">These two albums are not directly related, but I'm posting them together because they basically ended the glorious</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> Polish progressive rock season. Their atmospheric, tecnological sound somehow predated the British neo-prog movement. <br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;">Both Exodus and SBB disbanded after these albums, only to reunite in the following decades.<br /></span><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: center;"><br /></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="https://mega.nz/file/8zwQTDiL#PuRdDUYwnJuQ2MyDLqgQC-SqiLHFsW4p6UAmWF0Uetg" target="_blank"><span style="color: #f1c232;">DOWNLOAD</span></a></b><span> SBB: <b style="font-weight: bold;">"MEMENTO..."</b> <i>(kbps: 320)</i></span></span></div><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="https://mega.nz/file/574RCCKZ#J0u_Jsz2J4mRV-Cxd0JVLUpzRIbZlY8MTzfvii5IgqI" target="_blank"><span style="color: #f1c232;">DOWNLOAD</span></a></b> EXODUS: <b style="font-weight: bold;">"SUPERNOVA"</b><i> (kbps: 320)<br /><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ukTVge0M_hc" width="320" youtube-src-id="ukTVge0M_hc"></iframe> <iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/STdBTDiMYOA" width="320" youtube-src-id="STdBTDiMYOA"></iframe><br /></div></div></span><p></p><div style="text-align: center;"><p></p><p></p></div>Soviet Samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15461078255340835933noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1200425281779950688.post-29677061348510581782023-01-22T13:36:00.007-08:002023-01-22T13:38:29.461-08:00FONOGRÁF - "ÚTKÖZBEN" (1978) & "JELENKOR" (1984)<p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>János Bródy</b> (guitars), <b>Levente Szörényi</b> (guitars, vocals), and <b>Szabolcs Szörényi</b> (bass), all former members of psychedelic rock band </span><span style="font-family: arial;">Illés, decided to form a new group at the beginning of 1974.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Fonográf debuted that same year, and despite being a sextet, their line-up would have stayed the same throughout their ten years history. The three other members were <b>Mihály Móricz</b> (guitars)</span><span style="font-family: arial;">, <b>Oszkár Németh</b> (drums, percussion), and </span><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>László Tolcsvay </b>(keyboards, guitars, vocals).</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">They released seven studio albums (eight if we count the soundtrack of "István, a király", about which I will write in the near future), with "Útközben" and "Jelenkor" being by far my favourites.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">It's hard to decide which one is better, since they are both terrific records. It probably depends on which kind of music you prefer, considering they are radically different from each other.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><i>"Útközben"</i></b>, their fifth album, is a soft rock masterpiece influenced by country music, West Coast harmonies, and funky rhythms. It also makes a heavy use of synthesizers, which is quite unusual for this kind of stuff.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><i>"Jelenkor"</i></b>, their last album, is way darker. You can place somewhere between AOR and neo-prog, with sci-fi atmospheres influenced by both space rock and new wave.<br /></span></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="text-align: center;"><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="https://mega.nz/file/kiozmTLR#gURy_PXfRMDR3uaowelx7JbXiWiE9I2wITXYDyHEv-E" target="_blank"><span style="color: #f1c232;">DOWNLOAD</span></a> </b>"ÚTKÖZBEN"<i> (kbps: 320)</i></div></span><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><a href="https://mega.nz/file/lrY0FYzQ#egmGplGgqWFek2z6xCAyhXK0C-G5DXAU0WhggkBub0A" target="_blank"><span style="color: #f1c232;">DOWNLOAD</span></a></b><i> </i></span><span style="font-family: arial;">"JELENKOR" </span><i><span style="font-family: arial;">(kbps: 320)<br /></span></i><br /><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/auZAgI2xQ4Y" width="320" youtube-src-id="auZAgI2xQ4Y"></iframe><span style="font-style: italic;"> </span><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/kwBFI17eojQ" width="320" youtube-src-id="kwBFI17eojQ"></iframe></div></span></span></div><p></p><p></p>Soviet Samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15461078255340835933noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1200425281779950688.post-88565707781687073602022-04-09T06:54:00.001-07:002022-05-24T06:47:27.253-07:002021, SOME GREAT POLISH ALBUMS: BŁOTO, FISZ EMADE TWORZYWO, MUCHY, SOKÓŁ.<div><span style="font-family: arial;">2021 has been a fantastic year for Polish music. I hope to worthily represent it through these four albums I picked</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> (<a href="https://sovietsam.blogspot.com/search/label/band%20Fisz%20Emade"><span style="color: #93c47d;">Fisz Emade</span></a> are a longtime love for Soviet Sam, but the other three are all new entries, despite having solid careers behind them).</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ff00fe; font-family: arial;">Błoto - "Kwasy i zasady"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><a href="https://www.mediafire.com/file/vml3apxm0ofw2i6/bloto+'21.rar/file"><span style="color: #f1c232;">DOWNLOAD</span></a></b><i> (kbps: 320)</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Born as a spin-off project of Polish jazz ensemble EABS, they soon developed into a full-time band. Entirely recorded live in studio in just one take, this is their third album in two years, and probably their best one. <br />File under: <i style="font-weight: bold;">nu jazz</i>,<i style="font-weight: bold;"> jazz fusion</i>;</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">try it if you like: </span><span style="font-family: arial;">hypnotic beats and nocturnal atmospheres<i>.</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #01ffff; font-family: arial;">Fisz Emade Tworzywo - "Ballady i protesty" </span><span style="font-family: arial;">(no. 1 on the Polish album chart)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div><b style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://www.mediafire.com/file/blmcnoo148b3k93/fisz+emade+t.+-+b.+i+p.+('21).rar/file"><span style="color: #f1c232;">DOWNLOAD</span></a></b><i style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #f1c232;"> </span>(kbps: 320)</i></div><div></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Probably their most ambitious album (18 tracks, 97 minutes), equally divided among introspection and sociopolitical commentary (Fisz is particularly critical of the current Polish government, and I would say rightly so).</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">File under: <b><i>hip hop</i></b>, <b><i>downtempo</i></b>, <i style="font-weight: bold;">art pop</i>,<i style="font-weight: bold;"> indietronica</i>;</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">try it if you like: eclectic albums which are able to encompass a huge variety of styles.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #04ff00;">Muchy - "Szaroróżowe" </span>(no. 22 on the Polish album chart)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://www.mediafire.com/file/54ctlyu50te2nlc/muchy.szarorozowe.rar/file"><span style="color: #f1c232;">DOWNLOAD</span></a></b><i style="font-family: arial;"> (kbps: 320)</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">F</span><span style="font-family: arial;">irst album after a seven years hyatus for the band led by singer and guitar player </span><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Michał Wiraszko.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Their alternative pop music is as epic as ever, even thanks to an impressive set of collaborations: Emade (producer), Hey's members Paweł Krawczyk (producer) and Katarzyna Nosowska (vocals: track 2), jazzist Monika Borzykm (vocals: tracks 3, 5, 7, 9), Bela Komoszyńska from Sorry Boys (vocals: track 1), <a href="https://sovietsam.blogspot.com/search/label/band%20Lady%20Pank"><span style="color: #93c47d;">Lady Pank</span></a>'s Jan Borysewicz (lead guitar: track 1), <a href="https://sovietsam.blogspot.com/search/label/band%20Republika%20%2F%20Obywatel%20G.C."><span style="color: #93c47d;">Republika</span></a>'s Zbigniew Krzywański (lead guitar: track 11).</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">File under: </span><i style="font-family: arial;"><b>indie rock</b></i><span style="font-family: arial;">, </span><b style="font-family: arial;"><i>jangle pop</i></b><span style="font-family: arial;">;</span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">try it if you like: powerful riffs and grooves, ethereal atmospheres.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div><br /></div></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: red;">Sokół - "Nic"</span> (no. 1 on the Polish album chart)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://www.mediafire.com/file/378tbupda3cu0ox/sokol+'21.rar/file"><span style="color: #f1c232;">DOWNLOAD</span></a></b><i style="font-family: arial;"> (kbps: 231-280)</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">One of the most important Polish rappers. This album, entirely curated by expert sound engineer </span><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Rafał Smoleń, is his masterpiece.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Filder under: <i><b>hip hop</b></i>, <b><i>wave music</i></b>;</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">try it if you like the concept of rap music being influenced by synthwave.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><i><span style="font-family: courier;">VIDEO SECTION:</span></i></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/k2NQ6-uck-Y" width="320" youtube-src-id="k2NQ6-uck-Y"></iframe><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/kwRb6HOuJq0" width="320" youtube-src-id="kwRb6HOuJq0"></iframe></div><div><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/UbtKux8mrC0" width="320" youtube-src-id="UbtKux8mrC0"></iframe><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Zlo7KOt2U_s" width="320" youtube-src-id="Zlo7KOt2U_s"></iframe></div></div></div>Soviet Samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15461078255340835933noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1200425281779950688.post-3728635886058587052021-11-22T18:19:00.007-08:002023-04-14T03:32:05.435-07:00TAMÁS CSEH & JÁNOS MÁSIK - "LEVÉL NŐVÉREMNEK" (1977)<p><span style="font-family: arial;">Singer and guitar player <b>Tamás Cseh </b>was a young teacher when he met the still unknown writer <b>Géza Bereményi</b>, in 1970. They started writing songs together, but they did not try to record them, since they feared censorship for their social contents.<br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;">After some years spent in the Budapest intellectual scene </span><span style="font-family: arial;">they finally started to gain some credit, and in 1975 they met multi-instrumentalist </span><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>János Másik</b>, with whom they</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> entered the staff of renowned theather </span><span style="font-family: arial;">Huszonötödik Színházban.<br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><b><i>"</i></b></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><i>Levél nővéremnek" </i></b>was presented there in 1975 as a contemporary folk opera, performed by Cseh and </span><span style="font-family: arial;">Másik. </span><span style="font-family: arial;">Bereményi's lyrics were structured like a letter to an imaginary elder sister, to whom the main character narrates his everyday life in Budapest, his love stories, and his concerns.<br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;">In 1977 they were finally able to record it for the state label Hungaroton, without meeting any censorship (even though they probably had toned the songs down a bit, in order to avoid it).<br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br />The album was perceived as an artistic revolution in Budapest and basically marked the birth of Hungarian alternative music.<br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;">Sadly, it wasn't met with the same enthusiasm in the rest of the nation, </span><span style="font-family: arial;">that lacking the cultural ferment of the capital perceived the product as too elitist.<br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br />Produced by </span><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Attila Apró<br /></b></span><span style="font-family: arial;">Lyrics: </span><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Géza Bereményi<br /></b></span><span style="font-family: arial;">Music composed by:<br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>János Novák</b></span><span style="font-family: arial;"> (tracks 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 18, 22)<br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Tamás Cseh</b></span><span style="font-family: arial;"> (tracks 2, 4, 6, 8, 11-14, 16-17, 19, 21, 23)<br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>János Másik</b></span><span style="font-family: arial;"> (tracks 2, 4, 10, 15, 20)<br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><b>Tamás Cseh </b></span><span style="font-family: arial;">- vocals, guitar<br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>János Másik</b></span><span style="font-family: arial;"> - vocals, guitar, bass guitar, double bass, banjo, organ, piano, harpsichord, percussion<br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><i>Additional musicians:<br /></i></span><b style="font-family: arial;">János Novák</b><span style="font-family: arial;"> - cello<br /></span><b style="font-family: arial;">Tomsits Rudolf</b><span style="font-family: arial;"> - trumpet<br /></span><b style="font-family: arial;">László Gőz</b><span style="font-family: arial;"> - trombone<br /></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="https://mega.nz/file/MmIjFKIZ#xF_LznQPDVry5xenclrDKV2zk0M56Uq0alyUlfxZL-E" target="_blank"><span style="color: #f1c232;">DOWNLOAD</span></a></b> <i>(kbps: 320)</i></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></i></span><p></p><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/aADU9QdtyMA" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></div>Soviet Samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15461078255340835933noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1200425281779950688.post-24106883272720310712021-10-25T14:37:00.003-07:002021-10-26T14:33:12.546-07:00OMEGA - "6: NEM TUDOM A NEVED" (1975)<p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Omega</b> are the most popular and long-lived Magyar bands. My favourite phase of their career took place in the second half of the Seventies, when they became a staple of European prog and space rock. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">This album in particular is probably their best. </span><span style="font-family: arial;">It contains two space rock gems such as the <i>title track</i> and "<i>Huszadik századi városlakó</i>", but also shorter hard rock anthems and epic ballads.<br />It is sealed by a sensational sci-fi artwork, which perfectly represents a band at its creative peak, followed by an international cult (they had many fans in Germany and Poland too).<br /></span><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">The line-up has been the same since 1971: <b>János Kóbor</b> (<i>vocals</i>), <b>Tamás Mihály</b> (<i>bass guitar</i>), <b>György Molnár </b>(<i>guitars</i>), <b>Ferenc Debreczeni</b> (<i>drums</i>), </span><b style="font-family: arial;">László Benkő </b><span style="font-family: arial;">(</span><i style="font-family: arial;">keyboards</i><span style="font-family: arial;">). Sadly, both Mihály and Benkő died in November 2020.</span></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: center;"><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="https://mega.nz/file/VmIzECjA#pu_oM6ME_SJLZoZGlX-9ohTB8GF4vayJKfj3vcEF99o" target="_blank"><span style="color: #f1c232;">DOWNLOAD</span></a></b><span style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;"> </span><i>(kbps: 320)</i></div></span><i style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div></i><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: right;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/X-cEwyJ0ULc" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></div></span></div><p></p><p></p>Soviet Samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15461078255340835933noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1200425281779950688.post-83781570369354081722021-10-14T05:45:00.002-07:002021-10-14T07:26:45.622-07:00EAST - "HŰSÉG" (1982)<p><span style="font-family: arial;">Introduced by a wonderful artwork, "Hűség" ("Fidelity") is the second album released by progressive rock band <b>East</b>, from Szeged (Hungary). They never reached the mainstream audience, in spite of a rather approachable sound, but they have been able to build a small, loyal fanbase. <br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;">The tracklist is composed by eleven songs, in which symphonic prog dynamics meets space rock technology, giving birth to evocative melodies with atmospheric guitars and keyboard layers. <br />The sound is definitely advanced for its time: it doesn't sound like the latest records of the classic prog at all, but rather like the first ones of the neo-prog movement. Compare it to bands such as Pallas, Iq, or Marillion, which all came later, and you will be surprised.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><b>East</b>:<br />István Király, <i>drums</i><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;">Péter Móczán, <i>bass guitar</i><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;">Géza Pálvölgyi, <i>keyboards</i><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;">János </span><span style="font-family: arial;">Varga, <i>guitars<br /></i><span style="font-family: arial;">Miklós Zareczky</span><span style="font-family: arial;">, <i>vocals</i></span><br /></span><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">Producer: Ferenc Dobó</span><br /></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: center;"><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="https://mega.nz/file/gv4nXAab#5CiYwV7itgWo8fhl6-iQkO0LiIf-o_nuUC_VHZ2ceXM" target="_blank"><span style="color: #f1c232;">DOWNLOAD</span></a></b><span> </span><i>(kbps: 320)</i></div></span><i style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/vSQ5w8pbbUA" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></i></div></span></i></div><p></p><p></p>Soviet Samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15461078255340835933noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1200425281779950688.post-32519809730496630872021-09-30T10:51:00.008-07:002021-09-30T10:56:36.348-07:00CELELALTE CUVINTE - "CELELALTE CUVINTE" (1987)<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Celelalte Cuvinte </b>(trans. <i>"The Other Words"</i>) have been the most important rock band emerged in Romania during the Eighties. Not as popular as <a href="http://sovietsam.blogspot.com/search/label/band%20Phoenix" target="_blank"><span style="color: #d5a6bd;">Phoenix</span></a>, that at the time had already left the nation, Celelalte Cuvinte still managed to attract a loyal cult following during their long career (t</span><span style="font-family: arial;">hey had successful tours as late as the 2010s). </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;">This is their debut album, a perfectly balanced mix of prog, hard rock, and folk music (the last element was kind of mandatory for rock bands during the Ceaușescu regime, in order to preserve the national identity)</span><span style="font-family: arial;">. <br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;">If you want to understand their sound, you can try to imagine how <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rush_(band)"><span style="color: #fce5cd;">Rush</span></a> would have evolved during the Eighties if they had embraced flutes and acoustic guitars instead of</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> synthesizers</span><span style="font-family: arial;">.</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Members</span><br /></b></i><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Marcel Breazu</b>: bass guitar, celesta, vocals</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Leontin Iovan</b>: drums, percussion</span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><b style="font-family: arial;">Radu Manafu</b><span style="font-family: arial;">: guitars, vocals</span><br style="font-family: arial;" /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Călin Pop</b>: lead vocals, guitars, recorder<br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Ovidiu Roșu</b> - 12-string guitar, vocals <br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><i>Tracklist<br /></i></b></span><span style="font-family: arial;">1. Scrisori iubite<br /></span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">(<i>Ovidiu Roșu, George Topîrceanu</i>)<br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;">2. Un sfîrșit e un Început<br /></span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">(<i>Marcel Breazu, Leontin Iovan, Radu Manafu</i>)<br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;">3. Dacă vrei<br /></span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">(<i>Marcel Breazu</i>) <br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;">4. La ceas tîrziu<br /></span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">(<i>Călin Pop</i>)<br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;">5. În zori de zi *<br /></span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">(<i>Călin Pop, Elena Farago</i>)<br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;">6. Fîntîna suspinelor<br /></span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">(<i>Călin Pop</i>)<br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;">7. Despărțire<br /></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: arial;">(<i>Marcel Breazu, Călin Pop</i>)</span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Produced by Romeo Vanica</span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: left;">* Featuring a poem read by Florian Pittiș</div></span><span style="font-family: arial;"> <br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><a href="https://www.mediafire.com/file/hxhtzkfi48ovoma/celelalte+c..rar/file" target="_blank"><span style="color: #f1c232;">DOWNLOAD</span></a></b> <i>(kbps: 320)</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><br /></i></span><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/7Q2xOHRAH2o" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></div>Soviet Samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15461078255340835933noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1200425281779950688.post-34280656144617617382020-10-21T10:12:00.002-07:002020-10-21T10:33:56.043-07:00VOO VOO - "DOBRY WIECZÓR" (2014)<p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Wojciech Waglewski</b> is one of the most important musicians from the Polish underground scene. He founded <b>Voo Voo</b> in the mid Eighties and he's still leading them.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">He's a prolific artist for sure: this is his twenty-fourth album with Voo Voo, not counting his various other projects (<b>Osjan</b>, <b>Małe Wu Wu</b>, <b>Waglewski Fisz Emade</b>) and his solo career.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Released in the fall of 2014, <b><i>"Dobry wieczór"</i></b> ("Good evening") is one of the best Polish albums of the new century, an art rock adventure through jazz, folk, and traditional music. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">One song in particular,<i> "Gdybym"</i>, was voted the best song of 2014 by the listeners of Radio Trójka. It easily became Voo Voo's signature song, and deservedly so: the first part is an atmospheric jazz ballad sung by Waglewski, the second one is an Azerbaijani traditional prayer wonderfully performed by guest singers <b>Alim</b> and <b>Fargana Qasimov</b> in their typical <span style="color: #c27ba0;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mugham"><span style="color: #c27ba0;">mugham</span></a> </span>style.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">The album would be worth its price for this song alone, but the rest is brilliant too.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://mega.nz/file/B6ZAgJCR#k3vQBRimKipPa988_ngFjaRyZGCS7XjLtOEAX0pwig0"><span style="color: #f1c232;"><b>DOWNLOAD</b></span></a><i> (kbps: 256)</i></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/a3jTbku8aG8" width="320" youtube-src-id="a3jTbku8aG8"></iframe></p>Soviet Samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15461078255340835933noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1200425281779950688.post-10959391934426203272020-08-06T11:11:00.005-07:002020-08-06T16:17:17.609-07:00NIKOLA VRANJKOVIĆ - "VERONAUTIKA" (2017)<span face=""><span face="" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">After having spent more than twenty years playing guitar in<b> Block Out</b>, one of the most important art rock bands from Serbia,<b> </b></span></span><span face="" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Nikola Vranjković</b> released this double album as a solo artist. </span><div><span face="" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div><span face="" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">It took him around fifteen years to ammass all these songs, some of which he had already played live on different occasions</span><span face="" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">. </span></div><div><span face="" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">In the end, "Veronautika" resulted in an anthology of fifteen epic songs, with many of them surpassing the 7-minute mark.</span></div><div><span face="" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">It's easy to get lost in </span><span face="" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">this</span><span face="" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><span face="" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">multi-layered sound, created by mixing</span><span face="" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"> gothic atmospheres, echoed guitars, wall-of-sound arrangements, and slow, martial rhythms. </span></div><div><span face="" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Thanks to some majestic arrangements and </span><span face="" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Vranjković's suggestive baritone voice,</span><span face="" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"> "Veronautika" is as immersive as music can get.</span></div><div><span face="" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div><span face="" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">File under: alternative rock, gothic rock, art rock, post-rock.</span></div><div><span face="" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div><div><div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">This is one of my favourite Polish jazz fusion albums, with strong funk rhythms and some beautiful sax and violin melodies.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Every member of String Connection is an important name in the local scene.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Krzesimir Dębski</b> - keyboards, violin</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Andrzej Olejniczak </b>- saxophones</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Janusz Skowron </b>- keyboards, trombone</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Krzysztof Ścierański</b> - bass guitar</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Mirosław Michalik</b> - guitar <i>(first two tracks)</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Zdzisław Śróda</b> - trombone <i>(first track)</i></span><br />
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Soviet Samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15461078255340835933noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1200425281779950688.post-50040439058954772132020-06-18T13:13:00.000-07:002020-06-18T13:26:15.221-07:00BREAKOUT - "BLUES" (1971)<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Tadeusz Napela </b>was one of the most important bluesmen to ever originate from Poland and one of the best electric guitarists of his generation.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">First he founded <b>Blackout</b>, with <b>Stan Borys</b> on vocals, who were active from 1965 to 1968. After Borys left the band, he became the lead singer and changed the name of the project to <b>Breakout</b>.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">This is the second album by Breakout, and probably their most celebrated one. It's one of those rare perfect albums in which you wouldn't change one note: blues rock at its very best, with some hints of jazz here and there.</span><br />
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Soviet Samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15461078255340835933noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1200425281779950688.post-19608950964738575512020-04-27T07:27:00.002-07:002021-11-04T05:50:17.347-07:00YONDERBOI - "SHALLOW AND PROFOUND" (2000)<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b>László Fogarasi Jr.</b>, better known as <b>Yonderboi</b>, is one of the most important electronic musicians from central Europe. </span><br />
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<span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">In this debut album, Fogarasi is backed by some great jazz and rock musicians, such as keyboardist <b>Balázs Zságer</b> and guitar player <b>Andor Kovács</b>. Most tracks are instrumental, but there are also proper songs, performed by female vocalist <b>Edina Kutzora</b>.</span><br />
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<span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Particularly recommended if you are into downtempo, trip hop, modern electronic jazz, lounge music, and nocturnal atmospheres.</span><br />
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Soviet Samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15461078255340835933noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1200425281779950688.post-85478725024396018132020-02-28T09:16:00.001-08:002020-03-17T09:06:42.109-07:00PRAŽSKÝ VÝBĚR - "PRAŽSKÝ VÝBĚR" [aka "STRAKA V HRSTI"] (rec. 1982, rel. 1988)<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Pražský Výběr</b> (aka <b>Prague Selection</b>) were a Czech rock band founded by singer and keyboard player <b>Michael Kocáb</b> during the late Seventies.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">At first, they played mainly instrumental jazz-rock, as did most Czech rock bands of that era, but as the Eighties began they became aware of British post-punk, and incorporated it in their style.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The result was a strange kind of progressive post-punk, full of virtuoso guitar and synthesizer solos. In fact, </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Pražský Výběr were way ahead of British post-punk in terms of technical ability, and that made their music something exciting and peculiar.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">This is their second album. It was recorded in 1982, but released only in 1988, as the authorities did not like their frantic and flippant style. Nonetheless, young Czech people adored them, and their concerts in underground clubs regularly sold out.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i>"Pražákům je hej"</i> is still a rock anthem as of today, but the whole album is awesome. You will rarely hear anything like this. </span><br />
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Soviet Samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15461078255340835933noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1200425281779950688.post-50313362333320840822019-12-30T03:36:00.001-08:002019-12-30T03:36:44.080-08:00FERMÁTA - "HUASCARAN" (1978)<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Fermáta</b> are a rock band from Bratislava and their first four albums are all highly regarded by prog nerds. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Entirely instrumental, <i>"Huascaran" </i>is their third studio work and it stands out for its dedication to the victims of the devastating earthquake that struck Peru in 1970. In a nation such as Slovakia, where rock music had been put in chains, naming an album to the brothers of a distant country could be considered a political act. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This line-up of Fermáta was composed by four fantastic musicians, able to merge </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">the angular jazz-rock of Mahavishnu Orchestra and the jazz fusion smoothness of the Weather Report. G</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">uitarist <b>František Griglák </b>dominates the former side, whilst k</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">eyboard player <b>Tomáš Berka</b> stands out on the latter. Some parts are closer to symphonic prog, submerged by layers of futuristic string synthesizers.</span><br />
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Soviet Samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15461078255340835933noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1200425281779950688.post-29823571284070800242019-11-27T05:33:00.002-08:002021-09-30T14:21:52.251-07:00DEŽO URSINY - "PEVNINA DETSTVA" (1978)<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>Dežo Ursiny </b>was one of the most consistent Slovak musicians, both </span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">artistically and f</span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">rom a human character perspective. In the mid Sixties he refused to leave his country to seek success in Germany, and during the communist normalization he had the courage to sing in English, condemning his music to be boycotted by the authority. </span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">He decided to sing in Slovak only in 1978, convinced by the lyrics his friend and poet, </span><b>Ivan Štrpka</b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">, offered him. The result was this cult album, perhaps too complex to win over mainstream audiences. </span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Symphonic prog, jazz fusion, and baroque pop are mixed in five tracks which combine the staple instruments of rock music with chamber strings, harpsichord, brass and wood instruments (including an unusual English horn). Keyboards are played by <b>Jaro Filip</b>, another legend of Slovak music.</span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">By the time this album was recorded, Locomotiv GT had a completely different line-up, with <b>Gábor Presser </b>being the only constant musician. The other three members joined the band between 1973 and 1977.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"<b><i>Loksi</i></b>" became their best selling album up to that moment, especially thanks to the weird disco-funk hit "<i>Embertelen dal</i>". In its 17 songs you can find lots of different influences, ranging from yacht rock ("<i>A dal a miénk</i>") to prog ("<i>Prológ és trialóg</i>"), from piano ballads ("<i>Ha eljönnek az angyalok</i>") to boogie rock ("<i>Szentimentális rakenroll</i>"), from soul ("<i>Gondolj rám</i>") to electronic music ("<i>Áldd meg a dalt</i>").</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The production is excellent, with many keyboard instruments and experimental sounds, but this does not come at the expense of its songwriting. </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I would describe the overall sound as "art rock", since every song is extremely refined and smartly arranged.</span><br />
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Soviet Samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15461078255340835933noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1200425281779950688.post-33061824566699682662019-02-08T05:17:00.003-08:002021-10-03T10:49:18.622-07:00COLLEGIUM MUSICUM - "KONVERGENCIE" (1971)<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>Collegium Musicum</b> were founded by Slovak composer and keyboard player <b>Marián Varga</b> in 1969. </span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">The band was entirely built around his virtuoso style, influenced by classical composers (especially from the baroque era and Eastern Europe) and coeval rock musicians such as Keith Emerson. </span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">That said, the Emerson comparision, although quite fair, is often exaggerated, since Varga had a very original style and a "<i>Slavonic sense of timing, coming in that millisecond early or late, similarly to traditional folk music</i>" (this is a definition given by a ProgArchives user, which I endorse).</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><i><b>"Konvergencie"</b></i> is the second album of the band, and it is composed by four long suites, with lots of Hammond organ fugues, piano and pseudo-harpsichord parts, intricate rhythms, and guitars with folk and blues influences.</span></span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><i>"Piesne z kolovrátku"</i><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"> is the only track actually sung by members of the band, whilst </span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><i>"Suita po tisíc a jednej noci"</i> and <i>"Eufónia" </i>are both instrumental, and<i> "P. F. 1972"</i> contains two short parts with a children choir.</span></span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Most of the music has no lyrics, since the band was trying to find</span> a way around the strict censorship.</span><br /><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">This is their debut album, which also reflects a strong progressive rock approach, due to some unusual song structures and to the presence of electric and electronic keyboards (Hammond organ, Roland synthesizer).</span><br />
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Soviet Samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15461078255340835933noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1200425281779950688.post-10885590180435752792018-11-30T16:43:00.000-08:002019-09-24T08:31:55.481-07:00LOCOMOTIV GT - "LOCOMOTIV GT" (1971)<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">One of the most popular Hungarian bands of the Seventies, <b>Locomotiv Gt</b> were founded in the spring of 1971 by former <a href="https://sovietsam.blogspot.com/search/label/band%20Omega"><span style="color: #b6d7a8;">Omega</span></a> member, <b>Gábor Presser</b>.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">They've had a remarkable career, while their unquestionable artistic integrity has been a constant throughout their numerous changes of style.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">This debut album contains a mix of blues rock and melodic progressive rock, with intense vocal harmonies. Arrangements incorporate powerful guitars, electric organ, flute, saxophone, and jazzy drum patterns. </span></div>
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Soviet Samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15461078255340835933noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1200425281779950688.post-59567670632969486492018-11-10T11:04:00.005-08:002020-10-13T14:03:06.570-07:00BULDOŽER - "ZABRANJENO PLAKATIRATI" (1977)<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b>Buldožer</b> were the most critically acclaimed band from Slovenia. A huge part of their myth was built around their debut album, "</span><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><i>Pljuni istini u oči</i>" (1975). To be honest, I don't like it very much, since it was heavily influenced by Frank Zappa and featured too many comedy sketches and spoken parts.</span><br />
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<span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">"<b><i>Z</i></b><b style="font-style: italic;">abranjeno plakatirati</b>"<b style="font-style: italic;"> </b>is their second studio effort and their real masterpiece, looking at Captain Beefheart instead of Zappa, and mixing his influence with a rigorous, </span><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">mathematical approach to guitar riffs and rhythm tricks. You can give it a try if you like avant-prog, but also if you like blues rock... something you can't say </span><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">about many other albums.</span><br />
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Soviet Samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15461078255340835933noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1200425281779950688.post-61876886014404666272018-10-30T05:19:00.001-07:002018-10-30T18:50:07.948-07:00PIRAMIS - "PIRAMIS" (1977)<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Piramis</b> was the most popular rock band in Hungary during the late Seventies.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">This is their debut album, their only one that I would classify as progressive rock, just before switching into a more conventional hard rock sound.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The band had a strong appeal on male rock music listeners, thanks to their powerful and elaborate arrangements, but also among the female audience, with frontman and singer Sándor Révész being considered a sex symbol. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Their lyrics had to satisfy the authority, avoiding subversive slogans and political suggestions, but this didn't prevent them from producing great music, incorporating in their songs funk, jazz fusion, and classical elements, but also local influences from the likes of space-prog legends <a href="http://sovietsam.blogspot.com/2013/09/omega-10000-lepes-1969.html"><span style="color: #9fc5e8;">Omega</span></a>. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Every member helped during the songwriting process, with k</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">eyboard player Péter Gallai being the main composer. He also provided lead vocals in songs such as </span><i><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Ki tudja, hol van</span></i><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i>"</i>, with its adorable cabaret atmosphere.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The album sold more than 100.000 copies at the time, and the ballad "</span><i style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ha volna két életem</i><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">" is still one of the most popular Hungarian songs ever.</span><br />
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Soviet Samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15461078255340835933noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1200425281779950688.post-18854301384148843522018-10-20T22:17:00.003-07:002021-11-22T23:06:10.616-08:00INDEXI - "INDEKSI" (cassette, 1972)<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">This rare, never-reissued cassette was<b> Indexi</b>'s first full-lenght release. It wasn't a proper album, but more of an anthology of unreleased songs recorded from 1969 to 1972. </span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">This garagey proto-progressive style was already surpassed by the time of its release, but the songs were still powerful, dynamic, and perfectly crafted. </span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">In fact, some of them are so amazing that I prefer this record to the symphonic prog classic "<i>Modra rijeka</i>" (1978), which is usually considered Indexi's masterpiece.</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">The delay between some of the recording sessions and the cassette release must be taken in account too. The epic suite "<i>Negdje na kraju, u zatišju</i>" may have sounded dated in 1972, but it surely wasn't in 1969, when progressive rock was at the beginning.</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Sadly, the cassette didn't sell well, and these songs remained an underground affair, despite Indexi being the most popular band from Bosnia at the time.</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">1. "<b>Dan kao ovaj</b>" <i>(1970)</i></span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">(Fadil Redžić/Boriša Falatar)</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">2. "<b>Hej ti</b>" <i>(1972)</i></span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">4. "<b>Najljepše stvari</b>" <i>(1969)</i></span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">(Slobodan Kovačević/Nikola Borota)</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">5. "<b>Ja odlazim sutra</b>"<i> (1971)</i></span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">(Slobodan Kovačević/Nikola Borota)</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">6. "<b>Negdje na kraju, u zatišju</b>" <i>(1969)</i></span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">(Slobodan Kovačević/Želimir Altarac)</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">7. "<b>Galijom sna</b>" <i>(1969)</i></span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>Davorin Popović</b> - vocals<i> (all tracks)</i></span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>Slobodan Kovačević</b> - guitar <i>(all tracks)</i></span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>Fadil Redžić</b> - bass <i>(all tracks)</i></span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>Miroslav Šaranović</b> - drums <i>(all tracks)</i></span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>Ismet "Nuno" Arnautalić </b>- guitar <i>(tracks 4, 6, 7)</i></span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>Ranko Rihtman </b>- keyboards <i>(tracks 1, 3, 6, 7)</i></span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>Enco Lesić</b> -<i> keyboards (track 2)</i></span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>Đorđe Novković </b>- <i>keyboards (track 4)</i></span><br />
<i><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">(Keyboard player on track 5 is uncertain. Probably Rihtman or Lesić)</span></i><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b><i>Please note</i></b> - I uploaded some tracks in two versions: one straight from the old cassette and one from the digital remasters</span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">. </span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Unfortunately, tracks 3, 4, and 7 have never been remastered.</span><br />
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Soviet Samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15461078255340835933noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1200425281779950688.post-6040395654844137822018-09-28T12:25:00.001-07:002019-09-15T18:44:54.232-07:00DOLPHIN - "442" (2018)<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Dolphin</b>'s new album is the shortest of his career, but also his most political one. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">It must not be easy to live in Putin's Russia and release a song like "520", with its statements against the Crimean invasion. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Compared to his previous work, I think the math rock influence is stronger than ever, whilst the shoegaze component has waned. This is probably due to a new line-up of backing musicians, composed of drummer <b>Vasily Yakovlev </b>and guitar player <b>Igor Babko</b>. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">In the end, another brilliant album from a legend of Russian alternative music.</span><br />
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Soviet Samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15461078255340835933noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1200425281779950688.post-27480277357285746222018-09-11T23:11:00.000-07:002018-09-11T23:11:03.492-07:00BLUE EFFECT - "A BENEFIT OF RADIM HLADÍK" [aka "MODRÝ EFEKT & RADIM HLADÍK"] (1974)<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Known as Blue Effect, Modrý Efekt, or M. Efekt, depending on the album, the band lead by guitar player <b>Radim Hladík </b>was one of the most important music acts to ever emerge in Czechoslovakia. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">After starting as a song-oriented project, they embraced instrumental jazz-rock when most of rock music was banned for its subversive lyrics. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">This is their fifth album, the fourth in the jazz-rock style, and probably their best. Whilst their previous efforts were too unbalanced towards free jazz (<i>"Coniunctio"</i>, 1970) or sounded like some poor man's Chicago (<i>"Nová syntéza"</i>, 1971), this one is mature, original, and intense.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">It was recorded in 1973 and released at the end of 1974, in a limited edition for the export market. That version was credited to "<b>The Blue Effect</b>" and titled "<i>A Benefit of Radim Hladík</i>". </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">It was then reissued for the local market one year later, credited to "</span><b style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Modrý Efekt & Radim Hladík</b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">", which also became the title of every following edition.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Every song is composed and arranged by Hladík, who shows his musicianship with crazy, intricate jazz fusion solos. Bass player <b>Josef Kůstka</b> and drummer <b>Vlado Čech</b> jam at full speed, with funk gusto and syncopated times, while<b> Lešek Semelka</b>'s organ and piano provide a symphonic prog touch.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Jazz legend <b>Jiří Stivín</b> appears as a guest, playing wind instruments.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">It's not easy to compare this album to anything else. You can try to imagine a symphonic prog version of Mahavishnu Orchestra, but it would be a mere approximation. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">It is also worth noticing that the slow section of <i>"Boty"</i> totally sound like Camel's <i>"Song Within a Song"</i>, which would have been recorded only three years later.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">This is quite simply one of the best instrumental progressive rock albums ever. </span><br />
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