Prime Kut Sunday II

1. MGR - Nova Lux







2. Tangerine Dream - Alpha Centauri







3. Incredible Expanding Mindfuck - I.E.M.: 1996-1999






4. Pink Floyd - Floyd's of London







5. Fripp & Eno - No Pussyfooting

Bass Communion - Molotov and Haze

One of my biggest regrets of 2008 was missing the Bass Communion (Steven Wilson) and Fear Falls Burning (see Vidna Obmana) gig in my hometown, I missed the 1st (and so far only) BC gig and live collaboration with FFB (and in a way forms the colab Continuum), not to mention the ultra rare one-off vinyl that each audience member was handed over. If you're not into the whole drone and or ambient scene, this won't mean much to you I guess, if you know who I'm talking about you'll understand the agony...


In any case, Bass Communion's Molotov and haze brought some comfort in these dark days after -and up until today actually- it's not for the lovers of whale ambient, but you can all read about that in my review.










written for and published by The Silent Ballet
Bass Communion website
Bass Communion myspace

Opeth @ Ancienne Belgique, Brussels, BE November 26th 2008

a little introduction for those who haven't had the pleasure: "Opeth is a progressive death metal band from Sweden that is influenced by many diverse musical styles ranging from jazz, 70s progressive rock, death metal, and blues. Their recent releases have deviated from their traditional death metal influenced style, with more emphasis on progressive elements. Vocalist Mikael Åkerfeldt is also noted for utilizing both clean singing and death growls, often in the same track. Due to their unique blend of melodic and progressive elements, Opeth are often classified separately from more typical death metal acts. The name Opeth was taken from Wilbur Smith’s novel Sunbird and derived from Opet, a city of the moon named in the novel." -Last.fm



For me this band has been a stepping stone into genres and music scenes I've never even dreamed of existing. 'Canterbury' & 'progg' were things I didn't know off and not even taking in consideration that this also resulted in rediscovering my love for vinyl records. Anyways, during their European Tour 2008 Opeth played in my favourite venue, Amon Tobin recently called it "arguably the best sound system in Europe", the Ancienne Belgique in Brussels, BE. Below, the video's of their set (almost complete).


Line-up:

DJ Mental (FM Brussel)
The Ocean
Cynic
Opeth


only footage of Opeth, italic titles are captured:

Heir Apparent
The Grand Conjuration
Godhead's Lament
The Lotus Eater
Hope Leaves
Deliverance
Demon Of The Fall (partial)

Encore: The Drapery Falls





youtube playlist



Down here is a clip I found, a little prog-rock-quiz, Steven Wilson (Porcupine Tree, Bass Communion, etc) vs Mikael Åkerfeldt... it's a massacre...





Opeth website
Opeth MySpace
Roadrunner Records

Cynic website
Cynic MySpace


The Ocean MySpace
The Ocean website