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Rivendel

Iniciado por jajani, 24 de Julio de 2015, 23:46:58 PM

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edumalavida

Cita de: jajani en 20 de Enero de 2016, 22:55:22 PM
Y mientras la cosa sigue...
Un cacho del último ensayo. Continuamos improvisando.

http://www.facebook.com/Rivendelmagus/videos/442580082606403/?fref=nf

En ello estoy, a falta de pan... ;)
"This was serious. She's got an oboe, and she knows what to do with it." - John Greaves, "Henry Cow: The world is a problem"

jajani

Me alegra comunicaros que las ventas de DHD ya están cerca de cubrir los gastos de la edición.
Muchas gracias a los que los habéis comprado, a Fran y resto de distribuidores, y a quienes sin duda lo vais a comprar  ;D
Si tienes dudas, lo puedes escuchar aquí:

https://rivendel.bandcamp.com/album/dhd
dicebamus hesterna die...

Ignacio

Me alegro muchísimo Jose Mari. Si sirve de algo, decir que es un disco que merece la pena comprar, no sólo por apoyar a nuestros músicos, que también, sino porque es un disco muy bueno; y que si queremos que se sigan haciendo cosas así, tenemos todos que comprometernos y poner nuestro granito de arena.

Ánimo, y enhorabuena.

icrp1961

Lo que ya es urgente es una caja y los remasters... pero, ¡que no los manipule Wilson!
Music shouldn't be easy to understand. You have to come to the music yourself, gradually. Not everything must be received with open arms. (John Coltrane, 1963)
"Nada es verdad, todo está permitido" (El almuerzo desnudo, William S. Burroughs)

jajani

Fantástica crónica desde Canadá por un colaborador habitual de Progarchives:

Rivendel from Spain took their sweet time in proposing their next opus, a labor of love that took pretty much 19 years to germinate and produce. Their previous neo-prog recording was in 1996 entitled "the Meaning', which met with milquetoast response and then, they rested for a spell. The long gestating "DHD" offers a completely different slant, perhaps not even neo-prog anymore but a rather original and complex form of crossover/symphonic work that is rich, diverse and challenging, as it incorporates a vast panorama of styles that will also immerse in electronics, folk, blues, zeuhl and RIO. There are a whole series of interesting details that make this such a strange animal, such as the lack of any drummer, using only three musicians on three epic tracks, all instrumentals. DHD stands for the latinized version of the Spanish expression decíamos ayer (dicebamus hesterna die) or "we were saying yesterday" is used in Spain when one wishes to make passing acknowledgement of a long silence or absence without actually discussing or even mentioning the interruption. As if those 19 years just went by in a flash!

On the expansive 20 minute + title track, time has melted away with minimal effort and maximum efficiency. Crafty guitarist Tonio Cruz, keyboardist Oscar Bielo and bassman Jose Mari Aguirrezabala provide all the sonic exploration, with perfectly blended instrumental diversity, wah-wah pedalled guitar phrasings, festooned with rolling fuzz organ and burping bass guitar incursions. There are definite Canterbury influences, obviously without the quirky British humor in the lyrics, as Bielo does a fine salute to Ratledge, Stewart and company...As the path develops further, the mood becomes challenging as the dissonance, the quirkiness and the seemingly free jazz elements kick in with resolute fury. Poignant, disturbing as if in some somber sci-fi horror movie soundtrack, the emphasis on disturbance is overt and creative. This will find approval from the real far-out prog fans out there. At the 15 minute mark, there is a definite zeuhl sensation, with a strong expression of glancing unease and even infernal hallucination. It slowly gentles itself out, becoming more fluid and pastoral, as if bridging the chasm of time successfully. Definitely NOT neo-prog!

"Cows on Prairie", is perhaps a song dedicated to the few prog fans like me who inhabit Calgary, Canada, the home of the Stampede and where there are a lot of cows and a lot of prairie! The cowbells effect is awesome, the mooing sounds are very similar to my neighbors' endless moaning (LOL) and the sprinkling of acoustic guitar phrasings adding to the bucolic feel. A dozen minutes of contemplative surrealism, as if Dali was painting some fireball grange in the foreground, keeping his tight Vaselined pencil mustache in full erect regalia. Eerily weird, squalls of mellotron and seagull screams combine to clutter the horizons, meditative and reflective, ghostly romantic and melancholic. Cruz shows off his skills with unabashed zeal, with great picking as well as deft tonal work that borders psychedelia. Pools of e-piano from Bielo add mystery and imagination. Ardent Country music fans must stay away from this psychotic brew or risk being lassoed to the whipping post.

As mentioned by other reviewers, there is a definite Kafka?esque quality here, a sense of foreboding that inspired other writers such as Poe, De Maupassant, my fave Theophile Gauthier and many others who did seek out deeper realms of the mind and body, where reality and fantasy often copulated unashamedly. This sentiment is perfectly evoked on the final track, the "Metropolis" of Fritz Lang fame, a Utopian world of benign dictatorship with idealistic zeal and yet total subservience among the mistreated workers underground. The clash of the privileged elite above and the starving masses below. The music serves as an apocalyptic soundtrack that would do the classic movie justice. The mood is almost Magma ?like (without Vander's tectonic drumming), where derelict synthesizers duel with distraught flute, choppy guitars that echo incessantly, rasping bass and despairing dissonance.

This is not AOR, easy listening morning drive radio or a series of ballads. Its NOT neo-prog . The music on DHD is demanding, bitchy, nervous and relentless, requiring patience, observation, open-mindedness and a certain appreciation of the 'beyond'. Big surprise, this!
dicebamus hesterna die...

jolubur

Fantástica crónica, desde luego. Enhorabuena, jajani. :perfecto: :perfecto:

edumalavida

¡Muy buena reseña, enhorabuena a los tres!
"This was serious. She's got an oboe, and she knows what to do with it." - John Greaves, "Henry Cow: The world is a problem"

jajani

Bueno. Ya va siendo hora de que vayamos presentando en lo que estamos trabajando. Esto es una versión previa y bastante abreviada del primer tema de lo que será nuestro próximo disco.
Se puede ver en facebook.

http://www.facebook.com/Rivendelmagus/videos/604905326373877/
dicebamus hesterna die...

icrp1961

Escuchado el teaser. Deja con ganas de más, de mucho más.
Music shouldn't be easy to understand. You have to come to the music yourself, gradually. Not everything must be received with open arms. (John Coltrane, 1963)
"Nada es verdad, todo está permitido" (El almuerzo desnudo, William S. Burroughs)

edumalavida

¡Me ha encantado, José Mari!
"This was serious. She's got an oboe, and she knows what to do with it." - John Greaves, "Henry Cow: The world is a problem"

tommy


zappamacias

¡Muy guapo! Y la música también  ;D ;D

jajani

Cita de: zappamacias en 03 de Marzo de 2017, 18:17:22 PM
¡Muy guapo! Y la música también  ;D ;D

Cómo echas de menos la trastienda, mocetón.  ;D ;D
dicebamus hesterna die...

zappamacias


jajani

Mientras ultimamos nuestro nuevo disco, que saldrá casi con seguridad en Enero, os dejamos la grabación de una improvisación de hace 20 años. Fue uno de lo últimos ensayos antes del "largo reposo".

Ensayábamos en mi casa a través de la mesa de mezclas y el equipo Hi-Fi. Ese día estábamos juguetones y se nos ocurrió experimentar. Partimos de la premisa del "todo vale", incluyendo incluso el intercambio de instrumentos y, afortunadamente, dimos al REC en el cassette.

La grabación refleja asombrosamente bien lo que sucedió. Siempre la hemos guardado como algo especial, tan alejado de lo que hacíamos (sobre todo la parte inicial) que ni siquiera lo llamábamos Rivendel. Los años han demostrado que en realidad era un hijo prematuro muy cercano a lo que hacemos actualmente. O como dice un amigo en facebook, LDN es el abuelo de DHD.

Lo podéis escuchar entero (o adquirir la descarga muy módicamente) aquí:
https://rivendel.bandcamp.com/album/ldn-project

Enjoy it!

dicebamus hesterna die...

icrp1961

Me lo pasaste hace mucho, mucho tiempo. Es una premonición de aquello en lo que estáis ahora.
Music shouldn't be easy to understand. You have to come to the music yourself, gradually. Not everything must be received with open arms. (John Coltrane, 1963)
"Nada es verdad, todo está permitido" (El almuerzo desnudo, William S. Burroughs)

jajani

Cita de: icrp1961 en 16 de Octubre de 2017, 09:13:32 AM
Me lo pasaste hace mucho, mucho tiempo. Es una premonición de aquello en lo que estáis ahora.

Sí, tú eres de los muy pocos que lo conocen  :ok:
dicebamus hesterna die...

edumalavida

¡Estupendo, luego voy a por ello!
"This was serious. She's got an oboe, and she knows what to do with it." - John Greaves, "Henry Cow: The world is a problem"

jajani

dicebamus hesterna die...

icrp1961

Music shouldn't be easy to understand. You have to come to the music yourself, gradually. Not everything must be received with open arms. (John Coltrane, 1963)
"Nada es verdad, todo está permitido" (El almuerzo desnudo, William S. Burroughs)

Ignacio

Entiendo que es a principios de 2018. ;D ;D ;D

Excelente noticia, no hay duda.

jolubur

2017?.
Jajani, te pareces a Rajoy, cuando nos felicita el 2016  ;D

edumalavida

¡¡J**er, tuve ocasión de escuchar un avance del disco en Donosti cuando fuimos a ver a Magma y es un cañón!! ¡Qué ganas!
"This was serious. She's got an oboe, and she knows what to do with it." - John Greaves, "Henry Cow: The world is a problem"

jajani

Cita de: edumalavida en 31 de Diciembre de 2017, 13:23:38 PM
¡¡J**er, tuve ocasión de escuchar un avance del disco en Donosti cuando fuimos a ver a Magma y es un cañón!! ¡Qué ganas!

Has sido prácticamente el único, más allá de lo publicado hace tiempo en Facebook.
Estamos muy ilusionados.
dicebamus hesterna die...

jajani

Cita de: jolubur en 31 de Diciembre de 2017, 12:46:56 PM
2017?.
Jajani, te pareces a Rajoy, cuando nos felicita el 2016  ;D

Cuidado con lo que dices que luego te llega un warning  ;D
dicebamus hesterna die...