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Mars Volta: knee-shakingly good!
Posted: Thu Nov 29, 2018 2:21 pm
by Mississippi Blind Child Assburn
Mars Volta is my fav band.
There is a reason why the libraries around here all stock Mars Volta cds and precious little other prog - well , maybe YES and King Crimson.
I wish Mars Volta woud come to my hometown! Oh God! That would be good.
A week ago Steven Wilson performed here and it was so good I shit my pants. Really - I had to clean up in the public washroom.
You know wot a SUPER_CONCERT would be? No?
I will tell you:
A super-star concert:
Mars Volta
Steven Wilson
& Porkupine Tree.
Wot do you all think of that!
Re: Mars Volta: knee-shakingly good!
Posted: Thu Nov 29, 2018 9:10 pm
by Hannes-Gregor
That Porcupine Tree is written with a 'C''! I have to have a listen to Mars Volta. Don't know them.
Re: Mars Volta: knee-shakingly good!
Posted: Thu Nov 29, 2018 10:57 pm
by Fretless
Don't really know much about Mars Volta, although they were touted as the Next Big Thing some years back.
Listening to albums from Steven Wilson's original 'other' band: No-Man
(Porcupine Tree was started as a joke / side project)
Superb dreamy ambient music.
Re: Mars Volta: knee-shakingly good!
Posted: Fri Nov 30, 2018 10:10 am
by Berty bass
All I know is the Porcupine Tree bassist favoured a Wal fretless for many years, and that's good enough for me.
Re: Mars Volta: knee-shakingly good!
Posted: Fri Nov 30, 2018 10:54 am
by Fretless
Oh yeah!!!!
Re: Mars Volta: knee-shakingly good!
Posted: Fri Nov 30, 2018 2:30 pm
by Mississippi Blind Child Assburn
You three all get the side-eye from Blind Child.
Let us get one thing straight: Mars Volta, Porcupine Tree and Wilson are all common PISS.
(Well, Wilson's "Raven wotsit" cd was not too bad.)
Speaking of: how does Wilson find time to tour, put out cds so quickly and re-engineer all those classic prog lps? I have no idea wot remastering a 70s lp takes in terms of work and time. But I'm thinking it is over-praised. That anyone can do it and program (Soundforge/pro-wotsit - whatever) basically does all the work for you.
Down at Hoffmann forum, they slaveringly make a mini-god out of him. Is it really such a big (technical) deal to better the sound of a disc?
Re: Mars Volta: knee-shakingly good!
Posted: Fri Nov 30, 2018 3:17 pm
by Fretless
He didn't just remaster the classic Tull, Yes, KC albums but sat down with the original studio multitracks and made completely new mixes. Not something you can do just to fill in a wet afternoon.
That takes time, effort, good ears and a lot of respect.
Re: Mars Volta: knee-shakingly good!
Posted: Fri Nov 30, 2018 4:29 pm
by Berty bass
Fretless wrote: ↑Fri Nov 30, 2018 10:54 am
Oh yeah!!!!
Oooooh, me want!