Ars Nova - Ars Nova - VINYL LP
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Classical infused psych from NY groovers Ars Nova!Through their creative use of medieval modes, hook-driven pop, & trombone, Ars Nova delivers psychedelia within a classical & prog rock lens, a style that's their own, yet recalls bands like Left Banke, Honeybus, and Aphrodite's Child - all who were experimenting with the short-lived baroque pop craze. Pressed on green vinyl!Ars Nova was something totally different for the musical ears of 1968, and still sounds fresh and exciting today, when you think of the great albums of '68, like Abbey Road, White Light/White Heat, The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter, The Move, Electric Ladyland, This Was or Wonderwall Music shows how influential the year was and yet, Ars Nova with it's wide sphere of influences has nothing in common with the trends of the year. The only albums that it can be vaguely compared to is either the Velvet Underground or United States of America, both bands that, like Ars Nova, bucked against existing trends and the end of psychedelia, instead preferring to go their own unique way.This is American progressive music, and takes the art of music making into a different genre, an alternative alleyway. The intelligence and musical nous that spans [this album] is really worth diving into and enjoying. It's always great to get to hear albums like this, as it provides a counterpoint to the contemporary of the time and gives a real insight into the underground and alternative scene of that era.The beauty of being underground and away from the mainstream is that something that is not of it's time ends up being timeless. Album Tracks 1. Pavan for My Lady 2. General Clover Ends a War 3. And How Am I to Know 4. Album in Your Mind 5. Zarathustra 6. Fields of People 7. Automatic Love 8. I Wrapped Her in Ribbons (After Ibiza) 9. Song to the City 10. March of the Mad Duke's Circus
- GenreRockDescriptionClassical infused psych from NY groovers Ars Nova!Through their creative use of medieval modes, hook-driven pop, & trombone, Ars Nova delivers psychedelia within a classical & prog rock lens, a style that's their own, yet recalls bands like Left Banke, Honeybus, and Aphrodite's Child - all who were experimenting with the short-lived baroque pop craze. Pressed on green vinyl!Ars Nova was something totally different for the musical ears of 1968, and still sounds fresh and exciting today, when you think of the great albums of '68, like Abbey Road, White Light/White Heat, The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter, The Move, Electric Ladyland, This Was or Wonderwall Music shows how influential the year was and yet, Ars Nova with it's wide sphere of influences has nothing in common with the trends of the year. The only albums that it can be vaguely compared to is either the Velvet Underground or United States of America, both bands that, like Ars Nova, bucked against existing trends and the end of psychedelia, instead preferring to go their own unique way.This is American progressive music, and takes the art of music making into a different genre, an alternative alleyway. The intelligence and musical nous that spans [this album] is really worth diving into and enjoying. It's always great to get to hear albums like this, as it provides a counterpoint to the contemporary of the time and gives a real insight into the underground and alternative scene of that era.The beauty of being underground and away from the mainstream is that something that is not of it's time ends up being timeless. Album Tracks 1. Pavan for My Lady 2. General Clover Ends a War 3. And How Am I to Know 4. Album in Your Mind 5. Zarathustra 6. Fields of People 7. Automatic Love 8. I Wrapped Her in Ribbons (After Ibiza) 9. Song to the City 10. March of the Mad Duke's CircusArtistArs NovaTitleArs NovaFormatVINYLLabelSundazed Music Inc.
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Classical infused psych from NY groovers Ars Nova!Through their creative use of medieval modes, hook-driven pop, & trombone, Ars Nova delivers psychedelia within a classical & prog rock lens, a style that's their own, yet recalls bands like Left Banke, Honeybus, and Aphrodite's Child - all who were experimenting with the short-lived baroque pop craze. Pressed on green vinyl!Ars Nova was something totally different for the musical ears of 1968, and still sounds fresh and exciting today, when you think of the great albums of '68, like Abbey Road, White Light/White Heat, The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter, The Move, Electric Ladyland, This Was or Wonderwall Music shows how influential the year was and yet, Ars Nova with it's wide sphere of influences has nothing in common with the trends of the year. The only albums that it can be vaguely compared to is either the Velvet Underground or United States of America, both bands that, like Ars Nova, bucked against existing trends and the end of psychedelia, instead preferring to go their own unique way.This is American progressive music, and takes the art of music making into a different genre, an alternative alleyway. The intelligence and musical nous that spans [this album] is really worth diving into and enjoying. It's always great to get to hear albums like this, as it provides a counterpoint to the contemporary of the time and gives a real insight into the underground and alternative scene of that era.The beauty of being underground and away from the mainstream is that something that is not of it's time ends up being timeless. Album Tracks 1. Pavan for My Lady 2. General Clover Ends a War 3. And How Am I to Know 4. Album in Your Mind 5. Zarathustra 6. Fields of People 7. Automatic Love 8. I Wrapped Her in Ribbons (After Ibiza) 9. Song to the City 10. March of the Mad Duke's Circus
Album Tracks 1. Sunshine & Shadows 2. I Was Once 3. Temporary Serenade 4. She Promises Everything 5. Well, Well, Well 6. You Had Better Listen 7. Round Once Again 8. Walk on the Sand 9. Rubbish 10. Please Don't Go Now
NY Psychedelic Art Rock!Touted as the Inchnew Doors,Inch Ars Nova's second shows the band genre-bending jazz and heavy psychedelia in a style that's their own. Shifting from a largely classical centric sound, this was the group's last album before going their separate ways.Sunshine & Shadows takes the baroque-meets-psych sound of the debut and turns a bit more to the psych side. The stately brass interludes are gone, but horns still figure prominently in the mix. There's some jazzy New Orleans flavor to a couple of the tunes, albeit twisted into a 7/4 vamp on InchYou Had Better Listen.InchThe instrumentalists in the band, featuring trumpet and trombone, really give the music a unique flavor, setting them apart from the multitudes of other American psych bands. Ars Nova might be likened to Ultimate Spinach (but without the overly serious, pretentious lyrics) or later Zombies (though with less emphasis on the keyboards). It's all very well written and nicely played, and when they do a tender ballad like InchTemporary Serenade,Inch the acoustic guitar is very lute-like, much more along the lines of classical than folk (like the later work of Jan Akkerman with Focus), and the trumpet descant adds a lovely spice. InchWell, Well, WellInch is the heaviest rock tune in their repertoire, with a great electric guitar riff and hot organ playing, again set apart by trombone and trumpet. This one is definitely worth seeking out for baroque pop fans. Album Tracks 1. Sunshine & Shadows 2. I Was Once 3. Temporary Serenade 4. She Promises Everything 5. Well, Well, Well 6. You Had Better Listen 7. Round Once Again 8. Walk on the Sand 9. Rubbish 10. Please Don't Go Now
Two years ago, a unique performance took place at the Archa Theatre in Prague in which the legendary Czech folk musician Dagmar Vonková performed her repertoire. This time, however, Vonková did not appear as a soloist but accompanied by a band composed of eight major figures on the local musical scene Beata Hlavenková, Dorota Barová, Marcel Bárta, Oskar Török, Miloš Dvorácek, Jirí Slavík, Marian Friedl, Petr Ostrouchov and the singer Lenka Dusilová as guest. Animal Music now releases a life recording of this concert. The band was assembled on the initiative of the producer of the project, Petr Ostrouchov, who designed the program especially for the Strings of Autumn festival in the year of Dagmar Vonková's seventieth birthday. The concert was offered as a tribute to this remarkable folk singer who has been part of the musical scene since the 1970s when she first came with her wholly original combination of traditional folk song with a unique approach to guitar play and an expressive way of singing. Remarkably, her music and reputation spanned the borders of Czechoslovakia. Accompanied on the piano, wind instruments, double bass, the drums, percussions, folk flutes or cimbalom, Vonková's songs, characterized by a strong folk-poetic drive, can be heard in a new flourish of colors in the present recording. The many-layered arrangements are the work of members of the accompanying band whose own musical language draws on jazz and contemporary music as well as current songwriting and folk-song. Album Tracks 1. Háje 2. Ej, Po Poli Jsem Chodila 3. Tobe 4. Jasné Ráno 5. Zlatá Brána 6. V Košilích BÍLÝCH 7. Oliva 8. Brízy 9. Hostina 10. Živá Voda 11. Vrat Se, Prute 12. Nádech 13. Chlapci Na Tom Horním Konci
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