ARCHIVE
ALL THAT'S LEFT
(1996-2009)
What a surprise to find such a band in the progressive month! Archive is indeed much more a Trip-Hop band. Archive was founded in 1994 in the great Trip-Hop vague begun by such bands as Massive Attack or Portishead. Their very first album, Londinium, really reminds of Massive Attack. After that first CD, the music began to be more gliding, until the You All Look The Same To Me album (2002) where anyone can easily compare their music with the Pink Floyd sounds of the Wish You Were Here era. That's why we suggested that Archive has something to do with the progressive genre. Long songs that evoluate with such structure so comparable with the Prog world.
By 2009, Archive has issued a new CD, Controlling Crowds that is much like Again than the previous ones.
Then one question remains : is Trip-Hop a sub-genre of progressive Rock? It's up to you to decide!
My Archive TOP:
1. You All Look The Same To Me (2002)
2. Take My Head
3. Londinium
4. Controlling Crowds
5. Lights
6. Noise
7. Michel Vaillant O.S.T.
9 comments:
hello A.G. this sounds interesting i like massive attack and of course the mighty floyd so you cant go wrong i am Dl this one now andcan hardly wait i realy think prog is looked down on to much and if the music is truely progressive then who cares what genre it comes from with thanks in advance and regards
The Old Fool
I fail to see how this qualifies as progressive rock...
Don't get me wrong, I like Archive and they sure have influences from a prog-related band (Pink Floyd) but they're not prog in my book.
Good selection anyway.
That's really why I explained that some people may find this post surprising in a progressive month.
For me, the simple reason that it's just prog-related justify this band's right to be part of that month
J'adore Archive mais les classer comme prog. rock... sais pas, pour moi ´c'est de l'Archive parcequ'ils ont un son très proche de leur propre nom...inconfundible.
Allez voir le concert Eurockéenes 1 et 2 chez Youtube, ça vaut le coup. Merci bien par toute la musique que tu m'as fait connaitre
prog or no prog.
who cares, this is just a good compilation with fine artwork.
THANKS !!
'BAISTOPHE' is only understandable by french-speaking people. ;-)
If you pronounce Baistophe like french people do, you will say "Best Of" ;-)
It took me a year and half before I figured it out...
Ar Re Yaouank have recently been reunited.
Their manager has asked me to remove the post as it is : the compilation contains both the band's and solo songs. We've been asked to remove the post whenever the compilation is not splitted into 3 separate Baistophes : one for Ar Re Yaouank, one for JC Guichen, and one for D Pasquet.
Even if on CD is possible for Ar Re Yaouank, even if there are very few albums, I must admit that a Baistophe of JC Guichen alone and D Pasquet alone will be hard.
So wait and see...
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