Osiris

Osiris
Label: Musea
Category: Music


Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1


UPC: 742630041304
EAN: 0742630041304
ASIN: B0000CBFBM


Release Date: 2003-08-26

Osiris


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Tracks:

  1. Shardaz
  2. Isis
  3. Reinna
  4. Yog
  5. La Rhune
  6. Montreal

Album Description

ZAO proposes through its albums a fusion of rock, jazz, Hungarian folk influences and the mark of modern composers (BARTOK, STRAVINSKI...). Created in 1973 by two former MAGMA members, Yochk'o SEFFER (Saxophone) and François "FATON" CAHEN (Keyboards), the band offers a music with complex writing. The compositions are very sophisticated, where saxophone and piano play themes with strange tones. "Z=7L" is their first album with Mauricia PLATON's superb voice. On "Osiris" (1974), a classical string quartet participated to the orchestration. "Kawana" is a bit more jazz-rock oriented. "Typhareth" is the last album of the band, recorded shortly after Yochk'o SEFFER left, closer to American jazz-rock ala WEATHER REPORT. "Akhenaton" is the album from the band's reunion in 1994 and its come back to its original music. An essential band from the Seventies musical French scene !

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Great Magma Offshoot.......2004-10-06

This disc focuses more on the purely instrumental side of the Zeuhl sub-genre' of progressive rock that Magma founded. Whatever vocals appear are of the wordless variety, used as another instrumental texture.

At times the influence of Weather Report can be felt along with strains of Stravinsky and East European classical music of the 20th Century. Overall, the pieces have very strong and haunting melodies, great interaction between the players and at times a somewhat uneasy atmosphere, especially on "Reinna" with its frantic violin, insistent percussive pulse and spooky violin interjections throughout.

Highly recommended

Music Album:

  1. Solo
  2. Akhenaton
  3. Vers Demain
  4. Nu
  5. The World Of Genius Hans
  6. Kaipa
  7. Pissin With the Catman ~ Pictures
  8. Prime Cuts, Vol. 2 ~ The Selecter
  9. Wrecked ~ Halfacre Gunroom
  10. Two! Three! Four! ~ Desperado 5

Music Album

Music Album

Music

Harpo in Hi Fi/Harpo at Work ~ Harpo Marx

Love You Madly ~ Eddie Johnson

Supercharger ~ Machine Head

Stonefield of a Lifetime ~ Corporal Punishment

No Frills ~ Reckless

Zydeco Giant ~ Beau Jocque

En Solitaire ~ William Sheller

Legacy

Something to Remember ~ Danny Couch

Cape Town Songs ~ Abdullah Ibrahim