Uploaded by gumoldfield on Mar 10, 2010
The style of this mid-80's Swedish foursome is very much in the vein of early CAMEL: keyboard oriented, melodious symphonic prog with sparse, laid back vocals. What sets them apart is their use of Chapman stick and the cello that gives their sound a rich, warm glow. Curiously for a band of the 80's, they never used any sequencers or computers. As for influences, they claim to have been inspired by Klaus Schulze, Mike OLDFIELD, VANGELIS, Igor Stravinsky, GENESIS and ELP among others. Each musician had a very different approach to making an album: the drummer wanted lively hit songs, the synth player thought any track under 10 minutes was crap, the bass player wanted to play Rhythm'n Blues and the guitar/vocalist only listened to Steve MORSE. They compromised and stuck together for the space of one album, released in 1985; they did a few gigs in Sweden and Germany and then split up.
Their album "Departure" is basically a mixture of CAMEL and Anthony PHILLIPS, i.e. smooth, melodious prog, devoid of complex time signatures or radical mood swings. This is easy listening but it does have quite a dynamic flavour, thanks to some excellent drum play. The cd is made up of five fairly lengthy pieces and two bonus tracks (those two alone totalling 21 minutes).
Fans of CAMEL, ODYSSICE, TRIBUTE, Anthony PHILLIPS and GENESIS circa "Wind and Wuthering" will certainly enjoy.
Line-up:
Johan Belin / synthesizers
Jerker Hardänge / guitars, vocals
Roger Hedin / basses
Jan Ronnerström / drums, percussion, vocals
8 videosYouTube Mix for Foundation- 12:41
Final Thoughts, Departure - The Foundationby Lhuz2276 views
- 2:11
Vilas Craig and Group - Walking down the avenueby ricknelson692,701 views
- 6:51
Odyssice - Senkan (live)by Odyssice3,978 views
- 6:15
Coverdale & Page - Take me for a little whileby Sandu7IP25,555 views
- 5:31
Hart Foundation vs Jim Young&Rick 1985by chenkeng20012,385 views
- 3:05
Walking down the avenue - Szeszby SzesZMusic1,351 views
- 1:56
The Hart Foundationby AdoribleAdrian12,486 views
- 9:10
Tarka-The Anthemby Haroldus01,727 views
- 2:41
Vilas Craig & The Vi Counts - You Know Howby SirBasildeBrush1,955 views
- 0:31
walking down the avenue hu hu-hu hu hu....by audradolla8,019 views
- 8:06
Groo, the Wanderer Tribute - Land Down Underby BrandonHexHD1,151 views
- 6:56
Univers Zero "Célesta (for Chantal)" 1984by UniweriaZekt1,838 views
- 3:23
2 people arrested for walking down the street in Brighton.by fuckthecuts850 views
- 4:58
Klaus Schulze - Timewindby mrcosmiclove125,084 views
- 2:12
Vilas Craig Walking Down The Avenueby LittleRocknRoller436 views
- 2:13
Odyssice - Rehearsal 1999by Odyssice1,273 views
- 2:06
Walking down the avenue - SzesZ (better recording)by SzesZMusic242 views
- 3:57
Jordin Sparks - Walking in New York (NEW)by radiokillahai29,678 views
- 6:17
Odyssice - Moondrive Plus - Losing her - 2003by ProgOrDie3,023 views
- 4:39
Karl Friersor - Walking in New York [Audio HD]by robygiga5,332 views
My God my dad's old band!
Domnoidragon 1 month ago 2
wow , i think it's the only video in youtube about this group.
voidstuff 7 months ago
i have this CD. musea record. great album!
MrKojovic 9 months ago