ESPLENDOR GEOMETRICO

[ImpulsyStetoskopu]

I have just listened all new three CD BOXES which were issued by Captain Trip Records. I am sured that almost everybody from this board know this band. These items aren't cheaper but in my opinion every true industrial music fan should have this masterpiece on his shelves. Luxurious edition with 5 or 6 CDs in very hard boxes. Here are probably all recordings which this band has created in 80s. with included a few recorded concerts. Evergreen in beautiful packages!

[FreakAnimalFinland]

Listened the "first decade" 3xLP box (+7") today. Vinyl On Demand. I like it, yet perhaps due nature of release being misc collection of tracks, it doesn't have so intense "album feel" to it. However, I don't think I ever heard EG stuff what would be utterly solid album. More like bunch of tracks. Not that it would be always crucial to make perfect album, yet most songs is beats, with modulation of distortion & synth based on this sound. I had been lately doing quite many sessions like this myself, and didn't even realize how close that stuff was with old EG, until friend of mine told so and until I listened this...

I wish artwork was more old fashioned, and perhaps little liner notes wouldn't hurt in context of compilation of old works where no artwork and other visuals are provided..

[Zeno Marx]

My experience is that he was better in theory than in practice.

[acsenger]

I listened to the Eg1 CD (on Captain Trip) not long ago. It's solid stuff (the opening track is especially strong), but since all tracks are built on a single beat, it gets kind of repetitive for me and hence I don't feel the need to own those CD boxes on Captain Trip. I also have the El Acero Del Partido/Héroe Del Trabajo CD (should listen to it again soon) and these two releases are probably enough for me. I do wonder though what their newer stuff is like?

[P-K]

big fan ...as much as i like the early stuff (pure noisy/industrial, just 6minutes shredding the same sequence : gotta love it) i really love the slower pounding power of their more smooth 90ies work :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4rCMk8afxjw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=90h0A-gMKzE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hm9B-VJ15PM
...saw them live then and it was just sick, almost violently loud, psychedelic screening, really fucked-up crowd didn't help the vibe lol...set was very similar to this (same period) :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YnSKvElHWoA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eeqjtu2sFT8

recent work :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4-nYlWx6C4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m5eyHAvivvA

fav full albums probably Nador, Veritas Splendor, Mekano-Turbo, Sheikh Aljama, Arispejal Astisaró, etc

[burdizzo]

Funny; although I bought and enjoyed 'Sheikh Aljama' - oooh, 20 years ago, at least - I'd always slightly shunned Esplendor Geometrico since. I got it into my head they were a bit like Muslimgauze, and I really couldn't be wasting my money on that sort of thing. However, the other day I pulled out an old compilation L.P. called '2/3' (which also had multiple tracks by Deutsch Nepal, Mental Destruction, and Winterkalte), and it turns out the best tracks on it were by none other than EG. Smooth enough beats - yet just not quite TOO smooth - but with some quite jarring interruptions. Well, I think I could waste a little bit of money on them, after all. Did they do collaborations w/ Muslimgauze, or what? Why did I get that idea? Or was it just the whole Muslim thing on 'Sheikh Aljama'?

[Steve]

I really like the early punishing sounds of Esplendor Geometriko, I still have the EG#1 cassette, but recently bought the 7" Box Set "Prehistoric Sounds". Well recommended, beautifully packaged and contains a CD with all tracks on just in case you don't want to "ruin" the vinyl. CD as download code. Can be picked up for around £20 and is well worth the money. There was a slight dip (for me) in the mid 1990's when their sound went smoother - a couple of CD singles I have never get played, but they seem to back on course now. One of the best sounds at the Broken Flag Weekender a couple of years ago in London.

[impulse manslaughter]

I only have the VPD box. Listened to it this week and was pleasantly surprised. Material stood the test of time. About the Broken Flag show; if i remember correctly they were just playing cds and even by mistake played the same track twice. I wasn't very exited about their performance.

[Zeno Marx]

Esplendor Geometrico documentary

https://youtu.be/gkwxsAokMPo

I enjoyed this.  I couldn't follow who was who for a while, but I eventually got there.  It was cool to hear about the Arabic influence.  I've wondered.  I must be living under a rock, because I didn't realize, or didn't remember, Arturo Lanz and Francisco Lopez are childhood friends.  I was surprised with how many of the track samples I liked.  There were only a couple that didn't hit.  Maybe I've wrongly written off the albums after 1991 or so (Sheikh Aljama)?  It's always interesting to hear about the political and social influences of an artist, or an art movement.  I don't know shit about Spain.  Punk.  I should have grabbed a note pad.  So much to research.  This doc could have been made into a 12-part series of 15-20 mini-docs.

[Phenol]

As always the early years were the most interesting to learn about. After that it's like, then he went solo, moved, and kept making music, and that's it, basically. Anyway, I didn't know Aviador Dro before watching this, now I do, and they really had their moments. I have also been reluctant to pick up EG material after 1990 or thereabouts. A mistake maybe, but then again, there's so much stuff out there, including new releases, that might just interest me more.