Neo Dada
Jono El Grande - LP
- Artist: Jono El Grande
- Format: LP
- Year: 2009
- Number of Discs: 1
- UPC: 7033662030842
- Item Number: FRCX030842
- Release date: 05/12/2009
- 1. Neo Dada
- 2. Ballet Morbido in a Dozen Tiny Movements
- 3. Oslo City Suite
- 4. Your Mother Eats Like a Platipus
- 5. Big Ben Dover
- 6. Three Variations on a Mainstream Neurosis
- 7. Choko King
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Neo Dada by Jono El Grande on LP
Six years after Fevergreens, Jono El Grande finally followed suit with Neo Dada, an album that builds on the wacky Zappa-goes-Latin recipe of its predecessor to reach new Dadaist heights. El Grande (aka Norwegian composer Jon Andreas Hatun) writes very precise pieces of avant-progressive rock music that proudly wears the combined influences of Zappa, Gentle Giant, Henry Cow, and even a bit of Magma (Attahk-era in the title track's chorus). The album is rather short (42 minutes) but packed with ideas and extremely fun if you are into this kind of seriously-non-serious complex meter music. El Grande is backed by a 13-piece band whose instrumentation is a hybrid between a chamber music ensemble (string quartet, bassoon), and Zappa's 1988 band (especially in the keyboard sounds and heavy use of mallet percussion). The opener, "Neo Dada," is a stunner: fast-paced, restless, and silly in pure Jono El Grande style, distilled to hit single length. If you can't stand it, leave at once; if you dig it, please step inside, there's a lot more to be enjoyed! Like what? Like the bassoon intro to "Oslo City Suite," the deranged string quartet that is "Your Mother Eats Like a Platipus," and the full-motion-Zappa feel of the third part of "Three Variations on a Mainstream Neurosis" (plus handclaps!). Neo Dada is late-era Zappa minus the scatological routines, plus an intentionally cheesy Latin element (think Senor Coconut). And if Fevergreens was already a strong effort, this album is better written, more assured, and extremely well executed. Highly recommended. ~ Francois Couture, Rovi
- Artist: Jono El Grande
- Format: LP
- Year: 2009
- Number of Discs: 1
- UPC: 7033662030842
- Item Number: FRCX030842
- Release date: 05/12/2009
- Label: Rune Grammaphon NW
- Genre: Avant-Garde, Pop/Rock, Avant-Garde, Pop/Rock
- Style: Creative Orchestra, Experimental Rock, Modern Composition, Alternative/Indie Rock
- Album Time: 0:00
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Performers:
- Embrik Snerte - Bassoon
- Hakon Morch Stene - Marimba, Vibraphone, Percussion
- Hunnhild Oddbjornsdatter - Viola
- Lisa Isabel Holstad - Cello
- Andre Bongard - Keyboards
- Bard Bratlie - Kazoo, Vocals
- Erik Lokra - Sax (Tenor), Sax (Baritone), Sax (Soprano)
- Erik Lokra - Sax (Baritone), Sax (Tenor), Sax (Soprano)
- Eyolf Dale - Synthesizer
- Hans Martin Austestad - Throat Singing, Percussion, Vocals
- Ida Kristine Hansen - Violin
- Isa Caroline Holmesland - Violin
- Jono El Grande - Vocals, Guitar (Electric), Percussion, Guitar, Synthesizer
- Petter Sorlie Kragstad - Keyboards
- Terje Engen - Drums
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