Spanish Dance Troupe

Gorky's Zygotic Mynci | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (January 31, 2005)
• Original Release Date: November 2, 1999
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Beggars UK - Ada
• ASIN: B00001P4T1
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #298,013 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Cd in very good condition. Jewel case has a few scratches. Ships 1st class.

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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars So out of it, it's in, November 12, 1999

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happydogpotatohead "happydogpotatohead" (New Orleans, LA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Spanish Dance Troupe (Audio CD)

This CD has absolutely nothing to do with any current trend in rock and roll music. For the most part it sounds as though it came from some alternate universe where Canterbury rock (early Soft Machine, Caravan, Robert Wyatt, Kevin Ayers, Gong) never died out. GZM is compared to Zappa by many critics, but that comparison is inaccurate; they're straight out of Ye Olde Canterbury School of Prog Rock, only their songs are shorter. Even on the relatively straightforward "Poodle Rockin'" (which sounds something like early Roxy Music) they manage to insert a Robert Wyatt-esque dog-howl intro. You see? I have to go back twenty years just to find analogues for this band's sound. Not that they're retro; no slavish Beatles imitations a la Oasis. Tremendously melodic, sometimes with two or three melodies within a song, each one a melody that a lesser band would die for; expert musicianship that is never too showy; and insightful yet peculiar lyrics - all this goes in to making up the indescribable package that is "Spanish Dance Troupe." You really need to have this. No, REALLY.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars GREAT UNFASHIONABLE ALBUM!, November 22, 1999

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vikingo (San Salvador, El Salvador) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Spanish Dance Troupe (Audio CD)

GZM's new album wins the title for best hangover music of the year. It is a soothing, refreshing, melodic and surreal work of art. The lyrics are always silly and often sappy, but somehow Euros Childs and co. skillfully manage to pull it off. GZM are masters of weaving a perfect blend of melody and off-beat sensibility. In the age of Limp Bizkit and Britney Spears,this music is as real as it gets. I am from Central America, miles away from Wales, and yet I feel right at home listening to GZM's warm, textured, beautifully executed music. If you like Mercury Rev, Flaming Lips, Olivia Tremor Control,or Pink Floyd's Obscured by Clouds, try this out!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wales is a weird place to live!, December 12, 1999

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"mrpelican" (Chester, England) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Spanish Dance Troupe (Audio CD)

Wales, gentle,tranquil,full of sheep, it is to be honest a pretty dull place! So why is it that in both Super Furry Animals and Anglseys own Gorks Zygotic Mynci they have two of the most psychadelic and imaginative bands around. Spanish dance troop, Gorkys 6th album, sees them recover from their major label fiasco and return to form in a big way. All the songs here are beautifully arranged, produced and played and are sung in a way that will break your heart. A good Gorkys song should sound like an acid induced nursery rhyme, this is best illustrated in the title track spanish dance troop, Sample lyric "My conclusion this summer was there was much to much rain, so I ran of on thursday with a dance troop from spain". Whilst all the songs contain deliceously off Kilter lyrics they are often found hideing an inner turmoil or pain, but this is more a post script rather than the main theme, so the album never sounds heavy or depressed, just strums along with a country tinged backing. In spanish dance troop Gorkys Zygotic Mynci have managed to produce what they have always threatend to produced, a wonderfull album, the weirdness is kept in check (to a degree!)and you should own this album and be very greatful for its exsistence. Acid fried country and western, it could just work you know!