Some really nice, enjoyable, hard-ass fusion out of Bulgaria--a country we know well from the earlier White Green and Red (with multiple albums here on this blog) and the Simeon Schterev one-off. There is another Bulgarian album that's really worth hearing, the 1978 one from "Crickets" band Shtourtsite, databased here. This is the only progressive album from that particular group though be forewarned they mostly delved in basic and very simplistic pop. And I guess I never posted the brilliant fusion masterpiece from 1980 by Septet Rousse mentioned several times here and there, which I should have, and which everyone who reads this probably would enjoy. Add to that the well-known FSB, which despite the name referencing the Russian secret service made such brilliant SFF-like or Stern Combo M.-like symphonic and organ/synth-based prog especially in the album ii.
Here's the artist in discogs. Note that he recycled many tunes or compositions from one album to the next, though he seems to have several releases, probably more that aren't listed.
From the first, 1980 album ST, the track called Put kum zvezdite gives you an idea of the super-smooth Eastern Euro fusion:
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Thanks a lot for this - I've learnt about so much interesting music on this blog, looking forward to check this out!
ReplyDeleteI've only listened to the first one for now, but it's really coooool! I like those scattered moogs and wah wah everywhere ... I hope the others are at this level too, thanks very much Julian!
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ReplyDeleteThanks abain Julian from the sample clips I was hooked! Smooth intro synths, phased guitar and of course a funk bassline!
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