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Upsilon Acrux
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math rock, experimental, progressive, brutal prog, progressive rock… see all
Take the weirdest of Discipline-era King Crimson, multiply it by 100, and then remove any and all sense of apparent melody. You’ll have something that might resemble Upsilon Acrux, who enjoy to call themselves “brutal prog”. Also pattern-prog would be suitable name for the genre.
Hailing from Vista, CA… this group has gone through well over 10 members and several line-ups, including everything from a 2-piece to over 5. Regardless of the amount of members, Upsilon Acrux are sure to create material that is entirely unconventional, consistently superb, intelligent, rhythmically labyrinthine, and largely alien even to the more experimental and outgoing bands around these days.
Classic Moog keyboards (often used in amusing ways), two drummers (one on the left channel, one on the right), and an all acoustic guitar/bass duo from another world make for an engaging progressive rock experience that manages to simultaneously make light of the extreme pretentiousness of math rock and make your head spin in circles from the pseudo-improvised madness.
Hailing from Vista, CA… this group has gone through well over 10 members and several line-ups, including everything from a 2-piece to over 5. Regardless of the amount of members, Upsilon Acrux are sure to create material that is entirely unconventional, consistently superb, intelligent, rhythmically labyrinthine, and largely alien even to the more experimental and outgoing bands around these days.
Classic Moog keyboards (often used in amusing ways), two drummers (one on the left channel, one on the right), and an all acoustic guitar/bass duo from another world make for an engaging progressive rock experience that manages to simultaneously make light of the extreme pretentiousness of math rock and make your head spin in circles from the pseudo-improvised madness.
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Intimate Barbarian
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My Brother the Doctor
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Bicycle Race
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Expiration date - alaska, my darkness
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alejandros69 wrote:
Yeah, It's a great album.
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jshank wrote:
I was listening to an NPR station in Chicago, and whoever was running the soundboard accidentally left "Galapagos Momentum" playing in the background for the duration of "All Things Considered." It was BR00TAL! No lie.
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DFelon204409 wrote:
math rock article that mentions upsilon acrux, keep it real: http://www.sputnikmusic.com/feature.php?id=5305
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sporting_lice wrote:
This band makes me hard!
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looooooooooooop wrote:
Brutal prog tag = ftw !
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WhoMadeCookies wrote:
awesome
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upsilonkng wrote:
wait for our new 28 minute song, it's coming this summer to la venues....
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[deleted-user]
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Galapagos Momentum is so perfect.
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fuckingheadshot wrote:
oh shit this stuff rocks
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praisingfolly wrote:
Galapagos Momentum is probably my prog cd of the year so far. Fans of this band, check out Ahleuchatistas (I'd recommend the CD The Same and the Other).
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praisingfolly wrote:
EDIT: second
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praisingfolly wrote:
Currently giving Galapagos Momentum a first listen. Very good so far, but I'm only on the first song.
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TxusMx wrote:
Galapagos is an amazing album.
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thesky_7 wrote:
Join the Maze Rock group. Description is on the group page.
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chamberry wrote:
Just showing some love for my latest discovery.
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kidindigo wrote:
wow great album
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TheHenryWessman wrote:
The Best.
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10th Annual Eagle Rock Music Festival
Eagle Rock Center for the Arts, Los Angeles, United States
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Recent Activity
- nap420 and mint26 added Upsilon Acrux to their libraries. 6 hours ago
- launderground added Upsilon Acrux to the lineup of 10th Annual Eagle Rock Music Festival at Eagle Rock Center for the Arts. Tuesday morning
- jroberts5 and xtheregretx added Upsilon Acrux to their libraries. last month
- zalvagiris tagged Upsilon Acrux with ‘jazzcore’ and ‘avant-progressive rock’. last month
- PATMAN2288, janulamat and PR_Nealy added Upsilon Acrux to their libraries. last month
- mudinveins connected Upsilon Acrux to the group Brutal Prog. last month
- milaxnimia, nchantedbiscuit, Svexel and 4 other people added Upsilon Acrux to their libraries. last month
- SupremeEvil tagged Upsilon Acrux with ‘brutal prog’ and ‘experimental’. July 2008
- jannon connected Upsilon Acrux to the group the smell of a pehrspace deathbomb. July 2008
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