COMBO FH - Veci / Things - FRITH / HENRY COW / RIO

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Combo FH - V?ci / Things

Label: Panton

Catalog#: 8113 0184

Format: Vinyl, LP, Album

Country: Czechoslovakia

Released: 1981

Genre: Jazz, Rock

Style: Jazz-Rock, Fusion, Avantgarde

Tracklist

A1

Guma-Gu / Rubber Blubber

4:13

Arranged By - Daniel Fikejz
  Composed By - Bo?ivoj Suchý , Daniel Fikejz

A2

Sedli A Jedli / They Sat And Ate

3:13

Composed By, Arranged By - Daniel Fikejz

A3

Ouklejí Slalom / Dace Race

4:26

Arranged By - Bo?ivoj Suchý
  Composed By - Bo?ivoj Suchý , Daniel Fikejz

A4

Juta Targo

1:49

Composed By, Arranged By - Richard Mader

A5

?ezník Zítra Nep?ijde / The Butcher Won't Come Tomorrow

1:59

Composed By, Arranged By - Daniel Fikejz

A6

Sen Sušené Jahody / Dried Strawberry's Dream

3:46

Composed By, Arranged By - Daniel Fikejz

B1

Laserová Pou? / Laser Pilgrimage

2:49

Composed By, Arranged By - Daniel Fikejz

B2

Koko A Bu?ka / Koko And Bottage

1:35

Composed By, Arranged By - Daniel Fikejz

B3

Je Za Deset Minut, Pardále / It's Ten To, Bully Boy

2:55

Composed By, Arranged By - Daniel Fikejz

B4

P?ilož Ucho / Give Your Ear

3:01

Arranged By - Daniel Fikejz
  Composed By - Bo?ivoj Suchý , Daniel Fikejz , Old?ich Svoboda

B5

Druhá Nejlepší Pasti?ka Na Myši / Second Best Mousetrap

2:29

Composed By, Arranged By - Daniel Fikejz

B6

Zelený Muž / Green Man

1:48

Arranged By - Daniel Fikejz
  Composed By - Daniel Fikejz , Milan Sládek

B7

Tam Na Horách V Rákosí / On The Hilltops In The Rushes

1:35

Composed By, Arranged By - Daniel Fikejz

B8

Asi To Zabalíme, I Josef Už To Zavinul / Weather Report For Tonight, Let's Call It A Day

2:29

Composed By, Arranged By - Daniel Fikejz

Credits

Artwork By [Cover] - Miloš Jirsa
Bass Guitar - Václav Pátek
Bassoon, Piano [Prepared], Percussion - Milan Sládek
Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Piano [Prepared], Percussion - Richard Mader
Engineer [Sound] - Petr Šimák , Stanislav Sýkora , ?estmír Kadlec
Other [Sleevenote] - Lubomír Dor?žka
Photography - Blanka Chocholová , Jan Doubek
Piano, Electric Piano [Wurlitzer], Accordion, Piano [Prepared], Clavinet, Harpsichord, Organ, Synthesizer [Arp Omni, Farfisa Syntorchestra, Paia], Acoustic Guitar, Marimba, Percussion, Vocals, Leader - Daniel Fikejz
Producer [Spolupráce Na Realizaci] - Daniel Fikejz
Recording Supervisor [Musical Director] - Antonín Matzner
Saxophone [Soprano, Tenor], Cello, Piano [Prepared], Percussion - Bo?ivoj Suchý

Notes

Nahráno ve studiu ?s. televize. Praha 1980.
Recorded at the Czechoslovak T.V .Studio, Prague 1980.

Percussion:
Scissors, whip, cowbell, glass paper, castor sugar, toy piggy, bead curtain, wood blocks, guitar congas, finger cymbals, bells, kettle drums, Balkan violin, grandfather clock, air pump, fan, jinglebells, screws, plate, tambourine, flexatone, maracas, claves. [List of instruments used by the group members.]

Combo FH are a Czechoslovakian group playing decidedly RIO-influenced music. The album Veci consists of 14 short pieces of composed music, much of which sounds like updated Henry Cow, with a lot of winds backed up by a rock rhythm section. The complex ensemble work, as in Tipographica for example, occasionally opens up a vamp for a jam to let the group open up a bit, but, alas, this happens too infrequently. Mostly, this is highly structured work created by an extended ensemble, the lead melodies often led by combinations of sax, clarinets, bassoons etc. Many of these parts are heavily reminiscent of Legend-period Henry Cow or similarly avant-inclined chamber rock. But despite their penchant for complex and layered orchestration, Combo FH usually stay away from disonnance keeping the music to close to a distinctly melodic framework. The overall impression is an album of "shorts," compositions that are tight, structured and mostly interesting without any pyrotechnic displays or dynamic extremes. Fascinating all-instrumental 6-piece (keyboards, reeds/violin, bassoon, guitars, bass, drums/percussion) from Hungary. None of the members of this group were full-time musicians, but they run through 14 brief (1':35" to 4':26"), but very intricate compositions (mostly by keyboardist Daniel Fikejz), as if they were conservatory-trained. Wonderful stuff which, although strongly influenced by Czech folk and classical (i.e., Bartok) musics, seems very Zappa-inspired (circa Burnt Weeny Sandwich). The basson is prominent, so the music is superficially reminiscent of Gryphon, at times. I highly recommend this to fans of Zappa, Canterbury sounds, RIO (esp. those of us who enjoy Nimal, Zamla, etc.), and people who like the sound of the bassoon. The music of Combo FH is weird, but not in a pernicious/atonal/chaotic way, so even those of you with more mainstream tastes may like this. --

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