Recommended track(s) if you like: Emerson, Lake & Palmer
Birdsongs of the Mesozoic - "One Hundred Cycles (Excerpt #1)" - Full Length = 5:23
Mysterious electro-samba: a funky Latin percussive groove is embellished by keyboard riffs, jaunty excursions on guitar and smoky sax, and playful electronic squiggles. [Tempo: Mid-tempo]
Birdsongs of the Mesozoic - "Laramide Revolution (Excerpt #1)" - Full Length = 5:33
Pounding, chordal piano with swooping synths, squealing guitar, and honking sax. A stimulating synthesis of prog rock and the avant garde
Mother Mallard's Portable Masterpiece Company - "Music (1972) (Excerpt #1)" - Full Length = 12:56
After a startling opening sample of a 1950s pop music hit ("put another nickel in") the music charges full speed ahead into an extended up-tempo improvisation for the three keyboards. Lots of interlocking melodic motifs and an overall experimental progressive rock edge, over a pulsing, joyous, mechano-futuristic groove.
Mother Mallard's Portable Masterpiece Company - "Easter (1970) (Excerpt #1)" - Full Length = 19:23
The richness and variety of analog electronic sound on "Easter" – the world's 1st composition to be performed live on the Minimoog – is quite extraordinary. A long, slow-developing piece built around rapid-fire, tuned sequencer pulses from a Moog synthesizer, with pulse tones and timbres undergoing continual evolution throughout the piece. The tuned rhythmic pulse supports a wide variety of melodic patterns and motifs contributed by the other synthesized keyboards.
Mother Mallard's Portable Masterpiece Company - "Easter (Excerpt #2)" - Full Length = 19:23
A long, slow-developing piece built around rapid-fire, tuned sequencer pulses from a Moog synthesizer, with pulse tones and timbres undergoing continual evolution throughout the piece. The tuned rhythmic pulse supports a wide variety of melodic patterns and motifs contributed by the other synthesized keyboards. The richness and variety of analog electronic sound displayed on this piece is quite extraordinary.
