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Post by Rabbit on Aug 31, 2013 18:23:25 GMT
You may not know the name, since Francis does lay low in the recognition stakes. He was in fact, the lead guitarist for The Enid in the 70's and was/is a superb player.
A few years back he produced a couple of nice albums that sound like a cross between The Enid and Vaughan Williams. In fact in the first album there is a direct quote from an old English folk song.
You can hear that these two albums I'll give a mention are based on English folk music, without being folky. It's more 'orchestral' sounding with electronics. Gentle and pleasant stuff but a good listen.
The two albums are....
'Far and Forgot' from the Lands, which to my ears, also contains some Chinese influences in that some of it is pentatonic. (Uses a five note scale - just the black notes of the piano). So kind of Engalese. (Chinese and English sounding)
The other album is called 'To Wake the King'.
Here's the weird thing. He's an English musician and the CD' s are imports!!!
Did Francis really have to go that far to get away from the influence of Robert John Godfrey who is the front of Enid? Robert has dominated The Enid since the start, until the recent album that they produced, but you can hear elements in Francis' two albums. The Enid sound is there with Francis and easily recognised if you know his old band as I do.
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Post by wadiaman2 on Sept 7, 2013 0:16:45 GMT
I'll give him try,Ian.....Thanks ! I never got to like the Enid,however this guy sounds interesting ! Cheers !
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Post by Rabbit on Sept 7, 2013 7:10:57 GMT
The Enid sound is kind of different and, I felt, very dominated by Robert John Godfrey. A lot of it uses pastiche and almost attempts to sound like classical music with signs of English folk, Vaughan-Williams and Rachmaninoff slung together with a dash of rock!
So it can be strange for some. I thought their most recent album, which I reviewed was tremendous. His grip on their sound seemed less John-Godfrey dominated.
However, Francis Lickerish also sounds 'Enidy' so I guess a lot of it was to do with him too! Or he can't get away from that sound.
His two albums contain direct quotes from folk music, but unless you know them, you might not know it.
It's also quite strange that they are imports!!
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