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  • Artist: Jono El Grande
  • Format: LP
  • Year: 2009
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • UPC: 7033662030842
  • Item Number: FRCX030842
  • Release date: 05/12/2009
  • 1. Neo Dada
  • 2. Ballet Morbido in a Dozen Tiny Movements
  • 3. Oslo City Suite
  • 4. Your Mother Eats Like a Platipus
  • 5. Big Ben Dover
  • 6. Three Variations on a Mainstream Neurosis
  • 7. Choko King
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Neo Dada by Jono El Grande on LP


Six years after Fevergreens, Jono El Grande finally followed suit with Neo Dada, an album that builds on the wacky Zappa-goes-Latin recipe of its predecessor to reach new Dadaist heights. El Grande (aka Norwegian composer Jon Andreas Hatun) writes very precise pieces of avant-progressive rock music that proudly wears the combined influences of Zappa, Gentle Giant, Henry Cow, and even a bit of Magma (Attahk-era in the title track's chorus). The album is rather short (42 minutes) but packed with ideas and extremely fun if you are into this kind of seriously-non-serious complex meter music. El Grande is backed by a 13-piece band whose instrumentation is a hybrid between a chamber music ensemble (string quartet, bassoon), and Zappa's 1988 band (especially in the keyboard sounds and heavy use of mallet percussion). The opener, "Neo Dada," is a stunner: fast-paced, restless, and silly in pure Jono El Grande style, distilled to hit single length. If you can't stand it, leave at once; if you dig it, please step inside, there's a lot more to be enjoyed! Like what? Like the bassoon intro to "Oslo City Suite," the deranged string quartet that is "Your Mother Eats Like a Platipus," and the full-motion-Zappa feel of the third part of "Three Variations on a Mainstream Neurosis" (plus handclaps!). Neo Dada is late-era Zappa minus the scatological routines, plus an intentionally cheesy Latin element (think Senor Coconut). And if Fevergreens was already a strong effort, this album is better written, more assured, and extremely well executed. Highly recommended. ~ Francois Couture, Rovi
  • Artist: Jono El Grande
  • Format: LP
  • Year: 2009
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • UPC: 7033662030842
  • Item Number: FRCX030842
  • Release date: 05/12/2009
  • Label: Rune Grammofon
  • Genre: Pop/Rock, Avant-Garde
  • Style: Modern Composition, Experimental Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Creative Orchestra
  • Album Time: 42:21

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  • Neo Dada Jono El Grande LP
Neo Dada Jono El Grande LP