Tempo e Modo - Um Mundo a Construir. 1982 RCS
Given that Tempo e Modo are of Portuguese origin and supposedly from the early 80s, I had presumed the album would be a symphonic fusion along the lines of Tantra and Ananga Ranga (which would have been great as well). But that's not really the case. Primarily it's a mixture of instrumental symphonic progressive rock combined with a distinct new wave element, that tilts the album towards the neo-prog camp. This latter style, as I've noted in prior posts, was quite a good genre in its early stages, and Tempo e Modo are an excellent example of it. Think early 80s IQ / Pendragon / Twelfth Night. The instrumental tracks are the highlight here, with a strong melodic content coupled with excellent guitar and keyboard runs. A very nice surprise.
Priority: 3
1/20/12
3 comments:
I learned about this album among vynil collectors because speaks a dealer in Lisbon which will contain a reasonable number acquireds.Not sold because it will still want to explore the uniqueness.
It seems that this album was never distributed
The story goes thus:
There was in fact a collector / dealer who bought Pedro Clara, teacher of musical education at Riachos and one of the musicians on the album (vocals, guitar), most of the discs that he had ... Reportedly, the teacher, unaware of the value of the disc, sold lots of records for a pittance, as having no value ...
So we can find sites like this:
http://www.cdandlp.com/item/2/0-1112-0-1-0/1056676778/tempo-e-modo-um-mundo-a-construir.html
MODO e TEMPO in english means something like MODE and TIME.
Mode is indicated: expresses certainty, accuracy of the speaker before the fact.
The verb indicates a process located in time. We can distinguish: present, past and future.
Then mix up words and melodies, engineered to songs because there were ... A WORLD TO BUILD(Um Mundo a Construir).
Beautiful, indeed...
Dom
2 more information that may be useful:
1 - the uploader of that video Youtube in this post is Pedro, one of the band members (Pedro Rocha (piano acústico, strings e sintetizadores));
2 - Antonio (http://www.golden-pavilion.com/ owner), has this album
Thanks Isabel!
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