SECRET OYSTER Archives - Guerssen Records https://wpguerssen-test.odoo.rgbconsulting.com/artist/secret-oyster/ Guerssen Records Fri, 24 Jan 2025 11:55:03 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.5 https://wpguerssen-test.odoo.rgbconsulting.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/cropped-isotip-32x32.png SECRET OYSTER Archives - Guerssen Records https://wpguerssen-test.odoo.rgbconsulting.com/artist/secret-oyster/ 32 32 Sea Son https://wpguerssen-test.odoo.rgbconsulting.com/product/sea-son/ Thu, 23 Jan 2025 23:00:00 +0000 http://guerssen.hl1097.dinaserver.com/product/sea-son/ This is Secret Oysters second step to stardom. When Secret Oysters first album (LHC 216) was a monumental debut, "Sea Son" is a monster of an album type slightly psychedelic progjazz rock with clever use of electric piano and moog synthesisers along with a strong dose of melodic sax lines while Bohlings impressive guitar work really shines through and rules (listen to 9:16 long mind movie). A lot of furious solos and just a few soft ones mostly by guitar and sax, remarkable interplays between keyboards and sax, inventive breaks are also basic elements of this fantastic album. The work of Staehr on bass is outstanding and pushed the rhythm section more in direction Rock than Jazz. Album comes with insert, including story by Karsten Vogel and rare photos. Remastered. A truly fantastic album. Comes with one bonus track.

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]]> This is Secret Oysters second step to stardom. When Secret Oysters first album (LHC 216) was a monumental debut, “Sea Son” is a monster of an album type slightly psychedelic progjazz rock with clever use of electric piano and moog synthesisers along with a strong dose of melodic sax lines while Bohlings impressive guitar work really shines through and rules (listen to 9:16 long mind movie). A lot of furious solos and just a few soft ones mostly by guitar and sax, remarkable interplays between keyboards and sax, inventive breaks are also basic elements of this fantastic album. The work of Staehr on bass is outstanding and pushed the rhythm section more in direction Rock than Jazz. Album comes with insert, including story by Karsten Vogel and rare photos. Remastered. A truly fantastic album. Comes with one bonus track.

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]]> Straight to the Krankenhaus https://wpguerssen-test.odoo.rgbconsulting.com/product/straight-to-the-krankenhaus/ Thu, 23 Jan 2025 23:00:00 +0000 http://guerssen.hl1097.dinaserver.com/product/straight-to-the-krankenhaus/ Straight to the Krankenhaus is the 4th full-length studio album by Danish progrock-jazz/ fusion act Secret Oyster. The album was composed and recorded simultaneously with Vidunderlige Kælling (1975) but was not released until late 1976/ early 1977. Many fans regard this album as the best work Secret Oyster ever did. And maybe they are right, because the brand of progrock jazz/ fusion on this album is very catchy and while there are plenty of soloing by sax and guitar the songs never drag or drown in excessive soloing. The band is exceptionally well playing and their play corresponds to the songs on the album as high quality compositions. It's for sure that Secret Oyster had specialised an energy instrumental jazzy progrock for several years before this final album, and the maturity of their craft by this point reached a peak. The album starts with brief "Lindance" and it's merely a "dramatic overture" to pieces ahead. Next of which is the also brief title track introducing a catchy almost playful new theme of the electric piano as well as title 8-bar bursts of invention by electric guitar player Claus Boling. After this rather short tracks the album kicks into gear with "My Second Hand Rose", the first spot that sax player, bandleader and primary composer Karsten Vogel really gets to shine. Throughout this song and most of the album, he is basically singing lead with his sax, and later in the track guitarist Boling gets another solo of utter perfection. And the album gets better from there, "High Luminant Silver Patterns" lays down a furious space groove as Boling once again sets the world on fire. "Delveaux" is an extended meditation piece of outer space beauty. It takes you on a journey witch ends with Vogels exciting "Travel and Elephants". The music gets louder and more frantic as it goes, culminating in an ecstatic finale. The final track, Boling's "Leda and the Dog" is one of the more emotionally involving pieces on the album. Nine songs and barely a moment wasted. Fantastic nontrivial melodies, great solos, all played by players who have mastered their instruments so well they have no need to show off. Really fantastic! Album comes with liner notes by Karsten Vogel and rare photos, including one bonus track. Extremely great stuff!

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]]> Straight to the Krankenhaus is the 4th full-length studio album by Danish progrock-jazz/ fusion act Secret Oyster. The album was composed and recorded simultaneously with Vidunderlige Kælling (1975) but was not released until late 1976/ early 1977. Many fans regard this album as the best work Secret Oyster ever did. And maybe they are right, because the brand of progrock jazz/ fusion on this album is very catchy and while there are plenty of soloing by sax and guitar the songs never drag or drown in excessive soloing. The band is exceptionally well playing and their play corresponds to the songs on the album as high quality compositions. It’s for sure that Secret Oyster had specialised an energy instrumental jazzy progrock for several years before this final album, and the maturity of their craft by this point reached a peak. The album starts with brief “Lindance” and it’s merely a “dramatic overture” to pieces ahead. Next of which is the also brief title track introducing a catchy almost playful new theme of the electric piano as well as title 8-bar bursts of invention by electric guitar player Claus Boling. After this rather short tracks the album kicks into gear with “My Second Hand Rose”, the first spot that sax player, bandleader and primary composer Karsten Vogel really gets to shine. Throughout this song and most of the album, he is basically singing lead with his sax, and later in the track guitarist Boling gets another solo of utter perfection. And the album gets better from there, “High Luminant Silver Patterns” lays down a furious space groove as Boling once again sets the world on fire. “Delveaux” is an extended meditation piece of outer space beauty. It takes you on a journey witch ends with Vogels exciting “Travel and Elephants”. The music gets louder and more frantic as it goes, culminating in an ecstatic finale. The final track, Boling’s “Leda and the Dog” is one of the more emotionally involving pieces on the album. Nine songs and barely a moment wasted. Fantastic nontrivial melodies, great solos, all played by players who have mastered their instruments so well they have no need to show off. Really fantastic! Album comes with liner notes by Karsten Vogel and rare photos, including one bonus track. Extremely great stuff!

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]]> Vidunderlige Kælling (CD) https://wpguerssen-test.odoo.rgbconsulting.com/product/vidunderlige-kaelling-cd/ Tue, 03 Sep 2019 22:00:00 +0000 http://guerssen.hl1097.dinaserver.com/product/vidunderlige-kaelling-cd/ Vidunderlige Kælling is the third full-length studio album by Danish progrock jazz/ fusion act Secret Oyster. The album was made specifically and on request for a ballet of the same name starring one of the greatest Danish female ballet dancers at the time Vivi Flindt (it's Vivi posing naked on the cover of the album). The music on this album was composed simultaneously with the tracks that would make up the 4th full-length studio album by Secret Oyster called "Straight To The Krankenhaus", which was published a year later. The music on Vidunderlige Kælling was meant for more structured setting than the band's usually more jamming approach, but the majority of the music still sound unmistakably like Secret Oyster though just a bit less jamming. It means progrock jazz fusion on a very high level. Weather Report is the most obvious reference, but Secret Oyster in opposite to Weather Report had a amazing guitarist in the line up who gave them a different sound and makes it more a rock than a jazzrock band. As on the albums before the music is freely instrumental and while there are guitars soloing in the bands music, now it is sax player Karsten Vogel and keyboard player Kenneth Knudsen who are mostly in focus. The production is excellent and worthy. Again a great album by a rather underrated band. The CD comes with story by Karsten Vogel and rare photos.
Comes with two bonus tracks.

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]]> Vidunderlige Kælling is the third full-length studio album by Danish progrock jazz/ fusion act Secret Oyster. The album was made specifically and on request for a ballet of the same name starring one of the greatest Danish female ballet dancers at the time Vivi Flindt (it’s Vivi posing naked on the cover of the album). The music on this album was composed simultaneously with the tracks that would make up the 4th full-length studio album by Secret Oyster called “Straight To The Krankenhaus”, which was published a year later. The music on Vidunderlige Kælling was meant for more structured setting than the band’s usually more jamming approach, but the majority of the music still sound unmistakably like Secret Oyster though just a bit less jamming. It means progrock jazz fusion on a very high level. Weather Report is the most obvious reference, but Secret Oyster in opposite to Weather Report had a amazing guitarist in the line up who gave them a different sound and makes it more a rock than a jazzrock band. As on the albums before the music is freely instrumental and while there are guitars soloing in the bands music, now it is sax player Karsten Vogel and keyboard player Kenneth Knudsen who are mostly in focus. The production is excellent and worthy. Again a great album by a rather underrated band. The CD comes with story by Karsten Vogel and rare photos.
Comes with two bonus tracks.

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]]> Striptease https://wpguerssen-test.odoo.rgbconsulting.com/product/striptease/ Tue, 17 Dec 2019 23:00:00 +0000 http://guerssen.hl1097.dinaserver.com/product/striptease/ 'Striptease' is an at the time unissued set of recordings by this respected Danish progressive unit. Recorded in 1978, this collection offers eight sax and keyboard dominated tracks. Musically it's a mixture of the band's style as heard on the third and fourth albums, with the 7-minute 'Pas De Deux' as the undisputed highlight.

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]]> ‘Striptease’ is an at the time unissued set of recordings by this respected Danish progressive unit. Recorded in 1978, this collection offers eight sax and keyboard dominated tracks. Musically it’s a mixture of the band’s style as heard on the third and fourth albums, with the 7-minute ‘Pas De Deux’ as the undisputed highlight.

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