(RIO, Progressive Rock) (RIO, Progressive Rock) Von Zamla - No Make Up! - 1983, vinyl rip, (flac + cue) - раритет! - 1983, FLAC (image+.cue), lossless

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Second album from international version of the zany S/Zamla Mammas Manna bunch with ties to Albert Marcoeur’s group. Featuring an expanded lineup of six, including Univers Zero reeds man Michel Berckmans, “No Make Up!” is undeniably an avant progressive tour de force. The album opens, interestingly enough, with ‘Forge Etude’, a rework from Zamla’s (then) final album “Familjesprickor”. A rarely mentioned fact, possibly due its obscurity, is the relationship of Von Zamla with the German fusion band Munju during this period. Both recorded for the German based JA&RO label (aka Exil). And not only do they share a full time member, bassist Wolfgang Saloman, but Berckmans also played extensively on Munju’s “Le Perfectionniste” album. This collaboration is reflected on the third track ‘Fόr Munju / Indojazz’, one of the livelier pieces on “No Make Up!” Throughout the album, it’s once again Lars Hollmer’s familiar accordion, that drives most of the Nordic European style folk melodies. The ensemble work is tight, in typical chamber music fashion, with the aggressive rock edge provided by guitarist Eino Haapala, the same role he played for the Zamla clan prior. It’s fair to say that most of the groups in the Rock in Opposition camp find it hard to avoid some crazy improvisation, sort of their bitch-slap to the establishment. Here Von Zamla only utilize one piece for that, the unbelievably irritating (and mercifully short) ‘Voice Improvisation’. Fortunately the remainder of the tracks remain composed, energetic and satisfying. “No Make Up!” was to be reissued on CD in 1998, but for reasons unknown, did not happen. As of this review, it remains a vinyl only issue. Highly recommended to fans of the original RIO movement, the collective avant progressive sound, and those who have recently arrived through the Nordic front door via the Northside label.

Tom Hayes

The last studio album recorded by Lars Hollmer's groups in the 1980s was this release by Von Zamla. Recorded in the summer of 1983, the group here is the same as the one on the Cuneiform release 1983 Live, but the latter album was recorded live in March, and No Make Up! was mostly recorded in the studio after the touring was complete, in May and August. As a result, the band sounds tighter here than on the live album. In addition, almost all of the material on No Make Up! is new, with only two tracks overlaping with the live album. The songs on No Make Up! fall into two categories: more or less completely composed songs, with elegant and complex counterpoint between Michel Berckmans' reed instruments, Eino Haapala's guitar, and Hollmer's accordion. "Soon Series" is one of Zamla's best tracks in this line, opening with Berckmans playing a slow melody over an arpeggio keyboard line. Slowly the other instruments join in, doubling the melody. The second half of the piece has Berckmans and Wolfgang Salomon playing a repeated melodic figure, while Hollmer, Hans Louhelainen, and Haapala play a shimmering, descending harmony line on top. "Forge Etude," which opens the album, is a slowed-down version of the progressive piece from the last Zamla Mammaz Manna album, Familjesprickor (Family Cracks). "Hopeful" features a lilting melody line with contrapuntal oboe lines as well. Most of the other tracks started life as jams over odd time signatures. "Fur Munju" and "Antsong," the only two tracks which also appear on the live album, are in this category, as are "Gilmit" and "After Smrt." Vocals are at a minimum, appearing only on the "Voice Improvisation" (which was recorded at one of the concerts also featured on 1983 Live) and "After Smrt."