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	Extreme Spirituals - Birdsongs of the Mesozoic with Oral Moses (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.isi.jhu.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Extreme Spirituals is an adventurous collaboration between Boston's legendary modern music ensemble Birdsongs of the Mesozoic and internationally acclaimed bass baritone, Oral Moses from Atlanta.
		Birdsongs of the Mesozoic have been on the Boston music scene since 1980, when it first began to combine its rock'n'roll roots with a chamber music sensibility.
		Birdsongs is known for versatility and accessibility unusual for an avant-garde, boundary-crossing band.
	www.birdsongsofthemesozoic.org.cob-web.org:8888 (296 words)

	Cellars \| Avant guardsmen (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Birdsongs of the Mesozoic have survived the threat of extinction several times during their two-decade career.
		Although most Birdsongs of the Mesozoic recordings have found the members convening in a studio, the new disc’s tracks were recorded either alone or in clusters of a few members and contributors at a time.
		Birdsongs of the Mesozoic and guests play their 20th Anniversary Concert this Saturday, May 5, at the Somerville Theatre at 8 p.m.
	www.bostonphoenix.com /boston/music/cellars/documents/01439114.htm (1518 words)

	Birdsongs of the Mesozoic [www.progweed.net]
		Birdsongs Of The Mesozoic began in 1980 as a side project by half of Boston's now legendary Mission Of Burma, Roger Miller and Martin Swope.
		Birdsongs of the Mesozoic play in a highly experimental style driven mostly by piano, synthesizer and smooth saxophone.
		Birdsongs of the Mesozoic are one of the jewels of current progressive rock scene, and this album is a must for fans still hoping to find adventurous and original music within the genre.
	www.progweed.net /reviews/birdsongs/birdsongs-band.html (1084 words)

	Birdsongs of the Mesozoic - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Birdsongs of the Mesozoic is a musical group founded in Boston, Massachusetts in 1980.
		Birdsongs owes its origins to the 1978 breakup of the Boston post-punk band Moving Parts, which included future Birdsongs members Erik Lindgren and Roger Miller.
		Miller instead offered "Pulse Piece" from the sessions, naming the makeshift group "Birdsongs of the Mesozoic," a reference to a "Birdsongs of America" album that Swope had sampled during the sessions and to then-new theories about the dinosaur ancestry of birds (Miller having been a dinosaur afficionado as a young child).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Birdsongs_of_the_Mesozoic (637 words)

	NEARfest Records
		Celebrating their 20th anniversary, Birdsongs of the Mesozoic took the stage to open NEARfest 2001 and captivated the enthusiastic crowd of over 1000 people, hungry for progressive sound and spirit.
		One of the most refreshing aspects of Birdsongs of the Mesozoic is their sense of humor, and they brought it along in full force to this live show.
		The elegance and beauty of the scene call to the craft, talent and style which Birdsongs of the Mesozoic apply to their tightly arranged compositions.
	www.nearfestrecords.com /releases.asp?ID=6 (259 words)

	Birdsongs of the Mesozoic MP3 Downloads - Birdsongs of the Mesozoic Music Downloads - Birdsongs of the Mesozoic Music ...
		Birdsongs of the Mesozoic began as a side project by Roger Miller and Martin Swope, who were members of the Boston band Mission of Burma.
		Birdsongs of the Mesozoic plays a unique mix of rock, punk, classical, minimalism, and free-form music.
		During 1998, Birdsongs of the Mesozoic collaborated with NPR commentator David Greenberger to present the spoken-word/music performance 1001 Real Apes for a five-city tour.
	www.mp3.com /birdsongs-of-the-mesozoic/artists/3094/biography.html (350 words)

	TrouserPress.com :: Birdsongs of the Mesozoic
		Launched in 1980 as a one-off experimental keyboard collaboration between two former Boston bandmates — Mission of Burma guitarist Roger Miller and producer/synthesist Erik Lindgren the all-instrumental Birdsongs of the Mesozoic expanded to a real band with the addition of keyboardist Rick Scott and another Burmite, tape manipulator-turned-guitarist Martin Swope.
		The debut EP finds Birdsongs taking quite a different tack from Burma's impassioned, chaotic noise-on-the-brink, with six instrumentals ranging from the achingly pretty romance of "The Orange Ocean" to juxtaposed chords played as much against as with each other.
		Building up from the Birdsongs' past, Faultline shows the group to be not only alive but well on its way to forging a new stylistic synthesis.
	www.trouserpress.com /entry.php?a=birdsongs_of_the_mesozoic&tr=y (642 words)

	Nucleus - Birdsongs of the Mesozoic -
		Birdsongs of the Mesozoic was formed in 1980 (about 9 years before I joined the group).
		I understand that BotM began in the â80, which IMHO was a difficult decade for bands involved in complex music, at least that was the situation in this hemisphere during that period.
		Pianist Erik Lindgren co-founded Birdsongs of the Mesozoic in 1980.
	www.nucleusprog.com.ar /ingles/r-birdsongs-of-mesozoic.htm (1863 words)

	Ground and Sky review - Birdsongs of the Mesozoic - 2001 Live Birds
		Birdsongs occupied NEARfest's opening slot that year, and their set seems tailored to wake up the audience and knock their socks off.
		The show closer is another real firecracker: "Beat of the Mesozoic Part 1," like many of the earlier pieces showcased on this album, places a greater emphasis on rhythm than melody.
		Here, there's an almost primal percussion section — every member of the band is credited with percussion — that forms the centerpiece of the song which is structured, jazzlike, with a melodic head and a possibly improvised middle.
	www.progreviews.com /reviews/display.php?rev=botm-2001 (430 words)

	Perfect Sound Forever: Birdsongs of the Mesozoic- The Call of the Stone Age
		Birdsongs Mk I (Lindgren, Miller, Swope and Rick Scott) are documented on two compilations: The Fossil Record (1993; Cuneiform) and Sonic Geology (Rykodisc; 1987).
		According to Lindgren, the group's fabulous name came from Roger Miller, who was watching an LP called Birdsongs of America spin on a turntable, and he bizarrely misread the title as Birdsongs of the Mesozoic.
		Birdsongs were an anomaly in the '80s, bringing classical sensibilities to contemporary rock.
	www.furious.com /perfect/birdsongsofthemesozoic.html (2514 words)

	BIRDSONGS OF THE MESOZOIC Faultline review by Syzygy(Chris Gleeson)
		Faultline was the first Birdsongs of the Mesozoic album to be released following the departure of founding member and painist Roger Miller.
		The revised line up gave BOTM a more varied sonic pallette, although their characteristic influences (minimalism, chamber rock, contemporary avant garde and ambient) remain essentially the same.
		Birdsongs of the Mesozoic would go on to greater things, but this album is best seen as the first step towards the excellent Pterophonics and Iridium Controversy.
	www.progarchives.com /Review.asp?id=50942 (347 words)

	BIRDSONGS OF THE MESOZOIC / CUNEIFORM RECORDS
		For their 13th album and in their 25th year together, post-punk, art-rock pioneers Birdsongs of the Mesozoic do a 180 degree musical swerve and link up with bass-baritone vocalists Oral Moses, one of the preeminent African-American performers of traditional spirituals.
		Two keyboardists (one on grand piano and one on synthesizer), guitar, saxophone and electronic/computer percussion produce a unique sound that fuses the youthful energy and anarchism of rock with the structure (and process) of classical music.
		Called everything from ‘avant-progressive’ [Progression] to ‘heavy metal Baroque’ [Honolulu Weekly] to ‘avant-garage’ [B Side], Birdsongs’ hybrid sound may well be classical music’s new alternative, a ‘genetically modified’ hybrid that will breathe life and vigor into a musical genre that has grown rarified with age, increasingly irrelevant to modern audiences.
	www.cuneiformrecords.com /bandshtml/birdsongs.html (666 words)

	Birdsongs Of The Mesozoic - The Iridium Controversy
		Birdsongs Of The Mesozoic - The Iridium Controversy
		In the avant-garde/modern classical corner, Birdsongs of the Mesozoic have been steady contenders.
		The Beat Of The Mesozoic - Part 1 is the closer, also with a strong sense of urgency and danger.
	www.cs.uu.nl /~jur/reviews/theiridiumcontroversy.html (741 words)

	Birdsongs of the Mesozoic [www.progweed.net]
		As many of you may already know from reading these pages, Birdsongs of the Mesozoic are one of my favourite bands.
		Birdsongs has never been able to be pidgeon-holed which is a good trait although confusing for our prospective audiences and booking agents.
		With Birdsongs, there are pockets of improvisation in which a member will solo on given parameters for a specified period of time.
	www.progweed.net /interviews/birdsongs.html (2526 words)

	Birdsongs Of The Mesozoic - "Petrophonics" (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		The latest from BOTM is an impressive set of progressive music that fuses rock, chamber music, jazz, and good fun.
		On Petrophonics BOTM consists of Michael Bierylo on guitar, Ken Field on alto & soprano saxophones, flutes, and percussion, Erik Lindgren on piano, and Rick Scott on synthesizer and piano, plus numerous guests.
		BOTM have established a sound of their own, yet I'm often reminded of bands like Aksak Maboul, Univers Zero, and Henry Cow.
	www.aural-innovations.com /issues/issue14/birdmez1.html (281 words)

	New York Press (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		I had just finished reading John Strausbaugh’s Rock Til You Drop when I happened to catch one of the 20th-anniversary shows of Birdsongs of the Mesozoic: a gang of paunchy, wrinkled, grizzly, gray-haired, middle-aged guys with rock instruments in their hands.
		Strausbaugh’s contention is that bands that have been around this long and are pushing middle age have no right to act like teenagers.
		Birdsongs grew out of the raucous Mission of Burma.
	www.nypress.com /print.cfm?content_id=4833 (412 words)

	Birdsongs of the Mesozoic (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.isi.jhu.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Y te diría que la mayoría de las influencias de Birdsongs provienen de la parte europea.
		Estamos más que conmovidos de que su extraordinaria obra (¡una pintura que tituló Birdsongs of the Mesozoic!) sea la tapa del nuevo CD.
		Así que ese es otro elemento para añadir a la mezcla de influencias de Birdsongs of the Mesozoic.
	www.progresiva70s.com.cob-web.org:8888 /entrevista_birdsongs_mesozoic.htm (1032 words)

	Birdsongs of the Mesozoic Page
		NEARfest continues to stretch the boundaries of progressive music with band #9 for next year's festival, Birdsongs of the Mesozoic.
		Birdsongs' music is definitely "outside of the box", but with an infectious rhythmic and melodic sensibility and also a sense of playfulness.
		Their renditions of the themes to "The Simpsons" and "The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show" are twisted, hilarious and amazing all in one.
	www.e-prog.net /bands/birdsongs.htm (471 words)

	Birdsongs of the Mesozoic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		I got into Birdsongs of the Mesozoic right after high school in 1988.
		I bought it with no prior knowledge of the Birdsongs sound, and have been hooked on BOTM ever since.
		In the Summer of 2000, I was asked to build and maintain the official Birdsongs of the Mesozoic web site: www.birdsongsofthemesozoic.org, which I believe is my best site yet.
	www.dosswerks.com /birdsongs (718 words)

	MSJ-Ken Field of Birdsongs of the Mesozoic
		But the story is that Roger Miller and Martin Swope (the two original Birdsongs members who have left the group) were listening to (and watching the rotation of) a vinyl LP of "Birdsongs of America", and the latter part of the name got transformed while they were trying to read the spinning label.
		Through Birdsongs' principal composer and pianist Erik Lindgren, I was introduced to Willie Loco Alexander, and performed and recorded with his Persistence of Memory Orchestra for many years and 2 CDs.
		It would be a perfect place to play Birdsongs and some of my solo music, except that I do not play any music that I have been involved in creating.
	www.musicstreetjournal.com /birdsongsinterview.htm (1326 words)

	Real Art Ways ePress
		BIRDSONGS fuse rock, classical, minimalism, punk, garage/pop and jazz to sound like beautifully structured anarchy.
		BIRDSONGS OF THE MESOZOIC was formed in 1980 as a low-volume side-project by Mission of Burma guitarist Roger Miller, with Erik Lindgren, Rick Scott and Martin Swope.
		Founded in 1975, Real Art Ways is one of the country's seminal multi-disciplinary alternative spaces, featuring an extensive gallery exhibition program, as well as commissioned projects for public spaces and an on-going series of artist discussions, cinema programs, concerts, performances, spoken word and educational programs.
	www.realartways.org /press/releases/2004/epr_birdsongs.html (252 words)

	PROGRESSIVEWORLD.NET: REVIEWS BY STEPHANIE SOLLOW
		While I had first heard Birdsongs Of The Mesozoic at NEARFest 2001 (aside from a sample track I heard a few days before), I had heard of them years before, often seeing their CDs in one of local music sources.
		All of which means you can't simply say Birdsongs Of The Mesozoic are a jazz-rock band, as the opening track and bits elsewhere suggest.
		Tracks 8 - 11 are pieces that form the "Music Inspired By 1001 Real Apes." The suite opens with "Time Marches On Theme" which is a gentle, lilting acoustic based piece of guitar, flute, and piano.
	www.progressiveworld.net /birdsongsofthemesozoic.html (885 words)

	Ground and Sky review - Birdsongs of the Mesozoic - Petrophonics
		Birdsongs of the Mesozoic are, in a word, unique.
		Their music is a unique blend of styles and textures that, in the end, sound unlike anything else.
		It's always well composed and arranged, which leads to it being memorable, even if it's not in a toe-tapping melodies-stick-in-your-head kind of way.
	www.progreviews.com /reviews/display.php?rev=botm-pet (390 words)

	Tower Records - The Iridium Controversy * - Birdsongs Of Mesozoic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		THE IRIDIUM CONTROVERSY marks Birdsongs of the Mesozoic's 20th anniversary as a recording unit, and stands to show how far they've come.
		The group began in the early '80s as an outlet for the less rock-oriented interests of Mission of Burma leader Roger Miller, but by the end of the decade he was gone, leaving the band to progress without him.
		A couple of decades down the road, Birdsongs have indeed refined their all-instrumental fusion of rock, jazz, and neo-classical composition.
	www.towerrecords.com /product.aspx?pfid=2881268 (296 words)

	Boston’s Weekly Dig: Articles: Dinosaurs Can Dance (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Highlight of the show will be a segment in which the fifty-something ex-rockers of Birdsongs, coerced by Krauss, will hit the dance floor and shake their aging collective booty.
		As Lindgren, Bierylo and fellow Birdsongs members Ken Field and Rick Scott had never really danced before, many of the choreographers involved in the event had never really listened to Birdsongs.
		Choreographer Margaret Parsons chose a piece that rang true with her modern classical and ballet roots: Birdsongs' version of Stravinsky's “Rite Of Spring,” which she took to have a more tongue-in-cheek, comedic feel than the serious Dionysian pagan statement of the original.
	www.weeklydig.com /articles/dinosaurs_can_dance (396 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		With Burma's demise, he called on The Mesozoic fulltime, and opened the band up for all members to compose.
		The lunatic 4-member drum break in "Beat of the Mesozoic, pt.1" covered some new territory.
		Studio-based demos, capturing the last Era of Roger's Period of the Mesozoic.
	rogermiller.home.mindspring.com /birdsongsexpansion.html (242 words)

	MSJ - Birdsongs of the Mesozoic - Faultline
		This is arguably the most accessible disc from Birdsongs of the Mesozoic.
		A more chaotic element emerges later, but the band move back out into what becomes the most pure jazz segment of the number, then taking it into Crimsonian weirdness for the outro.
		No, this is not Birdsongs' cover of the Vangelis movie theme.
	www.musicstreetjournal.com /birdfault.htm (823 words)

	BIRDSONGS OF THE MESOZOIC
		Oba se ale posleze z Birdsongs vyparili a jadrem souboru dodnes zustali zbyli dva puvodni clenove - Erik Lindgren a Rick Scott.
		Tvorba Birdsongs Of The Mesozoic si uchovala po celych dvacet let existence kapely az obdivuhodnou konzistentnost.
		Vinyly, ktere Birdsongs Of The Mesozoic nahrali pro Ace of Hearts nebyly nikdy v puvodni podobe reeditovany na CD.
	lege.cz /hudba/birdmes.htm (825 words)

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