All of the instruments are microtonal, giving it a similar feel to Eastern music. #10 King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard – Flying Microtonal Banana “Man, just when you thought you could take a breather from Nonagon Infinity‘s everlasting psych groove loop…WHAM! is a whole other beast. I just don't think it's flying. It was really brilliant how they compose this sing. Predictably, it still sounds sorta, kinda, exactly like a … But K.G. 2017s Flying Microtonal Banana was the first record they made featuring microtones. Really scientific for a music I say.” 18. The whole 42 minutes flow perfectly, creating a sonic haze of melodic, microtonal bliss. That changed some on 2020's K.G., where the band revisit the approach used on Flying Microtonal Banana, the group's 2017 album built around the avant-garde sounds of their custom-made guitars and altered instruments. The … Microtones are smaller than a semi-tone (notes between notes) and features notes outside of traditional Western scales. Flying Microtonal Banana (2017) Refusing to rest on their laurels, Gizz delved into quarter tones in 2017 for an epic krautrock exploration on Flying Microtonal Banana. Flying Microtonal Banana (2017) You really need to let this one grow on you to really appreciate it. Their latest record K.G. God is Calling Me Back Home ( Float Along – Fill Your Lungs, 2013) Prepare yourself for Flying Microtonal Banana, 9 tracks featuring nothing but microtonal instruments.” … Shop for Vinyl, CDs and more from King Gizzard And The Lizard Wizard at the Discogs Marketplace. 5. 2 years ago. Never has a track been more appropriate for the vibraslap. is their 16th studio album, and another exploration into microtonal music. this brilliantly titled record is their 1st of five - yes, five - in 2017 & what a way to kick off! Flying Microtonal Banana isn’t King Gizzard’s first love affair with using microtonal guitars, but it is their first album based solely around the microtonal sound. Sleep Drifter (Flying Microtonal Banana, 2017) “This song hexed me for the first time I heard, intelligence it is. As such, Flying Microtonal Banana attempts a broad shift into weirder rhythms, more varied song structures, and a pallet of '70s rock that extend beyond krautrock and the regular King Gizzard pallet and into the fraught territory of world music. Shimmering, hypnotic & propulsive & powered along, as ever, by the metronomic beat of two drummers, 'Flying Microtonal Banana' takes a subtle musical shift away from the frazzled freak-beat of its 2016 predecessor, 'Nonagon Infinity'. K.G. One of five records released by the group in that year, it is widely celebrated by fans and critics as one of King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard’s most creative projects, which for this band is saying something. New album. 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