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   I am not good at suggesting bands but if you are interested I stumbled upon the band VIRTA a week or 2 ago and have been fascinated by their 2 albums.
From early opinions i think it may be a good candidate for POST since it has those elements plus hints of a few others which may be of interest to these forms. 
They really are quite jazzy and also certainly post rock / rock fusion along with some physc and electronic thrown in to boot. They produce interesting contrast between styles or genre and to me they are possibly proggy enough to be mentioned here. 

what do you guys think?

VIRTA is a Finnish instrumental trio that combines textures of Nordic jazz, post-rock and electronica with avant-garde sensibilities.

VIRTA (meaning electricity, energy or a stream) is a Finnish band founded in Kuopio in 2011 by Antti Hevosmaa on trumpet and vocals, Heikki Selamo on guitar and vocals and Erik Fräki on drums and percussion. All of the band members are heavily equipped with electronic effects, samplers and other digital sound processors they use to manipulate the sounds of their instruments. Today the band locates in Helsinki. The group is known for their particular sounds and sights that they create with their instruments, the sound system and live lights when performing live.

The mostly instrumental sound of VIRTA stands somewhere between Nordic jazz, post-rock and modern electronic music.

Website: http://www.virtavirta.com/#

There are links there to their various social media

Two Albums to date:

Hurmos - 2016

1. Aallot 04:56
2. About to Fly 07:41
3. Time Travel 06:53
4. Härmä 07:19
5. The Landing 03:00
6. Uni 08:09
7. On the Run 06:37

released December 2, 2016

Music composed & produced by VIRTA
Recorded & mixed by Sami Peräsalo
Mastered by Svante Forsbäck

Cover art by Michael Cina
Design & cover art colouring by Tero Ahonen

Antti Hevosmaa: trumpet, vocals, electronics
Heikki Selamo: guitar, vocals, electronics
Erik Fräki: drums, percussion, electronics

Tales from the Deep Waters - 2012

1. Eastwood 06:20
2. Traffic 06:13
3. Tales from the Deep Waters 04:33
4. Afrikan Tähti 05:31
5. Yalan 08:39

Tales from the Deep Waters is Virta's debut album.

Websites:
www.virtavirta.com

Contact:
[email protected]

Antti Hevosmaa - trumpet, flugelhorn, vocals
Heikki Selamo - guitar, effects
Erik Fräki - drums, percussion
credits
released November 20, 2012

All music composed, arranged & produced by VIRTA
Recorded by Sami Kemppainen
Mixed by Sami Peräsalo
Mastered by Svante Forsbäck
Cover art by Tero Ahonen

Edited by tigerfeet - August 26 2021 at 18:23