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verslibre 
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presdoug
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Posted: February 03 2023 at 15:19 |
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Giger Lenz Marron-Beyond
Giger Lenz Marron-Where The Hammer Hangs Passport-Looking Thru Passport-Cross-Collateral Il Baricentro-Sconcerto Dedalus-Dedalus Terje Rypdal-What Comes After ^those sprang to mind...
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Posted: February 03 2023 at 20:02 |
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Best instrumental prog album that I'VE ever heard?
There can be only one...."Masques" by Brand X! RIP Johnny Goodsall! Edited by cstack3 - February 03 2023 at 20:05 |
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David_D
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Posted: February 04 2023 at 05:09 |
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With two additional my post-'70s are now: Solaris (HUN) - Marsbeli Kronikak (1984) Shora (CH) - Malval (2005) Univers Zero (B) - Clivages (2010) Vespero (RUS) - By the Waters of Tomorrow (2010) |
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quality over quantity, and all kind of PopcoRn almost beyond
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Gerinski
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Posted: February 04 2023 at 05:51 |
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Also highly advisable are the 2 albums by Bozzio - Levin - Stevens.
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JamWalk
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Posted: February 05 2023 at 09:55 |
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I'll be honest and say that I do not listen to many purely instrumental albums, but The Snow Goose by Camel is the exception. Absolutely fabulous album.
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Posted: February 05 2023 at 14:40 |
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Just one. Avocet by Bert Jansch.
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Posted: February 05 2023 at 15:06 |
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To mention a few: Camel - The Snow Goose Oaksenham - Upon All the Living and the Dead (2 songs with some vocals, but nevertheless I should mention this one)1 Dean Watson - Track of Days Deluge Grander - Oceanarium In the PE niche: Klaus Schulze - Mirage, Timewind, Picture MusicTangerine Dream - Ricochet, Stratosfear, Rubycon Jean-Michel Jarre- Oxygène 1 There have been more than a few superb instrumental albums in the second half of the 2010's.
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Posted: February 05 2023 at 17:07 |
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It's not entirely instrumental, as there are some spoken word bits and a little bit of singing, but for the most part it's instrumental. If you like Moonmadness or Snow Goose-era Camel, you'll like this one: Another one that's mostly instrumental, but there are a few tracks with vocals: If you insist on it being ENTIRELY instrumental, no exceptions, then try Edit: I completely forgot about Liquid Tension Experiment 2. That's like my all time favorite! Lastly, Plini's "Thing" EP Trilogy (Other Things, The End of Everything, Sweet Nothings) is also remarkable, imo: Edited by bardberic - February 05 2023 at 17:30 |
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Posted: February 05 2023 at 18:07 |
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Posted: February 05 2023 at 18:45 |
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A few nights ago I was listening to this great mostly instrumental long lost album from the 90s.
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Lens - Regeneration
IQ fans will know this, but not many others I suspect…. Edited by essexboyinwales - February 06 2023 at 11:11 |
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Posted: February 06 2023 at 11:57 |
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An obscure band from Netherlands
Finch ...3 lps -Glory of the Inner Force -Beyond Ex[ression -Galleons of Passion |
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Agreed! Isobar are a fine instrumental band indeed. Listen to them at: https://isobarprog.bandcamp.com/.
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their cover of 'Under Pressure' ( Mercury/Bowie ) is super i  
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Posted: February 09 2023 at 22:32 |
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Gilgamesh- Another Fine Tune You've Got Me Into
Passport- Infinity Machine Univers Zero- Uzed Univers Zero- Ceux Du Dehors Univers Zero- Rhythmix Solaris- Martian Chronicles Goblin Rebirth Balanescu Quartet- Angels And Insects Tangerine Dream- Force Majure Ars Nova- The God Of Darkness |
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After having listened to it many times over the last 10 years, this album still grows on me - a lot of drama in an original and authentic way, but some pretty dark stuff. Also Post-Rock in a way I certainly consider as Progressive. Edited by David_D - February 12 2023 at 16:40 |
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Hago
They have one self-titled album, and it's some of the most amazing prog metal jazz fusion (with actual jazz influences, as opposed to this "jazzy" thing that some metal groups dip their toe in, and fans yell "it's like JAZZ!"). And, as an Israeli band, the Middle Eastern/Eastern Mediterranean stylings are very apparent. They have one track with lyrics in Hebrew (with a guest singer), and another track has wordless vocals, but everything else on it is instrumental.
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I don't know. There are so many, I would miss too many of them trying to remember. But the ones I can think of are
6 Wives of Henry the VIII by Rick Wakeman. Hamburger Concerto by Focus. Tubular Bells, Ommadawn, Hergest Ridge, Incantations, Songs from Distant Earth, Return to Ommadawn, by Mike Oldfield. Oxygen and Equinox by Jean Michel Jarr. |
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Posted: February 15 2023 at 01:51 |
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Liquid Tension Experiment - Liquid Tension Experiment 2
Derek Sherinian - Blood of the Snakes Roz Vitalis - The Hidden Man of the Heart Estradasphere - Palace of Mirrors Russian Circles - Enter
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