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BrufordFreak 
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Honorary Collaborator Joined: January 25 2008 Location: Wisconsin Status: Offline Points: 7955 |
 Posted: June 18 2015 at 22:41 |
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Anybody else out there thinking that overall this is actually a surprisingly bad year for prog music, so far?
But then, the bulk of releases will start coming in September . . . .
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Drew Fisher
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Man With Hat
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Jazz-Rock/Fusion/Canterbury Team Joined: March 12 2005 Location: Neurotica Status: Offline Points: 166178 |
Posted: June 18 2015 at 22:51 |
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^ I'd say it's at least on par with last year (probably the past two years, but I'll admit my memory of two years ago is fuzzy) at this point in the year.
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Dig me...But don't...Bury me
I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect. |
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Raff
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Honorary Collaborator Joined: July 29 2005 Location: None Status: Offline Points: 24391 |
Posted: June 19 2015 at 05:30 |
I wouldn't say bad as much as somewhat lackluster - with very few exceptions so far. Then again, I haven't listened to all the new releases, especially those (like the new Guapo) that are more to my taste. The really good new stuff (at least as far as I'm concerned) tends to fly under the radar. |
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Mascodagama
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Posted: June 19 2015 at 14:49 |
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I want to recommend the album by Deadly Orgone Radiation (Weasel Walter / James Sedwards / Alex Ward):
It's a very noisy amalgam of improv / metal / brutal prog. So you'd want to be in the right mood. But it's hitting the spot for me.
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Man With Hat
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Jazz-Rock/Fusion/Canterbury Team Joined: March 12 2005 Location: Neurotica Status: Offline Points: 166178 |
Posted: June 21 2015 at 02:28 |
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^ This is quite wonderful. Definitely stays pretty much full throttle all the way through, which is a nice touch IMO.
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Dig me...But don't...Bury me
I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect. |
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Guldbamsen
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Retired Admin Joined: January 22 2009 Location: Magic Theatre Status: Offline Points: 23098 |
Posted: June 22 2015 at 08:27 |
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So I checked out Alco Frisbass after seeing them mentioned in this thread and I have to say it has been one of the most frustrating experiences of 2015. These guys seem to have 'borrowed' everything warm and jazzy about Caravan and Hatfields and then popped it in the blender with a touch of the mildly avantguarde. Definitely not a difficult album to get into.....yet I, for one, am missing a real drummer. I guess the programming is done very well on the album, and the drums genuinely sound like drums, but there's no groove imo. Everything else about the album I love, but the lack of a carbon-based rhythm conveyor is still a pretty big let-down for me.
Fingers crossed for a sophomore release featuring Torstein Lofthus (elephant9, Shining) on the drums
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“The Guide says there is an art to flying or rather a knack. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.”
- Douglas Adams |
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Nogbad_The_Bad
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Posted: June 22 2015 at 11:14 |
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Damn, I hadn't noticed the programmed drumming until you mentioned it, now I can't miss it, aarghh.
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Ian
Host of the Post-Avant Jazzcore Happy Hour on Progrock.com https://podcasts.progrock.com/post-avant-jazzcore-happy-hour/ |
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Guldbamsen
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Posted: June 24 2015 at 11:30 |
  Sorry if I just ruined your mojo Ian, that was definitely not part of the plan. |
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“The Guide says there is an art to flying or rather a knack. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.”
- Douglas Adams |
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Guldbamsen
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Retired Admin Joined: January 22 2009 Location: Magic Theatre Status: Offline Points: 23098 |
Posted: June 24 2015 at 12:13 |
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Though not included on PA, I'd still heartily recommend the newest release by Heroin in Tahiti called Sun & Violence. If any of you people are into a little left-field psych dabblings, then by all means take the plunge.
Here's how they describe the album themselves: This time, Heroin In Tahiti abandon the freaked out approach of the previous release, for an almost prog-infused sequence of psychedelic folk dances, spacey tarantellas,
twangy guitars, black market hymns and Joe Meek-style homages to the sinking of Costa Concordia. |
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“The Guide says there is an art to flying or rather a knack. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.”
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Horizons
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Posted: June 24 2015 at 12:34 |
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Not prog but one of my favorite songs and albums of the year so far. A more loose Cage the Elephant is how i've been thinking of them. Great hooks, love the fuzz and distortion, fun jams.
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Crushed like a rose in the riverflow.
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TeleStrat
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Joined: December 27 2014 Location: Norwalk, CA Status: Offline Points: 9319 |
Posted: June 24 2015 at 12:57 |
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Nogbad_The_Bad
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Posted: June 24 2015 at 14:44 |
Oh that does sound interesting
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Ian
Host of the Post-Avant Jazzcore Happy Hour on Progrock.com https://podcasts.progrock.com/post-avant-jazzcore-happy-hour/ |
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ProgCandles
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Joined: February 18 2015 Location: Kazakhstan Status: Offline Points: 155 |
Posted: June 24 2015 at 15:04 |
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Akineton Retard - Azufre
Simon Steensland - A Farewell to Brains Taylor's Universe - From Scratch Unit Wail - Beyond Space Edges Guapo - Obscure Knowledge Breznev Fun Club - Il Misantropo Felice Allomerus - The Tempest Alco Frisbass - Alco Frisbass Ciccada - The Finest of Miracles Kada Estra - Strange Relations La Coscienza di Zeno - La Notte Anche di Giorno Not a Good Sign - From a Distance Roz Vitallis - Lavoro D'Amore Steve Hughes - Tales From the Silent Ocean The Black Codex - Episodes 27-39 The Black Codex - Episodes 40-52 The Nerve Institute - Fictions Ubi Maior - Incanti Bio Meccanici Ligro - Dictionary 3 Ghost Rhythms - Madeleine Dewa Budjana - Hasta Karma |
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Raff
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Posted: June 24 2015 at 15:33 |
Excellent choices! Many of these albums would also make my list. |
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Nogbad_The_Bad
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Posted: June 24 2015 at 15:37 |
Those all make my list.
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Ian
Host of the Post-Avant Jazzcore Happy Hour on Progrock.com https://podcasts.progrock.com/post-avant-jazzcore-happy-hour/ |
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ProgCandles
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Joined: February 18 2015 Location: Kazakhstan Status: Offline Points: 155 |
Posted: June 24 2015 at 21:54 |
Ghost Rhythms for me, the discovery of the year! I used to be they did not know about! Now I bought all 3 CD album, Why they are not on the PA issue? They also have a separate project "Lady with" he is also very good, it is more progressive. Play practically the same musicians as in "Ghosts Rythm"  Edited by ProgCandles - June 24 2015 at 22:23 |
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ProgCandles
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Joined: February 18 2015 Location: Kazakhstan Status: Offline Points: 155 |
Posted: June 24 2015 at 22:21 |
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I want to recommend the album by "Crowned In Earth" In PA I have not found them
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Formentera Lady
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Joined: August 20 2010 Location: Germany Status: Offline Points: 1768 |
Posted: June 25 2015 at 10:55 |
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Actually I discover new releases mainly on this website!
 My favourites so far (no order): Anekdoten - Until All The Ghosts Are Gone Grand Tour - Heavy On The Beach IO Earth - New World Ciccada - The Finest of Miracles I am not that fond of the new album of Steven Wilson. Not that it is a bad album, but I simply like the previous one "The Raven..." much much more. |
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ProgCandles
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Joined: February 18 2015 Location: Kazakhstan Status: Offline Points: 155 |
Posted: June 25 2015 at 11:05 |
I support. I also gradually lost interest.
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Formentera Lady
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Posted: June 25 2015 at 11:34 |
Please suggest them in the "Suggest New Bands and Artists" section, for maybe Psychedelic or Crossover. |
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