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memowakeman 
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Posted: July 11 2015 at 18:11 |
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Book of Horizons
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Raff
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Posted: July 11 2015 at 06:37 |
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Another vote for SC3, which gives them the lead in this poll!
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King Manuel
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Posted: July 10 2015 at 12:18 |
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Contagion .... one of my all time faves! Doesn't seem too many here like it. :-(
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Don't Bore Us, Get To The Chorus
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Barbu
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Posted: July 10 2015 at 05:30 |
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Unfold the Future
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proggman
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Posted: July 10 2015 at 01:49 |
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La Maschera di Cera, Lux Ade.
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When he rides, my fears subside.
For darkness turns once more to light.
Through the skies, his white horse flies.
To find a land beyond the night.
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Man With Hat
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Posted: July 08 2015 at 19:50 |
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The chiefs.
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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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The Bearded Bard
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Posted: July 08 2015 at 15:42 |
Easily SC3. 
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micky
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Posted: July 08 2015 at 05:26 |
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whoa... Book M. That album just became part of my regular album rotation. Listened to that multiple times yesterday evening. Very highly rated I see, interesting it wasn't the choice for the polls. Perhaps it wasn't as stylistically wild and diverse as the Book of Horizons... but man oh man.. where it comes up short in WTF'ness.. . it hits home completely in execution. By far my #1 discovery of the moderns.. and we even had this album sitting in the wall of music...I had never listened to it, but as I say.. music is infinite.. time is not.
Edited by micky - July 08 2015 at 05:26
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The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip
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Kazza3
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Posted: July 08 2015 at 05:05 |
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PrognosticMind
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Posted: July 08 2015 at 04:14 |
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Unfold the Future.
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Nogbad_The_Bad
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Posted: July 07 2015 at 21:31 |
Well MDC was very good, like that a lot, if I was more a fan of the Italian stuff it'd have a chance. TFK's & Arena really do nothing for me at all.
SC3 all the way baby.
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Ian
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Moogtron III
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Posted: July 07 2015 at 13:01 |
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Yes, I understand you need a break.
Trying myself to vote for all the polls on Friday as well.
BTW keeping track of all my votes, trying to find out which subgenres get the most votes by me.
Maybe interesting for others too, planning to post something about it in the Musical Madness thread at the end of the week.
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micky
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Posted: July 07 2015 at 12:29 |
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^ excellent choice. It had my vote until stolen by SC3 for shear creativity..and WTF'ness. I did just get a partial listen to the one we did have from them. Book M and seemed as equally impressive.
If fact since I'm on track to finish all 16 polls by Friday.. I'm taking a break today and I'm giving this Kayo Dot album another spin then giving Book M a complete uninterupted spin.
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The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip
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Moogtron III
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Posted: July 07 2015 at 12:26 |
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BTW exciting race in this poll (while I write this)!
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Moogtron III
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Posted: July 07 2015 at 12:24 |
 Roland113 wrote:
In years past this would have been a no brainer for "Unfold the Future" but I just can't do it. I've lost interest in The Flower Kings over the past few years and have really moved on.
With that being said, "Contagion" gets my vote. Contagion is a huge album for me, it's the album that in my mind marks the difference between old school Neo which, truth be told, isn't my favorite type of music, and modern Neo. It combines a lot of elements from symphonic but is not constrained by trying to sound symphionic using technology rather than using traditional instruments as a crutch. There is no Mellotron here, no full blown orchestra, I can't think of any 12-string guitars on it. Pure dark and brooding kick you in the face rock with great musicianship. Say what you will, this is one of my all time favorite albums. (yes, there were a few of my favorites in this series of polls) |
I really like some older Flower Kings stuff but in this poll I find them disappointing. As for Contagion and neo: for me it is a bit the opposite, meaning that, in general, I very much like the old neo instead of the new. But Contagion sounds good! Now, I am quite a Clive Nolan admirer, I must say. As for the others: SC3 sound fascinating, different songs also having different things to offer, but they won't get my vote. My vote goes to the Italians of Maschera Di Cera. Sounds like a classic album made in modern times. Great voice, great instrumentation, great music!
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Andrea Cortese
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Posted: July 07 2015 at 06:59 |
LuxAde really stands out.
Well, Contagion is very good too...
Edited by Andrea Cortese - July 07 2015 at 07:00
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Olape
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Posted: July 06 2015 at 14:09 |
Never heard about Secret Chiefs 3 till now...  I take note. However, my vote is for LuxAde, good album from a band I followed for years.
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aglasshouse
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Posted: July 06 2015 at 13:18 |
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Contagion of course.
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Horizons
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Posted: July 06 2015 at 12:03 |
sleeper wrote:
Horizons wrote:
Anything Toby driver is in is worth listening.
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Whilst this is very true, he's only part of the live set, not the studio albums.
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Oh i actually didn't know that. Never looked at the line-ups. I just always remember hearing about the affiliation he had with this band.
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Crushed like a rose in the riverflow.
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sleeper
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Posted: July 06 2015 at 11:58 |
Horizons wrote:
Anything Toby driver is in is worth listening.
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Whilst this is very true, he's only part of the live set, not the studio albums.
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