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Nogbad_The_Bad 
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 Posted: October 16 2016 at 07:28 |
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Ian
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progbethyname
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Posted: October 16 2016 at 18:12 |
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^ love the Fates Warning and Headspace. Definitely on my list of 10.
Airbag's Disconnected is wonderful too. :)
Right now, Damian Wilson's 'Built for Fighting' is making a case to maybe crack my 10, but there have been numerous great titles this year in prog. 2016 has been a great year thus far. :)
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Gimmie my headphones now!!! 🎧🤣
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PhideauxFan
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Posted: October 17 2016 at 06:26 |
CosaRara and Devin Townsend Project. 
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RoeDent
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Posted: October 17 2016 at 06:33 |
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At the moment, my top 3 are Frost*, Big Big Train and Dream Theater.
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Cristi
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Posted: October 17 2016 at 06:35 |
 RoeDent wrote:
At the moment, my top 3 are Frost*, Big Big Train and Dream Theater. |
I haven't listened to BBT and Frost yet, but the last DT is my disappointment of the year.
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RoeDent
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Posted: October 17 2016 at 06:44 |
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I knew someone would come in and say they hated the albums I picked. (I didn't think they'd be that quick though...) Why are people so quick to do that, and what purpose does it serve?
Edited by RoeDent - October 17 2016 at 06:45
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someone_else
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Posted: October 24 2016 at 14:57 |
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One more recommendation: The new Ingranaggi della Valle. All tracks are great,but the last one is something special: very Zeuhlish with an additional flute.
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BrufordFreak
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Posted: October 26 2016 at 18:05 |
someone_else wrote:
One more recommendation: The new Ingranaggi della Valle. All tracks are great,but the last one is something special: very Zeuhlish with an additional flute.
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Here! here!
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Drew Fisher
https://progisaliveandwell.blogspot.com/
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playaa
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Posted: October 30 2016 at 10:40 |
Ha! So I just logged in after few years, forgetting that this site exists... I am spending countless hours mostly on RYM
Anyway, heres what I can say about 2016: -missing some really outstanding release, I hope that maybe THINKING PLAGUE might release something strong
-currently listening to new CORIMA, zeuhl playing band. Quetzalcoatl was phenomenal, playful and original album, and I am missing those crazy vocals on the new one which is mostly instrumental (disappointing). I need more listens but it doesnt sound anywhere as great as Quetzalcoatl, unfortunately. https://corima.bandcamp.com/album/amaterasu
-two EPs which I am enjoying a lot come from finnish band ISOISA KOHTU KOHTU. They are playing brutal prog/art-punk/noisecore. Check them out, especially their full-lenght from 2015 is very good as well https://isoisakohtukohtu.bandcamp.com/
-another enjoyable EP from Finland, KHANUS - Rites of Fire. Described as shamanic metal of death by the band. If you like dissonance, strange vocals and originality, check it out https://youtu.be/o7Hj3yP9TRQ
-listening to new Watchtower right now and it sounds good!
-not impressed by new APATT album and still analyzing new PRYAPISME and liking it so far. I like crazy stuff in general. https://youtu.be/i62H6s2qWho
-recently tasted some snippets from new BOB DRAKE album Arx Pilosa, and it is the same as always - I just find his solo albums boring and not up to what he did in the past with bands like 5uus, Thinling Plague etc.
-anyone into slightly zeuhlish jazz-rock, might check out new album by VOX NOSTRA I personally prefer wackier stuff, but those extracts on their website are not bad. http://pierreminviellesebas.wixsite.com/voxnostra
-CLOUD BECOME YOUR HAND - Rest in Fleas. I dont know what to say about this. Videoclip is enjoyable, I didnt have time to check out more from them. https://youtu.be/Trj2ZLebWnM
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Guldbamsen
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Posted: November 16 2016 at 08:02 |
Just went through my 2016 acquisitions only to realise that I've spent far too much money on new stuff when I've been meaning to catch up on some old releases...well shame on me!! Nahh if music sounds this good who cares what year it was released in?
Some of my faves up until this point (in no particular order) include:
Éléphant Tôk - Tôk Fire! Orchestra - Ritual Goat - Requiem Syd Arthur - Apricity Ingranaggi Della Valle - Warm Spaced Blue Alex's Hand - Künstler Scheisse Agusa - Katarsis David Bowie - Blackstar Klaus Schulze - Privée Ulver - ABCDDGGEO Yugen - Death By Water Our Solar System - In Time Knifeworld - Bottled Out Of Eden Vespero - Lique Mekwas Tortoise - The Catastrophist The Winstons - s/t Causa Sui - Return To Sky Ukandanz - Awo Kayo Dot - Plastic House On Base Of Sky John Carpenter - Lost Themes ll Black Mountain - IV Bent Knee - Say So Jakob Skøtt - All The Colours Of The Dust Electric Orange - Misophonia Violeta De Outono - Spaces Vangelis - Rosetta Daevid Allen Weird Quartet - Elevenses Gong - Rejoice! I'm Dead Three Trapped Tigers - Silent Earthling Utopianisti - The Third Frontier Ryley Walker - Golden Sings That Can Be Sung Oranssi Pazuzu - Värähtelijä Nicklas Sørensen - Solo Aluk Todolo - Voix Tim Hecker - Love Streams Bushman's Revenge - Jazz Fritt Etter Hukommelsen North Sea Radio Orchestra - Dronne Seven Impale - Contrapasso
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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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TeleStrat
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Posted: November 16 2016 at 11:37 |
A few discoveries that I heard for the first time yesterday.
Baron Crane - Electric Shades (Paris, France 11/15/2016) Instrumental psychedelic, at times spacey trio
Stoned Diplodocus - Stoned Diplodocus (Caen, France 2016) Mostly instrumental psychedelic, stoner, alternative, noise
Domkraft - The End Of Electricity (Stockholm, Sweden 2016) Psych, metal, doom, sludge trio
Green Orbit - First Wave (Wittgenstein, Germany 2016) Instrumental heavy psych, stoner rock |
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Guldbamsen
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Posted: November 16 2016 at 11:46 |
All new to me Gary...and I tend to seek out psychedelic releases. Btw have you checked out Causa Sui's most recent 'Return To Sky'?
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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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Posted: November 16 2016 at 12:07 |
Also,
Looking very much forward to the new Dungen and Corima. Should be interesting methinks...in each their own way.
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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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TeleStrat
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Posted: November 16 2016 at 12:25 |
Guldbamsen wrote:
All new to me Gary...and I tend to seek out psychedelic releases.Btw have you checked out Causa Sui's most recent 'Return To Sky'? |
Baron Crane is the only band listed that I had even heard of before yesterday. If you're interested in hearing any of these the full albums are on YouTube. Stoned Diplodocus might be a good one to start with since they use a variety of styles and sounds.
I like the new Causa Sui a lot. I ordered the vinyl version right after hearing it for the first time. They are definitely on my favorite band list.
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Nogbad_The_Bad
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Posted: November 16 2016 at 12:33 |
Guldbamsen wrote:
Also,
Looking very much forward to the new Dungen and Corima. Should be interesting methinks...in each their own way. |
Corima is very good but very different from the last one, a lot less Koenji. I like it a lot.
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Ian
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TeleStrat
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Posted: November 16 2016 at 13:16 |
Electric Octopus - Belfast, Northern Ireland
This is a new band that I have really gotten into a lot lately. They are an instrumental improvised jam trio who will regularly go into the studio for a full day and, like I said, improvise and jam. Tracks over twenty minutes are not uncommon. They have released quite a bit this year...
This Is Our Culture - June 2016 (CD) Colour Atlas - September 2016 Under A Black Moon - October 2016 (CD) Live On Oxford Island - October 2016 Vibe Factory - November 2016 Be Real - November 2016
Everything is available to download (Bandcamp) but only two CDs so far.
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Sagichim
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Posted: November 16 2016 at 13:24 |
New Israeli band Hanagaria have just released a very promising first album, splendid stuff really. They mix middle eastern influences with groove and some avant garde touches, all very tight with a lot of ideas, fans of Estradasphere should check it out. Definitely one of the better realeases this year, the whole album is up on bandcamp.
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miamiscot
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Posted: November 17 2016 at 16:18 |
What a great year it's been!!!
1) The Neal Morse Band 2) Anderson/Stolt 3) Big Big Train 4) Knifeworld 5) Karmakanic 6) Evership 7) Bent Knee 8) Cirrus Bay 9) The Gift 10) Marillion
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Man With Hat
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Posted: November 17 2016 at 17:11 |
Nogbad_The_Bad wrote:
Guldbamsen wrote:
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Looking very much forward to the new Dungen and Corima. Should be interesting methinks...in each their own way. |
Corima is very good but very different from the last one, a lot less Koenji. I like it a lot. |
just listened to it for the first time yesterday and that is truth. they certainly carved out more of their own sound this time about (although it does seem a little less intense then their previous...nevertheless, can't see it not making my top 5 come years end.)
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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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tszirmay
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Posted: November 17 2016 at 18:11 |
1- Il Paradiso degli Orchi- Il Corponauta
2- Burnt Belief- Emergent
3- The Gift- Why the Sea is Salt
4- Nine Stones Close- Leaves
5- Lee Abraham- The Season Turns
6- Mantra Vega- Illusions Reckoning
7- Pymlico-Meeting Point
8- Jerzy Antczak (Georgius)- String Theory
9- Ad Maiora- Repetita Luvent
10- Glass Hammer- Valkyrie
11- Crystal Palace- Dawn of Eternity
12- Colin Tench Project- Hair in a G-String
13- Drifting Sun- Safe Asylum
14- Tony Patterson- Equations of Meaning
15- Lyrian- The Jester’s Quest
16- Anderson/Stolt- The Invention of Knowledge
17- Circuline- Counterpoint
18- Preacher- Aftermath
19- Opeth- Sorceress
20- Novatia- Reflections on Thoughts
21- Mice on Stilts- Hope for Mourning
22- Höstsonaten- Symphony #1
23- Fatal
Fusion- Total Absence
24- The Mute Gods- Do Nothing Till You Hear
From Me
25- Big Big Train- Folklore
26- Iamthemorning- Lighthouse
27- Karibow- Holophinium (2CD)
28- Il
Castello di Atlante- Arx Atlantis
29- Santana-
IV
30- Frequency
Drift- Last
31- Airbag-
Disconnected
32- Mad
Fellaz-II
33- Ellesmere- Les Chateaux de la Loire
34- Gandalf’s
Fist- The Clockwork Fable (3CD)
35- Fractal
Mirror- Slow Burn 1
36- Android- Man Maschine
37- Ben
Craven – Last Chance to Hear
38- Herd
of Instinct- Manifestation
39- Nathan-Nebulosa
40- Rob
Reed- Sanctuary II
41- Elephants
of Scotland- The Perfect Map
42- Freedom
to Glide- Fall
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