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andreol263 
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 Posted: November 29 2016 at 07:31 |
This year as PHENOMENAL, so many extraordinary albums like: Deathspell Omega - Synarchy of Molten Bones Thy Catafalque - Meta Ihsahn - Arktis Glass Hammer - Valkyrie Shamblemaths - Shamblemaths Il Paradiso degli Orchi - Il Corponauta Musique Noise - Dans Le Temps Qui S'etire Oranssi Pazuzu - Varahtelijah Skaphe - Skaphe^2 Matroo - Transmutations of Wounds Yugen - Death by Water Electric Orange - Misophonia
And wait, and there is the Universal Totem Orchestra album that yet has to launch in December!
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BaldJean
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Posted: November 29 2016 at 07:45 |
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my favorites are "Do Not Disturb" by VdGG, "Blackstar" by David Bowie and "Rejoice! I'm Dead" by Gong, though the line-up of the latter is strange - not a single musician appears on any previous Gong recordong (at least not to my knowledge) with the exception of the late Daevid Allen who contributes some minor vocals to three of the tracks
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 A shot of me as High Priestess of Gaia during our fall festival. Ceterum censeo principiis obsta
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Guldbamsen
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Posted: November 29 2016 at 07:46 |
 Roj wrote:
Oh my God I am just so far behind this year.....
Can I just forget about this year and start afresh from 2017? It will take me months to catch up  .
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Well you have all of December and January to make new musical acquaintances in before the infamous AOTY starts  Before all of that you may want to dive into the Tangerine Dream Official Bootleg series from last year  Volume 1 has been spinning continuously ever since it landed in my lap.
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The Bearded Bard
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Posted: November 29 2016 at 12:29 |
BaldJean wrote:
"Rejoice! I'm Dead" by Gong, though the line-up of the latter is strange - not a single musician appears on any previous Gong recordong (at least not to my knowledge) with the exception of the late Daevid Allen who contributes some minor vocals to three of the tracks
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It's pretty much the same band that did 2014's I See You with Allen.
And guests Hillage and Malherbe aren't strangers to Gong albums either.
Anyway, my list so far looks something like this (still got a lot of stuff to check out though, including more than a few recent acquisitions I haven't gotten around to yet):
Bushman's Revenge - Bushman's Fire ***** (You really need to get this one, John. Live album with Kjetil Møster and David Wallumrød as guests. Ferocious stuff!) Ulver - ATGCLVLSSCAP ***** Panzerpappa - Pestrottedans **** Bushman's Revenge - Jazz, fritt etter hukommelsen **** Gotic - Gegants i serpentines **** Fire! - She Sleeps, She Sleeps **** Motorpsycho - Here Be Monsters Vol. 2 **** Aiming for Enrike - Segway Nation **** (Exciting young Norwegian math rock duo that's not on PA yet, but should be before the end of January.) Fire! Orchestra - Ritual **** Mogwai - Atomic **** Shamblemaths - s/t **** uKanDanZ - Awo **** Motorpsycho - Here Be Monsters **** Explosions in the Sky - The Wilderness **** Seven Impale - Contrapasso **** Hiromi Uehara - Spark **** Daevid Allen Weird Quartet - Elevenses **** King Crimson - Live in Toronto **** Tusmørke - Ført bak lyset *** Knifeworld - Bottled Out of Eden *** Hawkwind - The Machine Stops *** Perhaps - 4 *** Gong - Rejoice! I'm Dead! *** Hedvig Mollestad Trio - Black Stabat Mater *** David Bowie - Blackstar *** Naxatras - II *** Van der Graaf Generator - Do Not Disturb *** Biosphere - Departed Glories *** Radiohead - A Moon Shaped Pool *** Electric Eye - Different Sun *** Tortoise - The Catastrophist *** Hedvig Mollestad Trio - Evil in Oslo *** Spidergawd - III *** (Motorpsycho-related hard rock band, not on PA.)
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Roj
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Posted: November 30 2016 at 06:52 |
Guldbamsen wrote:
Roj wrote:
Oh my God I am just so far behind this year.....
Can I just forget about this year and start afresh from 2017? It will take me months to catch up .
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Well you have all of December and January to make new musical acquaintances in before the infamous AOTY starts Before all of that you may want to dive into the Tangerine Dream Official Bootleg series from last year Volume 1 has been spinning continuously ever since it landed in my lap.
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Yeah, those are on my radar too. I may actually cheat and just listen on spotify as they are pretty expensive! Every spare moment I've had this year (not enough of those moments this year) I seem to have been listening to new music, but in reality I've barely scratched the surface. The year seems to have flown by in the blink of an eye.
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Mellotron Storm
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Posted: December 01 2016 at 20:44 |
The Bearded Bard wrote:
BaldJean wrote:
"Rejoice! I'm Dead" by Gong, though the line-up of the latter is strange - not a single musician appears on any previous Gong recordong (at least not to my knowledge) with the exception of the late Daevid Allen who contributes some minor vocals to three of the tracks
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It's pretty much the same band that did 2014's I See You with Allen.
And guests Hillage and Malherbe aren't strangers to Gong albums either.
Anyway, my list so far looks something like this (still got a lot of stuff to check out though, including more than a few recent acquisitions I haven't gotten around to yet):
Bushman's Revenge - Bushman's Fire ***** (You really need to get this one, John. Live album with Kjetil Møster and David Wallumrød as guests. Ferocious stuff!) Ulver - ATGCLVLSSCAP ***** Panzerpappa - Pestrottedans **** Bushman's Revenge - Jazz, fritt etter hukommelsen **** Gotic - Gegants i serpentines **** Fire! - She Sleeps, She Sleeps **** Motorpsycho - Here Be Monsters Vol. 2 **** Aiming for Enrike - Segway Nation **** (Exciting young Norwegian math rock duo that's not on PA yet, but should be before the end of January.) Fire! Orchestra - Ritual **** Mogwai - Atomic **** Shamblemaths - s/t **** uKanDanZ - Awo **** Motorpsycho - Here Be Monsters **** Explosions in the Sky - The Wilderness **** Seven Impale - Contrapasso **** Hiromi Uehara - Spark **** Daevid Allen Weird Quartet - Elevenses **** King Crimson - Live in Toronto **** Tusmørke - Ført bak lyset *** Knifeworld - Bottled Out of Eden *** Hawkwind - The Machine Stops *** Perhaps - 4 *** Gong - Rejoice! I'm Dead! *** Hedvig Mollestad Trio - Black Stabat Mater *** David Bowie - Blackstar *** Naxatras - II *** Van der Graaf Generator - Do Not Disturb *** Biosphere - Departed Glories *** Radiohead - A Moon Shaped Pool *** Electric Eye - Different Sun *** Tortoise - The Catastrophist *** Hedvig Mollestad Trio - Evil in Oslo *** Spidergawd - III *** (Motorpsycho-related hard rock band, not on PA.) |
Nice list, I think many of those will be on mine. Oh and thanks for mentioning Bushmans Fire I didn't know about it only the studio release from this year.
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Roj
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Posted: December 07 2016 at 06:58 |
Guldbamsen wrote:
Roj wrote:
Oh my God I am just so far behind this year.....
Can I just forget about this year and start afresh from 2017? It will take me months to catch up .
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Well you have all of December and January to make new musical acquaintances in before the infamous AOTY starts Before all of that you may want to dive into the Tangerine Dream Official Bootleg series from last year Volume 1 has been spinning continuously ever since it landed in my lap.
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Well Dave, I have been giving both volumes a serious listen over the last week and you are absolutely right, Volume 1 is outstanding. That Reims Cathedral set is possibly the best live TD I've heard ever. Volume 2 has the 1978 recordings and I'm not a big fan of the vox and drums line up but the 1980 material is great and makes up for it. They really are expensive though, thank God for Spotify .
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progbethyname
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Posted: December 08 2016 at 15:33 |
I'm gonna have a real heartache of a time composing a 10 list in freakin order!  Tons of great titles this year. This is gonna be hard. Probably my most challenging yet. 
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The Bearded Bard
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Posted: December 09 2016 at 13:18 |
^ It has indeed been an excellent year. 
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Nogbad_The_Bad
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Posted: December 09 2016 at 14:41 |
My top picks will come from this lot
Bent Knee - Say So Knifeworld - Bottled Out Of Eden
Deus Ex Machina - Devoto Nik Bartsch Mobile - Continuum French TV - 11 : Ambassadors Of Good Health and Clean Living Gogo Penguin - Man Made Object Panzerpappa - Pestrottedans
Yugen - Death By Water Radiohead - A Moon Shaped Pool Three Trapped Tigers - Silent Earthling Elephant Tok - Tok 1 ukandanz - Awo Rob Reed - Sanctuary II Moulettes - Preternatural Luz De Riada - Cuentos & Fabulas - 3 Jump For Joy - Bat Pullover Emmett Elvin - Assault On The Tyranny Of Reason
Jeremy Flower - The Real Me
SubRosa - For This We Fought The Battle Of Ages
North Sea Radio Orchestra - Dronne
Gong - Rejoice! I'm Dead! Corima - Amaterasu
Chromb! - 1000
Jack O' The Clock - Repetitions Of The Old City - I The Sea Nymphs - On The Dry Land a.P.A.t.T. - Fun With Music Jean Michel Jarre - Oxygene 3
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Ian
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Posted: December 09 2016 at 17:31 |
I may have comment in this thread before but off the top of my head these bands will (probably) all make my list in an somewhat underwhelming year:
Yugen Corima T Levin Crimson's two live releases Ulver Bushman's Revenge Panzerpappa
I have a more comprehensive list of things released this year at home, but this will do for now.
My absolutely favorite from this year is Supersilent's 13.
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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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Nogbad_The_Bad
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Posted: December 09 2016 at 17:55 |
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I still think Free Salamander Exhibit will be my favorite album of the year even though it is as yet unheard
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Ian
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Posted: December 11 2016 at 12:41 |
Here's my latest list (from the 315 new releases I've listened to this year):
1. VANETA Antimemory2. AXON-NEURON Metamorphosis 3. TONY PATTERSON Equations of Meaning 4. DUNGEN Häxan 5. MOTHER TURTLE II 6. IAMTHEMORNING Lighthouse 7. THE MERCURY TREE Permutations 8. STARE AT THE CLOUDS This Clear Divide 9. UTOPIANISTI The Third Frontier 10. GHOST MEDICINE Discontinuance
12. STARSABOUT Halflights 13. ILL WICKER Untamed 14. THE ARBORIST Acrylic Road 15. GADI CAPLAN Morning Sun 16. iNFiNiEN Light at The Endless Tunnel 17. PROMENADE Noi al dir di di noi 18. KAYO DOT Plastic House on Base of Sky 19. MANTRA VEGA The Illusion's Reckoning 20. THE WINSTONS The Winstons
Honorable Mentions: SHAMBLEMATHS Shamblemaths NORTH SEA RADIO ORCHESTRA Dronne ULVER ATGCLVLSSCAP GRAVITY SAYS_I Quantum Unknown CORIMA Amateratsu THE COLIN TENCH PROJECT Hair in a G-String (Unfinished but Sweet) ANTOINE FAFARD Sphère PLINI Handmade Cities INGRANAGGI DELLA VALLE Warm Spaced Blue SEVEN IMPALE Contrapasso JACK O' THE CLOCK Repetitions of The Old City - I RESINA Resina YUGEN Death by Water NOSOUND Scintilla AMOEBA SPLIT Second Split AKT II (Binario) ARNAUD BUKWALD La marmite cosmique AMPLEDEED BYOB MOULETTES Preternatural VESPERO Lique Mekwas ZHONGYU Zhongyu MATTHEW PARMENTER All Our Yesterdays N.y.X. The News LOST KITE Remains MYRATH Legacy SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO Work in Progress BENT KNEE Say So DAVID FIUCZYNSKI Flam! Blam! Pan-Asian Micro-Jam!
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Drew Fisher
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Mellotron Storm
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Posted: December 17 2016 at 12:57 |
I'm envious Drew that you've heard so much from this year. We benefit though with all your reviews so thanks. It will be interesting to see if we have any albums in common in our top 10.
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"The wind is slowly tearing her apart"
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Posted: December 20 2016 at 06:32 |
As an update, out of these albums - and maybe some I have not heard yet - I'll make my list for 2016. I keep the rankings for myself for the time being; the only thing I say is that two of these are true masterpieces in my humble opinion, two more come close enough for me to give them a five star rating on reviewing.
Here and now I present them more or less in order of release date:
David Bowie - Blackstar Akt - II Motorpsycho - Here Be Monsters Frequency Drift - Last Matthew Parmenter - All Our Yesterdays Shamblemaths - s/t Panzerpappa - Pestrottedans Bubu - Resplandor Haken - Affinity Nine Stones Close - Leaves Anima Mundi - I Me Myself Yossi Sassi - Roots and Roads Big Big Train - Folklore Elephants of Scotland - The Perfect Map Kayo Dot - Plastic House on Base of Sky Afforested - Frithu North Sea Radio Orchestra - Dronne Seven Impale - Contrapasso Edensong - Years in the Garden of Years Promenade - Noi al Dir di Noi Ingranaggi della Valle - Warm Spaced Blue Colin Tench Project - Hair in a G-string (Unfinished but Sweet) Van der Graaf Generator - Do Not Disturb Stick Men - Prog Noir The Gift - Why the Sea is Salt Eyesberg - Masquerade Hemina - Venus La Bocca della Verità - Avenoth
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Progologist
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Posted: December 21 2016 at 15:10 |
Glad to see Edensong's Years in the Garden of Years get mentioned as it seems to have gotten relatively few reviews on this site. For those who have heard it and posted elsewhere, it seems that it is in many top 10s and frequently mentioned as the, or one of the, best progressive albums of the year. Definitely, my choice.
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Posted: December 25 2016 at 16:28 |
Sorry mate - I completely forgot about this thread. So glad you're digging those bootleg releases, I myself haven't yet moved on from vol 1. Btw do you know your fellow Mancunian Floating Points ie Sam Shepherd? He is guilty of making one of 2016's finest electronic releases entitled Kuiper. Comes highly recommended.
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Mellotron Storm
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Posted: December 30 2016 at 02:21 |
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Can't stop playing Seven Impale, Gosta Berlings Saga and Deus Ex Machina.
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"The wind is slowly tearing her apart"
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progbethyname
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Posted: January 01 2017 at 08:29 |
Racking Up 2016 Releases. This was not an easy list. What a great year. My ears are truly grateful like you wouldn't believe. Top 10 Prog Studio Albums. 1) Redemption- The Art Of Loss 2) Oceans Of Slumber- Winter 3) Fates Warning--Theories of Flight 4) headspace--All That You Fear Is Gone. 5) The Devin Townsend Project--Transcendence 6) Vangelis-- Rosetta 7) Kyle Dixon & Michael Stein-- Stranger Things (score.) 8) Dream Theater-- The Astonishing 9) Seven Impale-- Contrapasso 10) Airbag: Disconnected Honorable Mention(s) Metallica-- Hardwired Periphery-- 3: Select Difficulty. David Bowie: Blackstar Three Trapped Tigers: Silent Earthling. Haken-- Affinity Circus Maximus-- Havoc Ulver--Atgclvlsscap Aciients-- Voices of the Void Meshuggha-- The Violent Sleep Of Reason Myrkur- Mausoleum Top Live Albums (released in 2016) (prog only) 1) The Alan Parsons Project-- Live In Colombia. 2) Leprous-- Live at the Rockefeller 3) Royal Hunt-- Cargo 4) Metallica-- Live at The Toronto Opera House. 5) Tangerine Dream-- The Official Bootleg Series (both Volume 1 & 2 from 78' to 1980') 6) King Crimson-- Live In Toronto. 7) Ayreon-- The Theater Equation. Best (Single Release) Disturbed--The Sound of Silence. Peter Gabriel -- The Veil Fields of the Nephilim-- Prophesy Hibernal (a.k.a Mark Healy 'Bonestorm') -- The Dark of The City. Best (non-Prog album) Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds -- The Skeleton Tree. Best Live Non-Prog Album. Disturbed-- Live At The Redrocks (Colorado, USA.) Best Boxset. The Beach Boys: Pet Sounds- 50th Anniversary Collection 4cd + 1 Pure Audio Blu-Ray Disc.
Edited by progbethyname - January 02 2017 at 07:24
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PhideauxFan
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Posted: January 02 2017 at 03:52 |
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My Top Albums 2016:
01-The Pineapple Thief: Your Wilderness
02-Long Distance Calling: Trips
03-Human Factor: Homo Universum
04-Katatonia: The Fall Of Hearts
05-Matthew Parmenter: All Our Yesterdays
06-Vespero: Lique Mekwas
07-Nosound: Scintilla
08-Frequency Drift: Last
09-Dream The Electric Sleep: Beneath The Dark Wide Sky
10-Headspace: All That You Fear Is Gone
11-Messenger: Threnodies
12-Fates Warning: Theories Of Flight
13-T: Epistrophobia
14-Airbag: Disconnected
15-Three Trapped Tigers: Silent Earthling.
Compilation:
-Riverside: Eye Of The Soundscape.
DVD+2CD:
-Ayreon: The Theater Equation
-Lepous: Live At Rockefeller Music Hall.
EP of the year:
-Steven Wilson 4 1/2.
Alternative Rock:
-Radiohead: A Moon Shaped Pool.
Hard-Rock:
-Spiritual Beggars: Sunrise To Sundown.
Edited by PhideauxFan - January 03 2017 at 05:36
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