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UselessPassion 
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Joined: May 06 2017 Location: US Status: Offline Points: 38 |
 Topic: Looking for recommendations, big list insidePosted: May 10 2017 at 16:18 |
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Hey all. I’m looking for some recommendations to help fill out my library. I appreciate all of the groups in this list, but the ones I’ve bolded I’m particularly fond of, I.E, if I’m stoned off my arse on a Friday night, they’re always at the top of the playlist. Bands marked with an asterisk are bands I’ve explored thoroughly, as in I own / have heard most if not all of their work thus far. Alamaailman Vasarat * Anekdoten Anglagard Art Zoyd Bacamarte Between the Buried and Me * Black Bonzo * Blind Guardian Camel * Can Caravan Cynic Devin Townsend (and some related acts) Dream Theater * Dun * Earthless * Eloy Emerson, Lake and Palmer * Eskaton * First Band From Outerspace * Frank Zappa Free Salamander Exhibit * Genesis Gentle Giant Haken Happy Family Happy The Man Hatfield and the North * Hawkwind Henry Cow Hidria Spacefolk * Hoyry-Kone * Iron Maiden Jannick Top Jethro Tull * Kamelot * Kayo Dot * Khan * King Crimson * Kingston Wall * Koenjihyakkei * Korai Orom Korekyojin Laurent Thibault Liquid Tension Experiment Magma * Mahavishnu Orchestra * Marillion The Mars Volta * maudlin of the Well * Miles Davis National Health * Nektar Nemrud Offering Opeth Ozric Tentacles Pain of Salvation Patrick Gauthier Pink Floyd * Porcupine Tree Radiohead Return to Forever Ruins Rush * Samsara Blues Experiment Setna * Shub-Niggurath Sleepytime Gorilla Museum * Tool * Ulver Univers Zero * Weidorje Xaal Yes * Short of men playing pinecones (and possibly even that,) I'm open to anything and everything. I'd prefer album recommendations as well, since a lot of the best work only really shines in context. Stand out songs are fine though, if you've got 'em. |
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Larkstongue41
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Joined: July 07 2015 Location: Eastern Canada Status: Offline Points: 1360 |
Posted: May 10 2017 at 16:53 |
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As I already mentioned in another post, I think you'll find lots of things to like in Italy and Germany.
You like Genesis and Camel? You'll love Premiata Forneria Marconi, PFM for short. Start with either Storia Di Un Minuto or Per Un Amico, both beautiful albums and favourites of mine. IMO you can't be on this forum and not love these two. Canadian band Harmonium's Si on Avait Besoin D'une Cinquieme Saison should also be up your alley. For other Italian classics, try out Darwin (Banco Del Mutuo Soccorso), Palepoli (Osanna), Arbeit Macht Frei (Area) to start off maybe, there's lots of progressive stuff from Italy. One of the most prolific scenes. Krautrock to me is generally dark and cerebral so you should like a lot of it considering you like Univers Zero and Magma. You know Can so that's good. Perhaps get more familiar with the scene with wonderful albums like Ash Ra Tempel (Ash Ra Tempel), Faust IV (Faust), Zuckerzeit (Cluster), Neu! (Neu!), Einsjager & Siebenjager (Popol Vuh) andYeti (Amon Duul II). I'll also randomly throw in the album Anabelas by Argentinian band Bubu just because it's the first album that was recommended to me on this site and it's magnificient.
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"Larks' tongues. Wrens' livers. Chaffinch brains. Jaguars' earlobes. Wolf nipple chips. Get 'em while they're hot. They're lovely. Dromedary pretzels, only half a denar."
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Larkstongue41
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Posted: May 10 2017 at 17:02 |
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Also, The Moody Blues, Van Der Graaf Generator, Focus and Mike Oldfield are pretty big names around here that are not on your list. You might want to check them out.
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"Larks' tongues. Wrens' livers. Chaffinch brains. Jaguars' earlobes. Wolf nipple chips. Get 'em while they're hot. They're lovely. Dromedary pretzels, only half a denar."
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Guldbamsen
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Posted: May 10 2017 at 17:22 |
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Some great recs already - I was thinking along the same lines. First of all you need some Italian prog in your collection. Seeing your love for ELP I'd say Il Balletto di Bronzo's Ys: For a more contemporary ELP approach yet wholly original we've got Elephant9 outta Norway. Their most recent Silver Mountain is a monster: I see a lot of Magma related acts in your list but no Heldon. Maybe start out with Interface: How about a little Canterbury tinged prog from outside of Britain? COS - Viva Boma (Belgium): Supersister - To The Highest Bidder (Holland): Moving Gelatine Plates - The World Of Genius Hans: You most definitely also need some modern prog from the good ol US of A. Try Mirthkon's Vehicle: Ut Gret's Ancestors' Tale: And of course some Bent Knee. Preferably Shiny Eyed Babies: Wow I'll stop with the vids - may have gotten a little out of hand there  |
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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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zravkapt
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Posted: May 10 2017 at 17:55 |
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Holy f**k! (Both at the OP's list and David's vids
 ) .... I'll give it a shot. Not mentioned yet:5uu's Mr. Bungle Secret Chiefs 3 Ars Nova (Japan) Comus Carmen Art Bears Picchio dal Pozzo Unexpect Goblin |
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Magma America Great Make Again
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Dellinger
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Posted: May 10 2017 at 21:30 |
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I think the recomendations that first come to my mind have already been given, but I'll second that you need some RPI in your list. I would go with Banco (the debut and Darwin for me), Il Balleto di Bronzo (with YS, of course), Le Orme (with Felona e Sorona), Metamorfosi (with Inferno... perhaps my favourite RPI album, from the little I know), Museo Rosenbach (with Zarathustra), and well, PFM are very well loved, though I found them a bit underwhelming. Moody Blues (Days from Future Past), Harmonium (Si on avait besoin d'une cinquieme saison), and Mike Oldfield (all his 70's albums) are also very good recommendations. I don't recall having read Renaissance (Live at Carnegie Hall, Ashes are Burning, Turn of the Cards, and Scheherazade and other Stories) and Van Der Graaf Generator (I'm not sure which albums I could recommend here, since it's mostly songs but not whole albums that I like from them) on this thread, they should be good to check out too. Also, it seems you are missing some Rick Wakeman (6 Wives, Journey to the Center of the Earth, Arthur, Criminal Record, and Out There are my favourites). Transatlantic (with The Whirlwind) is great too, as well as Edison's Children (with The Final Breath Before November), Iamthemorning too (their three albums, though I liked their last one best, so far). Big Big Train's English Electric albums were very good too. And though I have not heard much more from them, IQ's and Anathema's last albums were very good too (well, from Anathema the one I heard is Distant Satellites, they are just releasing a new album any moment now).
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Magnum Vaeltaja
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Posted: May 11 2017 at 08:57 |
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Wow, looks like everyone else has already pulled out the big guns!
 I'll second (or third) all the Italian suggestions so far, plus Harmonium and Bubu. All fantastic artists. Here are a few more that I'd throw in that haven't been mentioned:
And since it seems that you're into a lot of the more difficult, experimental side of the genre, you should have a blast reading through this thread: |
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when i was a kid a doller was worth ten dollers - now a doller couldnt even buy you fifty cents
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verslibre
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Posted: May 11 2017 at 11:37 |
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^I second that Cherry Five recommendation! A must. |
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verslibre
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Posted: May 11 2017 at 11:56 |
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UselessPassion
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Joined: May 06 2017 Location: US Status: Offline Points: 38 |
Posted: May 12 2017 at 17:04 |
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A lot more here than I had anticipated. Not that I'm complaining, oh no. I'm slowly working my way through them, setting aside a few hours a night to shut out distractions and just get absorbed in front of the speakers. Thanks a bunch, guys. You've already breathed new life into a dull year. I'll definitely be picking up a few of these on CD and vinyl if I can find them.
The two that have really grabbed me thus far are Ash Ra Tempel and Banco Del Mutuo Soccorso. The former was a real head trip. But Banco? Now this is just something else entirely. Darwin is probably the best thing I've heard in a long time. It immediately struck that sweet spot for me, where complexity, precision, structure, ambition and a dash of chaos fuse into a sound that is both endlessly beautiful and yet strangely oppressive. Totally digging the operatic vocals, too. Didn't realize I needed that in my life until now.  Anywhere I can find a translation? |
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Dellinger
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Posted: May 12 2017 at 21:14 |
Francesco Di Giacomo is one of the greatest and more special voices I have heard in rock. There's no one I can think of that I would actually consider better... perhaps equals, but not better. Powerful and emotional like no other. |
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AFlowerKingCrimson
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Joined: October 02 2016 Location: Philly burbs Status: Offline Points: 16207 |
Posted: May 13 2017 at 09:48 |
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Yep, too bad he's no longer with us. :(
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Nogbad_The_Bad
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Posted: May 13 2017 at 10:04 |
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If you like Univers Zero you should really check out Present who are their more electric angrier younger brother.
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Ian
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Logan
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Posted: May 13 2017 at 11:40 |
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Zao, Vortex, Eider Stellaire, Soft Machine's Third, Pierrot Lunaire, Guapo and Secret Chiefs 3 are a few that spring to mind.
Tons of great music to discover in RIO/Avant, Canterbury Scene, Zeuhl and Krautrock. I would have mentioned Bubu too had it not already been mentioned. Anabelas blew me away. |
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Just a fanboy passin' through.
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Larkstongue41
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Posted: May 14 2017 at 13:26 |
Glad you like it! The other Ash Ra Tempel albums are significantly different but Schwingungen, Seven Up and New Age of Earth are just as good. Concerning Banco, I never was able to decide if I prefer Darwin! or Io Sono Nato Libero, both are great. The debut is also a must-have. Keep us updated with your research here! I'm always interested to hear about this kind of stuff.
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UselessPassion
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Posted: May 21 2017 at 15:16 |
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Mostly been diving head long into Banco's work. I put on their 2007 live show in Japan on youtube the other day and it was a real treat. What's this 1991 'remake' of Darwin I'm hearing about?
Listening to Cherry Five tonight. I also checked out Bent Knee and Flame Dream the other day, both unique and enjoyable. I really like Bent Knee's sound, but the album (Shiny Eyed Babies) left me feeling a little cold by the end. They just didn't push their ideas as hard as I would've liked. Flame Dream's Elements felt a bit sparse at first, but as the album went on it struck me that there was a lot more going on than I initially thought. Some lovely compositions in there. I listened to Area's Arbeit Macht Frei last night. Parts of it worked for me, but all in all, they didn't really pull me in. Not as structured as I'd like, maybe? I'll give it a few more spins. Again, thanks to everyone who took the time to give me some recommendations. Music is the truest pleasure.
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Kepler62
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Posted: May 21 2017 at 17:40 |
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AFlowerKingCrimson
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Posted: May 21 2017 at 21:24 |
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Yeah, SML is a great album. One of the most under rated live albums ever imo.
If you like Camel and Yes try Moth Vellum or Sebastian Hardie. Finch were another great band who are kind of like an instrumental version of mid seventies Yes.
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Dellinger
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Posted: May 22 2017 at 20:12 |
So, perhaps now you should go for YS... yeah, I know a song from YS was already posted as a recommendation, but I don't think that was the best option to show. I would say check out the combo "Introducione/Primo Incontro" from that album. Another band I was thinking might do the trick (though more for the soft side of things) would be SBB... though I myself still have to get into them... I have heard a few songs and checked them into my to know bands. |
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UselessPassion
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Posted: May 23 2017 at 16:03 |
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I listened to Il Balletto di Bronzo's Ys, actually. Incredibly energetic, gave me a sort of Japanese zeuhl vibe at times. I imagine Koenjihyakkei would've sounded something like this had they been around in the 70s. I want to say 'ahead of its time,' but I hate that saying so I'll just say it's forward thinking?
Really, really liked Cherry Five from the moment it began. I'm getting attached to Island's Pictures, too.
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