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    Posted: July 14 2017 at 00:08
So I have been getting into King Crimson's more experimental music (The Projekcts, Heavy Construkction, Construkction of Light, The Power to Believe etc). Any recommendations on other experimental prog bands?

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 14 2017 at 01:23
You want experimental - try the album called 'Seastones' by Ned Lagin and Phil Lesh. Pretty potent stuff.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 14 2017 at 04:12
Are you looking for more in the same vein or do you want to be challenged?

Albums in the same vein but different:
Komara - s/t
Guapo - Five Suns
Nebelnest - Nova Express
One Shot - Dark Shot
Spoke Of Shadows - s/t
Univers Zero - Uzed
Djam Karet - The Heavy Soul Sessions

Experimental, challenging and very different from Crimson:
Islands - Pictures
Bubu - Anabelas
Magma - MDK
Franco Battiato - Pollution
Henry Cow - Legend
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 14 2017 at 12:12
Originally posted by skog_prog skog_prog wrote:

So I have been getting into King Crimson's more experimental music (The Projekcts, Heavy Construkction, Construkction of Light, The Power to Believe etc). Any recommendations on other experimental prog bands?
 
Heard Space Groove by ProjeKct Two? Recorded in '97. Wow, already 20 years old this November!
 
Adrian Belew: V-Drums
Robert Fripp: Guitar
Trey Gunn: Touch Guitar, Guitar Synth
 
 
 
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 14 2017 at 18:29
under wraps jethro tull foray into electronic music
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 14 2017 at 18:47
^ not exactly what the guy is looking for, cependant.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 14 2017 at 19:04
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 19 2017 at 20:44
Originally posted by verslibre verslibre wrote:

Originally posted by skog_prog skog_prog wrote:

So I have been getting into King Crimson's more experimental music (The Projekcts, Heavy Construkction, Construkction of Light, The Power to Believe etc). Any recommendations on other experimental prog bands?
 
Heard Space Groove by ProjeKct Two? Recorded in '97. Wow, already 20 years old this November!
 
Adrian Belew: V-Drums
Robert Fripp: Guitar
Trey Gunn: Touch Guitar, Guitar Synth
 
 
 

Yes I have! I just got the Projekcts boxset and have been listening to them. Awesome stuff!
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 19 2017 at 20:47
Originally posted by Guldbamsen Guldbamsen wrote:

Are you looking for more in the same vein or do you want to be challenged?

Albums in the same vein but different:
Komara - s/t
Guapo - Five Suns
Nebelnest - Nova Express
One Shot - Dark Shot
Spoke Of Shadows - s/t
Univers Zero - Uzed
Djam Karet - The Heavy Soul Sessions

Experimental, challenging and very different from Crimson:
Islands - Pictures
Bubu - Anabelas
Magma - MDK
Franco Battiato - Pollution
Henry Cow - Legend

I just got Anabelas on cd. Haven't listened to it yet but I love Bubu's other album.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 19 2017 at 21:55
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 20 2017 at 02:39
Lately, the most experimental albums have been my favorite.
Bands like Residents are an inspiration, Duck Stab, Meet the Residents, Not Available, Eskimo, Third Reich, God In Three Persons, Demons Dance Alone, Commercial Album(here's the music video for them!!   
Umm, yeah if you have an open mind, COMPLETELY open, they're one of the most consistent weird-bands like Zappa. 
Shiina Ringo - Karuki Zamen Kuri no Hana
Cafe Tacuba - Reves (the album that turned many die-hard fans away with its classical movements and progressive nature)
Som Imaginario - Matanca do Porco
Any of Area
Bee Gees - Odessa (believe it or not)
Brigitte Fontaine - Comme à la radio (a very eastern-influenced album, nothing what I expected when I bought it. Inspired Cowboy Bebop's The Seatbelts
Cardiacs (as they're one of the best bands ever) - ALMAAHATWWW, On Land And In The Sea, Sing to God, Songs for Ships
Dun - Eros
Grupo Alternativa - Ipotesi
Mr. Bungle (as stated above)
That should be enough Smile

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 20 2017 at 02:40
Originally posted by Guldbamsen Guldbamsen wrote:

Are you looking for more in the same vein or do you want to be challenged?

Franco Battiato - Pollution
Henry Cow - Legend
Some of the best albums here. Zappa has stated he's a big fan of Franco Battiato's Pollution
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 20 2017 at 03:19
Don Caballero is kind of in the vein of the more technical King Crimson albums from the late 90's and early 00's.
If you are looking for other good experimental albums, not necessarily in the vein of the stuff you have talked about, I recommend...

Aksak Maboul - Onze Danses Pour Combattre La Migraine
The Muffins - <185>
Shub-Niggurath - Les Morts Vont Vite
Art Zoyd - Symphonie Pour Le Jour Où Brûleront Les Cités
Pekka Airaksinen - Buddhas of Golden Light
miRthkon - Snack(s) (Don't know this one very well, I've probably listened to it only once, but it might just be what you are looking for.)
Cartoon - Cartoon (Same as above, I recall I liked it a lot, though.)

Don't know if these albums are exactly what you are looking for, but I guess it won't hurt to leave them here.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 20 2017 at 04:02
Originally posted by Guldbamsen Guldbamsen wrote:

Are you looking for more in the same vein or do you want to be challenged?

Albums in the same vein but different:
Djam Karet - The Heavy Soul Sessions
...

How weird ... their first four albums are way further out experimental than that one ... an in fact should be called .... mood music and welcome to the church of the electric guitar ... leave your ears at home, please!


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