Parody prog band - The Astral Platypus |
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Sanmartinphase7
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Posted: August 12 2019 at 17:57 |
Thank you! Yes, we are a parody prog band, and we emulate an archetypical discography, making albums that try to sound like the year they were supposedly released. With each album we make (we have 4 so far), we release an episode of the mockumentary that narrates the fictional story of the band. Everything can be found in this Youtube Channel: |
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omphaloskepsis
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Yep. They spoofed it good. Spot on.
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dougmcauliffe
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So theres very little info I can find on this band, are these are new albums with incorrect dates listed with them? I'm listening to Ragnarok, actually pretty interesting tbh.
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Sanmartinphase7
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Thank you for your support! We just uploaded a brand new cut from the Platypussongs 2 - Live In Consti, album. Here's Rägnärök from the 1971 album of the same name, performed by the Millennial lineup of The Astral Platypus: Stalked night and day by papparazzi, Dino Longobardi, legendary manager from the golden days of the band, stated while counting his money: "Yeah, f**k off. We have the same amount of original members that Yes currently has."
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AKDiamond
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I'm into it, thanks.
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fronobulax
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Hi all. You NEED to see this!!! There are so many in-jokes that only we would get! These folks have put an incredible amount of work into this project, and although I am reading the subtitles here in Canada, I laughed out loud many times. Every prog convention is spoofed from the Wendy/Walter Carlos thing to Wakeman/Sleepman...too funny. There is a line where a couple characters think they are getting some action until one of the girls puts on a AP album. The guy says something like "I could literally sense the girls' virginity regenerating..." Highly recommended: this is FOR US!!!
Scott
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octopus-4
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I've just seen the live. I actually missed it. Remake of the 1971 live in Nueva Pompeya..... LOL
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Curiosity killed a cat, Schroedinger only half.
My poor home recorded stuff at https://yellingxoanon.bandcamp.com |
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Sanmartinphase7
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The new album and episode were releasde last week! New album (a Close to the Edge/Tarkus/Foxtrot parody): New episode:
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Cag71
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These albums are great - I look forward to any new releases.
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Sanmartinphase7
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We perform live as well ;D
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octopus-4
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I think the Astral Platypus deserves a page on PA. It's a prog band, it's a project and even if it's a parody it's good music. Crossover?
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Curiosity killed a cat, Schroedinger only half.
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Sanmartinphase7
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Both the first episode of Season 2, and a brand new album parodying Yes' Fragile has just been released =D
https://theastralplatypus.bandcamp.com/album/s-lido-1970 https://youtu.be/KJWlFcahWZM |
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Sanmartinphase7
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Thanks!
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octopus-4
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It's great and your songs are also good. Well done Rodrigo!
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Curiosity killed a cat, Schroedinger only half.
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Sanmartinphase7
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Episode 3 (the season finale) was just released:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pKL9KuyG4rM&feature=youtu.be |
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Anesthetized
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The Astral Platypus are great!
It was crazy when news of this project started to appear on argentine prog media: the big blogs and radio shows (Cabeza de Mood, El Retorno del Gigante, Gigantes Gentiles, Los Especiales del Guardián de los Cielos, Mellotron, etc) started reposting a post about a band that was "deleted from the internet over a dispute with their record company". The actual post, made by la Resistencia Progresiva Argentina, was hilarious. Robert Lynch (bass player of the Astral Platypus) accused Edipus Records (now called Edipus Tampons, after leaving the music business un the 90's) of censorship, and denounced that it was a conspiracy against art itself, in an attempt to keep the population stupid in order to keep selling idiotic songs aboyt getting laid and big butts. Obviously the prog media was in on the joke but a lot of people on the comment sections didn't catch it and they thought it was real. To make things better La Resistencia Progresiva set up a fake Robert Lynch youtube account, where songs from different eras of the Platypus' discography started appearing. The first one was a prog number called Despertar, with fake vinyil sounds added. But shortly after songs from the psychedelic '60s or even the poppy '80s started popping out. The comment sections went insane, all in awe of the music of this "forbidden" band. Some even put it in the level of Crucis (!!!!). But the madness raised one level when all this songs dissapeared the next day, "taken down by Edipus Records for copyright enfringment". New songs replaced the older ones, but they continued to dissapear 24 hours after being posted. Prog media started intreviewing the members of the Astral Platypus (interviews so bizarre it was impossible they were true) And this game continued for a month, until la Resistencia Progresiva Argentina announces the fake documentary and revealed the truth. If any of you want I can look and translate some of this interviews, they are wonderful. |
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Kotro
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This kicks the snot out of Brian Pern. Excellently done. Just a shame about the Spanish thing, will keep a lot of people at bay.
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Bigger on the inside.
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Squonk19
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Long live Brian Pern!
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“Living in their pools, they soon forget about the sea.”
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"It just has none of the qualities of your work that I find interesting. Abandon [?] it." - Eno
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octopus-4
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This project is great. I can't wait for the third episode and the albums from the 70s
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Curiosity killed a cat, Schroedinger only half.
My poor home recorded stuff at https://yellingxoanon.bandcamp.com |
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