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    Posted: July 16 2022 at 08:28
Coming soon..... Are you ready to do a thing called the Krododil Rock? If so, you're just in time for Tea, as I'll be taking a wander down a Swiss Country Lane and giving a warm Welcome to  some of the very best of classic Swiss prog, running all the way through the alphabet from Alpha to Omega. Many of these rare Swiss bands were as ephemeral as a proverbial Dragonfly, having cast their Magic Spell by releasing just one amazing album and then presumably retiring to their desert Island in the sun. There's also a whole plethora of classic Symphonic Prog to look forward to - featuring time signatures as complex and accurate as a Swiss clock - as well as some dazzling  keyboard pizzazz from Mr. Patrick Moraz! It's time now for me to Exit stage left before I go completely cuckoo (although it's probably too late for that already). Tongue

Featured Swiss Artists

01. Agamemnon (Psychedelic/Space Rock)
02. Alpha to Omega (Eclectic Prog)
03. Blue Motion (Symphonic Prog)
04. Brainticket (Krautrock)
05. Circus (Eclectic Prog)
06. Country Lane (Heavy Prog)
07. Deaf (Krautrock)
08. Docmec (Symphonic Prog)
09. Dragonfly (Symphonic Prog)
10. Dude Durst (Krautrock)
11. Eloiteron (Symphonic Prog)
12. Elysium (Crossover Prog)
13. Ertlif (Psychedelc/Space Rock)
14. Exit (Symphonic Prog)
15. Flame Dream (Symphonic Prog)
16. Sergius Golowin (Krautrock)
17. Kay Hoffman (Prog Folk)
18. Island (Eclectic Prog)
19. Kashmir (Progressive Electronic)
20. Kedama (Crossover Prog)
21. Kjol (Jazz Rock/Fusion)
22. Krokodil (Krautrock)
23. Lost Peace (Jazz Rock/Fusion)
24. Magic Spell (Symphonic Prog)
25. Mainhorse (Symphonic Prog)
26. McChurch Soundroom (Krautrock)
27. Monseigneur (Prog Folk)
28. Patrick Moraz (Crossover Prog)
29. Nautilus (Symphonic Prog)
30. Pacific Sound (Krautrock)
31. Plamp (Eclectic Prog)
32. Pyranha (Jazz Rock/Fusion)
33. The Shiver (Proto Prog)
34. Sicher (Symphonic Prog)
35. Spartacus (Symphonic Prog)
36. Tea (Heavy Prog)
37. Toad (Heavy Prog)
38. Trocarn (Prog Folk)
39. Andreas Vollenweider (Crossover Prog)
40. Welcome (Symphonic Prog)



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^^ very good Paul.. LOL

you know, given your tastes, I think you'll love Clepsydra (Neo-Prog); their albums 'Fears' and 'Alone' are well worth checking out. 
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Originally posted by Jared Jared wrote:

^^ very good Paul.. LOL

you know, given your tastes, I think you'll love Clepsydra (Neo-Prog); their albums 'Fears' and 'Alone' are well worth checking out. 
Thanks for the recommendation. I'll be reminded now of the band Clepsydra every time I see the famous Water Clock in the Victoria Centre, Nottingham. Wink
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Welcome is one of my favorite bands of all time.
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^Interesting list, Paul.
       Whenever I think of Swiss progressive music artists, drummer/percussionist Peter Giger comes to mind, who was a member of European jazz/rock-krautrock band Dzyan. So, I guess Dzyan were one part Swiss. They are in my top 5 groups of all time. Giger was also in 70s jazz rock group Giger Lenz Marron, who were also brilliant, but under the radar for most. GLM are also one of my favorites.



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Originally posted by Hrychu Hrychu wrote:

Welcome is one of my favorite bands of all time.

You're Welcome. They're one of my favourite bands too. Unfortunately, It'll be a long time before I reach Welcome on the A-Z Swiss roll call, but just in case you don't want to wait that long, they're featured on my Prog Line blog too. Wink

5 stars  1976: WELCOME - Welcome (Symphonic Prog  Switzerland) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=41Wa9Nbketo&t=1s
4 stars  1979: WELCOME - You're Welcome (Symphonic Prog  Switzerland) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8RL8Qwu3Is&t=2s


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Originally posted by presdoug presdoug wrote:

^Interesting list, Paul.
       Whenever I think of Swiss progressive music artists, drummer/percussionist Peter Giger comes to mind, who was a member of European jazz/rock-krautrock band Dzyan. So, I guess Dzyan were one part Swiss. They are in my top 5 groups of all time. Giger was also in 70s jazz rock group Giger Lenz Marron, who were also brilliant, but under the radar for most. GLM are also one of my favorites.

Thanks. I had no idea there were quite so many classic-era Swiss prog bands around until I started listing them all here. I thought I'd do well to scrape together a dozen or so, but it turned out there's over a dozen Swiss bands just in the Symphonic Prog genre alone. In fact, there's enough music listed there to keep me busy until the cuckoo clock strikes midnight at the end of 2022. Smile
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Island and Circus are worldclass bands and not to be missed :-)

Some other very good ones but not up to their level...


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Originally posted by TheH TheH wrote:

Island and Circus are worldclass bands and not to be missed :-)

Some other very good ones but not up to their level...
II'm looking forward to hearing them all, starting next month, and I'm glad you mentioned Island because I just found a place for them in the intro. Smile
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Galaad is cool !
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Originally posted by Psychedelic Paul Psychedelic Paul wrote:

36. Joel Vandroogenbroek (What a great Dutch name!)


Joel is actually Brussels and is/wasthe mindmaster of Brainticket

Originally posted by TheH TheH wrote:

Island and Circus are worldclass bands and not to be missed :-)

Some other very good ones but not up to their level...


That's about my take on it
(BTW, Blue Motion is the continuation of Circus, but defintely more ELP-Symph like).

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Originally posted by tszirmay tszirmay wrote:

Galaad is cool !

I'll check them out, although I've only included prog bands in my Swiss roll call from the classic era of the late 1960's thru' to the early 80's, meaning my list of 38 bands has more holes it than a Swiss cheese. Embarrassed
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Swiss albums I've found so far to be fond of are:

Agamemnon  (CH)  -  Agamemnon, Part I&II   (1981)

 Celtic Frost  (CH)  -  “Into The Pandemonium”  (1987)

 Shora  (CH)  -  Malval   (2006) 

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Circus/Welcome/Island are of my best CDs
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Clepsydra and its side project Shakary ( a double CD called Ayla) and Dragonfly are decent neo prog band

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Some Moraz works like 'the story of I ( Charisma label) or with Bill Bruford are Ok
Don't forget Refugee ( one LP on Charisma)
Refugee = Nice minus Emerson plus Moraz = excellent symphonic prog imo

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My favorite Swiss album from last year was Gnohgnuhgnlus - Thomisme.
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Originally posted by mellotronwave mellotronwave wrote:

Circus/Welcome/Island are of my best CDs
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Circus is one of my favorite less known bands especially Movin On

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Glad to see Island and Kedama being mentioned along with some of those Swiss Krautrock bands. These five beat the rest on your list. My strange tastes.
The Evpatoria Report
Equus
Monkey3
Sonar
Drum Circus

I'm so impressed with some of these instrumental albums out of Switzerland. Drum Circus is old school the rest fairly modern.


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Originally posted by David_D David_D wrote:


Swiss albums I've found so far to be fond of are:

Agamemnon  (CH)  -  Agamemnon, Part I&II   (1981)

 Celtic Frost  (CH)  -  “Into The Pandemonium”  (1987)

 Shora  (CH)  -  Malval   (2006) 

Thanks David. Agamemnon's one and only Space Rock album will be the first album I feature here, just as soon as I get around to listening to it. Smile
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Originally posted by mellotronwave mellotronwave wrote:

Some Moraz world like 'the story of I ( Charisma label) or with Bill Bruford are Ok
Don't forget Refugee ( one LP on Charisma)
Refugee = Nice minus Emerson plus Moraz = excellent symphonic prog imo

Refugee are coming up early next year on my Prog Britannia playlists. Thumbs Up
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