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    Posted: December 10 2007 at 12:25

HI PROG FRIENDS, THIS IS CÉSAR INCA.

 

KOIAK is an excellent band from Chile. They do an exciting kind of prog-fusion, somewhere between Mar de Robles, Akinetón Retard and Ergo Sum. Their combination of heavy prog, jazz-rock, Crimsonian psychedelia and colors from Chilean coast folk is fluidly ordained in a prog-folk frame. Their namesake debut album, relased in 2005, is really awesome: a concept-disc with a cosmic-psychological theme.

 

Sound samples – 3 songs to download:

Yotube video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8VlwmAvkOtg

 

Here’s a Spanish-language review, plus a cover image for their album: http://www.manticornio.com/rock-progresivo/K/KOIAK/koiak-album.html

 

They deserve a place here in the Archives, I honestly relieve so.

 

      Kind regards.

    
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Points: 24391 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 10 2007 at 12:28
I am going to listen to them as soon as I can, and post the link in the HP thread.
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Points: 32690 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 10 2007 at 12:56
Listening now.
Just a fanboy passin' through.
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Points: 24391 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 10 2007 at 13:08
The three tracks on their website are very good indeed.. It's not easy to judge on the basis of only three tracks, but what I've heard points to either Eclectic or HP.
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Points: 32690 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 10 2007 at 13:16
^I listened too, and think the same.
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Points: 46301 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 10 2007 at 13:40
Then the two teams will, once again, treat this band for its best place. Wink
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Points: 4888 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 10 2007 at 15:29
The guitar parts are really prominent, but I think that the fusion factor is the essential one: regardless of the fact that the hrythm section is tight (or not) and the guitar riffs and leads are loud (or not), the fusion-prog essence seems to me as the real deal. Just like Mar de Robles, whose style is essentially prog-folk despíte the notable aggressiveness of the guitar input.
 
Anyway, it's good to see that this band is instantly noticed in the Archives. If you make me choose between eclectic and HP, I'd rather go for the former, eclectic.
 
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Points: 24391 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 11 2007 at 02:41
I remembered last night that the band are already on the JR/F band admission list. However, I think they would fit Eclectic best, because of the heavier overtones of their music, as well as the interesting folk influences. I suppose we can decide for Eclectic, though I'd like David to listen to their stuff as well.
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Points: 4888 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 16 2008 at 17:25
So... any news yet?
 
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Points: 4888 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 04 2008 at 08:32
No news yet regarding this excellent eclectic prog band from Chile?
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Points: 46301 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 04 2008 at 09:46
Oh, seem to have missed this one.
Better get moving and checking it.
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Points: 46301 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 17 2008 at 07:49
Not easy indeed to decide whether Heavy or Eclectic out of three samples, especially because the second one, Sifilis, is the only best one to judge: heavy music, folk ornaments, pinching rhythms and a bit of "modern prog" impression.

Reading, however, the review, I think Koiak is generally regarded as a band that fits more than a place i.e. more than Heavy Prog. The usual links to "jazz instrumentality" and "prog fusion" aren't truly amazing in comparison with what you hear for yourself, but, altogether, Koiak can be trusted for making heavy modern prog with elements and the fusion that is properly for Eclectic.

This being said, if Raff/Logan/David/whoever else managed to listen to their music agree on Eclectic, I can very well agree myself.
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Points: 64353 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 17 2008 at 20:18
missed this..  taking a listen
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wasn't impressed with the samples but the video is good..  Eclectic sounds fine, I hear very little Heaviness
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caught this earlier...  eclectic sounds good to me as well.


You can add them Cesar... Clap
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Yeah, listened again, I'm fine with Eclectic.
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Points: 4888 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 18 2008 at 02:13
Originally posted by micky micky wrote:

caught this earlier...  eclectic sounds good to me as well.


You can add them Cesar... Clap
 
I can't, since I'm not a member of the Ecclectic Prog team. But I can provide data if you will...
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Points: 46301 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 18 2008 at 03:10
You are a Special Collaborator, Cesar, you can add bands, the Teams just give you the Ok. Tongue

If fact, if neither micky, Raff, David or Logan have the time to do an addition for this band, I would appreciate if you'd do the addition, Cesar.Clap
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Points: 4888 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 18 2008 at 23:46
Thank you for the tip. I'll do it as soon as I can during the rest of this week.
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