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rushfan4 
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 Topic: Speechless Vs. Helmet Of GnatsPosted: February 13 2008 at 11:45 |
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Assaf,
I listened to the the Deformica songs on their MySpace page. They were very good.
I think so far with the ones that I have listened to, that the Poseidotica was probably my favorite, and the Naikaku songs were probably my second favorite, but difficult to judge since it was just short samples.
Thank you again for all of the recommendations.
Scott
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avestin
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Posted: February 12 2008 at 18:17 |
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Any other bands you got to listen to, Scott?
Recently got and enjoying POSEIDOTICA from Argentina - http://www.poseidotica.com.ar/
(already posted about them above).
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rushfan4
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Posted: February 05 2008 at 16:33 |
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Bump.
Just listened to the samples from Naikaku. That is what I am talking about. Always hard to judge by a snippet, but I like what I am hearing. Even a cover song of Hocus Pocus from Focus.
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rushfan4
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Posted: January 24 2008 at 22:53 |
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Paralexis, the first song that I listened to from Poseidotica was excellent 5-star material. Thank you. I'm definitely excited to find some new music and expand my horizons a bit.
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avestin
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Posted: January 24 2008 at 21:26 |
So based on what you wrote, I'll recommend mostly Naikaku, Poseidotica and Mar De Robles. If you like the last two, proceed to Exsimio and Deformica.
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rushfan4
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Posted: January 24 2008 at 18:22 |
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I just finished with F.U.P.A. I didn't like this quite as much. Good music, but more on the jazzy side for my tastes. I'll have to take these in a little at a time. I can only seem to listen to instrumentals in small doses and it didn't help that I was listening to Alan Morse's instrumental album this afternoon. I will definitely start on the additional lists tonight or tomorrow.
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avestin
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Posted: January 24 2008 at 18:09 |
Yes, they're quite intense. They'll release a new album this February.
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rushfan4
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Posted: January 24 2008 at 10:16 |
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Quite the list to work my way through. Just finished listening to Panzerballet samples. They definitely fall in the category of "Heavy Metal Jazz" which is right up my alley.
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avestin
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Posted: January 23 2008 at 22:24 |
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Just one more - D.F.A.
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avestin
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Posted: January 23 2008 at 18:24 |
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Sorry to "dump" more on you, but since we're on a roll....
DEFORMICA from Argentina - http://www.deformica.com.ar/ http://www.myspace.com/deformica
EXSIMIO from Chile - http://www.exsimio.cl/
FLOTANTE from Chile - http://www.myspace.com/flotante
NAIKAKU from Japan - http://mypage.odn.ne.jp/home/naikaku3104
POSEIDOTICA from Argentina - http://www.poseidotica.com.ar/
YANG from France (lead by once Shylock, Philharmonie member, - Frederic L'epee) - http://laspada.perso.cegetel.net/yang/yangeng.html
MAR DE ROBLES from Chile - http://www.marderobles.cl/
This makes me want to do another poll with these bands....
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rushfan4
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Posted: January 23 2008 at 18:07 |
M�rglbl definitely passes the taste test. Very good. I'll definitely have to try the other 2 bands. Edited by rushfan4 - January 23 2008 at 18:07 |
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avestin
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Posted: January 23 2008 at 17:51 |
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Karcius first album is excellent, very melodic and full of musical ideas! Eclectic - fusion, a bit of metallic tendency, heavy crunchy rock....
Capharnaum has released a strong album in Le Soleil Est Une Bombe Atomique (you can read my review for it)
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rushfan4
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Posted: January 23 2008 at 17:47 |
Both appear to be excellent recommendations. Karcius was enjoyable but the samples were too short to get a complete feel for them. Capharnaum's samples were excellent and music that I could definitely find adding to the listening rotation. Very impressive.
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Man With Hat
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Posted: January 23 2008 at 17:17 |
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Oh sure...make it deifficult...
Both bands are great but I'm going to give my vote to AHOG. I find them pretty refreshing and bringing new ideas to the table in a genre where I find the guitar/bass/drums/keyboards outfit tends to be a bit boring to me.
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Dig me...But don't...Bury me
I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect. |
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avestin
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Posted: January 23 2008 at 17:16 |
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There are also several other interesting bands like:
Mörglbl
Panzerballett
F.U.P.A
Edited by avestin - January 23 2008 at 17:17 |
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avestin
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Posted: January 23 2008 at 16:39 |
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Scott, if you liked these, let me recommend you two more in the instrumental/fusion/eclectic/guitar-lead vein, both from Quebec:
http://www.myspace.com/karcious
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rushfan4
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Posted: January 23 2008 at 16:13 |
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My compliments to the chef for cooking up this poll. Both bands were quite enjoyable listens. I placed my vote with Speechless, because I enjoyed their songs on MySpace a little more than I enjoyed HOG's songs. But who am I to say, since this is a prog area where I might have scuffed the surface, but I have yet to scratch it. |
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rushfan4
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Posted: January 23 2008 at 14:45 |
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Thank you. This part of your post caught my eye-"Much influence is taken from RUSH, GENESIS, SAGA, YES and at times fusion ensembles like RETURN TO FOREVER". I was currently listening to Echolyn, but I paused to give Speechless a listen. The first track on their MySpace page, In The Clouds, was very good. I will give the rest of the tracks a listen.
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avestin
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Posted: January 23 2008 at 14:32 |
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rushfan4
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Posted: January 23 2008 at 14:31 |
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The link to the Speechless website doesn't appear to be working. At least, I am getting an error message. It said that I was required to login?
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The second song, Tantra, was almost as good. Not quite as much "heavy" prog as the first track, but still 4 to 4.5 star material. I am checking out there other 2 tracks on MySpace now. Hidrophobia is sounding 5 star with the heavy prog. I'm definitely liking Poseidotica.
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