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    Posted: August 08 2011 at 14:42
Dutch indie label SI Music were among the few providers of sophisticated rock in the 1990's. Or at least of the few relatively well known at the time. From their first release in 1990 until they closed their doors in 1996 they released many gems, in particular in the style most tend to refer to as Neo-Progressive rock.

Below is a list of all their known releases. Links to artist and album pages in the Progarchives database have been added when applicable, same goes for links to Spotify.

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Strangers on a Train: The Key Part 1: The Prophecy - SIMPly ONE
Egdon Heath: The Killing Silence - Simply 2
The Last Detail: The Wrong Century - Simply 3 - rejected for Progarchives inclusion
Differences: The Voyage - Simply 4
Clive Nolan: Conflicts - Simply 5
Tracy Hitchings: From Ignorance to Ecstasy - Simply 6
Various: SI 10th Anniversary Compilation Disc - Simply 7
Egdon Heath: In the City - Simply 8
Coda: Sounds of Passion - Simply Nine
For Absent Friends: Both Worlds - Simply 10
Differences: A World of Difference - Simply 11
Shadowland: Ring of Roses - Simply 12
Geoff Mann: Second Chants - Simply 13
Landmarq: Solitary Witness - Simply 14
Casino: Casino - Simply 15
Aragon: The Meeting - Simply 16 / Aram 002
Winter: Across the Circle's Edge - Simply 17
Coda: Crazy Fool and Dreamer - Simply 18
Wings of Steel: Homesick - Simply 19 - rejected for Progarchives inclusion
Timelock: Louise Brooks - Simply 20
Blyndsyde: Into the Storm of the Eye - Simply 21 - rejected for Progarchives inclusion
Various: SI Compilation Disk Too - Simply 22
Aragon: Rocking Horse and Other Short Stories From the Past - Simply 23
Various: Progressive & Melodic Rock Vol. 1 - Simply 24
Brassé: Pawn - Simply 25 / Silly Insects 002
Everon: Paradoxes - SIMPly 26 - Coolspotify
Citizen Cain: Serpents in Camouflage - Simply 27 / Silly Insects 001
Cyan: For King and Country - Simply 28 / Silly Insects 003
Strangers on a Train: The Key Part 2 : The Labyrinth - simply 29
Twelfth Night: Live and Let Live - SIMply 30
Summer Indoors: There's Orangie - Simply 31 / Silly Insects 004
Landmarq: Infinity Parade - Simply 32
Arkus: 1914 - Simply 33
Ywis: Ywis - Simply 34
Red Jasper: A Midsummer Night's Dream - Simply 35
Peter Gee: Heart of David - Simply 36
Mercy Train: Presence - Simply 37 - Coolspotify
Egdon Heath: Him, The Snake And I - Simply 38
Sally French: The Other Side - Simply 39
For Absent Friends: Running in Circles - Simply 40
Various: Classic Rock - Simply 10001
Aragon: Don't Bring the Rain - Simply 41
Strangers on a Train: The Key Part I: The Prophecy - Simply 42
Lives and Times: Waiting For The Parade - Simply 43
Lorien: Children's Games - Simply 44 / Silly Insects 005
Van Otterdyke: The Syrens - Simply 45
Shadowland: Through the Looking Glass - Simply 46
PTS: Tides - Simply 47
Various: Progressive & Melodic Rock Vol. 2 - Simply 48
Various: Progressive & Melodic Rock Vol. 3 - Simply 49
Various: Mannerisms - A Celebration of the Music of Geoff Mann - Simply 50 / Wobbly WOB 002
Shadowland: Dreams of the Ferryman - Simply 51
Citizen Cain: Somewhere but Yesterday - Simply 52
Barrock: Oxian - Simply 53
Cyan: Pictures From the Other Side - Simply 54
Red Jasper: The Winter's Tale - Simply 55
MKII: Burning Daylight - Simply 56
Lives and Times: The Great Sad Happy Ending - Simply 57
Collage: Moonshine - Simply 58
November: The First of November - Simply 59
Ywis: Leonardo's Dream - Simply 61 / SI 3061-2
Everon: Flood - Simply 62 / SI 3062-2 - Coolspotify
Light: Light - SI3063-2
Wings of Steel: Face The Truth - Simply 64 / SI 3064-2 - rejected for Progarchives inclusion
Timelock: The Dawn - Simply 65 / SI 3065-2
Gandalf: To Our Children's Children - Simply 66 / Seagull Music 04166-2
Gandalf: To Our Children's Children - SIMply 67 / Seagull Music 04167-2
Wings of Steel: If I'd Say - SI 1499-3 - rejected for Progarchives inclusion
Dilemma: Imbroccata - SIMply 68 / SI 3068-2
Aragon: Mouse - Simply 69 / SI 3069-2
Cliffhanger: Cold Steel - Simply 70 / SI 3070-2
For Absent Friends: FAF Out of HAL - Simply 71 / SI 3071-2
Summer Indoors: Songs In The Key Of H - sIMPLY 72 / SI 3072-2
Landmarq: The Vision Pit - sIMPLY 73 / SI 3073-2
November: Memory - Simply 20001


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Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 08 2011 at 14:43
...oh, incidentally, would it have been possible to have these label threads somewhere else than in news from prog suppliers admins?
As there will be more such threads, and many of them will concern defunct labels. Like this one.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 08 2011 at 14:47
Suggestions to the Admins, Olav.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 05 2013 at 17:17
Olav - I just came to this from the link in your signature, as I thought I would have a look against SI as I used to often be in contact with Willebrord (who I recently 'spoke' to through LastFM) and I think I was sent virtually everything from Simply 6 through to the end. The Winter album may have been short, but is stunning with 'Toybox' being a classic.

But, why is there no link for Blyndsyde? How come they're not in PA? I still have their earlier tape plus the CD, and would have thought that they would have been in the neo-prog box. Certainly they were part of that scene, being often featured in the Scottish fanzine 'Blindsight' (which was my way into the prog underground at the time). They're not marked as being excluded per se, or have they been since you put this up?

BTW, you also list WMMS - who hold the record for sending me the most CDs in one go - more than 30! I was stunned when I got a parcel from Germany with those. It came as no surprise to me that they later went under. 
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 05 2013 at 17:21
Blyndsyde - currently facing rejection in the heavy prog team for being non-prog I believe. And I suspect you'd have to subject the neo team to water torture before they would accept the band. Have a go if you feel like it :-)
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 05 2013 at 17:22
That's a pity. I'm playing the album now for the first time in years, and feel that there is a certain neo-prog naivety to it all - but possibly I hear that as it brings back thoughts of the wonderful underground scene we had in the UK back then.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 05 2013 at 17:26
Oh well, more labels to cater for anyhow. I don't remember if I have managed to check all the WMMS bands, but there are still tons and tons and tons of prog labels yet to make such lists as this one for and to check their releases against the database. Luna Negra and Rock Symphony to mention just two of the plentiful I have yet to take a look at...


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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 05 2013 at 17:28
Oh, and if you can provide samples for Lives and Times and Van Otterdyke the remaining blanks on this one can be checked...
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 05 2013 at 21:07
I don't have any Van Otterdyke, and just the one L&T album, but I need to drop Richard a line thanking him for the new Karda Estra album that arrived yesterday so I'll ask him what is available - sure he'll happily oblige. So will let you know how I get on with that.

And what about Cyclops? Virtually everything that Malcolm released was prog and was a starting point for many bands such as Credo, Vulgar Unicorn, Mostly Autumn, PO90 etc 
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 05 2013 at 23:17
Yup, Cyclops is another one I need to go through as well. As I said, there are tons of prog labels out there, past and present ;-)
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 06 2013 at 02:36
Hey, I was thinking too about Van Otterdyke the last few days, finding out that it hasn't been added to the database. I have the lp "The Sirens" and there's definitely prog on it. I'd say it's crossover prog.
There was some good SI music: the Coda cd's, stuff by Clive Nolan, Cliffhanger, Geoff Mann, Peter Gee, Collage...
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 06 2013 at 03:41
SI was a hugely important label for the prog scene in the early Nineties, releasing some wonderful material. 
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