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Posted: August 17 2013 at 23:28

Adams Bolero wrote:

Samla Mammas Manna

Good suggestion, or Von Zamla

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Posted: August 17 2013 at 23:39

Canterzeuhl wrote:

'I'm looking for something that defies classification...'

Perhaps Gnidrolog?
I've been listening to them a lot recently, I have tried to think who they're like and I've struggled somewhat. Closest band I can think of is Gentle Giant but personally I think they're stranger than GG.

AMAZING! f**kING AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Posted: August 18 2013 at 06:40

thellama73 wrote:

Let me help then!

Coil were an amazing, amazing band, now sadly dead. Here are my favorites from them:
Black Light District
The Remote Viewer
Astral Disaster
The Musick To Play in the Dark records.

Here's a sample:

I heard Love's Secret Domain yesterday and loved it. So far, every their album is absolutely mesmerizing.

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Posted: August 18 2013 at 10:16

timothy leary wrote:

^ A spanking from Moshkito

Not really!

Just a good laugh!

Blows me away that someone says that ... whicih is akin to saying that they are not listening to music at all! I was thinking that his punishment should be 5 hours of Bach non-stop! Then he will know the meaning of boring!

It's just a wake up call ... what is it you like? kinda thing!

Edited by moshkito - August 18 2013 at 10:19

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Posted: August 18 2013 at 10:19

Canterzeuhl wrote:

'I'm looking for something that defies classification...'

...

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I still think that Amon Duul 2's first 5 albums are the best at defying classification! When you hear the 1st and then Wolf City, or Vive La Trance ... makes you wonder what the definition of intelligence and great work is all about! And it wasn't "pop" music until the last part of side 2 in VLT.

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Posted: August 18 2013 at 11:12

I would second Tim Buckley. He realy was alien and human at the same time. Starsailor is the album, and Lorca.

I will also second Amon Duul 11 (Yeti is great), Pawn Hearts by Van der Graaf Generator, Vemod by Anekdoten, Dashiel Hedayatt - Obsolete, Dom - Edge of Time, Gong - You, Porcupine Tree - Up the Downstair, Miles Davis - Bitches Brew, alot of Frank Zappa, early weather report albums.

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Posted: August 18 2013 at 11:25

Neelus wrote:

I would second Tim Buckley. He realy was alien and human at the same time. Starsailor is the album, and Lorca.

I will also second Amon Duul 11 (Yeti is great), Pawn Hearts by Van der Graaf Generator, Vemod by Anekdoten, Dashiel Hedayatt - Obsolete, Dom - Edge of Time, Gong - You, Porcupine Tree - Up the Downstair, Miles Davis - Bitches Brew, alot of Frank Zappa, early weather report albums.

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Posted: August 18 2013 at 12:31

Hey, what about Alcest? I could describe that as relaxing extreme metal.

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Posted: August 18 2013 at 19:18

Man, you need Sigur Ros in your life. They're like my favourite band. They're truly something special and innovative - I can't even find a band that come close.

I mean, of course you've probably heard of them before, but if not. So unique and beautiful. I honestly don't know how they do it.

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Posted: August 18 2013 at 19:20

Mosis wrote:

A musical experience that rivals sex and makes sense of it.

Yes

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Posted: August 18 2013 at 19:25

mister nobody wrote:

Swans. When I read your first paragraph, I immediately thought of Swans. Even though I've just begun listening through their discography, I can clarify that Michael Gira and his fellow bandmates will move you, inspire you etc. (well maybe not make you laugh since their material isn't really light). I'd recommend you Filth (really heavy no wave), Children of God (industrial elements with acoustic passages) and The Seer (very dronish and post-rockish).

Holy sh*t, yes, Swans. I saw them live about a month back in Buffalo. It was sonically and spiritually gratifying. I was honestly mentally and physically torn after that show - the drones, my god.

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Posted: August 18 2013 at 21:26

moshkito, shut the f**k up.

Thanks for the recommendations, everyone. I recognize a lot of the artists that have been recommended, but I either forgot about them before I got around to listening to them, or didn't appreciate them the first time around. Hopefully there will be at least one artist that sucks me in.

there's no such thing as "progressive music"

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Posted: August 18 2013 at 21:37

Mosis wrote:

moshkito, shut the f**k up.

Chiming in late here.

Here are some albums that really suck me in, and just transport and transform me.

A lot of Toby Driver's material, Gazpacho's Missa Atropos and March of Ghosts, and Jay Munly's most recent 3 albums.

There is probably more, but that Mosh response made me post something.

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Posted: August 22 2013 at 19:20

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Posted: August 22 2013 at 23:21

I gotta be honest: I'm personally getting lost in Pendragon right now. The Window of Life, Not of This World, and Believe are all amazing albums. And I'm going to listen to the rest of them, too. I would also recommend Haken, if you haven't heard them. They play around with all sorts of styles, and their new album The Mountain does this even more than usual.

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Posted: August 23 2013 at 00:13

Originally posted by Second Life Syndrome

Second Life Syndrome wrote:

I gotta be honest: I'm personally getting lost in Pendragon right now. The Window of Life, Not of This World, and Believe are all amazing albums. And I'm going to listen to the rest of them, too. I would also recommend Haken, if you haven't heard them. They play around with all sorts of styles, and their new album The Mountain does this even more than usual.

I'm with Jason on this one but I would add Pallas - try "The Cross & the Crucible" before any of their other albums though.

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Posted: August 23 2013 at 14:08

sukmytoe wrote:

I'm with Jason on this one but I would add Pallas - try "The Cross & the Crucible" before any of their other albums though.

Great album from Pallas! I actually really like XXV, too.

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Posted: August 23 2013 at 14:21

Defies categorisations?

Mexican Cabezas de Cera does exactly that. I've been raving about these guys for years. One of the true progressive outfits out there imo. Mexican ethereal avantguarde electronic fusion?

They additionally make their own instruments, and I'm guessing here, but the metallic string instrument featured in this vid, is most likely self-made.

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Posted: September 15 2013 at 08:09

Hello,

You seem to suffer from "have heard everything" syndrom, and the best solution I've found when this happens to me is silly cheap brainless music (music one doesn't expect anything from).

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Posted: September 16 2013 at 01:08

Vrt Svetlosti by Serbian band IGRA STAKLENIH PERLI http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KqAhlx9JCiE (full album)

This is an amazing psych/prog album from 1980.

http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=1614

IGRA STAKLENIH PERLI at Discogs: http://www.discogs.com/artist/Igra+Staklenih+Perli?noanv=1

Edited by Svetonio - September 16 2013 at 01:48