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tszirmay
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Posted: January 27 2014 at 17:20 | ||
Mat Dickson is definitely in a more acoustic realm ......The Lighthouse Keeper is fabulous
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Kati
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Posted: January 27 2014 at 23:27 | ||
This is a great insight to Mike Oldfield :) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L27WW62yWrg Mike Oldfield Documentary Pt.1
The Narrator makes me yawn tho' his voice has a snooze boomy boring natural sound ugh! Anyway hugs to all |
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Chris S
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Posted: January 28 2014 at 03:01 | ||
i checked it out on YT, this one by Terry Riley completely slipped by me. But what an odd/bizarre piece of music. Almost like popl Vuh It has that dated feel and yet some electronic sounds not dissimilar to pac man or asteroids and ahead of it's time
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verslibre
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Posted: January 28 2014 at 23:46 | ||
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TheGazzardian
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Posted: January 29 2014 at 10:37 | ||
Indeed. His album "Mad Monk and the Mountain" is excellent and quite influenced by Oldfield.
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PhideauxFan
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Posted: February 09 2014 at 01:44 | ||
The Glide
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Posted: February 09 2014 at 05:16 | ||
Not prog, but to me similiar in soundtracklike compositions and quality:
Lord Wind Check albums : Atlantean Monument and Ales Stenar. |
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verslibre
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Posted: February 09 2014 at 17:39 | ||
^^^ This is a GREAT work. I haven't listened to that CD for quite some time, so I'll have to put it on. |
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guimabvue
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Posted: April 15 2014 at 07:00 | ||
Dean
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Posted: April 15 2014 at 07:55 | ||
Good heavens... no one has mentioned this masterpiece by the late and very great Pekka Pohjola
Virgin even released in in the UK with this cash-in cover: Even though "The Mathematician's Air Display" is one of the cool album titles of the 70s, I prefer the original cover myself even if I can't pronounce the Finnish title: |
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Svetonio
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Posted: April 15 2014 at 10:31 | ||
I'd like to recommend Andrew Taylor's Mohribold http://andrewtaylor.bandcamp.com/album/mohribold
It's a really great homage to early Mike Oldfield.
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Guldbamsen
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Posted: April 15 2014 at 10:49 | ||
Nice one Dean. Didn't know anything about a different cover, but I must admit that I am quite chuffed with the one I have (bottom one) Another one from Pekka that echoes Oldfield a great deal, even if it is his 80s sound, is Jokamies. Always had a thing for that one - with plastic synths and all. Great panoramic feel to it that I really dig. Probably one of the safest bets, if one is searching for something similar to the ECM sound yet doesn't quite agree with it. Don't know if that makes sense, but it did in my head
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Dean
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Posted: April 15 2014 at 13:07 | ||
I have both covers ...on vinyl. The reason why I have both is because the internet didn't exist in the 70s. I bought Mathematician's Air Display when it was released because of the Mike Oldfield connection and loved it, so later when I saw Keesojen Lehto for sale in a record shop I snapped it up thinking it was a new album. 'twas only when I got home I discovered it was the same album. I almost did the same thing with Bo Hansson's Attic Thoughts/Mellanväsen, so when I saw PFM's Storia Di Un Minuto and Per Un Amico I was doubly cautious and only bought one of them.
After buying Keesojen Lehto in the late 70s I kinda forgot about Pekka and haven't bought anything else. I rectified this earlier by placing an Amazon order for B The Magpie after hearing a clip on youtube.
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Logan
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Posted: April 15 2014 at 14:32 | ||
Not saying the albums or artists are like Mike Oldfield, but these themes are reminiscent of Tubular Bells: {Late edit to fix embeds as it was causing shockwave flash objects to load which some have thought were viruses, but are harmless} Edited by Logan - March 16 2020 at 16:13 |
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Guldbamsen
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Posted: April 15 2014 at 14:57 | ||
Magpie is essential if you are into Pekka. You'll love it I'm sure. Funny you should mention Bo Hansson in regards to albums with different names but with the same material. Like you experienced with Pekka I too did with Hansson's El Ahrairah or Music for Watership Down. What a buffoon, and I even read the book beforehand! I should've known better, but I remember thinking it was a sequel... Oh and I am pretty jealous of you.... Pekka on vinyl *insert drool* |
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Andrea Cortese
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Posted: April 24 2014 at 06:24 | ||
Yeah, definitely the most Oldfield-like... well, Mike and his sister play on that album as well!!! And how terrific record it is!!
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Philodendron
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Posted: May 09 2014 at 00:07 | ||
Devin Townsend - Ki and Ghost (2 albums)
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