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Points: 6673 		Direct Link To This Post 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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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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Originally posted by TODDLER TODDLER wrote:

Originally posted by KingCrInuYasha KingCrInuYasha wrote:

A Rainbow In Curved Air by Terry Riley. 
It most certainly has that Oldfield flow to it.

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 VuhShocked 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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Originally posted by Kati Kati wrote:

The Narrator makes me yawn tho' his voice has a snooze boomy boring natural sound ugh!
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Originally posted by lazland lazland wrote:

Colin Masson is very good.

Indeed. His album "Mad Monk and the Mountain" is excellent and quite influenced by Oldfield.
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Mat Dickson.
http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/matdickson/from/echoes

Colin Masson.
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Points: 63 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 09 2014 at 05:16
Not prog, but to me similiar in soundtracklike compositions and quality:

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Check albums : Atlantean Monument and Ales Stenar.
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Points: 15007 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 09 2014 at 17:39
Originally posted by PhideauxFan PhideauxFan wrote:

Colin Masson.


^^^ 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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Try this list of Mike Oldfield-like albums Wink
http://orabidoo.blogspot.fr/2014/04/oldfield-like.html
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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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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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Points: 23098 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 15 2014 at 10:49
Originally posted by Dean Dean wrote:

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:




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)Big smile

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.
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Points: 37575 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 15 2014 at 13:07
Originally posted by Guldbamsen Guldbamsen wrote:

 
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)Big smile
I have both covers Approve






...on vinyl. Big smile






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.
Originally posted by Guldbamsen Guldbamsen wrote:

 
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 headEmbarrassed
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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Points: 32698 		Direct Link To This Post 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:







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Points: 23098 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 15 2014 at 14:57
Originally posted by Dean Dean wrote:


Originally posted by Guldbamsen Guldbamsen wrote:

 
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)Big smile
I have both covers Approve
...on vinyl. Big smile
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 <span style="line-height: 1.2;">because of the Mike Oldfield connection </span><span style="line-height: 1.2;">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. </span>
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<span style="line-height: 1.2;">I almost did the same thing with Bo Hansson's Attic Thoughts/</span>Mellanväsen,<span style="line-height: 1.2;"> so when I saw PFM's </span><span style="line-height: 1.2;">Storia Di Un Minuto</span><span style="line-height: 1.2;">  and </span><span style="line-height: 1.2;">Per Un Amico I was doubly cautious and only bought one of them.</span>
Originally posted by Guldbamsen Guldbamsen wrote:

 
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 headEmbarrassed

After buying <span style="line-height: 1.2;">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.</span>



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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Points: 4411 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 24 2014 at 06:24
Originally posted by Dean Dean wrote:

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:



Yeah, definitely the most Oldfield-like... well, Mike and his sister play on that album as well!!!

And how terrific record it is!!Clap
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Devin Townsend - Ki and Ghost (2 albums)
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