Greetings
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Forum Name: Welcome newbies!
Forum Description: Introduce yourself and tell us what prog music you listen to
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Topic: Greetings
Posted By: Goodsir
Subject: Greetings
Date Posted: November 09 2014 at 11:28
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Greetings to everyone here on the Prog Archives forum! About three years ago, before music became my passion, I used to come here to get recommendations from the top albums list. You see, back then, I used to listen to classic 70s prog almost exclusively. But since then, I've frequented a few other music forums that opened my mind and ears to many different musical worlds. I'm open to absolutely anything, and I've listened to and enjoyed everything from today's top 40 hits to Japanese harsh noise albums. The reason I come back here today is because it seems that over these last three years, I'm listening to less and less prog as time goes on. I still enjoy and return to artists like Genesis and King Crimson every now and then (my two favorites three years ago), but my knowledge in the genre is very limited despite my obsession with it those years ago. So I'm here before you today in order to get as much knowledge in the genre as possible. The other music forums that frequent don't have many prog fans, (in fact they might have more prog haters) so I think all of you here can help me in my quest to become knowledgeable in this genre. I'm very happy to be here and can't wait to dive in headfirst!
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Posted By: Goodsir
Date Posted: November 09 2014 at 11:34
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Oh, by the way, I also have a RateYourMusic account if anyone ventures there at all. http://rateyourmusic.com/~genesisfoxtrot21" rel="nofollow - http://rateyourmusic.com/~genesisfoxtrot21
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Posted By: micky
Date Posted: November 09 2014 at 12:02
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Nice. Another Garden Stater.. I don't know what they put in the water up there but I love it! Welcome to the forum!! As far as knowledge, pff.. just check out and listen to what interests you. It might help if you move past the moldy oldies and classicd like Genesis, KC whatever. There is a lot of great stuff, classic and current that is our, prog fans, within our own little sandboxs and never became paricularly popular or well known and is in many cases, as good as, in some cases BETTER than the more famous and well known groups. ------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
Posted By: Raff
Date Posted: November 09 2014 at 13:33
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Hello and welcome! Always nice to see people from the Garden State - a hotbed of great modern prog, as well as the home state of some of our best friends! |
Posted By: Goodsir
Date Posted: November 09 2014 at 14:53
Thank you both so much for the warm welcome! A nice list of some prog albums you would recommend from the past 20 years would be highly appreciated. 
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Posted By: micky
Date Posted: November 09 2014 at 14:57
Raff is good for that. She is the brains, I am just the muscle. Enjoy the forum!! *paging Raff!* ------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
Goodsir wrote:Posted By: micky
Date Posted: November 09 2014 at 15:09
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hahah. She is working on it. I see the smoke coming from her ears. Also note her blog, she has done a lot of reviews of the current batch of prog. She is a little behind this year but still. Lots of good ones she has reviewed, plus I simply love reading her reviews. For a non-native English writer, she writes better than many (including me).  ------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
Posted By: Goodsir
Date Posted: November 09 2014 at 15:13
| By the way, what area of New Jersey do you live in, if you don't mind me asking? |
Posted By: Raff
Date Posted: November 09 2014 at 15:17
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Some great stuff released in the past four or five years has been reviewed on my blog, whose link you can find in my signature (it's the first one). Other suggestions, off the top of my head: From the Nineties: Änglagård - Hybris and Epilog Anekdoten - Vemod Discipline - Unfolded Like Staircase 21st century: Miriodor - Avanti! Forgas Band Phenomena - L'Axe du Fou The Tea Club - General Winter's Secret Museum (these are NJ guys, great live band!) Kotebel - all their albums (available for streaming on Bandcamp) Cabezas de Cera - all their albums Diablo Swing Orchestra - Pandora's Pinata Yugen - Labirinto d'Acqua The Knells - s/t Alec K. Redfearn and the Eyesores - Sister Death Thieves Kitchen - One for Sorrow, Two for Joy These are just a few! Bear in mind that I have rather offbeat tastes, and that a lot of these suggestions are not your typical symphonic prog. The good thing is that you can stream a lot of these albums from Bandcamp or other similar websites, or find samples on sites such as this one. |
Posted By: micky
Date Posted: November 09 2014 at 15:19
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oh we don't. We live near DC. We just have made lot of friends we have made that happen to live in NJ. WE go up there a couple of times a year now to see friends, shows etc. Hence my joke about whatever they put in the water up there. I think you have more prog bands in Jersey than trees. ------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
Posted By: Raff
Date Posted: November 09 2014 at 15:19
We live in Northern Virginia, just south of DC (Micky is my husband  ), but have very good friends in NJ, and in the past few months we went there twice. BTW, this is a great place to visit for great live music: http://www.njproghouse.com/" rel="nofollow - http://www.njproghouse.com/ |
Posted By: micky
Date Posted: November 09 2014 at 15:20
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great suggestion on Diablo Swing. He'd love that, who doesn't ..well other than the most pussified of symph prog fans hahah. ------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
Posted By: Goodsir
Date Posted: November 09 2014 at 15:24
Many thanks!  ------------- "Every wave is tidal, if you stick around" - Elliott Smith |
Posted By: Goodsir
Date Posted: November 09 2014 at 15:30
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Oh, and if anyone here (not just you two) wants to chat extensively, my Skype name is provided. ------------- "Every wave is tidal, if you stick around" - Elliott Smith |
Posted By: Windhawk
Date Posted: November 09 2014 at 16:00
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While somewhat less adventurous / challenging than others mentioned, http://phideaux.bandcamp.com/album/snowtorch" rel="nofollow - Phideaux is a nice artist to get familiar with as far as contemporary artists are concerned. If you like jazzrock and music of a somewhat more experimental kind aligned to that brand of music, US label http://moonjunerecords.bandcamp.com/" rel="nofollow - Moonjune Records has plenty of stuff that merits an inspection. Should keep you busy for a few hours those two alone. ------------- Websites I work with: http://www.progressor.net http://www.houseofprog.com My profile on Mixcloud: https://www.mixcloud.com/haukevind/ |
Posted By: micky
Date Posted: November 09 2014 at 16:04
 yeah. Phideaux is some great stuff.Definitely check out the new Moraine album from Moonjune. Killer stuff man if you are into some seriously wicked and eclectic instrumental progressive rock. It is my 2014 album of the year fwiw. I think it is available to check out via streaming as well. ------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
Posted By: Goodsir
Date Posted: November 09 2014 at 16:11
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How often does everyone here venture outside of prog? And I will definitely check out Moonjune. Sounds like hella interesting stuff. ------------- "Every wave is tidal, if you stick around" - Elliott Smith |
Posted By: Windhawk
Date Posted: November 09 2014 at 16:11
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Both the links I gave lead to Bandcamp. Moonjune have embraced Bandcamp more and more. ------------- Websites I work with: http://www.progressor.net http://www.houseofprog.com My profile on Mixcloud: https://www.mixcloud.com/haukevind/ |
Posted By: micky
Date Posted: November 09 2014 at 16:19
it is only one of several types of music I like, so I suppose I spend much of my time outside of it. I have a bit of a love/hate relationship with it in general. I have never felt it to be the be all end all of musical genres. What it is though is FAR and away the most interesting of musical genres. I believe there is nothing better than great prog but conversely there is nothing .. nothing.. worse than bad prog. Considering how difficult prog is to actually do well, there is a lot more sh*t out there IMO than gold. The fun is finding the gold while trying to avoid stepping in the others. ------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
Posted By: Windhawk
Date Posted: November 09 2014 at 16:33
I have a taste that range from Modest Mussorgsky (classical) on one extreme to Triptykon (metal) on the other, and don't mind listening to more mainstream oriented material at times either. Norwegian dream pop band Bel Canto for instance, old blues rocker Robin Trower, the ever so great Steppenwolf can also be mentioned. Nazareth and The Sensational Alex Harvey Band are other favorites of mine, and I've always had a soft spot for Gary Numan. Vangelis and Kitaro are also artists I enjoy, and Isao Tomita merits a mention as well. To some extent also Jan Garbarek. If any of these names rings a non-prog bell somewhere. ------------- Websites I work with: http://www.progressor.net http://www.houseofprog.com My profile on Mixcloud: https://www.mixcloud.com/haukevind/ |
Posted By: Goodsir
Date Posted: November 09 2014 at 16:37
I'm already familiar with most of those. Great taste in music!  ------------- "Every wave is tidal, if you stick around" - Elliott Smith |
Posted By: HolyMoly
Date Posted: November 09 2014 at 18:10
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Welcome, Goodsir! I hope you stick around so you can share what you've been listening to and enjoying, and pick some stuff up yourself, based on recommendations that seem to come from every direction around here. Really, if you just hang out here long enough, it's practically impossible not to come across some great new stuff you wouldn't have found otherwise. Me, I'm especially into the avant garde and noise realms, but also have a soft spot for classic rock and pop (I'm old enough to have been there) and some modern "indie" stuff - in fact, my avatar Ariel Pink is my favorite music guy of all. ------------- My other avatar is a Porsche It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle if it is lightly greased. -Kehlog Albran |
Posted By: Windhawk
Date Posted: November 09 2014 at 22:35
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Another label that have a nice roster of unconventional artists that might be of interest is Silber Records. Linking to their http://www.silbermedia.com/catalog/" rel="nofollow - catalog page with samples and stuff to investigate. I believe most of this stuff is on Spotify for an easy option to check out further. ------------- Websites I work with: http://www.progressor.net http://www.houseofprog.com My profile on Mixcloud: https://www.mixcloud.com/haukevind/ |