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Topic: 2010: Albums Of The Year (And Other Opinions)
Posted: April 18 2011 at 04:38

Compilation of the year has to be Up Above Our Heads [Clouds 1966-71], mainly because of the importance to the history of progressive music.

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Posted: February 26 2011 at 09:28

Padraic wrote:

Sean Trane wrote:

harmonium.ro wrote:

Kayo Dot's Coyote is avant-prog, Hugues Wink

RE the predominance of metal abums, echo lynn was talking about the general 2010 chart, not the Collab's top. But even there there aren't many metal abums, just Alcest and Shaolin Death Squad, plus Haken who could also be considered metal.

OK thanks

but I still find that his/her list going to the mid-90's a bit suspect, but it doesn't matter

, I'm just an old curmudgeon

as for KD being AP:

I'm going to take a wild stab and say you've not heard a second of Coyote.

As for someone talking about a band's genre when hearing less than 50% of their discography Confused

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Posted: February 26 2011 at 09:24

I finally managed to collect most of what I listened to in these posts:

Part 1 - Listening Trends

Part 2 - My favourites of the year (excluding the Top 3 albums)

Part 3 - The Top favourite 3 albums

Hanging Sounds

PA Index of prog music vendors

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Posted: February 24 2011 at 10:09

Anemone's the second album, and the lat one to have any metal in them, Blue Lambency Downward was the third, go to www.bluelambencydownward.com to see how much they've changed.

Edit: Damn link seems to think thats part of PA's site, but the web adress is correct for a free streaming of that album.

Edited by sleeper - February 24 2011 at 10:12

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Posted: February 24 2011 at 10:02

Padraic wrote:

Sean Trane wrote:

harmonium.ro wrote:

Kayo Dot's Coyote is avant-prog, Hugues Wink

OK thanks

but I still find that his/her list going to the mid-90's a bit suspect, but it doesn't matter

, I'm just an old curmudgeon

as for KD being AP:

I'm going to take a wild stab and say you've not heard a second of Coyote.

Yup, not a second

But I did listen to their previous one Anemone (I even think it was I voted it in my top 10 or top5 back then)

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Posted: February 24 2011 at 09:34

Sean Trane wrote:

harmonium.ro wrote:

Kayo Dot's Coyote is avant-prog, Hugues Wink

OK thanks

but I still find that his/her list going to the mid-90's a bit suspect, but it doesn't matter

, I'm just an old curmudgeon

as for KD being AP:

I'm going to take a wild stab and say you've not heard a second of Coyote.

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Posted: February 24 2011 at 08:46

Sean Trane wrote:

harmonium.ro wrote:

Kayo Dot's Coyote is avant-prog, Hugues Wink

OK thanks

but I still find that his/her list going to the mid-90's a bit suspect, but it doesn't matter

, I'm just an old curmudgeon

as for KD being AP:

Well, they havnt metal in their sound since 2006, so I dont know what else you would call them.

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Posted: February 24 2011 at 07:43

I didn't say Kayo Dot is avant-prog. Kayo Dot as a band is unclassifiable.

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Posted: February 24 2011 at 07:41

harmonium.ro wrote:

Kayo Dot's Coyote is avant-prog, Hugues Wink

OK thanks

but I still find that his/her list going to the mid-90's a bit suspect, but it doesn't matter

, I'm just an old curmudgeon

as for KD being AP:

Edited by Sean Trane - February 24 2011 at 07:42

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Posted: February 24 2011 at 04:51

Kayo Dot's Coyote is avant-prog, Hugues Wink

RE the predominance of metal abums, echo lynn was talking about the general 2010 chart, not the Collab's top. But even there there aren't many metal abums, just Alcest and Shaolin Death Squad, plus Haken who could also be considered metal.

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Posted: February 24 2011 at 04:45

echo lynn wrote:

Something I noticed when reviewing the Top 10 albums of 2010 on New Year's Eve* ....

- 6 of the Top 10 were 1st albums for the bands concerned (vs Nil -'09, 2 -'08, 2 -'07, Nil -'06, 1 -'05)
- 8 of the Top 10 were 1st OR 2nd albums for the bands concerned (vs 2 -'09, 7 -'08, 2 -'07, 3 -'06, 3 -'05)

Whilst I confess this is hardly an exhaustive piece of statistical analysis, it might point to a new generation of bands breaking through ... examples include Il Tempio delle Clessidre (1st), Haken (2nd), Ciccada (3rd) and Xing Sa (4th). Only time will tell - of course - if any or all of them are here to stay!

The second point I looked at is the number of 'metal' albums in the Top 10 over a longer period of 15 years - albums within the Prog Metal, Tech/Extreme Prog Metal and Experimental/Post Metal categories. Again the results were interesting if not conclusive ... suggestive of a waning interest in Metal perhaps? (go on all you metalheads shoot me down in flames) particularly as there are probably more albums released in these 3 sub-genres collectively than any other.

Food for thought anyway....

-2010 - 1 'metal' album
-2009 - 3
-2008 - 1
-2007 - 4
-2006 - 5
-2005 - 7
-2004 - 7
-2003 - 3
-2002 - 4
-2001 - 9
-2000 - 2
-1999 - 5
-1998 - 8
-1997 - 5
-1996 - 6

*Yes, I know, I should've been out burning up the town but stayed in and progged out instead. Embarrassed

not sure about what you're rambling on about

...

1- PA is here (online) since early 2004 under this form (it existed in a different form before, though),

2- in the Collab Top 2010, I count three progmetal albums (Alcest, Kayo Dot and Agalloch)

3- Xing Sa is a side-project of Setna (all thre Xing are Setnas), so it can't really considered a first work

and last but not least... most PA members occupying their time on MMA are still active members here....

peace & cheers

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Posted: February 24 2011 at 03:22

RoyFairbank wrote:

best release of 2010? I don't know. I listened to several (IQ, Asia)

but I have to conclude Phil Collin's Motown covers album.

I know its absurd, but I'm serious.

I would LOVE to see you back-up your opinion Embarrassed

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Posted: February 24 2011 at 02:34

harmonium.ro wrote:

^ Nice move. BTW I think your top is the one that resembles mine the most from all the others top posted anywhere on the internet.

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Swans' My Father Will Guide Me Up A Rope To The Sky is going in between Morse and Iridule now

So glad to see the great acclaim Swans got with their come-back, also here.
Looks like you're caught in the Swans spell these days Tongue

I've caught it hard, and actually this one is one of their best I'd say. So beautiful

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Posted: February 24 2011 at 01:42

Triceratopsoil wrote:

...
Swans' My Father Will Guide Me Up A Rope To The Sky is going in between Morse and Iridule now

So glad to see the great acclaim Swans got with their come-back, also here.
Looks like you're caught in the Swans spell these days Tongue

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Posted: February 24 2011 at 01:26

^ Nice move. BTW I think your top is the one that resembles mine the most from all the others top posted anywhere on the internet.

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Posted: February 23 2011 at 22:55

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10. The Cozmik Orkestrah - Blackhawk ()
-Yes, my own band, but damned if this isn't my most listened album of 2010. The great thing about being a 100% jam band is that I hear new things every time I listen, and the chemistry my bandmates and I have always blows me away.

9. Yakuza - Of Seismic Consequence
-Just some really kickass sludge metal, plus saxophones. Their singer has a voice I absolutely love, and basically what this band is - one of my friends says it best - "Profound Lore Records' answer to Baroness"

8. Jaga Jazzist - One Armed Bandit
-Really groovy, this album flows more than near anything else I've heard from this past year. Time flies by when you are listening to this.

7. Kayo Dot - Stained Glass EP
-Kayo Dot is the most exciting band of the 21st century, it's always fascinating to see where they are heading musically. I really enjoyed this one, short as it was.

6. Negura Bunget - Vîrstele Pamîntului
-Brilliant, but probably for fans of black metal only.

5. Alcest - Ecailles de Lune
-Conor put it better than I could possibly be bothered to

4. Kayo Dot - Coyote
-Beautiful agony, in form of music. Plus, as with all Toby Driver music, a dollop of insanity on the side.

3. Agalloch - Marrow of the Spirit
-Bleak, beautiful, and hella groovy; I never thought they could make an album better than The Mantle but here it is

2. Yugen - Iridule
-Italian avant-prog with strong stylings like those of Picchio dal Pozzo. Fantastic.

1. Jean Louis - Morse
Okay, I lied when I said Kayo Dot was the most exciting band of the 21st century. This avant-jazz three-piece explodes my brain every time

honorable mention:
Cloudkicker - Beacons
Elephant9 - Walk the Nile
Red Sparowes - The Fear is etc.
Extinction Algorithm - My Forest is Dead
High on Fire - Snakes for the Divine
Finntroll - Nifelvind
Intronaut - Valley of Smoke

okay, I need to change this now. Swans' My Father Will Guide Me Up A Rope To The Sky is going in between Morse and Iridule now

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Posted: February 02 2011 at 15:25

Maps and Atlases.

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Posted: February 02 2011 at 15:21

I can only think of two that blew me away:

Amia Venera Landscape - The Long Procession
Quantum Fantay - Bridges of Kukuriku

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Posted: February 01 2011 at 20:47

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I'm not going to list my favorite 2010 albums in any order since my mood changes so often, but my fav 2010 albums:

Deftones - Diamond Eyes
Oceansize - Self Preserved While The Bodies Float Up
Karnivool - Sound Awake (2009, but didn't come out until '10 in the States)
Lunatic Soul - Lunatic Soul II
Sky Architect - Excavations Of The Mind
Porcupine Tree - Recordings (I know this originally came out in 2001, but with a very limited release. It's new to me.)

Alright, I have to add a couple of late additions to this short list.

Haken - Aquarius
District 97 - Hybrid Child
Delusion Squared - ST

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Posted: February 01 2011 at 20:14

Triceratopsoil wrote:

^^ Morse???!?!?! Or do you not have it yet?

Oh man, I want Uchi-Mani Deluxe

Don't have Morse, and when I was going to order it Wayside was out. Still not back in stock, so they don't get to make my top 10.

And Uchi-Mani Deluxe is pretty awesome, if you like Uchihashi's guitar style and Mani's drumming.

Edited by SaltyJon - February 01 2011 at 20:14