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    Posted: June 03 2016 at 01:57
^ Thumbs Up Yeah, I have it and it's one of my favourites of this year. I don't know if I'd say it was the definitive chamber prog album, but it's certainly the band's masterwork to date. But as you say, there's an awful lot to absorb and I'm still doing that.
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Originally posted by Mascodagama Mascodagama wrote:

Afenginn have a new album out in a couple of months and just released this 'making of' video:
 
 
It's going to be a suite of four twenty-minute movements entitled Opus.  Sounds good to me - in similar vein to 2013's Lux, but with brass, piano and vocals added to the mix this time.

This is now available. Here's a You Tube sample:



This is all I've been listening to the last week or so. A LOT of great music....so much that it's a bit overwhelming. My one line summation of the work would be "Chamber Prog's 'Tales from Topographic Oceans'".

Link to the band's website: http://www.afenginn.dk/

I have yet to fully absorb all of it so I can't write my definitive review at this time, but, I have no issues at all with giving this a 4.5 Star Rating at this time. Quite possibly the definitive Chamber Prog work up to this time.






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I would add Swedish band Isildurs Bane to the list, primarily a symphonic prog band but later evolved and added some chamber prog to their style. Mind Volume 1 is a masterpiece imo...

This is the album's opener, it later gets much more chambery but still maintains a good balance.
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Points: 21568 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 28 2016 at 11:35
Originally posted by Mascodagama Mascodagama wrote:

Afenginn have a new album out in a couple of months and just released this 'making of' video:
 
 
It's going to be a suite of four twenty-minute movements entitled Opus.  Sounds good to me - in similar vein to 2013's Lux, but with brass, piano and vocals added to the mix this time.

Nice stuff, thanks for the reco
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Afenginn have a new album out in a couple of months and just released this 'making of' video:
 
 
It's going to be a suite of four twenty-minute movements entitled Opus.  Sounds good to me - in similar vein to 2013's Lux, but with brass, piano and vocals added to the mix this time.


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Originally posted by Sagichim Sagichim wrote:

A thread about chamber prog but no one mentioned Finnegans Wake??
I think they are really one of the best examples of this "genre", for anyone who's looking to get into this kind of style I think FW will be a good start because they do have a good balance between the chamber and rock. 
These guys are a must!

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Gentle Giant's Funny Ways is very much chamber prog.
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An excellent album, Sag. So many silences and explosions. Call it Clamber prog Wink
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A thread about chamber prog but no one mentioned Finnegans Wake??
I think they are really one of the best examples of this "genre", for anyone who's looking to get into this kind of style I think FW will be a good start because they do have a good balance between the chamber and rock. 
These guys are a must!

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Points: 65792 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 27 2016 at 20:37
Originally posted by Padraic Padraic wrote:

 The term has been thrown around these parts for quite some time.  Certainly one of my favorite types of "prog" music.

I and others certainly have used the phrase, it's a good descriptive.   Subgenre?   Unnecessary at the moment but if we start seeing more chamberprog bands you never know.   But I doubt it even with a New Wave of Chamber Prog. 





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Definitely a band that deserves a prog nod, at least for their first two albums.  “Helleborine” was the first, and one that would fit comfortably in the subcategory of chamber prog, IMO.

 
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Thanks NogBad for your support too Thumbs Up


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Awesome to know it Raff! And I just checked out the site Altrock, it's amazing to see such a great amount of new artists out there to discover, besides the older and better known ones. And a big surprise reading the 'ULTIME NEWS' section - awesome that there is another Locanda delle Fate's album released in 2012! So excited to know it, I ought to have it too! My goodness I would have loved to be present at that 'meraviglioso spettacolo' in Italy at the Teatro Alfieri, Asti. Maldizione!...Cry hahahh , thanks again for your valuable support Smile
 
EDIT: I didn't know this 2012 album was already reviewed in PA, my fault for just forgetting to keep an eye on the site's band discography Embarrassed, it's indeed a must-have: accessible and strongly melodic symph prog.


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Originally posted by bhikkhu bhikkhu wrote:

Aranis is definitely a prime example and Honestly so are Univers Zero and Present.


IndeedWink! As my friends Bhikkhu and Nogbad_the_Bad said, you're in for a great trip, Rick! Chamber prog is perhaps the most exciting subset of prog at this time. Besides UZ, Present and Aranis (all from Belgium), be sure to check the many delights offered by the Italian label AltrOck (http://www.altrock.it).
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Points: 21568 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 15 2014 at 13:44
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Points: 1607 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 15 2014 at 13:38
Originally posted by Raff Raff wrote:

Originally posted by Rick Robson Rick Robson wrote:

^Thanks to your reference I was just lucky enough to find a music of Aranis - Le Feu (from Made In Belgium-2012) - and am quite curious about which would be their musical influences, because personally I found in this interesting track some of Piazzolla's chamber tango resemblance at some moments. Very interesting discovery to dig into, thanks Raff!


You are very welcomeSmile! I was so lucky as to see Aranis open the final edition of NEARfest, two years ago. They were fantastic, and easily one of the best performances of the festival. As to Piazzolla, he was definitely one of the biggest influences on the band, and - if my memory serves me right- they have recorded some of his compositions.
 
Thumbs Up Cool to know that, as I love Astor Piazzolla's music! And it's also cool to know that NEARfest has been featuring so varied groups, Univers Zero was there too in 2004? I know nothing about UZ neither, and definitley looking forward to order some album from them. I've read they belong to the subgenre RIO as well, I think it's going to be my first time diging into it btw.


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Aranis is definitely a prime example and Honestly so are Univers Zero and Present.
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Originally posted by Ambient Hurricanes Ambient Hurricanes wrote:

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I think he basically means progressive rock that incorporates the instrumentation of classical chamber music.  Seems like a valid classification to me.  ....
 
But that would end the discussion after Gryphon and maybe one or two more examples. And no one will STILL listen to any ECM and their design IS CHAMBER MUSIC, and has been for 50 years with almost all of their earlier folks. Can't speak about it for today as much. They were all put into a "white room" and recorded!
 
Many folks here do not listen to chamber music, or what would normally be called "unplugged" enough to be able to appreciate music for the music that it is. So, when they here David Darling and Terje Rypdal, in what would be a massive "chamber music concert", they can't deal with it, because it does not have the "known" beat, and the better known format for the piece!
 
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Originally posted by Rick Robson Rick Robson wrote:

^Thanks to your reference I was just lucky enough to find a music of Aranis - Le Feu (from Made In Belgium-2012) - and am quite curious about which would be their musical influences, because personally I found in this interesting track some of Piazzolla's chamber tango resemblance at some moments. Very interesting discovery to dig into, thanks Raff!


You are very welcomeSmile! I was so lucky as to see Aranis open the final edition of NEARfest, two years ago. They were fantastic, and easily one of the best performances of the festival. As to Piazzolla, he was definitely one of the biggest influences on the band, and - if my memory serves me right- they have recorded some of his compositions.
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^Thanks to your reference I was just lucky enough to find a music of Aranis - Le Feu (from Made In Belgium-2012) - and am quite curious about which would be their musical influences, because personally I found in this interesting track some of Piazzolla's chamber tango resemblance at some moments. Very interesting discovery to dig into, thanks Raff!


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