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Originally posted by BrufordFreak BrufordFreak wrote:

The new MONOBODY Raytracing is blowing me away!


Great album. Reminds me of a jazzier and more filled out version of CHON.

Definitely going to get a high spot on my list.

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Originally posted by Todd Todd wrote:

Originally posted by BrufordFreak BrufordFreak wrote:

The new MONOBODY Raytracing is blowing me away!

Kudos, Drew. I read your review and was intrigued. I listened to them today and bought the whole discography off Bandcamp, including vinyls. Thank you!

You are QUITE welcome! 
Now, everybody else: GET ON BOARD!

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is there a CD release of this, or just vinyl and download? 
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My favourite albums of 2018 so far:

1. Gleb Kolyadin
2. Galahad - Seas of Change
3. The Samurai Of Prog - Archiviarum
4. Kayak - Seventeen
5. Riverside - Wasteland
6. Finally George - Life Is A Killer
7. Argos - Unidentified Dying Objects
8. Oaksenham - Upon All The Living And The Dead
9. Southern Empire - Civilisation
10. Frequency Drift - Letters To Maro
11. IO Earth - Solitude
12. ESP -22 Layers Of Sunlight


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Originally posted by BrufordFreak BrufordFreak wrote:

Originally posted by Todd Todd wrote:

Originally posted by BrufordFreak BrufordFreak wrote:

The new MONOBODY Raytracing is blowing me away!


Kudos, Drew. I read your review and was intrigued. I listened to them today and bought the whole discography off Bandcamp, including vinyls. Thank you!


You are QUITE welcome! 
Now, everybody else: <font size="7">GET ON BOARD!
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Just checked this out - absolutely great! Thanks for the tip.
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Originally posted by Todd Todd wrote:

Originally posted by BrufordFreak BrufordFreak wrote:

The new MONOBODY Raytracing is blowing me away!

Kudos, Drew. I read your review and was intrigued. I listened to them today and bought the whole discography off Bandcamp, including vinyls. Thank you!

You are QUITE welcome! 
Now, everybody else: GET ON BOARD!

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Originally posted by BrufordFreak BrufordFreak wrote:

The new MONOBODY Raytracing is blowing me away!

Kudos, Drew. I read your review and was intrigued. I listened to them today and bought the whole discography off Bandcamp, including vinyls. Thank you!
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The new MONOBODY Raytracing is blowing me away!
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I feel another itch to update... Many worthy releases in the second half of this year!

Superb
Anna von Hausswolff - Dead Magic
Mother Turtle - Zea Mice
Oaksenham - Upon All the Living and the Dead
Ovrfrwd - Blurring the Lines ... A Democracy Manifest
Dean Watson - Track of Days

Excellent
Bubu - El Eco del Sol
Daal - Decalogy of Darkness
Daal - Navels Falling into a Living Origami
Damanek - In Flight
Gryphon - ReInvention
Homunculus Res - Della Stessa Sostanza dei Sogni
KoenjiHyakkei - Dhorimviskha
Tusmørke - Fjernsyn I Farver

Some more goodies
All Traps on Earth - A Drop of Light
Jet Black Sea - The Overview Effect
Monobody - Raytracing
PinioL - Bran Coucou
Regal Worm - Pig Views
Roz Vitalis - The Hidden Man of the Heart
Semantic Saturation - Paradigms
Seven Reizh - L'Albatros
The Tangent - Proxy

Nice to have heard
Anima Mundi - Insomnia
Distorted Harmony - A Way Out
Evership - Evership II
Frequency Drift - Letters to Maro
Gleb Kolyadin - s/t
Jean-Pierre Louveton - Retrospections - Volume III
Napier's Bones - Monuments
Phideaux - Infernal
The Pineapple Thief - Dissolution

Somewhat disappointing
IO Earth - Solitude
The Windmill - Tribus

These ranking subcategories may be prone to change in the time to come. Within a subcategory I place the albums in alphabetical order, which may say some more or some less about the ranking - randomly.
 


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Prog, rock (& related)

VAK - Budo
elephant9 - Greatest Show On Earth
The Necks - Body
Aquaserge - Déjà vous?
Gryphon - Reinvention
Scherzoo - 04
Forgas Band Phenomena - L’Oreille Électrique
Basta - Vertigo
Tunng - Dreams You Make At Night
Ryley Walker - Deafman Glance
Homunculus Res - Della stresa sostanza dei sogni
Romain Baret - Naissance de l'horizon
Weedpecker - III
Alco Frisbass - Le Bateleur
Zwoyld - Zgond
Gosta Berlings Saga - Et Ex
JM Jarre - Equinoxe Infinity


Jazz (& related)

Gogo Penguin - A Humdrum Star
Maisha - There Is A Place
Nik Bärtsch's Ronin : Awase
Idriss Ackamoor & The Pyramids - An Angel fell
Son Of Kemeth - your Queen is a reptile
Dinosaur - Wonder Trail


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Originally posted by dauinghorn dauinghorn wrote:

Needlepoint - The Diary of Robert Reverie. Simply amazing!

All Traps On Earth - A Drop of Light. Johan Brand of Änglagård and his new project. Incredible!

Träden - Träden. A continuation of Träd, Gräs och Stenar, with Reine Fiske on guitars. Dreamy, melancholic and beautiful.

Elephant9 - The Greatest Show on Earth. Superb keyboard-driven jazz rock.

Sammal - Suuliekki. I haven't got time to listen to this one yet, but it will most likely be on my top list. Fantastic band!

All my top progressive albums this year is from the icy north... Must be something in the blood, eh?

Excellent list!

I would add these icy northern albums

Malady - Toinen Toista, from Finland like Sammal.

Ring Van Möbius - Past the Evening Sun, from Norway


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I haven't seen the 2018 Soft Machine album Hidden Details in this thread yet. I'm not easily impressed by what the old 60s/70s heros come up with these days but that one is perfectly fresh and few of those I heard from new bands this year can keep up with it.
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Slartibartfast Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 24 2018 at 11:40
I only have 1644 albums not quite up to 2018. Tongue
But seriously albums added to my collection that I have logged in as released in 2018 - 
Perfect Beings Vier 2018
Hillmen The Whiskey Mountain Sessions Vol. II 2018
IO Earth Solitude 2018
Hypnotheticall Synchreality 2018
Lao Tizer Band, The Songs From The Swinghouse 2018
Not A Good Sign Icebound 2018
Phideaux Infernal 2018
Chatoorgoon, Rani Chaotic Wonder 2018
Ecovillage Sacred World 2018
Was doing a bit of 2017 catchup as that year I wasn't able to afford any additions.
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Prog-jester Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 24 2018 at 09:59
In case you need something in the vein of 2003 Opeth:



I mean not just in the vein, this Sisare album is IDENTICAL to "Damnation"

Also don't sleep on the new Vespero record: https://music.vespero.ru/album/hollow-moon
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Oh, a couple of Norwegian albums I forgot to mention:

Psychic Arm - Octopus. Dark, eerie, mysterious and neon-coloured art rock.

Saluki - Amazing Games. Great and cozy 2nd album from these old veterans. 

And a bonus: Ernie Hawks - Scorpio Man. Amazing!! From Finland. Crazy, instrumental music which sounds like a library record from the late 60s.
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote dauinghorn Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 23 2018 at 03:16
Needlepoint - The Diary of Robert Reverie. Simply amazing!

All Traps On Earth - A Drop of Light. Johan Brand of Änglagård and his new project. Incredible!

Träden - Träden. A continuation of Träd, Gräs och Stenar, with Reine Fiske on guitars. Dreamy, melancholic and beautiful.

Elephant9 - The Greatest Show on Earth. Superb keyboard-driven jazz rock.

Sammal - Suuliekki. I haven't got time to listen to this one yet, but it will most likely be on my top list. Fantastic band!

All my top progressive albums this year is from the icy north... Must be something in the blood, eh?
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Dammit I'm Mad's self-titled record is some fun, whimsical instrumental math rock. At times it makes me think of Deerhoof, Dirty Projectors, and Toe. Not as unique as the new Palm album, but there are some similar vibes here.

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Originally posted by Sean Trane Sean Trane wrote:


Ryan Walker - Deafman Glance
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Weedpecker - III

First, it's Ryley Walker Second, try Somali Yacht Club, a Ukrainian trio very similar to Weedpecker
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Originally posted by Polymorphia Polymorphia wrote:

Also, add to my list the new Guerilla Toss album Twisted Crystal. It's not really prog, more like wacky zolo neo-psych pop, but the band is in the archives. 

I've been following these guys for years - since they had their s/t released on Tzadik. I really dig them and had the pleasure of seeing them live in June, and they put on a killer show! GT Ultra was I think the first album of theirs where I felt like they had gone past the point of having a sound I could hear the potential of to actually writing songs in that sound that really worked, beginning to end.

Twisted Crystal hasn't hit me quite as strongly. It's back to Eraser Stargazer levels imo. Still good though!
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Originally posted by Nogbad_The_Bad Nogbad_The_Bad wrote:

Best of 2018 so far rough cut

11. Gosta Berlings Saga - Et Ex

 

Not 'arf. Love this album.
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Originally posted by Mascodagama Mascodagama wrote:

Originally posted by Polymorphia Polymorphia wrote:

Originally posted by Mascodagama Mascodagama wrote:

Originally posted by Polymorphia Polymorphia wrote:

Originally posted by Nogbad_The_Bad Nogbad_The_Bad wrote:


19. Zwoyld - Zgond
Zwoyld has a really promising sound and aesthetic, but I'm not too impressed with the tracks themselves. Definitely one to look out for, though.
 
I like Zgond pretty well, but actually prefer their previous album 200 000. Worth a listen, if you haven't.
I'll have to check that out. I do like the psych edge that Zgond has. Hope they continue with that angle.
BTW thanks for your list - as usual containing a lot of stuff that is unknown to me. Will be checking out the Za! and Palm releases based on your descriptions, probably others as well.
I said the list was in no particular order, but that Palm album is extra special. Definitely my album of the year. 

Originally posted by Raff Raff wrote:

Now that I saw the name Za!, I remembered them from their previous album, Loloismo, which I once recommended for that unfortunately discontinued feature, Something for the Weekend. Definitely going to check it out! This year I did not listen to as much new music as I used to, but I managed to put together a small list of favourites. 
I'm new to Za!, but this album seems to be more eclectic and keyboard-driven than their previous, which I am eager to listen to in full.

Also, add to my list the new Guerilla Toss album Twisted Crystal. It's not really prog, more like wacky zolo neo-psych pop, but the band is in the archives. 
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