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Frank Van Essen, violonist and drummer for IONA :
 
"Magma was the very first gothic rock band" (Didier Lockwood)
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Two excellent Japanese bands where the violin is prominent.
 
Fantasmagoria :
 
 
 
The violin is the showcased instrument on all tracks.Their album "Day and Night" is superb.
 
Outer Limits:
 
 
Check em out,you won't be disappointed!


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^^^Fantasmagoria is on my "to buy" list for my next  music purchase.

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Originally posted by TheProgtologist TheProgtologist wrote:

Two excellent Japanese bands where the violin is prominent.
 
Fantasmagoria :
 
 
 
The violin is the showcased instrument on all tracks.Their album "Day and Night" is superb.
 
 
I fail to see the greatness in this band...Confused
"Magma was the very first gothic rock band" (Didier Lockwood)
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David Rose - Distance between Dreams     '77 France
Ben Mink - Foreign Exchange   '80 Canada
Ripoche/Demay - contes Musiceaux     '77 Canada
Scarlet Rivera - same  '77 US
RSC- Flyrock    excellent Polish '70s fusion
 
(I have all of the above available as trade vinyl.)
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Points: 27802 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 19 2010 at 01:23
Originally posted by lucas lucas wrote:

Originally posted by TheProgtologist TheProgtologist wrote:

Two excellent Japanese bands where the violin is prominent.
 
Fantasmagoria :
 
 
 
The violin is the showcased instrument on all tracks.Their album "Day and Night" is superb.
 
 
I fail to see the greatness in this band...Confused
 
Just a case of different strokes for different folks,Lucas.


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I forgot to mention Pell Mell.  Amazing and little-known German (and, admittedly, symphonic) band featuring Thomas Schmitt, one of the most astonishing violinists I've ever heard in prog.  Check out their debut album Marburg: it's currently the worm in my ear, and features some pretty virtuosic playing.  Also it most certainly rocks.

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Originally posted by TheProgtologist TheProgtologist wrote:

Originally posted by lucas lucas wrote:

Originally posted by TheProgtologist TheProgtologist wrote:

Two excellent Japanese bands where the violin is prominent.
 
Fantasmagoria :
 
 
 
The violin is the showcased instrument on all tracks.Their album "Day and Night" is superb.
 
 
I fail to see the greatness in this band...Confused
 
Just a case of different strokes for different folks,Lucas.


They sound pretty damned good to me. although, this line from their myspace bio sounds a little over indulgent.

"Fantasmagoria is in full activity as the brightest hope of progressive rock band in Japan and in all over the world."

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Thanks everybody.  First I'm going to get another Kansas album then give a lot of these a listen.
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Wow, nobody mentioned Jean-Luc Ponty??

Mindblowing music, seriously.
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Originally posted by progkidjoel progkidjoel wrote:


This entire album is string driven for the most part, and it's absolutely free.


This.
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Gentle Gant uses a lot of ciolin on theirf albums.
the first album of the German band Aera, "Hand und Fuß", has a lot of violin on it.
Darryl Way's band Wolf is full of violin on all three of their albums.
Clearlight's albums "Vision" and "Le Conte du Singe-Fou" feature Didier Lockwood on violin. their second album "Forever Blowing Bubbles" features David Cross of King Crimson on violin.
Gong's "Shamal" has Jorge Pinchevski on violin in 4 of the 6 tracks.

there is a lot more which just doesn't come to my mind right now; I have to check our collection


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Originally posted by CCVP CCVP wrote:

Wow, nobody mentioned Jean-Luc Ponty??Mindblowing music, seriously.


Exactly!!!! I expected to find his name all over this thread!


Esperanto is also very hard rocking:


and how about Jethro Tull with Eddie Jobson?



Edit: you can also check out the setlist of the prog violin special I did at my radio show: http://deliciousagony.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=3768&sid=a3c5df4a4fb8a3535a9a7be04079448e

Edited by ProgressiveAttic - December 27 2010 at 13:22
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Originally posted by jean-marie jean-marie wrote:

Dave Arbus from EAST OF EDEN , he's great on baba o riley from the WHOWink
Now that is good violin in Rock ClapClapClapClapClap aaaaaaaaaaawwwwwwwesome actually
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Originally posted by CCVP CCVP wrote:

Wow, nobody mentioned Jean-Luc Ponty??

Mindblowing music, seriously.



New Return to Forever reunion without DiMeola but with Ponty! ( i dont know if instead of DiMeola or just as an extra instrument) either way is gonna be awesome.
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Jean-Luc Ponty + Zappa.


I know Fred Firth played violin throughout his time with Henry Cow, but I never liked the timbre of his violin. :(
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