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Originally posted by Floydoid Floydoid wrote:

Brainticket


They released two albums, I think. CottonWoodHill was quite decent.
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La Dusseldorf and Yath Sidhra.  The former is kind of Neu! inspired [I think it shares members from them as well] krautrock; they released two proper albums and both have gems on them. The latter released a singular album, a more meditative/contemplative album.

I also made furthur forays into the discographies of Faust and Guru Guru. The former had an eclectical style, ranging from almost radio friendly albums like 'Faust IV' to pure electronic experiments. Their 2017 album is surprisingly good, though their are many duds in between [especially their 90s work or their newly released box sets]. As for 'Guru Guru', I never could love this band despite listening to nearly 3 or 4 albums from them. They fall flat on me. I don't think their guitar driven style is suited for me.
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Happy the Man's debut album Thumbs Up
                      quality over quantity, and all kind of PopcoRn almost beyond
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Actually, I've known the group by name for a long time, ever since I saw them on an advertisement sheet in a Residents album. But it was only earlier today that I first listened to their music. I am quite impressed. I'm somewhat surprised that they are not here under RIO/Avant-Prog.
 
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I recently discovered Saturno Prestes from São Paulo, Brazil.
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Originally posted by Dellinger Dellinger wrote:

Not exactly discover, but I finally gave a fair listen to some SBB. I really liked Wolanie and Memento. I'm listening to a bit of Ange now, but I have only given one listen to some selected albums.

SBB I never really heard (except maybe a track here or there on internet prog radio). I've never owned any Ange either. I will have to correct this before too long. For Ange apparently Au Dela Du Delire is the one usually recommended to start with.
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Not exactly discover, but I finally gave a fair listen to some SBB. I really liked Wolanie and Memento. I'm listening to a bit of Ange now, but I have only given one listen to some selected albums.
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Dai Kaht and La Fabbrica dell'assoluto
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This gent...."Steffe Sharpstrings" aka Stephen Lawry! 


I saw Gong in Chicago (10 March, 1996) and it was amazing!  Daevid Allen, Bloomdido, Mike Howlett, Babyloni Yoni, (not sure who was on drums), and guitar/synth was managed by Steffe!!  I'm a huge Steve Hillage fan, and he captured Hillage's role as well as High-T Moonweed's on synth!! 

This is new material, check it out!  Top-notch space rock!!  
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Enigmatic sound machines. hierarchies of angels. member Jeremie Arrobas was in men with hats long ago, and Thomas Szirmay used to be here on PA a lot. Good stuff.
https://bakullama1.bandcamp.com/album/maxwells-submarine
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"Unexpectedly fresh and energetic, this hits the sweet spot somewhere between Radiohead, King Gizzard and The Mars Volta. Really well played and recorded, and comes with hooks and substance." (Mike, ★★★★★, 24h ago)
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King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard have won me over with their exceptional 2017 release Polygondwanaland.
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When I listen to good Kayak I detect hints of Supertramp, Triumvirat, and Split Enz, with occasional Elton John undertones and Yes overtones, and a bit of a Rick Wakeman aftertaste.
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Originally posted by Jared Jared wrote:

Originally posted by richardh richardh wrote:

Originally posted by stegor stegor wrote:


Also Kayak - I bought their Phantom of the Night album in the '70s and didn't like it. I tried several times over the years but always found it boring. Recently I heard Royal Bed Bouncer and couldn't believe it was the same group.

Their best albums (or the ones I like the best anyway) are the first 4 up to and including The Last Encore (1976). After that they became mostly AOR ish rock with some prog for the next run of albums. Merlin was their last album of their original album run and that's actually a bit better than the earlier 3 or 4 albums. A return to prog mainly but still a bit of a fudge between their older style and the newer 'commercial' style. They split up in 1982 then reformed in the late 90's to record an expanded version of Merlin called Merlin:Bard Of The Unseen. Their last 2 albums (probably 'ever' as the band seems finished now) are actually pretty decent rock/prog albums. I would love to have seen them pre pandemic when they were scheduled to support the Flower Kings in London. They had to pull out because Ton Scherpenzeel was ill. I think that his health issues has inevitably lead to a halt of the bands activities for good. A real shame. I'm very fond of them and they brought a lighter touch to prog compared to the English bombastic prog bands of the 70's.

I remember when I joined this site back in 2005, I splashed out on the Reissues of Bed Bouncer and Last Encore, thinking I'd really like them... but I just didn't. They kind of had the same effect on me as Pavlov's Dog; sickly sweet art rock without the invention of Supertramp at their best... maybe I was harsh and they should be given a re-appraisal in time?


Their first 2 albums may be more interesting to you especially the second. They can be mildy 'camp' for want of a better word on some albums. RBB is a lot of fun and lacks the overarching seriousness of so much prog that was coming out at the time. However it's not an out and out prog album that the first couple are.
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Not exactly discover, because I have known and been curious about them for several years, but I just finally got on listening to SBB, and downloaded a few albums (not many availavable physical, and rather expensive). Some albums didn't do much for me (the jazzier ones), but some others I did like (like the more symphonic, I guess), specially Wolanie I really liked a lot.
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Originally posted by richardh richardh wrote:

Originally posted by stegor stegor wrote:


Also Kayak - I bought their Phantom of the Night album in the '70s and didn't like it. I tried several times over the years but always found it boring. Recently I heard Royal Bed Bouncer and couldn't believe it was the same group.

Their best albums (or the ones I like the best anyway) are the first 4 up to and including The Last Encore (1976). After that they became mostly AOR ish rock with some prog for the next run of albums. Merlin was their last album of their original album run and that's actually a bit better than the earlier 3 or 4 albums. A return to prog mainly but still a bit of a fudge between their older style and the newer 'commercial' style. They split up in 1982 then reformed in the late 90's to record an expanded version of Merlin called Merlin:Bard Of The Unseen. Their last 2 albums (probably 'ever' as the band seems finished now) are actually pretty decent rock/prog albums. I would love to have seen them pre pandemic when they were scheduled to support the Flower Kings in London. They had to pull out because Ton Scherpenzeel was ill. I think that his health issues has inevitably lead to a halt of the bands activities for good. A real shame. I'm very fond of them and they brought a lighter touch to prog compared to the English bombastic prog bands of the 70's.

I remember when I joined this site back in 2005, I splashed out on the Reissues of Bed Bouncer and Last Encore, thinking I'd really like them... but I just didn't. They kind of had the same effect on me as Pavlov's Dog; sickly sweet art rock without the invention of Supertramp at their best... maybe I was harsh and they should be given a re-appraisal in time?
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I recently rediscovered the self titled debut album by jazz rock/krautrock band Dzyan, who hailed from Mannheim, Germany. 
                They have been one of my top groups for many a year, but the debut was kind of a hard sell for me, until now.
           I had mixed feelings about it for quite a while, but heard it again last nite, and it was a revelation! Mixed feelings, no more. What an amazing debut album, and it is a perfect companion to the other two records of theirs, and shines on it's own very nicely, as well.
                 Don't know whatever happened to band leader/founder Reinhard Karwatky....wish I knew.....
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Originally posted by stegor stegor wrote:


Also Kayak - I bought their Phantom of the Night album in the '70s and didn't like it. I tried several times over the years but always found it boring. Recently I heard Royal Bed Bouncer and couldn't believe it was the same group.

Their best albums (or the ones I like the best anyway) are the first 4 up to and including The Last Encore (1976). After that they became mostly AOR ish rock with some prog for the next run of albums. Merlin was their last album of their original album run and that's actually a bit better than the earlier 3 or 4 albums. A return to prog mainly but still a bit of a fudge between their older style and the newer 'commercial' style. They split up in 1982 then reformed in the late 90's to record an expanded version of Merlin called Merlin:Bard Of The Unseen. Their last 2 albums (probably 'ever' as the band seems finished now) are actually pretty decent rock/prog albums. I would love to have seen them pre pandemic when they were scheduled to support the Flower Kings in London. They had to pull out because Ton Scherpenzeel was ill. I think that his health issues has inevitably lead to a halt of the bands activities for good. A real shame. I'm very fond of them and they brought a lighter touch to prog compared to the English bombastic prog bands of the 70's.
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I just recently stumbled on The Neutrons, an offshoot of Man from the early-mid '70s. They didn't last long, and I can find next to nothing about them. They made two albums, one of them is great (Black Hole Stars). I'm surprised I had no knowledge of them.

Also Kayak - I bought their Phantom of the Night album in the '70s and didn't like it. I tried several times over the years but always found it boring. Recently I heard Royal Bed Bouncer and couldn't believe it was the same group.
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