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AFlowerKingCrimson
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Posted: July 01 2024 at 18:47 |
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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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Dellinger
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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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Bloody bloody racket and rumpus
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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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Valdez
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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.
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https://bakullama1.bandcamp.com/album/sleepers-2024
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MikeEnRegalia
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verslibre
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King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard have won me over with their exceptional 2017 release Polygondwanaland.
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stegor
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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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richardh
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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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Dellinger
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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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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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MortSahlFan
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eala craig
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richardh
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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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stegor
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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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AFlowerKingCrimson
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It's a strangely overlooked band. Despite their solid output and Wojciech Szadkowski's creative genius, Satellite aren't very well known even here in Poland. |
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Not that I'm aware, but you may find them orbiting the Top 120 Neo Prog Albums of All Time where they have no less than four entries in the chart. |
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MurderInc
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I'm recently rediscovering Satellite from Poland. Is there a thread for them?
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Valdez
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Oh that Mani…. I was just goofin Moshkito. Don’t mind me.
Edited by Valdez - June 07 2024 at 19:31 |
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https://bakullama1.bandcamp.com/album/sleepers-2024
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