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    Posted: June 10 2009 at 10:57
Cano , Spirit of the North is a compilation done by Record execs hoping to break a bilingual group in English Canada. Three "new" songs that , as you say, were no longer Cano. Wish I could find Visible to see if they got back to their sound.

I came across L'Engoulevent. Then re-listened to Breche. And I'm starting to wonder if Garolou might not be a good candidate for PA.
And I wonder how serious Gooner is about Martha & the Muffins being prog. I'm gonna have to give a listen to their albums again. Especially the song - Swimming. "we're afraind to call it love, let's call it swimming" > Just love that guitar part.
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Not prog, but close enough and I really think every progger should give them a chance:

http://www.myspace.com/brokensocialscene
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Originally posted by Rocktopus Rocktopus wrote:

I'm also a fan of two brilliant acid folk bands: Ptarmigan and Jan & Lorraine

+ current Post/Chamber rock from Montreal Esmerine and Fifths of Seven

(only Ptarmigan is in the archives of all these)

 
 
And Thank YOU very much Christer....Clap
 
I shall look into these
 
 
Originally posted by debrewguy debrewguy wrote:

Canoe ! which reminds me, I've just uploaded their albums Spirit of the North & Eclipse to my PC. I really must burn them to CD, and come back with some reviews.

 
You'll enjoy Eclipse, but Spirit Of Thge North is simply not them anymore.....  but their first two are the best and easiily obtauinable
 
BTW that's CANO  (four  upprcase letter) for Compagnie Artistique du Nouvel Ontario


Edited by Sean Trane - June 10 2009 at 09:44
let's just stay above the moral melee
prefer the sink to the gutter
keep our sand-castle virtues
content to be a doer
as well as a thinker,
prefer lifting our pen
rather than un-sheath our sword
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Kind of new around here, but here goes for Canadian:
Max Webster, Rush, FM, Nash the Slash,  early acoustic Bruce Cockburn  instrumentals, Joni Mitchell, Perth County Conspiracy are all very good.
Have a real hard time with some of the semi-progressive Canuck "stuff"...like: Klattu, Saga, Prism, Zon, Goddo and so many others.
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MICHAEL BROOK (great solo albums on 4AD)...also played w/ Fripp & Sylvian.
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TERRACED GARDEN
THE BOX (first 2 albums...listed here on progarchives)
SAGA
RUSH
SYMPHONIC SLAM
KEN BAIRD
FM
NASH THE SLASH
POLLEN(from Quebec)
MANEIGE
FIRST AID(from Vancouver)
MYSTERY
NATHAN MAHL
UZEB
PARAGON(from Alberta)
SIANISPHERIC(the first album)
MAHOGANY FROG
BEN MINK(solo album)
MAX WESBTER(from Sarnia,ON.  way underrated)
TALISMA
HAMADRYAD
MYSTERY
VOIVOD
RHEOSTATICS(sort of like Canada's version of XTC)
NOODLE HOUSE
MARTHA & THE MUFFINS(the first 3)
 
...just to name a few.
 
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Points: 3596 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 01 2009 at 19:41
Originally posted by lucas lucas wrote:

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hehe un nouveau sous-genre RPQ ? (rock progressif québecois) Wink


I've tried, good lord knows I've tried.
But then they ask me what commonalities are shared apart from location and all I can say is Talent !
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Originally posted by OzzProg OzzProg wrote:

I heer dat teh Beetles come from Canadia?

 
Yes, in their seond incarnation they were renamed Klaatu and relocated in Canada Wink
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hehe un nouveau sous-genre RPQ ? (rock progressif québecois) Wink
"Magma was the very first gothic rock band" (Didier Lockwood)
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I heer dat teh Beetles come from Canadia?


All the RPQ stuff is great (Harmonium, Pollen etc...)
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MARTHA AND THE MUFFINS
Sorry not prog but their song Echo Beach is cool!

One band that was not quite prog was The Spoons from Burlington, Ontario. Some of their songs such as Smiling In Winter remind me of some shorter yes compositions. The bass player, Sandy Horn, has a lot of Chris Squire qualities. She must have listened to at least a few Yes albums for sure. They also use a lot of Yes-like vocal harmonies. I partied with these guys once backstage.
Punch in Spoons - Smiling In Winter MUSIC VIDEO in HD on youtube.

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Two bands that haven't been mentioned and have had Rush members on as guest musicians are Max Webster w/Kim Mitchell and Rheostatics.  Max Webster was on the Anthem label with Rush and they are from Sarnia.  Rheostatics had Neil Peart play drums on one song on one of their albums.  They are from Etobicoke, Ontario, which is apparently also a part of Toronto.
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For some obscure reason, it's CANO and not CANOE
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Canoe ! which reminds me, I've just uploaded their albums Spirit of the North & Eclipse to my PC. I really must burn them to CD, and come back with some reviews.

Oh, and I guess Martyr's guitarist will be the one filling Piggy's spot for some shows from Voivod. The plan is to play music only from pre-Jasonic albums, and the new one - Infini.

Nice to see someone else getting into Leitmotiv.
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Points: 6898 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 01 2009 at 10:18
Octobre is always overlooked and they were actually musically solid. Not much has even been written about them in Canadian or even French Canadian music books!  They`re completely ignored in such "definitive" works as Heart Of Gold, The Encyclopedia Of Canadian Rock, Pop & Folk Music and perhaps the most glaring ommission, The Encyclopedia Of Music In Canada. Confused

That`s fairly typical though........ 
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I'm also a fan of two brilliant acid folk bands: Ptarmigan and Jan & Lorraine

+ current Post/Chamber rock from Montreal Esmerine and Fifths of Seven

(only Ptarmigan is in the archives of all these)
Over land and under ashes
In the sunlight, see - it flashes
Find a fly and eat his eye
But don't believe in me
Don't believe in me
Don't believe in me
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Loreena McKennitt (celtic folk with arabic influences)
Augury (prog death metal)
Voivod (prog thrash metal)
Klaatu (symphonic prog)
Spaced Out (jazz metal)
FM (jazz-rock /prog à la Mahavishnu Orchestra and UK)
electro quarterstaff (avant-garde metal)
martyr (prog death metal)
Buffy Sainte-Marie (psychedelic folk)
Joni Mitchell (folk/blues/jazz/rock)
Cano (folk prog)
et cetera (RIO)
Triumph (heavy metal)
Harmonium (folk prog)
Dalbello (pop prog as of Whomanfoursays)
Reign ghost (psychedelic folk)
Annihilator (thrash metal 'Alice in Hell' is a true masterpiece of the genre)
Neil Young (rock)
Pollen (symphonic prog)
A silver Mt. Zion (post-rock)
Godspeed you! black emperor (post-rock)
Miriodor (RIO)
Black Symphony (metal prog)
Unexpect (avant-garde death metal)
 
"Magma was the very first gothic rock band" (Didier Lockwood)
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The one Canadian band that has me all geeked up right now is the one off from Pollen..great kinda GG inspired stuff. Also really dig on Et Cetera (another GG-esque group from the 70's), Sloche, and have been getting into Hamadryad.

And oh yeah, there's this power trio from as far back as the 70's, you know, the one where the lead singer has a real high voice and they do a lot of arena rock anthems? You know, the one NOT named Triumph...


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kaos moon were quite good
also visible wind has few very good releases..esp their intrumental tracks..
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Originally posted by debrewguy debrewguy wrote:

check out Leitmotiv from Quebec - excellent prog in the vein of Maneige, Genesis. Best of all, their album Entangles is available for direct download, and you can donate what you feel. (though they suggest a certain price)


Indeed, great band! Entangled is a very good and original Symphonic Prog album!
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