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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote peskypesky Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 29 2020 at 20:17
I think this one is now vying with Wobbler for my top of 2020:

Fren - Where Do You Want Ghosts To Reside





and also Yes - The Royal Affair


Edited by peskypesky - November 29 2020 at 20:27
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I have a lot to check up on with regards to new releases...which strikes me as being slightly odd considering just how much new music I’ve bought over the past few months.
2020 releases though include:
Neptunian Maximalism - Éons
Tame Impala - The Slow Rush
Chicano Batman - Invisible People
...oh yeah and I’m also waiting on the new one from Wobbler.
Otherwise 2020 has been a year of both discovering new bands and artists from yesteryear as well as rediscovering a bunch of old favourites.

Edited by Guldbamsen - November 30 2020 at 01:51
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote jlneudorf Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 07 2020 at 16:10
How is the Tame Impala disc?
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote tszirmay Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 07 2020 at 18:37
The Mark Kelly"s marathon has thrown me for a loop, its brilliant! 
Logos -Sadako e le Mille Gru di Carta
David Minasian- The Sound of Dreams
Jakko Jakczyk- Secrets and Lies 
Fren-Where Do You Want Ghosts to Reside
Ovrfrwrd-Starstuff
La Maschera di Cera-SEI
Rick Miller -Unstuck in Time as well as Belief in theMachine (both are fab) 
Rick Wakeman-Red Planet
Zopp-I
Three Colours Dark-The Science of Goodbye
Pymlico-On this Day
Phogg-This World
PRR-Eupnia
Fish-Weltschmerz
Chimpan A- The Empathy Machine 
IO Earth-Aura 
Dave Brons- Not All Those Who Wander


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1. JPL
2. Neal Morse
3. Wobbler
4. Motorpsycho
5. Logos
6. The Flower Kings
7. Abel Ganz
8. Pattern-Seeking Animals
9. Lazuli
10. Rick Wakeman
11. La Maschera di Cera
12. Lunatic Soul

What a great, great year for our beloved genre!!!
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Originally posted by dauinghorn dauinghorn wrote:

Originally posted by BrufordFreak BrufordFreak wrote:

Originally posted by dauinghorn dauinghorn wrote:

Originally posted by BrufordFreak BrufordFreak wrote:

1. ARNAUD BUKWALD's La marmite cosmique six


Hmmm. It sounded very promising at the beginning, but as the "band" enters, it's too obvious that this is made almost entirely by computer instruments. It does not sound good at all. Although the compositions and the vocals are quite nice, I can't enjoy this.. I like my music PLAYED, not generated. Lovely cover art, though!

If you're implying that there is nothing like the power of live music, I couldn't agree more! Otherwise, I like my albums of studio recorded music to have good music, no matter how it got there. (Thank you Berlin School, synthesizers, ambient, New Age, looping, sequencing, MIDI, sampling, and all of the many other sound innovations made possible by electricity and the computer age.) (Except for auto-tune).
 

I see your point, and as a huge fan of Berlin School I don't mind sequencing, machine-controlled synths etc. But it sounded awesome because of the qualities of the instruments. On this record it's real instruments emulated by computers, for example the woodwind instruments, which CANNOT in anyway be emulated by machines. 

I don't know about what you're surmising: Arnaud is a multi-instrumentalist and has always tried to play his individual tracks himself (short of hiring orchestras).

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Originally posted by miamiscot miamiscot wrote:

1. JPL

Who or what is JPL?  I'm drawing a blank.  Confused
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Originally posted by rushfan4 rushfan4 wrote:

Originally posted by miamiscot miamiscot wrote:

1. JPL

Who or what is JPL?  I'm drawing a blank.  Confused
Jean-Pierre Louveton of Nemo. Great album although I completely forgot to add it to my list Embarrassed
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Originally posted by Meltdowner Meltdowner wrote:

Originally posted by rushfan4 rushfan4 wrote:

Originally posted by miamiscot miamiscot wrote:

1. JPL

Who or what is JPL?  I'm drawing a blank.  Confused
Jean-Pierre Louveton of Nemo. Great album although I completely forgot to add it to my list Embarrassed
Thank you.  I've not heard this one, but I am a fan of Nemo so I should probably check it out,
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Guldbamsen Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 09 2020 at 02:38
The best album for me this year has been Die Wilde Jagd’s Haut. I’m not sure whether the band has been submitted for inclusion yet, but it is far and away some of the best Krautrock/electronic music I’ve heard in years.

I also forgot about Once & Future Band’s Deleted Scenes in my previous post. A pretty good album indeed and recommended to fans of 10CC and the old school of art rock.

Edited by Guldbamsen - December 09 2020 at 02:38
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote dauinghorn Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 09 2020 at 16:59
Originally posted by Guldbamsen Guldbamsen wrote:

The best album for me this year has been Die Wilde Jagd’s Haut. I’m not sure whether the band has been submitted for inclusion yet, but it is far and away some of the best Krautrock/electronic music I’ve heard in years.

I also forgot about Once & Future Band’s Deleted Scenes in my previous post. A pretty good album indeed and recommended to fans of 10CC and the old school of art rock.

You list a lot of different and awesome stuff that is quite different from all the mediocre stuff usually listed here on progarchives. Thanks!
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Guldbamsen Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 10 2020 at 00:24
Thanks man, I try to keep it eclectic..or well it just sorta ends up that way. I let my ears figure things out for me
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For me a surprising Top 5, which I definitely could not have anticipated back in january

1. Logos - Sadako e le mille gru di carta
2. La Maschera Di Cera - S.E.I.
3. Wobbler - Dwellers of the Deep
4. Ellesmere - Wyrd
5. Zopp - Zopp

Also I was pretty impressed by:

Fren - Where Do You Want Ghosts to Reside
The Tangent - Auto Reconnaissance
Legacy Pilots - Aviation
Motorpsycho - The All Is One
Lazuli - Le fantastique envol de Dieter Böhm
The Samurai Of Prog - Beyond the Wardrobe
The Samurai Of Prog - Bernard & Pörsti: Gulliver
The Samurai Of Prog - Bernard & Pörsti: La Tierra
Kimmo Pörsti - Wayfarer
Glass Hammer - Dreaming City
Gungfly - Alone Together
Homunculus Res - Andiamo in Giro di Notte e ci Consumiamo nel Fuoco
Gösta Berlings Saga - Konkret Musik
Magick Brother and Mystic Sister - Magick Brother and Mystic Sister


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Originally posted by tempest_77 tempest_77 wrote:

Wobbler's Dwellers of the Deep is, without question, my #1 album of the year. Absolutely gorgeous and really expands beyond their previous album.

Dwellers is still holding true as my favorite album this year. However, following close behind are two excellent Australian albums: K.G. by King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard and Impulse Voices by Plini.
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In any order:


Dyble Longdon - Between A Breath And A Breath

Mark Kelly's Marathon

Rick Wakeman - The Red Planet



(Not the only ones I like, just the ones that are staying with me.)
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Seems I'm still in 2019
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote peskypesky Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 12 2020 at 22:55
Originally posted by tempest_77 tempest_77 wrote:

Dwellers is still holding true as my favorite album this year. However, following close behind are two excellent Australian albums: K.G. by King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard and Impulse Voices by Plini.

thanks for the tip about the Plini album!  It's damn good.
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Originally posted by Heart of the Matter Heart of the Matter wrote:

In any order:


Dyble Longdon - Between A Breath And A Breath

Mark Kelly's Marathon

Rick Wakeman - The Red Planet

Thanks for the tip about the Longdon album!  I'm listening to it now and really like it.
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Heart of the Matter Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 13 2020 at 05:25
^ You're welcome! Further details about this album here:

http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=124591
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Mi favs are

Zopp
Humunculus Res
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