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BrufordFreak 
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 Posted: December 11 2021 at 09:06 |
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Shamblemaths 2, Rachel Flowers' Bigger on the Inside, and Yoo Doo Right's Don't Think You Can Escape Your Purpose just burst into my Top 10!
1. NEEDLEPOINT Walking Up That Valley 2. HANDS OF THE HERON 13 Moons 3. CALIGONAUT Magnified As Giants 4. SHAMBLEMATHS 2 5. RACHEL FLOWERS Bigger on the Inside 6. CICCADA Harvest 7. SKE Insolibilia 8. MANNA / MIRAGE Man Out of Time 9. MONOBODY Comma 10. YOO DOO RIGHT Don't Think You Can Escape Your Purpose 11. MONO Pilgrimage of the Soul 12. A FORMAL HORSE Meat Mallet 13. BLACK MIDI Cavalcade 14. SMALLTAPE The Hungry Heart 15. KRISTOFFER GILDENLÖW Let Me Be a Ghost 16. ARGOS The Other Life 17. JØRDSJO Pastoralis Edited by BrufordFreak - December 11 2021 at 09:06 |
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Progmind
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Posted: December 11 2021 at 10:46 |
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1 - Ske - Insolubilia (record of the year for me) 2 - Shamblemaths - Shamblemaths II (what a fantastic album!) 3 - Papangu - Haloceno (magma meets Mastodon, very original) 4 - Ezra Winston - Tertium Non Datur (Great and unexpected return of htese italians, great symphonic album) 5 - Mono - Pilgrimage Of The Soul (simply beatiful) 6 - Caligonaut - Magnified As Giants (great norwegian album) 7 - You Doo Right - Don´t Think You Escape Your Purpose (great!, Kraturock + Shoegaze + Psychedelic album) 8 - Argos - The Other Life (a rare mix between Canterbury sound and genesis) 9 - Needlepoint - Walking Up That Valley (thay cant do wrong!!, another great Canterbury album) 10 - Elephant 9 - Arrival Of the New Elders (great fussion album, key driven) honorable mentions Alco Frisbass - Le Mystere Du Gué Pucelle (what a great record!, very canterburian) Mastodon - Husehd & Grim (need more listenings, probably enter on my top 10, really enjoyed a lot) Jordsjo - Pastoralia (very solid album) Big Big Train - Common Ground (very good album, nothing new but its ok) The Watcht - The Art Of Bleeding (genesis sound, really enjoy those italians!)
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omphaloskepsis
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Posted: December 11 2021 at 10:51 |
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When six out of Bruford Freaks' top seven are in my top seven? Perhaps, I should check out the one that is not?
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moshkito
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Posted: December 13 2021 at 07:16 |
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Hi,
I'm still listening, and not ready to choose anything at all. I'm leaving behind any listing that has been around before, in a sort of idea that I will find some newer things. I'm kinda tired of the old names continually showing up -- NOT THAT THEY ARE NOT GOOD -- but in many ways, I think it lowers the ability of new folks to stand out and have a chance to be heard. Thus, my listing will not include any "known" names per se, on purpose. We need new music ... the listing of threads simply pushing old stuff as better needs to be shown that there is better, and different, new music that deserves the discussion and the ear in my book. So, here's to the new year as well and to newer artists! Two on the list already for me ... AGUSA and RACHEL FLOWERS and MONO.
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richardh
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Posted: December 14 2021 at 16:33 |
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latest update: Steve Hackett - Under A Mediterranean Sky **** Lifesigns -Altitude **** 3.2 - Third Impression *** Liquid Tension Experiment - 3 **** Frost* - Day and Age ***** Kayak - Out Of This World **** Steven Wilson - The Future Bites *** Kansas - Point of Know Return Live and Beyond **** Big Big Train - Common Ground **** Steve Hackett - The Surrender Of Silence**** IO Earth - Acoustic Vol 1 **** Vangelis - From Juno To Jupiter **** Tori Amos - Ocean to Ocean ***1/2 Glass Hammer - Skallagrim: Into The Breach ****1/2 Shamblemaths - Shamblemaths II **** Elephant 9 - Arrival Of The New Elders **** Needlepoint - Walking Up That Valley **** Stephen Caudel - Return to Wine Dark Sea *** Black Midi - Calvacade **** Rachel Flowers - Bigger On The Inside **** Bent Knee - Frosting ***1/2 Edited by richardh - January 11 2022 at 00:01 |
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PhideauxFan
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Posted: January 01 2022 at 07:26 |
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Here is my top albums of 2021:
01-God Is An Astronaut: Ghost Tapes #10 02-Vola: Witness 03-Soup: Visions 04-Human Factor: Observer 05-Leprous; Aphelion 06-Giant Sky; Giant Sky 07-Karmamoi: Room 101 08-Meer: Playing House 09-Subterranean Masquerade: Mountain Fever 10-AmartiA: Daylight Beauty 11-Feeling Of Presence: Of Lost Illusion 12-Soen: Imperial 13-Nine Skies: 5.20 14-Himmellegeme: Variola Vera 15-White Moth Black Butterfly: The Cost Of Dreaming 16-Amarok: Hero 17-Enine: Spiritus Natura 18-Donner: Hesitant Light 19-Ske: Insolubilia 20-Cosmograf: Rattrapante 21-Dec Burke: Life In Two Dimensions 22-Illuminae: Dark Horizons 23-Lazuli: Dénudé. -Live albums: -Airbag: A Day In The Studio / Unplugged In Oslo -Amorphis: Live At Helsinki Ice Hall -Kansas: Point Of Know Return Live & Beyond -Magenta: Angels And Damned -Nine Skies: Live @ Prog En Beauce. Edited by PhideauxFan - January 01 2022 at 07:27 |
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DayDawnsDark
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Posted: January 01 2022 at 13:53 |
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1. Caligonaut - Magnified as Giants 2. Others by No One - Where Stories Come From 3. Jordsjo - Pastoralia 4. Tusmorke - Nordisk Krim 5. Alan Jenkins - Notes on the Life Cycle of the Quantum Mouse |
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Formentera Lady
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Posted: January 03 2022 at 14:03 |
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1. The Samurai Of Prog - The White Snake and Other Grimm Tales II
2. Steve Hackett - Surrender of Silence 3. Jean-Pierre Louveton - Sapiens Chapitre 2/3: Deus ex Machina 4. Ciccada - Harvest 5. The Emerald Dawn - To Touch The Sky 6. Big Big Train - Common Ground 7. Argos - The Other Life 8. Lifesigns - Altitude 9. Transatlantic - The Absolute Universe (The Ultimate Edition) 10. Saga - Symmetry 11. The Samurai Of Prog - The Lady and The Lion and Other Grimm Tales I 12. Vienna Circle - Secrets Of The Rising Sun 13. Illuminae - Dark Horizons 14. Evership - The Uncrowned King Act 1 15. Kayak - Out Of This World Still on my list to listen to: Rachel Flowers, Dave Bainbridge, Alco Frisbass
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miamiscot
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Posted: January 04 2022 at 07:42 |
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So happy to see JPL on your list. (Our lists are quite similar!!!)
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january4mn
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Posted: January 04 2022 at 09:26 |
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Aww, thanks so much Second Endeavor! Really glad you love the album! :)
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Lewian
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Posted: January 04 2022 at 11:00 |
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My 2021 favourite still (now having heard quite a few more) is Splinters Vol. I by Battlestations, and although I'm used to my taste not being mainstream, I am somewhat bewildered by not seeing this mentioned by anyone else, and be it under honorary mentions below rank 20.
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Posted: January 04 2022 at 12:01 |
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I'll check it out, I have Vixit and we generally agree on a lot musically. I can only say I must have missed it amongst the huge amount of music I listened to last year.
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Hrychu
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Posted: January 04 2022 at 12:55 |
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Here's my top 4 list! The order doesn't matter cause I enjoyed each record equally as much. To tell you the truth, I didn't listen to a lot of what was coming out recently in 2021, so that may be why my list is so short.
Norwegian: 1. Shamblemaths 2. Caligonaut 3. Jordsjø 4. Needlepoint Non-Norwegian: 1. Transatlantic (extended version) 2. HFMC 3. NMB 4. Mobius Strip |
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Mellotron Storm
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Posted: January 09 2022 at 09:57 |
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^ Great idea, Norway and the rest.
Shamblemaths Monarch Trail NichelOdeon/ InSonar All I got, in fact I've been so out of tune I need to do some catching up with my 2018-2022 albums. Ordering new music for the first time in like 5 years and I feel like a kid again. I have been aware of the albums released and opinions stated I just need to pick and choose and not buy 50 a year like the old days. Can't afford that anymore and I'm not into streaming I need to hold that recording in my hands and read the liner notes. Man I'm old.
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"The wind is slowly tearing her apart"
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richardh
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Posted: January 11 2022 at 00:19 |
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apparently there is a Volume Two as well! There is almost too much to get through I've just made a list of artists that released albums in 2021 that I need to check out Motorpsycho Clive Nolan Krokofant (new band to me but will give them a go , maybe similar to Elephant 9) Isobar (their debut was great) Cyan Isildurs Bane Robert Reed Caligonaut Lee Abraham Mostly Autumn Kayo Dot also I've only listened to a few tracks off Mastodon's latest but that sounds interesting so far |
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miamiscot
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Posted: January 11 2022 at 07:54 |
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Norway for the win!!!
Caligonaut Needlepoint Jordsjo Tusmorke Meer Motorpsycho Shamblemaths Kerrs Pink That country definitely won 2021 and Wobbler didn't even release an album...
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Psychedelic Paul
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Posted: January 11 2022 at 08:12 |
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Following months of extensive, dedicated research, here's my full and complete list of favourite albums from 2021:-
Big Big Train - Common Ground Downes-Braide Association - DBA IV: Halcyon Hymns Peter Frampton - Frampton Forgets the Words Steve Hackett - Under a Mediterranean Sky Hawkwind - Somnia Magenta - Angels and Damned Mostly Autumn - Graveyard Star YES - The Quest |
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Cristi
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Posted: January 11 2022 at 08:20 |
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"extensive, dedicated research"?! And then you come up with Peter Frampton?!
 And Yes's Quest... probably for inspiration. Did they find it?  |
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Psychedelic Paul
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Posted: January 11 2022 at 08:35 |
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I know. Sometimes my posts just invite ridicule.
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Nogbad_The_Bad
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Posted: January 11 2022 at 09:23 |
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Rick Wakeman didn't release an album?
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