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Bunka calls his music "afghani punk". it is a mixture of jazz-rock, kraut and ethnic music (like Afghan music, for example). definitely prog. I'd put him into the same category as Embryo, the band he belonged to first. if you want information about his albums I'll gladly provide it.
by the way, I suggest a new kind of prog category, which is completely different from anything else. I'd call it "prog audio play". Bunka and his Korean wife Grace Yoon have taken part in several of them. one is "Goldberg: Ein Dutzend Täuschungen" by Maria Volk, music by Uli Bassenge (of Embryo). definitely worth listening to for all prog fans. Holger Czukay was part of that project too as well as Austrian nonsense poet and experimental lyricist Ernst Jandl.

Two points:

The T, this thread is almost an eyn-opener, why should I worry while so many progheads on this site are pleased with the current situation, it's OK to me, I keep on reviewing lesser and unknown progrock bands instead of creating threads like this, thanks, I would like to close this thread, let's focus on reviewing lesser and unknown progrock bands 

Sean Trane wrote: Well I say ELO needs re-instalment in Art Rock

ahhh..

don't worry about that...  we aren't the only ones   

^ the T, 100 % agreed,  there's enough room  here on the forums to discuss other material, three symphonic threads  are here at the moment, Rio and Post rock also have a well visited appreciation thread. They have a rather limited number of people going there though.

A lot of others here keep rehashing well known facts and opinions about well known bands  on and on and on. Not that interesting to me but i'm not alone here and anyone is free to do what he likes here. As T accurately noticed these  discussions are far more dominating  than comments about the new prog related additions like the Who, Doors etc

Fact is a lot of people like to go with what they know and like without looking too much further,  one argument that annoys me though  is that some  people claim that albums of lesser known bands can't be purchased or have to cost 50 dollars or more, this is clearly not true if they employ  a somewhat more adventurous mind to it they'll find it easy to get these albums. Ask Erik (or even me).
 
BTW, i do think that prog related bands should not be featured in prog  top 100 or as most popular album of the week.





Edited by Dirk - July 28 2007 at 21:46

Dirk wrote: micky wrote: Sean Trane wrote: Well I say ELO needs re-instalment in Art Rock ahhh.. don't worry about that...  we aren't the only ones    You sure? i've always thought of ELO as a classical rock band also after i came here, far better than most art rock bands i know surely but that doesn't make them art rock.

very sure    If you are going to simplify like that....  so was ELP .  Being better is subjective of course... but they fit prefectly into AR.. prog.. and they had multiple influences that they fused into a style that was completely recognizable as their own. 4 prog albums and elements of prog into their next several... no reason at all to be in PR.

So Sean, this thread will lead to the addition of former Embryo artist Bunka by Baldfriede, end good, all good  !

micky wrote: . 4 prog albums and elements of prog into their next several... no reason at all to be in PR.

<-- self inflicted black eye. For a second I thought you wrote 'no reason at all to be in PA'...