Prog rock with strong repetition?
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Topic: Prog rock with strong repetition?
Posted By: Irrgarten
Subject: Prog rock with strong repetition?
Date Posted: March 01 2016 at 09:53
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Hi Guys, please help me! I'm looking for songs with strong repetition in its structure, something based on a strong base line, for example, that repeats and repeats ad infinitum. I'm interested in checking how the composers developed their ideas when there's not a lot of harmonic change. Thanks a lot ------------- [URL=http://www.last.fm/user/Graphirus/?chartstyle=basicrt10%3cimg%20src=" rel="nofollow][/URL] |
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Posted By: Polymorphia
Date Posted: March 01 2016 at 10:28
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Krautrock and Prog Electronic often build this way. Check out Can, Neu!, and Klaus Schulze. Swans as well, though more extreme. If you want to get really extreme with it, you could try Orthrelm. ------------- https://dreamwindow.bandcamp.com/releases" rel="nofollow - My Music 
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Posted By: Irrgarten
Date Posted: March 01 2016 at 10:30
Thanks for your reply! I'm sorry if I wasn't more specific... I'd like to see suggestions of songs featuring repetition... I'm a bit lazy and I don't wanna go through all my kraut and electronic music trying to find what I'm looking for ;) ------------- [URL=http://www.last.fm/user/Graphirus/?chartstyle=basicrt10%3cimg%20src=" rel="nofollow][/URL] |
Polymorphia wrote:Posted By: DDPascalDD
Date Posted: March 01 2016 at 10:33
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It's not my cup of tea, to be honest (tea is not much to my liking anyway), but some tracks that passed my thoughts are: PF - Money PF - One of These Days KC - Starless (the psychedelic guitar middle part) But most interesting: Yes - Machine Messiah. A simple motif returning very often but also makes an impressive development. ------------- |
Posted By: garfunkel
Date Posted: March 01 2016 at 10:34
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NOT prog but rather post-punk, PIL's Metal Box. Automatically thought of it. Some of Steve Hillage's Fish Rising might be a good one for you, at it's actually prog! |
Posted By: Irrgarten
Date Posted: March 01 2016 at 10:35
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Thanks guys! I'm currently composing a prog song that has a lot of repetition and I'm looking for inspiration ;) ------------- [URL=http://www.last.fm/user/Graphirus/?chartstyle=basicrt10%3cimg%20src=" rel="nofollow][/URL] |
Posted By: Replayer
Date Posted: March 01 2016 at 10:36
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I think several of Mike Oldfield's works would qualify, particularly Tubular Bells, Incantations and Amarok. Tubular Bells has the famous repeating introductory theme, the Part I finale with more and more instruments being layered, and the Part II finale, which does the same thing with the Sailor's Hornpipe. Incantations is a double album that consists of four side-long compositions, with minimalist and Native American influences. Amarok is remarkable for being a 60 minute composition built on a handful themes that are played on different instruments (mostly played by Oldfield) and transposed in different keys (see this http://tubular.net/analysis/amarok/" rel="nofollow - Amarok analysis ). The music constantly changes and this might not qualify as "repeats and repeats ad infinitum" but I think it's interesting from a compositional point of view. There are part of the album I don't like and it's certainly an uncommercial album, but I appreciate what Oldfield was trying to accomplish. Many of Tangerine Dream's sequencer-driven compositions reply on repetition and gradual variations. The second part of Thru Metamorphic Rocks from Force Majeure is a good example. Their album Tangram is sometimes described as an electronic Tubular Bells. |
Posted By: dr wu23
Date Posted: March 01 2016 at 10:38
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One of my favorite long epic prog tracks with those aspects of repetition is Guillibles Travails by Motorpsycho....imho one of the best things they have ever done. Of course Echoes by Floyd is one of the best also. I would also ck out Causa Sui....Euporie Tide or The Summer Sessions. ------------- One does nothing yet nothing is left undone. Haquin |
Posted By: Lewian
Date Posted: March 01 2016 at 11:12
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Jasper van't Hof - Pili Pili |
Posted By: Lewian
Date Posted: March 01 2016 at 11:15
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Prime example by Can: |
Posted By: Lewian
Date Posted: March 01 2016 at 11:19
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From one of my favourite albums of all time. Not enough people know this. |
Posted By: Lewian
Date Posted: March 01 2016 at 11:25
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Another legend. I seem to like repetitive stuff. |
Posted By: Irrgarten
Date Posted: March 01 2016 at 11:36
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Here is the track I'm currently working on https://soundcloud.com/rhesusfactor/the-chaos-of-time-work-in-progress These are the first ideas, no mixing... pretty rough, be warned ) ------------- [URL=http://www.last.fm/user/Graphirus/?chartstyle=basicrt10%3cimg%20src=" rel="nofollow][/URL] |
Posted By: TheLionOfPrague
Date Posted: March 01 2016 at 12:14
Siberian Khatru? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0HnIr6jYWU ------------- I shook my head and smiled a whisper knowing all about the place |
Posted By: DeadSouls
Date Posted: March 01 2016 at 13:41
Posted By: zravkapt
Date Posted: March 01 2016 at 13:44
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No one mentioned Magma yet. ------------- Magma America Great Make Again |
Posted By: Publius84
Date Posted: March 01 2016 at 14:11
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Maybe Gong with The Isle of Everywhere? Groovy bass line and psychodelic-space build up...
------------- I know what I like and I like what I know... Prog is in my heart, in my mind, in my soul... |
Posted By: Nogbad_The_Bad
Date Posted: March 01 2016 at 14:30
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Nik Bartsch Ronin Sonar Dawn Of Midi ------------- Ian Host of the Post-Avant Jazzcore Happy Hour on Progrock.com https://podcasts.progrock.com/post-avant-jazzcore-happy-hour/ |
Posted By: Nogbad_The_Bad
Date Posted: March 01 2016 at 14:35
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Plaistow The Necks Mammal Hands ------------- Ian Host of the Post-Avant Jazzcore Happy Hour on Progrock.com https://podcasts.progrock.com/post-avant-jazzcore-happy-hour/ |
Posted By: octopus-4
Date Posted: March 01 2016 at 15:05
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Some minimalistic music: Terry Riley - In C Terry Riley - A Rainbow in Curved Air Franco Battiato - L'Egitto Prima delle Sabbie (quite too strongly repetitive...just 6 notes for 15 minutes) Giusto Pio - Motore Immobile The so-called "Virgin period" of Tangerine Dream features long tracks repetitive enough... If it's for inspiration and you also want to sell it, ignore Battiato. He was fired by his label after that album. ------------- I stand with Roger Waters, I stand with Joan Baez, I stand with Victor Jara, I stand with Woody Guthrie. Music is revolution |
Posted By: BaldJean
Date Posted: March 01 2016 at 17:54
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this is in my opinion the best example: -------------  A shot of me as High Priestess of Gaia during our fall festival. Ceterum censeo principiis obsta |
Posted By: Polymorphia
Date Posted: March 01 2016 at 18:19
------------- https://dreamwindow.bandcamp.com/releases" rel="nofollow - My Music
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Posted By: Polymorphia
Date Posted: March 01 2016 at 18:20
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------------- https://dreamwindow.bandcamp.com/releases" rel="nofollow - My Music
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Posted By: Dellinger
Date Posted: March 01 2016 at 21:53
| Anathema should do the trick. I have only heard their last album (distant satellites), which I like a lot, and has lot's of repetition that keeps growing stronger... and as far as I have read, they have done that sort of thing for a while already. |
Posted By: Sagichim
Date Posted: March 02 2016 at 00:49
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Check out Brainticket's debut album Cottonwood Hill, about 3/4 of the album is based on the same riff. I'm not fond of this kind of stuff and it took me a while to appreciate this album but now I love it. It starts from the 8th minute till the end... |
Posted By: infocat
Date Posted: March 02 2016 at 01:48
If you're looking for extreme repetitiveness to the point of being painful to listen to, try Dopesmoker by Sleep. If you dare.  ------------- -- Frank Swarbrick Belief is not Truth. |
Posted By: Nidmantis
Date Posted: March 02 2016 at 02:52
| King Crimson's Indiscipline? It's repeated throughout the whole song |
Posted By: hellogoodbye
Date Posted: March 02 2016 at 04:13
György Ligeti - Musica Ricercata 1 or All the things you can do with just one note (A). The last note is a D.
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Posted By: Meltdowner
Date Posted: March 02 2016 at 04:20
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Posted By: BaldJean
Date Posted: March 02 2016 at 04:41
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oh, when it comes to music other than prog: almost anything by Conlon Nancarrow. here an example: the repetition is however not easily recognizable because it happens in various voices in all kinds of different tempos at the same time. that way all kinds of pattern shifts are being created constantly. most of Nancarrow's music is absolutely impossible to play for a human player; that's why it is executed by a player piano here ------------- A shot of me as High Priestess of Gaia during our fall festival. Ceterum censeo principiis obsta |
Posted By: Hrychu
Date Posted: March 02 2016 at 08:58
| How about In A Gadda Da Vida? It's not 100% prog but still a good song. |
Posted By: Rednight
Date Posted: March 02 2016 at 10:15
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Not as repetitive as you may be looking for, but for that which exists in the composition, I'm heavily into Rush's Cygnus X-1 Book II: Hemispheres and never really tire of it. ------------- "It just has none of the qualities of your work that I find interesting. Abandon [?] it." - Eno |
Posted By: Manuel
Date Posted: March 02 2016 at 10:39
| Jethro Tull's "My God". Yes' "Heart of the Sunrise". King Crimson's "The Devil's Triangle". |
Posted By: AlanB
Date Posted: March 02 2016 at 11:38
| Try Mostly Autumn's Carpe Diem. After the vocals finish there's over 5 minutes built over a simple repeated piano riff. |
Posted By: moshkito
Date Posted: March 02 2016 at 12:22
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Hi, Stuff listed here is too ... too ... artistic! The guy wants DISCO! Try Gloria Gaynor or Donna Summer!   ------------- Music is not just for listening ... it is for LIVING ... you got to feel it to know what's it about! Not being told! www.pedrosena.com |
Posted By: jude111
Date Posted: March 02 2016 at 21:33
Wow, pretty nice. This is off the reservation, but listening to your song, and then thinking of something that's repetitious like yours, but never boring (not that yours is, because yours isn't either), I immediately thought of this - and keep in mind, it's a completely different genre, not prog at all (yet - somehow is?) - interesting to consider how they keep it exciting for 15 minutes (through sound design, rhythmic changes): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nk0FNZ9cHYw
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Posted By: gustavojobim
Date Posted: March 08 2016 at 13:11
| a lot of Magma is repetitive; Heldon; Godspeed You Black Emperor; There are many pieces with repetitive structures in Banco del Mutuo Soccorso's first albums. |
Posted By: VOTOMS
Date Posted: March 08 2016 at 14:06
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http://esmectatons.bandcamp.com/album/everything-your-parents-wouldnt-call-music" rel="nofollow - https://esmectatons.bandcamp.com/album/everything-your-parents-wouldnt-call-music
this concept ritual krautish prog album
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Posted By: andreol263
Date Posted: March 09 2016 at 18:12
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You could try: Magma - Da Zeuhl Wortz Mëkanïk Dun - L'epice Can - Halleluhwah Neu! - Hallogallo Manuel Gottsching - Echo Waves Faust - Why Don't You Eat Carrots well, barely anything from Zeuhl, Krautrock would serve
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Posted By: AZF
Date Posted: March 10 2016 at 07:04
| Hawkwind's "You Shouldn't Do That" is an excellent example of limited range of notes but still progressive! |
Posted By: Son.of.Tiresias
Date Posted: April 03 2016 at 07:09
Ah, and Money M with "The Rivers of Babylon" (quite proggy title, isn´t it)  ------------- You may see a smile on Tony Banks´ face but that´s unlikely. |
Posted By: octopus-4
Date Posted: April 03 2016 at 08:13
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Boney M ------------- I stand with Roger Waters, I stand with Joan Baez, I stand with Victor Jara, I stand with Woody Guthrie. Music is revolution |
Posted By: terramystic
Date Posted: April 03 2016 at 08:26
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Try Sigur Ros for inspiration! |
Posted By: ALotOfBottle
Date Posted: April 03 2016 at 12:54
| Definitely everything on Soft Machine's debut album. |
Posted By: Mascodagama
Date Posted: April 03 2016 at 13:05
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Specifically the title track, which runs for about the first 21.5 minutes. The last ten minutes of it are particularly maddening  |
Posted By: micky
Date Posted: April 03 2016 at 13:14
pffff.. I can top that... Listen to THIS.. if you dare..http://www.progarchives.com/Review.asp?id=126940" rel="nofollow - http://www.progarchives.com/Review.asp?id=126940 ------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
Posted By: The Dark Elf
Date Posted: April 03 2016 at 13:58
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Strong repetition? Second verse same as the first! ------------- ...a vigorous circular motion hitherto unknown to the people of this area, but destined to take the place of the mud shark in your mythology... |