Experimental Prog rock
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Topic: Experimental Prog rock
Posted By: ProgBlob
Subject: Experimental Prog rock
Date Posted: September 24 2018 at 23:39
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Hello, im in search of some good experimental prog. Ive been really into a certain sound in prog that i only come across every now and then and Im just looking for any recomendations. I find myself craving to hear something like Larks Tongues in Aspic and Part the Second by maudlin of the well. A more abstract sound with genre bending and a tone more on the serious side of things. King Crimson has perfected this sound with Larks and Islands, but some other gems are Per Un Amico by PFM, Grace for Drowning by Steven Wilson, Maudlin of the Wells discography and The Seer - Swans or The Golden Communion - Thighpaulsandra (last 2 being much more experimental, less prog). If anyone knows what I mean and have some albums/artists that might fit my description, any recomendations are appreciated. Note: metal or jazz or any genre works Thanks alot.
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Posted By: ProgBlob
Date Posted: September 24 2018 at 23:40
| I forgot to mention, Pink Floyd and Kayo Dot are also excellent examples of this |
Posted By: Mortte
Date Posted: September 25 2018 at 00:42
| I believe you would like Finnish band called Circle, at least some of their stuff. |
Posted By: ProgBlob
Date Posted: September 25 2018 at 00:47
| They look promising. Could you recommend an album or song to start since their discographies th is very large? Thanks |
Posted By: Mortte
Date Posted: September 25 2018 at 03:15
| My favourite is Miljard, But its their most ambient-album. Pori might be good starter. |
Posted By: Mortte
Date Posted: September 25 2018 at 06:39
| Circle members are big krautrock-fans and they call their music also krautrock. So if you like them, I recommend you to check out Can & Faust, two of the greatest krautrock bands. Cans Future Days may be great starter, Faust IV from Faust. And Faust is REALLY experimental! |
Posted By: TCat
Date Posted: September 25 2018 at 08:07
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Try "Art Zoyd", especially their first 4 albums, for a more classical approach. If you like the louder experimental music that is more metal based then try "Sleepytime Gorilla Museum". You mentioned "Swans", so you might like "Angels of Light" which is another band headed by Michael Gira, more along the lines of folk, but he really stretches the boundaries of Prog Folk. If you like the drone/electronica experimental music, then try Bass Communion which is Steven Wilson's project. ------------- https://ibb.co/8x0xjR0" rel="nofollow">  |
Posted By: Icarium
Date Posted: September 25 2018 at 08:49
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Have you heard of Tool and their album Laterilus. I will also reccomend the band Major Parkinson and their album Blackbox Also Devil Dolls is worth a mention. -------------  
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Posted By: Polymorphia
Date Posted: September 25 2018 at 09:17
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That's a wide range of stuff. First things that come to mind are Talk Talk's last two albums, Spirit of Eden and especially Laughing Stock. They have the chamber music elements that Part the Second has, the repetition of Swans, and a unique atmosphere. I'd say check out Avant-prog in general. Henry Cow and Universe Zero have some of the chamber music elements that appear in some of the examples you gave. As for Swans, their current sound is influenced by post-rock, krautrock, as well as the guitar totalism of Glenn Branca and Rhys Chatham, who are not necessarily prog, but bridge the gap between classical and rock in a very different way. As far as krautrock goes, Can and Neu! are the relevant ones. For post-rock, Godspeed You! Black Emperor seems like the main one. I would check out the last two Stern records and Extra Life's Secular Works as well. ------------- https://dreamwindow.bandcamp.com/releases" rel="nofollow - My Music 
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Posted By: Icarium
Date Posted: September 25 2018 at 10:27
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Rock Bottom by Robert Wyatt is also an excellent album of experimentationa and elements which you seek, wimsical and presice -------------
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Posted By: Davels666
Date Posted: September 25 2018 at 10:40
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sFfXmH0Gksk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=57AVnaF1lEs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJ5QPtHKVd4  |
Posted By: AFlowerKingCrimson
Date Posted: September 25 2018 at 10:56
| Just go to avant/rio on here and you'll find a whole bunch of stuff including stuff by the residents, swans etc and although they are considered krautrock check out some early Can stuff. |
Posted By: Manuel
Date Posted: September 25 2018 at 15:20
| Try Charles Lloyd's "Wild Man Dance" for some very experimental, free jazz. I took me a while to dig into it, but once I did, it took my mind for a wild spin. |
Posted By: Mortte
Date Posted: September 25 2018 at 22:00
And because some "weird" stuff is mentioned, I just want to recommend Comus that has been my great pleasure about 1,5 years now,
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Polymorphia wrote:Posted By: Lewian
Date Posted: September 26 2018 at 05:41
It cannot be stressed enough that all Art Zoyd albums are great and some of the most experimental stuff is actually on later ones such as Metropolis and Champ des Larmes; they steered into contemporary experimental avantgarde more and more often with growing maturity. Otherwise my avatar-giving hero Holger Czukay (ex-Can) did some spectacular stuff on his solo albums although this is quite different from the things you have mentioned with much sampling and (re)mixing; try, e.g., Canaxis, Movies, Good Morning Story, Clash, Linear City, New Millenium. Another groundbreaking album regarding the use of samples is Eno and Byrne's "My Life in the Bush of Ghosts". Not sure how much you are into meditative electronic but Tangerine Dream's Zeit is a timeless classic and some of their early work is pretty experimental. Some more experimental non prog-mainstream things come from This Heat/Charles Hayward, Throbbing Gristle, Zoviet France. Fred Frith (ex-Henry Cow) has a number of solo albums worth checking; Helter Skelter and Steps Across the Border are awesome. David Sylvian (ex-Japan) has also moved more and more in an experimental direction in later years. |
Posted By: octopus-4
Date Posted: September 27 2018 at 05:55
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Any Zeuhl? ------------- 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: ProgBlob
Date Posted: October 01 2018 at 16:11
| Thanks everyone who responded, wow! Found a lot of interesting music. Though i am already a Tool and Talk Talk fan, those bands are great recommendations. I must say, i discovered Thinking Plague and that has been my greatest success so far. Highly recommended, if anyone knows anything similar to that, shoot! |
Posted By: Mellotron Storm
Date Posted: October 01 2018 at 18:07
Art Bears are pretty cool, maybe 5UU's, Ahvak, U Totem, Present. ------------- "The wind is slowly tearing her apart" "Sad Rain" ANEKDOTEN |
Posted By: Mortte
Date Posted: October 01 2018 at 23:56
| One that hasnīt mentioned here yet, not commonly conneceted to prog, but really great and if you like Captain Beefheart, itīs must, is the Red Krayola. You can start for example albums "Soldier-Talk" & "Black Snakes". |
Posted By: Shrek the Progre
Date Posted: October 02 2018 at 11:51
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May I suggest some works from the latest years. Poil - Brossaklit and Bubblemath - Edit Peptide have some of the most creative tracks I've seen from this decade. As an IDM fan I shall suggest Igorrr - Hallelujah and Squarepusher - Hard Normal Daddy aswell. And since I came across Brossaklit from this http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=116309" rel="nofollow - thread why not suggest Guerilla Toss' homonymous album, which is weird as f**k and I still need to relisten to. Edit: Had a listen to Charles Lloyd and remembered of Medeski, Martin and Wood. Friday Afternoon in the Universe was a great album of theirs
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Posted By: Lewian
Date Posted: October 02 2018 at 19:41
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Caution Radiation Area by Area and Sulle Corde di Aires by Franco Battiato are mind-boggling stuff from Italy in the seventies; Battiato has pretty crazy other material around that period; and Area has some more that is worth checking out too.
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Posted By: BaldJean
Date Posted: October 03 2018 at 15:55
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how about The Residents? -------------  A shot of me as High Priestess of Gaia during our fall festival. Ceterum censeo principiis obsta |
Posted By: TCat
Date Posted: December 01 2018 at 14:13
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Something else you might be interested in is one I reviewed a few days ago, the band name is Botch and the album "An Anthology of Dead Ends" has that brutal loudness that you hear in some Kayo Dot and Maudlin albums, except maybe a little more prehistoric sounding. Also, have you tried "Tartar Lamb"? That is one of Toby Driver's projects. ------------- https://ibb.co/8x0xjR0" rel="nofollow"> |
Posted By: Catcher10
Date Posted: December 01 2018 at 14:54
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Isn't prog rock experimental anyways? The suggestions are perfect but I would ask experimental based on what other alternative? Holy krapp...I may have just typed a moshkito post....LOL -------------   
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