Unconventional Prog Combos
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Topic: Unconventional Prog Combos
Posted By: The Minstrel
Subject: Unconventional Prog Combos
Date Posted: July 19 2005 at 12:12
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I was thinking about all the prog that ever existed. Folk Prog and Fusion are two popular sub-genres of prog, but I was wondering if there were any less obvious types of prog styles. Prog Rap? Prog Country? Prog Disco? Feel free to add any to any non-popularized genre. |
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Posted By: King of Loss
Date Posted: July 19 2005 at 12:13
| Prog Punk is something like the Cardiacs, extremely weird and f**ked up.... Except the music isn't, but just thinking about makes it sound extremely weird and f**ked up... |
Posted By: Humanizzimo
Date Posted: July 19 2005 at 12:14
Humm...i dont know... I never stopped to think about it... ------------- 
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Posted By: BaldJean
Date Posted: July 19 2005 at 12:17
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Inner City Unit were a good example of Prog Punk, especially their albums "Pass Out", "The President Tapes" and "Punkadelic" -------------  A shot of me as High Priestess of Gaia during our fall festival. Ceterum censeo principiis obsta |
Posted By: Poxx
Date Posted: July 19 2005 at 12:46
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The track 'Mausoleum Door' by Buckethead is instrumental prog hip-hop. An excellent compostion. |
Posted By: abyssyinfinity
Date Posted: July 19 2005 at 12:55
| Prog trash black death metal by Mekong Delta or Nocturnus |
Posted By: philippe
Date Posted: July 19 2005 at 13:00
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Neondian (1984): garage (sometimes punk) prog rock by Klaus Dinger (ex member of NEU!). A dynamic mixture of ferocious and unconventional keyboard / guitars sounds! ------------- 
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Posted By: Logos
Date Posted: July 19 2005 at 13:05
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Progressive Ambient Trance/techno, Shpongle - Are you Shpongled?
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Posted By: bertburt
Date Posted: July 19 2005 at 13:23
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Prog Country....hmmmm....now that would sound interesting.
I'd be really interested to hear a band doing that. Sting has a tune called 'Love is Stronger Than Justice' that is essentially a country tune with verses in 7/4 time, and it seems to complement the song. I'm not saying this is a prog-style tune, but it shows that quirky alterations (such as non-standard time signatures) can add a different slant to a musical genre, and perhaps for the better. So if anyone knows of any Country Prog bands out there, I'd love to give them a listen.... |
Posted By: maani
Date Posted: July 19 2005 at 14:03
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I believe there are two quasi-prog combinations that should be noted. One is a combination of what is often called "trance-beat" music, with prog elements. Perhaps the best example of this is a group called Babble, which put out two albums, The Stone and Ether. The latter is, to my mind, as "progressive" as much of what exists on the site, and has been in almost constant rotation on my CD player for over 5 years. The second is a combination of "world beat" music, with prog elements. For anyone familiar with the Buddha Bar series, there are quite a few examples on those albums. In both, the prog elements tend to include electronica, non-standard instrumentation, use of atmospheres, textures and sound effects, and occasional extended instrumental passages. It is rare to find non-standard time signatures, though there are a few examples. There is also at least one example of Christian rock with prog elements, on an album called "Supernatural" by DC Talk. The song "Dive" in particular sounds like something from Magical Mystery Tour or Yellow Submarine, which many consider to be near-prog albums. Peace. |
Posted By: Moribund
Date Posted: July 19 2005 at 14:35
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Anyone dig Squarepusher? What's that all about then... ------------- New Progressive Rock Live show now touring UK theatres! www.masterpiecestheconcert.co.uk |
Posted By: The Hemulen
Date Posted: July 19 2005 at 14:42
Cracking album! Like Ozrics minus the rock! Alamaailman Vasarat should be mentioned for creating music that sounds at once ethnic and "traditional" but also heavy and modern. No idea what genres they combine though. Here & Now - Progressive space punk. Hamster Theatre - RIO meets circus music and folk. Mr Bungle often blend genres with wild abandon. For those curious as to how arabian techno music might sound then check out their song "Desert Search For Techno Allah". |
Logos wrote:Posted By: omri
Date Posted: July 19 2005 at 15:20
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I'll suggest Winter consort as ambient prog. does anyone her knows them ? ------------- omri |
Posted By: stonebeard
Date Posted: July 19 2005 at 15:28
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Train of Thought has some good prog-rap on it. 
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Posted By: The Hemulen
Date Posted: July 19 2005 at 17:30
*vomits* |
Posted By: NetsNJFan
Date Posted: July 19 2005 at 21:22
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^ trouserpress your sig is huge and I agree with the *vomiting* ------------- 
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Posted By: stonebeard
Date Posted: July 19 2005 at 21:24
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^^^^ what? you guy don't think Labrie is a good a rapper as Snoop Dogg? ------------- http://soundcloud.com/drewagler" rel="nofollow - My soundcloud. Please give feedback if you want! |
Posted By: Logos
Date Posted: July 20 2005 at 02:52
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Dunno but he IS better than Snow Dog ! |
Posted By: coffeeintheface
Date Posted: May 01 2006 at 22:06
hahah. Seriously, his rapping in "Honor Thy Father" sounds like Kid Rock, especially with that vocal effect it has at that part. Still, that was a pretty good song. ------------- OBQM: www.soundcloud.com/onebigquestionmark (solo project) nQuixote: www.soundcloud.com/n-quixote (ambient + various musical ideas) |
Posted By: zappaholic
Date Posted: May 01 2006 at 22:31
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Captain Beyond are the only progressive southern-rock band that I know of.....
------------- "Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard." -- H.L. Mencken |
Posted By: Rapataz
Date Posted: May 02 2006 at 11:01
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A Friend of mine listens to a genre of Techno called Goa-Trance It does have the typical Techno Beat but there are Compositions and sounds on it...wow
Progressive Hip Hop: Dj Shadow maybe ------------- www.myspace.com/rasayanaband |
Posted By: laplace
Date Posted: May 02 2006 at 14:20
| Zebulon Pike play some very interesting progressive instrumental stoner rock. kind of an obscure band, aren't you glad I told you? ;) |
Posted By: Mr. Krinkle
Date Posted: May 02 2006 at 14:25
| what about prog - reggae?? have anyone hear something that can be described as that?? There is a band here in Peru called Bareto, that mix reggae with some kind of traditional music and with jazzy elements, but i dont know if they can be called proggressive, it is good stuff though. Another peruvian band, Cimarrones, that plays progressive folk (afro peruvian folk) has couple reggae songs, but not with much prog elements. so... prog - reggae anyone?? |
Posted By: Dr. Occulator
Date Posted: May 02 2006 at 15:02
Wilco have a strong prog ethic in the way they write and arrange their material. It's great stuff. More like country-rock with prog sensibilities. ------------- My Doc Told Me I Have Doggie Head. |
Posted By: The Owl
Date Posted: May 02 2006 at 15:49
The closest I've ever heard to that is New Hampshire's "Dreadnaught"
http://www.dreadnaughtrock.com - www.dreadnaughtrock.com ------------- People are puzzled why I don't dig the Stones, well, I listened to the Stones, I tried, and I tried, and I tried, and--I Can't Get No Satisfaction! www.myspace.com/theowlsmusic |
Posted By: The Owl
Date Posted: May 02 2006 at 15:54
How about GYPSY? ------------- People are puzzled why I don't dig the Stones, well, I listened to the Stones, I tried, and I tried, and I tried, and--I Can't Get No Satisfaction! www.myspace.com/theowlsmusic |
Posted By: GPFR
Date Posted: May 02 2006 at 16:05
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Progressive Yodeling?
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