Progressive Genre Aficionados?

[AnotherTribe]

Wondering if there are any Prog followers lurking the forum? I am always looking to expand my Progressive listening horizons, what is scrolling across your Squeezbox display today? This morning National Health is featuring heavily in my playlist, later on this could change to Opus or perhaps Medeski Martin & Wood. The Prog genre encompasses so many styles, never a dull moment. So, what new discoveries or "must listen" recommendations does anyone have to offer?

[gandt]

Though these days I like a lot of other stuff too. But i suspect there are a lot of fringe prog people around this board (possibly also prog people with fringes) - anyway Ill add a few goodies to the list some might be a little bit more krautrock inspired or psychish but anyway starting with a newish band

Broadcast - who sound almost exactly like...

The United States of America - who made one utterly extraordinary album before exploding into a mass of recriminations

Then Id add

Secret Machines - who sound like Neu! with Neil Young on vocals (wish id made that comparison up...)
Id also urge you to check out - since it sounds like you might like the intricate stuff - the following, all of whom seem to me to be in the continum between Soft Machine and Henry Cow -

5 uu's, Thinking Plague, Miriodor, The muffins

Even more obscurely if you like that lot but fancy a bit of added chamber=music-ness you could try Art Zoyd and Finnegans Wake



oops you got me started - I better go and have a lie down...



graham

[davidcotton]

A must see site for you is www.dprp.net A dutch based website written in english with regular updates and reviews updated once a week!

Bands currently playing at the mo :-

Magenta, Magnum, Mostly Autumn, Camel,Landmarq,Arena IQ.

Cheers...

[AnotherTribe]

gandt,

Thanks for the recommendations, I will certainly investigate further. I am familer with "The United States of America" so "Broadcast" should be a natural progression (pun intended).

You are correct, the intricate stuff (or "noise" as my friends and family refer) interests me no end. Currently I am getting my head around "The Mars Volta -Francis The Mute", an amazing piece of work but takes a few listens to get it.

Your other suggestions I am completely unfamiler with but since you mentioned "Soft Machine" the chances are you have opened up a whole new listening path for me to obsess over.

"Chamber Music-ness", now that has really raised my curiosity!

Thanks again for the input.

[snarlydwarf]

Well for "Chamber Music-ness" try "Sometimes God Smiles: a Young Person's Guide to Discipline, Vol II" -- a sampler of DGM (ie, Robert Fripp's label) musicians. Mr Mcfall's Chamber would fit the "Chamber Music-ness" tag well, and there's plenty of other stuff to listen to as well (from Crimson to CGTrio and Peter Hammill...).

Great sampler and usually pretty cheap at Amazon.

(Playing Sometimes God Hides, the first sampler at the moment, actually... which is also good, but no Mr Mcfall's Chamber on this one.)

[AnotherTribe]

davidcotton,

Thanks for the link, dprp.net is now bookmarked in my favorites and looks like it will involve a daily visit along with www.progarchives.com.

Another site I vist reguarly for purchasing CD's is cdbaby.com, great concept, independant music store with a great selection for progheads. Check out the search function, in particular "sounds like".

[radish]

I'm assuming you're meaning Progressive Rock here rather than Progressive House, seeing as I don't recognize any of the names you quoted :)

[Brian Ritchie]

Wondering if there are any Prog followers lurking the forum? I am always looking to expand my Progressive listening horizons, what is scrolling across your Squeezbox display today? [...]
Well, the SO was out for the day, so I was able to put on my "Prog - Eleven" playlist for several hours :-). That's mainly 70s stuff (Yes, Genesis, Gryphon, PFM, Crimson, ...) with a sprinkling of Anglagard, Kurt Rongey and the Flower Kings for the new(er) guard.


So, what new discoveries or "must listen" recommendations does anyone have to offer?
Just about the only new prog thing to appeal to me in the past couple of years is The Tangent's latest, A Place In The Queue, perhaps because it's largely an unashamed hark-back to days of yore. Oh, but how could I forget the Underground Railroad's The Origin Of Consciousness, which is a wealth of bizarre scurrying lines, chord-changes and time signatures?

I was over the moon recently to discover that (Polish band) SBB's early albums have been remastered (with bonus tracks). I never imagined I would ever hear them sounding so good! My favourite, by quite a long way, is Pamiec (SBB3); it has a unique other-worldliness about it.

-- Brian

[Philip Meyer]

>Currently I am getting my head
>around "The Mars Volta -Francis The Mute", an amazing piece of work but
>takes a few listens to get it.
I've been trying to get into this one too. I think I like it, but it's a bit strange!

Phil

[AnotherTribe]

Well for "Chamber Music-ness" try "Sometimes God Smiles: a Young Person's Guide to Discipline, Vol II" -- a sampler of DGM (ie, Robert Fripp's label) musicians. Mr Mcfall's Chamber would fit the "Chamber Music-ness" tag well, and there's plenty of other stuff to listen to as well (from Crimson to CGTrio and Peter Hammill...).

I have to admit that listening to KC has never made me think "Chamber Music" but then again, not knowing the exact definition makes for an uneducated comparision. After a trip to wikipedia.org though I can see how, the album "LTIA" immediatley sprung to mind as I read the description.

(Having just re-read snarlydwarf's post it appears that he was not necessarily saying thay KC fits the "Chamber Music-ness" tag, merely that they feature on the sampler.)

dgmlive.com gets a portion of my paycheck on a regualr basis so I will check out your recommendation of the samplers, in particular Mr McFall's Chamber.

[snarlydwarf]

No, didn't mean KC for Chamberness... Mr McFall's is though... or perhaps the Robert Fripp String Quintet or California Guitar Trio.

http://www.hi-arts.co.uk/mar04_feature4.htm is an article about Mr Mcfall's. I have a cd of theirs in the mail...

[AnotherTribe]

>Currently I am getting my head
>around "The Mars Volta -Francis The Mute", an amazing piece of work but
>takes a few listens to get it.
I've been trying to get into this one too. I think I like it, but it's a bit strange!

Phil

After my first listen I was impressed but not blown away. For my second attempt I listened through headphones (watch the volume!), definitely enforced my original impressions. This album needs to be listened to carefully, I am sold.

BTW, according to the liner notes Flea (Red Hot Chili Peppers) plays a few of the trumpet solos on this album. Found that interesting, not sure why!

[AnotherTribe]

I'm assuming you're meaning Progressive Rock here rather than Progressive House, seeing as I don't recognize any of the names you quoted :)

I have a "Zombie Nation" CD floating around somewhere, does that count? :-)

[radish]

I have a "Zombie Nation" CD floating around somewhere, does that count? :-)

Only if Bryan Adams counts on your side ;)

[opaqueice]

A resource I find useful is rateyourmusic.com. Point being, you can look up a band you like and see what it says are similar artists. If I recall correctly, The Mars Volta is very well liked over there. Also the reviews quite often point you somewhere else.

Then off to allofmp3.com to listen to a sample, if they have it. All together, a fun way to spend lots and lots of time...

[AnotherTribe]

Only if Bryan Adams counts on your side ;)

Ouch! Guess I left myself wide open for that one!

[cliveb]

Wondering if there are any Prog followers lurking the forum? I am always looking to expand my Progressive listening horizons, what is scrolling across your Squeezbox display today? This morning National Health is featuring heavily in my playlist, later on this could change to Opus or perhaps Medeski Martin & Wood. The Prog genre encompasses so many styles, never a dull moment. So, what new discoveries or "must listen" recommendations does anyone have to offer?
I notice that most of this thread has focused on the more bizarre end of prog (which I have to admit not liking). If you're also into the classic pomp-prog stuff like Yes/ELP/etc, then check out Glass Hammer. I reckon their two best albums are Chronomotree and Lex Rex, after that they started getting just a bit too grandiose and long-winded.

Also, since you like National Health, if you haven't already got it try to hear Pip Pyle's "Seven Year Itch" - I think it's the best melodic Canterbury album since "Of Queues and Cures". Richard Sinclair's "RSVP" has some really nice stuff on it, too.

[davidcotton]

[QUOTE=cliveb]I notice that most of this thread has focused on the more bizarre end of prog (which I have to admit not liking). If you're also into the classic pomp-prog stuff like Yes/ELP/etc, then check out Glass Hammer. I reckon their two best albums are Chronomotree and Lex Rex, after that they started getting just a bit too grandiose and long-winded.

QUOTE]


Oh I don't know, I think that Shadowlands is quite good as well. Don't really think too much of the last one though to be honest. Someone really ought to have told them "less is more" and have one really top notch single album.

[Pale Blue Ego]

My progishness is deeply rooted in the 70s.

Yes
ELP
UK
FM
ELO
Tull
Parsons
Heep
Floyd
Kansas

[Morbius]

Wondering if there are any Prog followers lurking the forum? I am always looking to expand my Progressive listening horizons, what is scrolling across your Squeezbox display today? This morning National Health is featuring heavily in my playlist, later on this could change to Opus or perhaps Medeski Martin & Wood. The Prog genre encompasses so many styles, never a dull moment. So, what new discoveries or "must listen" recommendations does anyone have to offer?


I love my prog :-)
If you are listenining to "National Health" I assume you already have "Hatfield and the North", "Egg", "Khan", "Caravan", "Camel" and all those other lovely Canterbury bands...

[Mike Meyer]

Just wanted to recommend the MOROW radio station (via SHOUTcast on the SB) for those of you that listen to Progressive Rock/Metal. They play a mixture of the 70's (Yes, Genesis, Rush) and the heavier stuff (Dream Theater, Shadow Gallery, Pain of Salvation).

I admit I haven't heard of most the groups listed in this thread. I think that's because the Progressive genre has so many sub-genres. The progarchives.com website is great because they list alot of the sub-genres and you can check out the top rated CD's for each one. It's introduced me to alot of new music.