Recent Prog Discoveries 2000-2021

More or less prog bands which I own at least one CD ( from your list)
All Traps on Earth               Symphonic Prog             Sweden                         2018
Anima Mundi                      Symphonic Prog             Cuba                         2002-2018
Dave Bainbridge                  Crossover Prog             United Kingdom            1998-2021
Birds & Buildings                  Eclectic Prog               United States               2008-2013
Cairo                                  Symphonic Prog            United States               1994-2001
Daal                                   Eclectic Prog                 Italy                           2009-2022
Deluge Grander                   Symphonic Prog            United States               2006-2020
Gazpacho                            Crossover Prog              Norway                      2003-2020
Glass Hammer                     Symphonic Prog            United States               1993-2022
Haken                                 Heavy Prog                  United Kingdom           2010-2020
Hidria Spacefolk                   Space Rock                   Finland                      2002-2012
Hypnos 69                           Space Rock                  Belgium                      2001-2010
Izz                                      Symphonic Prog           United States               1999-2019
Karmakanic                         Symphonic Prog             Sweden                      2002-2016
Kotebel                               Symphonic Prog             Spain                         1999-2017
Magic Pie                            Symphonic Prog             Norway                      2005-2019
Mystery                               Neo Prog                     Canada                      1996-2018
Nexus                                 Symphonic Prog            Argentina                    1999-2017
Phideaux                             Crossover Prog             United States               1992-2020
The Pineapple Thief              Crossover Prog             United Kingdom           1999-2022
Proto-Kaw                           Symphonic Prog            United States               2004-2011
Satellite                               Neo Prog                      Poland                      2003-2009
Simon Says                          Symphonic Prog            Sweden                      1995-2008
Taal                                    Eclectic Prog                 France                      2000-2003

When you listen to a novel record, your brain will automatically and unconsciously scan this brand-new record that you’re hearing. You’re assessing first and foremost, auditory scene analysis. Am I hearing music? The next thing you do, and this happens in a matter of milliseconds, is you scan the timbres. What’s the style of music? Is this an electronic record? Is this an orchestral record? Is it a Broadway record? Is it a jazz record? You scan the timbres and, in a few hundred milliseconds, you know the style—the sources, shall we say—of the instruments that are playing.

Then you can independently process the words. For most of us, that’s in our left hemisphere. You can move your spotlight of attention to the melody and the harmonies. Very nice. You can move your spotlight of attention up here to the somatosensory cortex and the motor cortex. You can ask yourself, how’s that groove going? Where do I feel the beats in this record? You can extract that rhythm from this record.

Simultaneously, you’re assessing the style of the record, the genuineness of the performances. And as you do all that, you’re looking for treats. You just need to find one. And if that treat is powerful enough, your brain, your auditory cortex will recognize, “Yep, that’s what I’m talking about. That’s my kind of record.”

It’s going to release some opiates initially and some dopamine from your dopaminergic system. And that dopaminergic reward system is going to swing back and tell the auditory cortex, “Yes, please. More of that.” What happens is, over time, our auditory cortex is shaped to be better and faster at recognizing our treats. Better and faster at recognizing rhythms we love, melodies we love, the harmonies, the chord changes we love. The lyrical ideas we love, the style we love, the sound. That’s what happens when you listen to a novel record.

Today, i "travel" to Netherlands (with Sky Architect). So here are my modern discoveries from this country:

Psychedelic Paul wrote: ^ Thanks for another great list. All of those Dutch bands are completely new to me (no surprise there), although the bandname Silhouette engenders a shadow of recognition.

Edited by PhideauxFan - November 28 2022 at 06:32

For those who enjoy a Canterbury scene vibe, I've just discovered Syd Arthur who I think are rather good!

^ The only band I've previously heard of on your list is Sylvan, who I once confused with "Ned" Sylvan, who it turns out is called "Nad" - not "Ned", so I was wrong on both counts. 

^ It looks like one of my Prog Britannia playlists. 

^ Thanks for another great list! I'll add those Polish bands to my Prague Archives blog, pronto, and hopefully, there won't be so many unpronounceable album titles this time around, but if there are, then I may need to polish up on my Polish. 

Two bands from the UK:
The Mighty Ra neo- prog
Ghost Of The Machines melodic progressive
The Blackheart Orchestra Prog rock