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Posted: January 26 2005 at 08:20

COMUS - First Utterance

arghafdlajflglglblblbghghghgh...YIKES!!!

...it is real...it is Rael...

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Posted: January 26 2005 at 07:59

Hi Folks

Not so much creepy but anyone heard Steel Mill 'Green Eyed God' album Fantastic

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Posted: January 26 2005 at 06:39

Henry Cow. Listen to "Runis" from Unrest to see what I mean.

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Posted: January 26 2005 at 06:37

VAN DER GRAAF GENERATOR, MAGMA

Creepy as HELL

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Posted: January 26 2005 at 05:28

Not really prog, but Dead Can Dance have done a few creepy songs.

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Posted: January 26 2005 at 05:13

I was going to mention Univers Zero but you beat me to it...Damn I don't have any other ideas.

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Posted: January 26 2005 at 05:03

70sSoundquality wrote:

I don't really buy the whole "Italian prog"
best,
John

Watch some of those Italian horror/gory crime movies for which The Goblin specialised in usually very effective creepy sound track music - not so sure if the CDs of the soundtracks Goblin wrote/played, are as effective - i.e. the pictures help significantly. Morte Macabre, the hybrid formed from the Mellotron-playing parts of two Swedish bands ( Landberk and Anekdoten), effectively recorded a tribute to the likes of Goblin, with their album Symphonic Holocaust - that has some creepy/eerie moments.

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Posted: January 26 2005 at 04:44

I think i finally figured it out. I like music that is WEIRD WEIRD WEIRD.

I like progressive rock that is dissonant, creepy, haunted sounding, and above all, interchangeable.
I have found that my latest favorite sounds to hear for this "creepy" sounding prog go like this.

-Pulsar- "The strands of the future", 1976

-Pulsar- "Haloween", 1977

-Ave Rock- "Espacios", 1977

-Universe Zero- "Heresie", 1979

-Gong- "Gong live, etc", 1977

-ArachnoÏd- "ArachnoÏd", 1978

-FM- "Headroom, direct to disc", 1978

-Mona Lisa- "Avant qu'il ne soit trop tard", 1978

I cant think of any other creepy sounding albums at the moment? I just want weird ass sounding reverbs, weird chords, weird synths, weird effects, etc. I'm not just romantic over the sentiment- I definitely want compositional prowess. Any other bands fit in this "creepy trip" prog category? I don't really buy the whole "itiallian prog" or "krautrock" labels. I think they are bullsh*t. SO far I have devided my music down into feelings (creepy, romantic, pretty), and styles (jazzy, bluesy,classical, funky, rocking). My favorite combo is creepy prog with jazzy elements (like gong, or arachnoid). Please add to this incomplete list

best,
John