Your fave "avantgardish" Progressive Rock albums?

One of my fav albums of all time is MDK by Magma. It is THE perfect zeuhl and avant garde prog rock record for me.

Grumpyprogfan wrote: David_D wrote: Actually, at this point of time only a few albums on my list are still some challenge for me to listen to. Have your musical tastes changed or have you acclimated to what was once challenging music to you?

Can • Tago Mago

mathman0806 wrote: edefakiel wrote: Sometimes, when I'm enjoying something like this https://horselords.bandcamp.com/album/comradely-objects-2 I have a minimental breakdown and think "what the heck am I doing with my life?".  I have not yet listened to new one. But enjoyed their previous one, The Common Task. Some good 'avantgardish' stuff.

Great album.

The term Avant-garde during the 20th century often presented within it..a style of writing which was often created through the usage of tri tones . Some tri tone interval passages are distant or rather..played quietly ..producing an eerie affect. A good example is on George Crumb Black Angels.

This particular style of writing made its path through Electronic Music of the 60s with Wendy Carlos, Beaver And Krause, Mort Garson, Ruth White and in some articles covering that part of Electronic Music history...these individuals were said to have been occultists. Aside from what music journalists printed in publication back then ...which stares you in the eye on the internet today..the most logical reasoning being that the music was inspired by either following the left hand path or just merely having a fringe interest in the underworld.

A lot of ideas in RIO derive from Bella Bartok just as it occurred with King Crimson in 73' and earlier in 1970 with Holst. . The darker sections of Univers Zero and Art Zoyd music create suspense and are theatrical sounding to degrees. It is very conceivable that a number of musicians writing this style have had dark experiences in their life as opposed to being a so called believer in the supernatural. The most horrific nightmare could inspire a musician to hear a dark melody. Whether your listening to Patricia Dallio or Rational Diet...it's a mixture of individuals influenced by a personal experience or their surroundings.



Edited by Jacob Schoolcraft - November 17 2022 at 19:20

Very few prog artists considered to be avant-garde achieved any commercial output for their music.  The most uncompromising band of them all - Henry Cow - had been more or less dumped by their label, Virgin, by 1976.  However, the question asks for our favourites so from Henry Cow it could be any of their albums.  Their 'companions', Faust, also worked in this area - The Faust Tapes is wonderful.  Later in the 70s, we got Univers Zero and other RIO/Zeuhl artists but by the 80s, the avant garde had almost disappeared....