Ambient progressive

Wow lordy...REALLY liked Whimwise (and never heard of 'em)

At the risk of sounding shallow and lecherous, apart from the jazzy/chamber instrumentation and classical bent of the music they do just happen to have some stunningly attractive female members methinks

I'd agree with such a category too; I was indeed looking for one recently. Also think about Ayreon's Dream Sequencer. Clearly ambiant-oriented.

Might Could - 100% acoustic without any traces of folk and lacking in distinct mainstream tinges. It doesn't fit, basically - crossover would arguable be the closest.

As for the misgivings on the inclusive stance of this site that's due to big name additions first and foremost. We could literally add a thousand unknown or obscure acts on the very fringes of prog to the database without hardly getting any reactions at all - although some would probably voice the opinion that we're watering out the site with the additions of many unknown acts that never made it or never will make it, obscuring from sight the artists really worth noting ;-)

Take a look at the artists covered for the last couple of years on dprp, prog ears and progressor, and you'll soon see quite a few acts not here, many not evaluated ;-)

That's the way it is when a site becomes as large as this one. We have many members, quite a few of which are highly skilled at crying wolf whenever they see something they don't like. And a highly democratic manner of adding artists. All of which ensures that additions take time, and that controversial stances (most often) won't be made until several strong voices calls for them to be made in unison *s*

Point is that a band like Might Could, as this site works today, will be kept out. And if I look around at the major websites covering prog, I don't think I would have a problem finding several hundred artists (mostly obscure ones) by and large regarded as prog elsewhere that have been rejected here or, in the case of Might Could, been sent to oblivion as far as additions are concerned for not fitting in.

As there isn't a flurry of answers here I guess there isn't a need as such. But topic has been aired, and thoughts shared. Which was the point of this one in the first place :-)

My personal view is that if these artists are actualy prog, we will already have a suitable genre for them. Progressive Electronic prog, Avant prog, or even Eclectic prog/Crrossover prog all seem likely places, perhaps even Symphonic.

I'm confused.

Are you just talking ambient artists? I find it really hard to discern between "progressive ambient" or just "ambient" Ambient's ambient.