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    Posted: May 15 2007 at 03:00
Some of you might know the website cdbaby.com ... in the next few weeks I'll post some recommendations of albums which are available on that website.

NOTE: Instead of most other online cd shops cdbaby.com offers extensive high quality samples ... simply click the "play all files" button in the left sidebar of the album pages ... that's one of the reasons why I chose to create a thread about this particular shop: You can listen to my recommendations. The other reason is that cdbaby.com is a really fair company in regard to the artists ... at least I have heard nothing but good things about them.Big%20smile

You can also have a look at a dynamic chart of cdbaby albums on my website: http://progtology.com/home/charts.xhtml?chart.source=cdbaby (currently that list is not very long, but it will grow and then the filter options of the chart will come in handy)





Let me begin with this album:

Beyond Twilight - For the Love of Art and the Making (2006)
Brilliant "prog metal for people who don't like prog metal".Smile


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Points: 21162 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 15 2007 at 03:27
Another one:

Panzerballett - Panzerballett (2006)
also quite heavy, but rooted more in the Fusion domain.

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Another nice and underrated/underknown prog metal band:

Suspyre - A Great Divide (2007)


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Points: 27802 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 15 2007 at 09:13
I am going to sticky this if that's allright with you Mike.


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^ Thanks!Cool

Now for some retro prog:

Anglagard - Hybris (1992)
Anglagard - Epilog (1994, re-released 2003)

Hybris seems to be permanently out of stock - but you can still listen to the samples.Smile


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Here's a really interesting rock/fusion album:

Bryan Beller - View (2003)

For those who don't know Bryan Beller: He's best known as the bassist of Beer for Dolphins and the Mike Keneally Band.Big%20smile


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wow, I thought this site was pretty obscureLOL its where I got Ocean Machine: Biomech from, and I must say, their delivery was quite timely and the CD was well priced *ends advertisin*


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^ it is pretty obscure ... you can tell by the rate of responses to this thread.LOL
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Originally posted by MikeEnRegalia MikeEnRegalia wrote:

^ it is pretty obscure ... you can tell by the rate of responses to this thread.LOL




well, I can say I'm a fanBig%20smile I wonder what other albums they have on that site, methinks I may be shopping there more in the future


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cdbaby is amazing.  You can get somewhat well-known bands, as well as the most obscure stuff possible.

My roommate recorded an album in his apartment studio last summer, and it is available at cdbaby.

http://cdbaby.com/cd/adamlaw

Not entirely prog, but check it out if you like Satriani-style guitar stuff.
http://www.myspace.com/altaic
ALTAIC

"Oceans Down You'll Lie"
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^ Listening to it now ... sounds very nice, really much like Satriani. A bit like Engines of Creation, only calmer.Thumbs%20Up
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come on ppl check out The Observatory........these guys can take on Porcupine Tree and Radiohead anyday ..........their latest album A Far Cry From Here is a serious progressive masterpiece i swear!!!!

http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/observatory3
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^ very nice!Smile
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Points: 1354 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 25 2007 at 03:06
yeah hahaha just born and located in the wrong place..........but its still a gd time to be doin great music tks to the power of PA and all these online facilities!
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Well, speaking of bands on CD Baby who sound like Porcupine Tree and Radiohead, I'd check out Ambo.  One of the two guys in the group composed the soundtrack to the computer games Myst and Riven.  Also has a slight country coloration to it.

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Time for another recommendation:



An entire Mozart Symphony played by a Jazz trio (piano, bass, drums).Clap
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Just bought the following from CDBaby:

Afenginn - Retrograd
Afenginn - Akrobakkus
Invert - Invert
Invert - Between the Seconds
Invert - The Strange Parade

Not cheap, but not expensive.

Oh another album you can get from there is:

Astrid Proll - Astrid Proll (but I got my copy direct from Noisex Records).

I also like the fact I can use PayPal on there, it saves all the hassle with debit cards.


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Haha, this thread's gonna make me go broke. I don't know whether to Cry or Big%20smile

I recently found out about this fine website, my first order of 5 CDs came about a week ago. Here's some stuff to check out:

Skywhale - World at Mind's End (remastered in 2006)
http://cdbaby.com/cd/skywhale
I can't get over how good this album is. Loving every one of the tracks a lot. Their description of "eclectic,soaring,melodic,progressive,jazz rock fusion" works well. Unfortunately the samples don't do it much justice, but still definitely worth a try.

Deluge Grander - August in the Urals (2006)
http://cdbaby.com/cd/delugegrander
Fine album from members of the fusion band Cerebus Effect (whose three releases you can also get from CDbaby). Fusion-esque symphonic rock. Check out the reviews here.

Echolyn - As the World (1995, 2005 release)
http://cdbaby.com/cd/echolyn8
Great album from Gentle Giant inspired symphonic prog group Echolyn. Check out their other albums on CDbaby especially Suffocating the Bloom (which I've yet to hear myself) and Mei.

Black Bonzo - Lady of the Light (2004)
http://cdbaby.com/cd/blackbonzo
Nice hard rocking retro-prog. I've been told it is similar to Heep, though I've yet to hear a Heep song so I couldn't verify that. I've been listening to it this week and I quite like it.

I'll be making another order of 5 soon. Certainly I'll be getting the Astrid Proll album, if Chamberry and Geck0 recommend it then I'm sure it'll be good. I'll also be trying to complete my Echolyn collection as well as checking out the recommendations here now. Thanks for the thread, Mike.
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Nice one, Speesh!  It's not quite a 5/5, but it's at least a 4, almost 4.5 for me, so I hope that doesn't put you off!

Astrid Proll will just get better I believe.  I'm greatly looking forward to their next album.
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Haha an almost 4.5 makes me want it much more now in fact Tongue. The two reviews make it all the more interesting as well.
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