Is Latin-America becoming the new prog leader?

erik neuteboom wrote: Atkingani, so many Latin-American progheads here on Prog Archives, I cannot imagine that I, as a Dutch proghead, am one of the few who is able to purchase DVD's from Quaterna Requiem and Tarkus  ....?

Atkingani, so many Latin-American progheads here on Prog Archives, I cannot imagine that I, as a Dutch proghead, am one of the few who is able to purchase DVD's from Quaterna Requiem and Tarkus  ....?

Edited by erik neuteboom - September 22 2007 at 18:45

I must agree that my neighbors are excellig at prog at the moment. But there is also a true tresure awayting in the discovery of the bands of the past.

Anyway, starving or not, Chilean Band CONGRESO and Peruvian band FRÁGIL are really good suggestions.

Good to see so many people posting here... I agree with all the comments, excelent music all way around South America.

I will add few bands with recent works, among others not yet mentioned:

- Leusemia, from Peru. I received the excelent cd Hospicios as a gift from my good friend Cesar Inca in a visit to Lima and it really surprised me. Is a masterpiece.

- Tavo Castillo, excelent senior flautist, keyboardist and guitarist (formerly with peruvian band Frágil) released an interesting solo cd called Ensueños, good for relaxing mood times.

- Eclipse, Brazilian prog band that had the track "Give It Back" included in the Gentle Giant tribute album Giant Tracks. Their cd Jumping From Springboards was considered the best Brazilian prog cd in 2003 by local prog site "Rock Progressivo Brasil".

I also reinforce the impressions about Exsimio, from Chile, excelent band that I had the chance to see live in Brazil (2006) in a tour with the also good band Flor de Loto from Peru...

And for those who appreciate heavier sounds, the Heavy Metal scene is also very strong presently in South America, specially in Brazil and deserves a closer look...

I'm still perfectly fine with exploring South American prog from the 1970s. Mind-blowing stuff, I'd say. Crucis, La Maquina de Hacer Pajaros, Wara... great stuff.

erik neuteboom wrote: I am very glad with the good words about overlooked Chilean band Angulart because they have a very adventurous and compelling sound with inspired vocals and lots of great musical ideas  I will contact their manager how about Angulart at this moment, I was told by him that their singer left last year.

erik neuteboom wrote: You are right El Bothy, shameless self thread promotion last night , I couldn't resist the temptation when I noticed how many threads I started in the past in the Prog Music Lounge  I will not repeat it, it remains an one-shot joke!   About Perpetuum Karma by Nexus, Memowakeman, it will grow with every listening session. Nonetheless, I notice that the one symphomaniac is absolutely delighted about this album and the other proghead is a bit bored about it so it seems to evoke quite mixed feelings.

I count myself with the last ones, I really dont understand all the excitment for this album. I find every song too long for its own sake, except the last one. Personally I also find it a bit too derivated from ELP and others, and there seems to be a lack of originality. Its a 3 star album for me, as I think I put it quite clearly in my review (which you are all more than welcomed to check out).


ah, and erik... we have all done it