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Points: 16 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 06 2008 at 22:51
you don't want to give that krautrock stuff away do ya? Big smile Haven't delved into that yet...save that for another year I guess!LOL
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I'll have to go with, in terms of pure "holy crap, what is this?!?"
 
Jeff Wayne's moronic rock opera,
Gryphon
Brian Eno
 
I also "caught up" with some bands that I'd been meaning to catch up with (V der G, Genesis, Yes, Decemberists, Radiohead).
 
OH! And, I went through a brief, not terribly profitable, Krautrock period. Now I have some spare Amon Duull II, Can and Kraftwerk lying around.


Edited by The Whistler - December 06 2008 at 21:53
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For me the first bit of the year was really starting to get into(already knew of)
-MARILLION
-CAMEL
-DEVIN TOWNSEND
-PORCUPINE TREE
-OPETH
-ISIS
-MARS VOLTA
-KINGS OF LEON (I realize it's not prog)
-CATS STEVENS (I realize it's not prog)

This years discoveries
KATE BUSH  just like the buddy with the first post, I don;t love her stuff, as much as I'm in love with her and all of stuff!
BETWEEN THE BURIED AND ME just getting into it in the last week!
GOJIRA not sure if you call it prog or not but wow, just like Kate would say!
AYREON the albums are like epic movies!
GRYPHON!
MOGWAI
GSYBE
CURVED AIR
MELVINS (I realize it's not prog)
DEFTONES (I realize it's not prog)
ALL SHALL PERISH (I realize it's not prog and it's deathcore and lots of people hate the genre it seems?!)
AESOP ROCK (I realize it's not prog and it's hip hop. Sorta prog hip hop)

I'm a little new to prog... 4 years since discovering the original classics!
Anyways this year I think, may have been my biggest since then!
Awesome thread by the way!Clap
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Too many to list honestly, and the year isn't over yet :|
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For me I think is VDGG... I had an idea before, but Godbluff blew me away...
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After seeing Charles Hayward on stage this last summer, I'm about to have the complete discography of This Heat. I also started to listen to Univers Zéro, After Dinner (since last weekend! Gorgeous!) and Henry Cow (even if I'm still having hard times to get into their music).
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Terry Reid's 1967-1972 output
Nat King Cole and  Les Paul, Jazz At The Philharmonic recorded live in 1944, and musically has many of  the signs of being a tap root for jazz rock fusion. The raporte and virtuosity of Cole and Paul duoing and "battling" piano v electric guitar on The Blues Part 2, are astonishing and hilarious simultaneously - Yes Frank, There Is Humo(u)r In Music.
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For me it has to be a few bands, most from the Extreme Prog Metal genre:

Meshuggah
Death
Cynic
Protest The Hero
BTBAM
Atheist
Voivod
Psychotic Waltz
Edge Of Sanity

Some others from different genres:

Mostly Autumn
Univers Zero
Rosetta
Isis
Porcupine Tree
Pat Metheny Group
Omar Rodriguez-Lopez (solo)

Yes, this year has been a great year for me as far as discovery goes. My love for other bands such as Opeth and Mars Volta has grown considerably as well, both of the mentioned being two of my favourites.
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Prog-wise my discoveries of 2008 have been very low Unhappy. Although I have bought a fair few CDs this year most of my prog have been extending my collection of earlier discoveries or getting latest releases. New prog bands/artists are
 
Willowglass.  That's it really, though if I was to clutch at straws I could add to the list
 
Caamora
Rick Wright
Ambeon
Lunatic Soul
 
But these are solo projects of bandmembers I have had for a while.
 
I have on order Neuschwanstein - Battlement but I haven't heard this yet.
 
Most of my discoveries in 2008 can be loosely grouped into the gothic metal genre, primarily female fronted. These follow my earlier discoveries of Nightwish and Within Temptation and include
 
Bloodflowerz
Delight (Poland)
Edenbridge
Elis
Evanescense
Eyes of Eden
Flowing Tears
Lacrimosa
Lacuna Coil
QNTAL
Theatre of Tragedy
Visions of Atlantis
Xandria
 
Yes I do keep a database of my purchases. What a Geek.
 
Anyway. This year I seem to average about two CDs a week. Does this figure seem less than a straight 94? Of which I'd say about half a dozen were disappointing, so that can't be bad eh?Smile
 
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Already knew Zappa but didn't like his work previously. Now I love the following: Roxy & Elsewhere, Zappa in New York, Hot Rats, The Grand Wazoo and Waka Jawaka. Already liked before Over-Nite Sensation, Zoot Allures, Apostrophe, Joe's Garage, Sheik Yerbouti and One Size Fits All.

Also The Flower Kings was one of my great discoverements. Space Revolver is one of my all-time faves now.
The Tangent and Transatlantic are other very interesting discoveries and the brand new discovery of Dream Theater(Images & Words and Octavarium)
Of course others from begining of the year, Eloy, Camel, Triumvirat, Genesis(started to like them and finally love them), Marillion, Pendragon, and quite a bunch of others.
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Originally posted by Visitor13 Visitor13 wrote:


Sweet list! Wait, so there's an Oregon album with a sitar maestro? My head is spinning...


Thanks!

And ops! I meant sarod. Vasant Rai's main instrument is sarod (he also plays acoustic guitar, flute, tamboura). My mistake. But that doesn't make those two albums any less brilliant. 
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Originally posted by Rocktopus Rocktopus wrote:

Of this years finds I've probably played these three the most:

1. Kayo Dot (gave them a second chance, and it clicked with their their latest album. Love all three releases by now)
2. Alice Coltrane (Flawless discography)
3. Don Cherry (Solo, with Codona, Old And New Dreams and as a sideman for Orentte Coleman) 

Among many interesting finds in this field, two avantgarde composers sticks out:

Giacinto Scelsi (forgotten genious)
Kaija Saariaho (still alive)

And...

Elephant9 (Dodovoodoo is the debutalbum of the year! They're even better live)
Nico Fidenco (Black Emanuelle soundracks are all stunning)
Mal Waldron (jazzpianist who peaked in his forties)
Dr. John (Mostly for for Gris-Gris)
Aranis (always nice with new belgian chamberprog)

Known about these six bands/artists for years even had an album or two by some of them (obviously the wrong ones)

Jan Garbarek (fantastic up to 73, dead boring after)
Terje Rypdal (68-75 especially)
Oregon (Even better when they are backing sitarmaestro Vasant Rai)
Wayne Shorter (especially 69-70)
Weather Report (the early Miroslav Vitous years)
John Zorn (not so much for the progrelated stuff)

Finally the greatest guitarist ever: Sonny Sharrock! (but maybe that was last year)


Sweet list! Wait, so there's an Oregon album with a sitar maestro? My head is spinning...
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Points: 59 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 06 2008 at 12:31
I'm still a little unsure about buying music via the internet that I haven't heard, or maybe it's just that I like holding the cd in my hands before I buy it.  The demise of good bricks-and-mortar stores just sucks.  I made a lot of great discoveries and spent a crapload of money with the vendors at the 3 Rivers Prog Fest.  I've gotten the most bang for my buck out of:
 
1. Flower Kings (don't know why I never checked them out before)
2. Persephone's Dream
3. The Watch
4. Galahad
5. Izz
6. Panic Room
 
 
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the animal collective
magma
can
radiohead - not new to me but i really clicked with them this year

genres
zeuhl
jazz
folk
What im listening to
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Originally posted by Rocktopus Rocktopus wrote:


3. Don Cherry (Solo, with Codona, Old And New Dreams and as a sideman for Orentte Coleman) 
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Nice thread! There are many discoveries, but the most pleasant ones are:

The Laze , the band eclectic to the bone - check their myspace as ' Thz Lzzz'. The guys that never heard of prog playing prog.

Grobschnitt hard rock, symphonic, krautrock, psyche, beautiful, dirty and innocent at the same time.

The Pax Cecilia Wow, me liking post-metal. Me.

Interpose + Where have I been?!?
Percussion, sir!
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In terms of the really new:

Pennelli di Vermeer
Edensong
Sonar

In terms of the not so new:

Nemo / Jean Pierre Louveton
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