About your native progressive rock bands

kingfriso wrote: Among the Dutch scene we (had) have lots of great bands:   In the seventies we had: Alquin, Kayak, Supersister, Flairck (folk), Brainbox and Jan Akkerman's own career (with highlights 'Profile' and 'Tabernakel'). And ofcourse the well known Focus.   anno 2009 we have: Kayak, Alquin and Focus, Supersister might stand up again . They all started again in the 21th century! we also have some new groups like Mangrove, Knight Area and the Aurora Project.   Nothing to complain about

Jimbo wrote: Uzva - Niittoaika Magyar Posse - Random Avenger

Oh yes, how could I forget. Niittoaika is my favourite Uzva album as well but from Magyar Posse I prefer Kings of Time. Avenger is very fine too. If you think you could be into some dark proggish folk stuff, Tenhi's Maaäet is a must hear.


Edited by Keppa4v - February 27 2009 at 00:29

crimson87 wrote: We can keep on adding argentinian bands fro the 70's like:   Aquelarre , Arcoiris , Alas , Redd , Alma y Vida , M.I.A , and Espiritu   Or some modern acts like: Pablo el Enterrador , Zonda Projeckt ( Exellent Crimsonish band) , Nexus , William Gray...   And yes , we have the strongest jazz scene in Latin America as well. It's a pity that the unknown bands albums are really hard to find.   Don't forget about the Argentinian Miles Davis (in terms of groundbreaking with former tango patterns he was really progressive) , Astor Piazolla and Gato Barbieri as well!!

 << I am happy to come from the same country as those guys.


Edited by A Person - February 26 2009 at 19:17

Has anyone named Return To Forever?

I have a great interest in prog bands from Québec and I've tried to learn and listen to all of them. Of course, there are the quite "famous" (at least on this site) Harmonium and Maneige but there are a lot of hidden gems worth discovering.

I'll go with Vibrationbaby and mention Octobre who are on par with Harmonium and Maneige best works.

Other bands worth discovering :

Dionne-Brégent : One of the only bands (in the 70s) from Québec working in the electronic and experimental field. Quite unique in the scene and pretty good.

Fiori-Séguin : Not that prog but Harmonium fans might want to get this one. It's a cooperation between Serge Fiori (leader and composer of all of Harmonium's music) and Richard Séguin (important québécois folk singer). Good stuff.

L'Infonie : Weird weird band that is hard to describe. Experimental and explorative music from the 70s.

Miriodor : A modern band worth checking out. They've got a unique melodic RIO sound that will appeal to both RIO fans and haters. Check out if you like Samla Mammas Manna.

Opus 5 : Awesome and incredibly overlooked symphonic prog band from the 70s. Really moving and... Just try it.

L'Orchestre Sympathique : A jazz band turned prog and featuring some seriously impressive musicians. As a flautist, I have always been amazed by the flautist in this band. Clappies.

Pollen : To my knowledge, a band with only one album. But what an album! It's really good, symphonic, catchy and diverse. Another gem.

Sloche : Another overlooked gem. Quite amazing music. Hard to come across but just incredible. Mandatory band if you like Maneige.

Rouge Ciel : Band of youngsters active right now. Check 'em out. Inspired by experimental music and chamber rock and plenty of other stuff.

Those are some of my favorites but there is a lot to enjoy.

 

In America, there have been alot of great bands.

Mono FWIW is some good Japanese prog.

I'm from America, so there are a lot (mostly modern).

Dream Theater
Spock's Beard

(most notably) Symphony X because they originated in a part of New Jersey that isn't far from where I live.

Keppa4v wrote: Tzibo wrote:   Yeah, the library system's really awesome, I've found, like, millions of bands there, but seems that the missing ones were the Finnish prog bands. Any recommendations? Overhead, Circusfolk, Höyry-kone, Pekka Pohjola, these come to mind first. I got to know the Höyry-kone albums through library, there really is no other way nowadays. I don't think they would have any Circusfolk there but check out their myspace site.

Ok, I did some searching and it turns out that the only Overhead album the library (in the Helsinki area that is) has is their debut Zumanthum. Do not start with that one. Their new album And We're Not Here After All is brilliant despite its current low overall rating here in the archives (my five star review this morning didn't make much of a difference because I'm not a prog reviewer, but there are now more positive than negative ratings). There was no Circusfolk in the library but to my surprise they had both Discordia releases. You should try their Utopia Perfection album. There's masses of Pekka Pohjola there, best starting points could be Visitation and Harakka Bialoipokku. Other names that now come to mind are Absoluuttinen Nollapiste (mostly albums Suljettu, Nimi muutettu and Mahlanjuoksuttaja), Von Hertzen Brothers (surely you're aware of them?), Manogurgeil (new retro prog with improv here and there), Tuvalu (sort of a light version of Mars Volta with scifi lyrics in Finnish) and Kingston Wall. And Wigwam and Tasavallan Presidentti and Tabula Rasa and so on...


Edited by Keppa4v - February 26 2009 at 15:06

I know a lot about Kraut, but mostly from the golden era of prog. Afterwards even Kraut, my favorite genré, became a bit stale but for a few artists who managed to keep interesting. I am, however, not too familiar with the German prog scene of today, except for those old heroes who still arfe around. There is the odd band I come across when one of them plays in one for a while, but with modern Kraut it is mostly as with most modern prog (at least for me): Uninteresting. Psychedelic Monsterjam or Amon Guru made really nice albums, but those are the old heroes again.