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Points: 65760 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 26 2009 at 19:16
 << I am happy to come from the same country as those guys.


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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.
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Originally posted by crimson87 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 PiazollaLOL and Gato Barbieri as well!!
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I'm from America. I honestly am starting to wish I had been born in Norway or Sweden, because I think I would fit in with people so much better there. Not just musically by the way.
 
However, I am from the same country as Tool, which pretty makes up for anything else. Not to mention Dream Theater, Zappa, TMV, and Cynic.

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Originally posted by Jimbo 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.


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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 and Supersister. 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  Smile


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Originally posted by kingfriso 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  Smile
 
I saw both Golden Earring and Alquin in London in the 1970s. Both gave great shows, but unfortunately for them Earring were supported by the then little-known Lynyrd Skynyrd and well, erm, got rather blown off stage. Remember Gerritsen rolling around the floor all night and Cesar jumping over his kit at the end. Nearly saw Focus too, but missed outCry
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Originally posted by Atkingani Atkingani wrote:

Originally posted by Gustavo Froes Gustavo Froes wrote:

Let's see....
 
O Terço
Bacamarte
Casa das Máquinas
Mutantes
Som Nosso de Cada Dia
 
That's probably the best prog to be found over here.
 
Ah, Gustavo, but being restricted to our own city, Rio de Janeiro, none of them hit the target, no? Embarrassed
 
In this case, we need to go back to A BARCA DO SOL and more recently to Solis, Octohpera, Agnus Graal, Tarkus and Spin XXI (in fact, the latter are from Niterói). Wink
 
 
 
Never heard of Agnus Graal and Spin XXI.And I gotta admit,I'm not the greatest admirer of our country's underground prog scene(and specially dislike pretentious stuff such as Tempus Fuggit),as much as I do love Lar de Maravilhas,Criaturas da Noite,Tudo Feito Pelo Sol and specially Depois do Fim.Embarrassed
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Originally posted by BaldFriede BaldFriede wrote:

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.
Why don`t we just name every prog band on the planet here. I agree with BaldFriede about bands not being interesting anymore. I wish that this "new Prog" could have a different label because it`s not really prog or art rock ( whatever you want to call it ). I also come across the odd modern "prog" band that catches my ear from time to time but for me for the most part it just ain`t what it used to be.
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No, it ain't what it used to be. Halcyon days are gone and rosey days are few. Trouble is where prog's concerned I don't have the time I used to have to devote to it, so stick to the old stuff - plus a few new bits as mentioned. Withour this site I wouldn't have found any new prog.
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Originally posted by cacho cacho wrote:

Originally posted by Swan Song Swan Song wrote:

Originally posted by cacho cacho wrote:

I'm not that of a native-language Prog or Rock listener, but here are some real gems that should get some more light to the rest of the world:

Spinetta Jade - Bajo Belgrano (excellent Jazz Fusion, in the Funk style of Fusion)
Invisible - Durazno Sangrado (should definitely be a classic Prog album in the top 100, very elaborated jazz rock)
Pescado Rabioso - 2 & Desatormentandonos (not really Prog, but they're a great mix of Prog leanings with blues and hard rock, classic 70's)
Pappo's Blues - Triangulo (classic heavy blues from my country)
Sui Generis and Seru Giran are classic folk/pop bands, though I don't admire them really....
Alejandro Herrera - Minority Report (is, well, very unknown, but he played at my house with top-notch jazz musicians from my country, and he released his first solo album, which is awesome jazz fusion with a lot of funk elements)
Well pretty much Luis Alberto Spinetta's whole catalogue is very worth of checking...

But where my country really shines in the music side, is in jazz and tango.



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OuchHaven't heard itEmbarrassed Though wanting to!Big smileTongue
 
hey, you MUST listen to it, personally is my favourite album from Latin America, superb!
 
Now about my country:
Since i got into prog deeper, i tried to know several mexican bands, and during that time i have also supported them and i am happy with it, we don't have a hugh amount of bands, but i consider that most of Mexican bands have great quality, excellent musicians and of course awesome music in some cases.
 
Some of my favourites:
Cabezas de Cera
Elfonia
Iconoclasta
Chac Mool
La Pura Realidad
Cast
Nazca
Decibel
Flught
 
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I love our electronic heros "tangerine dream" and "klaus schulze".  From the newest stuff i like "Dark Suns"
and "Disilluison" and i am happy about the resurrection of "Sieges Even".

For fans of "Solar Music Live" from "Grobschnitt". I have searched for a long time, but since 20 february
this item is available again. ClapClap


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As for Czech Republic (Czechoslovakia), there are not so many classic groups. Some examples...
Synkopy, Fermata, Collegium Musicum, Progress 2, Flamengo, Blue Effect, Prazsky vyber.
First two or three are nearly world class, czech proggrers mostly believe so, the rest has some strong points, but sadly I can say there have never been mycelium for prog music.
Some great Czech musicians such as Jan Hammer or Miroslav Vitous utilized their skills abroad.


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I wrote this a while back about the Belgian secret scene....
 
let's just stay above the moral melee
prefer the sink to the gutter
keep our sand-castle virtues
content to be a doer
as well as a thinker,
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Originally posted by poslednijat_colobar poslednijat_colobar wrote:

I'm bulgarian and I know very little about bugarian prog bands, but unfortunately that's because they are almost zero! Cry We have one new band now - TravelHouse and one new artist Velislav Ivanov. One classic band - FSB, of course, too!
 
Pantommind is an excelent prog metal band from your country, they opened for Fates Warning few years ago in Sofia, I saw them live and they kick ass. I don't know if they still are around but that album from 2005 Shade of fate is brilliant, I was impressed.
 
If about bands from my country Romanis, there was some real strong prog ones in the'70's like Phoenix, Sfinx, Progresive TM, Celelalte Cuvinte from the '80's, in the '90 Octave, and from today I don't know much , Negura Bunget is a kick ass band, in rest not many bands embrace this stily of music. I don't know why these scene is so limited in my country. I know as much as i want to know about them, not plus not minus, as a whole I know enough not to make fool of my self if someone ask me about some prog bands from my country. Wink
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Originally posted by zbida zbida wrote:

Let's have a look at Poland...
The most famous prog & innovative 60-70's: Czesław Niemen, Skaldowie, SBB.
80's - hmmm, Collage and... and...
90's and 00's: quite a lot of good or even superb new bands - Quidam, Riverside, Satellite, Indukti, Abraxas, Albion, Osada Vida, After.
But something I can't explain: they are COMPLETELYShocked absent in Polish media...


Just to supplement your list:

'70s - Laboratorium, Klan, Dżamble (the latter are proggish enough, IMO)

'80s - Exodus

'90s and beyond - GARGANTUA!!! The most interesting of these bands. How dare you not be familiar with their music Tongue Also Dr Zoydbergh, Hipgnosis and... several bands I'm forgetting now Embarrassed

And they are not completely absent from Polish media - check Trójka's night programme Wink

Though it's beyond me why you're surprised about their lack of popularity. Polish entertainment media is what it is, after all.







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Hello people.

I'm from Chile and we do have some great prog bands:

Los Jaivas (the most important one, and some of the most original prog folk ever)
Congreso.
Tryo.
Akineton Retard.
Mar de Robles.
Flotante.

Check them out!


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Originally posted by p0mt3 p0mt3 wrote:

Damo,
 
I lived in Japan breifly two summers ago, and I must say, it was very difficult for me to find my 'niche' musically. All of the music stores (even the large ones) had very little prog, and no proper categorization to speak of (To give an example, they had Backstreet boys and Maroon 5 under 'Hip-Hop'. Confused).
 
In fact, I didn't meet one person the entire time I was living there who liked Prog Rock, or even knew much about it.
 
So I definately feel for you, man. The music scene in Nipon tends to be a little too bland and generalized, with not much specification when it comes to sub-genres, and so forth.
 
Still, Dream Theater is a fairly big act there, considering how little people know about them, so there clearly are prog fans in Japan; I just never came across any. I would assume a prog fan is more scarce in a place like Japan than would be in the Uk or Us, both of those are areas where Prog either originated, or gained great popularity.
 
Mono is fantastic, Far Out is also pretty good, and I like Flower Travellin' Band, though they are more of a Doom-rock Jam Band, but if you like that sort of thing, you should definately check them out.

Exactly you're right, Kain.
Indeed quite a few CD shops in Japan don't have "progressive rock section" and most of shop masters might recognize British progressive rock as "rock/pops". Confused
And now almost all of radio (or TV) station tend to broadcast "top-hit-chart" songs only (sadly because of requests of most listeners...).

Anyway, I consider we should not wait informations coming but should get them actively.
Originally posted by Dean Dean wrote:

One of the earliest Japanese bands I can remember is The Sadistic Mika Band - I saw them in the UK in 1976 - not fully Progressive by the standards of the time, but definitely Art Rock - Ryuichi Sakamoto guested with them and later went on to form the Yellow Magic Orchestra with two ex-Sadistics members.
 
We have 104 japaneese artists listed here: http://www.progarchives.com/Bands-country.asp?country=101

Thanks Dean for your input.
I'm ashamed I've known less 10 percent of them... Embarrassed

YMO is a great band and of course very famous in Japan. Big smile
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Furthermore...

Hahaha, I know a lot about foreign bands rather than Japanese... Shocked
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Originally posted by DamoXt7942 DamoXt7942 wrote:


Indeed quite a few CD shops in Japan don't have "progressive rock section" and most of shop masters might recognize British progressive rock as "rock/pops". Confused
 
There are stores that have an individual "progressive rock" section? Where?

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