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JLocke 
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 Posted: March 28 2009 at 16:33 |
 topofsm wrote:
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".  |
There are stores that have an individual "progressive rock" section? Where? |
Well, since I never lived in the big cities during my time in Japan, I can't speak for that.
However, alot of the larger cities here in the states do in fact have Prog Rock sections in their record shops, believe it or not.
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Marty McFly
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Posted: March 30 2009 at 17:03 |
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I'm from Czech Republic, 10 million people, communism history, restricted rock (bad western by their words) music, but some pearls can be found.
If anyone will be interested, I can make mix of songs by different groups as a sample of our music. Get it to some free server and send you link (thru PM, I don't wanna spoil this forum ... or corrupt :-D)
Take it or leave it, I can tell you about great band Synkopy, but if you don't know it, you wouldn't understand.
I didn't believe that italian rock can be good and now, I'm listening it a lot.
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There's a point where "avant-garde" and "experimental" becomes "terrible" and "pointless," -Andyman1125 on Lulu  Even my
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mkearney_913
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Posted: April 06 2009 at 16:32 |
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Canada's pretty diverse. Going back you have your standards (Rush, Harmonium, Klaatu, etc.) but more recently a lot of post-rock acts (Godspeed, A Silver Mt. Zion, Fly Pan Am, etc.) have gained prominence.
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progkidjoel
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Posted: April 13 2009 at 08:16 |
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Australia = Inept at listening to or producing decent prog.
Its like me and my dad who listen to prog, thats basically it.
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micky
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Posted: April 13 2009 at 08:21 |
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^ hmm.. funny ....one of my very favorite prog albums is from Austrailia hahaha.
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The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip
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harmonium.ro
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Posted: April 13 2009 at 15:44 |
progkidjoel wrote:
Australia = Inept at listening to or producing decent prog.
Its like me and my dad who listen to prog, thats basically it. |
Our first ever forum member (the esteemed DUDE) was (and still is) from Australia. We have several Collaborators from Australia (I know at least three). 
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Raff
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Posted: April 13 2009 at 15:47 |
Well, the irrepressible Harry (aka Petrovsk Mizinski) is from Australia, in spite of what his profile says  ...
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SgtPepper67
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Posted: April 13 2009 at 18:00 |
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I don't know if there's currently any prog band in Argentina but there were quite a few in the 70's. The two main rock musicians here, Charly Garcia and Luis Alberto Spinetta were very influenced by prog, especially in the bands La Máquina de Hacer Pájaros y Invisible, wich were great. There were other bands too back then like Alas or Crucis but I'm not very familiar with their music.
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In the end the love you take is equal to the love you made...
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ghost_of_morphy
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Posted: April 14 2009 at 00:58 |
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You had an excellent prog band in Amagrama there a few years ago, but I have no idea if they are still together or not.
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DamoXt7942
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Location: Okayama, Japan
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Posted: April 16 2009 at 02:53 |
Thanks all for lots of replies. Recently I'm taken with Shingetsu and bought a box set with DVD...  And Magical Power Mako could knock me out. (Thanks Windhawk for your inputs.  ) Based on my discussion with my Japanese progger friends a few days ago, we Japanese know very few about our native progressive rock (and proggers in another nation know more).  Now I'm learning more about Japanese prog...and hope I can give PA some feedback. 
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Foxtrotting
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Posted: April 18 2009 at 15:22 |
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RUSH. nuff said
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Bodysnatcher
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Posted: April 18 2009 at 17:17 |
victor77 wrote:
89 bands from Spain are listed here, although some others are missing.
http://www.progarchives.com/Bands-country.asp?country=207
Although I´m not really familiar with many of them, there are very interesting bands worth to be discovered
From the classics I would reccommend:
Triana: first two records ("El Patio" is an absolute masterpiece)
Imán: short discography but very interesting all of them
Iceberg: also in the jazz rock realm, "Sentiments" and "Arc en Ciel" are probably their best records
Companyia Elèctrica Dharma: the kings of jazz-folk-fussion, they have a huge discography, some of their records not really interesting for prog lovers, but "L´oucomballa" or "Diumenge" are at the higher level, less folky and really jazz rock
Atila: another of the top bands, in the typical keyboard driven sound. I had the great pleasure to see them live, and Benet Nogue is a master on the instruments
From modern bands, I´d reccommend:
Difícil Equilibrio: "Trayecto", their best record
Alquilbencil: "From Serengethi to Taklamakan", very fresh record
Kozmic Muffin: "Nautilus" is one of the best psych albums ever made in Spain
Manta Ray: "Esperanza" and "Pequeñas puertas que se abren y pequeñas puertas que se cierran" are in the post rock realm, very innivative and with lots of electronics
Schwarz: "Hard Listening" is something like an experimental psych album, hard to classify, but a very remarkable record. "Play Christian Rock" is a short EP
Muzak: a really young band from Barcelona, their music is inspired by psych, krautrock and improvisation (if someone is interested, their records can be free downloaded at http://trastienda.org/author/muzak/)
Check this forum for more specific infos; I found it really interesting
http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=41724
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As for the modern bands, have a look also at Kotebel and Senogul. Great Spanish prog. 
Edited by Bodysnatcher - April 18 2009 at 17:18
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Just cos you feel it, it doesn´t means it´s there....
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Bodysnatcher
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Posted: April 18 2009 at 17:20 |
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 COMPLETELY  absent in Polish media... |
All fantastic bands, you Polish prog people are very lucky.
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Just cos you feel it, it doesn´t means it´s there....
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JLocke
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Posted: April 18 2009 at 17:21 |
Foxtrotting wrote:
RUSH. nuff said |
Don't forget James LaBrie!
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lucas
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Posted: April 18 2009 at 17:48 |
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 COMPLETELY absent in Polish media... |
Well, indeed Niemen is a one of a kind as his musical career encompassed as many genres as pop, electronic music, jazz-rock, progressive rock and new age if we take into account his collaboration with Sławomir Kulpowicz. Essential albums are 'Enigmatic' and 'Człowiek jam niewdzięczny'.
Other polish prog giants didn't go so far in the musical explorations.
I would add Breakout in the list, '70' is a prog album IMHO and 'blues' has a strong Black Sabbath feel to it, Klan (Mrówisko), Niebiesko czarni's opera rock "Naked" (a band in which Niemen began his musical career). Also worth mentioning some jazz-rock artists : Michał Urbaniak, Zbigniew Seifert, Urszula Dudziak, Laboratorium
I wouldn't praise the neo-prog bands such as Abraxas and Anamor as they play some déjà-vu ...On the other hand, some interesting bands arised from the neo scene : Collage ("moonshine" only + the marvellous bonus track on 'safe' : "the winner takes it all", Robert Amirian brought some real improvement in the vocals) and related bands : Satellite, Believe, (Szadkowski's project, Peter Pan is not that good) as well as Turquoise and Annalist (very good vocalist, Geoff Mann crossed with Kevin Gilbert, 'Artemis' has a strong Fish's Marillion/Collage influence but 'Eon' is closer to H's Marillion (period Brave/Afraid of sunlight) and sung entirely in polish / lyrics are somewhat "bland").
Fans of Iron Maiden can lend an ear to Turbo's 'Tożsamość', which is as good as their masterpiece 'Kawaleria Szatana' (Grzegorz Kupczyk is regarded as the polish answer to Bruce Dickinson). However, be careful with other albums of their discography as they deal with either mainstream hard-rock (first two ones), thrash and even death-metal (different vocalist).
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"Magma was the very first gothic rock band" (Didier Lockwood)
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Gorgo Ourgon
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Posted: May 02 2009 at 09:18 |
Mississippi has George Cartwright of NYC downtown scene avant band Curlew ...if you've never heard 'em, check out their album Fabulous Drop (1998) - fans of Naked City & early Henry Cow will be delighted 
Edited by Gorgo Ourgon - May 02 2009 at 09:19
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Baoshi
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Posted: May 02 2009 at 12:39 |
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it seems that here in Puero Rico I only know: Astrid Proll,De'Feckt and errant society,meh I need to search more >_>
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Pekka
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Posted: May 03 2009 at 05:23 |
Baoshi wrote:
it seems that here in Puero Rico I only know: Astrid Proll,De'Feckt and errant society,meh I need to search more >_>
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Recently added to the Archives was a Puerto Rican band called Trili. Their sample songs sounded very very good, you should get to know them.
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Baoshi
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Posted: May 03 2009 at 09:19 |
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I just started listening to Ongo,I am so far liking them and I better check Trili out
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Take me on the ride
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DamoXt7942
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Posted: May 03 2009 at 09:41 |
It's so interesting that I've had many experiences some famous progressive rock bands in my nation is more known in another nation.  For me it is sometimes a pity but sometimes a pleasure to learn more about native bands.
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