Formentera Lady discovers the music on PA

Formenter lady ......................dance your dance for me !

someone_else wrote: If you have not yet heard the MP3 streaming samples of Clearlight, I can recommend you this one, with Shaun Guerin on vocals... (to be cont'd at K).

Oh, I like Clearlight . I mentioned them in my first post (where I was not  yet so specific with comments on the bands.) But thank you for reminding me. I already thought, that I heard the voice earlier and could not figure it out immediately...

Now I have finished to listen to the streams of the letter G in the symphonic prog section. In this letter I only know Genesis.

I would like to comment on the bands I found most notable:

- I used to play the recorder and I always wanted to combine the recorder with rock music like... Galie! I am not sure if this mexican band really uses a recorder or another type of flute, but it sounds very much like one. It alternates nicely with the synth solos and acoustical guitar. Although the flute is a bit intonated too high on these examples, I definitely like to hear more of them.

- In a very similar style than Galie is also this piece of the spanish band Gotic. Here the flute (recorder) is intonated correctly and I listened to it with enjoyment. Another one to check out.

- Gracious sounds dark, mysterious, powerful. Why have I never heard of it before? The samples of the early 70ies remind me a bit of King Crimson. This is simply... gracious!

- Sweden did a lot for the revival of progressive rock in the 90ies and later. So I was not surprised to find out that Grand Stand comes from this country, too. This example of music contains everything I like of this genre.

- I knew Dave Greenslade only from Colosseum, which is one of my favourite bands. Now I heard for the first time some music of the band he founded in the 70ies. Greenslade seems to be much influenced from Genesis and Yes of the same time. The result is much worth to check out.

- A surprise for me was to discover the german band Grobschnitt. The voice is a bit to get used to, but the music is typical 70ies prog, in the wake of Genesis and Yes. I am a german and I have never heard of this band before. It seems to me, this type of music does not have a tradition in my country, that's a pity.

- Shaun Guerin (R.I.P) sounds very much like early Genesis, which is not a surprise, as I just learnt, he was lead singer and drummer of the Genesis cover band Cinema Show. He died shortly after two solo albums.
The song, that is streamed here, sounds a bit darker, then the songs Genesis normally do.

so Fruupp didn't make it, =P

I dont know Frupp, but if you Youtube them, there is a lot of tracks. 

Didn't you like Fruupp?? =P

I have been through the letter F, and I think the highlights are here Flower Kings and Focus.

- The Flower Kings are not a new discovery for me, I knew them already earlier before I joined PA. I believe that this amazing Swedish band played a big part in reviving prog rock in the 90ies.

- Focus: this is a new discovery for me. I saw the band often mentioned in the forum and I understand now why. Because of the yodeling in Hocus Pocus I first thought they come from Bavaria, but no, it is a Dutch band! I'll look into it further.

Try Diagonal when you can too - amazing band!

I've just been through the letter E. The only artist I knew was ELP.

Formentera Lady wrote: - Earth and Fire Very interesting. Just discovered that they are from the Netherlands. Like the band Coda. And like Ekseption, the only prog band I knew so far from that country, and who specialised in rock adaptions of classical music. Seems to be quite a scene there in the Netherlands. - Echolyn I remember seeing the name mentioned already several times in the forum. Sounds interesting indeed. I'll look into it further. The music plays and plays, and I am cleaning my desk, then the whole room, then I look at the monitor and see that the song still is not over. Only then I look at the duration - 50 minutes! I am shocked! I think I'll take a little bit longer for E.

- Echolyn is so far the most interesting discovery in E. Their music seems to incorporate many influences from the 70's prog rock era, especially Gentle Giant, but I also hear some ELP, Supertramp and Styx. At the same time the music is far from derivative, the influences are all mixed to form something really fresh and new. I definitely want to listen more of it. Unfortunately the albums are not easy to get and/or expensive.

- Eidolon
I like these mysterious mellotron sounds mixed with violin.

- England
A hidden gem of the 70's.

- Epignosis
Oh, I did not know that Epignosis is a musician . A nice 20 minute epic.

All of the above I'll explore further.

I've found the vast majority of my music here on this site.   For all those delicious obscurities from 67-78 that make up my daily diet of prog...thank you, PA.

My ultimate goal is to explore every artist on the site,  It might take me 50-odd years, but hey, I'll never be bored.