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    Posted: November 18 2011 at 12:29
Hey all. I've been coming here for a while without an account and finally decided to make one, so I figured I might as well post up in one of the forums!

I play electric violin in a band called Clouds On Strings (http://music.cloudsonstrings.com), and I recently realized that I need more string artists in this style of music from whom I can learn and draw inspiration. If anybody has any suggestions for prog bands of any type who have a violinist or other string players, I would love to take a listen!

Thanks in advance for any insight! I can't wait to hear some new music.


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Welcome to PA! You should find this interesting. 
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Originally posted by harmonium.ro harmonium.ro wrote:

Welcome to PA! You should find this interesting. 
 
Wow. Talk about killing a thread (in a good way, though!)
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Originally posted by bucka001 bucka001 wrote:

Originally posted by harmonium.ro harmonium.ro wrote:

Welcome to PA! You should find this interesting. 
 
Wow. Talk about killing a thread (in a good way, though!)


Seriously, that's a thread-killer if I've ever seen one! :D Great list. If anybody wants to list their personal favorites or artists on or not on that list though, I'd still love to hear from y'all.
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this one is firce and angry

if im not wrong this might be Luc Ponty or whatever the name was
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4K1VxNg9Bc

im also been told i mention GG in every thread im willing to do it now also since they are quite found of violines and have many good songs featureing violin

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cgUpLcnLkxs
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Cheers! I don't think I've killed the thread, because some recommendations assorted to your tastes and acompanied by YouTube samples would be very useful. We need to know what you like, though! 
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Hello mrweiner (can´t even say that with a straight face - my dad´s into bratwurst), and welcome to the forum!

Ok along to those recommendations. I´ve got a pretty eclectic taste, so I´ll post some different ones for you:

Roxy Music - Out of the Blue http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JcyvKQ5hNzE
Älgarnes Trädgård - Takeoff http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wWiVJFlcB7A
David Axelrod - Urizen http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4822nQQPvmE
Amon Düül ll - Soap Shop Rock http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0DkLDNSVks
String Driven Thing - Heartfeeder http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jq9I_xTFjys
Fred - A love Song http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vadjw5fa0Rw&feature=related

The violin is such a beautiful instrument, but it can also be gritty and menacing. I really love it like that.
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Seventies German prog band Pell Mell have a great, classically trained violinist named Thomas Schmidt who is fantastic!
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Welcome!
There's a new Italian band that will hopefully be added to the archives soon called Le Maschere Di Clara. They're a 3 piece consisting of violin, bass and drums and have just released their first album. It's powerful stuff and well worth a listen. You can hear it at http://www.progstreaming.com/

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^I can see them getting confused with La Maschere Di Cera quite easily! I had to look twice at the name.

Off the top of my head and without looking at Dick's list which was linked above, these bands all have a permenant violinist.

Indukti
Unexpect
Kayo Dot
Sub Rosa
My Dying Bride
Quella Vecchia Locanda
Curved Air
maudlin of the Well (on the last album Part the Second only, Mia Matsumiya is supposed to be only a guest but features so heavily she might as well have been a full member)
Caravan
Diablo Swing Orchestra (cellist)
Giant Squid and Grayceon (cellist Jackie Perez-Gratz plays in both)
Ram-Zet
UK
Universe Zero
Far Corner (cellist)
 
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Just so that the obvious isn't overlooked, there is Kansas and King Crimson (when David Cross was with them).
Perhaps not so obvious, but listening to Apocaliptica may give you some ideas too. They don't play violin, but Cellos... a band that originally had 4 cellos (and nothing more), and later on ended up with 3 Cellos and a drum player. Sometimes they add a vocalist or some other instrument. The thing is, they play Heavy Metal only with their cellos and no electric guitar.
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Espers if you like folk, Art Zoyd and Kayo Dot if you like avant-garde music
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Anything that Didier Lockwood played on.
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There's a few obvious ones:

Horslips (Charles O'Connor)

Fairport Convention (Dave Swarbrick, Ric Sanders)

Eddie Jobson and all his associated bands (Curved Air, Roxy Music, UK, Tull)
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Bands with violinists?  I don't think so.  A figment of your imagination for sure.
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Mahavishnu Orchestra
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Originally posted by harmonium.ro harmonium.ro wrote:

Welcome to PA! You should find this interesting. 

Wow, thanks, that IS fantastic!!  
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This woman, Rachael Barton-Pine, is a Chicago phenom!  Check out her version of Ozzy Osborne's "Crazy Train," it starts about 2:00
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Ne Obliviscaris comes to mind.
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Wow, thanks for all of the suggestions everybody. I guess I have a quite a bit of listening to do! :D

There were a few bands like Mahavishnu, King Crimson, Kansas, and Kayo Dot that I think are awesome, but I definitely need to revisit their stuff. I'll keep everybody updated as I listen to everything.

Originally posted by harmonium.ro harmonium.ro wrote:

Cheers! I don't think I've killed the thread, because some recommendations assorted to your tastes and accompanied by YouTube samples would be very useful. We need to know what you like, though! 


I'll give everything a chance. My tastes fluctuate from day to day, so it's hard to say something specific. I will say though that my band has a lot of influence from 70s prog, so hearing some more of that and comparing it with some more modern stuff from various genres could prove very fun. I think with all the various suggestions I'll be able to do that pretty well.
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