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Posted: January 05 2014 at 15:31
.Hmm, hard to limit it to one in many cases, and I'm not going for most representative of its category (like the OP with the Miles Davis album). Very nice list of albums you made. EDIT: meaning the first post, but the second list is good too, of course.
Canterbury Scene: Cos - Viva Boma
Crossover Prog: David Axelrod - Earth Rot (or the first two, but listened to this again yesterday)
Eclectic Prog: Jean-Claude Vannier - L'enfant assassin des mouches
Experimental/Post Metal: Maudlin of the Well - Leaving Your Body Map
Heavy Prog: Birth Control - Plastic People
Indo-Prog/Raga Rock: Clivages - Mixtus Orbis
Jazz Rock/Fusion: Herbie Hancock - Crossings
Krautrock: Popol Vuh - Hossiana Mantra
Neo-Prog: Marc Ceccotti - Sometimes Around Saturn
Post/Math Rock: Tortoise - Million Now Living Will Never Die
Prog Folk: Perry Leopold - Christian Lucifer (or Comus - First Utterance)
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Posted: January 05 2014 at 22:28
Canterbury: Caravan - In The Land of Grey and Pink
Crossover: So many gems! Either Von Hertzen Brothers - Love Remains the Same, Big Big Train - The Difference Machine, or The Reign of Kindo - Play With Fire
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Posted: January 06 2014 at 07:54
Hi,
Krautrock: Popol Vuh - Hossiana Mantra
This is a very GROSS mis-representation for Popol Vuh and it is NOT krautrock. This is meditative music with spiritual directions and has nothing to do with krautrock, except that Florian Fricke and the band were around them as well. This is the huge problem with classifying something, and then putting together a list like this, that is way out of wack, because you might not know what the titles mean.
Heck, if you think that's bad, half of them are crap for me, because they don't make any sense! But "krautrock" is VERY WELL documented and described. And that PV album is not even "rock music".
The bands that "best" reflect krautrock would be Amon Duul 2 and Guru Guru and after that CAN
Edited by moshkito - January 06 2014 at 07:56
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Posted: January 06 2014 at 10:36
Progressive Metal: Pain of Salvation- The Perfect Element Part 1 Experimental/Post Metal: maudlin of the Well- Leaving Your Body Map Tech/Extreme Metal: Opeth- Blackwater Park RIO/Avant Prog: Kayo Dot- Choirs of the Eye Eclectic: Van der Graaf Generator- Still Life Symphonic Prog: Genesis- Foxtrot Neo Prog: Marillion- Script for a Jesters Tear Heavy Prog: The Mars Volta- De-Loused in the Comatorium Canterbury: Soft Machine- Third RPI: Quella Vecchia Locanda- Il Tempio Della Gioia Space/Psych: Pink Floyd- Animals Prog Folk: Comus- First Utterance Post/Math Rock: Russian Circles- Enter Jazz Rock/Fusion: Horomi Uehara- Spiral Crossover: Thumpermonkey- Sleep Furiously
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Posted: January 06 2014 at 13:29
moshkito wrote:
Hi,
Krautrock: Popol Vuh - Hossiana Mantra
This is a very GROSS mis-representation for Popol Vuh and it is NOT krautrock. This is meditative music with spiritual directions and has nothing to do with krautrock, except that Florian Fricke and the band were around them as well. This is the huge problem with classifying something, and then putting together a list like this, that is way out of wack, because you might not know what the titles mean.
Heck, if you think that's bad, half of them are crap for me, because they don't make any sense! But "krautrock" is VERY WELL documented and described. And that PV album is not even "rock music".
The bands that "best" reflect krautrock would be Amon Duul 2 and Guru Guru and after that CAN
This thread is called "Favorite Album of Each Sub-Genre" not "What's the Quintessential Album of Each Genre". Besides, if you're going to complain about anyone's choice's in this thread, it should be me and Andy's pick for Extreme/Post Metal; Part the Second barely has any heaviness at all, it's only there 'cause every other release by motW is metal.
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Posted: January 06 2014 at 14:06
smartpatrol wrote:
moshkito wrote:
Hi,
Krautrock: Popol Vuh - Hossiana Mantra
This is a very GROSS mis-representation for Popol Vuh and it is NOT krautrock. This is meditative music with spiritual directions and has nothing to do with krautrock, except that Florian Fricke and the band were around them as well. This is the huge problem with classifying something, and then putting together a list like this, that is way out of wack, because you might not know what the titles mean.
Heck, if you think that's bad, half of them are crap for me, because they don't make any sense! But "krautrock" is VERY WELL documented and described. And that PV album is not even "rock music".
The bands that "best" reflect krautrock would be Amon Duul 2 and Guru Guru and after that CAN
This thread is called "Favorite Album of Each Sub-Genre" not "What's the Quintessential Album of Each Genre". Besides, if you're going to complain about anyone's choice's in this thread, it should be me and Andy's pick for Extreme/Post Metal; Part the Second barely has any heaviness at all, it's only there 'cause every other release by motW is metal.
Yea, I agree Andrew. a) Opinions are opinions, and b) it's just a list of albums in each subgenre, regardless of whether the actual album is that subgenre. I could say my favorite heavy album is Rush's Grace Under Pressure, which, if eval'ed individually, would probably be put under crossover.
In the context of this thread, it doesn't really matter.
Granted, I don't have a whole lot of experience with Krautrock, so I can't say if Pedro's argument is correct or not, but I'm willing to put my support behind Greg's reckoning.
Rock Progressive Italiano: -1° "Zarathustra" -2° "Melos" -3° "Io Sono Nato Libero"
Symphonic Prog: - 1° "Selling England By The Puond" - 2° "Close To The Edge"
Tech/Extreme Prog Metal: - n/a
Zeuhl: - "Mëkanïk Dëstruktïẁ Kömmandöh"
n/a is for what I don't listen very well yet, or what I don't like
You have a lot of holes to fill! You might want to use this thread to find some albums in the n/a section that are to your liking.
I'll get you started:
Exp/Post (probably a good start for your taste. These guys are lighter than most exp/post bands, but they're still great)
Heavy prog
Indo raga (my personal favorite)
Fusion (these guys were a huge influence on Birds and Buildings - you might dig em!)
Neo (this is my favorite neo song - not really a good snapshot of the style, but oh is it beautiful)
Post (these guys are great. Again, maybe not a snapshot of the entire math rock genre, but it's the diamonds in the rough that are the best)
Prog electronic (this one is harder to get people into. This is my personal favorite album of the genre, great soundscape)
Prog metal (I'm assuming you've sampled the traditional Dream Theater or related track, so I'll try to give you something a little different)
Tech/extreme (this genre's another one that people who aren't into probably won't get into it. This song's not really extreme, but more 'tech.' See how you like it)
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Posted: January 06 2014 at 15:38
Canterbury Scene: Caravan — In the Land of Grey and Pink Crossover Prog: Steven Wilson — Insurgentes & iamhtemorning — ~ Eclectic Prog: King Crimson — Red & Van der Graaf Generator — Godbluff Experimental/Post Metal: Alcest — Écailles de Lune Heavy Prog: Porcupine Tree — Deadwing Krautrock: Amon Düül II — Phallus Dei Neo-Prog: Marillion — Misplaced Childhood Post Rock/Math Rock: Ulver — Messe I.X.-VI.X. Prog Folk: Comus — First Utterance Progressive Electronic: Tangerine Dream — Stratosfear Progressive Metal: anything by Riverside Psychedelic/Space Rock: No-Man — Wild Opera & Pink Floyd — Wish You Were Here RIO/Avant-Prog: Art Zoyd — Berlin Symphonic Prog: Genesis — Selling England by the Pound Tech/Extreme Prog Metal: Opeth — Blackwater Park Prog Related: Queen — Queen II Proto-Prog: The Doors — The Doors
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Posted: January 06 2014 at 23:45
Canterbury Scene: Khan - Space Shanty
Crossover Prog: Mike Oldfield - Ommadawn (close one with Deerhood - Friend Opportunity)
Eclectic Prog: Steve Hackett - Voyage of the Acolyte (that's a really tough choice though)
Heavy Prog: Rush - Moving Pictures
Jazz Rock/Fusion: Bela Fleck and the Flecktones - Live at the Quick
Krautrock: Faust - Faust
Post/Math Rock: Hella - Hold Your Horse Is
Prog Folk: Comus - First Utterance
Progressive Electronic: Mort Garson - The Wozard of Iz: An Electronic Odyssy (I would say 'Brian Eno - Here Come the Warm Jets' but that particular album isn't actually progressive electronic)
Psychedelic/Space Rock: Pink Floyd - debut or Dark Side of the Moon
RIO/Avant Prog: Henry Cow/ Slapp Happy - In Praise of Learning (also very close)
Rock Progressive Italiano: PFM - Per Un Amico (the only RPI album I've heard)
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Posted: January 07 2014 at 00:39
This is proving much harder than I originally anticipated.
Dig me...But don't...Bury me I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect.
Eclectic Prog: Van Der Graaf Generator - Godbluff (1975)
Experimental/Post Metal: ----
Heavy Prog: Rush - Hemispheres (1978)
Indo-Prog/Raga Rock: ----
Jazz Rock/Fusion: ----
Krautrock: Ok I know you don't classify Birth Control as kraut but some other sites do while it's still German prog: Birth Control - Plastic People (1975)
^Nice list Darryl, although I'm kinda surprised to see you've listed Ummagumma as your fave psych album (I do agree though). With so much to choose from,even inside Punk Flute's own discography, it's not that often one sees Ummagumma in these kinds of lists. Kudos.
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Just a little question: which is your favourite album from each sub-genre? For example, mine are:
Krautrock: Popol Vuh - Hossiana Mantra
