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Points: 24429 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 24 2015 at 15:33
Originally posted by ProgCandles ProgCandles wrote:

Akineton Retard - Azufre
Simon Steensland - A Farewell to Brains
Taylor's Universe - From Scratch
Unit Wail - Beyond Space Edges
Guapo - Obscure Knowledge
Breznev Fun Club - Il Misantropo Felice
Allomerus - The Tempest
Alco Frisbass - Alco Frisbass
Ciccada - The Finest of Miracles
Kada Estra - Strange Relations
La Coscienza di Zeno - La Notte Anche di Giorno
Not a Good Sign - From a Distance
Roz Vitallis - Lavoro D'Amore
Steve Hughes - Tales From the Silent Ocean
The Black Codex - Episodes 27-39
The Black Codex - Episodes 40-52
The Nerve Institute - Fictions
Ubi Maior - Incanti Bio Meccanici
Ligro - Dictionary 3
Ghost Rhythms - Madeleine
Dewa Budjana - Hasta Karma



Excellent choices! Many of these albums would also make my list.
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Akineton Retard - Azufre
Simon Steensland - A Farewell to Brains
Taylor's Universe - From Scratch
Unit Wail - Beyond Space Edges
Guapo - Obscure Knowledge
Breznev Fun Club - Il Misantropo Felice
Allomerus - The Tempest
Alco Frisbass - Alco Frisbass
Ciccada - The Finest of Miracles
Kada Estra - Strange Relations
La Coscienza di Zeno - La Notte Anche di Giorno
Not a Good Sign - From a Distance
Roz Vitallis - Lavoro D'Amore
Steve Hughes - Tales From the Silent Ocean
The Black Codex - Episodes 27-39
The Black Codex - Episodes 40-52
The Nerve Institute - Fictions
Ubi Maior - Incanti Bio Meccanici
Ligro - Dictionary 3
Ghost Rhythms - Madeleine
Dewa Budjana - Hasta Karma
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Points: 21320 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 24 2015 at 14:44
Originally posted by Guldbamsen Guldbamsen wrote:

Though not included on PA, I'd still heartily recommend the newest release by Heroin in Tahiti called Sun & Violence. If any of you people are into a little left-field psych dabblings, then by all means take the plunge.

Here's how they describe the album themselves:

This time, Heroin In Tahiti abandon the freaked out approach of the previous release, for an almost prog-infused sequence of psychedelic folk dances, spacey tarantellas,
twangy guitars, black market hymns and Joe Meek-style homages to the sinking of Costa Concordia.

Oh that does sound interesting
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Points: 16952 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 24 2015 at 12:34

Not prog but one of my favorite songs and albums of the year so far. A more loose Cage the Elephant is how i've been thinking of them. 
Great hooks, love the fuzz and distortion, fun jams. 
Crushed like a rose in the riverflow.
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Though not included on PA, I'd still heartily recommend the newest release by Heroin in Tahiti called Sun & Violence. If any of you people are into a little left-field psych dabblings, then by all means take the plunge.

Here's how they describe the album themselves:

This time, Heroin In Tahiti abandon the freaked out approach of the previous release, for an almost prog-infused sequence of psychedelic folk dances, spacey tarantellas,
twangy guitars, black market hymns and Joe Meek-style homages to the sinking of Costa Concordia.
“The Guide says there is an art to flying or rather a knack. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.”

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Points: 23104 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 24 2015 at 11:30
LOLEmbarrassed
Sorry if I just ruined your mojo Ian, that was definitely not part of the plan. 
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Damn, I hadn't noticed the programmed drumming until you mentioned it, now I can't miss it, aarghh.
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Points: 23104 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 22 2015 at 08:27
So I checked out Alco Frisbass after seeing them mentioned in this thread and I have to say it has been one of the most frustrating experiences of 2015. These guys seem to have 'borrowed' everything warm and jazzy about Caravan and Hatfields and then popped it in the blender with a touch of the mildly avantguarde. Definitely not a difficult album to get into.....yet I, for one, am missing a real drummer. I guess the programming is done very well on the album, and the drums genuinely sound like drums, but there's no groove imo. Everything else about the album I love, but the lack of a carbon-based rhythm conveyor is still a pretty big let-down for me.
Fingers crossed for a sophomore release featuring Torstein Lofthus (elephant9, Shining) on the drumsBig smile


Edited by Guldbamsen - June 22 2015 at 08:29
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^ This is quite wonderful. Definitely stays pretty much full throttle all the way through, which is a nice touch IMO.
Dig me...But don't...Bury me
I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive
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Points: 5111 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 19 2015 at 14:49
I want to recommend the album by Deadly Orgone Radiation (Weasel Walter / James Sedwards / Alex Ward):
 
 
It's a very noisy amalgam of improv / metal / brutal prog. So you'd want to be in the right mood. But it's hitting the spot for me.
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Points: 24429 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 19 2015 at 05:30
Originally posted by BrufordFreak BrufordFreak wrote:

Anybody else out there thinking that overall this is actually a surprisingly bad year for prog music, so far?

But then, the bulk of releases will start coming in September . . . .


I wouldn't say bad as much as somewhat lackluster - with very few exceptions so far. Then again, I haven't listened to all the new releases, especially those (like the new Guapo) that are more to my taste. The really good new stuff (at least as far as I'm concerned) tends to fly under the radar.
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Points: 166183 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 18 2015 at 22:51
^ I'd say it's at least on par with last year (probably the past two years, but I'll admit my memory of two years ago is fuzzy) at this point in the year.
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Anybody else out there thinking that overall this is actually a surprisingly bad year for prog music, so far?

But then, the bulk of releases will start coming in September . . . .
Drew Fisher
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I'll plug Hand. Cannot. Erase. and Suicety as well
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Points: 8428 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 12 2015 at 15:38
Originally posted by Meltdowner Meltdowner wrote:

^ That FEM album was released last year Tongue

Really?! Okay, then! I'll throw in STEVEN WILSON's Hand. Cannot. Erase. for my #10. I like the concept he chose.
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Must mention:
Superdensecrushloadfactor– Words Can't Say
Pseudo/Sentai– Bansheeface
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Nightwish - Endless Forms Most Beautiful - despite the weird animal noises in the epic final track....ShockedClap
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^ That FEM album was released last year Tongue
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Points: 8428 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 11 2015 at 21:38
As of this moment I’ve only heard about 50 albums from 2015, but this would be my Top 10:


METHEXIS Suiciety 

CICCADA The Finest of Miracles 

ANEKDOTEN Until the Ghosts Have All Gone 

LA COSCIENZA DI ZENO La notte anche de giorno


THE PSYCHEDELIC ENSEMBLE The Sunstone

THE AMAZING Picture You

KLONE Here Comes the Sun

LEPROUS The Congregation 

ABSTRAKT Limbosis

STEVEN WILSON Hand. Cannot. Erase. 



Edited by BrufordFreak - June 12 2015 at 15:40
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