Give me your top list of endgame prog artists

I personally have a bunch of stuff I'd consider at the edges of my personal collection but they are certainly not the endgame, I'm continuing to explore.

I'm not sure what this means, but in my endless search for... I fell down the rabbit hole and came home with this: (The cover for Randy Greif: Alice in Wonderland Part 2, 1991)

In 1988 Randy Greif found an old 3 LP audio book of Lewis Carroll's 'Alice in Wonderland' which he used for the experimental manipulation of vocals for his five part, six hour long renidition. All parts were originally released on five cassettes. All conscientiously reviewed by Dobermensch here on PA. Often explained like this:

A swirling keyboard, subdued but clear, makes way for more damaged spoken vocals in 'Shall I Try the Experiment'. This time they are slowed down, creating a very dark and unsettling atmosphere - almost like having cathedral gargoyles hanging over your shoulders in impending doom. There's so many great lines that take on an unexpected air of menace throughout. One of my favourites is "I'm doubtful about the temperament of your flamingo". Simple. But totally bonkers... (from his review of part four)

Part two opens with The Caucus Race which accidently sound like Can in Wonderland and a stroke of fairytale kraut-motorik genius: 

Me, too! I went straight for the connection to the game of chess--with the possible meaning that which players would you want at the end to do battle with. I wish the OPer would chime in to further explain his "obvious" introduction.

SUPERNAL ENDGAME here on PA!

richardh wrote: The chess endgame is the most highly technical and skilled part of chess that requires serious practice to master it. For example try and mate someone with just a king,knight and bishop versus king. It can be done but I've seen very good players fail at it. Does that help?

Even grandmasters regularly practice this. There is a certain point where a kind of "W" maneuver has to be made; make a mistake there and you won't be able to do it within 50 moves anymore (counting the moves you already made).

The most difficult endgames are the ones with only rooks and pawns left on both sides.

totally true indeed

dr wu23 wrote: I'm not that far down the rabbit hole on anything in my life , but if I understand the gist then for me two that come to mind are..... the Legendary Pink Dots and Motorpsycho.

Both of these have quite some rabbit holes on their own. Not sure this is what the thread is asking for, but this is the answer that makes most sense for me.  (A friend of mine is one of the worlds biggest LPD fans and has pretty much everything they have ever done. I can tell you it's hard to get deeper into any kind of rabbit hole.)