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    Posted: July 22 2022 at 20:48
A few days ago I posted Chinese and Indian Prog. Artists.

Now here's Southeast Asian Prog n' related bands.  Again, sorted by Sub-genre.  Please comment on any of the bands you've heard and like, or any that may be missing.

The most notable thing to me is how Indonesian bands dominate, and how few bands from Thailand and Malaysia there are.

Band Name Country Category Year formed Avg. Rating Note
Gothik Serpent Singapore Crossover Prog 2013 2.63 4 albums, few ratings, one unrated
Academie Of Farside Indonesia Eclectic Prog 2003 2 Only 2 albums & 4 ratings
Anane Indonesia Eclectic Prog 2003 3.95 Only 3 ratings
Guruh Gipsy Indonesia Eclectic Prog 1969 4.08 One album (1977)
Sunyata Singapore Eclectic Prog 2020 3 Two albums, each with 1 rating
Empathi Thailand Eclectic Prog 2016 4 One album with 2 ratings
Kekal Indonesia Experimental/Post Metal 1995 3.4 11 albums; few ratings
Giant Step Indonesia Heavy Prog 1973 3.02 8 albums, few ratings, 3 albums unrated
Pendulum Indonesia Heavy Prog 1998 4.5 3 albums, only 4 ratings
Dewa Budjana Indonesia Jazz-Rock/Fusion 1997 3.99 13 albums, 3 unrated
I Know You Well Miss Clara Indonesia Jazz-Rock/Fusion 2010 4.28 1 album, 39 ratings
Ligro Indonesia Jazz-Rock/Fusion 2004 4.06 4 albums, mostly single digit ratings
SimakDialog Indonesia Jazz-Rock/Fusion 1993 3.63 6 albums; few ratings
Topati Bertiga Indonesia Jazz-Rock/Fusion 2010 3.72 2 albums, 19 ratings
Topati Ethnomission Indonesia Jazz-Rock/Fusion 2009 4.22 3 albums, 42 ratings total
Francis Cang Philippines Jazz-Rock/Fusion 2014 4 1 album, 1 rating
Montecristo Indonesia Neo-Prog 2007 3.18 2 albums, 22 ratings
Vantasma Indonesia Neo-Prog 1999 3.79 1 album, 37 ratings
Statua Philippines Post Rock/Math Rock 2016 0 One album, not rated
Tom's Story Philippines Post Rock/Math Rock 2011 3 1 album, 1 rating
God Bless Indonesia Prog Related 1972 3.8 4 albums
Jeje Guitaraddict Indonesia Progressive Metal 2009 0 4 albums, no ratings
Fuseboxx Philippines Progressive Metal 2001 4 2 albums, 15 ratings
Coen Singapore Progressive Metal 2016 3.02 1 album, 3 ratings
Imanissimo Indonesia Psychedelic/Space Rock 2002 3.68 3 albums, 41 ratings
Phlox Malaysia Psychedelic/Space Rock 2008 3.11 2 albums, 12 ratings
Zeitgeists Thailand Psychedelic/Space Rock 2021 4.5 1 album, 2 ratings
Discus Indonesia RIO/Avant-Prog 1999 3.89 2 albums, 95 ratings
Leftyfish Indonesia RIO/Avant-Prog 2014 0 2 unrated albums
Harry Roesli Indonesia RIO/Avant-Prog 1976 4.54 1 album, 11 ratings
Abbhama Indonesia Symphonic Prog 1977 3.55 1 album, 45 ratings
Sharkmove Indonesia Symphonic Prog 1970 3.75 1 album, 21 ratings
Artcell Bangladesh Tech/Extreme Prog Metal 2002 3.89 2 albums, 5 ratings



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I liked Discus and SimakDialog, and I really like Guruh Gipsy.

There is a Phlox I have liked very much, but it is from Estonia.

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The two that stand out for me are Dewa Budjana and Phlox. 
I only have the one Budjana album Mahandini but what an album. Has that Indian themed cover and the bass player is Indian. 
I have several of the Phlox albums and love them all. Challenging music, Jazz based.
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I really enjoyed ZeitGeistS' EP that came out last year. They sort of have a Black Sabbath meets early King Crimson sound.
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Originally posted by progaardvark progaardvark wrote:

I really enjoyed ZeitGeistS' EP that came out last year. They sort of have a Black Sabbath meets early King Crimson sound.

Sabbath meets Crimson??   Now that sounds intriguing.
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So I was curious about how the early 70's Prog in Indonesia sounded, so I got some samples from Sharkmove and Giant Step.   Good stuff!  Its obviously heavily influenced by European/American Rock: probably the Beatles and some of the early prog bands (Genesis, Yes, KC, etc.)   

I probably wouldn't call Giant Step 'heavy prog' though.
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Dewa Budjana is one of the finest fusion musicians today. Tohpati, also an Indonesian fusion guitarist, not listed, is superb. Musically similar to Dewa.



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^Sorry, just noticed Tohpati was listed. Enjoy the song.
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The music of the proposed bands is unknown to me and at least 75% of the names are discoveries.
Th only ones I have are Dewa Budjan works ( excellent fusion)
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The Indonesian Guru Gypsy's album is quite a bit of Southeast Asian classic, and I find it to be great stuff.
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Originally posted by David_D David_D wrote:

The Indonesian Guru Gypsy's album is quite a bit of Southeast Asian classic, and I find it to be great stuff
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Thanks, Grumpy. Smile
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Originally posted by David_D David_D wrote:

The Indonesian Guru Gypsy's album is quite a bit of Southeast Asian classic, and I find it to be great stuff.

But a bit cheasy too. 
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Originally posted by Grumpyprogfan Grumpyprogfan wrote:

Dewa Budjana is one of the finest fusion musicians today. Tohpati, also an Indonesian fusion guitarist, not listed, is superb. Musically similar to Dewa.


Wow, that really is some great stuff!
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Whoops, missed a band:  Attilion  (Post/Math rock)
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And another P/M rock missed:  In Each Hand a Cutlass  from Singapore.  (what a cool name!)
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Another that slipped thru the cracks:  The Miracle, Progressive Metal band from Indonesia:
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