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    Posted: December 03 2006 at 07:27
Confused!!!
 
Why the band Ekseption is listed under Art-Rock???
 
They are pure symphonic!!!
 
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Points: 20411 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 03 2006 at 07:53
I know; I had a big azrgument with Ivān who kicked them out of symphonic, claiming there was too much jazz.
 
I cannot think of Trace or Ekseption being anywhere elsethan symphonic since 85% of their stuff was either re-working or stealing the cklassical remaster. Focus was sometimes also awfully close to reworking the classics.
 
Same with Sky, but I believe Sky should be in prog-related.
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thought they were brass rock with a bent towards the classic repertoireWink
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You are right. They MUST listed under symphonic

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Points: 12818 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 04 2006 at 07:10
Originally posted by oracus oracus wrote:

You are right. They MUST listed under symphonic
 
Because they have long sampled the classical music repertoire, doesn't make them 'symphonic prog'- a term which has been long  used for a band's use of the symphonic structure in arrangement. The point I made with 'brass rock' was that Ekseption were jazzing up the classics.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 04 2006 at 12:45
Originally posted by Dick Heath Dick Heath wrote:

Originally posted by oracus oracus wrote:

You are right. They MUST listed under symphonic

 

Because they have long sampled the classical music repertoire, doesn't make them 'symphonic prog'- a term which has been long  used for a band's use of the symphonic structure in arrangement. The point I made with 'brass rock' was that Ekseption were jazzing up the classics.


Well said - a mistake I often see people make.
    
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Why is this thread listed in the Prog Lounge, that is what I would like to know!
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Ekseption do jazz up the classics. I personally do not what category they are placed under, I just enjoy the music-->the most important thing.

Sky should not be moved though. That's like saying they're the Prog equivelant (sp?) of Iron Maiden. I have every Sky album and am a huge fan (who else would own all the albums?), so I think I know where they should goTongue.

That last statement may seem a bit contradictory, BUT I feel that you can't place a Prog band (and Sky are a classical rock jazz pop hybrid Prog supergroup-a bit like Ekseption, although totally different, if that makes any sense) in a non-Prog category.


Edited by Zac M - December 04 2006 at 22:52
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