Your favourite 8 Polish Prog albums?
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Topic: Your favourite 8 Polish Prog albums?
Posted By: David_D
Subject: Your favourite 8 Polish Prog albums?
Date Posted: November 17 2021 at 00:53
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Actually, I'm of Polish origin so, among many other countries, I've been also interested in Polish Prog. I surely wouldn't say, it's one of the best Prog countries, but nevetherless, it has produced not so little of highly appreciated albums. It'll be interesting for me to see how much of your attention they've got. Beginning with my list, one album per band and unranked: Czeslaw Niemen Enigmatic (1969) Marek Grechuta & Anawa Korowód (1971) Skaldowie Krywań Krywań (1972) Budka Suflera Cien Wielkiej Góry (1975) SBB 2: Nowy Horyzont (1975) Indukti S.U.S.A.R. (2004) Riverside Second Life Syndrome (2005) Lunatic Soul Lunatic Soul (2008)
Additional Czesław Niemen Niemen Aerolit (1975) By the way, about the whole continental European Prog scene, if anybody is not acquainted with the book Scented Gardens Of The Mind. A guide to the golden era of progressive rock (1968 - 1980) in more than 20 European countries (2000) by Dag Erik Asbjřrnsen, I can very much recommend it. ------------- quality over quantity, and all kind of PopcoRn almost beyond |
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Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: November 17 2021 at 01:15
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Riverside - Out of Myself (2003) Indukti - S.U.S.A.R (2004) Disperse - Foreword (2017) Believe - Yesterday is a Friend (2008) Quidam - Alone Together (2007) Votum - Harvest Moon (2013) Collage - Moonshine (1994) Satellite - Into The Night (2007)
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Posted By: Sean Trane
Date Posted: November 17 2021 at 01:56
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8 or 10 is all that I would be willing to list anyways 11 More Experience From Acid Dreams Pol 1997 10 Namyslowski, Zbigniew Winobranie (Wine Feast) Pol 1973 10 SBB SBB I Pol 1974 10 10 Czeslaw Niemen Red Album 1971 10 Weedpecker II Pol 2015
10 Weedpecker III Pol 2018
09 Namyslowski, Zbigniew Lola Pol 1964
09 Namyslowski, Zbigniew Kujaviak Goes Funky Pol 1975 09 SBB 2: Nowy Horizont Pol 1975 ------------- let's just stay above the moral melee prefer the sink to the gutter keep our sand-castle virtues content to be a doer as well as a thinker, prefer lifting our pen rather than un-sheath our sword |
Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: November 17 2021 at 02:01
awesome to see Weedpecker in your list. I did not put them in mine because they are not on PA, yet.
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Sean Trane wrote:Posted By: David_D
Date Posted: November 17 2021 at 02:07
I'm very fond of this album, as well.  Edit: And I better give Weedpecker a listen.
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Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: November 17 2021 at 02:08
Riverside are so great, one could pick any of their albums for the list and I'd be perfectly fine.
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Posted By: David_D
Date Posted: November 17 2021 at 02:44
Maybe it has something to do with being able to understanding the lyrics, as in my opinion, it's not least there the quality appears. ------------- quality over quantity, and all kind of PopcoRn almost beyond |
Posted By: David_D
Date Posted: November 17 2021 at 03:24
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About experiences with the lyrics, by the way, I can tell a little story about how I received H to He Who Am the Only One. The first times I heard this album, it didn't tell me very much, almost boring. But I got the idea to look at the lyrics, which appeared very suprisingly to be, in my subjective opinion, the best lyrics I've ever seen - very poetic and emotional, and yet, easy to understand and thus very informative and profound. And then, the whole album became a very otherwise experience, as I found the music fit so well with the lyrics, and after some more listnings, this album became simply a "mind blowing" and so great experience. It was something so wonderful new for me because it never happened to me before - at least not so intense at all. Edit: About the Polish lyrics, I can tell that a quite or maybe even very popular musical genre has been Poezja Spiewana (Sung Poetry), which lyrics typically has been based on poetry, and the album Korowód on my list is one of the very most famous and appreciated of that kind. While Cien Wielkiej Gory (Shadow of a Big Mountain), from the former pseudo-socialist Poland, too, has some lyrics amazingly critical towards the system, and one could wonder how that not only could be allowed at that time but even released by Muza, the record company of the state.
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Posted By: Nogbad_The_Bad
Date Posted: November 17 2021 at 04:43
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Apparently I own 4 Polish records Gargantua - Kotegarda Zimpel / Ziolek - s/t Tatvamasi - Parts of the Entirety Riverside - Anno Domini High Definition ------------- Ian Host of the Post-Avant Jazzcore Happy Hour on Progrock.com https://podcasts.progrock.com/post-avant-jazzcore-happy-hour/ |
Posted By: David_D
Date Posted: November 17 2021 at 05:00
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Well, that is at least a beginning, Nogbad, or maybe even a very good beginning - considering you're from the other part of the world, and as for instance, I have only 9 albums from the whole South America - which I by the way, plan to return to. ------------- quality over quantity, and all kind of PopcoRn almost beyond |
Posted By: Progmind
Date Posted: November 17 2021 at 06:07
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Collage - Basnie Collage - Moonshine Exodus - The Most Beautiful Day Riverside - Out Of Myself Believe - Yesterday Is A Friend SBB - Nowt horizont Quidam - Alone Together Satellite - Into The Night Indukti - S.U.S.A.R Xanadu - The Last Sunrise
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Posted By: Nogbad_The_Bad
Date Posted: November 17 2021 at 06:18
Do I get bonus points for having seen 2 of them live? Riverside & Gargantua. I have 12 from South America. Lowest country around the world represented are Chile, Indonesia, Korea, Slovenia, Lebanon & Tunisia with one each ------------- Ian Host of the Post-Avant Jazzcore Happy Hour on Progrock.com https://podcasts.progrock.com/post-avant-jazzcore-happy-hour/ |
Posted By: David_D
Date Posted: November 17 2021 at 06:36
Then, you've been even much more internationally oriented than I have, as I've been very interested in Prog (and similar) all over the world, as well.
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Posted By: David_D
Date Posted: November 17 2021 at 09:05
I've given this one a listen but I couldn't even get through the first song of it, as I found both the vocal and melodi line too "inspired" by Mariusz Duda and Riverside.
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Posted By: BrufordFreak
Date Posted: November 17 2021 at 10:27
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1. Votum Harvest Moon 2. Proghma-C Bar-Do Travel 3. Starsabout Halflights 4. Riverside Second Life Syndrome 5. SBB Pamiec 6. SBB Memento Z Banalnym Tryptikiem 7. Collage Moonshine 8. Believe Seven Widows 9.Jerzy Antczak Ego, Georgius 10. Tune Lucid Moments 11. Mr. Gil Skellig 12. Quidam Quidam P.S. (Ooops! I thought this was another Top 12. Sorry!) ------------- Drew Fisher https://progisaliveandwell.blogspot.com/ |
Posted By: kenethlevine
Date Posted: November 17 2021 at 12:34
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limiting to one per band Albion - Broken Hopes Annalist - Artemis Collage - MoonshineBelieve - Seven Widows Mr Gil - Sight and Sound Millenium - Exist Quidam - Quidam Satellite - Evening Games |
Posted By: Sean Trane
Date Posted: November 17 2021 at 14:04
That's no excuse, really!!  I've listed non-PA-listed artistes right from the start in all those best of polls.
you've probably seen that most of my list is instrumental (whether 70's or recent), but that's not question of Polish lyrics During the 90's, I heard dozens of Polish neo-prog bands and a good deal of them sang in English - and I couldn't stand any of them. ------------- let's just stay above the moral melee prefer the sink to the gutter keep our sand-castle virtues content to be a doer as well as a thinker, prefer lifting our pen rather than un-sheath our sword |
Posted By: David_D
Date Posted: November 17 2021 at 14:20
I ment some of the albums from the 70's which have been very appreciated internationally, and I listed a couple of them in my list. In the thread, I wrote also a little description of the lyrics. - I've seen quite a lot of your reviews and seem to conclude there's some similarity in ours tastes (for instance, I'm not much for the Polish Neo-Prog, either, or Neo-Prog as a whole - I'm very fond of Script for a Jester's Tear, though). Something entirely else, how do you manage to quote two persons in one post, when the answer opens in a new window when quoting? - At least, when I do it.
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Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: November 17 2021 at 14:45
I was not trying to make excuses. I thought we were listing PA bands anyway, my bad.
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Posted By: progaardvark
Date Posted: November 17 2021 at 15:16
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I think I'd have more SBB and Millenium in this list if I ever get around to listening to their earlier stuff, so tentatively it goes something like this... 1. SBB - Memento z banalnym tryptykiem 2. Fren - Where Do You Want Ghosts to Reside 3. Lebowski - Galactica 4. Millenium - The Web 5. Retrospective - Latent Avidity 6. Czyszy - Epic May 7. Lizard - W Galerii Czasu 8. Abraxas - Abraxas 9. Immortal Onion - Ocelot of Salvation 10. Lebowski - Cinematic I ought to explore Polish prog music more. I have ancestors that lived in the southeastern part when it was part of the Austrian province of Galicia prior to WWI. ------------- ---------- i'm shopping for a new oil-cured sinus bag that's a happy bag of lettuce this car smells like cartilage nothing beats a good video about fractions |
Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: November 17 2021 at 15:21
The ones I highlighted in your list are all excellent. Nice!
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Posted By: David_D
Date Posted: November 17 2021 at 15:30
Interesting, any 70's albums in your list, disregarding SBB? ------------- quality over quantity, and all kind of PopcoRn almost beyond |
Posted By: David_D
Date Posted: November 17 2021 at 15:36
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It seems like, you know a lot of Polish music, Cristi. ------------- quality over quantity, and all kind of PopcoRn almost beyond |
Posted By: progaardvark
Date Posted: November 17 2021 at 15:37
No, there aren't. I think everything I own is from more recent years and tends to be neo-prog. I certainly need to spend some time exploring 1970s Polish prog. ------------- ---------- i'm shopping for a new oil-cured sinus bag that's a happy bag of lettuce this car smells like cartilage nothing beats a good video about fractions |
Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: November 17 2021 at 15:39
I wouldn't say so. Nevertheless a lot of good and great releases come out from Poland. I sometimes pay attention and listen.
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Posted By: progaardvark
Date Posted: November 17 2021 at 15:39
Yes, I really enjoyed those. I still need to buy the Lebowski album. It's on my list. ------------- ---------- i'm shopping for a new oil-cured sinus bag that's a happy bag of lettuce this car smells like cartilage nothing beats a good video about fractions |
Posted By: Dellinger
Date Posted: November 17 2021 at 18:56
| I'm interested in getting some SBB, what I have heard I have liked. Of course, I like Riverside too (Anno Domini would be my favourite from them), and there's also Georgius, I think they (he) are polish too, and the two albums I have are really wonderful. |
Posted By: King Crimson776
Date Posted: November 17 2021 at 22:33
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SBB - Memento z banalnym tryptykiem Satellite - A Street Between Sunrise and Sunset Moonrise - Soul's Inner Pendulum Abraxas - Abraxas Riverside - Love, Fear and the Time Machine Skaldowie - Krywań, Krywań Exodus - The Most Beautiful Day Lunatic Soul - Lunatic Soul
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Posted By: David_D
Date Posted: November 18 2021 at 00:37
I'm glad of seeing you mention this one. ------------- quality over quantity, and all kind of PopcoRn almost beyond |
Posted By: Sean Trane
Date Posted: November 18 2021 at 01:14
Naah, I just don't give a damn, they can do whatever they want with my answer . 
I just cheat!!   There are more than one way of achieving this type of effect - I answer to one post and then I copy it instead of sending/submit it. Then I go back to the thread Then I quote another post and paste the text of the first than answer the second. You/I can either copy the whole thing and return to the thread as many times as you/I wish and quote as many posts you like or finally submit the drivel you/I've written. - You can also submit your first answer and then proceed to a second one, copy it and return to the thread and copy it on your previous answer. .
------------- let's just stay above the moral melee prefer the sink to the gutter keep our sand-castle virtues content to be a doer as well as a thinker, prefer lifting our pen rather than un-sheath our sword |
Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: November 18 2021 at 01:19
But seeing you listen to something like Weedpecker was a pleasant surprise TBH.
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Posted By: David_D
Date Posted: November 18 2021 at 01:38
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thank you very much, Sean
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Posted By: David_D
Date Posted: November 18 2021 at 03:35
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I must say, I'm rather suprised (and a bit disappointed) so far, nobody mentioning neither Korowód nor Cien Wielkiej Góry, and only Sean including Enigmatic in his list, as they are all three highly rated and well known on RYM. Anyway, I can surely recommend to give them a listen, and I've written some comments about the lyrics of the first two of them, and can write too about the last one, if any interest.
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Posted By: nick_h_nz
Date Posted: November 18 2021 at 03:58
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Looking on my iPod, I have albums from the following Polish artists. I’ll have to think about which of them have released my favourite eight albums from Poland. 🤔 Abstrakt Acute Mind After... Amarok Ayden Believe Brain Connect Dianoya Diatom Disperse Mariusz Duda Fren Furia Gru Here On Earth Indukti Inner Rival Joseph Magazine Landscape Lebowski Lion Shepherd Lizard Lunatic Soul Julia Marcell Meller Golyźniak Duda Merkabah Oddalenie Organic Noises Osada Vida Pinkroom Quidam Retrospective Riverside Satellite SBB T.A.O. Tenebris Tides From Nebula Transmission Zero Votum Wave Xanadu ------------- https://tinyurl.com/nickhnz-tpa" rel="nofollow - Reviewer for The Progressive Aspect |
Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: November 18 2021 at 03:59
| ^ forgot about Pinkroom, that's a really good band. |
Posted By: David_D
Date Posted: November 18 2021 at 04:20
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ookaay, Nick, that was quite a few names
If I say "Indukti", can you recommend anything similar? ------------- quality over quantity, and all kind of PopcoRn almost beyond |
Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: November 18 2021 at 04:25
| Widek is a good guitarist/project/band, for anyone that likes instrumental djenty-shred type. |
Posted By: David_D
Date Posted: November 18 2021 at 04:28
thank you! I can tell you, Cristi, that I have often problem with Prog Metal vocals, as I don't like them being Pop influenced. Edit: Widek is too ambient/atmospheric and "synthetic" for me.
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Posted By: EduTatsumi
Date Posted: November 19 2021 at 21:20
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1. Collage - Moonshine 2. Millenium - The Web 3. Moonrise - Stopover life 4. Albion - You'll be mine 5. Quidam - Debut 6. Believe - Seven Windows 7. Satellite - A Street Between Sunrise and Sunset 8. Abraxas - Centurie 9. Mr. Gil - Skellig 10. Tale of Diffusion - Adventures Of Mandorius (The Bird) 11. Millenium - 44 Minutes 12. Albion - Wabiac Cenie 13. Collage - Basnie 14. The Ryszard Kramarski Project - Mr. Scrooge 15. Millenium - MMXVII 16. Loonypark - The 7th Dew 17. Lizard - W Galerii Czasu 18. Millenium - The Sin |
Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: November 20 2021 at 02:04
true about the vocals, if I don't like or tolerate the vocals, a lot of times the whole thing is ruined. What do you mean by "pop influenced"? Can you give an example? As for Widek, I can understand his music sounding "synthetic", but I like it how he blends atmosphere and heaviness.
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Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: November 20 2021 at 02:45
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1. Lunatic Soul - Through Shaded Woods 2. Riverside - Rapid Eye Movement sadly that's all I can contribute |
Posted By: Hrychu
Date Posted: November 20 2021 at 03:14
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SBB - Memento z Banalnym Tryptykiem is my #1 favorite and I listen to it on a regular basis. Also, in no order (and one band per album), the following items on my list will be: 2. RSC - Flyrock 3. Anawa - s/t 4. Mech - Zjednoczone Siły Natury Mech 5. Niemen - Aerolit 6. Budka Suflera - Cień Wielkiej Góry 7. Skaldowie - Stworzenia Świata cz. 2 8. Osada Vida - Particles ------------- 
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Posted By: David_D
Date Posted: November 20 2021 at 03:27
fine, that's just the way it is ------------- quality over quantity, and all kind of PopcoRn almost beyond |
Posted By: David_D
Date Posted: November 20 2021 at 03:29
I like to see that list! ------------- quality over quantity, and all kind of PopcoRn almost beyond |
Posted By: David_D
Date Posted: November 20 2021 at 03:39
I'll answer this later. ------------- quality over quantity, and all kind of PopcoRn almost beyond |
Posted By: tszirmay
Date Posted: November 20 2021 at 07:26
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Collage-Moonshine Lebowski- Cinematic Albion- Unsongs Quidam-st Jerzy Antczak- Ego Georgius State Urge- White Rock Thrilos- Kingdom of Dreams Satellite- Evening Games Honorables: Riverside-Out of Myself The Adekaem- The Great Lie Fren- Where Do You Want Ghosts and a dozen more , me thinks....
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Posted By: David_D
Date Posted: November 20 2021 at 09:12
Not one of the "worse" but anyway, not in line enough with my taste: DT - Pull Me Under ------------- quality over quantity, and all kind of PopcoRn almost beyond |
Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: November 20 2021 at 10:02
I disagree and that's a great song. oh well...
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Posted By: David_D
Date Posted: November 20 2021 at 10:04
Sorry, I could guess that you like it. ------------- quality over quantity, and all kind of PopcoRn almost beyond |
Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: November 20 2021 at 10:11
old DT is great!
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Posted By: Mellotron Storm
Date Posted: November 25 2021 at 17:19
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Late to the party but here's my eight in no particular order. Merkabah- Million Miles Light Cooporation- Rare Dialect SBB- Karlstad Live Michal Urbaniac- In Concert 1973
Indukti- S.U.S.A.R. Votum- Time Must Have A Stop Lunatic Soul- Walking On A Flashlight Beam Riverside- Lost N Found Live In Tilburg Believe, Collage and Pinkroom bubbling underneath. ------------- "The wind is slowly tearing her apart" "Sad Rain" ANEKDOTEN |
Posted By: David_D
Date Posted: November 25 2021 at 23:25
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surely better late than never, Mellotron ------------- quality over quantity, and all kind of PopcoRn almost beyond |
Posted By: zwordser
Date Posted: November 26 2021 at 11:31
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Haven't seen Riverside, Second Life Syndrome. Did I miss it in another Post somewhere? This is by far my favorite Riverside album, followed by Shrine of New Generation Slaves. ------------- Z |
Posted By: David_D
Date Posted: November 26 2021 at 11:40
It's at least mentioned in my opening list. ------------- quality over quantity, and all kind of PopcoRn almost beyond |
Posted By: zwordser
Date Posted: November 26 2021 at 12:34
Ah, yes, sorry, you did indeed list it! ------------- Z |
Posted By: enigmatic
Date Posted: November 29 2021 at 07:19
I'm of Polish origin too, as you probably can guess by looking at my user name. My favorite 8 Polish Prog albums: Niemen - Aerolit (1975) Niemen - Katharsis (1975) Laboratorium - Quasimodo (1979) Marek Grechuta - Korowód (1971) Anawa - Anawa (1973) SBB - Nowy Horyzont (1975) SBB - Memento z banalnym tryptykiem (1980) Skaldowie - Krywań, Krywań (1972) Honorable mention from more recent years: Contemporary Noise Quintet - Pig inside the Gentleman (2006) Indukti - S.U.S.A.R. (2005) Maestro Trytony - Heart of Gold (2004) |
Posted By: David_D
Date Posted: November 29 2021 at 08:37
I doubt if I could guess it on basis of your user name, but when you say so, I guess you're quite a bit of Niemen aficionado - and I'd find it very probably on basis of your list here which I'm very happy to see. Anyway, welcome very much to you as an active member on PA - or what should I say as I don't know your member history. Edit: And our Polish taste can seem to be rather in line so, I think I'll better check those two: Contemporary Noise Quintet - Pig inside the Gentleman (2006) Maestro Trytony - Heart of Gold (2004) ------------- quality over quantity, and all kind of PopcoRn almost beyond |
Posted By: enigmatic
Date Posted: November 29 2021 at 10:08
Really? Enigmatic is the title of Czesław Niemen album, recorded in 1969, released in early 1970. It contains "Bema pamięci żałobny rapsod", 16+ min track arguably first example of progressive rock in Polish music scene.
Not the same as the rest. You may be disappointed. ;-) Maestro Trytony - chamber music mixed with jazz. Contemporary Noise Quintet - jazz with some progressive overtones |
Posted By: David_D
Date Posted: November 29 2021 at 13:15
Yes, I know, in fact it's included as #1 in my list. But your user name is just an English word, and could be related to thousand other things, right? ------------- quality over quantity, and all kind of PopcoRn almost beyond |
Posted By: mellotronwave
Date Posted: February 03 2022 at 16:45
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Riverside Second life syndrome Indukti SUSAR Lunatic Soul 1st SBB 1st Collage Moonshine Riverside EP Voices in my head Michael Urbaniak Fusion ( Urbaniak for years my only contact with polish prog/fusion music) |
Posted By: David_D
Date Posted: February 04 2022 at 00:52
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I'm particularly glad, you've found this thread as well, mellotronwave , and even list S.U.S.A.R, Lunatic Soul and one of the early SBB albums which I'm very fond of myself (even it's SBB's second.) ------------- quality over quantity, and all kind of PopcoRn almost beyond |
Posted By: mellotronwave
Date Posted: February 04 2022 at 04:43
Hi, Although using PA for a very long time for personal news/research about prog music ( in the past I used to consult the ' Gibraltar' since defunct) , I am a newbee of its forum that I flip through. There really is everything here . One is going from very interesting to mediocre topics and some are totally irrelevant A truthfulf mirror of our society perhaps ? About induct, I wasn’t very hot about their second and last ( ?) effort that crossed the Rubicon of prog metal a bit too far for my taste |
Posted By: David_D
Date Posted: February 04 2022 at 05:34
Besides S.U.S.A.R, I've only heard Inducti's second album, and didn't like it either. And I agree about PA's diversity, as well. I hope, you'll find some of the many threads, I've started, as of the better quality.  Anyway, my very welcome to you on PA forums, again, and I hope, you'll enjoy it. ------------- quality over quantity, and all kind of PopcoRn almost beyond |
Posted By: omphaloskepsis
Date Posted: February 04 2022 at 06:04
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Riverside- "Second Life Syndrome" Riverside- "Anno Domini High Definition" SBB- "Memento Z Banalnym Tryptykiem" SBB- "SBB" Riverside- "Love, Fear And the Time Machine" Believe- "Seven Windows" Lunatic Soul- "Walking On A Flashlight Beam" Lunatic Soul- "Lunatic Soul"
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