Unnoticed Prog Albums from the 2000s
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Topic: Unnoticed Prog Albums from the 2000s
Posted By: BrufordFreak
Subject: Unnoticed Prog Albums from the 2000s
Date Posted: April 07 2022 at 08:43
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Name ten prog releases from the Naughties that you see have been sadly overlooked (less than 100 ratings in the PA database). For me they would include (items in bold type are top 10): KBB Lost and Found (2000) CABEZAS DE CERA Cabezas de Cera (2000) BILL BRUFORD'S EARTHWORKS The Sound of Surprise (2001) KARDA ESTRA Eve (2001) JAGA JAZZIST A Living Room Hush (2001) KOENJI HYAKKEI Nivraym (2001) BUBBLEMATH Such Fine Particles of the Universe (2001) KENSO Fabulis Mirabilibus de Bombycosi Scriptis (2002) FROGG CAFÉ Frogg Café (2002) NIL Quarante jours sur le Sinaï (2002) FROGG CAFÉ Creatures (2003) KARDA ESTRA Constellations (2003) BARK PSYCHOSIS Codename: Dustucker (2004) DUNGEN Ta Det Lugt (2004) KVAZAR A Giant's Lullaby (2005) ALBION Wabiac Cenie (2005) OOIOO Taiga (2006) ØRESUND SPACE COLLECTIVE Øresund Space Collective (2006) UZVA Uoma (2006) ESPERS II (2006) WOVEN HAND Mosaic (2006) ØRESUND SPACE COLLECTIVE The Black Tomato (2007) VIOLETA DE OUTONO Seven (2007) MANNING Songs from the Bilston House (2007) ELECTRIC ORANGE Morbus (2007) JEAVESTONE Spices, Species and Poetry Petrol (2008) PANDORA Dramma di un Poeta Ubriaco (2008) RATIONAL DIET At Work (2008) DUNGEN 4 (2008) THE BOX D'Après le hora de Maupassant (2009) JUDY DYBLE Talking with Strangers (2009) PINKROOM Solstice (2009) VOTUM Metafiction (2009) FEN The Malediction Fields (2009) TOE For Long Tomorrow (2009) ------------- Drew Fisher https://progisaliveandwell.blogspot.com/ |
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Posted By: nick_h_nz
Date Posted: April 07 2022 at 10:02
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I think I maybe have ten of those. 🤔 Pretty much most more modern prog is rather overlooked on PA. There’s a whole lot of melancholic and metallic prog from Poland, but it seems that only Riverside has managed to become well known. The Pinkroom and Votum albums you mention are both fantastic, and there are several other Polish bands who have also put out some great albums in the same vein. Some might say that Riverside has had more success because they are make better music, but I don’t think that is at all the case (and I’m a fan of Riverside, so I’m not knocking them). In a way, it’s more surprising that band like Votum and Pinkroom, who are more “conventional”, have not made more of an impact, than that bands like Koenji Hyakkei or OOIOO have been overlooked. After all, they are definitely far more accessible, and more melodic. Beyond the ten or so albums I have, I recognise several names that are on my “to listen to” list. There’s not much there that I’ve not heard of at all, so I guess it’s always possible that most albums listed here might not necessarily be overlooked, so much as not yet looked at. It will be interesting to see how people react to the albums in your list, or the albums people list for themselves. ------------- https://tinyurl.com/nickhnz-tpa" rel="nofollow - Reviewer for The Progressive Aspect |
Posted By: Nogbad_The_Bad
Date Posted: April 07 2022 at 11:48
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Cheer-Accident - Fear Draws Misfortune (2009 - 53 ratings) The Future Kings Of England - The Fate Of Old Mother Orvis (2007 - 66 ratings) Ahvak - s/t (2004 - 79 ratings) Aranis - Songs From Mirage (2009 - 54 ratings) Simon Steensland - Fat Again (2009 - 30 ratings) Yugn - Labrinto D'Acqua (2006 - 74 ratings) John Zorn's Electric Masada - At The Mountains Of Madness (2005 - 17 ratings) Combat Astronomy - Dreams No Longer Hesitate (2008 - 12 ratings) Time Of Orchids - Namesake Caution (2007 - 16 ratings) Hamster Theater - Carnival Detournement (2000 - 32 ratings) The Book Of Knots - Traineater (2007 - 18 ratings) Upsilon Acrux - Galapagos Momentum (2007 - 6 ratings) All 12 and above Gnosis ratings for me. ------------- Ian Host of the Post-Avant Jazzcore Happy Hour on Progrock.com https://podcasts.progrock.com/post-avant-jazzcore-happy-hour/ |
Posted By: nick_h_nz
Date Posted: April 07 2022 at 13:38
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^ I’ve not done so well from that list. I own only two (although those two do go from A to Z! 😜), and know of only a further three. But given that you and I have similar tastes much of the time, I will certainly investigate those I am unfamiliar with. ------------- https://tinyurl.com/nickhnz-tpa" rel="nofollow - Reviewer for The Progressive Aspect |
Posted By: Grumpyprogfan
Date Posted: April 07 2022 at 13:40
| Marco Minnemann released 8 solo albums in the 00's. All have less than 4 ratings on PA. |
Posted By: Progmind
Date Posted: April 07 2022 at 17:40
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My fav: Koi - Tomorrow Hid Yesterday (2010) only 21 ratings, a rare mix between Anekdoten + Porcupine tree + Landberk and swedish melancholic, my fav debut album of that year Another gems Bark Psychosis - Codename:Dustsucker (2004) only 89 ratings, a classic!! Cult Of Luna - Salvation (2004) 70 ratings Callisto - Noir (2006) 24 ratings Antique Seeking Nuns - Double Egg With Chips And Beans (2006) 34 ratings (amazing band and album!) Bauer - Astronauta Olvidado (2004) 23 ratings (highly recommend this Argentinean band) Panzerpappa - Koralrevens Klagesans (2006) 52 ratings October Equus - October Equus (2005) 34 ratings Gargamel - Watch For The Umbles (2006) 76 ratings
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Posted By: Nogbad_The_Bad
Date Posted: April 07 2022 at 18:15
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Antique Seeking Nuns is a great pick ------------- Ian Host of the Post-Avant Jazzcore Happy Hour on Progrock.com https://podcasts.progrock.com/post-avant-jazzcore-happy-hour/ |
Posted By: nick_h_nz
Date Posted: April 08 2022 at 00:41
Ok, at the risk of being boring, since so far I have only been reacting to the lists of others, I own seven of these nine! I guess that means I need to check out Bark and Bauer. ------------- https://tinyurl.com/nickhnz-tpa" rel="nofollow - Reviewer for The Progressive Aspect |
Progmind wrote:Posted By: Necrotica
Date Posted: April 08 2022 at 02:50
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Gonin-Ish - Gonin-Ish (2000) 8 ratings Schizofrantik - Access Permitted (2005) 2 ratings Vektor - Black Future (2009) 85 ratings Katatonia - Last Fair Deal Gone Down (2001) 82 ratings The Faceless - Planetary Duality (2008) 27 ratings Hiromi - Another Mind (2003) 58 ratings Flametal - The Elder (2005) 12 ratings Deerhoof - Milk Man (2004) 15 ratings Giant Squid - Metridium Fields (2004) 34 ratings Ruins - Tzomborgha (2002) 36 ratings ------------- Take me down, to the underground Won't you take me down, to the underground Why oh why, there is no light And if I can't sleep, can you hold my life https://www.youtube.com/@CocoonMasterBrendan-wh3sd |
Posted By: Lewian
Date Posted: April 08 2022 at 04:47
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Most of these are not super-unnoticed, only less noticed by the general PA public than I notice them. Art Zoyd - Metropolis Jannick Top - Infernal Machina Holger Czukay - Linear City Irmin Schmidt & Kumo - Axolotl Eyes William D. Drake - Briny Hooves Karda Estra - Eve North Sea Radio Orchestra - Birds From Monument to Masses - The Impossible Leap in One Hundred Simple Steps Set Fire to Flames - Telegraphs in Negative/Mouths Trapped in Static Rapoon & Birds of Tin - Monomyth
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Posted By: Guldbamsen
Date Posted: April 08 2022 at 05:21
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Three off the top of my head..but there are so many out there: Chrome Hoof - Chrome Black Gold Æthenor - En Form For Blå Zu - Jhator ------------- “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.” - Douglas Adams |
Posted By: BrufordFreak
Date Posted: April 19 2022 at 13:28
Three edgy, envelope-pushing albums! Nice! ------------- Drew Fisher https://progisaliveandwell.blogspot.com/ |
Posted By: BrufordFreak
Date Posted: April 19 2022 at 13:44
Thanks to your suggestion, I tried all of these. I LOVE Gonin-Ish! Another Mind is stellar Hiromi. The Elder is pretty good. Last Fair Deal Gone Down definitely deserves more attention. Can't find the Schizofrantik album. The rest don't resonate with me. Ruins is always too out there for me--like Primus, Zappa, rollercoasters, and video game music. ------------- Drew Fisher https://progisaliveandwell.blogspot.com/ |
Posted By: BrufordFreak
Date Posted: April 19 2022 at 13:53
I own five of these so I thought I'd try the other three. Salvation is not my cup of tea (I've tried them before--other albums. Post Rock with death metal growls?!) I really like the Bauer album--will be trying to pick it up for my own collection. It has the spacious, atmospheric places that I need and like. Gargamel Watch for the Umbles is interesting. This album feels a little underproduced and underdeveloped. Poor vocals and questionable arrangements. It would incite me to put them in a "band to watch" category and explore successive releases. ------------- Drew Fisher https://progisaliveandwell.blogspot.com/ |
Posted By: BrufordFreak
Date Posted: April 19 2022 at 14:19
There are several here that I had not heard though I've heard music by all bands listed except for the last three. Really like the trip-hoppy techno jazz of Irmin Schmidt & Kumo. Like a modern Art of Noise. William D. Drake is always about lyrics and Talking Heads/cabaret-like music. Not my cup of tea. Always a pleasure to hear Sharron Fortnum's voice and the quirky folk music of North Sea Radio Orch. From Monument to Masses The Impossible Leap in One Hundred Simple Steps is entertaining--most interesting for listening to all the radio/television samples. The music is take-it or leave it Post Rock--most interesting, IMO, for the bass and drum interplay. I like Set Fire to Flames Telegraphs in Negative/Mouths Trapped in Static quite a little. Not sure why. Not every song, but the songs in general are less dense and protracted than GY!BE. Definitely an album that I'll be picking up and reviewing. Prolific experimental Ambient/Drone/Ethnic/Electronic artist Rapoon collaborated with Birds of Tin only once that I can find. Can't find anything titled "Monomyths." ------------- Drew Fisher https://progisaliveandwell.blogspot.com/ |
Posted By: BrufordFreak
Date Posted: April 19 2022 at 14:36
I like the Ahvak debut. Aranis and Cheer-Accident are always a pleasure to hear. Both bands whose lexicons go sadly under-appreciated here (and everywhere). I really like the sound of the songs I sampled from Dreams No Longer Hesitate -- something I'll be exploring more. The sound recording/engineering on Time Of Orchids Namesake Caution is a problem for me. Too raw and "unfinished." The Romansch/klezmer sound of Hamster Theater Carnival Detournement should be right up my alley but I couldn't find more than one song to sample. Weirdly, though the sound production on The Book Of Knots Traineater is better, I think I like the debut better--but thanks for re-acquainting me with this band. Upsilon Acrux Galapagos Momentum is like an exercise in monomaniacal Robert Fripp patience. Brave soul: You definitely like your music angular and not groovy and straightforward! I'll definitely be going back to The Book of Knots, Combat Astronomy and probably Ahvak. Thanks! ------------- Drew Fisher https://progisaliveandwell.blogspot.com/ |
Posted By: King Crimson776
Date Posted: April 19 2022 at 17:38
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Viima - Ajatuksia maailman laidalta Moonrise - Soul's Inner Pendulum Acoustic Asturias - Bird Eyes View Témpano - Selective Memory Djam Karet - Recollection Harvest Yesterdays - Holdfénykert Gerard - The Ruins of a Glass Fortress Mindgames - Actors in a Play Gert Emmens & Ruud Heij - Return to the Origin (a total of one rating) Quentadharkën - Amarok Lost World - Awakening of the Elements Outer Limits - Stromatolite
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Posted By: Lewian
Date Posted: April 19 2022 at 18:23
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@Drew: Nice to see you commenting on so much! Posting lists is nice but much better with feedback like this! |
Posted By: Dellinger
Date Posted: April 19 2022 at 23:17
| I really love Out There from Rick Wakeman, and I don't think many people pay much attention to that one. His Retro albums were rather nice, too. |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: April 20 2022 at 07:09
All of Rick Wakeman's many album releases completely passed me by in the 2000's, but I've since discovered them all 20 years later at the beginning of 2021:-  2000: The Legend: Live in Concert - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoIDt_C5y1Lv5F2C4JuRQ_ZfJ5NLmh8JV" rel="nofollow -  2000: Preludes to a Century - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoIDt_C5y1LupRzM2nxjapoZiMLKbY-Mr" rel="nofollow - 2000: Chronicles of Man - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoIDt_C5y1LsL6oyIcikAtCfShgM4u1sn" rel="nofollow - 2000: Christmas Variations - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoIDt_C5y1LsNq2OEMJ_AJXoCc_4bqEz6" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoIDt_C5y1LsNq2OEMJ_AJXoCc_4bqEz6 2000: Morning Has Broken - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoIDt_C5y1LtOKUPurr47Kg3jd6hGMbcY" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoIDt_C5y1LtOKUPurr47Kg3jd6hGMbcY 2001: Out of the Blue - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoIDt_C5y1LvUIDQj7h_JtDONA6ii3q6h" rel="nofollow - 2001: Classical Variations - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoIDt_C5y1LuR0yIGTR1S7mLkmXXRcsRy" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoIDt_C5y1LuR0yIGTR1S7mLkmXXRcsRy 2001: Live in Buenos Aires - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoIDt_C5y1LuCp_aGDGw977eRXh2Vzd2s" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoIDt_C5y1LuCp_aGDGw977eRXh2Vzd2s  2001: Two Sides of Yes - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoIDt_C5y1LvP1X0ZiYVnguPA9J3X2rnD" rel="nofollow - 2001: Tales of Future and Past - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoIDt_C5y1LvBIJMvcPMIwlPRHRPPjMkd" rel="nofollow - 2002: Two Sides of Yes: Volume 2 - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoIDt_C5y1LuxXgziTcmZWcwn3xWGH49b" rel="nofollow - 2002: Wakeman & Cousins - Hummingbird - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoIDt_C5y1LtmpYpg_Yj9jZI6pmwLdIap" rel="nofollow - 2002: The Real Lisztomania - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoIDt_C5y1LvKdiX_uuhmdksr7o2WmCJE" rel="nofollow - 2002: The Wizard and the Forest of All Dreams - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoIDt_C5y1Lsq2vbLpScQmnq7Df5vRK-q" rel="nofollow - 2002: Songs of Middle Earth - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoIDt_C5y1Lunrb_h1Oyv_lSVI7Hd93DQ" rel="nofollow - 2003: Out There - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoIDt_C5y1Lu4u9ia3dmybR8-wrmo8Psl" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoIDt_C5y1Lu4u9ia3dmybR8-wrmo8Psl 2004: The Ultimate Anthology - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoIDt_C5y1LuU7RUKViEogei3k4hgjAny" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoIDt_C5y1LuU7RUKViEogei3k4hgjAny 2005: The Ultimate Rick Wakeman Experience - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoIDt_C5y1LsMaOR1wq5YIIPtxBsHpXos" rel="nofollow - 2005: Rick Wakeman at Lincoln Cathedral - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoIDt_C5y1LvEbQkbyQ2ve9DEJ-OvfRns" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoIDt_C5y1LvEbQkbyQ2ve9DEJ-OvfRns 2005: Made in Cuba - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoIDt_C5y1LvBJxpsC0TS5M5hjGwDQ77s" rel="nofollow - 2006: Retro - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoIDt_C5y1LvKhWgXjrcJejQVF6QSeWlb" rel="nofollow - 2007: Retro 2 - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoIDt_C5y1Luz-5LPk82jZwmzFlORi6J3" rel="nofollow - 2007: Night Music - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoIDt_C5y1Lush*tlPxK7Fa3SjduStGr2" rel="nofollow - 2007: The Other Side of Rick Wakeman - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoIDt_C5y1LunTqHqOPFqvJ1tKTQm9PB8" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoIDt_C5y1LunTqHqOPFqvJ1tKTQm9PB8 2007: Amazing Grace - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoIDt_C5y1Lt7Vsb1Ew7-c3GBTZyRQnCt" rel="nofollow - 2008: Rick Wakeman's Grumpy Old Picture Show - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoIDt_C5y1LtrOtFD60vDJIriV7ImGcSN" rel="nofollow - 2009: The Six Wives of Henry VIII: Live at Hampton Court Palace - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoIDt_C5y1LvLMJHWVmnKUdWjAdkGtnh" rel="nofollow -
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