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Topic: Top 5 of 2023 So FarPosted By: Negoba
Subject: Top 5 of 2023 So Far
Date Posted: April 18 2023 at 12:34
We're a quarter into 2023 with many great albums already released. What are your top 5 so far? Don't dig or contemplate too much. Save that for the year end.
Mine:
1. Witch Ripper - the Flight After the Fall
2. Plank! - Future of the Sea
3. Atsuko Chiba - Water, It Feels Like It's Growing
4. Siena Root - Revelation
5. Zopp - Dominion
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Replies: Posted By: Gentle and Giant
Date Posted: April 18 2023 at 12:54
Riverside - ID.Entitiy
Haken - Fauna
Zopp - Dominion
Solstice - Light Up
The Tangent - Pyramids, Stars & Other Stories The Tangent Live Recordings 2004-2017
------------- Oh, for the wings of any bird, other than a battery hen
Posted By: Negoba
Date Posted: April 18 2023 at 13:05
Solstice would probably be #2 for me but I thought it was 2022?
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Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: April 18 2023 at 13:15
The following two are not in PA, but still relevant I think.
Marlene Ribeiro - https://marleneribeiro.bandcamp.com/album/toquei-no-sol" rel="nofollow - Toquei no Sol (Neo-Psychedelia, Ambient Pop, Electroacoustic) Yo La Tengo - https://yolatengo.bandcamp.com/album/this-stupid-world" rel="nofollow - This Stupid World (Indie Rock/ Post Rock)
Most anticipated in PA: Swans - The Beggar (June 23, 2023) and Susanne Sundfør - Blómi (April, 28, 2023).
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Posted By: Grumpyprogfan
Date Posted: April 18 2023 at 13:33
Mike Keneally - The Thing That Knowledge Can't Eat Covet - Catharsis Amoeba Split - Quiet Euphoria Zopp - Dominion Haken - Fauna
Posted By: Nogbad_The_Bad
Date Posted: April 18 2023 at 13:40
On PA
Poil Ueda - s/t (Avant / medieval Japanese Biwa)
Black Country New Road - Live at Bush Hall (Post Punk)
Ángel Ontalva - A Haunted, Hidden World of Caves (Avant Folk)
That's only 4, I believe, but we got another 8 months.
You ca,n also add:
Zopp'sDominion
Amoeba Spilt
Trees Speak's Mind Maze
.
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Posted By: Nogbad_The_Bad
Date Posted: April 18 2023 at 13:50
------------- 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: Nogbad_The_Bad
Date Posted: April 18 2023 at 14:10
Posted By: BrufordFreak
Date Posted: April 18 2023 at 15:32
1. OIAPOK OisoLün
2. AMOEBA SPLIT Quiet Euphoria
3. MICE ON STILTS I Am Proud of You.
4. DEPOSED KING One Man's Grief
5. ZOPP Dominion
On Sunday night I just did my first radio show of the year featuring music from 2023 releases. Had fun playing double shots from all of the above albums. It's already been a good year!
The Light album is really interesting, never heard anything quite like it.
Also glad I'm not the only one enjoying the Atsuko Chiba.
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Posted By: omphaloskepsis
Date Posted: April 19 2023 at 07:02
Haken - Fauna
Riverside - ID.Entitiy
Zopp - Dominion
Poil Ueda - Poil Ueda
Amoeba Split - Quiet Euphoria
Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: April 19 2023 at 07:06
Riverside - ID.Entitiy
Zopp - Dominion
Klone - Meanwhile
Redemption - I Am the Storm
The Enigma Division - The Enigma Division
Posted By: Gentle and Giant
Date Posted: April 19 2023 at 09:44
Negoba wrote:
Solstice would probably be #2 for me but I thought it was 2022?
You're right of course. I have it listed in my 2023 folder for some reason. Apologies.
------------- Oh, for the wings of any bird, other than a battery hen
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: April 19 2023 at 10:32
Zopp - Dominion
Djabe - Before
Lazuli - Lazuli 11
eMolecule - The Architect
Isobar - Isobar 3
Posted By: essexboyinwales
Date Posted: April 19 2023 at 13:00
Not sure I’ve listened to any prog from this year yet….unless I can include the new Metallica album….which rocks!!
Looking forward to the Einer Sollberg album….
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Posted By: Prog-jester
Date Posted: April 19 2023 at 13:09
my top-5 so far:
The Waeve - s/t Aisles - Beyond Drama Shame - Food for Worms Super Pink Moon - Iron Rain HMLTD - The Worm
Negoba wrote:
Witch Ripper - the Flight After the Fall ... Siena Root - Revelation
Since you'd enjoyed these two may I recommend you this:
Posted By: runciblemoon
Date Posted: April 20 2023 at 04:55
I feel like it's been an exceptionally strong year already, especially compared to last year. Off the top of my head I'd go for, in no particular order:
Oiapok - OisoLün
Fistfights with Wolves - The Sheep That Eats The Wolf
Light - The Path
Rain - Radio Silence
Zopp - Dominion
But right on their heels I have:
Mike Keneally - The Thing That Knowledge Can’t Eat
PoiL Ueda - PoiL Ueda
Eyeless Owl - Murmurations
Amoeba Split - Quiet Euphoria
That Rain album in particular really needs some more ears on it IMO. To me they come across sort of like the UK's answer to Echolyn - nothing particularly showy on the surface, but there's real depth to the songwriting if you're willing to put the time in with it.
Posted By: Saperlipopette!
Date Posted: April 20 2023 at 05:02
I've not listened to enough new music of relevance for PA yet. 2023 favorite so far is The Necks - Travel. Also not on PA, but I guess I think they belong here. My favorite actually in PA is the always wonderful Kosmischer Läufer's new album Volume Five
Posted By: Negoba
Date Posted: April 20 2023 at 07:11
Prog-jester wrote:
Since you'd enjoyed these two may I recommend you this:
~Stoned Jesus, Season of the Witch~
I listened to your album when it first came out and liked it but actually enjoyed some of your earlier stuff better.
After your post, I went back again. I realized that I'm not as into straight doom like at the beginning of SotW, but that's just my taste, it's well done. But then listening with somewhat fresh ears to the whole album, I'm digging it a lot more. More psych and prog. Odd time in Porcelain is really good, and just the variation of so many textures. The middle section of SotW is my kind of music, and I dig the guitar sound which has more of a single coil feel in a lot of places even thought it's really heavy.
So - Bravo good sir.
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Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: April 20 2023 at 07:16
Saperlipopette! wrote:
I've not listened to enough new music of relevance for PA yet. 2023 favorite so far is The Necks - Travel. Also not on PA, but I guess I think they belong here. My favorite actually in PA is the always wonderful Kosmischer Läufer's new album Volume Five
suggest the band/artist if it's not on PA yet.
Posted By: Prog-jester
Date Posted: April 20 2023 at 10:05
Negoba, thank you! "Porcelain" is actually my favourite track there hehe
Posted By: Nogbad_The_Bad
Date Posted: April 20 2023 at 10:29
Cristi wrote:
Saperlipopette! wrote:
I've not listened to enough new music of relevance for PA yet. 2023 favorite so far is The Necks - Travel. Also not on PA, but I guess I think they belong here. My favorite actually in PA is the always wonderful Kosmischer Läufer's new album Volume Five
suggest the band/artist if it's not on PA yet.
They were rejected by Jazz Rock Fusion a couple of years ago. I always considered them borderline but primarily jazz. Great album, great band.
------------- Ian
Host of the Post-Avant Jazzcore Happy Hour on Progrock.com
Posted By: Saperlipopette!
Date Posted: April 20 2023 at 10:39
Nogbad_The_Bad wrote:
Cristi wrote:
Saperlipopette! wrote:
I've not listened to enough new music of relevance for PA yet. 2023 favorite so far is The Necks - Travel. Also not on PA, but I guess I think they belong here. My favorite actually in PA is the always wonderful Kosmischer Läufer's new album Volume Five
suggest the band/artist if it's not on PA yet.
They were rejected by Jazz Rock Fusion a couple of years ago. I always considered them borderline but primarily jazz. Great album, great band.
Yes, they do have a little bit of "everything I like". Modern jazz, Motorik/Kraut etc... but Post-Rock is where I'd place them here at PA. Maybe purely accidental, the building blocks are certainly different. But there's a lot of similarities experiencing their music for me as a listener.
Posted By: Dapper~Blueberries
Date Posted: April 20 2023 at 21:51
Here's mine, decided to branch out a bit, want to go and listen to more genres I like this year than just solely prog rock.
1. Scaring The Hoes by JPEGMAFIA and Danny Brown
2. Carousel by Vylet Pony
3. Seeking The Sources of Streams by Cicada
4. Fauna by Haken
5. Periphery V: Djent Is Not A Genre by Periphery
No really big five star masterpiece yet, but maybe one day 2023 will have that big stand out album, like what 2022 had with All The Pretty Days by Fren.
------------- D~B
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: April 21 2023 at 10:56
The Mars Volta latest album is an 'unplugged' affair. It doesn't suck which is something I suppose.
Posted By: Sean Trane
Date Posted: June 27 2023 at 14:48
Almost hlfway thru:
Trees Speak - Mind Maze
Paskinel - Maraude Automnale (Fra)
Zopp - Dominion (UK)
Vesilinja - Myrskyn keskellä (Fin)
Join The Din - Changes! (Deu??) Gogo Penguin - Everything is going to be OK (UK)
Mammal Hands - Gift from the Trees (UK)
Amoeba Split : Quiet Euphoria (Esp)
One Shot: 111 (FR) Free Human Zoo : The Mysterious Island (FR)
Sesam - Modern Voodoo (Fra?) Ruhn - Tozih (Fra)
Light - The Path (Fra)
Caravela Escarlate - III (Braz)
Ishkero - Shama (Fra)
Atsuko Chiba - Water, It Feels Like It's Growing (Qu) London Brew - s/t (UK)
Pourpre - S/T (Qu)
Rabaska - S/T (Qu)
Pour Nous Autres - S/T (Qu) La Théorie Des Cordes - 4U-9525 (Fra)
Brown Spirits - new album (USA?)
Those in Italics have an edge.
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Posted By: Nogbad_The_Bad
Date Posted: June 27 2023 at 14:54
So that's 5 is it?
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Posted By: Saperlipopette!
Date Posted: June 27 2023 at 16:00
Sean Trane wrote:
Trees Speak - Mind Maze
Wasn't aware of a new album by them. Looking forward to it. The Zopp-album as well (which I was aware of, but simply haven't checked out yet). So far I've got:
Swans - The Beggar The Necks - Travel King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard - PetroDragonic Apocalypse* Susanne Sundfør - Blómi Kosmischer Läufer - Volume Five
-and that's pretty much all I got too... with any sort of PA-relevance I mean.
*; or, Dawn of Eternal Night: An Annihilation of Planet Earth and the Beginning of Merciless Damnation
Posted By: Lewian
Date Posted: June 27 2023 at 16:05
Aksak Maboul - Une aventure de VV (Songspiel)
Squid - O Monolith
Kong - Traders of Truth
Battlestations - Memories of once
Kavus Torabi & Richard Wileman - Heaven's Sun
I don't list the Swans album yet, only heard it once, but chances are it'll be top 5.
Just didn't make it: Zopp - Dominion, Poil Ueda
Not on PA: Mammal Hands - Gift from the Trees; Jeremias Keller - Alloy. The Necks album isn't bad either.
Posted By: Saperlipopette!
Date Posted: June 27 2023 at 16:18
Lewian wrote:
Aksak Maboul - Une aventure de VV (Songspiel)
Squid - O Monolith
One more I wasn't aware of (the Songspiel one) and another I was aware of but haven't gotten around to checking out yet (O Monolith). Edit: just listened to a couple of songs from the latter bands latest, and decided to buy. Sounded amazing. I heard the quality of the music but wasn't personally completely sold on their debut, but I've understood that O Monolith is a different beast.
Posted By: Nogbad_The_Bad
Date Posted: June 27 2023 at 17:46
Poil Ueda - s/t Squid - O Monolith Ultraphauna - No No No No Natural Information Society - Since Time Is Gravity SRWM - Salamander
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Omnerod - The Amensal Rise (progressive death metal)
Jethro Tull - RokFlote (progressive/folk rock)
Dave Lombardo - Rites of Percussion (avant-garde/experimental)
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Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: June 27 2023 at 20:49
My top 5 now would be:
Swans - The Beggar ALL HANDS_MAKE LIGHT - Darling the Dawn (not in PA but it is apt Post-Rock) Kosmischer Läufer - Volume 5 Susanne Sundfør - Blómi Squid - O Monolith
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Posted By: progaardvark
Date Posted: June 28 2023 at 03:25
Anchor and Burden - Kosmonautik Pilgrimage
Alex Ward - Furthered
PoiL Ueda - PoiL Ueda
Zopp - Dominion
Amoeba Split - Quiet Euphoria
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Posted By: PhideauxFan
Date Posted: June 28 2023 at 03:52
1-All My Shadows: Eerie Monsters,
2-Overhead: Telepathic Minds,
3-Riverside: ID.Entity,
4-Crown Lands: Fearless,
5-Klone: Meanwhile.
Posted By: mathman0806
Date Posted: June 28 2023 at 04:54
Nogbad_The_Bad wrote:
Poil Ueda - s/t Squid - O Monolith Ultraphauna - No No No No Natural Information Society - Since Time Is Gravity SRWM - Salamander
I don't think I have a top 5 yet but that Ultraphauna album would surely be there. I think you had posted a Bandcamp link in another thread and that's how I came to hear it. So, thank you. It's great.
Posted By: Sean Trane
Date Posted: June 28 2023 at 05:24
Nogbad_The_Bad wrote:
Poil Ueda - s/t Squid - O Monolith Ultraphauna - No No No No Natural Information Society - Since Time Is Gravity SRWM - Salamander
Currently discovering (you just knew I would, uh?? )
I can submit them to our Prog Folk team.
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Posted By: Stressed Cheese
Date Posted: June 28 2023 at 05:54
I only have one album from 2023 so far, but since so many people have mentioned Zopp's Dominion, I checked that out, and it's very nice! I've come across their debut album before but didn't listen to it IIRC. So if I decide to get that one on CD some time this year that would be my top 1 at that point I guess.
Posted By: Nogbad_The_Bad
Date Posted: June 28 2023 at 06:12
Sean Trane wrote:
Nogbad_The_Bad wrote:
Poil Ueda - s/t Squid - O Monolith Ultraphauna - No No No No Natural Information Society - Since Time Is Gravity SRWM - Salamander
Currently discovering (you just knew I would, uh?? )
I can submit them to our Prog Folk team.
Which one? Ultraphauna are approved for addition to Eclectic I just haven't got round to it yet. Natural Information Society would be a good add. I'll probably suggest SRWM to PSIKE.
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Posted By: MikeEnRegalia
Date Posted: June 28 2023 at 07:28
Out of the 156 releases of 2023 I've listened to so far:
- PetroDragonic Apocalypse by King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard
- Fauna by Haken
- Cope Land by Crossroad Copeland
- The Golden Age of Music by Arjen Lucassen's Supersonic Revolution
- One Man's Grief by Deposed King
Full list: https://tagyourmusic.org/chart?years=*current&orderBy=userScore&ofUser=Mike" rel="nofollow - https://tagyourmusic.org/chart?years=*current&orderBy=userScore&ofUser=Mike
Only 300 more releases to listen to, going by the TYM database. And it's only June!
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Posted By: newdawnofprog
Date Posted: June 28 2023 at 08:03
My top 10 of the year so far : 10. Tritop - Rise of Kassandra 9. Le Vele di Oniride - La Quadratura del Cerchio 8. Asceta - Erebus, La Suite de las Sombras 7. Pewman - Crónica Musical de Vicente Cau Cau 6. Zopp – Dominion 5. Seven Impale – Summit 4. La Théorie des Cordes - 4U-9525 3. Lars Fredrik Frøislie - Fire Fortellinger 2. Amoeba Split - Quiet Euphoria 1. The Chronicles of Father Robin - The Songs & Tales of Airoea
So many fantastic albums this year.
Posted By: Grumpyprogfan
Date Posted: June 28 2023 at 08:12
Just wanted to give a mention to a superb album released about two months ago. Marco Minnemann "Their Colors Fade". This is one of those albums that get better with every listen, and Marco's guitar playing is excellent.
Currently it has two ratings at PA. Anyone want to be number three?
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: June 28 2023 at 10:27
I seem to be developing a love for Canterbury late in the day. Check out the new Homunculus Res album, quirkier and even more fun than the Zopp release imo.
Posted By: Saperlipopette!
Date Posted: June 28 2023 at 11:31
Hey this can be a work in progress right?
Saperlipopette! wrote:
Swans - The Beggar The Necks - Travel -still my second favorite 2023 album so far, but they are not in the archives King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard - PetroDragonic Apocalypse Susanne Sundfør - Blómi
Trees Speak - Mind Maze
Squid - O Monolith
Kosmischer Läufer - Volume Five
Kosmischer
Läufer's fifth is still wonderful, but it may be my fifth favorite
release of theirs. Squid and the always great Trees Speak however - has
both outdone themselves imo.
Posted By: MikeEnRegalia
Date Posted: June 28 2023 at 13:42
richardh wrote:
I seem to be developing a love for Canterbury late in the day. Check out the new Homunculus Res album, quirkier and even more fun than the Zopp release imo.
I prefer the Zopp album - a little less grating
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Posted By: Jared
Date Posted: June 28 2023 at 13:49
richardh wrote:
I seem to be developing a love for Canterbury late in the day. Check out the new Homunculus Res album, quirkier and even more fun than the Zopp release imo.
Can't really get into it, besides a bit of Caravan... Soft Machine just too much for me, What, from the heyday, would you recommend?
Posted By: Nogbad_The_Bad
Date Posted: June 28 2023 at 13:52
Jared wrote:
richardh wrote:
I seem to be developing a love for Canterbury late in the day. Check out the new Homunculus Res album, quirkier and even more fun than the Zopp release imo.
Can't really get into it, besides a bit of Caravan... Soft Machine just too much for me, What, from the heyday, would you recommend?
Hatfield & The North
National Health
Caravan - Land Of Pink & Grey, If I Could Do It All Over Again
If those don't connect Canterbury ain't for you.
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Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: June 28 2023 at 13:59
Nogbad_The_Bad wrote:
Jared wrote:
richardh wrote:
I seem to be developing a love for Canterbury late in the day. Check out the new Homunculus Res album, quirkier and even more fun than the Zopp release imo.
Can't really get into it, besides a bit of Caravan... Soft Machine just too much for me, What, from the heyday, would you recommend?
Hatfield & The North
National Health
Caravan - Land Of Pink & Grey, If I Could Do It All Over Again
If those don't connect Canterbury ain't for you.
I'd recommend trying Khan's Space Shanty. Like with Caravan, it's one that seems to have a wider appeal than a great many in that category. Wonderful album, imo.
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Posted By: Jared
Date Posted: June 28 2023 at 14:06
Nogbad_The_Bad wrote:
Hatfield & The North
National Health
Caravan - Land Of Pink & Grey, If I Could Do It All Over Again
If those don't connect Canterbury ain't for you.
Thanks Ian, I'll have a go at National Health before long... very much enjoying early Caravan at present..
Posted By: Jared
Date Posted: June 28 2023 at 14:07
Logan wrote:
I'd recommend trying Khan's Space Shanty. Like with Caravan, it's one that seems to have a wider appeal than a great many in that category. Wonderful album, imo.
Thanks Greg, I'll give it a listen in due course..
Posted By: omphaloskepsis
Date Posted: June 28 2023 at 18:09
1. The Chronicles of Father Robin - The Songs & Tales of Airoea
2. Seven Impale- Summit
3. Haken- Fauna
4. Lars Fredrik Frøislie - Fire Fortellinger
5. Riverside- ID.Enity
6. Poil Ueda - s/t
7. Nospūn - Opus
8. Deposed King- One Man's Grief
9. Amoeba Split- Quiet Euphoria
10.Karmic Juggernaut - Phantasmagloria
11. Swans - The Beggar
12,Zopp – Dominion
Posted By: MikeEnRegalia
Date Posted: June 29 2023 at 03:06
Here's an export of my top 10 prog(-related) releases of 2023 so far. Actually it's more than ten, but they all round to 4.5 stars, so it would not be fair to skip them. Included cover art for the lesser known releases ...
https://tagyourmusic.org/releases/55504" rel="nofollow - Runemagick - Beyond the Cenotaph of Mankind (2023)
https://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=80890" rel="nofollow - Swans - The Beggar (2023)
Exp Prog Singer Songwriter/Rock, 4.5 stars
https://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=80934" rel="nofollow - King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - PetroDragonic Apocalypse (2023)
Prog Stoner Doom Metal, 4.5 stars
Generated at https://tagyourmusic.org" rel="nofollow - tagyourmusic.org
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Posted By: miamiscot
Date Posted: June 29 2023 at 07:33
It's been a very good year!!!
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Posted By: miamiscot
Date Posted: June 29 2023 at 07:35
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Posted By: Mirakaze
Date Posted: June 29 2023 at 15:45
1. Mats Öberg – Visa Från Inneröra 2. Aksak Maboul – Une Aventure De VV (Songspiel) 3. The Filibuster Saloon – Going Off Topic 4. Masada – New Masada Quartet, Volume 2 5. Rascal Reporters – The Strainge Case Of Steve 6. Alex Ward Item 4 – Furthered 7. Karmic Juggernaut – Phantasmagloria 8. Oiapok – Oisolün 9. John Cale – Mercy
10. Anchor And Burden – Kosmonautik Pilgrimage
Copious honourable mentions because I have no shame:
* Fistfights With Wolves – The Sheep That Eats The Wolf * Tatsuya Yoshida & Risa Takeda – Gloriosa * Homunculus Res – Ecco L’Impero Dei Doppi Sensi * Terms – All Becomes Indistinct * Fred Frith & Ensemble Musiques Nouvelles – Something About This Landscape For Ensemble * Doxophobia & Quetzal Tirado – Matéria * Tatsuya Yoshida & Risa Takeda – Tsukikage * Throw Down Bones – Three * The Bob Lazar Story – The Bob Lazarus Chronicles, Part 1: Foodstool Resurrection * Light – The Path * Mani Neumeier – Sessions 2023 * Ex Ox – Nervous Complaint * Bobbing & Wølfy – Get Slimed * Smegma & Merzbow – XCIII * Keith & Julie Tippett – Couple In Spirit: Sound On Stone * Chick Corea & Gary Burton – Berliner Jazztage, November 4th ’72 * Infinite Bliss – We Reach For Crowded Aboveness * Ivan The Tolerable – Black Water / Brown Earth * Sugadairo & Yoshidatatsuya – Live At Jirokichi * Richard Bégin – Phase 5
Posted By: LearsFool
Date Posted: June 30 2023 at 17:11
Prog-specific top 6 so far for me:
1) Liturgy - 93696
2) Seven Impale - Summit
3) Black Country, New Road - Live At Bush Hall
4) Zopp - Dominion
5) Poil Ueda - Poil Ueda
6) Squid - O Monolith
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Posted By: IncogNeato
Date Posted: June 30 2023 at 18:27
So far:
Enslaved - Heimdal
Lars Fredrik Frøislie - Fire Fortellinger
Seven Impale - Summit
Thy Listless Heart - Pilgrims On The Road Of No Return
Dødheimsgard - Black Medium Current
Posted By: tempest_77
Date Posted: July 01 2023 at 01:40
so far, in no order:
HMLTD - The Worm
Karfagen - Passage to the Forest of Mysterious
Karmic Juggernaut - Phantasmagloria
Seven Impale - Summit
Zopp - Dominion
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Posted By: Dapper~Blueberries
Date Posted: July 04 2023 at 14:31
My top 5 has changed a bit now as we are past the halfway point
1. A New Tomorrow by Zulu
2. Passage To The Forest Of Mysterious by Karfagen
3. Exuul by Ne Obliviscaris
4. Along The Meandering Ordeals, Reshape The Pivot Of Harmony by Woe Unto Me
5. Fire Fortellinger by Lars Fredrik Froisle
All five star albums!
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Posted By: mathman0806
Date Posted: August 06 2023 at 15:01
mathman0806 wrote:
Nogbad_The_Bad wrote:
Poil Ueda - s/t Squid - O Monolith Ultraphauna - No No No No Natural Information Society - Since Time Is Gravity SRWM - Salamander
I don't think I have a top 5 yet but that Ultraphauna album would surely be there. I think you had posted a Bandcamp link in another thread and that's how I came to hear it. So, thank you. It's great.
I think I now have a top 5.
Poil Ueda - Poil Ueda La Théorie des Cordes - 4U-9525 ULTRAPHAUNA - No No No No Karmic Juggernaut - Phantasmagloria Swans - The Beggar
Posted By: Mellotron Storm
Date Posted: August 06 2023 at 16:20
I'm really looking forward to that Chronicles Of Father Robin release. I have the 2013 ep which I hope to review in a week or two. This is the first time I've ever preordered an album.
I'll actually be able to contribute to the 2023 Top Albums list. Last year I honestly didn't even have a top 5 worthy of voting for although since then I have picked up some great records from that year. I'm more in tune this year.
------------- "The wind is slowly tearing her apart"
"Sad Rain" ANEKDOTEN
Posted By: bardberic
Date Posted: August 07 2023 at 00:28
https://anachronismdeath.bandcamp.com/album/meanders" rel="nofollow - Anachronism - Meanders Dissonant/Progressive Death Metal
https://yossisassi.bandcamp.com/album/prediluvian" rel="nofollow - Yossi Sassi - Prediluvian Progressive/Oriental Rock
https://neobliviscarissom.bandcamp.com/album/exul?search_page_id=2757305946&search_sig=c27cb267523915d95908b577e8c5a455" rel="nofollow - Ne Obliviscaris - Exul Extreme Progressive Metal
https://cicada.bandcamp.com/album/seeking-the-sources-of-streams-2" rel="nofollow - Cicada - 棲居在溪源之上 Seeking the Sources of Streams Neoclassical New Age/Modern Classical/Chamber Music
https://twilightforceofficial.bandcamp.com/album/at-the-heart-of-wintervale" rel="nofollow - Twilight Force - At The Heart Of Wintervale Symphonic Power Metal
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: September 05 2023 at 22:16
Southern Empire - Another World. Been listening to this a lot and has one of the best epics I've heard this year in White Shadows as well as a couple of melodious short songs Hold Onto Me and Butterfly. These guys can certainly play and manage to chuck in a bit of fusion into the mix just to prove the point! A band that is improving and deserve an audience imo.
Posted By: BrufordFreak
Date Posted: September 06 2023 at 05:38
My September 1 update:
1. OIAPOK OisoLün
2. AISLES Beyond Drama
3. STEFANO PANUNZI Pages from the Sea
4. THE MERCURY TREE Self Similar
5. AMOEBA SPLIT Quiet Euphoria
6. ZOPP Dominion
7. MOTORPSYCHO Yay!
8. MICE ON STILTS I Am Proud of You.
9. RASCAL REPORTERS The Strainge Case of Steve
10. BATTLESTATIONS Memoirs of Once
11. ACTIONFREDAG Turist i eget liv
12. BILLIE BOTTLE'S TEMPLE OF SHIBBOLETH Billie Bottle's Temple of Shibboleth
https://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=78368" rel="nofollow - Deposed King - One Man's Grief (2023)
https://awesomeprog.com/releases/64286" rel="nofollow - Ὁπλίτης (Hoplites) - Τρωθησομένη (2023, not on PA)
https://awesomeprog.com/releases/55234" rel="nofollow - Agamon - Mythology (2023, not on PA)
the "not on PA" tag does not help in any way...
Posted By: MikeEnRegalia
Date Posted: September 06 2023 at 07:11
^ There's always something to complain about. Some people might find it helpful, so they don't accidentally click on the link and leave these sacred shores
------------- https://awesomeprog.com/users/Mike" rel="nofollow">Recently listened to:
Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: September 06 2023 at 07:16
MikeEnRegalia wrote:
^ There's always something to complain about. Some people might find it helpful, so they don't accidentally click on the link and leave these sacred shores
Bands that are not progressive in any way are tagged with this "not on PA". What's the point?
Also, if there are bands that you think are progressive and not on PA, do suggest them. Otherwise, what's the point of the tag?
Posted By: MikeEnRegalia
Date Posted: September 06 2023 at 07:17
^ Some of these are progressive, some are prog-related. See, I took out the genre labels since they freak you out, now you're complaining about the next thing. Are you my personal scrutinizer?
------------- https://awesomeprog.com/users/Mike" rel="nofollow">Recently listened to:
Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: September 06 2023 at 07:23
MikeEnRegalia wrote:
^ Some of these are progressive, some are prog-related. See, I took out the genre labels since they freak you out, now you're complaining about the next thing. Are you my personal scrutinizer?
No, I'm not
I'm also not freaking out . But these tags still need to make sense in order to be helpful.
Posted By: MikeEnRegalia
Date Posted: September 06 2023 at 07:35
^ The "not on pa" part just indicates that at my website there isn't a link to pa for the album - so the link will take you to AwesomeProg instead of PA. But it's also meant to get people curious and think about whether the album should be on PA. Sometimes it should, sometimes it shouldn't
------------- https://awesomeprog.com/users/Mike" rel="nofollow">Recently listened to:
Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: September 06 2023 at 07:53
MikeEnRegalia wrote:
^ The "not on pa" part just indicates that at my website there isn't a link to pa for the album - so the link will take you to AwesomeProg instead of PA. But it's also meant to get people curious and think about whether the album should be on PA. Sometimes it should, sometimes it shouldn't
ok
Posted By: Mirakaze
Date Posted: September 09 2023 at 04:38
1. Rascal Reporters – http://cuneiformrecords.bandcamp.com/album/the-strainge-case-of-steve" rel="nofollow - The Strainge Case Of Steve 2. Miller Twins – http://cuneiformrecords.bandcamp.com/album/early-compositions-1973-1976" rel="nofollow - Early Compositions 1973-1976 3. Mats Öberg – http://matsoberg.bandcamp.com/album/visa-fr-n-inner-ra" rel="nofollow - Visa Från Inneröra 4. The Filibuster Saloon – http://filibustersaloon.bandcamp.com/album/going-off-topic" rel="nofollow - Going Off Topic 5. The Banach-Tarski Paradox – http://banach-tarski-paradox.bandcamp.com/album/mecca" rel="nofollow - Mecca 6. Fistfights With Wolves – http://fistfightswithwolves.bandcamp.com/album/the-sheep-that-eats-the-wolf" rel="nofollow - The Sheep That Eats The Wolf 7. Karmic Juggernaut – http://karmicjuggernaut.bandcamp.com/album/phantasmagloria" rel="nofollow - Phantasmagloria 8. Actionfredag – http://actionfredag.bandcamp.com/album/turist-i-eget-liv" rel="nofollow - Turist I Eget Liv 9. Oiapok – http://oiapok.bandcamp.com/album/oisol-n-first-album-release-02-09-2023" rel="nofollow - Oisolün 10. Alex Ward Item 4 – http://577records.bandcamp.com/album/furthered" rel="nofollow - Furthered 11. Tatsuya Yoshida & Risa Takeda – http://tatsuyayoshidarisatakeda.bandcamp.com/album/tsukikage" rel="nofollow - Tsukikage 12. John Cale – http://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLvsYXqtYjMYcPl25XlhoTQmueiPc4NE1Y" rel="nofollow - Mercy 13. Aksak Maboul – http://aksakmaboul.bandcamp.com/album/une-aventure-de-vv-songspiel-made-to-measure-vol-48" rel="nofollow - Une Aventure De VV (Songspiel) 14. Eyeless Owl – http://eyelessowl.bandcamp.com/album/murmurations" rel="nofollow - Murmurations 15. Infinite Bliss – http://infinitebliss.bandcamp.com/album/we-reach-for-crowded-aboveness" rel="nofollow - We Reach For Crowded Aboveness
16. Homunculus Res – http://altrockproductions.bandcamp.com/album/ecco-limpero-dei-doppi-sensi" rel="nofollow - Ecco L’Impero Dei Doppi Sensi
17. Mr. Chair – http://mrchair.bandcamp.com/album/better-days" rel="nofollow - Better Days
18. Fred Frith & Ensemble Musiques Nouvelles – http://subrosalabel.bandcamp.com/album/something-about-this-landscape-for-ensemble" rel="nofollow - Something About This Landscape For Ensemble 19. Anchor And Burden – http://anchorandburden.bandcamp.com/album/kosmonautik-pilgrimage" rel="nofollow - Kosmonautik Pilgrimage 20. The Bob Lazar Story – http://theboblazarstory.bandcamp.com/album/the-bob-lazarus-chronicles-pt-1-foodstool-resurrection" rel="nofollow - The Bob Lazarus Chronicles, Part 1: Foodstool Resurrection
* Throw Down Bones – http://fuzzclub.bandcamp.com/album/three" rel="nofollow - Three * Tatsuya Yoshida & Risa Takeda – http://tatsuyayoshidarisatakeda.bandcamp.com/album/jellyfish" rel="nofollow - Jellyfish * Terms – http://skingraftrecords.bandcamp.com/album/all-becomes-indistinct" rel="nofollow - All Becomes Indistinct * Light – http://lightprogrock.bandcamp.com/album/the-path" rel="nofollow - The Path * Chick Corea & Gary Burton – http://music.apple.com/us/album/berliner-jazztage-berlin-november-4th-1972-restauración/1663065977" rel="nofollow - Berliner Jazztage, November 4th ’72 * Bobbing & Wølfy – http://bobbing.bandcamp.com/album/get-slimed" rel="nofollow - Get Slimed * Doxophobia & Quetzal Tirado – http://nightcollectorscrew.bandcamp.com/album/mat-ria" rel="nofollow - Matéria * Mani Neumeier – http://magaibutsuothers.bandcamp.com/album/mani-neumeier-sessions-2023" rel="nofollow - Sessions 2023 * Smegma & Merzbow – http://helicopter.bandcamp.com/album/xciii" rel="nofollow - XCIII * Tatsuya Yoshida & Risa Takeda – http://tatsuyayoshidarisatakeda.bandcamp.com/album/gloriosa" rel="nofollow - Gloriosa * Pat Strawser – http://patstrawser.bandcamp.com/album/vignettes" rel="nofollow - Vignettes
* Astroverse Dimensions – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1pQqQ8Lrmxw" rel="nofollow - Feeding On The Spirit
(Any artists on this list that aren't in PA are either under consideration by one of the teams or else I'm planning to nominate them some time this year)
Posted By: Dapper~Blueberries
Date Posted: September 15 2023 at 12:53
Here is my updated list:
1. Along The Meandering Ordeals, Reshape The Pivot Of Harmony - Woe Unto Me
2. Divine Inner Tension - Hail The Sun
3. Passage To The Forest Of Mysterious - Karfagen
4. Exul - Ne Obliviscaris
5. A New Tomorrow - Zulu
Plus some honorable mentions:
The Fox And The Bird - Ok Goodnight
Black Medium Current - Dodheimsgard
Scaring The Hoes - JPEGMAFIA and Danny Brown
16 - Einar Solberg
The Beggar - Swans
------------- D~B
Posted By: dauinghorn
Date Posted: September 18 2023 at 12:33
So cool to see that some of you have Actionfredag - "Turist i eget liv" on their lists, but they are not registered in the database. They should be filed under Rio/Avant, I think. At least their influences are very much from that bag.
Posted By: Deadwing
Date Posted: September 19 2023 at 03:13
So far:
1 - Baroness - Stone
2 - Riverside - ID.Entitiy
3 - Ok Goodnight - The Fox and the Bird
4 - OIAPOK OisoLün
5 - Agusa - Prima Materia
6 - Einar Solberg - 16
7 - Motorpsycho - Yay
8 - Haken - Fauna
9 - AVKRVST - The Approbation
10 - Katatonia - Sky Void of Stars
11 - Tesseract - War of Being
Posted By: MikeEnRegalia
Date Posted: September 19 2023 at 06:23
dauinghorn wrote:
So cool to see that some of you have Actionfredag - "Turist i eget liv" on their lists, but they are not registered in the database. They should be filed under Rio/Avant, I think. At least their influences are very much from that bag.
Posted By: BrufordFreak
Date Posted: September 19 2023 at 07:26
bardberic wrote:
https://anachronismdeath.bandcamp.com/album/meanders" rel="nofollow - Anachronism - Meanders Dissonant/Progressive Death Metal
https://yossisassi.bandcamp.com/album/prediluvian" rel="nofollow - Yossi Sassi - Prediluvian Progressive/Oriental Rock
https://neobliviscarissom.bandcamp.com/album/exul?search_page_id=2757305946&search_sig=c27cb267523915d95908b577e8c5a455" rel="nofollow - Ne Obliviscaris - Exul Extreme Progressive Metal
https://cicada.bandcamp.com/album/seeking-the-sources-of-streams-2" rel="nofollow - Cicada - 棲居在溪源之上 Seeking the Sources of Streams Neoclassical New Age/Modern Classical/Chamber Music
https://twilightforceofficial.bandcamp.com/album/at-the-heart-of-wintervale" rel="nofollow - Twilight Force - At The Heart Of Wintervale Symphonic Power Metal
Nice to see Jesy Chiang and Taiwan's CICADA getting some love! If only PA had a "Chamber Prog" sub-genre the band might be able to be admitted into the database. Their seven studio album releases since 2009 have all, respectively, landed in my year-end top 20s.
Posted By: Nogbad_The_Bad
Date Posted: September 19 2023 at 11:20
bardberic wrote:
https://cicada.bandcamp.com/album/seeking-the-sources-of-streams-2" rel="nofollow - Cicada - 棲居在溪源之上 Seeking the Sources of Streams Neoclassical New Age/Modern Classical/Chamber Music
This is lovely - thanks!
------------- Ian
Host of the Post-Avant Jazzcore Happy Hour on Progrock.com
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: November 25 2023 at 00:14
^ nice list, perhaps a little suprised that Seven Impale is so low down. I will still only do a top 5 for the moment.
1. Zopp - Dominion
2. Seven Impale - Summit
3. Agusa - Prima Materia
4. Caravela Escarlate - III
5. Lumsk - Fremmede Toner
I also love The Syn - Illusion. Technically a 2023 release I am unable to find out any information about it but I suspect it was recorded around 2004/5 when the band resurfaced. Anyone knows different please tell me!
Posted By: moshkito
Date Posted: November 25 2023 at 06:02
Listened to the whole thing, and I got to admit ... it takes guts to do stuff like that and make it work. By the 10th piece, it gets a bit tiresome, but it's still good, but the first 3 pieces alone are quite a wake up and interesting thing, and they never break into a "song", or any kind of format, and that is a really serious attempt at creating live improvisation in music ... something that is not exactly easy to do, but these folks were up for it.
Very nice stuff, with amazing moments!
I suppose that I wanted to hear some Ax Gernrich like stuff, like the really early days when Ax went all out crazy and no one could really keep up with him ... but, still, this is excellent, and shows some guts by very special musicians.
I was thinking that this is more "avant-garde" than it is "progressive". And Risa Takeda is far out, playing keyboards in a style that defies description. Excellent ability to mix and match and make things work. She's just as strong in the material with Mani. She might be the highlight of the whole thing, though everyone in it is really fine.
------------- Music is not just for listening ... it is for LIVING ... you got to feel it to know what's it about! Not being told! www.pedrosena.com
Posted By: omphaloskepsis
Date Posted: November 25 2023 at 07:35
1. Seven Impale Summit
2. Haken Fauna
3. Riverside ID.Entity
4. Lars Fredrik FRØISLIE Fire Foretellinger
5. Zopp Dominion
6. The Chronicles of Father Robin Book I
7. Jordsjo Salighet
8. Behold...The Arctopus Interstellar Overtrove
9. NospūnOpus
10 Baroness Stone
11. Poil Poil Ueda (As Poil Ueda)
12. Deposed King One Man's Grief
13. Amoeba Split Quiet Euphoria
14. Homunculus Res Ecco l'impero dei doppi sensi
15. Agusa Prima Materia
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: November 25 2023 at 10:04
My Top 5 of 2023
2023: Comedy of Errors - Threnody for a Dead Queen - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lTAuI_uwWXUF0yvKU47HxL6Pw3n71kTo8" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lTAuI_uwWXUF0yvKU47HxL6Pw3n71kTo8
2023: Peter Gee - Pilgrim - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nlVEyrFqC659NnsaTyR0lpkU_GwMC1F44" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nlVEyrFqC659NnsaTyR0lpkU_GwMC1F44
2023: Karfagen - Passage to the Forest of Mysterious - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kGqIaSWh2wodmDskOsQdC7C_TPbpxzvKU" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kGqIaSWh2wodmDskOsQdC7C_TPbpxzvKU
2023: YES - Mirror to the Sky - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mdLFJt9iPnV0i5cqbPQzOA3-wD3VEgJxA" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mdLFJt9iPnV0i5cqbPQzOA3-wD3VEgJxA
Posted By: Negoba
Date Posted: November 27 2023 at 10:36
I was off on a electronic ambient binge. My list hasn't changed a lot but I need to revisit a bunch of material. Everyone else's lists will get me started.
1. Witch Ripper - the Flight After the Fall
2. Seven Impale - Summit
3. Plank! - Future of the Sea
4. Atsuko Chiba - Water, It Feels Like It's Growing
5. Sleep Token - Take Me Back to Eden
I really like the new Baroness and Queens of the Stone Age. Prog-adjacent I suppose.
Very interesting on first listens, will likely make the final list:
Father Robin
Mercury Tree
Hackberry
------------- You are quite a fine person, and I am very fond of you. But you are only quite a little fellow, in a wide world, after all.
Posted By: Mirakaze
Date Posted: November 28 2023 at 13:46
Listened to the whole thing, and I got to admit ... it takes guts to do stuff like that and make it work. By the 10th piece, it gets a bit tiresome, but it's still good, but the first 3 pieces alone are quite a wake up and interesting thing, and they never break into a "song", or any kind of format, and that is a really serious attempt at creating live improvisation in music ... something that is not exactly easy to do, but these folks were up for it.
Very nice stuff, with amazing moments!
I suppose that I wanted to hear some Ax Gernrich like stuff, like the really early days when Ax went all out crazy and no one could really keep up with him ... but, still, this is excellent, and shows some guts by very special musicians.
I was thinking that this is more "avant-garde" than it is "progressive". And Risa Takeda is far out, playing keyboards in a style that defies description. Excellent ability to mix and match and make things work. She's just as strong in the material with Mani. She might be the highlight of the whole thing, though everyone in it is really fine.
Glad you enjoyed it! Risa Takeda really is an out-of-this-world performer. If you enjoyed her work here I highly recommend her other collaborations with Tatsuya Yoshida as well (even if they arguably lean even further towards the avant-garde side than this album does)
Posted By: Prog-jester
Date Posted: November 29 2023 at 02:55
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - PetroDragonic Apocalypse The Waeve - s/t Shame - Food for Worms Nospūn - Opus Super Pink Moon - Iron Rain
Posted By: omphaloskepsis
Date Posted: November 29 2023 at 12:09
Prog-jester wrote:
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - PetroDragonic Apocalypse The Waeve - s/t Shame - Food for Worms Nospūn - Opus Super Pink Moon - Iron Rain
Nospūn releases the Opus CD soon with the vinyl to follow.
Posted By: AFlowerKingCrimson
Date Posted: November 29 2023 at 12:54
I haven't heard tons but the latest by these artists have all been great: Chronicles of Father Robin, Glass Hammer, Pattern Seeking Animals, Caravela Escalarte, Unitopia, Jordsjo, Hackberry and Agusa. Also, an honorable mention to the latest Trevor Rabin. I have Seven Impale and Lars Frederik Froislie but for some reason haven't gotten around to listening to them yet.
Posted By: Mirakaze
Date Posted: December 01 2023 at 10:36
Mirakaze wrote:
1. Rascal Reporters – http://cuneiformrecords.bandcamp.com/album/the-strainge-case-of-steve" rel="nofollow - The Strainge Case Of Steve 2. Miller Twins – http://cuneiformrecords.bandcamp.com/album/early-compositions-1973-1976" rel="nofollow - Early Compositions 1973-1976 3. Mats Öberg – http://matsoberg.bandcamp.com/album/visa-fr-n-inner-ra" rel="nofollow - Visa Från Inneröra 4. The Filibuster Saloon – http://filibustersaloon.bandcamp.com/album/going-off-topic" rel="nofollow - Going Off Topic 5. The Banach-Tarski Paradox – http://banach-tarski-paradox.bandcamp.com/album/mecca" rel="nofollow - Mecca 6. Fistfights With Wolves – http://fistfightswithwolves.bandcamp.com/album/the-sheep-that-eats-the-wolf" rel="nofollow - The Sheep That Eats The Wolf 7. Karmic Juggernaut – http://karmicjuggernaut.bandcamp.com/album/phantasmagloria" rel="nofollow - Phantasmagloria 8. Actionfredag – http://actionfredag.bandcamp.com/album/turist-i-eget-liv" rel="nofollow - Turist I Eget Liv 9. Oiapok – http://oiapok.bandcamp.com/album/oisol-n-first-album-release-02-09-2023" rel="nofollow - Oisolün 10. Alex Ward Item 4 – http://577records.bandcamp.com/album/furthered" rel="nofollow - Furthered 11. Tatsuya Yoshida & Risa Takeda – http://tatsuyayoshidarisatakeda.bandcamp.com/album/tsukikage" rel="nofollow - Tsukikage 12. John Cale – http://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLvsYXqtYjMYcPl25XlhoTQmueiPc4NE1Y" rel="nofollow - Mercy 13. Aksak Maboul – http://aksakmaboul.bandcamp.com/album/une-aventure-de-vv-songspiel-made-to-measure-vol-48" rel="nofollow - Une Aventure De VV (Songspiel) 14. Eyeless Owl – http://eyelessowl.bandcamp.com/album/murmurations" rel="nofollow - Murmurations 15. Infinite Bliss – http://infinitebliss.bandcamp.com/album/we-reach-for-crowded-aboveness" rel="nofollow - We Reach For Crowded Aboveness
16. Homunculus Res – http://altrockproductions.bandcamp.com/album/ecco-limpero-dei-doppi-sensi" rel="nofollow - Ecco L’Impero Dei Doppi Sensi
17. Mr. Chair – http://mrchair.bandcamp.com/album/better-days" rel="nofollow - Better Days
18. Fred Frith & Ensemble Musiques Nouvelles – http://subrosalabel.bandcamp.com/album/something-about-this-landscape-for-ensemble" rel="nofollow - Something About This Landscape For Ensemble 19. Anchor And Burden – http://anchorandburden.bandcamp.com/album/kosmonautik-pilgrimage" rel="nofollow - Kosmonautik Pilgrimage 20. The Bob Lazar Story – http://theboblazarstory.bandcamp.com/album/the-bob-lazarus-chronicles-pt-1-foodstool-resurrection" rel="nofollow - The Bob Lazarus Chronicles, Part 1: Foodstool Resurrection
* Throw Down Bones – http://fuzzclub.bandcamp.com/album/three" rel="nofollow - Three * Tatsuya Yoshida & Risa Takeda – http://tatsuyayoshidarisatakeda.bandcamp.com/album/jellyfish" rel="nofollow - Jellyfish * Terms – http://skingraftrecords.bandcamp.com/album/all-becomes-indistinct" rel="nofollow - All Becomes Indistinct * Light – http://lightprogrock.bandcamp.com/album/the-path" rel="nofollow - The Path * Chick Corea & Gary Burton – http://music.apple.com/us/album/berliner-jazztage-berlin-november-4th-1972-restauración/1663065977" rel="nofollow - Berliner Jazztage, November 4th ’72 * Bobbing & Wølfy – http://bobbing.bandcamp.com/album/get-slimed" rel="nofollow - Get Slimed * Doxophobia & Quetzal Tirado – http://nightcollectorscrew.bandcamp.com/album/mat-ria" rel="nofollow - Matéria * Mani Neumeier – http://magaibutsuothers.bandcamp.com/album/mani-neumeier-sessions-2023" rel="nofollow - Sessions 2023 * Smegma & Merzbow – http://helicopter.bandcamp.com/album/xciii" rel="nofollow - XCIII * Tatsuya Yoshida & Risa Takeda – http://tatsuyayoshidarisatakeda.bandcamp.com/album/gloriosa" rel="nofollow - Gloriosa * Pat Strawser – http://patstrawser.bandcamp.com/album/vignettes" rel="nofollow - Vignettes
* Astroverse Dimensions – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1pQqQ8Lrmxw" rel="nofollow - Feeding On The Spirit
(Any artists on this list that aren't in PA are either under consideration by one of the teams or else I'm planning to nominate them some time this year)
Some more honourable mentions from me before I start properly ordering them while relistening to the year's output throughout December:
* Homeless Art - http://homelessart.bandcamp.com/album/entelmus" rel="nofollow - EntElMus
* Tom Aldrich - http://tomaldrich.bandcamp.com/album/compositions-2007-09" rel="nofollow - Compositions 2007-2009
* U Sco - http://usco.bandcamp.com/album/catchin-heat" rel="nofollow - Catchin' Heat
* Richard Bégin - http://reversealignment.bandcamp.com/album/phase-5" rel="nofollow - Phase 5
* Alessandro Monti & Two-Headed Emperor - http://unfolk.bandcamp.com/album/we-are-not-on-the-moon-yet" rel="nofollow - We Are Not On The Moon Yet
* Ex Ox - http://exox.bandcamp.com/album/nervous-complaint" rel="nofollow - Nervous Complaint
* John Zorn - http://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=81624" rel="nofollow - John Zorn's Bagatelles (Vol. 13-16)