Middle Eastern Sounding Prog
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Topic: Middle Eastern Sounding Prog
Posted By: AghoraPhobic
Subject: Middle Eastern Sounding Prog
Date Posted: October 15 2005 at 08:57
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What artists/songs have u come across that have a middle eastern feel. Any prog genre welcome dark to light, slow to fast
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Posted By: TheProgtologist
Date Posted: October 15 2005 at 09:23
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Here is a great recommendation.Orphaned Land,prog metal with heavy Middle Eastern influences.A very original sound,which the band describes as "world metal".They are in the archives but sadly there is no audio sample.I highly recommend their 2004 album "Mabool". -------------  |
Posted By: ulver982
Date Posted: October 15 2005 at 09:28
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Yeah, Orphaned Land for sure! Mabool is awesome!!! ------------- Improvement makes straight roads, but the crooked roads without improvement, are roads of genius. Silence is the music of the future. |
Posted By: MikeEnRegalia
Date Posted: October 15 2005 at 09:28
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I didn't know that band ... I will check them out. I've found a full song on their page with Century Media (their record label), just follow the link in my sig. BTW: I SERIOUSLY recommend the Secret Chiefs 3 for a combination of oriental music and prog. ------------- https://awesomeprog.com/users/Mike" rel="nofollow">Recently listened to: 
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Posted By: Eetu Pellonpaa
Date Posted: October 15 2005 at 09:30
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AZIGZA, maybe? http://www.progarchives.com/Progressive_rock_discography_BAND.asp?band_id=479 - http://www.progarchives.com/Progressive_rock_discography_BAN D.asp?band_id=479 |
Posted By: TheProgtologist
Date Posted: October 15 2005 at 09:32
Mike,you would probably dig Orphaned Land.I have Sahara and Mabool,which are both very good.I don't have El Norra Alila though.They have a highly original sound. ------------- |
MikeEnRegalia wrote:Posted By: AghoraPhobic
Date Posted: October 15 2005 at 11:55
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orphaned land does rock. and out of the last topic on jazzfusion I got
out David martone - "Demon fetal harvest" that's waht gave me the idea
for starting this thread well off the top of my head I only remember [uggh] commercial radio hits that are well if at least barely borderline proggy: Led Zepplin - Kashmir Blend's "Thank you" (www.blendband.net) Dave Matthews Band - Dont Drink the Water, Minarets, Last Stop Alanis Morissette - Uninvited Saving the best 4 last... what's in my closet though is............. THERION. VOVIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ------------- --------------------------- Huka to Aghora |
Posted By: MikeEnRegalia
Date Posted: October 15 2005 at 12:00
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^ I never understood the Therion hype. I've ordered Vovin ... let's see what the hype is all about. ------------- https://awesomeprog.com/users/Mike" rel="nofollow">Recently listened to:
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Posted By: The Hemulen
Date Posted: October 15 2005 at 12:17
| Ozric Tentacles and Area both spring to mind. |
Posted By: RoyalJelly
Date Posted: October 15 2005 at 12:41
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Secret Chiefs 3, especially "Book M", in which almost every cut
is a fusion of Middle Eastern with another genre...with surfer music, with house techno, with punk, progressive, played masterfully on the real instruments, has to be heard to be believed. They're kind of the epitome of the post-modern progressive that has emerged under the wing of John Zorn and Mr. Bungle, but this album has an especially Arabic leaning (their newest, "Book of Horizons", is really a masterpiece, but has more varied styles, very filmic). |
Posted By: horza
Date Posted: October 15 2005 at 14:17
on kamelot album "karma" we have middle eastern sounding prog and on steve hillage track "earthrise"  ------------- Originally posted by darkshade: Calling Mike Portnoy a bad drummer is like calling Stephen Hawking an idiot. |
Posted By: AghoraPhobic
Date Posted: October 15 2005 at 14:36
Trouserpass can you suggest songs of theirs that are representative?? I couldn't hear this influence in some tracks I sampled. As time goes on with this thread I get a trip down memory lane... Live - white discussion, the long version..Offspring - ...lyrics go "you gotta keep em seperated" dont remember the song name, they had an older song called Tehran ------------- --------------------------- Huka to Aghora |
Posted By: pierreolivier
Date Posted: October 15 2005 at 14:44
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I got an album by the swedish band In the labyrinth called "The garden of mysteries" that got a very middle eastern feel mixed with swedish progressive. |
Posted By: samhob
Date Posted: October 15 2005 at 15:24
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Agitation Free - Malesch Some middle easters sounds, a true krautrock masterpiece..
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Posted By: silentman
Date Posted: October 15 2005 at 15:39
Trey Gunn Band - The Joy Of Molybdenum
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Posted By: sonic wizard
Date Posted: October 15 2005 at 15:42
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Anubis Spire - Try to imagine Joe Satriani from Arabia. ------------- Arguing on the internet is a lot like the special olympics - even if you win, you're still retarded. |
Posted By: AghoraPhobic
Date Posted: October 15 2005 at 16:01
Tsk tsk. You've become such a specialist on prog mike that perhaps uv become so far above the average shredder you can't relate to the fanbase anymore ;) When Vovin first came out, I remember Sodom & Gomorrah was such a fresh captivating composition I used to play it over and over in the train to college for a whole month. Makes u feel "Regal" ..tHe sheer energy, like you can take on a tidal wave of horses ------------- --------------------------- Huka to Aghora |
Posted By: Dick Heath
Date Posted: October 15 2005 at 18:20
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Duoud - a French two piece group with two ouds - hey a great pun of a
name - album released by Fr label Label Bleu last year was excellent.
Straight Arabic, prog, nu.fusion, allsorts. Always thought the live version of White rabbit by Great Society with grace Slick (recorded before she joined Airplane0 has a great Middle eastern opening as interpreted by hippies. And Steve Vai guesting on the Al DiMeola track Race With the Devil Of An Turkish Highway, really has its moments. |
Posted By: italprogfan
Date Posted: October 16 2005 at 01:36
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ozric tentacles? c'mon, get serious.... asia minior - crossing the line & between flesh and devine (turkish band recording from paris) |
Posted By: MikeEnRegalia
Date Posted: October 16 2005 at 01:51
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Relax ... I'll be listening to the album very closely once I have it. I'm not a "prog snob" ... I just had some Therion songs as mp3 a while ago and they didn'T do anything to me in comparison to the great metal/classical bands that I already know. Let'S wait and see ... ------------- https://awesomeprog.com/users/Mike" rel="nofollow">Recently listened to:
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Posted By: barbs
Date Posted: October 16 2005 at 03:28
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Listened to some of Mabool, Orphaned Land recently. Excellent what I heard - Ocean land, Halo dies, Norra el Norra, A'salk, Disciples of the sacred oath and The calm before the storm. Also you can download an MP3 copy of a song called Mercy from a previous album that is really worth listening to. Symphony X does some middle eastern stuff. The song Home from Dream Theaters - Scenes from... Memory, as well. Just outside prog there is The Tea Party who have a strong mid east emphasis amongst other things in their music. ------------- Eternity |
Posted By: AghoraPhobic
Date Posted: October 16 2005 at 15:07
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Aghora:::::::::: transfiguration + satya. Vocals style --> like a snakecharm flute learned how to talk almost thought there would be a whole lot more? That's it??? Anyways at least we have enuff stuff to send over to someone on shore leave from their tour of duty ------------- --------------------------- Huka to Aghora |
Posted By: Progbear
Date Posted: October 16 2005 at 15:28
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Certain Spanish bands have an Arabic flavour, like Mezquita and Azahar.
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Posted By: lpd42
Date Posted: October 16 2005 at 20:42
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secret chiefs 3 (Mr Bungle minus mike patton) Dabble quite a bit in
middle-eastern textures. Good stuff. ------------- Blarg! My cheese has bones! |
Posted By: erik neuteboom
Date Posted: October 16 2005 at 21:03
| The French band Tiemko and En El-Hakim from Medina Azahara, the eponymous album from Azahar, Recuedos de mi tierra from Mezquita, Al Andalus from Miguel Rios, the first album from Alamed, all Spanish bands with that typical Arabian flavor (they have invaded Southern Spain for ages). |
Posted By: gabbel ratchett
Date Posted: October 16 2005 at 22:19
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Check out "The Dead Sea Scrolls" & "Esmerelda" by St. Elmo's Fire, from the album Artifacts Of Passion. ------------- dead things don't talk too well, they've got a shaky sense of diction. |
Posted By: Clark Ashton
Date Posted: October 16 2005 at 23:17
| East of Eden "Snafu" & "Mercator Projected" |
Posted By: ulver982
Date Posted: October 16 2005 at 23:27
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Ya, Mercy is on the 2nd disc of their Mabool album. It's an acoustic live cover of a Paradise Lost song. A very good song indeed! I love the lyrics... ------------- Improvement makes straight roads, but the crooked roads without improvement, are roads of genius. Silence is the music of the future. |
Posted By: Tholomyes
Date Posted: October 17 2005 at 01:10
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I found some of that sounds in Tool. Mostly in Disposition-Reflection-Triad. |