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^^ Thanks, Will. From your list I particularly like Animals followed by Free Hand. Also like the Todd Rundgren and Jethro Tull. I checked our Romantic Warrior not so long ago again and found much more enjoyment in the album. Sometimes it just does depend on my mood, what I'm most into at any given time, and what particular music from an album catches my ear.

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Originally posted by Logan Logan wrote:


With Samuel's list: I know we share a lot of musical loves in common, and so interesting to see as many album names I am unfamiliar with (means more for me to check out). :) I do love Le Poison Qui Rend Fou, Weidorje , Spiral and The Soft Parade. I know the Mastodon quite well and should listen again.
I first thought of Susanne Sundfør's Ten Love Songs for Crossover but you had already mentioned that album :) I'd be curious to know what you'd make of that Banda do Casaco album (unfortunately the official stream sounds worse than the original CD remaster). The Soft Parade is genuinely my favourite album, I never understood the low ratings.
I generally find the Metal genres tiresome, the albums are often long and lack dynamics (not to mention the crushed cymbals and double kick drums I find unpleasant), but it's not really the case of that Mastodon album. Still, I'd get rid of a couple of tracks and I can only listen to it as background music.


Samuel. That Susanne Sundfør is a wonderful album. I remember not liking The Soft Parade very much when I first heard it (my brother had it in his collection) but it really grew on me. As for the Banda do Casaco album, I have been listening to that for some time (over 20 minutes in now) and am really digging it and intrigued. I will continue listening. There's quite a lot to it in terms of variety/ variation, and it would take multiple spins to properly absorb it all, I feel. What I'm hearing now is bliss. Wonderful album! The stream is not the best quality vinyl rip, but that doesn't bother me. Thanks so much for bringing it to my attention. :)

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- Canterbury Scene: Caravan/ For Girls...
- Crossover Prog: M Oldfield/ Ommadawn
- Eclectic Prog: VDGG/ Pawn Hearts
- Experimental/Post Metal: Tool/ Lateralus
- Heavy Prog: Porcupine Tree/ Deadwing
- Indo-Prog/Raga Rock: None
- Jazz Rock/Fusion: Mahavishnu/ Birds Of Fire
- Krautrock: None
- Neo-Prog: IQ/ Ever
- Post-Rock/Math Rock: None
- Prog Folk: Gryphon/ Red Queen To Gryphon Three
- Progressive Electronic: TD/ Ricochet
- Progressive Metal: Pain Of Salvation/ Remedy Lane
- Psychedelic/Space Rock: Eloy/ Dawn
- RIO/Avant-Prog: None
- Rock Progressivo Italiano: None
- Symphonic Prog: Genesis/ SEBtP
- Tech/Extreme Prog Metal: Arcturus/ The Sham Mirrors
- Zeuhl: None
- Prog Related: Led Zep/ Physical Graffiti
- Proto-Prog: Deep Purple/ In Rock


Funny how in some categories, I could give you a hundred answers, and others I either haven't heard or haven't liked a single album... Embarrassed


Edited by Jared - December 22 2024 at 02:13
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I've left a few blanks in my list - these are categories which i'm not familiar with or generally don't like.

Canterbury Scene:  Caravan - In the land of Grey and Pink

Crossover Prog:  Big Big Train - English Electric (Full Power)
Eclectic Prog:  Beardfish - +2626 - Comfortzone
Experimental/Post Metal:
Heavy Prog:  Rush - Hemispheres
Indo-Prog/Raga Rock:
Jazz Rock/Fusion:
Krautrock:
Neo-Prog:  IQ - The Road of Bones
Post-Rock/Math Rock:  
Prog Folk:  Jethro Tull - Songs From The Wood
Progressive Electronic:
Progressive Metal:  Dream Theater - Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence
Psychedelic/Space Rock:  Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
RIO/Avant-Prog:
Rock Progressivo Italiano:  PFM - Per Un Amico
Symphonic Prog:  Yes - Close To The Edge
Tech/Extreme Prog Metal:  Opeth - Ghost Reveries
Zeuhl:
Prog Related:  Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffiti
Proto-Prog:  Beatles - Abbey Road
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^ & ^^ Thanks Jared and Jason (aka bender99). You both share three not covered categories (Krautrock, RIO/Avant and Zeuhl), both have Caravan and IQ (albeit different albums) and share Led Zep's Physical Graffiti.

^^ Jared. What I find rather interesting is how people can favour different categories -- I love plenty of albums from all the categories you left out and those are some of my particular favourite categories for music -- and yet still find shared commonalities in other categories. From your list, I adore Pawn Hearts and would say that it is on the avant-prog side of things). And I also really love the Tangerine Dream, that Gryphon album, the Led Zep choice, and I like the Caravan, Oldfield, and Genesis. And I really like Colosseum. Kind of surprised, or whould I have known?, that you don't have any RPI. I would have thought you would have known and liked PFM's Per un Amico, maybe Le Orme's Felona e Sorona, maybe Celeste....

^ Jason, I especially love Physical Graffiti and Wish YOU Were Here (especially for Shine On which remains as magical as when I first heard it at the age of about 12) from your list. I also really like the Caravan, PFM, Abbey Road, and that Rush album was one of my favourite albums as a teenager. And I like the Jethro Tull. And when I went to Australia Hemispheres was the first album I ordered from a store since I missed it. I used to adore that album; still part of my DNA.

Thanks so much for all the lists. Got considerably more than I expected and every one has treasures per my tastes.
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My first and last poll of the year to honor the great work of Logan. I have avoided the obvious choice by replacing less popular albums in some categories, but I think they deserve to be not too far from the best. It's just for fun…

Canterbury: Volaré The Uncertainty Principle 

Crossover: Sean Filkins War And Peace & Other Short Stories 

Eclectic: King Crimson Thrak 

Experimenta/Post Metal Unexpect Fables Of The Sleepless Empire 

Heavy Prog: Porcupine Tree Fear of a Blank Planet 

Indo/Raga ? 

Jazz Rock/Fusion Return to Forever Hymn of Sevent Galaxy

Neoprog Marillion Script for a Jester's Tear 

Post Rock/Math Rock ? 

Prog Folk Harmonium Harmonium 

Progressive Electronic Vangelis Heaven and Hell (or prog related)

Progressive Metal Circul of Illusion Jeremias - Foreshadow of Forgotten Realms 

Psychedelic/Space: Pink Floyd Dark Side of the Moon 

RIO/Avant Greco Bastian With a Little Hell from My Friends 

RPI Nuova Era Il Passo del Soldato 

Symphonic Anglagard Hybris 

Tech/Extreme Opeth The Last Will and Testament  

Zeuhl ? 

Prog Related Led Zeppelin House of the Holly




Edited by rdtprog - December 21 2024 at 12:41
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Now I think I’ll go with an all 70’s or earlier list now. An overabundance of choices for the main subgenres and really struggled selecting the “one” for some of these, while several subgenres have yet to begin, eliminating any selection of the neo, metal, post kind. Again, I pass on Indo/Raga. I suppose I’ll do an 80s and 90s list next.

Canterbury Scene: Khan – Space Shanty (1972)

Crossover Prog: FM – Black Noise (1977)

Eclectic Prog: Bubu – Anabelas (1978)

Heavy Prog: Captain Beyond – Captain Beyond (1972)

Jazz Rock/Fusion: Mahavishnu Orchestra – The Inner Mounting Flame (1971)

Krautrock: Amon Duül II – Yeti (1970)

Prog Folk: Jethro Tull – Thick as a Brick (1972)

Progressive Electronic: Klaus Schulze – Timewind (1975)

Psychedelic/Space Rock: Pink Floyd – Animals (1977)

RIO/Avant-Prog: Frank Zappa – The Grand Wazoo (1972)

Rock Progressivo Italiano: il Balletto di Bronzo – Ys (1972)

Symphonic Prog: Genesis – Foxtrot (1972)

Zeuhl: Magma – Kobaïa (1970)
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^ & ^^ Many thanks, Louis and George.

- Louis, from your list, that is my favourite proper Return to Forever band album. I adore Houses of the Holy, and love Dark Side of the Moon.   Also really like Harmonium, Vangelis and Hybris...

George, I know all of that list (helps being 70s). That was my Magma choice and I adore Yeti. Timewind, Anabelas, Space Shanty, Ys and Animals are some other faves of mine.

Here's a short live albums list from me. I just listened to this Agitation Free album recently and really like it. I left the released years off because I didn't feel like researching recorded date right now.

Canterbury Scene: Gong - Live Etc
Crossover Prog: Anna von Hausswolff - Live at Montreux Jazz Festival
Eclectic Prog: Gentle Giant - Playing the Fool
Experimental/Post Metal: Boris - Performing "flood"
Heavy Prog: Rush - All the World's a Stage
Jazz Rock/Fusion: Kraan - Kraan Live
Krautrock: Agitation Free - Last
Post-Rock/Math Rock: Swans - Swans Are Dead
Prog Folk: Dead Can Dance - Toward the Within
Progressive Electronic: Tangerine Dream - Ricochet
Psychedelic/Space Rock: Hawkwind - Space Ritual
RIO/Avant-Prog: Cardiacs - All That Glitters Is a Mares Nest
Rock Progressivo Italiano: Area - Are(A)zione
Symphonic Prog: Grobschnitt - Solar Music: Live
Zeuhl: Magma - Rétrospective Vol. 1 & 2
Prog Related: undecided
Proto-Prog: Jimi Hendrix - Band of Gypsys

Two mention wwo of my fave lives not in PA, mentioned in another topic before: Fishmans - 98.12.28 Otokotachi no wakare and Portishead - Roseland NYC Live.
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Funny idea. So I first clicked on a category, then I chose my favourite album from that list.

Canterbury Scene: Caravan - In the land of grey and pink
Crossover Prog: Supertramp - Crime of the century
Eclectic Prog: King Crimson - Red
Experimental/Post Metal: Anathema - Distant Satellites
Heavy Prog: Morte Macabre - Symphonic Holocaust
Indo-Prog: --
Jazz Rock/Fusion: Mahavishnu Orchestra - Birds of fire
Krautrock: Oktober - Uhrsprung
Neo-prog: Marillion - Script for a jester's tear
Post Rock/Math Rock: --
Prog Folk: Gryphon - Red queen to gryphon three
Progressive Electronic: Heldon II - Allez teia
Progressive Metal: Pain of Salvation - Remedy lane
Psychedelic/Space Rock: Pink Floyd - The dark side of the moon
Rio/Avant Prog: Reve General
Rock Progressivo Italiano: Unreal City - Il paese del tramonto
Symphonic Prog: Yes - Close to the edge
Tech/Extreme Prog Metal: Leprous - Bilateral
Zeuhl: Magma - K.A.
Various Genres: Jesus Christ Superstar (1970)
Prog Related: Roger Hodgson - In the eye of the storm
Proto Prog: The Beatles - The white album

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Originally posted by Logan Logan wrote:


^^ Jared. What I find rather interesting is how people can favour different categories -- I love plenty of albums from all the categories you left out and those are some of my particular favourite categories for music -- and yet still find shared commonalities in other categories. From your list, I adore Pawn Hearts and would say that it is on the avant-prog side of things). And I also really love the Tangerine Dream, that Gryphon album, the Led Zep choice, and I like the Caravan, Oldfield, and Genesis. And I really like Colosseum. Kind of surprised, or whould I have known?, that you don't have any RPI. I would have thought you would have known and liked PFM's Per un Amico, maybe Le Orme's Felona e Sorona, maybe Celeste..

Thanks Greg.. Big smile

I suppose my issues are firstly that I'm just not that adventurous; I've had a tendency to know what I like and like what I know and stick to it, so I could give you loads of Symph, Crossover, Neo, Heavy & Prog Metal; but in that I'm not really alone.

Of the 6 blanks, I think Italian Prog would be the area I should explore, as it is most likely to yield fruit.. of course I've heard bits of PFM and Le Orme, which sound fine enough to me, but I'm not sure if I've heard an entire album by either?

Krautrock is a concept I must confess, I don't really understand... of course, I like Eloy, Triumvirat, Grobschnitt, Nektar (I know they are British) Anyone's Daughter, some Novalis and Jane's debut among others... but none of them are under Krautrock, even though I have seen them labelled as such elsewhere (and I suppose they must be in a broader context).. but I have tried Can and it didn't do much for me?

Given the bands I have listed above, could you give me a guitar/keys driven Krautrock recommendation I could try??

Thanks... Star


Btw: I like the idea of listing a Live album for each section! I must admit, I was dubious about putting Colosseum Live down, as I thought it was a bit of a cheat, so I'll change my JR/F choice to Birds Of Fire, but the Colosseum album is one of my very favourite live albums... it absolutely smokes from start to finish.. Evil Smile


Edited by Jared - December 22 2024 at 02:10
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- Canterbury Scene: Caravan/ Fairfield Halls '74
- Crossover Prog: BJH/ Live Tapes
- Eclectic Prog: Gentle Giant/ Playing The Fool
- Experimental/Post Metal: Anathema/ Universal
- Heavy Prog: Rush/ Exit Stage Left
- Indo-Prog/Raga Rock: None
- Jazz Rock/Fusion: Colosseum/ Live (1970)
- Krautrock: None
- Neo-Prog: IQ/ Forever Live
- Post-Rock/Math Rock: None
- Prog Folk: Tull/ Bursting Out (although this is cheating as it isn't Prog Folk)
- Progressive Electronic: TD/ Pergamon/Quichotte
- Progressive Metal: Therion/ Celebrators Of Becoming
- Psychedelic/Space Rock: Eloy/ Reincarnation On Stage
- RIO/Avant-Prog: None
- Rock Progressivo Italiano: None
- Symphonic Prog: Renaissance/ Carnegie Hall
- Tech/Extreme Prog Metal: Arcturus/ Shipwrecked In Oslo
- Zeuhl: None
- Prog Related: Rainbow/ On Stage
- Proto-Prog: Deep Purple/ Made In Japan


All fairly predictable from me, I'm afraid, but you might still be interested?


Edited by Jared - December 22 2024 at 07:01
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^^ Thanks FL. Morte Macabre's was my first pick from the Heavy Prog category too. Also Adore Red, love the Heldon and really like various others in the list. Kind of a funny idea, I guess, depending on perspective. I do like funny! Even if I rarely manage it the way I want. ;) I like to see people tastes across categories, as well as comparing lists. Also kind of interesting to see people's approaches, who feels comfortable enough (and makes the time) to come up with a list and who does not.

Another way would be to check out the top albums per category using the top 100 or top 250 albums chart and checking each category.

I know for some it is too hard to choose one, but I find there are many strategies to limit that, like what was the last album you remember hearing and liking from the category. Ones you have spun the most times. One's current mood. Limiting decade or year etc. I doubt many of us would have many liked from every category at PA.

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Jared; nice on the lives. Like the Rush, love that Renaissance live.

As for Krautrock, it is a broad brush and PA does limit what it puts in there.   Can took me ages to really get into. My first Krautrock (as PA categorises it) love was Agitation Free, which I suggest trying at some time.

From the Krautrock category, I suggest Jean-Jacques Kravetz's Kravetz from 1972.



Then Sperrmüll is quite like early Eloy if you can enjoy that period.



You might like some Mythos and Electric Sandwich. The debut by Mythos is pretty well known and I think it might get too out there for you, but here is the less-known Strange Guys from 1978:



Edited by Logan - December 22 2024 at 10:20
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Logan, yes, I noticed you picked Morte Macabre, too, one of the best albums of the 90's! So at least we completely agree on one album! Embarrassed

While creating the list I had some surprising moments. For example, in Heavy Prog I was looking for Opeth, only to find out they were listed in Tech/Extreme. And then I found Morte Macabre was there, although I thought it was in Eclectic, so I voted that. Then in Progressive Metal I looked for Leprous, only to find they were also in Tech/Extreme. And in Tech/Extreme I was looking for Scale the Summit, only to find them in Progressive Metal, what a mess! LOL

About Krautrock: I agree that the concept I do not understand either. Also the term 'Krautrock' I do not like, because 'Kraut' was used in a derogatory way to depict a German.
I simply scrolled through the list and selected the album I like most, without thinking about the sense of the category.

Jared, I do not know what you mean with 'guitar/keys driven Krautrock' but how about my selection Uhrsprung by Oktober? The sound is very similar to symphonic prog of the 70's in a somewhat Genesis-like style. Check also my review about the album.
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Originally posted by Jared Jared wrote:


- Experimental/Post Metal: Anathema/ Universal
- Heavy Prog: Rush/ Exit Stage Left

- Neo-Prog: IQ/ Forever Live

- Progressive Electronic: TD/ Pergamon/Quichotte

- Psychedelic/Space Rock: Eloy/ Reincarnation On Stage



All fairly predictable from me, I'm afraid, but you might still be interested?

I love all those although Eloy Live with the mighty Jurgen Rosenthal on drums would be my pick for that band. Glad you love that TD album, my favourite live TD album as well although the full unedited version of Logos is great as well. With Rush I tend to go with Different Stages which sounds a bit heavier but I still own my original vinyl copy of Exit Stage Left. It seemed at the time all the Rush you could ever need. Anathema's live album is a fantastic document of this wonderful band. You want predicatable? I have Weather Systems - Ocean Without A Shore Number One for the year Smile. IQ are always great, love the shorter versions of The Last Human Gateway as well as a more (for me) polished versions of Paul Menel era songs No Love Lost and Human Nature. Grand stuff indeed.
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Samuel. That Susanne Sundfør is a wonderful album. I remember not liking The Soft Parade very much when I first heard it (my brother had it in his collection) but it really grew on me. As for the Banda do Casaco album, I have been listening to that for some time (over 20 minutes in now) and am really digging it and intrigued. I will continue listening. There's quite a lot to it in terms of variety/ variation, and it would take multiple spins to properly absorb it all, I feel. What I'm hearing now is bliss. Wonderful album! The stream is not the best quality vinyl rip, but that doesn't bother me. Thanks so much for bringing it to my attention. :)
I'm glad you liked it :) I've known and adore it for a long time, but I've been playing and studying Portuguese Folk music for the last couple of years and now I'm even more impressed by their approach
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From the Krautrock category, I suggest Jean-Jacques Kravetz's Kravetz from 1972.

Probably the best of the bunch Greg; pretty good.

Then Sperrmüll is quite like early Eloy if you can enjoy that period.

I was expecting to like this the best, as I love early Eloy, but I didn't find it that good.

You might like some Mythos and Electric Sandwich. The debut by Mythos is pretty well known and I think it might get too out there for you, but here is the less-known Strange Guys from 1978:

Some great dreamy keys, let down by fairly average vocals...



Thanks Greg... can't imagine I'll add any to my small collection, but they were all good to hear.
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Originally posted by richardh richardh wrote:

I love all those although Eloy Live with the mighty Jurgen Rosenthal on drums would be my pick for that band. Glad you love that TD album, my favourite live TD album as well although the full unedited version of Logos is great as well. With Rush I tend to go with Different Stages which sounds a bit heavier but I still own my original vinyl copy of Exit Stage Left. It seemed at the time all the Rush you could ever need. Anathema's live album is a fantastic document of this wonderful band. You want predicatable? I have Weather Systems - Ocean Without A Shore Number One for the year Smile. IQ are always great, love the shorter versions of The Last Human Gateway as well as a more (for me) polished versions of Paul Menel era songs No Love Lost and Human Nature. Grand stuff indeed.

Thanks Rich... 

Eloy: Reincarnation is a surprisingly wonderful album for an artist in his late autumn of musical life... though I love the vibrancy of Live (1978) too

TD: I could easily have picked Ricochet, Encore, Logos, Pergamon, Poland or even Live Miles... I really enjoy them all.

Rush: I just love the song selection; it was them at their most interesting period, even tho the production is a tad muddy.

Anathema: A classic example of when the live album becomes greater than the sum of the studio parts.. they are the very best sort.

IQ: I don't listen to much Neo these days, so I'm not best placed to judge, but this to me will always be the best Neo live album out there.
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Logan, yes, I noticed you picked Morte Macabre, too, one of the best albums of the 90's! So at least we completely agree on one album! Embarrassed

While creating the list I had some surprising moments. For example, in Heavy Prog I was looking for Opeth, only to find out they were listed in Tech/Extreme. And then I found Morte Macabre was there, although I thought it was in Eclectic, so I voted that. Then in Progressive Metal I looked for Leprous, only to find they were also in Tech/Extreme. And in Tech/Extreme I was looking for Scale the Summit, only to find them in Progressive Metal, what a mess! LOL

About Krautrock: I agree that the concept I do not understand either. Also the term 'Krautrock' I do not like, because 'Kraut' was used in a derogatory way to depict a German.
I simply scrolled through the list and selected the album I like most, without thinking about the sense of the category.

Jared, I do not know what you mean with 'guitar/keys driven Krautrock' but how about my selection Uhrsprung by Oktober? The sound is very similar to symphonic prog of the 70's in a somewhat Genesis-like style. Check also my review about the album.


Thanks. Yes, find the classifications can be more than a bit confusing. My first choice from the Neo-Prog category, Duster, doesn't sound at all like Neo-Prog to me... sounds like Neo-Space Rock/ Neopsych, and I would not have expected Uboa to be in a metal category (I would like a new category for experimental/ industrial and related music). Not having genre multi-tagging and not being able to label albums is an unfortunate limitation of this site. Of course the teams try to do do the best they reasonably can given the limitations of this site and the voluntary workload they can take on. I have not liked the term Krautrock either, but it has become widely accepted.

Originally posted by Meltdowner Meltdowner wrote:

Originally posted by Logan Logan wrote:


Samuel. That Susanne Sundfør is a wonderful album. I remember not liking The Soft Parade very much when I first heard it (my brother had it in his collection) but it really grew on me. As for the Banda do Casaco album, I have been listening to that for some time (over 20 minutes in now) and am really digging it and intrigued. I will continue listening. There's quite a lot to it in terms of variety/ variation, and it would take multiple spins to properly absorb it all, I feel. What I'm hearing now is bliss. Wonderful album! The stream is not the best quality vinyl rip, but that doesn't bother me. Thanks so much for bringing it to my attention. :)
I'm glad you liked it :) I've known and adore it for a long time, but I've been playing and studying Portuguese Folk music for the last couple of years and now I'm even more impressed by their approach


It's a remarkable album to my ears. I'll be looking into more Portuguese folk related music, and keep up with the studies and playing! I wish that I were more of a musician than I am.

Originally posted by Jared Jared wrote:

Originally posted by Logan Logan wrote:



From the Krautrock category, I suggest Jean-Jacques Kravetz's Kravetz from 1972.

Probably the best of the bunch Greg; pretty good.

Then Sperrmüll is quite like early Eloy if you can enjoy that period.

I was expecting to like this the best, as I love early Eloy, but I didn't find it that good.

You might like some Mythos and Electric Sandwich. The debut by Mythos is pretty well known and I think it might get too out there for you, but here is the less-known Strange Guys from 1978:

Some great dreamy keys, let down by fairly average vocals...




Thanks Greg... can't imagine I'll add any to my small collection, but they were all good to hear.


None of those are in my collection either, but I do stream a lot. None of them are personal favourites, but they seemed to fit your "ask" fairly well. For a better group, you could try Agitation Free (I just thought it might get too out there for you) which I mentioned but did not include specific music.





I should started with the primo stuff. There is way more to Krautrock of course than Can.

Formentera Lady's recommendation to you I am now listening to... :)





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