What albums did you listen to today?...continued

Othello Syndrome : The shadow of dreams
Deluge grander : The form of the good
Airbag : Identity
Discipline: Live into a dream...

Banco del mutuo soccorso : Transiberiana
Motorpsycho : Serpentine E.P.

Marillion : An hour before it's dark
Moon Safari : The Gettysburg Adress (CD1)
Anekdoten : Vemod
King Crimson : In the wake of Poseidon

Oh' Fisher-Z .... they were so nice .... Remember Russia ...

Hope everyone is well

Last few days for me:

Tangerine Dream – Live at the Reims Opera House 1975 (1975/2022)
Hatfield and the North – s/t (1975)
Barclay James Harvest – Octoberon (1976)
Memoriance – Et Apres (1976)
Genesis – Seconds Out (1977)
Malombra – The Dissolution Age (2001)
The Flower Kings – Unfold the Future (2002)
Forgas Band Phenomena – Acte V (2012)
Mantric Muse – s/t (2012)
Karfagen – 7 (2015)
L’Impero delle Ombre – Racconti Macabri vol III (2020)
Porcupine Tree – Closure/Continuum (2022)

Meltdowner wrote: ^ Nice list! I don't remember listening to Mémoriance, I'll have to look into them. What's that Italian band, never heard of them.

Oh, Sam, that first Memoriance album is a symphonic gem, give it a listen! Bit of a `desert island’ disc for me, or at least one I play constantly every year. Apparently the follow-up is good too, and I do have it, but I’ve never moved on to it because I’m still so obsessed after all these years with this first one!

L’Impero delle Ombre is a modern Italian band, been around for a little while, this was their third album. I recall when I first joined the Italian Prog Team and was more active with them that the band was being evaluated for the Archives, but the general consensus was that they were more hard-rock/metal based, despite also having plenty of Hammond/vintage keys, etc. That’s a pretty good description of them….a very decent band, really!

Aww, no, breaking my heart reading that about the Rooster album, buddy!
Caricatures, Synthesist, QVL, Romance 76….some fine selections there, mate

Just a few for me today:

Bi Kyo Ran – s/t (1982) – underappreciated and relentlessly manic Crimson-like Japanese stunner from the Eighties, absolutely sh*t-hot bass playing especially.

Myriad – Sea of the Sinking Sun (1996) – a humble little do-it-yourself Aussie melodic and dreamy prog gem from quite a while back somewhat in the manner of early Porcupine Tree.

Arabs in Aspic – Progeria (2003)
Arabs in Aspic – Far Out in Aradabia (2004) – Their early albums are so good, have a heavier stoner rock toughness to them.

Maserati – Rehumanzer (2015) – been a while between spins for this one, Sam! Awesome album, and THAT cover! Always reminds me of Tangerine Dream and Hawkwind meets Flock of Seagulls   

Teunis wrote: mellotronwave wrote: Oh' Fisher-Z .... they were so nice .... Remember Russia ... Yes, and 'Marliese', 'So Long' and 'The Worker'. Youth sentiment for me . Today: Neal Morse - Life & Times Erik Norlander - Music Machine Anathema - Distant Satellites Mystery - Delusion Rain <div ="moderatorbar" style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 16em; clear: right;"><div ="smalltext modified" id="modified_73267" style="font-size: 0.85em; font-family: verdana, sans-serif; : left; : rgb231, 234, 239;">

Same feeling , I saw the band (and John watts solo) several times back then (always fun. cheap tix , some beers , some friends, so were the days

AEProgman wrote: Rick Wakeman - The Six Wives of Henry the VIII Rick Wakeman - Journey to the Centre of the Earth Rick Wakeman - King Arthur & Knights of the Round Table (too lazy for the whole title) Rick Wakeman - No Earthly Connection Rick Wakeman - White Rock Alice Cooper - Billion Dollar Babies (loved this in the teen years) Alice Cooper - Muscle of Love Alice Cooper - Welcome to My Nightmare Alice Cooper - Goes to Hell Alice Cooper - The Alice Cooper Show (live) Steve Hackett - Voyage of the Acolyte Steve Hackett - Please Don't Touch Steve Hackett - Spectral Mornings Steve Hackett - Defector Steve Hackett - Highly Strung Jethro Tull - Songs From the Wood Jethro Tull - Heavy Horses Jethro Tull - Stormwatch Jethro Tull - A Jethro Tull - The Broadsword and the Beast Jean-Luc Ponty - Upon the Wings of Music Jean-Luc Ponty - Aurora Jean-Luc Ponty - Imaginary Voyage Jean-Luc Ponty - Enigmatic Ocean Jean-Luc Ponty - Cosmic Messenger Kerry Livgren - Resurrection of Lazarus Yes - The Quest Styx - Crash of the Crown

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AEProgman wrote: Hey guys, been a little while for me. Been peeping in on this thread at all the inputs via phone frequently, good mix of stuff! So glad to see Michael chiming in , one of my RPI mentors from the RPI thread! How goes it mate!

Damn, Jim, good to see you, mate! I haven’t been very active on the Archives lately (just good ol’ “real life” stuff taking up a lot of my time), but it’s been a real stress relief again to start popping up in here and engaging with `the locals’ new and old. Hope you’re doing alright, buddy! And damn, look at the music bender you’ve been on!

mellotronwave wrote: Porcupine Tree : C/C

I notice this one’s been popping up a few times for you, Mailo! How do you find it? I think it’s OK, but nothing too special. I also find that Wilson kind of sabotaged the album a little by placing the three best pieces as mere `bonus tracks’ in the deluxe/art-book edition (that’s the one I bought), and they’re better than anything on the main 7-track album!

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Anyway, gone all out today with an all-modern Italian prog session:

Finisterre – s/t (1995)
Il Giardino Onirico – Perigeo (2012)
Barock Project – Detachment (2014)
FEM Prog Band – Sulla Bolla di Sapone (2014)
Ingrannagi della Valle – Warmed Space Blue (2016)
Il Segno delle Comando – L’incanto dello Zero (2018)
La Stanza delle Maschere – s/t (2020)

Il Tempio delle Clessidre – Il-Ludere (2017) – Oh man, that opening track `La Parola Magica’ is still so cool…exceptional album overall, still one of my modern RPI favourites.

Mater a Clivis Imperat – Altrox Locus (2022) – a gorgeous and varied dark symphonic work in the manner of Jacula/Antonius Rex, given a lavish LP edition too