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Mellotron Storm 
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 Posted: February 21 2016 at 14:47 |
I agree Bamsen about being disappointed by far with most older band's new releases, 90% would probably be close. YES is a good example but there's lots. CIRCLE's new one blew me away, a fresh sound from a band who's released something like 30 albums(approx.). I'm about to review KOMARA's debut and will mention that this could have been what KING CRIMSON's latest sounded like. Of course Pat on drums for both bands is the connection. That Bruford quote about "when you want to hear what music is going to sound like in the future, you put on a King Crimson album" sure didn't hold true for their latest but KOMARA showed what could have been.
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micky
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Posted: February 21 2016 at 07:22 |
 rushfan4 wrote:
I'd say Dream Theater fits the bill with their latest. After all of their years and all of their albums, they have arrived with a double concept album created for music theater. And despite all of the naysayers, I know I am right, because every long-term fan that I know seems to hate the new album because it is apparently not what they want from their Dream Theater album. Now take that in your daddy prog pipe and smoke it. 
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well GAWD damn... that sounds like an album I might like.. wait.. *slams head into table* ok... better now. I'm sure it still sucks.. even if it is different 
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The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip
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Guldbamsen
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Posted: February 21 2016 at 04:59 |
^Funny you should mention that. You are the first person I've seen talk of this album in a positive manner. I've mostly heard folks complaining about it being too...erm...plasticy and anodyne. A friend of mine even got mad at it
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“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
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Replayer
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Posted: February 20 2016 at 22:17 |
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I was pleasantly surprised by Jean-Michel Jarre's 2015 album Electronica 1: The Time Machine. While there were certain tracks I disliked, I enjoyed the bulk of the album. As was mentioned earlier, collaborations seemed to have helped getting the creative juices flowing.
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Pastmaster
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Posted: February 20 2016 at 19:41 |
^Same, although I don't like their latest.
For me, I don't truly enjoy any King Crimson albums other than ConstrucKtion of Light and Power to Believe.
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Posted: February 20 2016 at 17:35 |
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Pendragon. I prefer their last three albums over their first seven.
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Guldbamsen
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Posted: February 20 2016 at 16:39 |
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“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.”
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rushfan4
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Posted: February 20 2016 at 16:36 |
I'd say Dream Theater fits the bill with their latest. After all of their years and all of their albums, they have arrived with a double concept album created for music theater. And despite all of the naysayers, I know I am right, because every long-term fan that I know seems to hate the new album because it is apparently not what they want from their Dream Theater album. Now take that in your daddy prog pipe and smoke it.
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Icarium
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Posted: February 20 2016 at 16:17 |
I think Jaga Jazzist should be added to the equation 
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Guldbamsen
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Posted: February 20 2016 at 16:03 |
Mascodagama wrote:
Guldbamsen wrote:
Then there are those rare bands that somehow never get stale. They keep pushing the limits and evolving their sound. Here I'm specifically thinking of two Norwegian bands - Ulver and Motorpsycho respectively. Both acts seem right on the edge of "hip" and "cool" to the young music fans out there - kids that probably were in their diapers, or momma's internal handbag, around the time they started out. Yet whenever either of these bands release something new, you'll see countless of teens from around the world write grammatically challenged odes. |
If you take Ulver and Motorpycho as examples you could speculate that this has something to do with the musicians keeping themselves fresh by continually collaborating with new people, either in the band context or outside of it. I think AKA Moon would be another instance of this. It probably helps for such a collaborative approach if you've got a flourishing local scene that is full of people with similar (or nicely contrasting) musical interests, providing a ready source of musical bedmates. Norway seems to have that in spades! |
You might be onto something there Simon. Norway, in particular, has seen a multitude of new progressive bands during the last 15 years or so - many of whom do a little gang-banging outside of their respective groups. It also helps being open to new frontiers - new venues of sound. Ulver fx started out as a black metal band for then to embrace folk, post rock, ambient, electronic/IDM and now with their latest something akin to Krautrock - Ulver-style that is.
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“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.”
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Guldbamsen
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Posted: February 20 2016 at 15:58 |
BaldJean wrote:
you might like "Düülirium" by Amon Düül 2. it has all the qualities of the old Amon Düül 2 - quirkiness and long improvisations. I had not believed the Düüls still had it in them, but this is one of my favorite albums of them
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Yeah I felt the same when I first purchased this, but my interest has since then waned somewhat. Still a good album though considering most of the band members are close to a hundred.
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“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.”
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Mascodagama
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Posted: February 20 2016 at 11:13 |
Guldbamsen wrote:
Then there are those rare bands that somehow never get stale. They keep pushing the limits and evolving their sound. Here I'm specifically thinking of two Norwegian bands - Ulver and Motorpsycho respectively. Both acts seem right on the edge of "hip" and "cool" to the young music fans out there - kids that probably were in their diapers, or momma's internal handbag, around the time they started out. Yet whenever either of these bands release something new, you'll see countless of teens from around the world write grammatically challenged odes. |
If you take Ulver and Motorpycho as examples you could speculate that this has something to do with the musicians keeping themselves fresh by continually collaborating with new people, either in the band context or outside of it. I think AKA Moon would be another instance of this. It probably helps for such a collaborative approach if you've got a flourishing local scene that is full of people with similar (or nicely contrasting) musical interests, providing a ready source of musical bedmates. Norway seems to have that in spades!
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BaldJean
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Posted: February 20 2016 at 11:08 |
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you might like "Düülirium" by Amon Düül 2. it has all the qualities of the old Amon Düül 2 - quirkiness and long improvisations. I had not believed the Düüls still had it in them, but this is one of my favorite albums of them
Edited by BaldJean - February 20 2016 at 11:12
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 A shot of me as High Priestess of Gaia during our fall festival. Ceterum censeo principiis obsta
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Guldbamsen
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Posted: February 20 2016 at 10:59 |
I rarely dig new releases from the old dinosaurs. About 90% of what I hear old bands turn out can be reduced to 2 things for me: sonic tiredness prolonged to keep the wheels go round and a general unimaginative approach to making music. There are however exceptions out there. I've recently been bowled over by German Krautrockers Electric Orange's Vol 10 - their tenth studio effort. They've honestly never sounded better. In fact, I rank this release as their absolute finest inside their 25 year long career. Franco Battiato also made one hell of a comeback album with 2014's Joe Patti's Experimental Group - a release that rivals his best 70s work, which is quite a statement coming from this diehard fan. I sure as hell wasn't optimistic when I first popped it on my stereo.
Then there are those rare bands that somehow never get stale. They keep pushing the limits and evolving their sound. Here I'm specifically thinking of two Norwegian bands - Ulver and Motorpsycho respectively. Both acts seem right on the edge of "hip" and "cool" to the young music fans out there - kids that probably were in their diapers, or momma's internal handbag, around the time they started out. Yet whenever either of these bands release something new, you'll see countless of teens from around the world write grammatically challenged odes.
Now I'm not that interested in seeing this thread turn into members merely posting lists of bands that fit the criteria, but infinitely more enthralled by a possible discussion on the subject.
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