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VanderGraafKommandöh 
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 Posted: December 01 2006 at 09:55 |
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Just a note: anyone interesting in purchasing Memoriance's albums can get them from Greg Walker at Syn-phonic.
I also agree Assaf about their debut Et Apres. It's very much an underrated album and deserves to be heard. It is routed in symphonic prog, but offers so much more. I may well have to order their second album sometime.
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avestin
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Posted: December 01 2006 at 07:52 |
 Geck0 wrote:
Memoriance have now been added under Symphonic Prog. Thank you to the Symphonic team, as well as Geck0, for the biography and album additions.
Assaf will now tell you more. 
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Memoriance: Criminally overlooked French band that released 2 albums (one being a concept album). Thanks to one of my mentors here in PA (DallasBryan) I have the album Et Apres, which is a very good example of their skill. This album, as well as being rooted in the symphonic prog genre, also shows their harder, heavier prog side and the final result is a splendid show of capabilities. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED! So let's sum up the events: Memoriance added in Symphonic (thanks to the team for accepting my proposal) - http://www.progarchives.com/Progressive_rock_discography_BAND.asp?band_id=2733 The Gift added in Symphonic as well (Thanks to Erik and Gck0 for the speedy process): http://www.progarchives.com/Progressive_rock_discography_BAND.asp?band_id=2734
Edited by avestin - December 01 2006 at 07:55
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VanderGraafKommandöh
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Posted: December 01 2006 at 02:07 |
I can help: Ritchie Blackmore / guitar & vocals 
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TheProgtologist
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Posted: December 01 2006 at 02:05 |
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I will try to help out.
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Raff
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Posted: December 01 2006 at 02:04 |
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I can help with the additions, of course... I've got their first four albums on CD, and at least one of the compilations.
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mystic fred
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Posted: December 01 2006 at 02:03 |
TheProgtologist wrote:
Nice job on the Rainbow addition Raffaella.Quite a bit of work to add the albums though. |
if you need any help i have most of Rainbow on vinyl. 
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TheProgtologist
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Posted: December 01 2006 at 02:01 |
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Nice job on the Rainbow addition Raffaella.Quite a bit of work to add the albums though.
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VanderGraafKommandöh
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Posted: December 01 2006 at 02:01 |
Yes I know, thanks for reminding me. I've not heard the album actually, but there are some samples around. Memoriance on the other hand are great!
Edited by Geck0 - December 01 2006 at 02:01
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TheProgtologist
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Posted: December 01 2006 at 01:59 |
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Raff
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Posted: December 01 2006 at 01:51 |
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VanderGraafKommandöh
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Posted: December 01 2006 at 01:46 |
Run to the hills... Oops, wrong band. Nice one Raffaella. 
Edited by Geck0 - December 01 2006 at 01:46
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Raff
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Posted: December 01 2006 at 01:42 |
Rainbow have just been added to Prog Related by yours truly... *runs for cover*
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VanderGraafKommandöh
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Posted: November 30 2006 at 23:25 |
Memoriance have now been added under Symphonic Prog. Thank you to the Symphonic team, as well as Geck0, for the biography and album additions. Assaf will now tell you more. Also, The Gift, a new symphonic prog band from England, have also been added. Thanks to Erik Neuteboom for suggesting them and thanks to the Symphonic Prog team for adding them (again Geck0 wrote the bio and added the album). 
Edited by Geck0 - December 01 2006 at 00:44
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VanderGraafKommandöh
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Posted: November 30 2006 at 19:39 |
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Thanks Assaf. Both discographies are now complete (as far as I can tell).
Edited by Geck0 - November 30 2006 at 21:55
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avestin
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Posted: November 30 2006 at 14:16 |
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Another addition.
A few months back I suggested adding Vytas Brenner to PA and passed it on to the Symh team.
Today after much work, Geck0 added them here:
http://www.progarchives.com/Progressive_rock_discography_BAND.asp?band_id=2732
VYTAS BRENNER was a German
born Venezuelan pianist, keyboardist and composer. His career started
in the late 1960s and released his first album (of nine in total) in
1973. His music took Latin American rhythms, as well as from unique
Venezuelan tradition and combined them with Progressive Rock, to create
delightful Symphonic prog, with elements of fusion, space rock and
acoustic folk.
VYTAS BRENNER was born in Tübingen, Germany on
September 19, 1946, but moved with his family to Venezuela in 1949, at
the age of 2. When he was 12, his family moved to Italy, then later
Spain and finally ended in United States, where he studied Music at the
University of Tennessee, graduating in 1972.
He returned to
Venezuela the same year and became an important musician on the
national music scene. Vocals on his albums are mostly in Spanish. His
brother Haakon Brenner produced his first album and was an executive
producer on “Hermanos” and “Jayeche”.
Vytas released an EP
“Brenner's Folk” (recorded while he was resident in Spain and featuring
his brother Haakon Brenner, as well as Jordi Soler and Jordi Barange)
in the late 1960s and formed the VYTAS BRENNER QUARTET.
In 1973, VYTAS BRENNER recorded a 45 EP with Maria Fernanda Márquez, called “Con Vytas y Mafe”.
His
debut album “La Ofrenda de Vytas” was released in 1973, which
introduces to a mix of different styles, with a lot of folk music
influence. He assembled a band for this album (and the following also)
which was apparently known as OFRENDA (Offering). There was much less
synthesizer work on this album, but this would fully develop on later
albums, this release is still mostly symphonic in sound, with wonderful
guitar playing by Pablo Manavello (as was the case on all his albums
until 1978 release “Ofrenda”).
Vytas worked with Pablo Manavello
who was an Italian born prolific guitarist, who was well known for his
participation with many Venezuelan bands and musician’s , as well as
going solo from 1979 and producing.
His next album was
“Hermanos”, released in 1974 which continued on in a similar vein to
the previous releases, again mixing Latin American themes with
intelligently composed Symphonic Prog. There were even more musicians
on this album, including Caracas born drummer, Iván Velásquez, who
would remain with Brenner until his 1983 album “Vytas”. Rolando Briceño
(born in Caracas) was brought in for saxophone for the Hermanos album.
Further
lineup changes were made for his 1975 album “Jayeche” (as well as a
change of record company to Discomoda), with dube percussion, being
employed. Carlos Acosta remained on bass (he’d been there from the
first album), as well as Manavello and Velásquez.
1977 Brought
Brenner’s first live album, “En Vivo! Ofrenda” which was also his first
double LP. His live output was even more exciting and the band often
focused in long jams.
Percussion was a very strong aspect with
Brenner’s sound (think of some of the rhythm section in Santana albums
and Peter Green’s Fleetwood Mac live version of Green Manalishi.),
which often made them an awe-inspiring band to appreciate live. The
album was recorded at five different venues, all in Venezuela,
Maracaibo, Maracay, Caracas (2 venues) and Barquisimeto. By this time
Brenner was becoming more popular outside of Venezuela, as this album
was mixed in Miami by Jack Adams. This LP also brought in the
percussionist Felipe “Mandingo” Rengifo.
In 1978 the same band
that recorded the double live LP “En Vivo! Ofrenda” (with the inclusion
of Luis Oliver on Piano and Clavinet), recorded the album “Ofrenda”.
This was the final release with the OFRENDA band, although it's
classified as a solo album, as the band officially split after En Vivo!
At
this point, his music changed style and moved away from the progressive
style and moved into the realms of pop, funk and soul.
In 1981,
Brenner released an album on Polydor, named “I Belong”, but this was
still recorded in Caracas,. All track titles are in English (for the
first and only time). Paulette Dozier assists on vocals.
After
this album, the next 3 releases would feature more musicians than ever,
as well as backing vocals (and a return to the label Discomodo). The
song writing would be shared with Linda Lepage on “I Belong “ (1981)
and “Estoy Como Quiero” .(1982).
In 1983, Brenner released his
album “Vyta”s, again featuring a larger lineup. At this point, only
Iván Velásquez and Carlos “Nené” Quintero remained from previous
albums. His next album would be a complete about turn.
In 1986
he released a self-produced “El Vals Del Mar”, featuring new versions
of his songs from previous albums, performed solely by himself on
keyboards, acoustic guitar and vocals.
He returned to a band
format, for his 1993 album “Amazonia” (first on CD). Brenner used only
keyboards and sequencers on this entirely instrumental release,
featuring flute and soprano sax without drums (although Carlos “Nene”
Quintero” returned on percussion). This was a return to form and was
much closer to be considered a World Music effort than his 1980s output.
In
1994, a VYTAS BRENNER compilation of past work, called “Lo Máximo de
Vytas”, was released. This consisted of tracks from “Jayeche”, “En
Vivo!” and “Ofrenda”.
VYTAS BRENNER sadly died of a heart attack
on March 18, 2004 in Salzburg, Austria, leaving 9 albums of wonderful
music as his legacy. He was preparing new material with Felipe Rengifo
before his sudden death.
If you like intelligent and
unpretentious symphonic progressive rock, with interesting synthesized
sounds, some of which are quite avant-garde, then VYTAS BRENNER will
appeal to you. If you also love Latin American music and a lot of
percussion, again, VYTAS BRENNER will appeal to you. There is a lot of
aspects to his music that should appeal to most music fans. His
original LP’s are also quite collectable, so can fetch good prices. A
much neglected musician that should be heard.
I can recommend his two releases called La Ofrenda de Vytas (1973) and Hermanos (1974)
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avestin
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Posted: November 30 2006 at 12:42 |
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PA keeps on expanding.
Today two new additions:
Nine Days Wonder in Art-Rock added by Hugues
http://www.progarchives.com/Progressive_rock_discography_BAND.asp?band_id=2730
Here is their bio:
Formed as far back as 66, this group recorded their wild debut album
(between Zappa, Soft Machine, Crimson and Purple, if you can picture
that!!) as a fairly international quintet (4 different nationalities
between the five of them) before breaking up the following year, with
their sax player, John Earle joining Gnidrolog for their classic Lady
Lake. Singer-drummer Seyffer then joined the group Medusa, which soon
became the second line-up of NDW and by the start of 73, they were
recording their We Never Lost Control, which was more conventional prog
(Nektar comes to mind). NDW stayed a very unstable unit with their
straight rock album Only The Dancer recorded as a quartet in England
and on which VdGG’s Jackson guests on a few tracks. The group’s last
album Sonnet To Billy Frost was a press-dismissed British-sounding rock
opera.
The other band added is Spinetta Jade in Symphonic added by Geck0
http://www.progarchives.com/Progressive_rock_discography_BAND.asp?band_id=2731
fter the split of his band Invisible in 1977, Luis Alberto Spinetta formed the band
SPINETTA
JADE, which focused on a more complex sound compositionally, yet used
aspects of Invisible and Almendra (Spinetta's first band).
They
released their debut album on 3 May 1980, called Alma de Diamante, an
album that set a precedence in Argentina at the time. They later
participated in a legendary concert on 12/13 September 1980 with the
iconic Argentinean band Serú Girán, led by the national rock legend and
national patrimony Charly Garcia, which many people believe was the
best rock on stage performance in Argentinean history. It also calmed
fans who thought Spinetta and Garcia had musically differing tastes and
did not especially appreciate each other; this was not the case.
In
1980, Spinetta briefly reformed Almendra, released an album and then
split up again. Spinetta continued on with Spinetta Jade as well, and
both bands performed at the Festival de La Falda February 1981.
In
December 1981, Spinetta Jade released their second album Los Niños Que
Escriben En El Cielo; Spinetta then decided to release a couple of solo
albums, so the band went into a temporary hiatus until 1983, when they
released Bajo Belgrano.
In 1984, the band released their
fourth and final album Madre en Años Luz. The band played material from
this album in concerts arranged by the Municipalidad de Buenos Aires
and performed their last concert for 20,000 fans at Luna Park (with
Pedro Aznar, formally of Serú Girán guesting) in May 1985
The
prolific musician later formed Spinetta y los Socios del Desierto, who
released four albums from 1996 to 1998, this band also became another
legend in the austral country.
Spinetta has disolved the band to focus in his solo career, having released a total of 16 albums since 1971.
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erik neuteboom
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Posted: November 30 2006 at 10:43 |
Well Sean, I have tried before but my 'Caveman' computer is not able to listen to the samples. I will ask a friend to help me with this returning problem 
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Sean Trane
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Posted: November 30 2006 at 10:11 |
erik neuteboom wrote:
I have tried a few times to stimulate Neo Prog collaborators to take notice from Also Eden, anyone interested to add this good new band or should I do it myself? |
I tried to get Erik interested in this dutch band Poetica In Silentio, but he doesn't want to hear.   
I might have to do it myself  
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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
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DallasBryan
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Posted: November 30 2006 at 10:05 |
so are we to presume that Material's albums will be on the archives soon?
bill laswells band
Memory Serves kinda shames most of the Canterbury scene
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erik neuteboom
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Posted: November 30 2006 at 09:51 |
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I have tried a few times to stimulate Neo Prog collaborators to take notice from Also Eden, anyone interested to add this good new band or should I do it myself?
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