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erik neuteboom 
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Joined: July 27 2005 Location: Netherlands Status: Offline Points: 7659 |
 Posted: August 22 2007 at 18:20 |
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Almost everyday I receive PM's with questions about new bands, I would like to see that you use this thread for these questions. I have created this thread to support the lesser and unknown new bands and I hope it will be a place for progheads to discover these bands and to exchange information. Thanks and good luck
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erik neuteboom
Prog Reviewer
Joined: July 27 2005 Location: Netherlands Status: Offline Points: 7659 |
Posted: August 22 2007 at 04:20 |
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Thanks for the Black Bonzo recommendation, Dalt99 ...
and for keeping this thread alive
 !It's remarkable how much attention there is on the Forum for Seventies prog at this moment, all those appreciation threads about Classic Prog bands. If you start one, within a few days you have at least 4 or 5 pages. I was thinking about creating a Vintage Keyboards Appreciation thread but I have decided to focus on this thread, it's so exciting to discover another interesting new lesser and unknown progrock bands. And thank you for the enthousiastic posts until sofar: 128 replies, 1866 views and 7 pages, great and a boost to my motivation From now on I will give every week a Midweek - and a
Weekend Recommendation, to start with:
(Gavin) O’LOGHLEN & Cotters Bequest– Land Of The Vast Horizon (***1/5)
 - This musical project from Down Under is led by actor, author, composer, director and multi-instrumentalist David O’Loghlen. He has a degree in drama and many years experience in music, music theatre and drama productions. At the age of 11 he started to play bagpipes and soon joined Highland competitions and even extended his musical skills by learning to play guitar, keyboards and flute. He returned to his musical roots with the creation of Cotter’s Bequest, a progressive Celtic ensemble that uses Highland, Uilleann, Northumbrian and Scottish small bagpipes amid layers of keyboards, guitars and vocals. The band, that contains six members playing no less than 23 instruments, has released three albums and is working on their fourth.
On this third album entitled Land Of The Vast Horizon we can enjoy 13 very pleasant and melodic progressive folk compositions that are loaded with the sound of a wide range of bagpipes, the high pitched tin-whistles, excellent female vocals (a bit similar to Sally Oldfield) and a tasteful variety: dreamy with sensitive piano and violin and mellow Hammond organ waves in The Peramangk - Time there was..., a delicate blend of bagpipes and accordion with in the end a subtle electric guitar solo in Port Augusta 1869 - The Teamsters, beautiful interplay between the sound of harpsichord, soaring keyboards, bagpipes, violin and wonderful female vocals in Gulnare 1872 - Death Of The Last Born, several languages (German, Latin and English) and omnipresent tin-whistles in Sevenhill 1873 - Johann Pallhüber SJ and the sound of the native Australian instruments the didgeridoo in Nantabra Hut 1895 - The Scottish Shepherds and Udenyaka (Death Rock), blended with bagpipes, accordion, acoustic rhythm guitar and tin-whistles, simply wonderful! If you are up to the very distinctive sound of the bagpipe in a beautiful blend of folk and progressive rock (with hints from Mostly Autumn, Mike Oldfield and Peter Gabriel), this is a CD to discover. Also recommended: Gavin O’Loghlen with his solo album entitled The Poet And The Priest (www.locrian.com.au) featuring very warm and melodic symphonic prog with lots of vintage keyboards! Friday evening I will continue with my Weekend Recommendation
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dalt99
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Joined: April 23 2005 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 454 |
Posted: August 22 2007 at 00:23 |
I look forward to your reviews of Little Tragedies, Omni and Colossus. I am excited about Peter Pan. A new band with Collage and Satellite members? I am ready!
 I REALLY enjoy the new Black Bonzo CD. The new music is even more symphonic prog sounding. Very well written material. Even more Mellotron and heavy organ. Great songs. I think this album is more cohesive than the first one. Kudos to Black Bonzo!
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Best of 2006 that I've heard:
PFM-Stati Di Immaginazione Zenit-Surrender (Best "unknown" album) Oaksenham - Conquest of Pacific 2007: Phideaux - Doomsday Afternoon La Torre Del Alchimista - Neo |
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erik neuteboom
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Joined: July 27 2005 Location: Netherlands Status: Offline Points: 7659 |
Posted: August 21 2007 at 12:00 |
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Hello fellow progheads.
I can't wait until it's Thursday, then I will meet Hans from Progwalhalla in The Old Bell (sateh and Killkenny's on draught
 ) with just another pile of interesting new lesser and unknown progrock bands including the new Little Tragedies, Omni, Ritual and Phideaux, a band called Neverness and the ex-Satellite/Collage member Sadkowski with his new project Peter Pan. I am also curious to the new Colossus project entitled Treasure Island featuring Nexus I hope to review these items very soon in this thread.
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erik neuteboom
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Joined: July 27 2005 Location: Netherlands Status: Offline Points: 7659 |
Posted: August 20 2007 at 17:24 |
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Today I read about Prog-jester his request to add UK neo-prog band Also Eden to this site. Well, last year I wrote a Dutch review for Progwalhalla, I have just added the English translation to this thread. Recommended to neo-prog fans
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Ricochet
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Honorary Collaborator Joined: February 27 2005 Location: Nauru Status: Offline Points: 46301 |
Posted: August 19 2007 at 15:44 |
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I know RMI and Free System Project, the first one is not my style.
In rest, I think I can appreciate a bit of the more popular-oriented or classic-based modern electronic music, since qualities or deep textures can appear even between techno or pure artificial melodies. A bigger and progressive interest, however, should stay the great dark ambient artists of this modern time, the sound machine players or the retro EM classic composers. Those mixing, for sure, a bit of art and unnatural music with lesser known qualities.  Yes, it sure was, Erik.  Edited by Ricochet - August 19 2007 at 15:45 |
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erik neuteboom
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Joined: July 27 2005 Location: Netherlands Status: Offline Points: 7659 |
Posted: August 19 2007 at 15:35 |
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Ricochet, in 2004 I have worked for the Dutch progressive electronic music magazine Edition, every magazine contained a free CD sampler so I discovered many new bands, I like Rogue Element, Radio Massacre International, FRee System Project (I have added this band to Prog Archives last year) and the duo Emmens & Heij, very retro sounding (74-77 TD), do you know these bands? By the way, I consider all these bands, including Red Shift, as lesser known bands because on Prog Archives there is still a lot to do for new prog electronic bands, like Red Shift, Navigator, Rudy Adrian and Peter Dekker. In the last years I have mentioned these bands in threads about electronic prog but I got no reactions at all so I am very glad with your efforts like adding Airsculpture and Red Shift
Well, that was a fine progressive electronic chat
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Ricochet
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Posted: August 19 2007 at 15:21 |
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I added them, Erik, but don't know their music in detail.
I wanna get myself their albums, soon. They're not a lesser known band though, quite popular for modern EM.  |
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erik neuteboom
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Joined: July 27 2005 Location: Netherlands Status: Offline Points: 7659 |
Posted: August 19 2007 at 15:16 |
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Good idea Ricochet about Phideaux, thanks
This week I hope to review the CD Ether (I love the exciting track Bombers In The Desert) by the interesting new progressive electronic band Red Shift II, Ricochet, do you know that formation ?Edited by erik neuteboom - August 19 2007 at 15:17 |
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Ricochet
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Posted: August 19 2007 at 15:05 |
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Erik, grab Phideaux's The Great Leap as well, Phideaux has started with that album a trilogy of concept music, out of which this new Doomsday Afternoon is the second volume.
 The first should sound modern easy (between alternative and prog rock), while the second has heavier and more artistic stuff. |
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erik neuteboom
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Joined: July 27 2005 Location: Netherlands Status: Offline Points: 7659 |
Posted: August 19 2007 at 15:04 |
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I have just added reviews about Gallery (debut CD Jas Grippen), eponymous debut CD by Traumpfad from Germany and Musical Witchcraft from Hungary featuring Solaris fluteplayer Kollar Attila.
News: Timothy Pure is back again and in October we can expect the new Riverside album, partly in a limited digipack edition with interesting extra's.
The end of this week I hope to inform you about a bunch of new progrock CD's from lesser and unknown progrock bands
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erik neuteboom
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Joined: July 27 2005 Location: Netherlands Status: Offline Points: 7659 |
Posted: August 19 2007 at 06:52 |
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Indeed Prog-jester, what a mindblowing and compelling piece of music and those majestic Mellotron waves, goose bumps (but that's another thread
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I am very curious to the new Phideaux and also the new Omni, I know this band from The Eighties, they were on the Musea label as I remember.
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Prog-jester
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Joined: June 05 2005 Location: Love Beach Status: Offline Points: 5908 |
Posted: August 19 2007 at 06:47 |
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Peter Pan, Little Tragedies and Ritual sound wonderful. I wonder what they all can offer. Hope LT will move a bit from their usual sound, and Peter Pan is not that mainstreamy that some friends of mine claim
Erik, I agree as for "Kung Bore", especially from the second half of the song
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erik neuteboom
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Joined: July 27 2005 Location: Netherlands Status: Offline Points: 7659 |
Posted: August 19 2007 at 06:43 |
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From now on I focus on this thread, I hope you will understand
that maintaining this thread and the Symphonic Prog Appreciation
thread was too confusing and too time-consuming, now let's talk
about the present and future, I hope this thread will be at least as
informative as the SPA thread
: Today I am going to make reviews from Gallery (Norway), Musical Witchcraft
(from Hungary featuring Solaris fluteplayer Kollar Attila) and Traumpfad
their debut CD. The forthcoming weeks I hope to review in this thread:
- the new Little Tragedies
- Treasure Island: a new Colossus project with 3 epics including Nexus
- the new Phideaux
- Peter Pan (founded by Collage and Satellite member Sadkowski)
- the new Omni (wonderful Camel inspired sound)
- the new Ritual
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erik neuteboom
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Joined: July 27 2005 Location: Netherlands Status: Offline Points: 7659 |
Posted: August 18 2007 at 17:06 |
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Good idea Dirk, we can work that out on September 16th, OK
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Dirk
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Joined: August 11 2005 Location: Netherlands Status: Offline Points: 1043 |
Posted: August 18 2007 at 17:03 |
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Erik, you published your whole database of unknown symphonic prog in just some posts at the beginnining of this thread It makes scrolling difficult and sometimes it just fades out after the letter P or R depending on circumstances. Isn't it a better idea in the end that you'll have your own database with some search functionality in some website of your own? I'm sure something like that could be arranged.
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erik neuteboom
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Joined: July 27 2005 Location: Netherlands Status: Offline Points: 7659 |
Posted: August 18 2007 at 13:51 |
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Thanks Atkingani for your support to this thread
Today I listened to interesting new bands like Gallery, Traumpfad and Musical Witchcraft (featuring Solaris fluteplayer Kollar Attila), not on Prog Archives and I am still waiting for news about very interessing unknown progrock bands Combination Head and Random Deeds, I hope to add all these bands in the forthcoming months.
Yesterday I got an e-mail from Maze Of Time member Alex Jonsson, he said:
"Looks good, we're very happy to be on the bandwagon!"
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Atkingani
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Posted: August 18 2007 at 13:22 |
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Just today I got this CD:
 ALIAS EYE (Germany) - 2001 Field Of Names
Made a couple of spins and liked it well.
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erik neuteboom
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Joined: July 27 2005 Location: Netherlands Status: Offline Points: 7659 |
Posted: August 17 2007 at 18:38 |
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Dalt99, Social Tension sounds like the second coming of ELP but I love
it and Mirthrandir is one of the very overlooked gems here on Prog Archives.
Another overlooked gem and perhaps an one shot band MALDOROR — L'Arbre-CimetièreReview by erik neuteboom (erik neuteboom)SPECIAL COLLABORATOR Symphonic Prog Expert
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dalt99
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Joined: April 23 2005 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 454 |
Posted: August 17 2007 at 16:46 |
I too have heard and own a Phideaux CD (two CDs to be exact) and they are very good. I have "Fiendish" (2004) and "Chupacabras" (2005). "Chupacabras" is more symphonic but I prefer "Fiendish". The music is very personal and moody. It has a definite modern feel to it similar to alternative pop/rock but with progressive rhythms, themes and instruments. Really enjoyable stuff! I have not yet heard their newest albums but I plan too soon.
I just picked up Social Tension and Mirthrandir. Both great music!
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Best of 2006 that I've heard:
PFM-Stati Di Immaginazione Zenit-Surrender (Best "unknown" album) Oaksenham - Conquest of Pacific 2007: Phideaux - Doomsday Afternoon La Torre Del Alchimista - Neo |
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Last Wednesday night was a moving battle between my two passions: music and soccer. In the morning I received a parcel with many progrock CD’s. Due to a very busy daily schedule I had to postpone my wish to a first listening session until the early evening. My first choice was the debut CD “L’Arbre-Cimetière” from the very promising French progrock band MALDOROR, mainly because of two very positive descriptions from fellow reviewers on the Prog Archives site. I had to do it quickly, soon the European Champions League Soccer Finale between my favorite team Liverpool and the shrew Italian AC Milan squad should start. I was very impressed by MALDOROR’s wonderful and moving 24-carat symphonic rock sound but the finale had just begun. After 45 very disappointing minutes Liverpool was 3-0 down and I decided to switch off the televison and re-start my ‘MALDOROR-CD-session’. I was halfway and got every song more excited but then a friend send an e-mail that Liverpool had fought back to 3-3! This stunning information urged me to put on the television. I witnessed a very tense soccer game with eventually Liverpool as the Champions League winners after extra time and a captivating serie of penalties. For me it was “Tears in my eyes” from URIAH HEEP and the stadium speaker start “We Are The Champions” from QUEEN and “You Never Walk Alone” from Gary And The Pacemakers, the Liverpool anthem that can be heard on the PINK LOYD album “Meddle”. After the game I rushed to my CD-player and listened to the rest of the album. My conclusion: MALDOROR is one of the most promising progrock bands I’ve heard in the last five years: the 12 compositions sound wonderful, alternating, elaborated and compelling and features lots of shifting moods, impressive keyboards (Mellotron, organ piano, and synthesizers) and great harder-edged guitarwork. I hear elements from ANGLAGARD, KING CRIMSON, GENESIS, MARILLION and KANSAS but MALDOROR doesn’t sound as a deravitive, they manage to blend their tribute to the Seventies progrock sound with the typical French theatrical approach and lots of original musical ideas. Prog Archives allows a lot of space for the symphonic rock dinosaurs (to me this is OK!) but I would like to say: THIS CD IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!!!!!