My lesser known and unknown new prog bands thread

Excellent reviews.  Of these, I particularly wish to mention Kotebel's Omphalos.  The music can seem a little over-busy, and perhaps the mind of the composer is too apparent (it doesn't sound spontaneous, nor is it, and it demands compositional analysis as one listens -- rather than just enjoying the music and letting it flow over you, one is very aware of how the composer is structuring the music, and what he's trying to do with it) but it is very enjoyable even if comes across, at times, as something of a compositional exercise.  Well-structured though,  It's the vocals that hooked me particularly (having been able to download Mercury Pentacle at Kotebel's site before buying the album).

That was a revelatory album for me when it came out as I didn't know much modern Prog.  I quickly picked up the other Kotebel albums (this and Fragments of Light are my favourite Kotebel releases).

I like operatic vocals in Prog.

Anyway, I may not listen to symph on the whole as much as I once did (still many classic French bands in that category that I listen to regularly -- Arachnoid, Carpe Diem, Clearlight...), and I'm not sure what percentage of these are symph, (but lots of lush music and symph is your particular fave) but your list is a great reminder for me that there's lots of great music to hear that Erik Neuteboom likes.

Anyway, excellent job.  I only you could publish (well you could, anyone can) a book utilisng many of your reviews and articles (perhaps focusing on Mellotrons in Prog).


Edited by Logan - August 09 2007 at 11:28

Edited by erik neuteboom - August 09 2007 at 08:04

What a great critique. An invaluable 'heads up' on newer and promising bands. Helps us to realise just how strong this music is worldwide.

Thank You Erik.

If I had money I would own them all...

I have 3 dollars and no job .

Thanks again for all those clappies  Dirk, I still have to add lots of bands (like the new Italians you mentioned) but it's so time-consuming  About ***1/5, that'sone of my infamous typing errors, of course it should have been ***1/2, I am afraid that I was into a kind of purple haze after all those efforts to make this database

Edited by erik neuteboom - August 08 2007 at 17:15

I see a soulmate in Erik everytime when he rises an issue of unknown/lesser known contemporary bands. Immense work, buddy, I've already copied these reviews on my PC to read them precisely later. I've already known and reviewed at least 1/5 of aforementioned bands (thanks for mentioning me in reviews, btw ) and will definetely check the ones I'm interested in. Keep the things going, you're great!!!

Yeehaaa!!! Kid in a candy store time for me.

Thanks for your enthousiastic and kind words, a real boost for me  This thread is meant to let you discover the exciting world of lesser and unknown but exciting bands like Lost World, Nemo, William Gray, Senogul and Interpose+, the many positive reactions on my reviews in the Symphonic Prog Appreciation thread aboiut these bands were my motivation to set up this thread, let me know if you have discovered new progrock beauties and feel free to ask for recommendations or advise.

Very impressive Erik, I'm going to need at least another year of prog listening to get starting on my own deep progressive list of recordings and bands having been listened. 

Edited by Ricochet - August 08 2007 at 15:51