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Mellotron Storm 
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Joined: August 27 2006 Location: The Beach Status: Offline Points: 14026 |
 Posted: February 04 2007 at 19:01 |
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I really like FRAKTAL from Argentina and EXSIMIO from Chile.Eric has already mentioned NEXUS and BAUER a couple of other bands i really like.
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"The wind is slowly tearing her apart"
"Sad Rain" ANEKDOTEN |
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Flyingsod
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Joined: March 19 2006 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 564 |
Posted: February 04 2007 at 19:13 |
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theres one from a band called Matraz on the progarchives homepage streams at the moment. From Chile. I didnt notice anyone else mentioning them. I must say after hearing this I am getting on the South American Bandwagon. Wild good stuff that's called Prog metal by prog archives but its better than that, its what prog metal wants to be :) of course I've only heard the one song....
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verslibre
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Joined: July 01 2004 Location: CA Status: Offline Points: 18512 |
Posted: February 05 2007 at 00:30 |
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Get their CD called Gritare...it's fantastic! They're taking forever with the follow-up and the website hasn't been updated for a long time.
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erik neuteboom
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Joined: July 27 2005 Location: Netherlands Status: Offline Points: 7659 |
Posted: February 05 2007 at 04:44 |
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Hello Cesar, I have found this concerning the name of a Venezuolan musician who played in Spanish band Amarok
 :Erik Neuteboom: Parthenon is a band from Venezuela that was founded in 1979 by the two schoolfriends drummer Juan Carlos Ballesta and keyboard player Robert Santamaría. After some years the keyboardplayer Victor Fiol left the band in order to join known Venezuolan progrock band Tempano and soon Parthenon disbanded. Robert moved to Spain had success with progrock band Amarok. Early the Nineties the two schoolfriends Robert and Juan Carlos re-founded Parthenon. Along with a female singer, a bass player and guest musicians they made new versions of the early songs and re-recorded it as this new CD, added with two sessions songs from 1980-1981 and a live track from 1981.
The eight compositions sound impressive as the band does, especially the keyboard work is excellent evoking the great Hammond and Moog days of Keith Emerson (and at some moments UK) in the early Seventies along swinging piano and some majestic violin-Mellotron. We also can enjoy flowing and sensitive work on the electric guitar, often in great interplay with the keyboards. The music has obvious hints from ELP but the female Spanish vocals and parts with the Theremin (outstanding duel with synthesizers in Conversaciones) and hobo give Parthenon their progrock an extra dimension and special flavor. And the compositions deliver captivating musical breaks and musicial surprises. The two studio songs from 1980-1981 sound a bit dated and the live track is on the level of a bootleg but contains pleasant psychedelic inspired music (including a compelling organ solo). To me this CD sounds as a great progrock album from the often overlooked Latin-American progrock scene! Thanks for your posts and recommendations, fellow progheads, I am glad that so many share my enthousiasm about the new South-American prog! My latest South-American recommendation: Chilean band Seti with their album Life Signs (2005), wonderful symphonic prog with moving electric guitar and beuatiful keyboard work
  Above: Tarkus Under: Diapasao
 Edited by erik neuteboom - February 05 2007 at 05:38 |
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Cesar Inca
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Honorary Collaborator Joined: May 19 2004 Location: Peru Status: Offline Points: 4888 |
Posted: February 05 2007 at 10:11 |
Actually, the guys of Matraz play an ineventive mixture of prog metal, vintage symphonic prog and prog fusion. Entarnce, also from Chile, play a very powerful prog metal-meets-symph prog, with a slightly higher dose of prog metal. In comparison, Matraz are more eclectic, so if they had been labelled as merely symphonic prog, that would have been an incompllete label, as well.
Kind regards.
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erik neuteboom
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Joined: July 27 2005 Location: Netherlands Status: Offline Points: 7659 |
Posted: February 05 2007 at 11:20 |
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I was also pleasantly surprised by Matraz, I am not really into prog metal but Matraz succeeded to keep my attention because of their eclectic approach, as Cesar emphasized.
Here is my review from their debut CD:
MATRAZ — Tiempo
(Review by Erik Neuteboom)
 This is the debut CD from the Chilean five piece band Matraz, released in 2001. The title and cover picture refers to the four tracks that represent parts of the day between night and day. 1. Amanecer (10:41) : After a spacey keyboard-intro, the music continues with beautiful, often sparkling piano play and strong Spanish vocals. Then a slow rhythm and howling guitar developes into a bombastic progmetal climate featuring powerful metal- riffs, propulsive drums and blistering electric guitar soli. This progmetal inspired sound is blended with exciting piano and synthesizer runs, very exciting music!
2. Mañana (11:43) : The first part is build upon compelling interplay between marimba and piano, then a mid-tempo, heavy guitar and sparkling piano. The climates alternate from mellow with marimba and Spanish vocals to bombastic delivering exciting spectacular soli on synthesizer and guitar and splendid interplay between classical inspired piano and propulsive metal- riffs, GREAT!
3. Atardecer (4:33) : This is a dreamy piece with melancholical vocals, guitar and strings, a very pleasant atmosphere to relax after all that bombastic stuff.
4. Noche (13:11) : The final track is very alternating, from spacey with soaring keyboards and mellow with tender piano and acoustic guitar to heavy and bombastic featuring powerful and dynamic drums and again great interplay between guitar and piano.
THIS IS A VERY STRONG AND PROMISING DEBUT CD WITH LOTS OF FINE MUSICAL IDEAS!
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Prog-Brazil
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Joined: January 07 2005 Location: Brazil Status: Offline Points: 596 |
Posted: February 05 2007 at 13:06 |
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Viva!! One more topic about South american prog!!
Ok, I think the "new leader" idea is too pretentious..but south-american
rock is really becoming very significative in prog world.
Or I should say latin-american prog? We can add Cast and other mexican
bands here..
Cast is, maybe, the more significative band from nowadays.
By the way, I'm listening Estructura from Venezuela right now! Very good
album.. is from 1978 however..
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Let the sunshine in
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Prog-Brazil
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Joined: January 07 2005 Location: Brazil Status: Offline Points: 596 |
Posted: February 05 2007 at 13:07 |
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I almost forgot! Thank you Erik. You don't let south-american prog die...
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Let the sunshine in
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el böthy
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Joined: April 27 2005 Location: Argentina Status: Offline Points: 6336 |
Posted: February 05 2007 at 16:32 |
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Well erik, Perpetuum Karma is now in my power...and althought Im only listening to it for the first time, I can say it´s preeeeetty good
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"You want me to play what, Robert?"
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WaywardSon
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Joined: April 23 2006 Location: Brazil Status: Offline Points: 2537 |
Posted: February 05 2007 at 16:43 |
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How could I forget Kiko Loureiro, who has just finished recording his second solo album which will be called "Universo Inverso"
Here is an instrumental from his first album...
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erik neuteboom
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Joined: July 27 2005 Location: Netherlands Status: Offline Points: 7659 |
Posted: February 05 2007 at 17:44 |
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Thanks for your kind words Prog-Brazil and thanks to WaywardSon for your recommendation Well, el böthy, the new Nexus album is nothing but a sensational progrock album, so compelling and so very well crafted in the 24-carat symphonic prog tradition
 And now I am going to listen to Seti (Chili) and their wonderufl album Life Signs (2005), I hope to review it soon!
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Marcos
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Joined: February 08 2007 Location: Argentina Status: Offline Points: 222 |
Posted: February 13 2007 at 15:12 |
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If you can, check the argentinian bands:
# "Las orejas y la lengua". They have 2 albums: "La Eminencia Inobjetable" and "Error".
# "Hexatónica". They have 2 albums too, "Hexatónica en vivo" (live album) and "Formas" (studio album). See that: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wttN5QDnVQQ
South America is an important "prog rock's cradle"
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www.postmortemweb.com.ar
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erik neuteboom
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Joined: July 27 2005 Location: Netherlands Status: Offline Points: 7659 |
Posted: February 13 2007 at 16:25 |
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Thanks for keeping this thread alive Marcos and what a remarkable European silence since the start
Edited by erik neuteboom - February 13 2007 at 16:26 |
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Marcos
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Joined: February 08 2007 Location: Argentina Status: Offline Points: 222 |
Posted: February 13 2007 at 17:04 |
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Europa is the prog rock's cradle. I love european bands as Yes, Deep Purple (and I like Can, Gentle Giant,...). I just think South America is now an important place for Prog Rock.
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www.postmortemweb.com.ar
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erik neuteboom
Prog Reviewer
Joined: July 27 2005 Location: Netherlands Status: Offline Points: 7659 |
Posted: February 13 2007 at 17:11 |
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Yesterday I listened to your fellow country men William Gray and their spendid debut CD Living Fossils, it's incredible how they blend classical, folk, prog metal and symphonic prog, so dynamic and creative, one of the best debut releases in the last five years
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anael
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Honorary Collaborator Joined: September 09 2005 Location: Mexico Status: Offline Points: 825 |
Posted: February 13 2007 at 21:44 |
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Leader?
 difficult to say, i think the future in prog would be Post-Rock or Space-Rock, there are a lot of american and european bands at this moment giving amazing works, Electronic Prog could be the future too.In Brazil a friend of mine playing electronics: http://www.gustavojobim.com/ <----awesome work! |
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memowakeman
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Honorary Collaborator Joined: May 19 2005 Location: Mexico City Status: Offline Points: 13033 |
Posted: February 13 2007 at 22:45 |
Yeah, i recently bought Carbono 14 by Exsimio, like it very much!
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Follow me on twitter @memowakeman |
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Revan
Forum Senior Member
Joined: August 02 2005 Status: Offline Points: 540 |
Posted: February 13 2007 at 23:11 |
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Prog is actually having a bit of a revival here in argentina, not only argentine bands are producing good albums, but the genre is somehow gaining some popularity.
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verslibre
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Joined: July 01 2004 Location: CA Status: Offline Points: 18512 |
Posted: February 14 2007 at 00:57 |
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Japan and South America have really become prog hot spots in the last 10-15 years!
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martinprog77
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Joined: December 31 2005 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 2530 |
Posted: February 14 2007 at 04:41 |
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maybe prog is getting some popularity 'cos south american music is really bad .five or ten years ago was soda stereo.los cadillacs,caifanes [well they are not prog but was good music],....now is salsa ,crappy pop,or reggeton |
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Flyingsod wrote:
so prog is an escape for those who are looking for good music.