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Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 13 2007 at 11:05
OK, Angelo, we move on to the special Symforce thread.
 
Ricochet, good idea to check out Phideaux if I read your post Thumbs%20Up 
 
By the way, here is an excellent way to investigate the new electronic prog, I am curious to the addition of Red Shift (I own the album Ether) and support additions of Navigator and Rudy Adrian and I love the CD Return To The Origins by Gert Emmens & Ruud Heij, a tribute to 74-77 Tangerine Dream Thumbs%20Up :
 
   And if you are interested in new electronic prog, check out:
 
                                 www.e-ditionmag.com (they have stopped but
                                 the site still delivers interesting information!)
 


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Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 13 2007 at 11:26
Checked! moving on to symforce thread Thumbs%20Up

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 14 2007 at 03:41
Yesterday I have listened to the new Senogul album, WONDERFUL! I hope to publish my review this evening Thumbs%20Up
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 14 2007 at 09:44
Isn't it too fast, Erik? I usually take 5-6 listenings in 3-4 days to make a review...
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 14 2007 at 13:15
Wait and see, Prog-jester Wink
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 14 2007 at 16:19
 
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SENOGUL%20Senogul%20progressive%20rock%20album%20and%20reviews Art Rock
(Studio Album, 2007)
Avg: 4.00/5
from 3 ratings
SENOGUL — Senogul
Review by erik neuteboom (erik neuteboom)
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4%20stars One of the trademarks of the Spanish progressive rock is its originality: in the past from bands like Ibio, Carmen, Atila, Itoiz and the flamenco inspired Prog Andaluz bands like Triana, Cai, Mezquita and Azahar and in the present from bands like Bijou, Unoma, Kotobel and …. Senogul. I was very pleasantly surprised with their debut album entitled Transitos but I am really delighted about their eponymous second CD, what a wonderful and varied progrock!

This new CD contains 12 compositions including new versions of all five tracks from the debut album entitled Transitos. The music sounds on one hand very melodic and in general accessible and on the other hand varied and elaborate. The band has progressed on all levels: a better sound, very matured compositions, a more lush and varied keyboard sound, the guitar work is excellent and the interplay great. To get an impression: a classical sounding piano intro, soon blended with sensitive electric guitarplay and halfway a female choir, conga’s and dynamic drums in Dr. Gull I, a swinging piano, howling guitar and a jazzy guitar solo in the catchy Racionalidad, an intro with bagpipe, then varied, often swirling piano work and a wide range of instruments (from the fiery guitar and powerful saxophone to a strongly build-up Minimoog synthesizer with pitchbend) in the captivating La Verbena Hermetica, lots of variety and strong duo-guitarplay with an exciting blend of the guitar soli in La Maha Vishnuda, lots of brass and fiery guitar in the Alquin-like Agua, Fuego & Porexpan and dreamy featuring sensitive guitar and soaring keyboards in Travesia De Las Gaviotas. And in some tracks you can enjoy the sound of the flute traverse, variety rules! My highlights are the two compositions in which Senogul blends several styles and we can enjoy lots of shifting moods: first Tango Mango that sounds as a hybrid of tango, symphonic prog, avant-garde, classical and jazz delivering both synthesizer – and guitar soli as sparkling play on accordeon and harpsichord and second La Mulatta Electrica, loaded with tension and exciting musical ideas, from Al DiMeola-like symphonic jazzrock (fiery guitar and a propulsive rhythm-section) to Prog Andaluz (including palmas/handclapping and jaleos/cheerful shouts) with swinging piano and moving electric guitar runs, how captivating!

In my opinion Senogul has made a very pleasant, alternating and captivating album that showcases the huge talents of this band, highly recommended!

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 14 2007 at 17:25
Funny - I just checked the prog recommendations, to find a Phideaux thread. One day they get mentioned here, next day we have a new member on the forums with the name PhideauxFan. Smile
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 15 2007 at 03:24

And today I got two PM's because of this thread Angelo, this thread really lives Approve

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 16 2007 at 22:53
Anyway, with this Phideaux release and others done since the beginning of 2007, I think we may say now: WHAT A YEAR!!! Clap
 
As spotted by Jake/1800kwhm3mc2 (Big%20smile) in his Phideaux's review, certainly the best annum of the new millenium for the prog music.... and we have 4 months more until the year's end.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 17 2007 at 04:39

Atkingani, many thanks for starting to talk about Phideaux, for sure I will check out this band Thumbs%20Up

Next week I hope to borrow a pile of new lesser and unknown progrock bands from Hans from Progwalhalla, I am looking forward to it because these weeks I do not have heard a lot of good new prog, only Shadow Circus and especially the new Senogul Clap

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 17 2007 at 16:46
Originally posted by erik neuteboom erik neuteboom wrote:

Atkingani, many thanks for starting to talk about Phideaux, for sure I will check out this band Thumbs%20Up

 
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! Thumbs%20Up
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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Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 17 2007 at 18:38
 
                 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 Unhappy :

MALDOROR — L'Arbre-Cimetičre

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4%20stars 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-Cimetičre” 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!!!!! 

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 18 2007 at 13:22
Just today I got this CD:
 
 
ALIAS EYE (Germany) - 2001 Field Of Names
 
Made a couple of spins and liked it well. Smile
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 18 2007 at 13:51
Thanks Atkingani for your support to this thread Thumbs%20Up
 
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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Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 18 2007 at 17:03
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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Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 18 2007 at 17:06
 
                Good idea Dirk, we can work that out on September 16th, OK Wink ?
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 19 2007 at 06:43
 
         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 Wink : 
 
     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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Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 19 2007 at 06:47
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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Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 19 2007 at 06:52
Indeed Prog-jester, what a mindblowing and compelling piece of music and those majestic Mellotron waves, goose bumps (but that's another thread Wink )!
 
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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Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 19 2007 at 15:04
 
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 Thumbs%20Up
 
                                             
 
 
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