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Angelo 
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 Posted: August 24 2007 at 10:26 |
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Pfwew.... working late for 4 days and I miss out 3 whole pages on this thread.
As for Dirks' suggestion: I can set up a database in one or two weekends on my website, with a simple search facility, and an entry page for Erik to fill the database. We could make it available as erikneuteboom.hulshout.nl then. But of course, for a mere 35 euros yearly Erik could do it all by himself - based on my hosting provider's price list. Would be an interesting sister site for PA: http://www.neuteboomonprog.nl Edited by Angelo - August 24 2007 at 10:27 |
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Angelo
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Posted: August 24 2007 at 10:32 |
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While I was working the past week, I listend to Viima a lot - I got their CD from the promo action they held (7 euro's including shipping, excluding jewel case). I tend to agree largely with Erik's review, if they carry on in this vein, some 4 or 5 stars may be looming for future albums!
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erik neuteboom
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Posted: August 24 2007 at 11:08 |
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Well Angelo, during the Symforce Festival After Party at my home on September 16th we can work out some ideas because I am 'Caveman' as Tony R30 uses to say, therefore I can use some 'computer wizard assistance'
 About Viima, I am glad you like their music Angelo and took the chance to get it cheaper, their debut CD is both beautiful as overlooked, like so many other lesser and unknown new bands on this site but the success of the threads about new lesser and unknown bands/artists prooves that it is very important to pay attention and to keep on paying atttention. Anyway, thanks for the support in this thread
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Angelo
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Posted: August 24 2007 at 11:13 |
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We'll talk about it Erik. And remember, Tony is only a Flintstone himself....
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avestin
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Posted: August 24 2007 at 14:32 |
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It's a good idea Erik.
Both Israel and Eduardo from the band have replied to me saying they'd love to have this interview, so it's a go.
Erik, I'll PM you to have better communication, than doing it on the thread. We'll discuss the details.
As for everyone else, you're welcome to post or PM your questions for Sengoul, to me.
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erik neuteboom
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Posted: August 24 2007 at 15:32 |
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Today I had plenty of time to listen to new bands and
to make reviews, let's start with these bands:
NEVERNESS - Cuentos De Otros Mundos Posibles (****)  - This Spanish formation was founded in the late Nineties and in 2002 they released their debut album entitled Horizonte De Sucesos. The it took five years until Neverness produced a successor but if you listen to it, you can conclude that the time was worth waiting, the band has made a huge progress, what a wonderful and often exciting CD! - The sound of Neverness has no obvious references, every track (between 5 and 13 minutes) on the album contains lots of flowing shifting moods with many interesting musical ideas and a dynamic rhythm-section. A very captivating element is the contrast between the rock-oriented guitar work and the varied ‘vitnage keyboard’ sound, from Mellotron and Moog synthesizer to Fender Rhodes piano, Farfisa organ and Solina string-ensemble. I was carried away during the strongly build-up and often very compelling guitar soli like in Muro De Cristal - Maldita Esperanza (from sensitive to fiery) and Sin Horizonte (long and bluesy with great support on strings and organ). Other great moments are the pyschedelic sounding intro during Desde El Silencio (the guitar and organ sound evoke Pink Floyd At Pompeii), the variety and wonderful vintage keyboards (Mellotron, organ and piano) in Mi Mundo Al Reves and the many goodmusical ideas in the captivating final song Mundo De Locos (4 parts). I am impressed by this second effort by this new Spanish band, what a good musicians and what a wonderful and often compelling compositions, a big hand for Neverness! PETER PAN – Days (***1/5)  - This polish quartet is a project by drummer Wojtek Szadowski, known from Collage and Satellite. The sound on their debut CD entitled Days sounds as heavy melodic rock with interesting progressive tendencies in which the drummer with his powerful and lush sound and the guitarist with his propulsive riffs and lots of fiery and biting soli (somewhere between Jeff Beck, Ritchie Blackmore and Joe Satriani) are omnipresent. The vocals by Peter (who is very grateful to the inventor of beer on the back sleeve) are strong with frequent emotional undertones, from warm and dreamy to raw and expressive, especially in the final track Cold As Stone (captivating combination of percussion and fiery guitar runs). The keyboards sound a bit on the background but I enjoyed the tender Grand piano work and some spectacular synthesizer soli. My highlights on this CD are I Am The One (fiery and propulsive with a Red-King Crimson-like rhythm-section and sensational work on guitar and keyboards), Flying Over Paradise (breathtaking, very varied guitarplay), Living On Your Own (spectacular duel between guitar and synthesizer) and the varied Island (from dreamy to compelling with a great grand finale featuring howling electric guitar and heavy drumming).
This is an exciting album for the prog fans who are into more heavy prog and who love heavy guitarwork! TREASURE ISLAND – Various Artists (***)  Here’s another new ‘joint venture’ project by Finnish progrock magazine Colossus and French progrock label Musea. The album delivers 3 bands from different countries, each plays one ‘epic’ composition.
1 - Gentlemen Of Fortune (25'39) by Velvet Desperados (Finland) : We can enjoy tasteful and melodic music that ranges from in geenral mid-tempo and swinging to compelling and bombastic (like the final part that evoked Urish Heep during Salisbury). The band uses a wide range of instrumentation, from saxophone and trumpet to harmonica, guitars and even the bagpipe. But the focus is on the blend of Keith-Emerson inspired Hammond organ work and lots of woodwind instruments (like Chicago), a pleasant combination if you like it. 2 - The Shore And The Breathing Night (24'40) by Floating State (Italy) : This is a nice composition but it lacks a spark, the only memorable moments are a flashy Moog solo, a wonderful and compelling part featuring sensitive guitar and soft Mellotron waves and in the end a Latin-American atmosphere with Spanish guitar runs, quite adventurous in comparison with the rest of this track. 3 - La Aventura En El Mar - The Sea Adventure (23'22) by Nexus (Argentina) : Here is the highlight of this CD, the Argentine progrock sensation Nexus. This track does not really sounds as a head-and-tail composition with a theme, it’s more a serie of climates and accellarations. First teh impressive and fat sound of the Moog synthesizer, then a mid-tempo with bombastic Hammond organ runs and propulsive guitar riffs, the interplay is exciting. The tempo slows down to bluesy with a sensitive ‘cloud #9’ guitar solo, accompanied by beautiful strings and eventually we hear spacey synthesizer sounds and acoustic guitar runs, very creative. Suddenly a mid-tempo with bombastic keyboards, a fluent rhythm-section, quick Hammond organ flights and a slow wah-wah guitar solo with biting licks, this is Nexus too! The final part starts with the sound of the wind, then a gradually more lush atmosphere with the focus on an Emersonian synthesizer sound that finally slowly fades away.
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markosherrera
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Posted: August 24 2007 at 22:17 |
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Wow!!!!! 90% of bands that I dont know...
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Prog-jester
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Posted: August 25 2007 at 02:27 |
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Need PETER PAN...
Hey Erik, since your thread isn't a pure Symphonic anymore  , I'll come up with some Russian (as usual!) propositions. I hope these bands will be added soon - they truly desrve to be added!!!
VESPERO (R024) – Vespero “Rito” (2007) / CD: 8 tracks - 66 min. 1. Inverno 2. Triptych: to the falling Sun 3. Rito 4. Inna’s burst in Tears 5. Crabs ashore 6. Skat 7. Silence breath echo 8. Ambience in Blue/ Altarage to the Thunder VESPERO got together as a quartet (Arkady Fedotov – vocals, bass, flute, synths; Valentin Rulev – violin, synths; Ivan Fedotov – drums, percussion; Alexander Kuzovlev – guitar, bass, synths) in Astrakhan (south of Russia) 2003 on the common interest in playing psychedelic music. Later Natalya Tjurina (vocals) joined, and the band moved into more progressive rock-related areas. As their Moscow fellows KAFTAN SMEKHA, VESPERO are deeply influenced by avant theatre and experimental poetry. Since the very first demos their sound has been influenced by GONG, early FLOYD, FAUST and related bands from that era. Highly recommended for all (and beyond!) fans and a little bit more loose and improvisational... GDEVA R025) – Gdeva “Bubbles, Bubbles...” (2007) / CD: 5 tracks - 60 min. 1. Mechanism – 32 2. Impr. In Studio 3. Autobahn 4. Winter Song 5. Zakolduj (Put a Spell) GDEVA’s debut album “Bubbles, Bubbles…” was recorded in two days in 2005 without any overdubs or prepared compositions. Beginning from here you should be aware of what kind of music they’re playing. All from St. Petersburg, Andrei Petrov (guitars), Alexander Kravtsov (drums) and Valery Berestov (bass) were always interested in improvised music, so there’s no wonder that once they’ve got together and decided to make something in that vein. Without transforming into purely noise/experimental band, trio showed impressing level of maturity since the first jams on rehearslas. You can make sure in it checking their stuff on their RealMusic page. Enjoy!!! |
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erik neuteboom
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Posted: August 25 2007 at 04:48 |
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Well Markosherrera, my main goal is to present lesser and unknown bands
Prog-jester, thanks for your contribution but a Gong inspired band in my thread, even in my wildest dreams this didn't happen
 !Yesterday evening I listened to the new Omni (wonderful, very Seventies Camel oriented symphonic prog) and Little Tragedies (good effort but less sumptuous), I hope to review these CD's after this weekend.
And I recieved L'Homme Loup by French band Motis, this is very special prog and I think I will need a few listening sessions to get into their music but that's the challenge!
Thanks for your replies and views, I am glad with the development of this thread. Some regret or don't understand that I stopped posting in my Symphonic Prog Appreciation thread but I had to make a choice because it's so time consuming to read all the replies, to maintain the thread and the posting of new lesser and unknown progrock bands reviews became too confusing. And I think that "most of the work is done" in that thread so I have decided to focus on this thread, it's also a perfect opportunity to present new bands that are (still) not on Prog Archives like Neverness, Peter Pan and Combination Head and the Treasure Island compilation with Nexus
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Prog-jester
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I think LT won't jump above their own heads. "New Faust" was their peak. The further they go the more predictable they become
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erik neuteboom
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I agree about LT their development Prog-jester, now let's wait for new albums
by Lost World, The Gourishankar and Apple Pie, let The Russians come
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erik neuteboom
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Here is additional information about the French band Motis,
taken from Musea their excellent website:
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bhikkhu
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Oddly enough, I only know three of the ones on your list. But they are on my list as well. 
Nexus William Gray La Maschera Di Cera For the rest of my top ten New artists (also no particular order), Shadow Circus Deluge Grander Aviva Indukti Izz Spin XXI Osada Vida |
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jimmy_row
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Posted: August 25 2007 at 14:15 |
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^^very nice lists....I think most who've heard those top 3 will agree that they are excellent (I've yet to hear a negative comment about LuxAde...unfortunately I don't own it yet and only heard it a couple times...good stuff though
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I had a hard time with this one at first but have grown to like it. Lots of sampled tron and guitar effects....
 Beautiful Cover!!!  Edited by jimmy_row - August 25 2007 at 14:16 |
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avestin
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Great lists of bands! I agree.
Fantastic album!
Do you have the Cerebus Effect album, Acts Of Deception (Dan Britton's and his fellows earlier band? There's also a new project in the works, called BIrds and Buildings, where recording is proceeding slowly as Dan told me).
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Prog-jester
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Well, today I recieved an e-mail from APPLE PIE's leader, Vartan. He says second album is in process of writing
As for THE GOURISHANKAR, they were going to reissue their remastered early demo later this year or early 2008. Unfortunately, no new Symph/Neo/Art bands (that I'm aware of) on the horizon, Eric, but I hope they will appear!!! 
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erik neuteboom
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Bhikkhu: good to see you here on this thread, I am glad that more and more fellow symphomaniacs are moving to this thread
Jimmy Row: LuxAde is vintage keyboard heaven
 !Avestin: Deluge Grander sounds unique but I have to be in the mood for that complex sound.
Prog-jester: So the Russians are coming
 !This evening I am going to listen to Neverness their second effort again, what a wonderful new prog
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jimmy_row
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bhikkhu
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Thanks for reminding me, Cerebus Effect is something I have been meaning to look into. Do you think Dan will ever stay with the same concept/band, or will it just be a continuous string of new names? 
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avestin
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You can read my review of it here in PA. It's very good, in my opinion. It's also been called Canterbury Metal, but I don't like the name too much. I've also called Deluge Grander Symphusion, but this again is just a play of words, not to take too seriously.
In any case, Cerebus Effect's Acts Of Deception is recommended.
EDIT - not related, I've discovered some very interesting new (and not so new) acts, but since they don't all conform to the frame of this thread, I'll either make a special thread for those or simply post it in my I Recommend thread.
A good weekend to all.
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Singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentist, Emmanuel TISSOT is at the origins of MOTIS, an interesting French band from the Franche-Comté region. Its musical influences are to be found in his own curriculum vitae: Progressive rock with OCEANE or MUSICAL BOX, independent rock with LES COPRINS, jazz with MADJAROCKA and LE RAVING'S CLUB BIG BAND, French chanson with LES WAGONS DE QUEUE... His new project will show a special love for medieval, etnic and traditional music: the "A Chacun Son Graal" concept-album sees the light of day in the year 2000. MOTIS develops an unique universe, at the crossroads between MALICORNE, the famous compatriot ANGE and MINIMUM VITAL. So, after several self-produced releases, "Prince Des Hauteurs" naturally became the next Musea Parallele release, at the end of the year 2004. An innovative discovery, coming from the Middle Ages... The second album "L'Homme-Loup" (2007) is in the same vein as the first one, but with more elaborate arrangements, melodies and production. MOTIS creates a medieval Progressive rock, deeply influenced by the Middle Age's literature and myths ("The Knights Of The Round Table", "La Chanson De Roland", Chrétien De TROYES...). Poetic French lyrics deal with wolves, Merlin the Wizzard, ermits, dragons, lords and castles, treachery... The music of MOTIS offers a wide range of instruments, traditional (Mandolin, epinette, flute...) or rock (Mellotron, Moog, Hammond organ...). The musicians' music is a mix of medieval and rock music, with Progressive rock sounds and influences, not unlike ANGE's milestone "Au-Delà Du Délire", or TRI YANN. A nice album, typical of the French Progressive rock style.