Russian Prog Appreciation Thread

Theory of Affect,  very good Russian HeavyProg soon to be added!

http://theoryofaffect.com/?p=disco&en








Edited by Atavachron - September 29 2008 at 01:33

Has anyone gone and listened to "OVERLOOK" by FROMUZ?    I know Garion has. Anyone else?

Also, something of interest, hopefully. Prairie Marmot Mercantile at Cafe Press now has some FROMUZ designs. I apologize for the shameless plug, but thought it might truly be of interest to someone.
www.cafepress.com/MarmotMerc

For that matter, there are shirts there for just plain "Prog Snobs"

Anyway... I'm really curious what you all think of OVERLOOK!

Some News from From.uz!

Firstly, I should announce that Fromuz is now From.uz. This is due to a lineup change that took place back before the fall performances of the new material which have been entitled "Seventh Story." The rhythm section has been changed. Vladimir Badirov (drums/percussion) and Andrew Mara-Novik (bass) are no longer with the band. However, Vitaly Popeloff (guitars) & Albert Khalmurzaev (keyboards) have remained, so the core sound is the same.

Ali Izmailov (drums/percussion) and Sur'at Kasimov (bass) are the replacements. An additional keyboardist, Igor Elizov has been added, freeing Albert to play acoustic guitar & vibraphone.

I have been listening to the rough mix of the studio recording of "Seventh Story" and I must say that this new album is sure to please those who enjoyed the band before, but also dives into some new territory with grace and beauty. There has also been the addition of several vocal tracks, sung nicely by Vitaly Popeloff. The music is still predominently instrumental, continuing with the stylistic gymnastics the band has been known for.

The release will likely be late summer for the studio album and possibly by end of year for the Live DVD.

This should probably be posted somewhere besides just this thread.

I'd be interested to learn more about that.

Rest in Pain - Leprosy of Subconscious

http://www.myspace.com/psychodeathmetal

Gorguts from Russia 

Being a prog metal fan, I would like to add two russian progressive death metal bands: Hieronymus Bosch and Tantal.

Edited by Nicholas Hawkwood - July 10 2009 at 17:31

If you are fond of jazz-rock and fusion, you should listen to Roman Miroshnichenko, Russian virtuoso guitarist and Al Di Meola's good friend
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZjJIVXfuEg - here you can wathch Roman jamming with Meola
I haven't heard about russian prog (what a shame considering that I'm from Russia, i know, I know...), but jazz and fusion scene in Russia is pretty interesting and has its own really old traditions

^Arsenal was first ever Russian real jazz-rock band in 70-s. In 1985-86 they first turn to what they named break-dance ( urban dance rhythms) in their music, and then just became competent contemporary jazz/pop-jazz band. Last years ( and with different line-up their founder/leader trying to return back in a jazz/jazz fusion. Mainproblem is there are not too many recordings possible from their progressive period (really - from 70-s).

Do you have links for EXTROVERT and FLEUR?  I'd love to hear these.

artguyken wrote: First review at Prog Archives for Overlook, by Fromuz!