FREE Legal MP3 downloads of Prog music

2008 posts

Torman Maxt,who are a Christian prog metal band(they are here in our archives),has made their entire new album available to download for free here:

http://www.tormanmaxt.com/tpop.html?gclid=COPejI-y0ZECFRGoGgodwVEmyA

 Free self-released EP, available on EP's MySpace and LastFM.

...and...

Vorkoma (EP) on Rapidshare in 320 kb/s

The italian band Court has the first two albums on free download on the website (link in the Progarchives bandpage)

As stated in previous reviews, bands Filoritmia and Tempano have each one album for free download on their websites

http://www.vh1.com/artists/az/asia/2234887/album.jhtml
New Asia album phoenix free streaming... sounds great

www.progshine.com

The brazilian Neo prog band Apocalypse give me autorization to put an EP to download

Here's a list I run on progressiveears.com


Edited to only include PA bands, some overlap with existing list is likely.

Symphonic Prog
Dominik Mueller, www.dominik-mueller.net
Episode, http://www.underthebigtree.com/
Rain - Cerulean Blue, http://www.telosmusic.net/cerulean%20blue%20samples%20buy/ceruleanbluesamplebuy.htm

RIO/Avant/Zeuhl
I Am Above on the Left - s/t, http://www.last.fm/music/i+am+above+on+the+left/i+am+above+on+the+left
Myrbein - Myrornas Krig and more, http://web.comhem.se/anders.lonnkvist/myrbein/indexeng.htm
Ne Zhdali - discography, http://nz.tpt.edu.ee/music/Ne%20Zhdali/
Runaway Totem - Trimegisto and Zed, http://www.runawaytotem.com/discography.htm

Post-Rock
Loss of a Child - discography, http://www.archive.org/details/LostChildren029
Tuna Laguna - It's a Fudge, http://tunalaguna.com/Home.php

Jazz-Rock/Fusion
Kostarev Band, http://cosmusic.narod.ru/liveatinprog.htm, http://cosmusic.narod.ru/works2006.htm

Psych/Space Rock
Hidria Spacefolk - First EP, http://www.hidriaspacefolk.st/index.php?id=5
Oresund Space Collective, http://www.archive.org/search.php?query=creator:%22Oresund%20Space%20Collective%22

If you like brazilian progressive, you can download all Semente, Sergio Benchimol and True Illusion albums: http://web.mac.com/sbenchimol/Sergio_Benchimol/Music.html

Ako Doma has three albums for download on the band website (low quality mp3 64 kbps)

LA GUERRA DELLE FORMICHE:

http://www.jamendo.com/it/album/24824

Argentinian HONDURAS LIBREGRUPO provides a live album and a Robert Wyatt song for free on their website.
'Volumen 1' is totally spaced out and interesting for krautrock and psych/space fans 

Tempano has the entire Selective Memory album available for download for free at http://www.tempano.com/site/eng/news.php?id=11

Zingale has the entire Sooner or Later from their last album (The Bright Side) @ http://breitman.homestead.com/files/Muzika/zingale-the-bright-side-01-sooner_or_later.mp3

Uri Breitman published an entire impro. @ http://breitman.homestead.com/files/Muzika/EuripidesMedea.mp3

http://www.archive.org/browse.php?collection=etree&field=%2Fmetadata%2Fcreator

This has provided some great live recordings. They're all sanctioned by the bands. Some board recordings, most are fan recordings. Tons and tons of bands listed, many or most not prog. But there are some names we all know like The Flower Kings, Aquarium Rescue Unit, Buckethead, Sleepytime Gorilla Museum....
There may be some you guys recognize that I have no clue of

Experimental/Avant Prog Metal band Kekal is offering their 2003 album "1,000 Thoughts of Violence" as a entire album download for free until Aug. 31,2008.I strongly urge fans of this music to check this excellent band out.

http://www.kekal.cjb.net/

"Crash Course", an album-length sampler by Marillion:

http://www.marillion.com/listen/index.htm

Instrumental progressive metal by JT Bruce:

http://www.jamendo.com/en/artist/jtbruce/

Vlad V is a band from the south of Brazil.

They put the complete discography to download:

http://www.vladv.com.br/

(click on "SOM")

I've searched this site, but I can't see anywhere that anyone's ever posted a link to . All free legal downloads!Cynthia Witthoft's site

MONOCUBE/KROBAK split is available for free HERE

Kekel 'The Habit of Fire' CD is on free download from 'opengraverecord' website in this weekend

just downloaded the new album (a collection) from Vlad V , but I didn't consider a prog band myself. Maybe Prog-Related. You could try it, Ricochet.

Or I shoul download another album?

This is a quite old thread!

I'd like to talk to you about a prog band called anasazi! I saw no reference to them on the forum and as I like it much I feel obliged to talk about them... They're about to release their 4th album, see here

Anyway and everything can be downloaded for free (and to my opinion that's worth listening) from their website: http://www.anasazi-prog.com

I remember another prog band doing the same thing. It waves an ambiant music, really nice, I need to find it out!

italian band Elettrosmog has first demo, a live album and first album on free download on their website (link in the PA artist page)

Amir from ALPHA 3 made a collection with 14 songs e uploaded by rapidshare

http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=276814659&blogID=434903938

I didn't like it myself, anyway it's good to know and check by yourselves.

HE also made a new version to a VDGG song.. very interesting.

http://www.myspace.com/projectalpha3

If you have a Last FM account:

2 Full Tracks by Ikuinen Kaamos.

6 Full Tracks by Textures

Ikuinen Kaamos has been excepted but not yet added to the archives.

ANGLAGARD have posted a few songs on their official site, enjoy:

http://www.anglagard.net/sounds.htm (low-

www.sumadiscos.com

A lot of crazy brazilian stuff by Diego Medina

Abel Ganz

http://www.abelganz.com/download.html

2009 posts

Sorry if it's been posted before but here we go:

Damian Wilson released on its website all its land to download albums. They are in MP3 or WAV format.

Even for those who do not have a super connection, there is the possibility to download track by track.

For me this was a super year-end, because this is an excellent singer.

If you are curious you can also hear the bands and Threshold Headspace which he is lead singer.

Follow the link to download the albums:
http://www.damianwilsonmusic.com/index.htm

DEUS EX MACHINA:

http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=442778473&blogID=461625777

Dreyelands

http://dreyelands.com/cha_ep.html

Morglbl have some free mp3 from the first two albums on the Christophe Godin's web site  (link in the PA Morglbl band page)

QUEBEC, Canada, 10 February 2009 - In their efforts to counter violence, a Canadian rock musician and a classical musician from the Netherlands come together to offer a piece of free music.

For the whole year 2009, Robert Beriau, progressive rock musician, offers «Time Fracture» and Jorgos classical pianist, offers recording of his interpretation of «Moonlight Sonata» from Beethoven, for free download.

"Providing this music is our modest way to express the horror of rising violence seen over the world in recent years. If music can help improve collaboration and harmony between peoples, we would be happy to participate in our humble way. "

To download these songs go to:

http://www.robertberiau.com/info/free/  then download  «Time Fracture»

http://www.robertberiau.com/info/free/  then download  «Moonlight Sonata»

Source:     Robert Beriau  [email protected]

 More informations:  Jorgos  [email protected]  at  http://www.1stpiano.com/

A ((Wake)) has one Ep Full Avaliable for download here: http://www.awakemetal.com/listen.aspx

Motion Theory, a new prog rock band from Durham, offer free downloads of their demo EP, Sunlight on the Sand, on their website, www.motiontheoryband.com. 

The band toured the UK for the first time in 2008 and is writing new material for a full album to be recorded mid- 2009.  

The music downloads can be accessed via the community page, here: http://www.motiontheoryband.com/community.cfm 

Eridu Arcane

They have their 2 albuns (Refugee from the monochrome (2000) and The dying of an ageless day (2001) ) for free download in their site

http://www.eriduarcane.com/

This one IS in PA 

The brazilian Band Diapasão put their first album 'Opus I' entirely for free download

http://www.bandadiapasao.com.br/

Read more: http://progshine.com/index.php?p=7999&lang=en

Casualties for Applied Metaphysics has all three albums for download

http://www.musiczeit.com/xtra/sampler/07poly/

new von haulshoven track, free download

The brazilian band MindFLow put a virtual collection called Just A Destructive Mind (2009) to free download it contai songs from the 3 band albums: Just The Two Of Us ... Me And Them (2004), Mind Over Body (2006) and Destructive Device (2008).

The 128k quality download is FREE, but you could pay (minimum US$3,50) any price you want for the FLAC, OGG, or MP3 320k.

Here it is: http://mindflow.bandcamp.com/

Motion Theory are now giving away their EP for free on www.motiontheoryband.com.  ALl you have to do is become a member.  You also get free demo recordings of their brand new stuff.  DOnt bother paying for the album, just download it!

Earthling Society has various mp3 from their albums on the website (link in the PA bandpage)

JT Bruce has released all three of his albums completely free. http://www.jamendo.com/en/artist/jtbruce you need to become a member but thats free too, and in my opinion its awesome music

Main Dish has released his two albums for free in Jamendo too, here: http://www.jamendo.com/en/artist/Main_Dish

I saw Kekal earlier but they have their entire newest cd for DL on lastfm now.

http://www.last.fm/music/Kekal/Audible+Minority+-+free-download+version

OHMphrey (http://myspace.com/ohmphrey), with OHM's Chris Poland and
Robertino Pagliari. This project is rooted in progressive improvisation, and
will release an album and support it with a few west coast shows. Furthermore,
another improvisational fusion side project of ours, Kick the McGee, is thrilled
to be teaming up with Morglbl from France for a show in Chicago @ Martyrs' on
5/20.

As a token of our appreciation, we're offering a free digital sampler of the
"proggier" side of Umphrey's McGee to the progressive rock community, though
it's really a little bit of everything to help provide context of the grander
scheme of who we are as a band. In this sampler, you'll find a heavy-dose of
prog-metal in Wizard Burial Ground, while a slice of the improvisation and
instrumental dexterity that UM is well known for resides inside Higgins. An
electric re-working of Safety In Numbers' acoustic End of the Road is a band
favorite, and to give you a taste of some our our playing with special guests
you'll hear Adrian Belew lending his guitar to King Crimson's Red and Mike
Keneally stopping by for some extended on-stage antics and guitar pyrotechnics
on Ringo. We've also included a bonus video of "Out of Order" from our PBS
Soundstage performance.

Umphrey's McGee - Prog Sampler track list
1) Rocker part II (10.28.08)
2) Wizard Burial Ground (12.30.08)
3) Higgins (12.29.07)
4) End of the Road (2.17.08)
5) Search 4 (2.12.08)
6) Red (3.17.07 with Adrian Belew)
7) The Fussy Dutchman (12.30.04)
8) Ringo (2.12.08 with Mike Keneally)

To download, visit: http://tinyurl.com/umsampler

Please visit

http://www.tibprod.com/italy/

11 free mp3 albums 

electronic music, space rock, psychedelic rock and progressive rock.

The italian band Logos have 2 nice covers (In The Court Of The Crimson King by King Crimson & Firth Of Fifth by Genesis) and their second album Àsrava for download

http://maolimassimo.free.fr/Logos/Engmp3.htm

I don't know if this has been mentioned before but Buckyball Music has some free downloads of some songs from jazz and jazz rock artists, including Brand X and Tunnels.

http://www.buckyballmusic.com/music/index.html

More Pocketful music here:

http://www.ovanbeck.com/2009/06/16/free-song-by-pocketful-and-once-again/

There are now two songs available on this site:

Keep the Engine Running
And Once Again

ZUNDAPP: link directly posted by the band on PA forum...

i've sent you an email with the link to our first democd of 2005 ... the link is for everyone here ...  so please, download it if you like it!!! and please let us know what you think about it    

   http://www.mediafire.com/?dojhmnzn3hg

we're iperproud to tell you that in july we'll start to sell our new cd called "sotèro"  

ZUNDAPP are already on this site:

http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=3938

The link comes directly from the band:

http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=46411&FID=1

I think this is the only not prog song we have but it's the one we submitted so please go download "Dirt" for FREE from this site: http://www.myspace.com/windows?homepage=trili  

Blistering Records have some songs available for download from their site.  I think that bands are mostly straightforward metal, but their might be some progressive leanings.

http://www.blisteringrecords.se/index.php?content=downloads

We have for *FREE* the new Astral Travellers album - The Truth Beyond

They play high quality progressive music.

Most Important: this album is not a vain repetition of the 70's classics, but adds something more to the prog rock  history.

Go to:

http://www.tibprod.com/italy/

Enjoy!

Free MP3s by Chapman Stick Players from around the world

http://stickcenter.com/MP3Collection/

ABSENTHIA:

Two tracks available from the official website:

just click "MP3" on the following page...

http://www.absenthia.it/it/Principale.htm

ON SPOTIFY

free mp3 downloads of Phideaux music from all our albums on our website
www.bloodfish.com

go and check us out...

Just one album, but really great.

Astral Travellers -  The Truth Beyond

I think that this band must be included on Progarchives.

*FREE* download here:

http://www.tibprod.com/italy/freedownload.htm

http://www.progday.net/ProgDay-MusicPlayerPage.html

Free samples and full tracks from bands:

3RDegree
Brave
Deluge Grander
French TV
La Maschera Di Cera
Mörglbl
Ozric Tentacles 
Qui

Just stumbled on this:

http://www.progressrec.com/download.html

FREE STUFF!

ADVENTURE - The Swan
Taken from "Beacon of light" (2009)

BEARDFISH - A love story
Taken from "The Sane day" (2005)

BRIGHTEYE BRISON - Patterns
Taken from "Stories" (2006)


BRIGHTEYE BRISON - The Harvest
Taken from "Believers and deceivers" (2008)

BROTHER APE - The Jerk
Taken from "On the other side" (2005)

BROTHER APE - New Shangri-La
Taken from "Shangri-La" (2006)

BROTHER APE - Cosmic overdose
Taken from "III" (2008)

CROSS - Bleeding in silence
Taken from "Secrets" (2000)

CROSS - Mesmerizing enterprise
Taken from "Playgrounds" (2004)

GALLEON - Long lonely shadows
Taken from "King of Aragon" (1995)

GALLEON - Engines of creation
Taken from "Engines of creation" (2007)

GRAND STAND - Jurassic spark
Taken from "Tricks of time (2002)

HIGH WHEEL - Open lines
Taken from "Remember the colours" (1994)

HIGH WHEEL - Void (Live)
Taken from "Live before the storm" (2006)

ILLUMION - Scarlet sin
Taken from "Hunting for significance (2009)

ILLUMION - Died for beauty
Taken from "Hunting for significance" (2009)

LIQUID SCARLET - Greyroom
Taken from "Liquid Scarlet" (2004)

MAGIC PIE - Pointless masquerade
Taken from "Circus of life" (2007)

SONIQ CIRCUS - Chains of consequences
Taken from "Soniq Circus" (2007)

SPEKTRUM - Land of longing
Taken from "Spektrum" (2003)

UNIFAUN - Birth of a biggie
Taken from "Unifaun" (2008)

VIOLENT SILENCE - Torrential rains
Taken from "Kinetic" (2005)

RPI band LOGOS have a new official website...

Their first two albums can be legally downloaded for free from these link:

http://www.logosprog.it/download_it.html

French progressive metal band Anasazi is offering all their music on their site for free.
http://www.anasazi-prog.com/

I have most of their work, they are really good for free. The sound a little bit like Circus Maximus (except not vocally since the singer is from france)

Velislav Ivanov - So Close to the Sky Itself (second album by Bulgarian Neo/Eclectic-Prog artist, full album legal download)
http://nebosvod.awardspace.com/index.php

Lost Reverie - Desiderata (Mexican's Post Rock/Prog Metal artist debut, full album legal download)
http://www.wiseowlrecords.com/releases/view/30

L' Herba d' Hameli',an excellent Catalan Prog Folk band (just recently added here) ,are giving their first three albums in entirety as a freedownload. (go to their website, link is in ProgArchives artist's entry, and then click on "Baixa't els temes").

Check them out, they're really great!

Band Fall of Efrafa gives the complete discography for free on the website (linked in PA bandpage)

Sorry if it's been mentioned already, but Big Big Train is offering the 23 minute long "The Underfall Yard" for free on their website, in promotion of the new album of the same title. www.bigbigtrain.com

http://www.shadowcircusmusic.com/audio

A free track is also available for download for those who register their email with the website....

The band Yang has 3 songs from their first album Yang, and 3 songs from their new album Machines available from their website.  http://yanggroup.fr/music.html

D'AccorD:   entire first album for free download or streaming @  http://daccord-music.com/?page_id=12

Great Central European jazz-world fusion band Djabe has many their songs downloads fron band's site. Mainly from earlier albums - just open every album and you will find it! Two first are absolutely jazz fusion gem ( with sligh Balkan and world music slements). The third one is more world fusion, and later they're changed sound to more symphonic/world. But almost all their albums are great! British sax player Ben Castle and great Steve Hackett are collaborating on some later albums!!!

http://www.djabe.hu/diszkografia_eng.html

  An interview with Elegant Simplicity is upcoming.........

A great compilation album, btw The Gazzardian. An album very many here will fall in love with if they download it. It's (almost) a crime that bands like these remains almost unknown. I am going to do something about that ......