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Guldbamsen 
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 Posted: December 05 2015 at 03:03 |
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“The Guide says there is an art to flying or rather a knack. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.”
- Douglas Adams
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Polymorphia
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Posted: December 05 2015 at 11:36 |
 Mascodagama wrote:
^ I like that they have tunes you can hum along to...if you're a Tuvan throat singer with the lung capacity of a blue whale. |
 I mean in more of a "prettier chord progression" kind of way. You can definitely see where they took from their previous collaborations and even though it's not mind-blowing like Monoliths & Dimensions there are a couple of new tricks to their songwriting.
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Mascodagama
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Posted: December 05 2015 at 12:27 |
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^ Seriously, I do like 'em, especially the collabs. This is on my ever-growing list to check out now.
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Nogbad_The_Bad
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Posted: December 10 2015 at 12:04 |
My current list in order
Guapo - Obscure Knowledge Reve General - Howl Steensland, Simon - A Farewell To Brains Unit Wail - Beyond Space Edges Sonar - Black Light Drake, William D. - Revere Reach Schnellertollermeier - X Upsilon Acrux - Sun Square Dialect Jaga Jazzist - Starfire Altais / Apsara - Archives Ghost Rhythms - Madeleine ni - Les insurgés de Romilly Zombi - Shape Shift Chelsea Wolfe - Abyss Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Asunder Sweet & Other Distress Nerve Institute - Fictions Rabbit Rabbit Radio, Vol. 3 - Year of the Wooden Horse Kandinsky Effect - Somnambulist Vak - Aedividea La STPO - L'imparfait multiplede dieu Pixel - Golden Years Stepmother - Calvary Greetings Breznev Fun Club - il misantrope felice Build - Place Artaud Beats - Logos Wilson, Steven - Hand. Cannot. Erase. Scherzoo - 03 Necks - Vertigo Karda Estra - Strange Relations Alco Frisbass - Alco Frisbass Ligeia Mare - Amplifier Decemberists - What A Terrible World, What A Beautiful World Fernwood - Arcadia King Crimson - Live at the Orpheum CD
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Ian
Host of the Post-Avant Jazzcore Happy Hour on Progrock.com
https://podcasts.progrock.com/post-avant-jazzcore-happy-hour/
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Raff
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Posted: December 10 2015 at 12:13 |
As usual, your list contains a lot of albums that will also appear on mine - whenever I will get round to writing one !
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Man With Hat
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Posted: December 10 2015 at 16:56 |
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Yeah, I guess I need to get serious about doing this list. First things first...finding out what was released in 2015.
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Dig me...But don't...Bury me
I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive
Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect.
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zravkapt
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Posted: December 18 2015 at 23:32 |
My final lists for the year... PA: 1. Guapo - Obscure Knowledge 2. Jaga Jazzist - Starfire 3. Battles - La Di Da Di 4. Turzi - C 5. Thy Catafalque - Sgůrr 6. Zombi - Shape Shift 7. Elephant9 with Reine Fiske - Silver Mountain 8. Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Asunder, Sweet And Other Distress 9. Squarepusher - Damogen Furies 10. Chon - Grow 11. Unit Wail - Beyond Space Edges 12. Sanguine Hum - Now We Have Light 13. Magma - Sl*g Tanz 14. Ręve Général - Howl 15. Julian Julien - Terre II 16. Pond - Man It Feels Like Space Again 17. Battlestations - The Extent Of Damage 18. Methexis - Suiciety 19. Roz Vitalis - Lavoro D'Amore 20. Unreal City - Il paese del tramonto
Non-PA:
Oneohtrix Point Never - Garden Of Delete
Dan Deacon - Gliss Riffer
Grimes - Art Angels
The Internet - Ego Death
Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp A Butterfly
Death Grips - Jenny Death
FFS - FFS
Viet Cong - Viet Cong
Edited by zravkapt - December 25 2015 at 09:49
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Magma America Great Make Again
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Kazza3
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Posted: December 19 2015 at 00:35 |
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My top 10, including non-prog (mostly non-prog, in fact)
1. Kendrick Lamar- To Pimp A Butterfly
2. Everything Everything- Get to Heaven
3. Timbre- Sun and Moon
4. Björk- Vulnicura
5. Schnellertollermeier- X
6. Small Leaks Sink Ships- Face Yourself and Remove Your Sandals
7. Courtney Barnett- Sometimes I Sit And Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit
8. Vijay Ayer Trio- Break Stuff
9. Jaga Jazzist- Starfire
10. The Necks- Vertigo
Also: Snarky Puppy, Godspeed You Black Emperor, Colin Stetson & Sarah Neufeld, Deantoni Parks, Chelsea Wolfe
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Guldbamsen
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Posted: December 19 2015 at 04:03 |
Some very cool lists up - thanks you guys 
Oh and I like your style Kazza! So cool to see that you've got Kendrick at the top.
(That Everything Everything album though...yikes. Bought it on a whim earlier in the year and I can only stand two tracks at a time. I think it's the vocals.)
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“The Guide says there is an art to flying or rather a knack. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.”
- Douglas Adams
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Man With Hat
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Posted: December 19 2015 at 16:59 |
The lack of new Rune Grammophones in America is very upsetting. Anyone know what's up with his? (Mostly Bearded bard here...) Finally getting around to doing this...top 20 will be a bit of a stretch, though I have a good list that I still need to hear.
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Dig me...But don't...Bury me
I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive
Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect.
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Kazza3
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Posted: December 19 2015 at 21:37 |
Guldbamsen wrote:
Oh and I like your style Kazza! So cool to see that you've got Kendrick at the top.
(That Everything Everything album though...yikes. Bought it on a whim earlier in the year and I can only stand two tracks at a time. I think it's the vocals.) |
Hah... their debut is one of my favourite records, quite a bit more out there and creative than where they are now (though I like the catchy but strange indie pop of this record), but I'm not sure that it'll do much for you, seeing as the vocals have only gotten stronger and less weird over time.
And cheers, yeah, Kendrick is just that good, hits all the right spots, especially in the second half.
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Formentera Lady
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Posted: December 20 2015 at 02:38 |
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My list so far:
1. Unreal City - Il Paese Del Tramonto
2. Anekdoten - Until All The Ghosts Are Gone
3. IOEarth - New World
4. Ciccada - The Finest Of Miracles
5. Comedy of Errors - Spririt
6. Grand Tour - Heavy on the Beach
7. Izz - Everlasting Instant
8. Thieves' Kitchen - The Clockwork Universe
9. Sanguine Hum - Now We Have Light
10. Special Providence - Essence of Change
11. Echolyn - I Heard You Listening
12. The Tangent - A Spark In The Aether
13. Sylvan - Home
14. Alco Frisbass
Honorable mentions:
Seven Steps to the Green Door - Fetish
T - Fragmentropy
ptf - What is Constant
Mammoth - Innate
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Guldbamsen
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Posted: December 20 2015 at 09:36 |
Man With Hat wrote:
The lack of new Rune Grammophones in America is very upsetting. Anyone know what's up with his? (Mostly Bearded bard here...) Finally getting around to doing this...top 20 will be a bit of a stretch, though I have a good list that I still need to hear. |
So does this mean that you still haven't heard the new Elephant9 album?
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“The Guide says there is an art to flying or rather a knack. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.”
- Douglas Adams
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Guldbamsen
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Posted: December 20 2015 at 09:49 |
Albums I've been spinning and digging over the past week or so: Hedersleben - The Fall Of Chronopolis (Psychedelic prog with hints of Amon Düül ll. They remind me of Goat who also sports a female vocalist a la Renate Knaup) La Conscienza di Zeno - La Notte... (Modern by the numbers RPI. Sounds like most other Italian prog bands.) La Curva di Lesmo - s/t (This one speaks more to me, although I am not completely sold by the vocals. The organs though sound incredible) Mammatus - Sparkling Water (If Popol Vuh was a metal act) Simon Steensland - A Farewell to Brains (Wonderful almost Canterburian sounding avant-prog) 3 of those deserve to be on my list, but I have no space left
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“The Guide says there is an art to flying or rather a knack. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.”
- Douglas Adams
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Nogbad_The_Bad
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Posted: December 20 2015 at 10:11 |
Guldbamsen wrote:
Man With Hat wrote:
The lack of new Rune Grammophones in America is very upsetting. Anyone know what's up with his? (Mostly Bearded bard here...) Finally getting around to doing this...top 20 will be a bit of a stretch, though I have a good list that I still need to hear. |
So does this mean that you still haven't heard the new Elephant9 album?
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Still not heard, at this point I'm probably going to download it.
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Ian
Host of the Post-Avant Jazzcore Happy Hour on Progrock.com
https://podcasts.progrock.com/post-avant-jazzcore-happy-hour/
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Man With Hat
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Posted: December 20 2015 at 19:14 |
Guldbamsen wrote:
Man With Hat wrote:
The lack of new Rune Grammophones in America is very upsetting. Anyone know what's up with his? (Mostly Bearded bard here...) Finally getting around to doing this...top 20 will be a bit of a stretch, though I have a good list that I still need to hear. |
So does this mean that you still haven't heard the new Elephant9 album?
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That is correct sir. My list can use (potentially) great releases like this. 
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Dig me...But don't...Bury me
I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive
Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect.
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Meltdowner
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Posted: December 21 2015 at 07:50 |
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Guldbamsen
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Posted: December 21 2015 at 08:02 |
Maybe it'll reveal it's inner beauty at a later time for me as well, but for now I am experiencing great difficulty in reaching the end of the album. Same thing goes for Unreal City and last year's releases from Latte e Miele and Syndone. Yeah sorry about that mate - I know I am mentioning some of your faves 
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“The Guide says there is an art to flying or rather a knack. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.”
- Douglas Adams
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Meltdowner
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Posted: December 21 2015 at 08:09 |
Syndone's album was my favourite last year and got even better after seeing them this year. You don't need to be sorry about it, if we all had the same opinion, it wouldn't be fun to discuss music
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Guldbamsen
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Posted: December 21 2015 at 08:12 |
Meltdowner wrote:
Syndone's album was my favourite last year and got even better after seeing them this year. You don't need to be sorry about it, if we all had the same opinion, it wouldn't be fun to discuss music |
Exactly - I feel the same. Or else we would all be listening to Celine Dion, and that is a frightening thought.
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“The Guide says there is an art to flying or rather a knack. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.”
- Douglas Adams
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