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    Posted: November 15 2016 at 10:11
Pink Floyd are undoubtedly the Godfathers of Prog. The quality of their music and instrumentation in my opinion is unsurpassable. Alas, they are no more due to the tragic loss of Richard Wright a few years ago. David Gilmour is still the amazing guitarist as ever, as witnessed at the '15 & '16 Royal Albert Hall gigs.

So, the question is, which groups are going to continue in the same style, ie. glorious keyboard orientated melodies and songs with mesmerizing guitar interplay and lots of instrumental passages.   Early Porcupine Tree and RPWL were big contenders. But nowadays I would strongly recommend a Norwegian group called Airbag. Start with their 1st album 'Identity' and work your way forward from there. I guarantee you will love them. I discovered a Swiss group about 7-8 years ago called Metamorphosis and I was amazed at the strong Floyd influence. Excellent stuff. Anyone else got any undiscovered gems?
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Have a read through this thread; you're bound to find plenty of artists to enjoy.
when i was a kid a doller was worth ten dollers - now a doller couldnt even buy you fifty cents
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Hi. I'm not agree with you about some of your points. I just want to recommend you some bands that " Influenced by PF ". 
Cosmos ,  Eris Pluvia's 2016 "Different Earths" Album , RPWL , Poor Genetic Material , Quidam , Preacher 2014 Album (Signals) , Airbag , Mostly Autumn  , ...
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Pretty much the entire post-rock scene for one.
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Originally posted by Barry L Barry L wrote:

So, the question is, which groups are going to continue in the same style, ie. glorious keyboard orientated melodies and songs with mesmerizing guitar interplay and lots of instrumental passages.


 Enjoy!

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Check out the Italian band Il Rumore Bianco or La Coscienza di Zeno
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There's coming some interesting stuff from Scandinavia that seems most of all to be inspired by Pink Floyd. For example the young band Porcelain Moon.


Here's a song from youtube.


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Early Porcupine Tree.   And, 1989 "Crack the Sky" album "From the Greenhouse"
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Porcupine Tree, Airbag, RPWL, Solar Project, Days Between Stations ... Wink
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Eloy (particularly late 70's and possibly a bit beyond)
RPWL (they even started out as a Floyd tribute band)
Porcupine Tree (mainly just their earlier 90's albums that are reminiscent of early Floyd)

Also, probably just about any slow ambient sounding band especially those with Gilmoresque guitar.

If we said bands who sound like PF or are similiar there are a few others I might add like Nektar(who were more or less contemporaneous with PF).
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Aperco - The Battle  

This came out early this year and is very strong in Camel/Pink Floyd influences.. Highly recommended album.
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Points: 9111 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 06 2016 at 12:39
Originally posted by O666 O666 wrote:

Hi. I'm not agree with you about some of your points. I just want to recommend you some bands that " Influenced by PF ". 
Cosmos ,  Eris Pluvia's 2016 "Different Earths" Album , RPWL , Poor Genetic Material , Quidam , Preacher 2014 Album (Signals) , Airbag , Mostly Autumn  , ...


Interesting choices.  Yes Eris Pluvia is sounding more like Floyd all the time, unfortunately IMO.  Poor Genetic Material has a wide range of influences and the more ambient side of Floyd is heard on their latest rather good album "Absence"
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how about the Far East Family Band?


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Omega, especially albums Idorablo, Csillagok Utjan & Gammapolisz.
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Originally posted by BaldJean BaldJean wrote:

how about the Far East Family Band?

My guess is that they are like Eloy in the sense that they may have been influenced by them but it's hard to say since they were around "back then."
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Points: 12859 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 09 2016 at 13:34
Pink Floyd's one of Motorpsycho's many different inspirations. Not sure on which albums they sound most like'em, but I'd say check out Let Them Eat Cake (think early psych Floyd with a pop twist) and the EP from this year's tour, Here Be Monsters Vol. 2 (I'm hearing a strong resemblance to "Echoes" here).
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Originally posted by Terrapin Station Terrapin Station wrote:

Pretty much the entire post-rock scene for one.

I second this.
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Please try Future Kings of England and Also Vespero
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Points: 5538 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 04 2018 at 01:47
I hear Pink Floyd in Jambinai. Older ones Nektar first album sounded really much Pink Floyd at the sixties. i think at first in Amon Düül II they wanted to make same kind of music as Pink Floyd.
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Points: 374 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 04 2018 at 02:14
PF are one of the founders of the genre, so there is an influence in many of modern prog bands

I see influence in bands as different as Spock's Beard, Riverside, Pendragon, Djam Karet, Porcupine Tree




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