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Faves so far:

Aquaserge - Deja-Vous?
Calibro 35 - Decade 
Dottrina Degli Opposti - Arrivederci Sogni 
Elephant9 - The Greatest Show On Earth
Kavus Torabi - Solar Divinations
Mother Turtle - Zea Mice
Piniol - Bran Coucou
Sonar & David Torn - Vortex
Worldservice Project - Serve

Keenly anticipating the new Oteme album.



Edited by Mascodagama - May 12 2018 at 17:01
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My faves from 2018's first four mos. are:

UNAKA PRONG Salinity Now! (If you like Steely Dan...)

STARVING DAUGHTERS Strange Valleys (Canterbury funk!)

HOMUNCULUS RES Della stessa sostanza dei sogni

ANNA VON HAUSSWOLFF Dead Magic

GLEB KOLYADIN Gleb Kolyadin (not in the PA database yet)

RICHARD WILEMAN Veil

PiNioL Bran Coucou

MIDLIFE Phase (not in the PA database--nor will it likely ever be: Prog Disco!)

SONAR (with David Torn) Vortex

JOHN HOLDEN Capture Light (not in the PA database yet)

VITRAL En Es Estradas (officially a 2017 release but with a December 31 release date I'm counting it in 2018)

GALAHAD Seas of Change

3RDEGREE Ones & Zeroes, VOl. 0

LA DOTTRINA DEGLI OPPOSTI Arrivaderci sogni (an AltrOck release not in the PA database yet)

MOTHER TURTLE Zea Mice

ARNAUD BUKWALD La marmite cosmique, menu no. 4
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New Koenji Hyakkei just announced for June 23rd
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^yes, please

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Originally posted by Nogbad_The_Bad Nogbad_The_Bad wrote:

Originally posted by Tapfret Tapfret wrote:

^Nice haul. I have the CD on the way through bandcamp. Did the poster and sticker come with the disc?


The stickers poster and T-shirt were part of the funding campaign.


Mine arrived today with a couple stickers and a bonus CD of Here Geisha & The Boobs!

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I've yet to hear a single thing released in 2018 that made me stop and listen - intentionally - for more than 20 seconds.

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Originally posted by BrufordFreak BrufordFreak wrote:

STARVING DAUGHTERS Strange Valleys (Canterbury funk!)

MIDLIFE Phase (not in the PA database--nor will it likely ever be: Prog Disco!)

Thanks for the descriptions Drew! I really enjoyed both.
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MIDLIFE Phase (not in the PA database--nor will it likely ever be: Prog Disco!)


it's MildLife, listening now on bandcamp, I wouldn't say it's disco though. 



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Originally posted by chopper chopper wrote:

Originally posted by Dellinger Dellinger wrote:

I have heard a few Perfect Circle songs that got me somewhat interested, and then last weekend that I visited the CD's shop, they happened to have it on, so I heard a bit more of it. Maybe it's not the proggiest thing around, but it sounded very nice, I shall be getting it. It seems to be doing well in sales too, actually (though I would have to check that out).

 
Listening to it at the moment. This is not a band I'd heard of before, but it's a pretty good album.


Neither had I heard of the band. I understand it's got some relation to Tool, the same leader or something.
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Originally posted by Nogbad_The_Bad Nogbad_The_Bad wrote:

New Koenji Hyakkei just announced for June 23rd


Wow! I thought they were gone forever. Great news. 
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My favourite so far still has to be Seas of Change by Galahad.
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I just stumbled across FFF by ZOFFF, which is pretty cool.
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Apparently Art Zoyd came out with another box set called Phase V already in Jan. 2018. Unfortunately I can't connect to artzoyd.net right now so don't know much but it seems it's 5 CDs of material recorded between 2009 and 2017. Has anyone heard this already? Has it overlap to stuff that is already published? (I should get it regardless but anyway...)
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^ I haven't listened to it yet, but it's all unreleased material. I suspect if you like the things they've been doing recently it's at least worth a listen. 
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Originally posted by Frenetic Zetetic Frenetic Zetetic wrote:

I've yet to hear a single thing released in 2018 that made me stop and listen - intentionally - for more than 20 seconds.
I have heard few almost great albums, mostly outside prog. Really wait that new Parish-album!
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Originally posted by Nogbad_The_Bad Nogbad_The_Bad wrote:

New Koenji Hyakkei just announced for June 23rd



Oh man, we've been waiting even longer than for Phideaux!
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Originally posted by Mascodagama Mascodagama wrote:

Originally posted by Tapfret Tapfret wrote:

Rivendel - Sisyfus

This is pretty cool!


I was intrigued to see cover art by Angel Ontalva. And actually the music reminds me quite a bit of October Equus - which is no bad thing in my book - albeit compositionally a little looser.

I got the CD of this, and it's really grown on me. Very absorbing album, and just about the only thing that's tearing me away from the Zappa binge I'm on at the moment.

Edited by Mascodagama - May 22 2018 at 16:42
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New releases I've been listening to this month:

Apr 27: PinioL - Bran Coucou: This one seems to have gathered quite a bit of attention here already. An absolute nutcase of an album, coming from the merger of French avant groups PoiL and Ni. I think I still prefer the last two PoiL albums, but this is awesome nonetheless.

May 5: Not a Good Sign - Icebound: Dark symphonic/eclectic prog from Italy, composed mostly by Paolo Botta (Ske). David Jackson of VDGG fame appears on one of the tracks! It didn't grab me right away, but I love 1000 Autunni and will have to give it some more time.

May 18: Ben Levin Group - Our Place: The new album from Bent Knee's guitarist, Ben Levin. I'm not entirely sure how to describe it, but I think it's my favorite he's done. Great mix of electronic & acoustic instrumentation.

May 25: Cheer-Accident - Fades: CA has rapidly become one of my favorite bands since I heard last year's Putting off Death. Fades sounds completely different from that album, focusing more on shorter, "rockier" songs. I wasn't sure what to expect given how recent their last release was, but this is great.

Still looking forward to the new Jack o' the Clock, which is coming out this Friday. Also looking forward to the new Phideaux, due for release sometime this summer (hopefully).

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Cheer-Accident - Fades and Esbjorn Svennson Trio - Live In London are going to be way up my list this year.
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^ Leucocyte is still my favorite from EST, but Live In London is a damn close second. 
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