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omniboss 
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 Topic: Favorite Albums of 2020 So Far?Posted: November 02 2020 at 13:10 |
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What are some of your favorite prog and related albums of 2020 so far? On my list:
Horse Lords - The Common Task https://horselords.bandcamp.com/album/the-common-task Hexvessel - Kindred https://hexvessel.bandcamp.com/album/kindred Pixie Ninja - Colours out of Space https://pixieninja.bandcamp.com/ Airbag - A Day at the Beach https://airbagsound.bandcamp.com/album/a-day-at-the-beach Mouthbreather - Perpetual Stew https://mouthbreather1.bandcamp.com/album/perpetual-stew Young Jesus - Welcome to Conceptual Beach https://youngjesus.bandcamp.com/album/welcome-to-conceptual-beach Emme Phyzema - Unadulterated Bliss https://emmephyzema.bandcamp.com/ Everything Everything - Re-Animator https://everythingeverything.bandcamp.com/album/re-animator  |
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Posted: November 02 2020 at 13:43 |
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Wobbler - Dwellers of the Deep Logos - Sadako e le mille gru di carta Pendragon - Love Over Fear S.E.I. - La Maschera Di Cera Max Richter - Voices Homunculus Res - Andiamo in Giro di Notte e ci Consumiamo nel Fuoco Lazuli - Le fantastique envol de Dieter Böhm
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Posted: November 02 2020 at 14:04 |
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Conundrum by HALLAS is probably my fave of what I have heard
The new ones by HEXVESSEL, SANGRE DE MUERDAGO and POOR GENETIC MATERIAL are all good but not up to the best of their work IMO Edited by kenethlevine - November 02 2020 at 14:07 |
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Nogbad_The_Bad
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Posted: November 02 2020 at 14:08 |
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Jaga Jazzist - Pyramid
JG Thirlwell & Simon Steensland - Oscillospira Horse Lords - The Common Task The Necks - Three Aksak Maboul - Figures Zombi - 2020 Behold The Arctopus - Hapelectic Overtrove Neptunian Maximalism - Eons Hedvig Mollestad - Ekhidna Gosta Berlings Saga - Konkret Musik Dan Weiss Starebaby - Natural Selection Arch Garrison - The Bitter Lay Mammal Hands - Captured Spirits Nubya Garcia - Source Guillaume Perret - A Certain Trip Darrifourcq / Hermia / Ceccaldi - Kaiju Eats Cheeseburgers Mary Halvorson's Code Girl - Artless Falling Anthony Pirog - Pocket Poem
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Posted: November 02 2020 at 14:35 |
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Neptunian Maximalism [avant jazz*drone metal]
The Tangent [usual prog] Mother's Cake [prog a-la Mars Volta, too bad the new release is not even on PA] Pain of Salvation The Backstage [fusion] Anthill Cinema [fusion] And some other good releases... I guess... Actually it would be easier for me to make a list of disappointments, lol.
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omniboss
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Posted: November 02 2020 at 15:11 |
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Thanks, lots of good stuff to check out! Heard some of the new Mary Halvorson today and it sounds really cool. I've been hearing a lot about Wobbler.
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Posted: November 02 2020 at 15:24 |
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I started the same thread last month, but I'll play again.
Pat Metheny - From This Place French TV - Stories without Fingerprints Them Moose Rush - Dancing Maze Haken - Virus Vulkan - Technatura Panzerballett - Planet Z Lonely Robot - Feelings are Good Wobbler - Dwellers of the Deep Sanguine Hum - A Trace of Memory |
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Posted: November 02 2020 at 16:11 |
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In alphabetical order:
Airbag - A Day at the Beach Alizarin - The Last Semblance Alpha Lighting System - H+ Amuzeum - New Beginnings Anubis - Homeless Apogee - Endurance of the Obsolete Arabs in Aspic - Madness and Magic Aries - Because of My Fears Artús - Cerc Behold the Arctopus - Hapelectic Overtrove Lars Boutrup's Music for Keyboards - The Great Beyond Built for the Future - Brave New World The C Sides Project - Purple Hearts Corner Alex Carpani - L'Orizzonte Degli Eventi The Devil's Staircase - The Devil's Staircase Echorec. - The Island Electric Mud - Quiet Days on Earth Eternal Wanderers - Homeless Soul Fatal Fusion - Dissonant Minds Fervent Send - Freaks Fren - Where Do You Want Ghosts to Reside? French TV - Stories Without Fingerprints Grandval - Descendu sur Terre Horse Lords - The Common Task Steve Howe - Love Is Inner Odyssey - The Void Inner Prospekt - Canvas One Isobar - Isobar Karfagen - Birds of Passage Lazuli - Le fantastique envol de Dieter Böhn LogoS - Sadako e le Mille Gru di Carta Magenta - Masters of Illusion La Maschera di Cera - S.E.I. Maserati - Enter the Mirror Mister Robot - Fables for Robots Motorpsycho - The All Is One Nektar - The Other Side Ozric Tentacles - Space for the Earth Pattern-Seeking Animals - Prehensile Tails Fernando Perdomo - Out to Sea 3 Phog - This World Emme Phyzema - A Series of Related Dreams Emme Phyzema - Unadulterated Bliss Pixie Ninja - Colours Out of Space Professor Tip Top - Tomorrow Is Delayed Pure Reason Revolution - Eupnea I still have bands from R-Z to listen to, plus some I missed in A-P. Edit 11/3/20: Another addition: Quel Che Disse il Tuono - Il Velo dei Riflessi Edit 11/4/20: More additions: Alberto Rigoni - Odd Times Ring Van Möbius - The 3rd Majesty Edit 11/10/20: Another addition: Blank Manuskript - Himmelfahrt
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Posted: November 02 2020 at 18:54 |
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1: Dwellers of the Deep - Wobbler
2: Islands - The Flower Kings 3: Virus - Haken 4: The All is One - Motorpsycho 5: Panther - Pain of Salvation 6: Love Over Fear - Pendragon 7: Madness and Magic - Arabs in Aspic
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Posted: November 02 2020 at 19:25 |
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nice list, omniboss!
My picks are surprisingly metal-oriented, apart from few albums below: The Reticent - The Oubliette Molasses - Through the Hollow Deftones - Ohms Sweven - The Eternal Resonance Green Carnation - Leaves of Yesteryear Oranssi Pazuzu - Mestarin Kynsi Pain of Salvation - Panther Radar Men from the Moon - The Bestial Light Arabs in Aspic - Madness and Magic Anubis - Homeless But my AOTY is not even remotely prog smh: |
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Posted: November 03 2020 at 00:29 |
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I haven't listened extensively to any of these yet but so far I've enjoyed: * Aiming For Enrike - Music For Working Out * Aksak Maboul - Figures * French TV - Stories Without Fingerprints * Homunculus Res - Andiamo In Giro Di Notte E Ci Consumiamo Nel Fuoco * Horse Lords - The Common Task * Keith Tippett - The Monk Watches The Eagle * Louis De Mieulle - Sideshow 2 * Tigran Hamasyan - The Call Within * Tricot - Makkuro * Zopp - Zopp
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Posted: November 03 2020 at 06:05 |
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Shabaka & The Ancestors - We Are Sent Here By History Shabaka does it again, but the surprise id gone
Zopp - Zopp Can't get enough of this Canterbury album, it doesn't help that the last track is phenomenal Elds Mark - s/t Great Scandic retro-prog Moleslope - Slope late 2019 Jap Canterbury Wildflower - Season 2 Irreversible Entanglements - Who Sent You? IAR label's best artistes with Makaya McCraven Glass Museum - Reykjavik (belgian piano-drum duo doing a quieter GoGo Penguin type of music - their second album) The Third Mind - S/T Dave Alvin (yes of The Blasters)'s excellent psych project including guest Jesse Sykes. lots of cover including Alice Coltrane's Saatchidananda The Dream Syndicate - The Universe Inside my fave in a very long time. Trees Speak - Ohms Neo-krautrock (Köln-Dusseldorf school) done the US way by a pair of brothers GoGo Peguin - S/T Old tricks by not as new dogs anymore. Aksak Maboul - Figures Not top 2020 potential, but worthy of bottom of top list Nat Birchall - Mysticism Of Sound Alone on this coarcher Gary Bartz & Maisha - Night Dreamer Direct-To-Disc Sessions Bartz meets the LDN scene Trees Speak - Shadow Forms see above, but without the surpise of their debut Scherzoo - 05 almost the same as usual (different label) but a twist towards 03 rather than 04 Chip Wickham - Shamal Wind Isobar - Isobar Tigran Hamasyan - The Call Within A return to Red Hail and Mockroot. Guillaume Perret - A Certain Trip Second solo album without Electric Epic, but as if it was with them Idriss Ackamoor & The Pyramids - Shaman! Yazz Ahmed Quintet - When We Were Live
Wobbler - Dwellers Of The Deep Grumblewood - Stories of Strangers
Happy surprises, Bubbling under or still to investigate John Zorn - Baphomet Jaga Jazzist - Pyramid
Hedvig Mollestad - Ekhidna Lazuli - Le fantastique envol de Dieter Böhn
Gosta Berlings Saga - Konkret Musik (not likely)Mammal Hands - Captured Spirits Homunculus Res - Andiamo in giro di notte e ci consumiamo nel fuoco Jakko M. Jakszkyk - Secrets and Lies Dai Kaht - Dai Kaht II Deep Purple - Whoosh! Blue Oyster Cult - Edited by Sean Trane - November 12 2020 at 05:25 |
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Posted: November 03 2020 at 06:14 |
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Others have already mentioned Pendragon's Love Over Fear and The Tangent, so I will just add the latest and rather wonderful Abel Ganz album - The Life of the Honey Bee and Other Moments of Clarity and Rick Wakeman's Mars album.
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Posted: November 03 2020 at 06:43 |
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Some I enjoyed much were released by Deep Purple, Pure Reason Revolution, Pendragon, Poppy, Haken, Pain of Salvation, Phonothek, Run the Jewels, The Pineapple Thief, Pat Metheny, The Flower Kings (still exploring it in more depth but great so far), Rick Wakeman, The Tangent, and all the Steven Wilson singles. Not a very tremendous year, I must admit. I had more favorites from 2019 and 2018, for example.
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Posted: November 03 2020 at 07:44 |
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Have to listen some more, but some worthy albums are: Fish - Weltschmerz Days between Stations - Giants Wobbler - Dwellers of the Deep The Tangent - Auto Reconnaissance LogoS - Sadako e le Mille Gru di Carta Zopp - s/t |
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Posted: November 03 2020 at 08:16 |
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2020 has been a great year. I cannot wait to do my year end list!!!
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Posted: November 03 2020 at 11:33 |
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Added a few more
Moses Boyd - Dark Matter
Cheer-Accident - Chicago XX Chromb! - Le Livres De Merveilles Igorrr - Spirituality and Distortion Zopp - s/t Shabaka & The Ancestors - We Are Sent Here By History Portico Quartet - We Welcome Tomorrow The Yazz Ahmed Quintet - When We… Glass Museum - Reykjavik Gogo Penguin - s/t Magick Brothers & Mystic Sisters - s/t Led Bib - Live at The Vortex Jazz Club Emme Phyzema - Unadulterated Bliss Titans to Tachyons - Cactides Polymorphie - Claire Venus Kavus Torabi - Hip To The Jag |
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Posted: November 03 2020 at 12:19 |
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Intronaut - Fluid Existential Inversions
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Posted: November 03 2020 at 12:40 |
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Gazpacho - Fireworker. What an album! Their best so far IMHO. I cannot stop playing it again and again...
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Posted: November 03 2020 at 13:27 |
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don't sleep on these guys, it's like Anekdoten w/ powerful female vocals (ex-The Devil's Blood):
And this project is a blatant Deliverance+Ghost Reveries worship in the best way possible: |
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