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Grumpyprogfan 
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 Topic: Best prog of 2021 so farPosted: June 25 2021 at 13:09 |
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Excuse me if this has already been posted. Anyway, I think 2021 has been another slow year for prog. 2019 was the ultimate year in prog for me. So, what are your favorite prog releases of 2021? I'm still waiting for the new Ske. I have a very short list.
1. Transatlantic - The Absolute Universe - Forevermore (Extended Version) 2. French TV - All Our Failures are Behind Us 3. Lyle Workman - Uncommon Measures 4. Dewa Budjana - Naurora 5. MFTJ - My Mom's Getting a Horse |
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Posted: June 25 2021 at 13:53 |
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This is what I've come up with so far, but there is a lot I still have to listen to.
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French TV - All Our Failures are Behind Us French TV (bandcamp.com) Real Loud - Real Loud Real Loud | Real Loud | New Focus Recordings (bandcamp.com) Beautiful Bedlam - Beautiful Bedlam Beautiful Bedlam | Beautiful Bedlam (bandcamp.com) Black Midi - Cavalcade Spotify – Cavalcade Fovea Hex - The Salt Garden (Landscaped) The Salt Garden (Landscaped) | Fovea Hex (bandcamp.com) Kurushimi - Chaos Remains Kurushimi (bandcamp.com) Frequency Eater - Engulf Engulf | Frequency Eater (bandcamp.com) Worst of the year: Arc of Life Spotify – Arc of Life |
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Posted: June 25 2021 at 13:57 |
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So far I think this year's shaping up better than the last one. Not every year can be a 2019. The new Rascal Reporters release did not disappoint and I'm looking forward to the new Missigno album too (and very much to the new Devilish Dear album but that's not really prog). My favourite prog albums of this year so far (I've heard most of these just once up until now so my opinion may change in the future): - Rascal Reporters - Redux, Vol. 2: Rascals Revenge And The Great Reset - Monobody - Comma - Black Midi - Cavalcade - The Fourth World Quartet - 1975 - French TV - All Our Failures Are Behind Us - Desertion Trio - Numbers Maker - Real Loud - Real Loud - Mahogany Frog - In The Electric Universe - Sun Colored Chair - Seated - Cody Carpenter - Memories And Dreams Edited by Mirakaze - July 26 2021 at 12:34 |
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TCat
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Posted: June 25 2021 at 14:25 |
I really like the Redux vol. 1 album by Rascal Reporters but haven't heard vol. 2 yet.
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Posted: June 25 2021 at 14:36 |
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2021 has been and is shaping up to be an incredible year for music.
Favorite releases (some are prog, some sorta prog, some not particularly prog) 1: black midi - Cavalcade (and it's a distant 1st place, being honest) 2: L.W. - King Gizzard Not going to attempt to rank these next ones, but I really enjoy all of them For the First Time - Black Country New Road SHYGA! - Psychedelic Porn Crumpets Tell Me If You Get Lost - Tyler the Creator Crash of the Crown - Styx Without Notice - Bend The Future Fortitude - Gojira Afrique Victime - Mdou Moctar Daddys Home - St Vincent Helloween - Self Titled Kingdom of Oblivion - Motorpsycho Point of Know Return Live and Beyond - Kansas It's also pretty bizarre that this year we're going to be seeing new releases from Yes, Jethro Tull and Caravan
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Grumpyprogfan
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Posted: June 25 2021 at 15:14 |
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Cool to see French TV getting several mentions. Very accessible album from them.
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Posted: June 25 2021 at 15:41 |
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The Emerald Dawn - To Touch the Sky
black midi - Cavalcade Frost* - Day and Age
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Oh, for the wings of any bird, other than a battery hen
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Posted: June 25 2021 at 20:23 |
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Sylvan- One to Zero
The Emerald Dawn- Touch the Sky
Galaad- Paradis Posthumes JPL- Deux Ex machina Blacksmith Tales- The dark Presence Cast- Vigesimus Celeste- Il Principe del Regno Perduto John Holden- Circles in Time Illuminae- Dark Horizon Reflection Club- Still Thick as a Brick Kayak- Out of this World Edited by tszirmay - June 25 2021 at 20:24 |
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Posted: June 25 2021 at 20:37 |
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Hedvig Mollstad Trio - Ding Dong You're Dead
Black Country, New Road - For The First Time John Zorn - Bagatelles (4CD Box) Bisbaye - Le Sens De La Fin Godspeed You! Black Emperor - G-d's Pee at State's End Rabbit Rabbit Radio - The Animal I Am Thumbscrew - Never Is Enough Chloe Herington - Silent Reflux Squid - Bright Green Field Sons Of Kemet - Black To The Future Desertion Trio - Numbers Maker Portico Quartet - Terrain Black Midi - Cavalcade Jack O' The Clock - Leaving California CAN - Live In Stuttgart 1975 Edited by Nogbad_The_Bad - June 25 2021 at 20:40 |
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Posted: June 25 2021 at 23:23 |
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Posted: June 26 2021 at 01:19 |
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This thread and it's included lists simply remind me how much new progressive music I should be investigating!
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"I am so prog, I listen to concept albums on shuffle." -KMac2021 |
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Posted: June 26 2021 at 04:27 |
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I have been buying a lot of stuff lately but 2021 releases are scarce indeed. I do have the new Fleet Foxes which I really dig. Been meaning to pick up:
Needlepoint - Walking Up That Valley Elephant9 - Arrival Of The New Elders Ske - Insolubilia Floating Points & Pharoah Sanders w/ the London Symphony Orchestra - Promises King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - Butterfly 3000 …as well as the new Jogsteed Blue! Jack Empaler album. |
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Posted: June 26 2021 at 08:30 |
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No particular order- The Emerald Dawn- Touch the Sky
Caligonaut- Magnified as Giants Cast- Vigesimus Celeste- Il Principe del Regno Perduto John Holden- Circles in Time Needlepoint - Walking Up That Valley Elephant9 - Arrival Of The New Elders Ske - Insolubilia Frost*- Day and Age Ciccada- Harvest Syndone- Kama Sutra Evership- The Uncrowned King- Act I Noisy Diners- The Princess of the Allen Keys (The History of Manto) Black Midi - Cavalcade Edited by omphaloskepsis - July 25 2021 at 15:33 |
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Posted: June 26 2021 at 09:23 |
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I usually start digging into the new year around August, so I've only listened to a few offerings, and thus far these would rank around 4 stars:
Caligonaut - Magnified as Giants Sun Colored Chair - Seated Transatlantic - The Absolute Universe: The Breath of Life Ask this question again in the fall and I'll probably have at least 30 things or more to list. I've actually been listening to mostly older stuff from a CD backlog I had, plus exploring more of the avant side of things from the 1970s through the 1990s to add to the ever-growing list of things to look for.
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Posted: June 26 2021 at 10:34 |
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This was a big surprise to me too Bernardo Lanzetti - Horizontal Rain https://open.spotify.com/album/0CX7kn753qMkUt7oZDiYxI Line-up / Musicians: Bernardo Lanzetti (Acqua Fragile, Mangala Vallis, PFM) - Lead and Backing Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Harmonica, Programming
With Alesia Baltach - Cello (7) Marco Brioschi - Trumpet (2) Andrea Cervetto - Guitars, Bass, Keyboards , Arrangments (2, 4) Kim Chandler - Backing Vocals (1, 2) Marco Colombo (Camerata Mediolanense) - Guitars (5, 8) David Cross (King Crimson) - Violin (1) Tony Franklin (Derek Sherinian, Lana Lane, Roy Harper) - Bass (1) Pier Gonella - Guitars (6) David Jackson (VDGG) - Saxophones and Flutes (3) Tony Levin (King Crimson, Peter Gabriel, Liquid Tension Experiment, Stick Men, California Guitar Trio, Jon Durant) - Stick (2) Dario Mazzoli - Bass (5) Sara Wilma Milani - Backing Vocals (3) Jonathan Mover - Drums (1, 2, 5, 8) Carlo Napolitano - Trombone (2) Alex Polipo - Drums (4) Giancarlo Porro - Tenor Saxophone and horn section arrangements (2) Derek Sherinian (Dream Theater, Planet X, Sons Of Apollo) - Keyboards (1) Pier Vigolini - Keyboards (6) Franco Grandoni - Choir conductor (9) Luisa Baiocco, Federica Bastianelli, Silvia Metelli, Michelle Rainone, Gabriele Santoni, Teo Tiburzi, Gabriele Serano - Choir (9) |
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Posted: June 26 2021 at 13:27 |
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so far I've just acquired these (all good) Lifesigns -Altitude **** 3.2 - Third Impression *** Liquid Tension Experiment - 3 **** Frost* - Day and Age ***** Kayak - Out Of This World **** also Steven Wilson - The Future Bites *** Kansas - Point of Know Return Live and Beyond **** Big Big Train - Common Ground ****
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Posted: June 26 2021 at 15:57 |
Right. I forgot to list this beauty. Easily my favorite Lanzetti.
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Posted: June 26 2021 at 17:55 |
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Posted: July 02 2021 at 10:21 |
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It must be that time of the year, as many people seem to be posting their lists of their favourite albums from the year so far. So I thought would give it a go. My first attempt at coming up with a short list had almost 70 albums on it….. (sigh)
I kept cutting down until I got to 50 which was relatively easy, and then down to 30, which was harder. But I really struggled to turn that 30 into 25. Eventually I managed, and just for the fuller picture, here in alphabetical order are the top 25, and also the next 25. Top 25: Æetheria Conscientia - Corrupted Pillars of Vanity Aphexia - Interdependence Black Country, New Road - For The First Time Chassm - Falling Forever Cronofonía - Cronofonía Echoes and Signals - Mercurial Fair Wind Pleases - The Wind of the Season Five the Hierophant- Through Aureate Void Föss - Memorias de la Peste Grey Mouse - A Moment of Weakness Grorr - Ddulden’s Last Flight Dusan Jevtovic - Vasil Hadzimanov - DUO Kurushimi - Chaos Remains Laughing Stock - Zero The Lion’s Daughter - Skin Show Massen - ContrAesthetic Minutian - Magical Thinking Mission Jupiter - Talk to Me River Flows Reverse - When River Flows Reverse Sauropoda - Pangea Shiva the Destructor - Find the Others Toboggan - Première Descente The Vicious Head Society - Extinction Level Event Voronai - The Last Three Seconds Way Wau Collectif - Yaral Sa Doom Next 25: Aborym - Hostile Ad Nauseam - Imperative Imperceptible Impulse The Anchoress - The Art of Losing Ángel Ontalva - Songs to Say Goodbye Årabrot - Norwegian Gothic Asymmetry - Anima Atravan - The Grey Line Black Midi - Cavalcade Dewa Budjana - Naurora Confusion Field - Disconnection Complete DROTT - DROTT Jonatan Piña Duluc - Sountrack Vol.1: Secuencia Chloe Herington - Silent Reflux Isnaj Dui - Bright Star JackDupon - La République Dominicale du Zoo No Mandate - Recalibrate Nubiyan Twist - Freedom Fables postcards from new zealand - city islands Real Loud - Real Loud Sons Of Kemet - Black To The Future Squid - Bright Green Field Triangle Singular - Starbreaker Varego - Varego VOLA - Witness Steven Wilson - The Future Bites I’ve listened to not quite 200 releases from 2021 so far, and I still haven’t scratched the surface, as I seem to have listened to hardly any of the albums featuring in the lists for the year so far I’ve seen in the last couple of weeks! |
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Posted: July 02 2021 at 11:44 |
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Perfect Storm - No Air is a great album.
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Oh, for the wings of any bird, other than a battery hen
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