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    Posted: November 21 2021 at 00:43

After looking at Poland, I think it would be very appropriate with the rest of the Eastern Europe - if that has had your interest, as well. I'd like to include Greece here because otherwise, I doubt it would be listed.

I'm sure, this will be quite exiting, too, and beginning with my list, still one album per band and unranked:


                        Fermáta  (Slovakia)  -  Pieseň z Hôľ  (1977)

                        Collegium Musicum  (Slovakia)  -  Divergences  (1983)

                        Solaris  (Hungary)  -  Marsbeli Kronikak  (1984)

                        Kornelyans  (Serbia)  -  Not an Ordinary Life  (1974)

                        Phoenix  (Romania)  -  Cantofabule  (1975)

                        Aphrodite’s Child  (Greece)  -  666  (1972)

                        P.L.J. Band  (Greece)  -  Armageddon  (1982)

                        Ciccada  (Geece)  -  A Child In The Mirror  (2010)

                        Naxatras  (Greece)  -   Naxatras  (2015)

                        ”Arsenal” Ensemble  (Russia)  -  Svoimi Rukami

                                                                      / Created with their own Hands  (1983)

                        The “Gunesh” Ensemble  (former USSR)  -  Looking At The Earth  (1984)

                        Vespero  (Russia)  -   By the Waters of Tomorrow  (2010)



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Mmmmhhh!!!...  (Poland included)



11           Aphrodite's Child            666 Apocalypse of John               Gre        1972     

11           Fermata              Fermata              Svk         1975     

11           Fermata              Huascaran          Svk         1977     

11           Flamengo           Kure V Hodinkach           Cze        1972     

11           Gleb Kolyadin     Gleb Kolyadin   Rus        2018     

11           Korai Öröm        Korai Öröm        Hun       1995     

11           Methexis            Topos   Gre        2018     

11           Modry Efekt      Modry Efekt & Radim Hladik      Cze        1975     

11           Modry Efekt      Svitanie               Cze        1977     

11           Igra Staklenih Perli  - Igra Staklenih Perli  Yug     1979

11           More Experience            From Acid Dreams          Pol         1997     

11           Plastic People of the Universe  Kolejnice Duni (Rails Rumble) (1977-1982)          Cze       

11             Jolly Joker & The Plastic Beatles of the Universe       Heavy, Funky, Boxing n' Roll      CzR        1993

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Which countries are you including in your definition of Eastern Europe?
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Originally posted by nick_h_nz nick_h_nz wrote:

Which countries are you including in your definition of Eastern Europe?


YMMV, IMHO

I can't speak for the thread opener, but to me, it seems anything east of the old Iron Curtain and Yugoslavia and Greece (& Cyprus) sound "Eastern European" - though I'm not sure I would include the three Baltic countries.


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Originally posted by Sean Trane Sean Trane wrote:

Originally posted by nick_h_nz nick_h_nz wrote:

Which countries are you including in your definition of Eastern Europe?


YMMV, IMHO

I can't speak for the thread opener, but to me, it seems anything east of the old Iron Curtain and Yugoslavia and Greece (& Cyprus) sound "Eastern European" - though I'm not sure I would include the three Baltic countries.

That was what I was wondering. Where the line was drawn. So Baltics out, but Belarus (for example), in?

Right, I shall have to put some thought into it, as I think I have rather a lot of Eastern European music on my iPod…..
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Originally posted by nick_h_nz nick_h_nz wrote:

Originally posted by Sean Trane Sean Trane wrote:

Originally posted by nick_h_nz nick_h_nz wrote:

Which countries are you including in your definition of Eastern Europe?


YMMV, IMHO

I can't speak for the thread opener, but to me, it seems anything east of the old Iron Curtain and Yugoslavia and Greece (& Cyprus) sound "Eastern European" - though I'm not sure I would include the three Baltic countries.

That was what I was wondering. Where the line was drawn. So Baltics out, but Belarus (for example), in?

Right, I shall have to put some thought into it, as I think I have rather a lot of Eastern European music on my iPod…..


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Originally posted by Sean Trane Sean Trane wrote:

Originally posted by nick_h_nz nick_h_nz wrote:

Which countries are you including in your definition of Eastern Europe?


anything east of the old Iron Curtain and Yugoslavia and Greece (& Cyprus) sound "Eastern European" - though I'm not sure I would include the three Baltic countries.

agree, the three Baltic countries I will call "Northern Europe", today 


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I checked with Wiki to see what they said, and it is fairly obvious there is no real consensus about what is or is not considered Eastern Europe, but leaving the Baltic States out, this is the list from the music on my iPod of the countries that can be considered Eastern Europe:

5R6 (Ukraine)

7Ocean (Belarus)

Aesthesys (Russia)

Ajna (Hungary)

Ars de Er (Belarus)

Asymmetry (Belarus)

Azathoth Circle (Ukraine)

BlackPaperPlanes (Belarus)

Blank Manuskript (Austria)

Ciolkowska (Russia)

Compassionizer (Russia)

Daniel Eliseev Project (Bulgaria)

Detieti (Russia)

Diary of My Misanthropy (Czech)

Different Light (Czech)

Dikajee (Russia)

Disen Gage (Russia)

Dordeduh (Romania)

Doringo (Croatia)

Dreadnought in the Pond (Ukraine)

Dusan Jetovic (Serbia)

Echoes and Signals (Russia)

Eternal Wanderers (Russia)

Ethereal Riffian (Ukraine)

Everwood (Hungary)

Evolvo (Hungary)

Existentia (Russia)

Exit Oz (Romania)

Face the Day (Czech)

Fair Wind Pleases (Russia)

Fox Territory (Czech)

Fren (Ukraine/Poland)

Ghost Toast (Hungary)

Giorgi Mikadze (Georgia)

Gleb Kolyadin (Russia)

Gnoomes (Russia)

Grey Mouse (Russia)

Hail Spirit Noir (Greece)

iamthemorning (Russia)

Ichthyander Dad’s Only Dolphin (Ukraine)

InFront (Russia)

Japanski Premijeri (Croatia)

Jargon (Greece)

Jū (Hungary)

Juice Oh Yeah (Russia)

Kamille Sharapodinov (Russia)

Kazachstán (Czech)

Kepzelt Varos (Hungary)

Kooba Tercu (Greece)

Korzo (Ukraine)

Krobak (Ukraine)

La Horsa Bianca (Ukraine)

Lemurian Folk Songs (Hungary)

Life on Venus (Russia)

Mariana Semkina (Russia)

Massen (Belarus)

Mindspeak (Austria)

Mission Jupiter (Belarus)

Modern Day Babylon (Czech)

Morrum (Bulgaria)

Mother of Millions (Greece)

Mother Turtle (Greece)

Need (Greece)

Negura Bunget (Romania)

Nice Wings, Icarus! (Ukraine)

Oaksenham (Armenia)

Obiymy Doschu (Ukraine)

Pandora Snail (Russia)

Poem (Greece)

Porto Morto (Croatia)

Postcards from Arkham (Czech)

Rational Diet (Belarus)

River Flows Reverse (Hungary)

Roz Vitalis (Russia)

Rozmainsky Mikhaylov Project (Russia)

Sandbender (Hungary)

Satorinaut (Hungary)

Sauropoda (Hungary)

Sealand Airlines (Ukraine)

Second Relation (Austria)

Serdce (Ukraine)

Shadow Universe (Slovenia)

Shiva the Destructor (Ukraine)

Slot (Russia)

Slow Ride Home (Ukraine)

smallman (Bulgaria)

solid ground (Montenegro)

Somali Yacht Club (Ukraine)

Soom (Ukraine)

Special Providence (Hungary)

Split Lines (Serbia)

Tania Giannouli (Greece)

The Arkestra (Belarus)

The Grand Astoria (Russia)

The Legendary Flower Punk (Russia)

The Thirteenth Sun (Romania)

The Worm Ouroboros (Belarus)

Them Moose Rush (Croatia)

Thy Catafalque (Hungary)

Tigran Hamasyan (Armenia)

Time Collapse (Greece)

Trappist System Trio (Russia)

Triangle Singular (Russia)

Vasil Hadzimanov (Serbia)

Verbal Delirium (Greece)

Vespero (Russia)

Victor Go (Ukraine)

Villagers of Ioannina City (Greece)

Votchi (Czech)

Way Station (Ukraine)

Whalelephant (Russia)

White Walls (Romania)

White Ward (Ukraine)

Yojo (Russia)


Now I just need to work out my favourites from that list! 🤔😄🤪
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Originally posted by nick_h_nz nick_h_nz wrote:

Now I just need to work out my favourites from that list! 🤔😄🤪


Yes, please very much, Nick, otherwise I don't really understand the point of your list. 

Maybe you're just kidding with this "work out", but if not and it showed to be possible, I'd appreciate see you shortening your post.

- But okay, anyway, you showed the richness of the Eastern Europe musical world, and maybe how overwhelming the present (global) communication possibilities can be.



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Apparently 2010 was a good year and I like Russian bands

Vezhlivy Otkaz (Russia) - Gusi-Lebedi (2010)
Pikapika Teart (Russia) - Moonberry (2010)
Uz Jsme Doma (Czech) - Caves (2010)
Rational Diet (Belarus) - On Phenomena & Existences (2010)
The Archestra (Belarus) - Arches (2013)
Auktyon (Russia) - Eto Mama (2002)
Disen Gage (Russia) - The Reverse May Be True (2008)
Vangelis (Greece) - Albedo 0.39 (1976)
Five Storey Ensemble (Belarus) - Not That City (2013)
Gargantua (Poland) - Kotegarda (2007)
Vespero (Russia) - By The Waters Of Tomorrow (2010)
Zimpel / Ziolek (Poland) - s/t (2017)
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Originally posted by David_D David_D wrote:

Originally posted by nick_h_nz nick_h_nz wrote:

Now I just need to work out my favourites from that list! 🤔😄🤪


Yes, please very much, Nick, otherwise I don't really understand the point of your list. 

Maybe you're just kidding with this "work out", but if not and it showed to be possible, I'd appreciate see you shortening your post.

- But okay, anyway, you showed the richness of the Eastern Europe musical world.


I guess the point of my post, if there were one at all, would have been to illustrate the difficulty I would have to list my favourite 12 East European albums. This list is just from my iPod, and I can probably find more if I look on my external hard drive, or within my CDs.

I understand when people ask for favourite releases from one country, but as soon as you get into greater regions, I find it kind of crazy! I mean, I find it difficult enough to find my 12 favourite albums from just one country!

Also, consider that, because of the way you worded the question, I didn’t include the 42 artists from Poland that are on my iPod. But ultimately that was not the point of my post, even if that’s a point that could be made from my list.

I wasn’t kidding about working out what my 12 favourites are from my list. Why would I have been? Ultimately, I will find it easier to work out my favourite 12, if I have a list to work from. 

I think, also, that my list is going to be subject to recency bias, and deliberately so - simoly because it is easier to create a list of 12, if I go by what I’m most enjoying at the moment, rather than attempt to work out an all-time favourite.

I think there are 20 Ukrainian artists and 30 Russian on my iPod, so I could work out a top 12 from Ukraine, and another top 12 from Russia. I’ve already mentioned the 42 Polish artists, and I’ve still not worked out my favourite albums from them!

It’s no criticism on my part, and I meant no point by my list except to assist me, but if you see my list as pointless, I won’t argue that, except to say that what is the point in anything? It’s subjective, of course. I see no point in attempting to work out my 12 favourite East European albums, but I’m still doing it….. 🤷🏻‍♂️

The list is getting shorter. 😜

5R6 (Ukraine) 

Aesthesys (Russia)

Ajna (Hungary)

Asymmetry (Belarus)

Ciolkowska (Russia)

Compassionizer (Russia)

Daniel Eliseev Project (Bulgaria)

Detieti (Russia)

Different Light (Czech)

Doringo (Croatia)

Dreadnought in the Pond (Ukraine) 

Dusan Jetovic (Serbia)

Echoes and Signals (Russia)

Eternal Wanderers (Russia)

Ethereal Riffian (Ukraine) 

Existentia (Russia)

Fair Wind Pleases (Russia)

Fren (Ukraine/Poland)

Ghost Toast (Hungary)

Giorgi Mikadze (Georgia)

Grey Mouse (Russia)

iamthemorning (Russia)

Jargon (Greece)

Jū (Hungary)

Juice Oh Yeah (Russia)

Kamille Sharapodinov (Russia)

Kazachstán (Czech)

Kepzelt Varos (Hungary)

Kooba Tercu (Greece)

La Horsa Bianca (Ukraine) 

Lemurian Folk Songs (Hungary)

Mariana Semkina (Russia)

Massen (Belarus)

Mission Jupiter (Belarus)

Morrum (Bulgaria)

River Flows Reverse (Hungary)

Roz Vitalis (Russia)

Rozmainsky Mikhaylov Project (Russia)

Sandbender (Hungary)

Sauropoda (Hungary)

Second Relation (Austria)

Shiva the Destructor (Ukraine)

Soom (Ukraine)

Split Lines (Serbia)

Tania Giannouli (Greece)

The Grand Astoria (Russia)

The Legendary Flower Punk (Russia)

The Thirteenth Sun (Romania)

Time Collapse (Greece)

Triangle Singular (Russia)

Vasil Hadzimanov (Serbia)

Victor Go (Ukraine)

White Walls (Romania)

White Ward (Ukraine)
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Originally posted by Nogbad_The_Bad Nogbad_The_Bad wrote:

Apparently 2010 was a good year and I like Russian bands

Vezhlivy Otkaz (Russia) - Gusi-Lebedi (2010)
Pikapika Teart (Russia) - Moonberry (2010)
Uz Jsme Doma (Czech) - Caves (2010)
Rational Diet (Belarus) - On Phenomena & Existences (2010)
The Archestra (Belarus) - Arches (2013)
Auktyon (Russia) - Eto Mama (2002)
Disen Gage (Russia) - The Reverse May Be True (2008)
Vangelis (Greece) - Albedo 0.39 (1976)
Five Storey Ensemble (Belarus) - Not That City (2013)
Gargantua (Poland) - Kotegarda (2007)
Vespero (Russia) - By The Waters Of Tomorrow (2010)
Zimpel / Ziolek (Poland) - s/t (2017)

I own albums by five of those (all Russian or Belarusian), and Five Storey Ensemble is one of those - and also one I missed off my list, as I guess they are either not on my iPod, or my eye missed them as I was scrolling. Given I generally like most of what you do, I shall have to check out the others. I don’t think I’ve ever listened to a Vangelis album before, and I think I can name only two tracks of his that I have heard.
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Originally posted by nick_h_nz nick_h_nz wrote:

Originally posted by Nogbad_The_Bad Nogbad_The_Bad wrote:

Apparently 2010 was a good year and I like Russian bands

Vezhlivy Otkaz (Russia) - Gusi-Lebedi (2010)
Pikapika Teart (Russia) - Moonberry (2010)


I own albums by five of those (all Russian or Belarusian), and Five Storey Ensemble is one of those - and also one I missed off my list, as I guess they are either not on my iPod, or my eye missed them as I was scrolling. Given I generally like most of what you do, I shall have to check out the others. I don’t think I’ve ever listened to a Vangelis album before, and I think I can name only two tracks of his that I have heard.


The top two are masterpieces for me and sit amongst my top 10 all time.
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Originally posted by Nogbad_The_Bad Nogbad_The_Bad wrote:

Apparently 2010 was a good year and I like Russian bands

I can surely say, 2010 was a good year in general for my musical taste - 5 albums, and I'm not kidding. Smile


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Originally posted by nick_h_nz nick_h_nz wrote:

I see no point in attempting to work out my 12 favourite East European albums, but I’m still doing it….. 🤷🏻‍♂️

The way I see it, is to tell others about some of one's personal favourites so, they might get inspired to give them a listen, or at least so they get acquainted with one's taste.
Something else quite important as I see it, is to put focus on some countries which otherwise may not get so much attention.
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In my case, "the choosing of the favourites" was pretty easy here because I just listed those 12 albums, I've found being fond of over the (many) years.


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Originally posted by David_D David_D wrote:

Originally posted by nick_h_nz nick_h_nz wrote:

I see no point in attempting to work out my 12 favourite East European albums, but I’m still doing it….. 🤷🏻‍♂️

The way I see it, is to tell others about some of one's personal favourites so, they might get inspired to give them a listen, or at least so they get acquainted with one's taste.
Something else quite important as I see it, is to put focus on some countries which otherwise may not get so much attention.

Yes, and that is why I am playing along - because I enjoy looking at others’ lists, and learning of new things.

I also completely agree with putting focus on countries that otherwise may not get so much attention. But, I guess, I’m not positive this is the best way to do it? Poland is part of Eastern Europe, but had its own post. I feel like other Eastern European countries could also have had their own posts, too. By asking for favourite albums from the whole of Eastern Europe, rather than individual countries within that area (as was the case for Poland), then several countries will still be under-represented in the lists, simply because of “big guns” like Russia.

There are several Eastern European countries for which I know no music, and I’d love to be directed to music from those countries.

By the way, my list is till getting shorter….. 😜

Ciolkowska (Russia)

Compassionizer (Russia)

Detieti (Russia)

Different Light (Czech)

Doringo (Croatia)

Dreadnought in the Pond (Ukraine) 

Dusan Jetovic (Serbia)

Existentia (Russia)

Fair Wind Pleases (Russia)

Ghost Toast (Hungary)

Giorgi Mikadze (Georgia)

Grey Mouse (Russia)

Jargon (Greece)

Juice Oh Yeah (Russia)

Kooba Tercu (Greece)

La Horsa Bianca (Ukraine) 

Mariana Semkina (Russia)

Mission Jupiter (Belarus)

Morrum (Bulgaria)

River Flows Reverse (Hungary)

Roz Vitalis (Russia)

Rozmainsky Mikhaylov Project (Russia)

Sauropoda (Hungary)

Shiva the Destructor (Ukraine)

Soom (Ukraine)

Tania Giannouli (Greece)

The Grand Astoria (Russia)

The Thirteenth Sun (Romania)

Time Collapse (Greece)

Triangle Singular (Russia)

Vasil Hadzimanov (Serbia)

Victor Go (Ukraine)

White Walls (Romania)

White Ward (Ukraine)
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Originally posted by nick_h_nz nick_h_nz wrote:

I feel like other Eastern European countries could also have had their own posts, too. By asking for favourite albums from the whole of Eastern Europe, rather than individual countries within that area (as was the case for Poland), then several countries will still be under-represented in the lists, simply because of “big guns” like Russia.

Yes, I can see the problem and inequality, but I did it with my own collection and preferences as the starting point, and others can try to do threads with the other countries individually. I can tell about myself that I have other plans, and no more albums I'm fond of from Eastern Europe.
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Just a suggestion!

Eastern Europe is a HUUUUUGE landmass and not well defined

I would break down these "prog zones" as such

Russia

Ukraine, Belarus & Moldova

Baltic States (Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania)

Central nations (Poland, Hungary, Czech Rep, Slovakia)

Balkan nations (Romania, Bulgaria, Albania & Former Yugoslavia [Serbia, Croatia, Slovenia, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia])

Greece if counted should really be in its own category possibly with Turkey which has a sliver of territory that is considered Europe (even though the Eurasian landmass is divided solely for cultural purposes.)

As for choosing albums, way too many for me to count.

Some would also included Caucus nations such as Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan as Eastern Europe but seems a stretch in my view considering the Caucus range is technically what divides Europe from Asia.

Also Eastern Germany which used to be considered Eastern Europe could be thrown into the Central nations category.

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