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zwordser
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I think I've seen this topic posted end-of-year(s)
before, at least a couple of times, but haven't seen it for 2021. So
just decided to start the thread. List
(primarily) bands and/or albums you hadn't heard prior to 2021. Mention
any particular albums and/or tracks you really liked. Doesn't have to
be new albums from 2021, but can be. Here's mine: Cherry Five and Arti E Mestieri, Tilt (great 70's Italian Prog, among several other 70's Italian albums I've been collecting, these sounded the best to me) Older Anekdoten albums, especially Vemod (don't like it as much as Until All the Ghosts are Gone, but very good nonetheless). Rachel Flowers (she's kind of like a female Stevie Wonder, but Proggier. Dawn Points (from the album Listen) was the first in a long time to go into my "achingly beautiful" playlist.) Bent Knee (Shiny Eyed Babies, in particular) Bi Kyo Ran (as part of my effort to explore more Asian prog--very King Crimson-esque). French TV (Violence of Ametures--cool, mostly up-beat quirky Avant-Prog) Finally acquired Amarok and Exposed by Mike Oldfield, which I now consider two of his best albums. Psychotic Waltz (might have gotten Into the Everflow in 2020, but finally listened to it all the way through--impressive!) Zopp (Wow! this is just too cool--modern Canterbury at its finest!) Il Bacio Della Medusa (Epic; wish I could understand the lyrics) All Traps On Earth (while I still like Anglagard more, I sense that this can grow on me significantly with more listens) Magick Brother and Mystic Sister (excellent throw-back psychadelic stuff; from Spain??) And
plenty more. In all, upped my collection by about 80 albums and did
quite a bit of sample/online listening, but the above are what come to
mind first. Most (but not all) were acquired/listened to after
researching on PA. Edited by zwordser - December 28 2021 at 19:10 |
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Hiram
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Here's a few off the top of my head. Maybe I'll add more later.
Wobbler (Dwellers of the Deep, takes the best bits of classic Yes and Genesis. Not retro or modern, but timeless.)
Stormy Six (L'apprendista. Also heard La Volo, but didn't like it at all.) Billy Cobham (Spectrum) Moving Gelatine Plates Jean-Paul Prat Suomen Tulli Deep Purple (Burn. I've dismissed all other except MkII era Purple, which seems to have been a big mistake.) Traffic (John Barleycorn... and Shoot Out...) |
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For me it's been a year of catching up with the back catalogues of several less well known bands that were established in the 70's (and I'd previously overlooked), as well as exploring the ladies of prog & psychedelia (I made a forum topic about it back in the Spring), and I have particularly enjoyed the following, all of whom were new to me. Aguaturbia (obscure Chilean psychedelic rock band; they made two good albums in 1970) Lily & Maria (s/t) Angel'In Heavy Syrup Ars Nova (the Japanese band, especially 'Android Domina', 'Biogenesis Project', and 'Seventh Hell') Frumpy (all three albums) Mother Gong (a special mention for Gilli Smyth's solo album 'Mother' which pre-dates the Mother Gong project.) Mother Superior (s/t) Catherine Ribeiro + Alpes (their entire catalogue, but most especially 'Paix') Carolyn Hester Coalition (s/t) Linda Perhacs ('Parallelograms') Jonna Gault & Her Symphonopop Scene (s/t) Kali Bahlu (only made one album 'Cosmic Remembrance' but what a stunner) Michele O'Malley ('Saturn Rings' is highly recommended) Kathy McCord (s/t) Margo Guryan ('Take a Picture') Ruth Copeland Sally Eaton ('Farewell American Tour') Coven ('Witchcraft Destroys Minds and Reaps Souls') Rina Sawayama
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I'd highly recommend all three Mark I albums if you've not got round to them yet - a much more proto-prog sound than the hard rock of the sublime Mark II era.
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Hiram
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No I haven't but will do asap. Thanks for the tip/reminder!! I like a lot of proto-prog so I can only wonder why I haven't checked those out yet.
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Great stuff!!
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I discovered a lot of great artists this year, but I think the ones that will stick with me the most have got to be (in alphabetical order): * La 1919 * Wippy Bonstack * Roberto Colombo * Date Course Pentagon Royal Garden * Rich Woodson's Ellipsis * The Fourth World Quartet * Jork * Lacrymosa * Mahogany Frog * Microkingdom * Monobody * Música D' Repuesto * Nichelodeon * Stubbs * Stevan Kovacs Tickmayer * Unbeltipo * Alex Ward
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In that case I'd also recommend you try the two Aguaturbia albums from my list, if you can find them that is. ;)
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Nogbad_The_Bad
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Mainly jazz & the London Windmill scene
Windmill black midi Black Country, New Road Squid Jazz Ill Consider Jaimie Branch Daniel Casimir Graham Costello Fela Kuti Binker & Moses Avant Prog Primate 3 Wax People Camberwell Now Android Trio Alex Ward David Bordens The Holy Family Bisbâyé
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Ian
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Robby Steinhardt - Not in kansas anymore / A prog opera (2021)
Not a true "discovery", since I already knew Robby from his tenure with Kansas, but still a great surprise (after his sad demise). |
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Some of these were totally new to me, others I finally took the time to get to know: The CollectorsRachel Flowers Needlepoint Hands of the Heron black midi Beautiful Bedlam small tape yoo doo right Caligonaut Pale Mannequin Ain Soph Anyone's Daughter Bondage Fruit England Fovea Hex Galadriel H.P. Lovecraft Strawberry Alarm Clock It's a Beautiful Day La Bocca della Verità Molesome Myrkur NichelOdeon Pär Lindh Project The Pretty Things Sebastian Hardie/Windchase Semiramis Steeleye Span Thallo That Joe Payne Trees Ultimate Spinach The Watch Yeti Rain |
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zwordser
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^ Nice list. I too "discovered" Steeleye Span (heard before, but not in depth) purely by chance--found three of their albums while browsing in thrift shops; also found four Clannad albums the same way. I wouldn't consider them "great" finds of the year, but definitely good ones.
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What a cool cover! I've heard this is really good.
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The greatest discovery this year for me would be Mourning Knight.
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Not a lot for me. This year I bought the least amount of CD's in my life.
Two discoveries - Beautiful Bedlam and MFTJ. |
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Sean Trane
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better late than never
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let's just stay above the moral melee
prefer the sink to the gutter keep our sand-castle virtues content to be a doer as well as a thinker, prefer lifting our pen rather than un-sheath our sword |
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Mostly newer bands, but a several older ones I knew about but had never listened to until this year.
Ahvak Aquaserge Ars de Er black midi Bubblemath cHoclat FRoG Colonel Petrov's Good Judgement Combat Astronomy Caio Csizmar Das Rad Evohé Fair Wind Pleases Falling Into Birds The Flying Luttenbachers A Formal Horse Fragile Glasgow Coma Scale Gnohgnuhgnlus Hieronymus Dream Horte Jack Dupon Jü K'Mono Korekyojinn Krokofant Laktating Yak Lucas Lee Looking-Glass Lantern Monobody Mourning Knight Neom News From Babel Noisy Diners Papangu Partner Perilymph Present Primaleón Quill The Red Masque Regal Worm Retroheads Schizofrantik Schnauser Shamblemaths Shurakay Soup Suburban Savages Syncatto Trees Speak Twombley Burwash Pierre Vervloesem Ulls Upsilon Acrux Už Jsme Doma Alex Ward Wax People Willowglass The Work ZeitGeistS |
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zwordser
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Wow! Looks more like the "collaborator's work is never done" list than "greatest discoveries", but your musical pallet may be quite expansive Which of those you listed did you like the most? |
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One of my biggest discover of the year was Deafheaven, they are sooo good. They doesn't sounds like any band I've heard before, and they're always refresh their sound. Beautiful and chaotic.
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progaardvark
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I try to keep up to date with all the new bands added and check PA every day. It also helps that I can listen to about 4 to 6 albums a day while at work (desk job; on computer all day). Having said that, I still miss some things that fall through the crack. The one I liked the most was Present. I've had that band in my list of things to check out for over a decade and have seen them mentioned countless times on the forum in many "top this or that" album lists. An egregious mishap on my part, but better late than never. Already acquired their first two and Certitudes. I don't know how common it is on this site, but I appreciate RIO/Avant/Zeuhl as much as I do Symph/Neo. So, I'm equally interested in listening to bands from both ends of this spectrum.
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