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Originally posted by Psychedelic Paul Psychedelic Paul wrote:

It looks like it's time to start putting another A-Z list together. At least I won't have any trouble finding an artist for the tricky letter "V" this time. Wink

After second thought, I don't think, I'll do any threads where I ask people to do your kind of A-Z list, as I think that would be too much to ask (everybody) to do - even I've been thinking to do that regarding the most popular sub-genres.


Edited by David_D - December 30 2021 at 12:59
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Originally posted by Saperlipopette! Saperlipopette! wrote:

Colin Towns - Full Circle

There's one that sorely needs a reissue.
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I don't have very much in this genre, but from the few titles I have, these are my favorites:

Vangelis - Albedo 0.39
Vangelis - Heaven & Hell
Vangelis - Direct
Mark Shreeve - Embryo
Tangerine Dream - Phaedra
Majeure - Solar Maximum
Patrick Moraz - Human Interface
Zombi - Surface to Air
Zombi - Spirit Animal
Zombi - Shape Shift
Zombi - 2020
Kosmogon - Mässan
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Originally posted by David_D David_D wrote:

Originally posted by Psychedelic Paul Psychedelic Paul wrote:

It looks like it's time to start putting another A-Z list together. At least I won't have any trouble finding an artist for the tricky letter "V" this time. Wink

After second thought, I don't think, I'll do any threads where I ask people to do your kind of A-Z list, as I think that would be too much to ask (everybody) to do - even I've been thinking to that regarding the most popular sub-genres.
That's good thinking, considering it usually takes me a couple of weeks to compile an A-Z list. At least I'll have either Zombi or Zanov to choose from for the tricky letter "Z" this time and there's only one Electronic Prog artist I can think of for the letter "Q", so no competition there.   Smile


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Quaeschning & Schnauss
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https://podcasts.progrock.com/post-avant-jazzcore-happy-hour/
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Originally posted by Nogbad_The_Bad Nogbad_The_Bad wrote:

Quaeschning & Schnauss

Yes, that's the one, and they're very good too, especially if you're a fan of Tangerine Dream. Thumbs Up
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Wonderful list
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Originally posted by Nogbad_The_Bad Nogbad_The_Bad wrote:

Quaeschning & Schnauss

I should add that to my list! Essential for TD fans.
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Originally posted by BrufordFreak BrufordFreak wrote:

Can't believe I'm the only one (so far) to include a Ryuichi Sakamoto album! His contributions to this category, starting back with Yellow Magic Orchestra, are considerable!
(It's not all Berlin School or Ambient, people!) 

That's right. I'm sure I'm the only guy here who probably owns anything by the late Azuma. He's sort of "the Japanese Vangelis."
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Originally posted by BrufordFreak BrufordFreak wrote:

Can't believe I'm the only one (so far) to include a Ryuichi Sakamoto album! His contributions to this category, starting back with Yellow Magic Orchestra, are considerable!
(It's not all Berlin School or Ambient, people!) 


Really good point...

I have updated my list to include Ryuichi Sakamoto's Left Handed Dream, which I love, and a few from Mark Shreeve's Redshift project which is probably considered to be derivative of Tangerine Dream and Berlin School / Ambient...
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Tangerine Dream Force Majure has creepy darkscapes with electronics and mysterious themes. The drums and guitar create a Progressive Rock style. Not that the album is less Electronic. It's just that the album comes across sounding like a Progressive Rock band not unlike Cyclone did but without vocals.


Klaus Schulze- X...An album that is Electronic, but posses a sub genre of Prog called Symphonic Rock. The music creates that style by the usage of strings or perhaps creates a Classical sound not distant from the early Enid .

Popol Vuh- In Den Gardens of Pharaoh....Indescribable for the most part. It projects many aspects to primitive music and it's very spiritual. To assume that it is Progressive Rock is kind of misleading. It might come across that way simply because of its usage of percussion and some of the improvisation on keyboard and additionally Popol Vuh are considered to be part of the Krautrock movement and very much thought by many to be a band. I think of them as being spiritual.

Mort Garson- Black Mass ..The percussive style fused with eerie themes with definite melodies are more likely to be tied into characteristics of Progressive Rock...If Black Mass was performed by Goblin , The Enid..or Miriodor it would reveal how close to being Progressive Rock it is.

Johannes Schmolleing- The Zoo Of Tranquility..Melodic, quirky, and dreamy. Electronic music based around uniquely composed themes with a Progressive Rock edge and concept.

Mike Oldfield- Incantations..The album has a repetitive nature like Terry Riley or Philip Glass but with a Progressive Rock style because of the usage of flutes, guitars, and drums.

David Bedford- The Odyssey...Very Electronic..but again..sounding like a Progressive Rock concept album in various sections throughout.

Vangelis- Albeado 0.39...Unique sounding Electronic Music with a Progressive Rock feel not too distant from ELP




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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote UncleRust Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 30 2021 at 19:33
Just saw this, it may be of interest those who love Tangerine Dream.
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Davesax1965 Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 31 2021 at 04:10
My favourite stuff is unsurprisingly my own stuff. ;-)

Apologies for the immodesty. ;-) 

https://brotherhoodofthemachine.bandcamp.com/album/trip-hazard

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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote David_D Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 31 2021 at 07:58
Originally posted by Jacob Schoolcraft Jacob Schoolcraft wrote:

Tangerine Dream Force Majure has creepy darkscapes with electronics and mysterious themes. The drums and guitar create a Progressive Rock style. ....
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Very interesting with your comments, Jacob. 
That is the kind, I think about when distinguishing between my "Electronic Prog" and some of Progressive Electronic.


Edited by David_D - December 31 2021 at 09:08
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Usually I am a big fan of music that mixes electronic with non-electronic sounds. When I think of electronic sounds, I would include the use of studio-based sound manipulation (like f.e. it was used by The Beatles and Frank Zappa in the mid-60's) as well as musique concrete and things like that. Many of my favourite albums have electronic elements in them in one way or another, for instance in pop and rock, but I am also very keen on folktronica - electronics and acoustic instruments often suit each other.

On the other hand, I don't have that much fully electronic music in my collection, but I definitely have my favourite there as well. The first albums I can think of are by artists like Cluster (Zuckerzeit) and Kraftwerk (The Man Machine). I have even experimented a bit with fully electronic music myself lately.


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Originally posted by UncleRust UncleRust wrote:

Just saw this, it may be of interest those who love Tangerine Dream.

That guy refers to 1981-82 as some sort of "decline," which is nuts! Shocked

At the time, Tangerine Dream were being sent prototypes of new synthesizers (PPG famously did), and the textures the band was creating with them were above anything else being made with synthesizers at the time. The music they made for Exit, Thief and Logos–Live at the Dominion, along with subsequent albums and soundtracks like Wavelength, White EagleFirestarter, Risky BusinessThe Keep, Hyperborea and Poland–The Warsaw Concert, added up to one of the decade's trademarks.

Plus (and this is a huge plus), Johannes Schmoelling is a melody master on par with Jan Hammer. Many of those beautiful melodies you hear in Tangerine Dream's music during Johannes' time with the band (you can practically sing them) emanated from his fingers.

There's a reason Tangerine Dream has so many imitators!
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Originally posted by David_D David_D wrote:

Originally posted by Jacob Schoolcraft Jacob Schoolcraft wrote:

Tangerine Dream Force Majure has creepy darkscapes with electronics and mysterious themes. The drums and guitar create a Progressive Rock style. ....
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Very interesting with your comments, Jacob. 
That is the kind, I think about when distinguishing between my "Electronic Prog" and some of Progressive Electronic.

Tangerine Dream had just made a full-blown prog rock album — with vocals! —the year before (Cyclone, 1978). Some of its DNA found its way to Force Majeure and inspired Edgar Froese to compose the title suite's motif on piano, and layer the synthesizers on afterward. Klaus Krieger played drums on Cyclone and also played on Force Majeure. The second side features "Cloudburst Flight,' with a stunning guitar solo courtesy of Froese, and a rousing sequencer piece laden with unique timbres called "Thru Metamorphic Rocks." It's a standout album, through and through.

After that, Klaus was gone, conservatory-trained keyboardist Johannes Schmoelling joined, and the band proceeded to enter into its most successful phase.
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Originally posted by verslibre verslibre wrote:

That guy refers to 1981-82 as some sort of "decline," which is nuts! Shocked

Ha!  I completely agree.  While I am not a particular fan of White Eagle or Hyperborea, your point is spot-on.  Tangerine Dream to my ears were, above all else, innovative or progressive if you like.  

Speaking of Poland, I do remember being jealous of them for their kit - that PPG they used made me horribly jealous as it was digital and therefore did not go out of tune at the slighted change in temperature...that is all that it took.  And, Poland is tremendous.  Even my wife likes it & that is a test that is rarely passed.

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Following this TD sub-thread:

Peter Baumann 2016 Machines Of Desire
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Originally posted by Heart of the Matter Heart of the Matter wrote:

Following this TD sub-thread:

Peter Baumann 2016 Machines Of Desire

Yes, another stellar entry. What a comeback for Peter after so many years.

Unfortunately, the Neuland project (Peter Baumann & Paul Haslinger) left me cold.
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