Prague Archives - East European Prog

octopus-4 wrote: Greece can't be considered East Europe. It's East but it's Mediterranean, so Aphrodite's Child shouldn't be in the list. The real name of Blue Effect is Modry Efekt. Anyway there's a lot of great artists from behind the iron curtain. Marian Varga and Collegium Musicum first of all, then Csaba Vedres and After Crying is great stuff.

David_D wrote: octopus-4 wrote: Greece can't be considered East Europe. It's East but it's Mediterranean, so Aphrodite's Child shouldn't be in the list. The real name of Blue Effect is Modry Efekt. Anyway there's a lot of great artists from behind the iron curtain. Marian Varga and Collegium Musicum first of all, then Csaba Vedres and After Crying is great stuff. That's an old, political definition of "East Europe", and I think it's better with an attempt for a new, geographical one.

David_D wrote: By now, I've been looking at Wikipedia's article about "Eastern Europe" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_Europe), and it looks like it's a very complicated matter how to use this term today as a geographical one.

Psychedelic Paul wrote: I had a look at that Wiki article too. At least this all-inclusive East European thread saves me starting a separate blog just for Greek prog.

David_D wrote: I haven't seen your edited OP before now, Paul. Good idea with this edition.

Edited by Psychedelic Paul - January 27 2023 at 04:05

Re Poland, BELIEVE is an offshoot of COLLAGE that has done great work, and ALBION is an excellent Collage influenced band.  There is also the project MR GIL which features the main guy from Believe.

Latest addition.....

                 A-Z of East European Prog

Edited by Psychedelic Paul - January 27 2023 at 04:04

Psychedelic Paul wrote:                  A-Z of East European Prog                  2014: I Am the Morning - Belighted                  2016: I Am the Morning - Lighthouse                  2019: I Am the Morning - The Bell                  1979: Igra Staklenih Perli - Igra Staklenih Perli                   1980: Igra Staklenih Perli - Vrt Svetlosti                  1993: Igra Staklenih Perli - Drives                  2012: Igra Staklenih Perli - The Next Generation: Apokaliptus                  2004: Indukti - S.U.S.A.R.                  2009: Indukti - Idmen

I only know of iamthemorning off this list and imho there incredible

^ We're gonna need a bigger blog..... When I first started this thread, I had no idea just how many great bands there are from Eastern Europe, so I'm now planning to devote a whole blog to each individual country, starting with Hungary, then I can look forward  to a Bacchanalian feast of Gabor Szabo's jazzy albums, as well as two of the biggest bands in Eastern Europe: Locomotiv GT and Omega. I'll try not to keep you all waiting too long for a Hungarian prog blog though, otherwise I'm shark bait! 

Edited by Psychedelic Paul - February 01 2023 at 15:53