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Originally posted by octopus-4 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.
I wasn't planning to include Greece here initially, but I've had so many great suggestions for Greek bands to be added to the list that it would have been churlish of me to exclude them. At least I drew the line somewhere by not including Turkey and Israel in the list, even though they're both in the Eurovision Song Contest.  Tongue
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Originally posted by octopus-4 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. Smile
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Originally posted by David_D David_D wrote:

Originally posted by octopus-4 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. Smile

You could say this blog has been "Balkanised", because I've included all of the countries in former Yugoslavia too. Smile

I can see Octopus-4's point though, because Eastern Europe for me always meant the countries behind the Iron Curtain in the Soviet sphere of influence, at least up until 1991 anyway. Wink
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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.
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Originally posted by David_D 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.
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. Smile
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Originally posted by Psychedelic Paul Psychedelic Paul wrote:

I can see Octopus-4's point though, because Eastern Europe for me always meant the countries behind the Iron Curtain in the Soviet sphere of influence, at least up until 1991 anyway. Wink

And anyway, considering which countries have been included so far, it's best to think of this thread as mainly concerning those which previously have been called "East European" - some of these countries may today often be called "Central European".
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Originally posted by Psychedelic Paul 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. Smile

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


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

The full list of East European prog bands is about two thirds of the way down on Page 1, if you haven't already seen it. Smile


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Two more brilliant supernovas of Space Rock to add from Eastern Europe:- Atomic Simao (from the Ukraine); & Aton Five (from Russia).


4 stars 2013: Atomic Simao - Nodo - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O4loJIRKcIM
4 stars 2013: Atomic Simao - Sphyro - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hg5usnDMOkE
4 stars 2016: Atomic Simao - Echo - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fXAoibWk3pY
4 stars 2018: Atomic Simao - Levitation Loom Four - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bPu9XqfsEkI

5 stars 2018: Aton Five - Solarstalgia - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AvrwIqJrrYk


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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.
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Originally posted by kenethlevine kenethlevine wrote:

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.
Thanks for letting me know, and if they sound anything like Collage, then that's a band I can really Believe in. Smile
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Latest addition.....

Devil Doll: a creepy Neoclassical Dark Wave artist from Slovenia. Evil Smile

3 stars 1989: Devil Doll - The Girl Who Was... Death - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AYdcApobjTY&t=497s
3 stars 1990: Devil Doll - Eliogabulus - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ARus_-poevk
4 stars 1992: Devil Doll - Sacrilegium - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZHu_LmvSjB4&t=407s
3 stars 1993: Devil Doll - The Sacrilege of Fatal Arms - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5uSrBgzXAs&t=1868s
4 stars 1996: Devil Doll - Dies Irae - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PS87xpm8SoI&t=1527s
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Originally posted by David_D David_D wrote:

Originally posted by Psychedelic Paul 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. Smile

LOL   right


As things turned out, I discovered over sixty "new" prog artists in my Greek prog blog, and that doesn't even include Metal, so it turned out to be well-worth while featuring the Greeks separately from the rest of Eastern Europe. 

"Praise old wine, and new prog" - an old Greek proverb by Pindar. Wink
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                 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


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Originally posted by Psychedelic Paul Psychedelic Paul wrote:

These are some of the great bands I've discovered so far on my prog journey around Eastern Europe:-

Abraxas (Poland)
After Crying (Hungary)
Collage (Poland)
Horizont (Russia)
Karfagen (Ukraine)
Little Tragedies (Russia)
Locomotiv GT (Hungary)
Lunatic Soul (Poland)
Omega (Hungary)
Quidam (Poland)
Riverside (Poland)
Satellite (Poland)
SBB (Poland)
Solaris (Hungary)


Strangely, I haven't yet found any prog from Prague, or anywhere else in former Czechoslovakia. Confused




Excellent list of musicians.
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Originally posted by Psychedelic Paul 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
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Originally posted by Psychedelic Paul Psychedelic Paul wrote:

Latest addition.....

Devil Doll: a creepy Neoclassical Dark Wave artist from Slovenia. Evil Smile

3 stars<span style=": rgb248, 248, 252;"> 1989: Devil Doll - The Girl Who Was... Death - </span>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AYdcApobjTY&t=497s
3 stars<span style=": rgb248, 248, 252;"> 1990: Devil Doll - Eliogabulus - </span>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ARus_-poevk
4 stars<span style=": rgb248, 248, 252;"> 1992: Devil Doll - Sacrilegium - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZHu_LmvSjB4&t=407s</span>
3 stars<span style=": rgb248, 248, 252;"> 1993: Devil Doll - The Sacrilege of Fatal Arms - </span>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5uSrBgzXAs&t=1868s
4 stars<span style=": rgb248, 248, 252;"> 1996: Devil Doll - Dies Irae - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PS87xpm8SoI&t=1527s</span>







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^ 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! Tongue


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ARTIST                            GENRE                           YEARS ACTIVE

After Crying                      Symphonic Prog               1990-2011
Android                             Neo Prog                        2009-2021
Attila Kollar                         Prog Folk                       1998-2006
Barbaro                            Eclectic Prog                    1990-2007
Carpathia Project               Jazz Rock/Fusion              1999-2011
Color                                Crossover Prog                1978-1982
Colorstar                           Space Rock                     1998-2019
D Sound                            Space Rock                         2004
Djabe                               Jazz Rock/Fusion              1996-2022
East                                  Neo Prog                        1981-1994
Fugato Orchestra               Prog Related                    2004-2010
Gabor Szabo                          Jazz                           1966-1981
George Jinda                     Jazz Rock/Fusion             1975-1996
Ghost Toast                        Heavy Prog                     2011-2022
Janos Varga Project             Eclectic Prog                   2000-2009
Julius Dobos                       Eclectic Prog                   1998-2015
Kada                                 Jazz Rock/Fusion              1999-2009
Kepzelt Varos                        Post Rock                      2009-2020
Kolinda                                 Prog Folk                      1976-2000
Korai Orom                          Space Rock                    1995-2013
Kormoran                              Prog Folk                     1984-2016
Laren D'Or                         Crossover Prog                    1997
Laszlo Benko                      Progressive Electronic       1982-2012
Laszlo Hortobagyi               Indo Prog/Raga Rock        1989-2016
Locomotiv GT                       Eclectic Prog                  1971-2002
Marlboro Man                         Prog Folk                     1992-2020
Masfel                                 Space Rock                    1993-2005
Mindflowers                         Jazz Rock/Fusion             2002-2017
Mini                                     Eclectic Prog                  1978-2009
The Moon and the Night Spirit   Prog Folk                    2005-2017
Napra                                  Eclectic Prog                  2007-2010 
Nine Books                           Crossover Prog                  2011
Nostradamus                        Symphonic Prog                 2008
Omega                                 Space Rock                   1968-2020
Panta Rhei                            Symphonic Prog            1977-1983
Pilot Voyager                         Space Rock                   2019-2021
Rasasound                            Space Rock                   2016-2018
Robert Erdesz                          Prog Folk                       2000
Rosa Parks                              Post Rock                       2010
Rumblin' Orchestra                 Symphonic Prog            1998-2000
Silent Island                            Post Rock                    2017-2020
Skore                                     Heavy Prog                     2017
Solaris                                   Symphonic Prog            1984-2019
Sonar                                     Space Rock                     2008
Syrius                                    Eclectic Prog                 1972-1976
Tabula Smaragdina                 Symphonic Prog                2010
Tangram                               Progressive Electronic        2012
Tompox                                 Symphonic Prog             2012-2019
Townscream                           Eclectic Prog                    1997
Wet Rabbit                            Crossover Prog                  2015



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Originally posted by geekfreak geekfreak wrote:

Strangely, I haven't yet found any prog from Prague, or anywhere else in former Czechoslovakia.

Blue Effect / Modry Effekt were from Prague. Their 2 most prog-y albums are:
Modrý Efekt & Radim Hladík (1975)
Svitanie (1977)
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