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Here is my updated list:

1. Along The Meandering Ordeals, Reshape The Pivot Of Harmony - Woe Unto Me
2. Divine Inner Tension - Hail The Sun
3. Passage To The Forest Of Mysterious - Karfagen
4. Exul - Ne Obliviscaris
5. A New Tomorrow - Zulu

Plus some honorable mentions:

The Fox And The Bird - Ok Goodnight
Black Medium Current - Dodheimsgard
Scaring The Hoes - JPEGMAFIA and Danny Brown
16 - Einar Solberg
The Beggar - Swans
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So cool to see that some of you have Actionfredag - "Turist i eget liv" on their lists, but they are not registered in the database. They should be filed under Rio/Avant, I think. At least their influences are very much from that bag. 

https://actionfredag.bandcamp.com/album/turist-i-eget-liv
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So far:

1 - Baroness - Stone
2 - Riverside - ID.Entitiy 
3 - Ok Goodnight - The Fox and the Bird
4 - OIAPOK OisoLün
5 - Agusa - Prima Materia
6 - Einar Solberg - 16
7 - Motorpsycho - Yay
8 - Haken - Fauna 
9 - AVKRVST - The Approbation
10 - Katatonia - Sky Void of Stars
11 - Tesseract - War of Being


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So cool to see that some of you have Actionfredag - "Turist i eget liv" on their lists, but they are not registered in the database. They should be filed under Rio/Avant, I think. At least their influences are very much from that bag. 

https://actionfredag.bandcamp.com/album/turist-i-eget-liv

Glad to have them on my website, thanks to Svetonio who added them two months ago.
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Anachronism - Meanders Dissonant/Progressive Death Metal
Yossi Sassi - Prediluvian Progressive/Oriental Rock
Ne Obliviscaris - Exul Extreme Progressive Metal

Nice to see Jesy Chiang and Taiwan's CICADA getting some love! If only PA had a "Chamber Prog" sub-genre the band might be able to be admitted into the database. Their seven studio album releases since 2009 have all, respectively, landed in my year-end top 20s.
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Black Friday update (can no longer keep it to just 20, much less 5. It's been a GREAT year!!!!):

1. OIAPOK OisoLün
2. AISLES Beyond Drama
3. BILLIE BOTTLE'S TEMPLE OF SHIBBOLETH Billie Bottle's Temple of Shibboleth
4. HOMUNCULUS RES Ecco l'impero dei doppi sensi
5. JACK O' THE CLOCK The Warm, Dark Circus
6. THE MERCURY TREE Self Similar
7. KARMAMOI Strings from the Edge of Sound
8. MICE ON STILTS I Am Proud of You.
9. OK GOODNIGHT The Fox and the Bird
10. BATTLESTATIONS Memoirs of Once

11. LAZULI 11 
12. MOTORPSYCHO Yay!
13. STEFANO PANUNZI Pages from the Sea
14. ZOPP Dominion
15. AGUSA Prima Material
16. CARAVELA EXCARLATE III
17. AMOEBA SPLIT Quiet Euphoria
18. DOMINIC SANDERSON Impermanence
19. EYELESS OWL Murmurations
20. ISOBAR III 

21. NE OBLIVISCARUS Exul
22. DEPOSED KING One Man's Grief
23. AVKRVST The Approbation
24. ATSUKO CHIBA Water, It Feels Like It's Growing
25. THE FILIBUSTER SALOON Going Off Topic
26. RASCAL REPORTERS The Strainge Case of Steve
27. FISH ON FRIDAY 8mm
28. SUNCHILD Exotic Creatures and a Stolen Dream
29. LARS FREDRIK FRŘISLIE Fire Foretellinger
30. SEVEN IMPALE Summit
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^ nice list, perhaps a little suprised that Seven Impale is so low down. I will still only do a top 5 for the moment.
1. Zopp - Dominion
2. Seven Impale - Summit
3. Agusa - Prima Materia
4. Caravela Escarlate - III
5. Lumsk - Fremmede Toner

I also love The Syn - Illusion. Technically a 2023 release I am unable to find out any information about it but I suspect it was recorded around 2004/5 when the band resurfaced. Anyone knows different please tell me!
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Originally posted by Mirakaze Mirakaze wrote:

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5. Mani Neumeier - Sessions 2023
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Hi,

Listened to the whole thing, and I got to admit ... it takes guts to do stuff like that and make it work. By the 10th piece, it gets a bit tiresome, but it's still good, but the first 3 pieces alone are quite a wake up and interesting thing, and they never break into a "song", or any kind of format, and that is a really serious attempt at creating live improvisation in music ... something that is not exactly easy to do, but these folks were up for it.

Very nice stuff, with amazing moments!

I suppose that I wanted to hear some Ax Gernrich like stuff, like the really early days when Ax went all out crazy and no one could really keep up with him ... but, still, this is excellent, and shows some guts by very special musicians.

I was thinking that this is more "avant-garde" than it is "progressive". And Risa Takeda is far out, playing keyboards in a style that defies description. Excellent ability to mix and match and make things work. She's just as strong in the material with Mani. She might be the highlight of the whole thing, though everyone in it is really fine.


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1. Seven Impale  Summit 
2. Haken  Fauna
3. Riverside  ID.Entity
4. Lars Fredrik FRŘISLIE  Fire Foretellinger
5. Zopp  Dominion 

6. The Chronicles of Father Robin  Book I 
7. Jordsjo Salighet 
8. Behold...The Arctopus  Interstellar Overtrove 
9. Nospūn Opus
10 Baroness  Stone

11. Poil  Poil Ueda (As Poil Ueda) 
12. Deposed King One Man's Grief
13. Amoeba Split  Quiet Euphoria 
14. Homunculus Res Ecco l'impero dei doppi sensi 
15. Agusa Prima Materia












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My Top 5 of 2023

5 stars 2023: Comedy of Errors - Threnody for a Dead Queen - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lTAuI_uwWXUF0yvKU47HxL6Pw3n71kTo8
5 stars 2023: Karfagen - Passage to the Forest of Mysterious - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kGqIaSWh2wodmDskOsQdC7C_TPbpxzvKU


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I was off on a electronic ambient binge. My list hasn't changed a lot but I need to revisit a bunch of material. Everyone else's lists will get me started.

1. Witch Ripper - the Flight After the Fall
2. Seven Impale - Summit
3. Plank! - Future of the Sea
4. Atsuko Chiba - Water, It Feels Like It's Growing
5. Sleep Token - Take Me Back to Eden

I really like the new Baroness and Queens of the Stone Age. Prog-adjacent I suppose.

Very interesting on first listens, will likely make the final list:
Father Robin
Mercury Tree
Hackberry



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Originally posted by moshkito moshkito wrote:

Originally posted by Mirakaze Mirakaze wrote:

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5. Mani Neumeier - Sessions 2023
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Listened to the whole thing, and I got to admit ... it takes guts to do stuff like that and make it work. By the 10th piece, it gets a bit tiresome, but it's still good, but the first 3 pieces alone are quite a wake up and interesting thing, and they never break into a "song", or any kind of format, and that is a really serious attempt at creating live improvisation in music ... something that is not exactly easy to do, but these folks were up for it.

Very nice stuff, with amazing moments!

I suppose that I wanted to hear some Ax Gernrich like stuff, like the really early days when Ax went all out crazy and no one could really keep up with him ... but, still, this is excellent, and shows some guts by very special musicians.

I was thinking that this is more "avant-garde" than it is "progressive". And Risa Takeda is far out, playing keyboards in a style that defies description. Excellent ability to mix and match and make things work. She's just as strong in the material with Mani. She might be the highlight of the whole thing, though everyone in it is really fine.

Glad you enjoyed it! Risa Takeda really is an out-of-this-world performer. If you enjoyed her work here I highly recommend her other collaborations with Tatsuya Yoshida as well (even if they arguably lean even further towards the avant-garde side than this album does)
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King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - PetroDragonic Apocalypse
The Waeve - s/t
Shame - Food for Worms
Nospūn - Opus
Super Pink Moon - Iron Rain
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Originally posted by Prog-jester Prog-jester wrote:


King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - PetroDragonic Apocalypse
The Waeve - s/t
Shame - Food for Worms
Nospūn - Opus
Super Pink Moon - Iron Rain


Nospūn releases the Opus CD soon with the vinyl to follow. Wink 
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I haven't heard tons but the latest by these artists have all been great: Chronicles of Father Robin, Glass Hammer, Pattern Seeking Animals, Caravela Escalarte, Unitopia, Jordsjo, Hackberry and Agusa. Also, an honorable mention to the latest Trevor Rabin. I have Seven Impale and Lars Frederik Froislie but for some reason haven't gotten around to listening to them yet. 
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Originally posted by Mirakaze Mirakaze wrote:

1. Rascal Reporters – The Strainge Case Of Steve
2. Miller Twins – Early Compositions 1973-1976
3. Mats Öberg – Visa Frĺn Inneröra
4. The Filibuster Saloon – Going Off Topic
5. The Banach-Tarski Paradox – Mecca
6. Fistfights With Wolves – The Sheep That Eats The Wolf
7. Karmic Juggernaut – Phantasmagloria
8. Actionfredag – Turist I Eget Liv
9. Oiapok – Oisolün
10. Alex Ward Item 4 – Furthered
11. Tatsuya Yoshida & Risa Takeda – Tsukikage
12. John Cale – Mercy
13. Aksak Maboul – Une Aventure De VV (Songspiel)
14. Eyeless Owl – Murmurations
15. Infinite Bliss – We Reach For Crowded Aboveness
16. Homunculus Res – Ecco L’Impero Dei Doppi Sensi
17. Mr. Chair – Better Days
18. Fred Frith & Ensemble Musiques Nouvelles – Something About This Landscape For Ensemble
19. Anchor And Burden – Kosmonautik Pilgrimage
20. The Bob Lazar Story – The Bob Lazarus Chronicles, Part 1: Foodstool Resurrection

Honourable mentions:
* Throw Down Bones – Three
* Tatsuya Yoshida & Risa Takeda – Jellyfish
* Terms – All Becomes Indistinct
* Light – The Path
* Chick Corea & Gary Burton – Berliner Jazztage, November 4th ’72
* Bobbing & Wřlfy – Get Slimed
* Doxophobia & Quetzal Tirado – Matéria
* Mani Neumeier – Sessions 2023
* Smegma & Merzbow – XCIII
* Tatsuya Yoshida & Risa Takeda – Gloriosa
* Pat Strawser – Vignettes
* Astroverse Dimensions – Feeding On The Spirit

(Any artists on this list that aren't in PA are either under consideration by one of the teams or else I'm planning to nominate them some time this year)

Some more honourable mentions from me before I start properly ordering them while relistening to the year's output throughout December:
* Homeless Art - EntElMus
* Tom Aldrich - Compositions 2007-2009
* U Sco - Catchin' Heat
* Richard Bégin - Phase 5
* Alessandro Monti & Two-Headed Emperor - We Are Not On The Moon Yet
* Ex Ox - Nervous Complaint
* John Zorn - John Zorn's Bagatelles (Vol. 13-16)
* Singlelito - Pahntark
* Ryan Carraher - Said Wounds
* The Mercury Tree - Self Similar
* Behold... The Arctopus - Interstellar Overtrove
* Tatsuya Yoshida & Risa Takeda - Fairway
* Superluminal Pachyderm - Hippopotamus Five
* Handwrist - Is This Classical Music?
* Rëlisp - Aktďw1
* John Zorn - Parrhesiastes
* Zopp - Dominion


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I guess we're all doing our top 20 million of 2023. Kidding. Anyway, here's my list for now:

Steven Wilson - The Harmony Codex
Lars Fredrik Frřislie - Fire fortellinger
Zopp - Dominion
A.C.T - Falling
Nospūn - Opus
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1. Dominic Sanderson "Impermanence"
2. Gong "Unending Ascending"
3. Ozric Tentacles "Lotus Unfolding"
4. Legs on Wheels "L E G R O O M"
5. I Am The Manic Whale "Bumper Book of Mystery Stories"
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