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AFlowerKingCrimson 
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 Posted: April 17 2024 at 11:39 |
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Cristi, I'm still not convinced either.
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Moyan
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Craig Fortnam, an English musician and composer from Oxford, is most known for being the creative force behind projects like North Sea Radio Orchestra, Shrubbies, and Arch Garrison. He comes from a large family of artists and songwriters that revolve around the cult band Cardiacs. All of them have a distinctive and difficult-to-define style of songwriting. His main instruments are the guitar and keyboards. Fortnam's second solo album, entitled "Instrumental Music 1" from 2022, featuring additional musicians who play a wide range of instruments and offer a variety of distinctive prog-folk instrumentals, is a masterpiece of instrumental prog-folk music that is distinctly English in its spirit. |
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Cristi
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Posted: April 17 2024 at 03:38 |
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I don't know what a "forum cop" is.
  It does not sound like something positive. |
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Moyan
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Cristi
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Posted: April 17 2024 at 03:13 |
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If you say so, still, I don't believe you. If you are not him, then it's the weirdest of coincidences.
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Moyan
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The Mexican chamber rock band Nazca was playing mysterious, surreal, and complex instrumental music. Nazca began off in 1980, established by Alejandro Sanchez (violin) and Carlo Nicolau (piano and cello), who were later joined by three other musicians. All five individuals were classically trained performers. They had released two studio albums and one phenomenal live record. "Estación de Sombra" (English: "Shadow Station"), released in 1986, is their second studio record. Following the creative success of their excellent self-titled debut, Nazca decided to explore a more expansive sound for their second and, sadly, last studio album, "Estación de Sombra." They did this while maintaining the magical tension that had been so masterfully delivered in "Nazca." Overall, "Estación de Sombra" exhibits a more confident use of acoustic structures, stronger dynamics between the musicians, and a more elegant use of tension. Particularly astonishing are Carlo Nicolau's piano playing and bassoon parts conveyed by Juan Carlos Ruiz, in spite of the fact that the rest of the individuals play incredible parts as well. Edited by Moyan - April 17 2024 at 03:25 |
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Cristi
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Posted: April 17 2024 at 01:10 |
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Because you behave just like him. I wanted to ask the same question.
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Moyan
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Despite the fact that the Argentine band Ünder Linden was only formed in 2006, its members have a variety of backgrounds from bands that played in Argentina in the 1980s and 1990s. With their brilliant second album, "Espacios Intermedios" (English: "Intermediate Spaces"), Ünder Linden delivers instrumental symphonic rock that is firmly rooted in the 70s tradition but with remarkably contemporary sound and production styles. Ünder Linden doesn't appear to have received much attention outside of their own country, but given the quality of their content, they definitely deserve more attention.
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Svettie?
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Moyan
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"The Outland" is the third solo album by Sankt Peterbourg's pianist Gleb Kolyadin, who is currently residing in the UK. He is most recognised for being one half of the renowned chamber prog combo iamthemorning. Even though it incorporates a variety of genres—from symphonic rock to jazz-rock—it does so with a logical compositional soar and a smooth flow. It's incredibly lovely, and the other musicians—Vlad Avy on guitar, Gavin Harrison on drums, and special guests like award-winning Eliza Marshall on flute, Tony Levin on upright bass, Grigory Losenkov, who did string arrangements, and the Collegium Cantus ensemble with its wordless choir singing—all make amazing contributions, adding vibrant colours and lushness to the trio. "The Outland" (2022) features some stunning and dramatic moments as well in its six instrumentals that are complementary to one another and revolve around Kolyadin's grand piano and synthesiser, creating an unstoppable creative flow.
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Spanish multi-instrumentalist and composer Ferdinand Marin Vega's project "GreyField" (2014) brought majestic instrumental symphonic rock, not without a hint of wonderful Mediterranean folklore. Here, the majority of the tunes are driven by wind instruments and keyboards alternately instead of guitars, which makes for some surprisingly lovely and energising music. In the important portions, there's a magnificent organ and mellotron that transports us back to the 1970s, and the winds are mostly lovely flutes. The majority of the guitar used on the album is a pleasant acoustic that winds and backs the keyboards flawlessly. A little bit of uncommon electric guitar rounds out the arrangement for one of the album's standout instrumentals.
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XaDu is a progressive fusion duo consisting of Serbian guitarist Dušan Jevtović, who resides in Barcelona, and Spanish percussionist Xavi Reija. In 2016, the duo put out the experimental and puzzling "Random Abstract" album. The ability to have one player keep the melody in play while the other players are free to harmonise, play counterpoint, or just let loose is a major benefit of performing complex instrumental work in a trio or quartet. For Xavi Reija and Dušan Jevtović, this was the situation. Jevtović is a very skilled and forward-thinking guitarist who creates a variety of moods, from dreamy and serene to loud and aggressive, rockier sounds. Meanwhile, Reija's virtuosity on the drums is showcased with endless, ever-changing figures. Both are fantastic musicians who have invested a lot of energy and effort into this record, and one can hear it. Also, credit goes to MoonJune Records' owner and producer, Leonardo Pavković, for his wonderful vision and assistance to these gifted musicians. Material for "Random Abstract" was recorded live in a studio in Barcelona. |
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Welcome aboard the Zombi train! Right this way...!  Warm up the plastic because there's a good number of releases between Zombi proper and Moore (under his own name, and Lovelock) & Paterra (as Majeure)! |
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"At the Cliffs of River Rhine," an astonishing live album from the German band Agitation Free, was recorded live by the West German Broadcasting Cologne (WDR) in 1974 and released in 1998. It has excellent sound quality, beautiful artwork, and the very detailed, excessive, and extremely amusing history of the band can be read in the booklet on around 32 pages in a conversation with bassist Michael "Fame" Güther. The Krautrock components, like long improvisations, floating synhesiser sounds, cosmic guitar soloing, and catchy rhythms, are all so deftly weaved together that you can't help but wander through the musical flow. Edited by Moyan - April 15 2024 at 02:28 |
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Posted: April 14 2024 at 15:40 |
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First Anglagard is not a full instrumental ;-) |
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Five pages in and no mention of the illustrious Djam Karet, who formed forty years ago, in 1984, and released their twentieth album Island in the Red Night Sky in 2022!
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The American instrumental progressive metal band Zombie Frogs was founded while the members were students at Boston's Berklee College of Music. Their lone album, "Awaken" (2014), has a fairly symphonic sound, with piano used extensively and some classical arrangements. The album features extremely well-composed instrumentals; there are a few brief jazz interludes, brilliant guitar solos, and some outstanding keyboard works. Although this is a metal album, it's not particularly heavy at all, so not only progressive metal aficionados could find listening to this magnificent album to be a really pleasant experience. |
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