Great albums of 2024

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moshkito wrote: You already know that anything that borders on the experimental, and with no conventional much of anything, is right up my listening scale. The thing that bothers me the most, is how much of the numbered stuff is metronomic material that has very small amounts of subtleties and the kind of lively and improvised materials that a lot of these folks can bring us.

moyan wrote: Theo May ... ...

moshkito wrote: But, sadly, we can't get away from the commercial sound we are totally surrounded with day and night ... and it makes it harder to find/listen to new things, specially when the quick touch is not "familiar" to your ears, and you end up with someone posting here about Magma ... which is one of the saddest things about listening to any kind of music ... the more spheres you break, the better you can appreciate and learn about new things.

MikeEnRegalia wrote: ... So far only the OP has mentioned Magma. What's your problem with that? Have you listened to Banshee? ...

moshkito wrote: For me, anything in classical music, is not about tunes. But I do not think that you have had the experience of classical music like I did in my formative teens, before I even heard or got into rock music, and then electronic.

Another great debut album is "The Ram" by the UK band Armoury Way. It is a quintet at the moment, although Tony Imbierski, a gifted keyboardist, guitarist, and composer from New Forest, Hampshire, started Armoury Way as a solo project in 2020. He was raised in the 1970s, listening to bands like Genesis, Camel, Yes, and King Crimson. At the age of sixteen, he started a band with his closest friends, but the idea to record a full-length album didn't occur to him until 2018. He formed a band with some talented musicians in return for this gesture. It took six years to create this debut CD, which is strongly recommended for fans of symphonic prog. The album's sound is characterised by its intricate instrumental arrangements, complex song structures, and thought-provoking lyrics, brought together with quintessential English vocals by the singer Ashley Stone.

MikeEnRegalia wrote: moshkito wrote: For me, anything in classical music, is not about tunes. But I do not think that you have had the experience of classical music like I did in my formative teens, before I even heard or got into rock music, and then electronic. That's quite an arrogant assumption. But it's your typical mode of operation, so moving on.

^^ There is a difference between asking whether something is the case and presuming it in your argument. For example, there is a difference between asking "what is your background in classical music" and "surely you don't know much about classical music". The former is neutral, the latter is presumptuous.

Edited by MikeEnRegalia - May 22 2024 at 08:43

moshkito wrote: moyan wrote: ... Magic Fig ... Hi, Enjoyed listening to that, though I somehow think this is more like a song in the mid 60's on the radio with its idea of "psychedelic" ... which, sadly enough, if you take the video out with the costumes, you probably would not think of this as psychedelic, though it is very nice indeed.  moyan wrote: ... Armoury Way ... (comments on this long piece are ... not quite clear in my head .. here goes...) Nice piece, although I am not sure I think of this as progressive, and the subject matter is probably difficult to look at, or imagine, other than a piece that took on the human desire to always go above and beyond what we can/could/would do ... It does have some nice parts, though, and is worth the listen, as this kind of work has the touch that makes music so endearing to our hearts. It has nothing to do with what style it is in, but the story and trip itself is a very nice thing to follow and enjoy.

Hardly psychedelic, definitely Prog. (Armoury Way ) Took me a good minute to get into it but it won me over. Great vocals. Very old school sound.

Edited by Valdez1 - May 22 2024 at 09:33