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Originally posted by moshkito moshkito wrote:

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How can I discover, something that is already there?
The Americas were already there, but Gerard Depardeau still managed to discover them in 1492, just as I discovered Vangelis' soundtrack album in 1992. Smile
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Originally posted by moshkito moshkito wrote:

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Strange thought for me ... music is everywhere, and it's always about my recognizing it or not ... I can't exactly listen to it all, but some seems easier than others for me, but in the end, I have never, in 55 years, thought of it as discovering a band ... as much as it was about  how I related to the music itself, and how it affected me ... and some of these details you remember a lifetime. I can still remember the first minute I heard TD and how it scared me senseless ... I went right back to my headphones and Space Ritual. And later how so many bands confused my sense of organization in my head ... and that, in the end, was my greatest teacher of all in studying directing for theater and film. It wasn't about something that was designed ... it was about the experience of the moment, as free as possible from anything that was the rule of the design. 

And a lot of music, ended up doing things that film had been doing for over 10 years in terms of experiments ... but it in the past 20 years, it's like no one knows film, theater or any of the arts, consequently everything is just a song with a number attached to it.

It's not about me discovering it ... in the end, I say that it discovers me, as I wonder all over the universe and things hit me on the left, or the right ... or in the front and back .... but my "mental" acknowledgement of the music, art, or event, is often a lot less important than the experience itself ... 

Take the Bardo, ... you gonna tell me that you have to discover the doors, before you get to them? That's not how it's written ... the doors are there the whole time, but are you ready to see them and go through them? That's how I look at many of these things ... aside from the fact that I tend to say that there are no doors or dragons ... it's our imagination that creates "challenges" so we can feel like we are using our smarts and intelligence!

How can I discover, something that is already there?


errrrrrr... Exactly!!!   You sound like you've pretty much heard it all.  But have you really ever taken the time to 'Really Listen' to the Doors. You can only go on to Bardo with a good understanding of the song 'Peace Frog'.  And the hidden messages contained within. 
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Zopp - both albums are excellent, "Dominion" from 2023 gets spun more often.
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Originally posted by enigmatic enigmatic wrote:

Zopp - both albums are excellent, "Dominion" from 2023 gets spun more often.

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and thanks to whoever mentioned them here.
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Present (Belgium)
Extra Life (The USA)
Nautilus (Germany)

All with their 2024 albums. Checked out some of their earlier works, also. Still much to discover in their discographies!
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I discovered Guru Guru (from Germany) today. Fun band. YouTube was the source, but PA has the details and goods.


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Originally posted by Valdez1 Valdez1 wrote:

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errrrrrr... Exactly!!!   You sound like you've pretty much heard it all.  But have you really ever taken the time to 'Really Listen' to the Doors. You can only go on to Bardo with a good understanding of the song 'Peace Frog'.  And the hidden messages contained within. 

Hi,

Actually, I never thought of any of it as "secrets" ... the truth has a way to stand up that requires no special handling of anything, but our minds think that there is always a hidden meaning in our lives ... again, to me, "discoveries" are a sort of idea having to do with how much one sees, or doesn't see. 

I don't look at the arts, as something hidden at all ... you can't expect a human spirit to undress itself any more at all ... ... well, except when there is one names Mani, of course! Wink
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Oh that Mani…. I was just goofin Moshkito. Don’t mind me.

Edited by Valdez - June 07 2024 at 19:31
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I'm recently rediscovering Satellite from Poland. Is there a thread for them?
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Originally posted by MurderInc MurderInc wrote:

I'm recently rediscovering Satellite from Poland. Is there a thread for them?

Not that I'm aware, but you may find them orbiting the Top 120 Neo Prog Albums of All Time where they have no less than four entries in the chart. Thumbs Up
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Originally posted by MurderInc MurderInc wrote:

I'm recently rediscovering Satellite from Poland. Is there a thread for them?
I dunno. Probably not. And even if there is a Satellite Apperciation thread here, it's probably locked by now.

It's a strangely overlooked band. Despite their solid output and Wojciech Szadkowski's creative genius, Satellite aren't very well known even here in Poland.
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I just recently stumbled on The Neutrons, an offshoot of Man from the early-mid '70s. They didn't last long, and I can find next to nothing about them. They made two albums, one of them is great (Black Hole Stars). I'm surprised I had no knowledge of them.

Also Kayak - I bought their Phantom of the Night album in the '70s and didn't like it. I tried several times over the years but always found it boring. Recently I heard Royal Bed Bouncer and couldn't believe it was the same group.
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Originally posted by stegor stegor wrote:


Also Kayak - I bought their Phantom of the Night album in the '70s and didn't like it. I tried several times over the years but always found it boring. Recently I heard Royal Bed Bouncer and couldn't believe it was the same group.

Their best albums (or the ones I like the best anyway) are the first 4 up to and including The Last Encore (1976). After that they became mostly AOR ish rock with some prog for the next run of albums. Merlin was their last album of their original album run and that's actually a bit better than the earlier 3 or 4 albums. A return to prog mainly but still a bit of a fudge between their older style and the newer 'commercial' style. They split up in 1982 then reformed in the late 90's to record an expanded version of Merlin called Merlin:Bard Of The Unseen. Their last 2 albums (probably 'ever' as the band seems finished now) are actually pretty decent rock/prog albums. I would love to have seen them pre pandemic when they were scheduled to support the Flower Kings in London. They had to pull out because Ton Scherpenzeel was ill. I think that his health issues has inevitably lead to a halt of the bands activities for good. A real shame. I'm very fond of them and they brought a lighter touch to prog compared to the English bombastic prog bands of the 70's.
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I recently rediscovered the self titled debut album by jazz rock/krautrock band Dzyan, who hailed from Mannheim, Germany. 
                They have been one of my top groups for many a year, but the debut was kind of a hard sell for me, until now.
           I had mixed feelings about it for quite a while, but heard it again last nite, and it was a revelation! Mixed feelings, no more. What an amazing debut album, and it is a perfect companion to the other two records of theirs, and shines on it's own very nicely, as well.
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Originally posted by richardh richardh wrote:

Originally posted by stegor stegor wrote:


Also Kayak - I bought their Phantom of the Night album in the '70s and didn't like it. I tried several times over the years but always found it boring. Recently I heard Royal Bed Bouncer and couldn't believe it was the same group.

Their best albums (or the ones I like the best anyway) are the first 4 up to and including The Last Encore (1976). After that they became mostly AOR ish rock with some prog for the next run of albums. Merlin was their last album of their original album run and that's actually a bit better than the earlier 3 or 4 albums. A return to prog mainly but still a bit of a fudge between their older style and the newer 'commercial' style. They split up in 1982 then reformed in the late 90's to record an expanded version of Merlin called Merlin:Bard Of The Unseen. Their last 2 albums (probably 'ever' as the band seems finished now) are actually pretty decent rock/prog albums. I would love to have seen them pre pandemic when they were scheduled to support the Flower Kings in London. They had to pull out because Ton Scherpenzeel was ill. I think that his health issues has inevitably lead to a halt of the bands activities for good. A real shame. I'm very fond of them and they brought a lighter touch to prog compared to the English bombastic prog bands of the 70's.

I remember when I joined this site back in 2005, I splashed out on the Reissues of Bed Bouncer and Last Encore, thinking I'd really like them... but I just didn't. They kind of had the same effect on me as Pavlov's Dog; sickly sweet art rock without the invention of Supertramp at their best... maybe I was harsh and they should be given a re-appraisal in time?
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Not exactly discover, because I have known and been curious about them for several years, but I just finally got on listening to SBB, and downloaded a few albums (not many availavable physical, and rather expensive). Some albums didn't do much for me (the jazzier ones), but some others I did like (like the more symphonic, I guess), specially Wolanie I really liked a lot.
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Originally posted by Jared Jared wrote:

Originally posted by richardh richardh wrote:

Originally posted by stegor stegor wrote:


Also Kayak - I bought their Phantom of the Night album in the '70s and didn't like it. I tried several times over the years but always found it boring. Recently I heard Royal Bed Bouncer and couldn't believe it was the same group.

Their best albums (or the ones I like the best anyway) are the first 4 up to and including The Last Encore (1976). After that they became mostly AOR ish rock with some prog for the next run of albums. Merlin was their last album of their original album run and that's actually a bit better than the earlier 3 or 4 albums. A return to prog mainly but still a bit of a fudge between their older style and the newer 'commercial' style. They split up in 1982 then reformed in the late 90's to record an expanded version of Merlin called Merlin:Bard Of The Unseen. Their last 2 albums (probably 'ever' as the band seems finished now) are actually pretty decent rock/prog albums. I would love to have seen them pre pandemic when they were scheduled to support the Flower Kings in London. They had to pull out because Ton Scherpenzeel was ill. I think that his health issues has inevitably lead to a halt of the bands activities for good. A real shame. I'm very fond of them and they brought a lighter touch to prog compared to the English bombastic prog bands of the 70's.

I remember when I joined this site back in 2005, I splashed out on the Reissues of Bed Bouncer and Last Encore, thinking I'd really like them... but I just didn't. They kind of had the same effect on me as Pavlov's Dog; sickly sweet art rock without the invention of Supertramp at their best... maybe I was harsh and they should be given a re-appraisal in time?


Their first 2 albums may be more interesting to you especially the second. They can be mildy 'camp' for want of a better word on some albums. RBB is a lot of fun and lacks the overarching seriousness of so much prog that was coming out at the time. However it's not an out and out prog album that the first couple are.
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When I listen to good Kayak I detect hints of Supertramp, Triumvirat, and Split Enz, with occasional Elton John undertones and Yes overtones, and a bit of a Rick Wakeman aftertaste.
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