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David_D 
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Not to comment the details in your suggestion, but if you have several threads in your mind, I don't think it's realistic. Otherwise, see my comment to Nick, just above your post.
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nick_h_nz
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Posted: November 21 2021 at 12:41 |
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I included the Caucasus, as it is the border region - though I know only one Georgian artist, and only two Armenian artists, and seems to be far more accepted as part of Eastern Europe than the Baltic states, which are almost always not included. I also included Austria in the Central nations, as the this was roughly the Austro-Hungarian empire. I definitely agree that Eastern Europe is far too great an area otherwise. Using your breakdowns would make my lists more similar in size, too. I had 30 Russian artists on my iPod, and 20 Ukrainian. If I add the Belarusian to the Ukrainian I would have 30 for there, too (as I have nothing from Moldova). Apart from Slovakia, the Central region would be larger from Poland alone (a good 40+ artists on my iPod), with Hungary and Czech both fighting for second, Austria firmly in fourth place, and Slovakia trailing far behind with nothing in my collection that I can think of. The Balkans are by far the least represented with not too much in my collection from Romania, Bulgaria, Serbia, Croatia, Slovenia and Montenegro, and nothing at all from Albania, Kosovo and North Macedonia. |
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David_D
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Posted: November 21 2021 at 13:05 |
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siLLy puPPy and nick_h_nz , if you want to discuss this suggestion, I think you should start a new thread, guys, because
it's not what I've had in mind.
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David_D
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Posted: November 21 2021 at 14:17 |
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Well, Nick, I don't know what to think about it, now.
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Posted: November 21 2021 at 14:36 |
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Oof, this is clearly not a part of the world with whose prog scene I'm very acquainted... I already had to cheat with two artists that aren't even in PA (yet) as well as some artists from Austria and Finland which can barely be considered "Eastern Europe", and still I can't even finish a top 12 with albums that I'm familiar enough with for me to put on a list like this. Here goes, anyway... 1. Vangelis - Blade Runner (Greece) 2. Stevan Kovacs Tickmayer - Cold Peace Counterpoints (Serbia) 3. Hermann Szobel - Szobel (Austria) 4. Missigno - Binary Digit Temple (Greece) 5. Tigran Hamasyan - The Call Within (Armenia) 6. Alex Machacek - 24 Tales (Austria) 7. Deep Turtle - There's A Vomitsprinkler In My Liverriver (Finland) 8. Den Za Den - Den Za Den (North Macedonia) 9. Czesław Niemen - Niemen Aerolit (Poland) 10. Aphrodite's Child - 666 (Greece) 11. After Crying - Overground Music (Hungary)
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David_D
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Posted: November 21 2021 at 15:15 |
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It looks fine, Mirakaze, and the number 12 is just a suggestion.
I'm happy to see you include Niemen Aerolit, as I find it being a very fine album, and you're the first one to do it. Edited by David_D - November 22 2021 at 04:02 |
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Posted: November 21 2021 at 15:35 |
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1. Solaris - Marsbéli krónikák [Hungary] 2. M Efekt - Svitane [Czech Republic] 3. Vangelis - Albedo 0.39 [Greece] 4. Blue Effect & Jazz Q Praha - Coniunctio [Czech Republic] 5. Solaris - Nostradamus 2.0 Returnity: Unborn Visions [Hungary] 6. Tigran Hamasyan - The Call Within [Armenia] 7. Antony Kalugin - Marshmallow Moondust [Ukraine] 8. Už Jsme Doma - Uprostřed Slov [Czech Republic] 9. East - Hűség [Hungary] 10. Collegium Musicum - Continuo [Slovakia] 11. La Tulipe noire - Shattered Image [Greece] 12. Ascorbic Acid - Seven Words [Russia] Honorable mentions: After Crying - 6 [Hungary] Apple Pie - Crossroad [Russia] Them Moose Rush - Dancing Maze [Croatia] Thy Catafalque - Vadak [Hungary] Antethic - Ghost Shirt Society [Russia] Sfinx - Zalmoxe [Romania]
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Posted: November 21 2021 at 15:43 |
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I surely like to see Solaris - Marsbéli krónikák, progadvaark, and even as #1 indeed doesn't make it worse.
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Posted: November 21 2021 at 16:28 |
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Happy that the East of Europe is asked as such a big piece of earth, as I really know too little. I reach 12 entries from different artists with a little help of communist East Germany and solo projects by both members of iamthemorning. iamthemorning - Lighthouse After Crying - Megalazottak Es Megszomoritottak
Iva Bittova's Dunaj - Dunaj Stern Meissen - Reise zum Mittelpunkt des Menschen The Gourishankar - 2nd Hands Actual Music Quartet RSM - s/t Mariana Semkina - Sleepwalking Vezhlivy Otkaz - War Songs Gleb Kolyadin - s/t Riverside - Second Life SyndromeLift - Meeresfahrt Vangelis - The Dragon I just about kicked out Omega's Time Robber - quite surprised that they are not listed yet. Before I joined PA I'd have thought Omega are by far the most popular prog act from Eastern Europe except maybe Greece.
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Posted: November 21 2021 at 17:52 |
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FAT - #awesome
Them Moose Rush - Don't Pick Your Noise Special Providence - Soul Alert The Gourishankar - 2nd Hands Sympozion - Kundabuffer Alex Machacek - 24 Tales Riverside - Anno Domini High Definition Disperse - Foreword Wastefall - Self Exile Aphrodite's Child - 666 Edited by Grumpyprogfan - November 21 2021 at 19:01 |
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David_D
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Posted: November 22 2021 at 01:37 |
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Thank you very much for your contributions, Lewian and Grumpy.
I'd say, Omega used to be a well known band but, I guess, not so much anymore comparing to so many others.
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Posted: November 22 2021 at 17:28 |
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My Favorite Eastern European Prog Albums:
It’s just too tough to choose just 12, but the list would start here (the albums that have received the most play and return): After Crying Overground Music After Crying Megalázottak és Megszomorítottak After Crying Föld És Ég After Crying De Profundis Ciccada A Child in the Mirror Ciccada The Finest of Miracles Ciccada Harvest Disen Gage Snapshots Eyot Innate Fermata Huascaran Five-Storey Ensemble Not That City Five-Storey Ensemble Night en face Gleb Kolyadin Gleb Kolyadin Gleb Kolyadin water movements Hail Spirit Noir Eden in Reverse iamthmorning ~ iamthemorning The Bell iamthemorning Lighthouse Jargon The Fading Thought Marjana Semkina Sleepwalking Methexis Topos Methexis The Fall of Bliss Methexis Suiciety Mother Turtle II Negura Bunget Om Solaris Marsbéli krónikák Vespero The Four Zaos Vespero By the Waters of Tomorrow Whalephant KaMMa The Worm Ouroboros Of Things That Never Were (those in bold print are the most likely candidates for my “favorite 12”) Edited by BrufordFreak - November 22 2021 at 17:30 |
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Posted: November 22 2021 at 17:37 |
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Some favourite in no particular order:
KADA-Kada SIDDHARTHA-Siddhartha PLJ BAND-Armageddon ENERGIT-Energit WILL-O-THE-WISP-Will-0-The Wisp IGRA STAKLENIH PERLI-Igra Staklenih Perli PHLOX-Rebime And Voltmine PANTOMMIND-Shade Of Fate APHRODITES CHILD-666 GEVENDE-Sen Balik Degilsin ki BLUE EFFECT & JAZZ Q-Coniunctio SBB-Live in Karlstad 1975
Not to mention RIVERSIDE and INDUKTI that I'd normally include on a list like this. Michal Urbaniac is another one. Edited by Mellotron Storm - November 22 2021 at 17:38 |
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Posted: November 22 2021 at 23:52 |
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We've just had a separate Polish thread if you haven't seen it.
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Posted: November 23 2021 at 18:01 |
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Thanks I'll check it out. |
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Posted: November 23 2021 at 20:15 |
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Not including Poland, since you did a Poland thread. Russia perhaps deserves its own thread, but I'll include them since others are. Also, I don't know if they necessarily have a big enough prog scene.
Oh, I forgot Greece. Well, the Aphrodite's Child and Ciccada albums you listed would make it into this list. After Crying - Overground Music (Hungary) Solaris - Marsbéli krónikák (Hungary) Horizont - Летний город (Russia) Lost World - Awakening of the Elements (Russia) Karfagen - Solitary Sandpiper Journey (Ukraine) Fugato Orchestra - Neander Variations (Hungary) Quorum - Another World (Russia) Fermáta - Huascaran (Slovakia) Talitha Qumi - Despre cuvinte (Romania) Modrý Efekt & Radim Hladík - Modrý Efekt & Radim Hladík (Czech) The Gourishankar - 2nd Hands (Russia) The Worm Ouroboros - Of Things That Never Were (Belarus) Edited by King Crimson776 - November 23 2021 at 20:18 |
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At the risk of upsetting David (again), I would say that Russia is very much deserving of its own thread. I suspect their prog scene is just as big as Poland’s, but more unknown. I have albums by 42 different Polish artists on my iPod, and 30 different Russian artists on my iPod. That could imply that the Polish prog scene is bigger, but I do t think that would be an accurate inference. Investigating the Russian prog scene drew me into the Ukrainian and Belarusian prog scenes, which are likely even lesser known than the Russian prog scene. But does that mean they are not deserving of their own threads, too? Personally, I think that, too, would be a mistake. East Europe is such a vast and ill-defined area (whose borders are as grey an area as the definitions of prog), with many quite different cultures and traditions. The music, instruments, instrumentation and influences differ greatly by region, and to clump them together is quite unfair on them all. Even more so, to my mind, if Poland has its own thread but no other does. I haven’t really contributed to this thread, since David took umbrage with comments made by Silly Puppy and I, and I’m not sure why I’m writing this - except perhaps I have not yet had my morning coffee, and my brain is still in somewhat of a morning fog. But I would like to see people list their favourites (5, 10, 12, whatever) from each country. I have been thinking of doing so for some time now, because I find it incredibly difficult to narrow my large list of East European artists down to 12, let alone albums by those artists. It may not be what David intended, but I think it might be helpful for anyone who is thinking of investigating the music of one country or another, rather than just a large region that often has little in common between many of the countries within, apart from being within an arbitrary region mostly defined by people outside that region. |
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Posted: November 24 2021 at 02:47 |
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Nick, siLLy puPPy and King C., I think to begin with you're quite right but is that talking realistic?
Because there are these two questions: 1. Will there be enough interest for (all) those threads you have in mind? 2. Who will do these threads? And as long we don't know answers on these two questions, I think it's just best to follow my thread doing, otherwise they'll be spoiled and nothing better will happen. So, Nick, I must say I'm not quite sure of the intention with your long posts. I think, why don't you just start a new thread (with siLLy puPPy) and discuss these things?
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Posted: November 24 2021 at 02:57 |
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There is no need for a new thread, that I can see. This one seems to be trundling along quite nicely.
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Posted: November 24 2021 at 03:10 |
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Okay, and I think you should pay some good attention to some of the comments which are made in this thread because as far as I can see there's no basis for what you would like to see:
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