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    Posted: February 17 2022 at 01:06
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1. Hiromi's Sonicbloom - Beyond Standard
2. Nuito - Unutella
3. Stevan Kovacs Tickmayer - Cold Peace Counterpoints
4. Rascal Reporters - The Mind Boggles
5. Yugen - Uova Fatali
6. You Slut! - Critical Meat
7. Zevious - Zevious
8. Squarepusher - Just A Souvenir
9. Salle Gaveau - Strange Device
10. Keith Emerson Band - Keith Emerson Band Featuring Marc Bonilla

Honourable mentions:
* The Mars Volta - The Bedlam In Goliath
* October Equus - Charybdis
* Farmers Market - Surfin' U.S.S.R.


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12        Van der Graaf Generator          Trisector         Eng      2008   

12        Wrong Object, The     Stories from the Shed             Bel       2008   

11        D.F.A.  4th       Ita        2008  

11        Deus Ex Machina       Imparis            Ita        2008   

11        Elephant9       Dodovoodoo   Nor      2008   

11        Finnegans Wake         Blue     Bel       2008  

11        PaNoPTiCoN   Live @ L'Os a Moelle             Bel       2008   

10        Bärtsch, Nik / Ronin   Holon Swz      2008   

10        Comus East of Sweden - Live at the Melloboat Festival 2008  

10        One Shot         Dark Shot        Fra       2008   

10        Universal Totem Orchestra    The Magus      Ita        2008   

10        Ville Emard Blues Band         Live au FMPM 2007    Can      2008   

10        Woven Hand   Ten Stones      USA     2008   

10        Wrong Object, The / Stanley Jason    Live at Zappanale 2008         Bel   



 
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1. Il Bacio Della Medusa - Discesa Agl'Inferi D'Un Giovane Amante
2. The Tangent - Not as Good as the Book
3. Il Cerchio D'Oro - Il Viaggio Di Colombo
4. Höstsonaten - Winterthrough
5. Neal Morse - Lifeline
6. D.F.A. - 4th
7. Pandora - Dramma Di Un Poeta Ubriaco
8. Karmakanic - Who's the Boss in the Factory?
9. Moon Safari - Blomljud
10. Willowglass - Book Of Hours



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Combat Astronomy - Dreams No Longer Hesitate
elephant9 - Dodovoodoo
Secret Chiefs 3 - Xaphan Book Of Angels Vol 9
Guapo - Elixirs
Nik Bartsch Ronin - Holon*
Make A Rising - Infinite Ellipse and the Head with Open Fontanel
Steve Roach - Arc Of Passion
North Sea Radio Orchestra - Birds
Jean Lois - s/t
Finnegans Wake - Blue
Orange Tulip Conspiracy - s/t


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Asterisk means not in PA but I think relevant enough -- I went over ten.

Portishead - Third*
Rational Diet - At Work
Elephant9 - Dodovoodoo
Isengrind / TwinSisterMoon / Natural Snow Buildings - The Snowbringer Cult*
Secret Chiefs 3 - Xaphan: Book of Angels Volume 9
Masada String Trio / Bar Kokhba Sextet - Lucifer: Book of Angels Volume 10 (Bar Kokhba)
Guapo - Elixirs
Dungen - IV
Alio Die - Aura Seminalis
North Sea Radio Orchestra - Birds
John Zorn - Film Works
Jean- Loius - Jean Louis
Universal Totem Orchestra - The Magus   
Olive Mess - Cherdak
John Greaves - Greaves / Verlaine
One Shot - Dark Shot
Nine Inch Nails - Ghosts 1-IV

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5 stars 2008: David Gilmour - Live in Gdansk - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLikNHjJ_cxzBE471rFmra9UEbqHTXnRbL
5 stars 2008: Mike Oldfield - Music of the Spheres - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLikNHjJ_cxzAmdvwm5HNW2kWSR0P7ml_x
4 stars 2008: The Tangent - Not as Good as the Book - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdktF-lL0yEZ0wGoHYkeSYR9KMZu5Z2be


No Rick Wakeman in my list this time. Cry
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Alphabetically

Apocalypse - Bridge of Light
Believe - Yesterday is a Friend
Detektivbyran - Wermland
Jade Warrior - Now
Brian Malone - The Mechanical Voices
Millenium - Exist
Resonaxis - s/t
Strawbs - Broken Hearted Bride
Tempus Fugit - Chessboard



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Pendragon - Pure
Pineapple Thief - Tightly Unwound
Karmakanic - Who's the Boss in the Factory
Marillion - Happiness Is the Road
Frost* - Experiments in Mass Appeal
Andromeda - The Immunity Zone
Zero Hour - Dark Deceiver
Ivanhoe - Lifeline
Dark Suns -  Grave Human Genuine
The Tangent - Not as Good as the Book


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1. Bryan Beller - Thanks in Advance
2. Thieves' Kitchen - The Water Road
3. It Bites - The Tall Ships
4. Spaced Out - Evolution
5. Marco Minnemann  - A Mouth of God - Girl of the Week
6. Ohm - Circus of Sound
7. Frost* - Experiments in Mass Appeal
8. The Tangent - Not as Good as the Book
9. King's X - XV
10. Todd Rundgren - Arena
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^ forgot about King's X Embarrassed, that's a great band. 
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Originally posted by Grumpyprogfan Grumpyprogfan wrote:

^Hey now. We're not to interact. Remember?

just saying I forgot about the great King's X. Smile
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1. Birds and Buildings - Bantam to Behemoth
2. Simon Says - Tardigrade
3. Willowglass - Book of Hours
4. The Red Masque - Fossil Eyes
5. Beardfish - Sleeping in Traffic Part Two
6. The Tangent - Not as Good as the Book
7. ExCubus - Mémoires incubusiennes
8. Versus X - Primordial Ocean
9. Magenta - Metamorphosis
10. Matthew Parmenter - Horror Express

Honorable mentions:
Anima Mundi - Jagannath Orbit
bbi - bbi
Traumhaus - Die andere Seite
Van der Graaf Generator - Trisector
Efecto - Efecto
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1. NOSOUND LightDark
2. DUNGEN 4
3. DATURAH Reverie
4. UNIVERSAL TOTEM ORCHESTRA The Magus
5. JANNICK TOP Infernal Machina
6. BERSARIN QUARTETT Bersarin Quartett
7. JEAVESTONE Spices, Species and Poetry Patrol
8. DIAGONAL Diagonal
9. VON HERTZEN BROTHERS Love Remains The Same
10. FROM.UZ The Overlook

11. BELIEVE Yesterday Is a Friend
12. RATIONAL DIET At Work
13. MOON SAFARI Blomljud
14. CYNIC Traced in Air
15. PINEAPPLE THIEF Tightly Unwound
16. WILLOWGLASS Book of Hours
17. VOTUM Time Must Have a Stop
18. SYRINX Qualia
19. JELLY FICHE Tout ce que j’ai rêvé 
20. FROST* Experiments in Mass Appeal

Honorable Mentions: 
MAGENTA Metamorphosis
MOONGARDEN Songs from the Lighthouse
LUNATIC SOUL Lunatic Soul
DARK SHOT One Shot
SOMA PLANET Bholenath
PANZERBALLETT Starke Stücke
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Steven Wilson- Insurgents
One Shot- Dark Shot
Jannick Top- Infernal Machina
Universal Totem Orchestra- The Magus
Elephant9- Dodovoodoo
Beardfish- Sleeping In Traffic Part Two
Jean Louis- Jean Louis
Il Bacio Della Medusa- Discesa ....
Diagonal- Diagonal
Willowglass- Book Of Hours
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1. Opeth - Watershed
2. Panzerballett - Starke Stücke
3. Rational Diet - At Work
4. Virus - The Black Flux
5. Universal Totem Orchestra - The Magus
6. Janick Top - Infernal Machina
7. Ogo Dys - Neptune Everywhere
8. Meshuggah - Obzen
9. Ohm - Circus of Sound
10. Protest the Hero - Sequoia Throne

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Originally posted by BrufordFreak BrufordFreak wrote:

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8. DIAGONAL Diagonal
17. VOTUM Time Must Have a Stop

two great ones! TongueThumbs Up
Forgot about Diagonal, that's an excellent debut. 
Votum almost made my list, great debut as well. 
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1. Magenta - Metamorphosis
2. It Bites - The Tall Ships
3. Steven Wilson - Insurgentes
4. Martin Orford - The Old Road
5. Frost* - Experiments in Mass Appeal

my lists are getting ever smaller it seems..
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Originally posted by richardh richardh wrote:

1. Magenta - Metamorphosis
2. It Bites - The Tall Ships


my lists are getting ever smaller it seems..
Great choices! They're on my list too. Thumbs Up
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1.Moon Safari- Blomljud
2. Beardfish- Sleeping In Traffic Part Two
3. Pandora- Dramma Di Un Poeta Ubriaco
4. Jean Louis- Jean Louis
5. Steven Wilson- Insurgents
6. Lunatic Soul- Lunatic Soul
7. Il Bacio Della Medusa- Discesa Agl'Inferi D'un Giovane Amante
8. Birds and Buildings- Bantam to Behemoth
9. Il Cerchio d'Oro- Il Viaggio Di Colombo
10. Karmakanic- Who's The Boss In The Factory
11. Hostsonaten- Winterthrough
12. Russian Circles- Station
13. Secret Chiefs 3 - Xaphan: Book of Angels Volume 9


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