Riverside
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Topic: Riverside
Posted By: Grumpyprogfan
Subject: Riverside
Date Posted: March 25 2020 at 16:17
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Listening/watching Riverside's Reality Dream DVD, and holy crap, this really hits the spot. Can't believe this was recorded 12 years ago. What a band! Love Duda's vocals...incredible. Really tight and Piotr's (RIP) guitar playing is spot on. His style is the perfect embellishment to the music. Any Riverside fans? |
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Posted By: Catcher10
Date Posted: March 25 2020 at 16:37
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Huge fan, saw them last yr for first time, I was a bit underwhelmed but could have been due to Seattle was last show of the US tour. It was a small venue too........ I have all their albums on vinyl, they are some of my most expensive albums based on Discogs resell values. Losing Piotr was huge, I'm hoping the new guitarist will bring some of that magic back. Duda's vocals are excellent, I'm glad some of the heavier elements came back on Wasteland. -------------   
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Posted By: Snicolette
Date Posted: March 25 2020 at 17:23
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Big fan of Riverside and also the side project of Mariusz Duda, Lunatic Soul. He also just released a YT of more of a singer/songwriter piece he wrote. Another genre I enjoy, I found it quite worth the listen. I also saw them last year, but in Portland, also in a pretty small crummy club, but enjoyed the show, despite having to stand the whole time, which is hard for me physically. Well worth it, though. ------------- "Into every rain, a little life must fall." ~Tom Rapp |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: March 26 2020 at 00:50
| The voice is the big thing for me. Love a baritone. The timbre is fantastic. Overall certainly a brilliant band musicianship wise and would highly recommend their albums like ADHD and REM. |
Posted By: SteveG
Date Posted: March 26 2020 at 03:52
Nice to see a thread on this great band!  ------------- This message was brought to you by a proud supporter of the Deep State. |
Posted By: Deadwing
Date Posted: March 26 2020 at 05:07
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Love them. Although http://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=49841" rel="nofollow - Love, Fear And The Time Machine might not be a really prog album (which I disagree), it's one of the best albums I've ever heard. |
Posted By: Hercules
Date Posted: March 27 2020 at 14:54
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Huge Riverside fan. I was booked in to see them (and Camel) at the Rambling Man festival a few years ago and was gutted when Iwas too ill to go. That meant I never saw them with Piotr. All there albums are very good, but Second Life Syndrome is amazing. ------------- A TVR is not a car. It's a way of life. |
Posted By: elektrykbestia
Date Posted: April 05 2020 at 18:15
Yes, love Riverside! Have seen them twice in NJ! I'm also Polish so maybe that makes me like them even more! But no, I really do love them alot! Even more than Porcupine Tree  That's just me though! ------------- https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWqN9KdS_1375gZLG-A0X2w?view_as=subscriber |
Posted By: geekfreak
Date Posted: April 13 2020 at 01:06
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Odd one out here...never listen to Riverside! can yous please point me the best album to start with? ------------- Friedrich Nietzsche: "Without music, life would be a mistake." Music Is Live Two people are better off than one, for they can help each other succeed. Keep Calm And Listen To The Music… < |
Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: April 13 2020 at 02:15
Well, you can start with their debut and listen chronologically, you will understand their evolution and how the loss of their guitarist affected them and their music.
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geekfreak wrote:Posted By: geekfreak
Date Posted: April 13 2020 at 06:07
Thank you I`ll check it out ------------- Friedrich Nietzsche: "Without music, life would be a mistake." Music Is Live Two people are better off than one, for they can help each other succeed. Keep Calm And Listen To The Music… < |
Posted By: ProfPanglos
Date Posted: October 23 2020 at 23:10
Huge fan as well, and also was at the 2019 Seattle show!
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Posted By: Catcher10
Date Posted: October 24 2020 at 01:53
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Posted By: rushfan4
Date Posted: February 06 2023 at 11:16
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Does anyone know what the story is with ID.Entity? Amazon is only selling the CD for $50+. InsideOut seems to indicate that they are out of stock on the CD but will re-stock and send out in a few weeks. Does anyone have a first impression on the new album? ------------- 
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Posted By: Grumpyprogfan
Date Posted: February 06 2023 at 11:22
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^That's the 3 CD version. The single CD is $16. Lasercd has it in stock. I like the new album but don't purchase many physical copies any more. |
Posted By: rushfan4
Date Posted: February 06 2023 at 11:46
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Thank you for the info. I will take a look at Lasercd. I think that I have ordered from there before. I still prefer to have the physical copy of CDs, but admittedly mostly listen to the music once I've uploaded the digital copy to my phone. -------------
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Posted By: Catcher10
Date Posted: February 06 2023 at 13:08
LasersEdge has the CD, I just saw $13 I think........The album took me a couple spins, but I like it a lot. The first time I heard Friend or Foe it really sounded like A-Ha, that synth beat. But YouTube stinks for music, once I got the record it sounded much better. New guitarist is on task!!!! -------------
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Posted By: David_D
Date Posted: February 06 2023 at 16:40
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I'm fond of Out of Myself and Second Life Syndrome, but not the later albums. ------------- quality over quantity, and all kind of PopcoRn almost beyond |
Posted By: Grumpyprogfan
Date Posted: February 06 2023 at 16:50
| ^If I could only choose one Riverside album, it would be ADHD. Gets better every time I hear it. |
Posted By: siLLy puPPy
Date Posted: February 06 2023 at 16:50
Same here. I don't get the hype about Riverside. Too much of a Porcupine Tree production ripoff going on for my tastes. I also don't like the aerie fairiness about them. They're OK but apparently hit a spot with a lot of folks out there :) -------------  https://rateyourmusic.com/~siLLy_puPPy |
Posted By: Grumpyprogfan
Date Posted: February 06 2023 at 16:55
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^I don't get the hype about Buckethead either. No need to crap on this thread, Mr. Silly Putty.
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Posted By: geekfreak
Date Posted: February 06 2023 at 23:41
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As I said before newbie to the band. But I am huge fan now. ------------- Friedrich Nietzsche: "Without music, life would be a mistake." Music Is Live Two people are better off than one, for they can help each other succeed. Keep Calm And Listen To The Music… < |
Posted By: lazland
Date Posted: February 07 2023 at 00:20
Scott, my dear chap, if you ever want a first impression on the new album, just take yourself over to your old mate’s website for a cool and considered opinion. My review is at https://lazland.org/album-reviews-2023/identity" rel="nofollow - https://lazland.org/album-reviews-2023/identity It is a very good album and I had no regrets in shelling out for it. ------------- Enhance your life. Get down to www.lazland.org Now also broadcasting on www.progzilla.com Every Saturday, 4.00 p.m. UK time! |
Posted By: lazland
Date Posted: February 07 2023 at 00:21
 ------------- Enhance your life. Get down to www.lazland.org Now also broadcasting on www.progzilla.com Every Saturday, 4.00 p.m. UK time! |
Posted By: PhideauxFan
Date Posted: February 07 2023 at 03:18
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I discovered this great band twenty years ago. I bought their first CD with the Polish artwork and I was really impressed. Now, I've got 11 of their albums: LPs, EPs, live. And I often listen to post/alternative/progressive rock/metal bands from Poland: Collage, Quidam, Pinkroom, Yenisei, Sounds Like The End Of The World, Weedpecker, ...
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Posted By: progbethyname
Date Posted: February 07 2023 at 18:49
Same. My dear friend. Spent about 80$ CAN on the hardcover blu ray media book edition. Surprisingly, it is worth it. I dig the artwork as well. A nice atmospheric bonus if I may say. ------------- Gimmie my headphones now!!! 🎧🤣 |
Posted By: progbethyname
Date Posted: February 07 2023 at 18:57
2nd life Syndrome is a great place to start. It is their heaviest album. Then do Love, Fear and The Time Machine which is their least heaviest album. Lastly. Get the double CD Eye of the Soundscape. You’ll hear them exploring the electronic end of things. Those 3 albums offer up amazing diversity from the band. You can’t lose out on difference.  ------------- Gimmie my headphones now!!! 🎧🤣 |
Posted By: siLLy puPPy
Date Posted: February 07 2023 at 19:33
Not really a comparable artist really. This isn't a love Riverside thread. It says Riverside. I'm just expressing my opinion. Did i say they suck ass? Nope. I don't mind them. I just don't go gaga over them either. The first couple albums are very good but then with the third they blatantly rip off Steven Wilson in too many ways for my liking. That's not crapping. That's critiquing. If blatant copycatism is your thing, all power to ya BTW i reviewed every Buckethead album more as a public service than anything. Most of those albums are crap! But many gems as well. They needed specific tags for MMA so i took on the daunting task
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Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: February 08 2023 at 05:17
Have to agree totally although that is based on streaming it only. Artwork is fantastic
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Posted By: David_D
Date Posted: February 11 2023 at 02:34
Now, after a new listen to these two albums and a half of "Friend or Foe?", my view has become complicated even more. ------------- quality over quantity, and all kind of PopcoRn almost beyond |
Posted By: progbethyname
Date Posted: February 11 2023 at 07:35
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So after upon getting several decent spins of I.D entity I’m easily putting into my top 3 with Riverside rankings in my own mind. I adore the instrumental tracks with “Age of Anger” and “Together Again” Such a great complement to the album. I’ve also really enjoyed this album in the 5.1 mix codec. So much fun and very immersive. I hope more people buy the media book edition with the blu ray. It is worth it in my humble opinion. ------------- Gimmie my headphones now!!! 🎧🤣 |
Posted By: omphaloskepsis
Date Posted: February 11 2023 at 09:00
Sums up my opinion and recent purchase history. Listening to ID.Enity almost daily.
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Posted By: BrufordFreak
Date Posted: February 11 2023 at 09:23
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I like their first thee albums--with 2005's Second Life Syndrome being, in my opinion, one of prog's great achievements of the 21st Century--but have been turned off by the odd divergences since. Are they a metal band or an off-shoot of Mariuz' atmospheric Lunatic Soul identity? Part of me thinks that after REM they were out of original ideas and could only be bothered to coopt others'. This latest album definitely seals this verdict for me: they're barley more than a tribute band now. ------------- Drew Fisher https://progisaliveandwell.blogspot.com/ |
Posted By: progbethyname
Date Posted: February 11 2023 at 10:03
Yeah I’ve been giving it a fair go. It is kind of addictive and grows on you. You can kind of start your day with it. ------------- Gimmie my headphones now!!! 🎧🤣 |
Posted By: Catcher10
Date Posted: February 11 2023 at 15:30
Those are easily two of my fav songs on the album......Currently it is spinning as I type -------------
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Posted By: progbethyname
Date Posted: February 11 2023 at 15:35
Jose. I also got a new DAP over Christmas and I can’t stop with those tracks!! Friend or foe is bloody addictive as well. Just hit repeat.  ------------- Gimmie my headphones now!!! 🎧🤣 |