Songs a la YYZ
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Topic: Songs a la YYZ
Posted By: Negoba
Subject: Songs a la YYZ
Date Posted: March 26 2023 at 18:43
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I'm looking for some bands / albums / songs with the following characteristics: Instrumental Guitar heavy but not necessarily metal Keyboards an important element Complex rhythms Composed themes rather than jams a la YYZ or La Villa Strangiato Developing a band project and trying to find recordings to use as reference mixes. ------------- You are quite a fine person, and I am very fond of you. But you are only quite a little fellow, in a wide world, after all. |
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Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: March 26 2023 at 19:09
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French band 1980 comes to mind, CD from '07, hard to find, mine is ... somewhere  -- http://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=19150" rel="nofollow - http://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=19150 ------------- "Too often we enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought." -- John F. Kennedy |
Posted By: I prophesy disaster
Date Posted: March 26 2023 at 19:16
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Just recently, I started a thread titled " http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=130610" rel="nofollow - Little Masterpieces " in which YYZ was one of the examples. ------------- No, I know how to behave in the restaurant now, I don't tear at the meat with my hands. If I've become a man of the world somehow, that's not necessarily to say I'm a worldly man. |
Posted By: mathman0806
Date Posted: March 26 2023 at 20:08
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Look through the catalogs of Djam Karet and Ovrfwrd. DK has been around for nearly 40 years with a diverse catalog on tunes. This one might fit the bill. Ovrfwrd is a newer band with 5 albums. Also look into aome jazz rock fusion that's more on the rock side, such as the Fire Merchants formed by Brand X guitarist John Goodsall and Genesis touring drummer Chester Thompson. |
Posted By: I prophesy disaster
Date Posted: March 26 2023 at 20:19
... or some Mahavishnu Orchestra, for example, Birds of Fire: ------------- No, I know how to behave in the restaurant now, I don't tear at the meat with my hands. If I've become a man of the world somehow, that's not necessarily to say I'm a worldly man. |
mathman0806 wrote:Posted By: Dellinger
Date Posted: March 26 2023 at 20:26
| Not necessarily metal... but are you OK if it is metal? I can think of the instrumental Dream Theater songs, and their spin-off Liquid Tension Experiment. I particularly love The Ytse Jam and Stream of Consiousness from DT, and Paradigm Shift, Acid Rain, and Another Dimension from LTE. |
Posted By: mathman0806
Date Posted: March 26 2023 at 20:40
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Soft Machine's Bundles album with Allan Holdsworth maybe. |
Posted By: Awesoreno
Date Posted: March 26 2023 at 20:43
| Nova Collective, every song off their one album. |
Posted By: I prophesy disaster
Date Posted: March 26 2023 at 20:47
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What about black midi, for example, John L? ------------- No, I know how to behave in the restaurant now, I don't tear at the meat with my hands. If I've become a man of the world somehow, that's not necessarily to say I'm a worldly man. |
Posted By: mathman0806
Date Posted: March 26 2023 at 21:01
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The Nova Collective suggestion reminds me that Haken release instrumental versions of their albums. |
Posted By: Gerinski
Date Posted: March 27 2023 at 02:04
| Dream Theater's Black Clouds & Silver Linings special edition also includes a 3rd disc with the full album in instrumental version. |
Posted By: PhideauxFan
Date Posted: March 27 2023 at 03:58
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Offworld (Belgium) (psychedelic space-rock/metal). https://tomtee.bandcamp.com/album/some-circles-are-square" rel="nofollow - Some Circles Are Square | Offworld | Tom Tee (bandcamp.com)
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Posted By: suitkees
Date Posted: March 27 2023 at 06:37
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You might like to explore the two https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdGA3wUAo46XLf94Km3Mg3Q" rel="nofollow - Bozzio - Levin - Stevens albums: ------------- The razamataz is a pain in the bum |
Posted By: Negoba
Date Posted: March 27 2023 at 07:38
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Thanks everyone, this will give me plenty of material to use. If you've ever done mixing and recording, it's helpful to have reference tracks to compare the overall sound. I do like metal, and this project skirts on the edge. I'll enjoy listening to all of these artists regardless. Again, thank you. ------------- You are quite a fine person, and I am very fond of you. But you are only quite a little fellow, in a wide world, after all. |
Posted By: Gerinski
Date Posted: March 27 2023 at 07:50
Fully agree, both great instrumental albums!
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Posted By: Grumpyprogfan
Date Posted: March 27 2023 at 08:17
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Zappa for sure. Many of his instrumental songs/albums fit your criteria. Here is one of my favorites by him. |
Posted By: Lewian
Date Posted: March 27 2023 at 10:40
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You may like Kong from Amsterdam. They're instrumental, guitar riff oriented, and heavy and do some fun things with electronics (I know that wasn't asked for but it may make up for the mostly missing keyboards). |
Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: March 27 2023 at 10:52
Posted By: HolyMoly
Date Posted: March 27 2023 at 16:32
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A tune I just remembered from 20 years ago. Not a complex riff but a good heavy one, and a good mix IMO. Maximum Indifference is the band’s name. ------------- My other avatar is a Porsche It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle if it is lightly greased. -Kehlog Albran |
Posted By: Dellinger
Date Posted: March 27 2023 at 20:58
I remember listeing to it a few times, until I noticed that, for some reason, they didn't only leave out the vocals, but also the guitar solos (not all guitars, only the solos), and since then I have not bothered with it again. |
Posted By: Awesoreno
Date Posted: March 27 2023 at 22:00
I like the '88 version of this piece the best. If I remember correctly, when The Zappa Band opened for King Crimson when I saw them in LA, they played this track. Very fun.
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Posted By: Negoba
Date Posted: March 28 2023 at 07:16
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Working through all of these. Djam Karet in the car this morning. Nova Collective now. Some of these I knew pretty well already. Love Alan Holdsworth with Soft Machine, Mahavishnu, and Zappa though I don't know his later work as well as mid-70s. I know Dream Theater quite well and they are a little more metal than I'm looking for even though I like them for my personal listening. Plenty more to delve into. Thanks everyone. ------------- You are quite a fine person, and I am very fond of you. But you are only quite a little fellow, in a wide world, after all. |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: March 28 2023 at 10:28
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Glass Hammer - Watchmen On The Walls. |
Posted By: Easy Money
Date Posted: March 28 2023 at 11:46
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Shining "Grindstone" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rnPN_YFQjRo&list=OLAK5uy_kPGxbc10Thegi1PVjfDBYBT0QpMZiZ5Zg" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rnPN_YFQjRo&list=OLAK5uy_kPGxbc10Thegi1PVjfDBYBT0QpMZiZ5Zg |
Posted By: mathman0806
Date Posted: March 28 2023 at 18:44
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Now if you want the essence of 70s and 80s Rush in one instrumental, there's this tribute by YYNOT. |
Posted By: b_olariu
Date Posted: March 28 2023 at 23:42
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try this band, they are really solid and totally unknown from Norway http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=4925
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Posted By: verslibre
Date Posted: March 29 2023 at 14:48
I saw them play in 2001. I could be wrong, but that may have been the last time they played together, but they're still friends. I hope they surprise us out of the blue someday with a third album. ------------- https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_ipg=50&_sop=1&_rdc=1&_ssn=musicosm" rel="nofollow - eBay |
Posted By: Negoba
Date Posted: March 30 2023 at 10:38
This is my favorite album discovery recently - thank you for recommending!!! ------------- You are quite a fine person, and I am very fond of you. But you are only quite a little fellow, in a wide world, after all. |
Posted By: Prog-jester
Date Posted: March 30 2023 at 11:43
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(not the biggest fan of an instrumental-only-prog BUT) been digging through my neo-prog downloads from the mid-00s lately and while listening to this particular track I thought to myself "hey that could've been a Rush instrumental from the 80s". Glad to help then! |
Posted By: Awesoreno
Date Posted: March 30 2023 at 22:43
Super glad to know! My favorite cut off of that album is probably the one that reminds me most of YYZ, Ripped Apart and Reassembled. At least in spirit, if not in compositional similarity. It has that "fun" factor.
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