PROG CORNER

[John aka Josh]

Thought I'd give it a try.





Blooming Great!


Thanks for the prompt.









And progarchives rates Birds higher, so that's on the list to hear too.

[Lord Rother]

<——- Nice one! The Spotify version has 28 tracks and it has to be one of the best extended albums I’ve heard. Great stuff.

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New album from another Dutch band hovering below the line. Starts off a bit obvious metal prog with the sort of blasting chugging guitar riff that puts me off a bit but it gets better as it goes on and when the heavy symphonic elements kick in it does appeal. (Hints of Magic Pie who I bloody love.)

Seem to remember I quite rated their last one but the search function barely works so not much point looking to see what I said back then....

Day Six - Solitary League

[Lord Voldemort]

Man Claims To Love “Progressive, Boundary Pushing Music”, Doesn’t Listen to Anything Made Past 1975

Remind you of anyone?

[never/ever]

NP- Conny Olivetti- In Trance as Mission


Having spend several months with this album I can honestly say that this is overall Conny's finest album.

This album has many similarities with his previous output- the New Pop-sensibilities with lively sequencer-parts, the dense instrumentals like hovering clouds over a sundrenched city, all interspersed with spoken word-samples and effects. This album, number 18 (!) has a more thematical approach- opening track Infrastructure sets the tone in mentioning social media's up- and downfall (Cambridge Analytica) and it finds like-minded topics like racism, enlightenment and broken dreams (very effectively emphasized by Spindrift, with its use of the famous I Have a Dream-speech set in a funereal background with crows cawing, leaving an impression of shattered promises and false hope). These particular parts are all set against an electronic-industrial background, giving these fragmented quotes a sinister and very effective backdrop.

The absolute jewel in the crown though is Das Paradies- a track using the ineffable Klaus Kinski reading a fairytale in German, wrapped in a luscious electronic, dub-style background that makes me wish Conny had taken the whole story and soundtracked it. My new favorite track by him and the best thing I heard all year.

In Trance As Mission makes for beautiful (un)easy listening; it reads like a well-written statement, the sonic designs give the proper illuminations to the tracks and propel them with clear intent into your mind. Terrific album.

[Lord Rother]

Man Claims To Love “Progressive, Boundary Pushing Music”, Doesn’t Listen to Anything Made Past 1975

Remind you of anyone?

[Neil Jung]

More from the Netherlands with one of the ground breakers’ 3rd album, released in 1973.

Earth and Fire - Atlantis

Very trippy. Excellent title track below.

I love this album. The guitarist plays at the very limit of his level of competence!

[Lord Rother]

Another new one for me from Leslie West, Jack Bruce and Corky Laing. But then you old fellas already knew that

Of course.

1972 was a very good year.

[C]

1972 was a very good year.

Indeed Bob!

NP







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[C]

Steve Hillage - Düsseldorf



This is really good!

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Dusseldorf-Ste ... dusseldorf.










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[Good Night Dallas, Texas]

NP



Robust Stuff

Jig A Jig?

Not 'arf

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[John aka Josh]

Played this last night.



Playing it again.



Excellent.

[Lord Rother]

Impressed with Spotify this morning.

I let it play things I might like and it came up with the following, none of which apart from Wishbone Ash (to my recent memory) I have played myself, and all excellent:

For Yasgur’s Farm - Mountain
Too Rolling Stoned - Robin Trower
Miss Evil - Frijid Pink
Waiting in The Wings - BBM
Songs of Yesterday - Free
Evening Over Rooftops - Edgar Broughton Band
You Give Me Loving - Ten Years After
Throw Down The Sword - Wishbone Ash

Made for a good and enlightening drive in to work.

[Diamond Dog]

1972 was a very good year.

There was no Led Zeppelin album in 1972. Your statement needs to be viewed with that in mind.

[slightbreeze]

[C]

For Yasgur’s Farm - Mountain
Too Rolling Stoned - Robin Trower
Miss Evil - Frijid Pink
Waiting in The Wings - BBM
Songs of Yesterday - Free
Evening Over Rooftops - Edgar Broughton Band
You Give Me Loving - Ten Years After
Throw Down The Sword - Wishbone Ash

Made for a good and enlightening drive in to work.

A delightful list




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[slightbreeze]

No wonder Anderson and Squire were impressed with young Rick

[C]

No wonder Anderson and Squire were impressed with young Rick

Great choices Chris!






NP









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[Lord Rother]

Sadly Jon Hiseman will be gone soon.

[Lord Rother]

Played this last night.



Playing it again.



Excellent.

Played yesterday too.

I also played this. Also good but more measured - I love the full on rocking out organ on the 1st 2 albums.

[Lord Rother]

Another super selection courtesy of the Spotify algorithm this morning none of which are on the playlists I’ve created myself over the years.