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05-17-2021, 10:30 AM
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Re: 2021 Work in Progress..ive
Hi friends 2021 Work in Progress..ive These are my best tracks of 2021 Track Title-Group or Artist-Album The Pilgrim Suite -Andrew Stone-The Pilgrim Discworld - Projector - Glass Kites -Glass Kites II The Trial of the King - Chromatic Aberration -The Trial of the King A Future with No Colour - Sithu Aye -Senpai III 4Th Dimension - ProAge-Wymiar Claustrophobia-Eyesberg-Claustrophobia Rainy Sunday-Maxxess-Reactivate Colorbox-Raven Sad-The Leaf And The Wing Bit By Bit-Syrinx Call-Mirrorneuron Power Trip Career Aspirations-Lucas Lee -Sindrome De Estocolmo The Darkness in the Light-Transatlantic-The Absolute Universe: Forevermore Soul_Of_Hundred_Lives-Inner Prospekt-Canvas Two Flare_2-Richard_Barbieri-Under a Spell Cosmic Krautrock-Stephan Thelen-Fractal Guitar 2 Rite_Of_Accession-Elephant9-Arrival Of The New Elders In Discipline And With Love-Kerrs Pink-Presence Of Life Marcha_De_Sonidos_Parte_2-Black Expression-Regreso A Casa Crossing-Cast-Vigesimus Alice_Krige_Parts_1_and_2-Heard Of Istinct-Unravel Altitude-Lifesigns-Altitude In_1985-Cosmograf-Rattrapante Sailing_To_Byzantium-Nad Sylvan-Spiritus Mundi Empire_Of_The_Elf-Jeffrey Erik Mack-The Forgotten Earth Halo_Drive-Corrado Rustici -Interfulgent Tiresias-Noisy Diners-The Princess of the Allen Key Alice-The Mad Lab-Design of Experiments Added The Real History Of Tom Wheel, Pt. 1 (The Curse) -Fabricio Pipini(feat.Platinum)-Phantasicah (A Dreamer's Tale) Walk_Away-Bernardo Lanzetti-Horizontal Rain Broken Windows-Zygon-Earth And Sky The Ascent-The Emerald Down-To Touch The Sky Connecting_The_Dots-Confusion Field -Disconnection Complete Day_And_Age-Frost* -Day And Age Last edited by nicola : 05-17-2021 at 10:32 AM. 
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05-18-2021, 03:00 AM
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Re: 2021 Work in Progress..ive
Hi friends 2021 Work in Progress..ive .....a lot of good music is giving us this May ..... and the excellent albums of Italian Progressive Rock continue from January in this update: Fabricio Pipini(feat. Platinum): Fabricio Pipini Guitars and Lead Vocals Giammarco Pipini Keyboards Marco Marocco Bass Bernardo Lanzetti : Bernardo Lanzetti Lead and Backing Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Harmonica, Programming Andrea Cervetto Guitars, Bass, Keyboards Kim Chandler Backing Vocals ...... and as usual a huge Frost* The Real History Of Tom Wheel, Pt. 1 (The Curse) -Fabricio Pipini(feat. Platinum)-Phantasicah (A Dreamer's Tale) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GtJEpnhFbkw Connecting_The_Dots-Confusion Field-Disconnection Complete https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0MU4VVm6x6o GOOD LISTENING Last edited by nicola : 06-23-2021 at 07:32 AM.
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12-28-2021, 08:51 AM
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Nicola,
Please consider 2021 - Agusa - Album En Annan Varld - song: Uppenbarelser This is a SWEET retroprogressive sound with organ, flute, drums and guitar. Check them out... they are on Aural Moon. Regards from Texas, Ted
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01-10-2022, 05:19 AM
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Hi Ted
thank you for the suggestion, I did not know the album I know your preferences for EL&P and in particular for Keith Emerson ... nothing close to his skill but I will give you a suggestion too listen to the latest album by Andrew Roussak Russian keyboard player who listened to a lot of music by great keyboard players from Jon Lord to Rick Wakeman to Keith Emerson https://andrewroussak.bandcamp.com/a...ssing-the-line good listening TED Greetings nicola Last edited by nicola : 01-10-2022 at 05:24 AM.
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01-10-2022, 07:19 PM
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GIANT SKY
From Progarchives.com Giant Sky biography A new Norwegian act GIANT SKY were founded as a side project of SOUP by the founder / composer / keyboardist Erlend VIKEN in 2020. They've embarked themselves upon the debut creation recorded from January until May in 2020. Their eponymous 'concept' album saw the light finally upon June 4, 2021, in collaboration with lots of artists around them. Hi friends 2021 Work in Progress..ive These are my best tracks of 2021 Track Title-Group or Artist-Album The Pilgrim Suite -Andrew Stone-The Pilgrim Discworld - Projector - Glass Kites -Glass Kites II The Trial of the King - Chromatic Aberration -The Trial of the King 4Th Dimension - ProAge-Wymiar Claustrophobia-Eyesberg-Claustrophobia Rainy Sunday-Maxxess-Reactivate Colorbox-Raven Sad-The Leaf And The Wing Bit By Bit-Syrinx Call-Mirrorneuron Power Trip Career Aspirations-Lucas Lee -Sindrome De Estocolmo The Darkness in the Light-Transatlantic-The Absolute Universe: Forevermore Soul_Of_Hundred_Lives-Inner Prospekt-Canvas Two Flare_2-Richard_Barbieri-Under a Spell Cosmic Krautrock-Stephan Thelen-Fractal Guitar 2 Rite_Of_Accession-Elephant9-Arrival Of The New Elders In Discipline And With Love-Kerrs Pink-Presence Of Life Marcha_De_Sonidos_Parte_2-Black Expression-Regreso A Casa Crossing-Cast-Vigesimus Alice_Krige_Parts_1_and_2-Heard Of Istinct-Unravel Altitude-Lifesigns-Altitude In_1985-Cosmograf-Rattrapante Sailing_To_Byzantium-Nad Sylvan-Spiritus Mundi Halo_Drive-Corrado Rustici -Interfulgent Tiresias-Noisy Diners-The Princess of the Allen Key Alice-The Mad Lab-Design of Experiments The Real History Of Tom Wheel, Pt. 1 (The Curse) -Fabricio Pipini(feat.Platinum)-Phantasicah (A Dreamer's Tale) Walk_Away-Bernardo Lanzetti-Horizontal Rain Broken Windows-Zygon-Earth And Sky The Ascent-The Emerald Down-To Touch The Sky Connecting_The_Dots-Confusion Field -Disconnection Complete Day_And_Age-Frost* -Day And Age Haunted_House-Joe_Bailey -Ghosts Winter-Resistor -The 5th Season Book Of Coming Forth By Day-Blacksmith Tales-The Dark Presence Iron John-The Samurai Of Prog -The Lady And The Lion And Other Grimm Tales Go Viral-Sylvan-One to Zero Room 101-Karmamoi-Room 101 Hidden Land-Daniel Eliseev Project -Lost Humanity Apollo-Big Big Train - Common Ground Dissolution-Smalltape -THE HUNGRY HEART Dark World-Metamorphosis-I'm Not A Hero White Ghosts-Alessandro Corvaglia-Out Of The Gate Beyond the Years-The Neal Morse Band -Innocence & Danger Shanghai_to_Samarkand-Steve Hackett -Surrender Of Silence The_Cashectomy-Benjamin Croft -Far And Distant Things Red-The Watch-The Art of Bleeding In Disequilibrium, part 3-Isildurs Bane & Peter Hammill-In Disequilibrium Megalopolitana-Monarch Trail -Wither Down Hero-Amarok-Hero A View From The Top Of The World-Dream Theater- A View From The Top Of The World Invisible Killer-Andrew Roussak- Crossing the Line Guts-Spherical Agenda-Arcane Wisdom Added The Further We Go The Deeper It Gets Pt. 1-6-Giant Sky-Giant Sky The Further We Go The Deeper It Gets Pt. 1-6-Giant Sky https://giantskyband.bandcamp.com/tr...it-gets-pt-1-6 GOOD LISTENING Last edited by nicola : 02-03-2022 at 04:15 AM.
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01-18-2022, 12:31 PM
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DRIFTING SUN
DRIFTING SUN - FORSAKEN INNOCENCE A Good Neo Prog Album featuring IQ bassist JOHN JOWITT The Track I chose is: Forsaken Innocence (Part 1) follows the Biography and a series of comments on the Group and the Album From Progarchives.com Drifting Sun biography Founded in Chesham, UK circa 1994 - Hiatus between 1999-2013 - Reformed in 2014 DRIFTING SUN were formed sometime during early-90's (originally named Drama), after French natives Pat Sanders (keyboards) and Manu Sibona (bass) left their homecountry and landed in the UK. There they met American singer Rafe Pomeroy and four pieces were recorded in a London-based studio, then sent to Musea for evaluation. The French label decided to sign the band on their branch-label Brennus and in 1996 the self-titled debut of the band sees the light with Karl Groom participating on one track. Drifting Sun decided to move on as an independent group, the line-up was expanded with the addition of Tobin Bryant and Bryant's friend, guitarist John Spearman, while Pomerey was replaced by another American vocalist, Chris Martini.By the end of the year 1998 the band had launched the sophomore effort "On the Rebound". What followed was a very long break, but recently Sanders gave his band another chance, gathering a new line-up with singer Peter Falconer, drummer Will Jones and bassist/guitarist Dan Storey. The third work of DRIFTING SUN "Trip the Life Fantastic" was released in early 2015, a digital album, available via several online digital stores. __________________________________________________ ___________ More adventurous and daring than anything Arena, IQ or Pendragon have done. Most like Magenta at its finest feisty moments. (Progarchives) One of the best albums of 2021 so far and in my opinion their best to date (Progarchives) Let's hope that this collaboration will continue, because the first outcome of it is simply wonderful! (Progarchives) Together with this current line-up, I am sure this will wind up at the very top of 2021's lists for most, if not all, prog aficionados out there. It is THAT good! (Progarchives) An excellent album for any prog lover to test out for themselves. (Progarchives) There are a number of very good Prog bands around at the moment but I have to say that Drifting Sun are making music that works on just about every level and of all I’ve heard this year ‘Forsaken Innocence’ is definitely the best of them. (music-news/UK) “Forsaken Innocence” is a merciless piece of art. (Progenrock/The Netherlands) If you don’t know Drifting Sun yet, it’s time to open the door to he magic with “Forsaken Innocence”, their latest masterpiece. (Rock at Night/USA) L'album de la consécration ultime, l'avenir nous le dira? Indispensable à mes yeux et à mes oreilles. (Profil Prog/Canada) When a new studio work by DRIFTING SUN is released, nothing more than a masterpiece can be expected... in response to the immense advance praise, DRIFTING SUN present a 70-minute mammoth work. (Saitenkult/Germany) This is a giant of an album. (Background/The Netherlands) Cet album est bien sûr destiné à tous les progueux comme à tous les amateurs de belle musique où mélodie et technique font bon ménage. (Music in Belgium/Belgium) Overall Drifting Sun has created a very nice neo-progressive album, with great instrumental parts and a vocalist showing his best side. (Prog Space/USA) This album is as zesty a piece of neo-prog as you are likely to find. It is a monumental statement for Drifting Sun. The Spirit of Progressive Rock/UK) Drifting Sun nous balance, sans en avoir l’air, un grand album, peut-être même le meilleur de leur discographie, avec une production soignée et un sens de la composition qui fait mouche à tous les coups. « Forsaken Innocence » hisse le groupe au niveau des formations clés du paysage progressif! (ProgCritique/France) A massive progressive tour-de-force. (musicarockprogresivo/Spain) The whole band is in awesome form and the performances have a character of their own, without however overshadowing the compositions. (Progrocks/Greece) This new album is truly the pinnacle of their work so far. It’s an engaging, captivating and sensational listen every time you press play and is deservedly up there fighting for the honours of album of the year. (Progradar/UK) The strongest “Drifting Sun‘ album to date. When it comes to dynamic-melodic prog, they are pretty much the measure of all things at the moment. (Empire/Germany) Without a doubt “Forsaken Innocence” is the best album in their oeuvre. And perhaps, time will tell, a neoprog icon. (ProgWereld/The Netherlands) Beautiful compositions, warm atmospheres and exquisite chamber rock touches help to compose an aesthetically perfect album. (rocking/Greece) Drifting Sun parmi les grands, cette fois, j’en fais le pari! (Prog Censor/France) It just made it on my top-10-album-of-the-year-2021-list (despite fierce competition). (DPRP/The Netherlands) Forsaken Innocence is without a doubt the best Drifting Sun has ever made and is bursting with beautiful songs with everything a lover of well-made, well-played and well-sung prog rock could wish for. (Eriks Progtracks/The Netherlands) Forsaken Innocence sort Drifting Sun de l'ornière 'néo' où il a été confiné jusqu'ici. Sa musique est désormais plus grandiose, plus travaillée et plus diverse. (Dragon Jazz/France) New Drifting Sun album, released on October 27th, 2021 Hi friends 2021 Work in Progress..ive These are my best tracks of 2021 Track Title-Group or Artist-Album The Pilgrim Suite -Andrew Stone-The Pilgrim Discworld - Projector - Glass Kites -Glass Kites II The Trial of the King - Chromatic Aberration -The Trial of the King 4Th Dimension - ProAge-Wymiar Claustrophobia-Eyesberg-Claustrophobia Rainy Sunday-Maxxess-Reactivate Colorbox-Raven Sad-The Leaf And The Wing Bit By Bit-Syrinx Call-Mirrorneuron Power Trip Career Aspirations-Lucas Lee -Sindrome De Estocolmo The Darkness in the Light-Transatlantic-The Absolute Universe: Forevermore Soul_Of_Hundred_Lives-Inner Prospekt-Canvas Two Flare_2-Richard_Barbieri-Under a Spell Cosmic Krautrock-Stephan Thelen-Fractal Guitar 2 Rite_Of_Accession-Elephant9-Arrival Of The New Elders In Discipline And With Love-Kerrs Pink-Presence Of Life Marcha_De_Sonidos_Parte_2-Black Expression-Regreso A Casa Crossing-Cast-Vigesimus Alice_Krige_Parts_1_and_2-Heard Of Istinct-Unravel Altitude-Lifesigns-Altitude In_1985-Cosmograf-Rattrapante Sailing_To_Byzantium-Nad Sylvan-Spiritus Mundi Halo_Drive-Corrado Rustici -Interfulgent Tiresias-Noisy Diners-The Princess of the Allen Key Alice-The Mad Lab-Design of Experiments The Real History Of Tom Wheel, Pt. 1 (The Curse) -Fabricio Pipini(feat.Platinum)-Phantasicah (A Dreamer's Tale) Walk_Away-Bernardo Lanzetti-Horizontal Rain Broken Windows-Zygon-Earth And Sky The Ascent-The Emerald Down-To Touch The Sky Connecting_The_Dots-Confusion Field -Disconnection Complete Day_And_Age-Frost* -Day And Age Haunted_House-Joe_Bailey -Ghosts Winter-Resistor -The 5th Season Book Of Coming Forth By Day-Blacksmith Tales-The Dark Presence Iron John-The Samurai Of Prog -The Lady And The Lion And Other Grimm Tales Go Viral-Sylvan-One to Zero Room 101-Karmamoi-Room 101 Hidden Land-Daniel Eliseev Project -Lost Humanity Apollo-Big Big Train - Common Ground Dissolution-Smalltape -THE HUNGRY HEART Dark World-Metamorphosis-I'm Not A Hero White Ghosts-Alessandro Corvaglia-Out Of The Gate Beyond the Years-The Neal Morse Band -Innocence & Danger Shanghai_to_Samarkand-Steve Hackett -Surrender Of Silence The_Cashectomy-Benjamin Croft -Far And Distant Things Red-The Watch-The Art of Bleeding In Disequilibrium, part 3-Isildurs Bane & Peter Hammill-In Disequilibrium Megalopolitana-Monarch Trail -Wither Down Hero-Amarok-Hero A View From The Top Of The World-Dream Theater- A View From The Top Of The World Invisible Killer-Andrew Roussak- Crossing the Line Guts-Spherical Agenda-Arcane Wisdom The Further We Go The Deeper It Gets Pt. 1-6-Giant Sky-Giant Sky Added Forsaken Innocence (Part 1) -Drifting Sun-Forsaken Innocence Forsaken Innocence (Part 1)-Drifting Sun https://driftingsun.bandcamp.com/tra...nocence-part-i GOOD LISTENING Last edited by nicola : 02-09-2022 at 02:50 AM.
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05-11-2021, 07:04 AM
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Aurora - Resistor - The 5th Season
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05-12-2021, 09:01 PM
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05-13-2021, 10:13 AM
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05-22-2021, 08:30 PM
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KV62 - John Holden - Circles In Time
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05-27-2021, 08:33 AM
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Genial! - Bernardo Lanzetti - Horizontal Rain
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06-03-2021, 10:39 AM
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Into the Sea (Apocatastasis) - Blacksmith Tales - The Dark Presence
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06-18-2021, 08:10 AM
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Hi friends 2021 Work in Progress..ive These are my best tracks of 2021 Track Title-Group or Artist-Album The Pilgrim Suite -Andrew Stone-The Pilgrim Discworld - Projector - Glass Kites -Glass Kites II The Trial of the King - Chromatic Aberration -The Trial of the King A Future with No Colour - Sithu Aye -Senpai III 4Th Dimension - ProAge-Wymiar Claustrophobia-Eyesberg-Claustrophobia Rainy Sunday-Maxxess-Reactivate Colorbox-Raven Sad-The Leaf And The Wing Bit By Bit-Syrinx Call-Mirrorneuron Power Trip Career Aspirations-Lucas Lee -Sindrome De Estocolmo The Darkness in the Light-Transatlantic-The Absolute Universe: Forevermore Soul_Of_Hundred_Lives-Inner Prospekt-Canvas Two Flare_2-Richard_Barbieri-Under a Spell Cosmic Krautrock-Stephan Thelen-Fractal Guitar 2 Rite_Of_Accession-Elephant9-Arrival Of The New Elders In Discipline And With Love-Kerrs Pink-Presence Of Life Marcha_De_Sonidos_Parte_2-Black Expression-Regreso A Casa Crossing-Cast-Vigesimus Alice_Krige_Parts_1_and_2-Heard Of Istinct-Unravel Altitude-Lifesigns-Altitude In_1985-Cosmograf-Rattrapante Sailing_To_Byzantium-Nad Sylvan-Spiritus Mundi Empire_Of_The_Elf-Jeffrey Erik Mack-The Forgotten Earth Halo_Drive-Corrado Rustici -Interfulgent Tiresias-Noisy Diners-The Princess of the Allen Key Alice-The Mad Lab-Design of Experiments The Real History Of Tom Wheel, Pt. 1 (The Curse) -Fabricio Pipini(feat.Platinum)-Phantasicah (A Dreamer's Tale) Walk_Away-Bernardo Lanzetti-Horizontal Rain Broken Windows-Zygon-Earth And Sky The Ascent-The Emerald Down-To Touch The Sky Connecting_The_Dots-Confusion Field -Disconnection Complete Day_And_Age-Frost* -Day And Age Added Haunted_House-Joe_Bailey -Ghosts Winter-Resistor -The 5th Season Book Of Coming Forth By Day-Blacksmith Tales-The Dark Presence Iron John-The Samurai Of Prog -The Lady And The Lion And Other Grimm Tales Go Viral-Sylvan-One to Zero Room 101-Karmamoi-Room 101 Last edited by nicola : 07-29-2021 at 03:27 AM.
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06-19-2021, 02:05 PM
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Smiling Stars - Nine Skies - 5.20
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06-22-2021, 05:55 PM
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Sailing Home - Ambigram - Ambigram
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06-23-2021, 07:32 AM
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Hi friends 2021 Work in Progress..ive in this update: ..... still an excellent Italian Progressive Rock album the good time continues from January Book Of Coming Forth By Day-Blacksmith Tales-The Dark Presence Line-up / Musicians - Michele Guaitoli / vocals - Beatrice Demori / vocals - Stefano Debiaso / drums - Denis Canciani / bass - Marco Falanga / electric guitars, acoustic guitars - Luca Zanon / keyboards, flute - David Del Fabro / backing vocals, piano, keyboards, duduk Blacksmith Tales biography from progarchives An Italian combo BLACKSMITH TAKES have the roots founded in the 1990s by a keyboardist David Del FABIO, who has been inspired by authentic Britsh progressive rock outfits like Rush,Genesis, Pink Floyd, Kansas, Gentle Giant. They have been reborn as a septet for their debut album entitled "The Dark Presence" released via an Italian independent label Immaginifica in April 2021. .....and .......... other excellent tracks ...... Haunted_House-Joe_Bailey -Ghosts https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=URBn...TNHQrq0TphU5RI GOOD LISTENING Last edited by nicola : 06-23-2021 at 07:38 AM.
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06-26-2021, 07:32 AM
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in this update: ..... still an excellent Italian Progressive Rock album the good time continues from January Blacksmith Tales is an excellent album!
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06-26-2021, 07:34 AM
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One More Day - Cirkus - Page 12 On The Right
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07-29-2021, 03:37 AM
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Hi friends 2021 Work in Progress..ive These are my best tracks of 2021 Track Title-Group or Artist-Album The Pilgrim Suite -Andrew Stone-The Pilgrim Discworld - Projector - Glass Kites -Glass Kites II The Trial of the King - Chromatic Aberration -The Trial of the King A Future with No Colour - Sithu Aye -Senpai III 4Th Dimension - ProAge-Wymiar Claustrophobia-Eyesberg-Claustrophobia Rainy Sunday-Maxxess-Reactivate Colorbox-Raven Sad-The Leaf And The Wing Bit By Bit-Syrinx Call-Mirrorneuron Power Trip Career Aspirations-Lucas Lee -Sindrome De Estocolmo The Darkness in the Light-Transatlantic-The Absolute Universe: Forevermore Soul_Of_Hundred_Lives-Inner Prospekt-Canvas Two Flare_2-Richard_Barbieri-Under a Spell Cosmic Krautrock-Stephan Thelen-Fractal Guitar 2 Rite_Of_Accession-Elephant9-Arrival Of The New Elders In Discipline And With Love-Kerrs Pink-Presence Of Life Marcha_De_Sonidos_Parte_2-Black Expression-Regreso A Casa Crossing-Cast-Vigesimus Alice_Krige_Parts_1_and_2-Heard Of Istinct-Unravel Altitude-Lifesigns-Altitude In_1985-Cosmograf-Rattrapante Sailing_To_Byzantium-Nad Sylvan-Spiritus Mundi Empire_Of_The_Elf-Jeffrey Erik Mack-The Forgotten Earth Halo_Drive-Corrado Rustici -Interfulgent Tiresias-Noisy Diners-The Princess of the Allen Key Alice-The Mad Lab-Design of Experiments The Real History Of Tom Wheel, Pt. 1 (The Curse) -Fabricio Pipini(feat.Platinum)-Phantasicah (A Dreamer's Tale) Walk_Away-Bernardo Lanzetti-Horizontal Rain Broken Windows-Zygon-Earth And Sky The Ascent-The Emerald Down-To Touch The Sky Connecting_The_Dots-Confusion Field -Disconnection Complete Day_And_Age-Frost* -Day And Age Haunted_House-Joe_Bailey -Ghosts Winter-Resistor -The 5th Season Book Of Coming Forth By Day-Blacksmith Tales-The Dark Presence Iron John-The Samurai Of Prog -The Lady And The Lion And Other Grimm Tales Go Viral-Sylvan-One to Zero Room 101-Karmamoi-Room 101 Added Hidden Land-Daniel Eliseev Project -Lost Humanity .... here the live studio version of the track https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RATuz35Pz9M GOOD LISTENING Last edited by nicola : 08-02-2021 at 12:21 AM.
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08-02-2021, 12:29 AM
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Hi friends 2021 Work in Progress..ive These are my best tracks of 2021 Track Title-Group or Artist-Album The Pilgrim Suite -Andrew Stone-The Pilgrim Discworld - Projector - Glass Kites -Glass Kites II The Trial of the King - Chromatic Aberration -The Trial of the King A Future with No Colour - Sithu Aye -Senpai III 4Th Dimension - ProAge-Wymiar Claustrophobia-Eyesberg-Claustrophobia Rainy Sunday-Maxxess-Reactivate Colorbox-Raven Sad-The Leaf And The Wing Bit By Bit-Syrinx Call-Mirrorneuron Power Trip Career Aspirations-Lucas Lee -Sindrome De Estocolmo The Darkness in the Light-Transatlantic-The Absolute Universe: Forevermore Soul_Of_Hundred_Lives-Inner Prospekt-Canvas Two Flare_2-Richard_Barbieri-Under a Spell Cosmic Krautrock-Stephan Thelen-Fractal Guitar 2 Rite_Of_Accession-Elephant9-Arrival Of The New Elders In Discipline And With Love-Kerrs Pink-Presence Of Life Marcha_De_Sonidos_Parte_2-Black Expression-Regreso A Casa Crossing-Cast-Vigesimus Alice_Krige_Parts_1_and_2-Heard Of Istinct-Unravel Altitude-Lifesigns-Altitude In_1985-Cosmograf-Rattrapante Sailing_To_Byzantium-Nad Sylvan-Spiritus Mundi Empire_Of_The_Elf-Jeffrey Erik Mack-The Forgotten Earth Halo_Drive-Corrado Rustici -Interfulgent Tiresias-Noisy Diners-The Princess of the Allen Key Alice-The Mad Lab-Design of Experiments The Real History Of Tom Wheel, Pt. 1 (The Curse) -Fabricio Pipini(feat.Platinum)-Phantasicah (A Dreamer's Tale) Walk_Away-Bernardo Lanzetti-Horizontal Rain Broken Windows-Zygon-Earth And Sky The Ascent-The Emerald Down-To Touch The Sky Connecting_The_Dots-Confusion Field -Disconnection Complete Day_And_Age-Frost* -Day And Age Haunted_House-Joe_Bailey -Ghosts Winter-Resistor -The 5th Season Book Of Coming Forth By Day-Blacksmith Tales-The Dark Presence Iron John-The Samurai Of Prog -The Lady And The Lion And Other Grimm Tales Go Viral-Sylvan-One to Zero Room 101-Karmamoi-Room 101 Hidden Land-Daniel Eliseev Project -Lost Humanity Added Apollo-Big Big Train - Common Ground from http://newprogreleases.blogspot.com from http://www.progarchives.com Review by Second Life Syndrome PROG REVIEWER Here comes another Big Big Train album. I honestly was a bit wary of reviewing it. The record is called Common Ground, and it releases today, July 30th. You may remember my review for their last record, Grand Tour. I felt like it was a balanced take, but many people took it as primarily negative, and I ended up feeling bad about it. But my opinion remains unchanged on that record. Thankfully, however, Common Ground doesn't fall into all the same traps as its predecessor. Big Big Train comes to us from the UK, and they have been seeing some changes of late. One of the things that plagued Grand Tour was the bloated sound, possibly due to the long genealogy of musicians who were involved. Common Ground is definitely scaled back considerably. The musicians present are David Longdon on lead vocals, Gregory Spawton on bass, Rikard Sjöblom on guitars, keyboards, and vocals, and Nick D'Virgilio on drums and vocals. Guests include: a five piece brass ensemble, Carly Bryant on keys and vocals, Dave Foster on guitars, Clare Lindley on violin and vocals, and Aidan O'Rourke on violin. That's basically half the number of people on the last album. The band's sound has changed somewhat, too. This album isn't as pastoral or retro prog in nature. In fact, though those elements are still present, a more modern, fresh, and even quirky progressive rock has appeared in their place. The music relies on David Longdon's fantastic vocals more than ever, and you'll even hear some heavier rock sections that took me off guard. The album feels awkward and strange at times, but I've learned to like that about it upon multiple listens. A good example of this is "All the Love We Can Give". This is such a weird song. David (I think) sings in a strange baritone, which doesn't sound natural at all, but the song takes it in stride, and there are some wonderful instrumental portions and also vocal spots from other band members. It shouldn't work, and there are moments that certainly don't, but it overall does feel like a fresh take from this band. And that is what strikes me as most important here. Common Ground isn't BBT's best album, not by a long shot. If I had to compare it to another BBT release, I would say it reminds me of 2007's The Difference Machine, although I can't vocalize why that is. In my Grand Tour review, I mentioned that the band seemed stuck in a rut creatively, making the same album over and over. Well, I can say with aplomb that this has changed, and that this album represents a renewed creative focus for the band. Does everything hit just right? Not at all, but the band at least brings new ideas and eras into their sound. Pretty much every song builds on this renewed vision, except for possibly the instrumental "Apollo", which is a good track but definitely could have fit on Grand Tour. Of course, the track preceding it is also instrumental; "Headwaters" is a piano ballad and absolutely gorgeous. "The Strangest Times" opens the record, and while I don't think the chorus is all that memorable, I do like the energy and enthusiasm. "Black with Ink" is another interesting track, feeling more 80s to my ears, and the female vocals (Carly or Clare, I'm not sure) really add an element that BBT has been missing. I'd like to hear more of that. In fact, I remember David doing a duet with Christina Booth from Magenta for the cover of Hackett's "Spectral Mornings", so I think this is a strong suit for David. My favorite songs all come in the second half. In fact, they are the last three: "Common Ground", "Atlantic Cable", and "Endnotes". The title track feels like it could have been on English Electric, Part 1 (my favorite), save for the lyrical focus on current social issues. It has a great chorus, and David sounds amazing. "Atlantic Cable" is a quirky, vibrant song that lasts for fifteen minutes. In between the various keyboard solos, there is a subtle and even cinematic quality that attracts me. Finally, "Endnotes" closes the album with an illustrious, horn-laden finale. It feels regal and confident. I also want to mention here that BBT recently released a remix of 2009's The Underfall Yard, an album I have struggled to like ever since it was launched. This remix, however, makes the album much better, and it also adds a bonus track called "Brew and Burgh", and let me tell you?this is one of my favorite songs of 2021. I absolutely love it. It has all the emotion, friendship, and love that I want from BBT, and that sometimes they forget. The music video is absolutely stunning, as well. My kids and I have watched it many times. I think Big Big Train are making their own way again. Common Ground isn't a perfect album, but it has its moments, and it feels like the first new sound from the band since English Electric, Part 1. I applaud them for recreating themselves and for their obvious class and artistry. For the first time in years, I feel hope and even excitement for the future of this band. 8/10 .... here the youtube version of the track https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88HHhbD1vFE GOOD LISTENING Last edited by nicola : 09-05-2021 at 07:36 AM.
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