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14 BIS - Symphonic prog with pop tendencies.
ACIDENTE - Good mainly instrumental prog. AETHER - Wonderful Camelesque prog and almost all instrumental with violin. ALEXL - Symphonic rock with violin, acoustic guitars, warm bass lines and occasional female vocals. Real good! ALPHA 3 - Electronic/progressive. ANIMA - Fine progressive rock. ANNO LUZ - Spacey symphonic group from 1987 finally available on CD APOCALYPSE - Neo prog like Marillion. http://www.myspace.com/apocalypsebr ARAUJO, MARCO ANTONIO - Great progressive/classical rock ARION - Symphonic rock with female vocals that brings to mind Genesis, Yes & Renaissance ASA THE LUZ - Close to Sagrado with participation by Marcus Viana & other Sagrado members ATOMO PERMANENTE - III Milenio offshoot and excellent debut disc BAALBEK - Excellent instrumental prog rock with jazz leanings BACAMARTE - Best Brazilian prog album ever. Sounds right out of the 70’s Italian scene. http://www.myspace.com/marcusmoura and http://www.myspace.com/bacamarte2 and http://www.myspace.com/bacamarte BENCHIMOL, SERGIO - Fantastic symphonic fusion. Reminds me mostly of the Spanish band Gotic. http://www.myspace.com/sergiobenchimol BERIMBROWN - Strange band of funk/soul/reggae/samba http://www.myspace.com/berimfanpage BLEZQI ZATSAZ - Stunning instrumental symphonic progressive CACTUS PEYOTES - Symphonic rock with fusion elements and strong vocals CALIX - Similar to Jethro Tull and Sagrado CARTOON - Intricate progressive rock with a 70’s sound. http://www.myspace.com/bandacartoon CASA DAS MAQUINAS - One of the better Brazilian prog bands of the 70’s CHEIRO DE VIDA - Fine instrumental jazz fusion CHRONOS MUNDI - Great new symphonic progressive rock CILIBRINAS DO EDEN - Long lost Rita Lee & Os Mutantes recordings from 1973. Mix of rock, psych and folk COLLEGIUM MUSICUM DE MINAS - Mix of Renaissance, Eastern & Celtic music COMUNIDADE S8 - Great folk/prog by this religious sect community DESEQUILIBRIOS - Excellent symphonic progressive rock with Fabio Ribeiro on keys DIALETO - Prog rock/fusion with a bit of King Crimson influence but at the same time quite unique. http://www.myspace.com/dialeto DIAPASAO - Keyboard-based instrumental progressive trio with some jazz moments. Reminds me somewhat of Triumvirat. Very good! DIAS, SERGIO - One of Brasil’s best guitarists. Recommended to O Terco fans. DUMEE, JAN - Fusion jazz ECLIPSE – Fine symph/neo prog FERNANDES, GLAUCO - Violin player from Aether. If you like Viana then you will love this instrumental work FREAKEYS - Instrumental heavy fusion led by the keys of Fabio Laguna and some biting guitar riffs FRITSCH, ELOY - Electronic music by the Apocalypse keyboardist. http://www.myspace.com/eloyfritsch G.A.L.F. - Prog/symph with ex-Recordando guitarist Fernando Pacheco. Resides somewhere between Genesis and Camel GAPPO, NILTON - Instrumental prog a la King Crimson & blending Brasilian instruments in his music HADDAD - 6 piece symphonic rock group III MILENIO - Similar to Floyd or Rush. Great concept CD! INDEX - Fantastic instrumental symphonic in Camel, Genesis style INNER FLAME - Heavy symphonic. English vocals KARMA - Progressive folk trio from 1972. Sounds more Greek than anything. A real good one this is! LAGUNA, FABIO - Completely instrumental keyboard attack LEHMUJEN - Purely instrumental keyboard driven prog. Quite good! LUMMEN - First album by this symphonic band with a bit of Tull influence LUZ DA ASIA - Cosmic eastern sounding classical folk MAGNUM OPUS - Great progressive symphonic in Eloy tradition MAHTRAK - Instreumental progressive fusion. Highly recommended! http://www.myspace.com/mahtrak MANTRA - Short length debut with a definite O Terco influence MARASLIS, ALEXANDRE - Instrumental progressive work by Chronos Mundi leader MELLO, ANDRE - Solo effort by Tempu Fugit keyboardist. Ranges from classical & prog to new age MODULO 1000 - Limited Edition of 500 copies. 8 bonus tracks MONTAUK PROJECT - Instrumental trio and similar to Tryo MONTE DE VENUS - Private pressing of acid prog rock MUTANTES (OS) - 3 great prog releases by this seminal Brasilian band. http://www.myspace.com/mutantes NAVE - 1st full-length release by this symphonic rock group who first appeared on the Tales of Brasilian Rock comp. NIGHT FLIGHT - Post Quantum instrumental prog OCTOHPERA - New symphonic rock group with a bit of Gentle Giant influence PACHECO, FERNANDO - Orginal and re-recording of his excellent long out of print debut. Recordando related! PALMA - Fantastic instrumental symphonic folk led by flute & acoustic guitars. Reminds me of Camel’s “Snowgoose” POCOS & NUVENS - Mixture of progressive & folk rock. Nice acoustic guitar and flute PROJETO CALEIDOSCOPIO - Blends Brasilian instruments with a progressive rock appeal QUANTUM - Progressive rock a bit similar to Camel but with a fusion edge QUATERNA REQUIEM - Great Camelesque classical progressive rock RAIZ DE PEDRA - Fine instrumental fusion prog RECORDANDO O VALE DAS MACAS - 70’s prog gem RENNO, AUGUSTO - Instrumental fusion guitarist with participation from Marcus Viana ROCHA, MARCIO - Solo debut by Luz De Asia member. Symph/prog with folk and chamber touches. Great! SABA, ALEX - Instrumental guitarist influenced by Anthony Phillips, Steve Hackett & Jan Akkerman SAECVLA SAECVLORVM - Great pre-Sagrado prog with Marcus Viana on violin SAGRADO CORACAO DA TERRA - Classical rock led by the wonderful violin playing of Marcus Viana. http://www.myspace.com/sagradocoracaodaterra SCARS SOULS - Heavy progressive that borders on prog metal. Quite good! SECOS & MOLHADOS - Psych/prog from 1973 & 1974 SEMENTE - Excellent new symphonic rock led by flute, synths & female vocals. Great! SIGMA - Excellent prog close to Camel & Eris Pluvia SLEEPWALKER SUN - Symph/prog with dramatic female vocals and occasional heavy guitars. Marcus Viana and Andre Mello guest SOLIS - Very promising new keyboard-led symphonic rock group with a great debut! SOM NOSSO DE CADA DIA - ELPish 70’s progressive SPECTRO - Pre-Alpha III keyboard progressive from 1974. Only 100 made SPIN - Great symph/prog. ELP and Camel similarities SUNFLOWER - 70’s style heavy progressive/rock with some solid organ playing TAU CETI - All instrumental ELPish prog TARKUS - Symphonic rock with solid keys and flute TEMPUS FUGIT - Killer symph/prog rock. Highly recommended! www.myspace.com/tempusfugitbrazil TERCO, O - Most important Brazilian prog band of the seventies TERRENO BALDIO - Very sought after 70’s prog TESIS ARSIS - Instrumental keyboard-led prog/symph. One of the best to come out of Brazil! TRACCION A CUERDA - Rare unknown symphonic work led by Lito Vitale TREM DE FUTURO - Influence is clearly on the 70’s Italian bands. www.myspace.com/tremdofuturo TRUE ILLUSION - Instrumental space music VELUDO - Great 70’s organ filled heavy prog close to Mutantes or Som Nosso De Cada Dia VENTURINI, FALVIO - 14 Bis keyboardist and leader VERDAGUER - Experimental instrumental progressive jazz rock trio made up of keyboards, bass, drums VESANIA - Excellent instrumental heavy symphonic VIA LUMINI - Great prog a la III Milenio VIANA, ANDERSON - Instrumental work close to Popol Vuh VIANA, MARCUS - Sagrado Violinist VIOLETA DE OUTONO - Great guitar, bass, drums trio VLAD V - Hard symphonic Between Jethro Tull and Rush WEJAH - Excellent conceptual instrumental prog ZOREYA - Instrumental cosmic feel with the use of electronics, sax, viola, clarinet |