December 2008
| CD’S (PROGRESSIVE) ARGENTINA AL FLACO...DALE GRACIAS - Over 300 musicians participate in a musical tribute to the legendary Spinetta. CANTURBE - 2nd album of melodic symph/prog full of passion & beauty. http://www.myspace.com/canturbe MUSICOS INDEPENDIENTES ASOCIADOS (MIA) - Unreleased material! AUSTRALIA AVATAR - Twin acoustic guitar-led fusion, folk and Latin flavored instrumentals. http://www.avatarguitar.com/mainmenu.html BELARUS RATIONAL DIET - Stunning new album! http://www.myspace.com/rationaldietl BELGIUM FINNEGANS WAKE - New studio! http://www.myspace.com/henrykrutzen BRAZIL CARTOON - http://www.myspace.com/bandacartoon MUTANTES (OS) - New digipack edition. http://www.myspace.com/mutantes SAGRADO CORACAO DA TERRA - http://www.myspace.com/sagradocoracaodaterra CANADA BERIAU, ROBERT - Progressive rock concept works with spacey tendencies. http://www.myspace.com/robertberiau GAUTHIER, DANIEL - 2nd album. http://www.myspace.com/danielgauthier CHILE CONGRESO - http://www.myspace.com/congreso ENTRANCE - Excellent new studio album! http://www.entrance.cl/discografia.htm ESTIGMA - SOL Y MEDIANOCHE - Symphonic rock with female vocals from 1984. Nice! http://www.myspace.com/solymedianoche COLOMBIA JAEN KIEF - http://www.myspace.com/jaenkief CUBA ANIMA MUNDI - 2nd album and a good one! DENMARK ALRUNE ROD FINLAND PPRY - Progressive/space rock with some excellent keyboards and flute passages. http://www.myspace.com/ppry FRANCE DECAMPS, CHRISTIAN (& FILS) DUN - 1981 instrumental prog masterpiece somewhere in between Shylock and Magma. Back in print! RIO, LEYLA FON - Instrumental prog/electronic/jazz with a quite mystical & dark feel. Very good! http://www.myspace.com/leylafonrio MAGMA NEMO - New album! http://www.myspace.com/prognemo RAHMANN - Brilliant instrumental progressive with some Asian influences and sometimes quite close to Magma. http://www.myspace.com/rahmannzeuhl SEFFER, YOCHK’O - http://www.myspace.com/yochkoseffer SYRINX - Excellent newl album! http://www.myspace.com/levingtiemecercle PILIERE, GUILLAUME DE LA - New album by axeman of Versailles. One 45 minute track! http://www.guillaumedelapiliere.com/accueil_en.html SEBKHA-CHOTT - Another great album that has to be heard. http://www.myspace.com/sebkhachott WURTEMBERG - 2nd previously unreleased album. GERMANY GROBSCHNITT LIVE AT HOF HUHNSTADT - Colosseum, Van Der Graaf Generator, Kraan, Pavlov’s Dog, Sahara, Areknames, Manfred Mann’s Earth Band, Quantum Fantay, Bernd Witthuser, Chris Farlowe featuring Hamburg Blues Band, Pete Brown featuring Herzberg Blues Allstars 007. REBEKKA - Symph/prog from 1982 with female vocals and lying somewhere between Genesis & Renaissance. Great! http://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=6401 SCHULZE, KLAUS - http://www.myspace.com/klausschulze SEVEN STEPS TO THE GREEN DOOR - 1st album that is now deleted. Last chance! www.myspace.com/ssttgd GREECE IRAKLIS - 1975 progressive concept classic with touches of Greek folk. http://www.myspace.com/iraklisband HUNGARY KORMORAN - Fantastic Hungarian folk rock/symphonic. SYRIUS ISRAEL MAQAMA - Symph/prog in which elements of Renaissance, Gentle Giant and Genesis can be heard. http://www.myspace.com/maqama ITALY AINUR - http://www.myspace.com/firstborn2006 BLUE PHANTOM - Instrumental progressive psychedelia from 1971. http://www.myspace.com/bluephantompsych CENTRICA - Instrumental prog/prog metal. http://www.myspace.com/centrica COLOSSUS PROJECT - Tribute to Star Wars by Alfio Costa (Tilion) and friends. www.myspace.com/colossusproject DIK DIK, I EGO - Instrumental keyboard-dominated symph/prog trio. Good stuff! http://www.myspace.com/egoprogit GERMINALE - Back in print! http://www.myspace.com/germinale MAXOPHONE - 1975 Symph/prog classic. One of the best to ever to come out of Italy! http://www.myspace.com/maxophone75 PANDORA - Fantastic progressive in classic 70’s Italian tradition. http://www.myspace.com/indexcfmfuseactionuserviewprofilefriendid415 PFM SORRENTI, ALAN VIII STRADA - Powerful and passionate progressive rock. One of the best new Italian bands. http://www.myspace.com/ottavastrada YLECLIPSE, THE - http://www.myspace.com/theyleclipse YUGEN - http://www.myspace.com/yugenband JAPAN BARAKA - http://www.barakarock.com/discography.html PRESENCE OF SOUL - Progressive/post-rock full of stunning beauty with mellotron and ethereal female vocals. Reference Anekdoten, Sigur Ros, Porcupine Tree, Godspeed You! Black Emperor & King Crimson. http://www.myspace.com/presenceofsoul PERU KHARMINA BURANNA - Symph/prog with some excellent keyboard work. http://www.myspace.com/kharminaburannarockprogre PHILLIPINES FUSEBOXX - Somewhere between prog and prog metal with a wonderful female singer. http://www.myspace.com/fuseboxx RUSSIA I AM ABOVE ON THE LEFT - Instrumental post-rock/King Crimsony (Red) prog rock. Heavy, in-your-face, complex stuff! http://www.myspace.com/iamaboveontheleft JOAN SILVER PIN - Combination of eletronic and free-floating jazz makes this quite a unique listening experience. http://www.myspace.com/jsporchestra KALUTALIKSUAK - Mostly instrumental (occasional voices) blend of space rock, experimental and psychedelia. Far-out stuff! http://www.myspace.com/kalutaliksuak LITTLE TRAGEDIES - Brilliant new album! http://www.myspace.com/littletragediesband TRIBAL LOGIC - 4 long tracks (2 over 25 minutes) of spacey fusion not too far off from Pierre Moerlen’s Gong. http://www.myspace.com/triballogic VESPERO - Instrumental space & psychedelic sounds. Excellent! http://www.myspace.com/vesperomusic WON JAMES WON - One of the strangest albums I have ever heard. Mix of experimental, post-rock, electronica and space. For the brave ones only! http://www.myspace.com/wonjameswon SPAIN GALADRIEL - Finally a new album! http://www.myspace.com/galadrielband JESDAT - Blend of prog/electronic/ambient. http://www.myspace.com/jesdat OCTOBER EQUUS - 2nd album is finally here! http://www.myspace.com/octoberequus SWEDEN RAVJUNK - Sole album from 1977 + bonus live & studio material. http://www.myspace.com/ravjunk U.K. ABEL GANZ - www.myspace.com/abelganz ARMAGEDDON - http://www.myspace.com/armageddonrock75 BIG BIG TRAIN - Back in print! http://www.myspace.com/wwwmyspacecombigbigtrain CARLTON, MARC - Instrumental dreamy symphonic music with Mike Oldfield, Anthony Phillips and Mat Dickson influences. http://www.myspace.com/madrigalproject CHILLUM - 1971 Post Second Hand and pre Seventh Wave progressive freak-out jam with loads of heavy organ and some mellotron. CROSS, DAVID MAGRATHEA - Symph/prog with Genesis and IQ influences. Quite good! http://www.myspace.com/magrathealegend OCEANFIELD - Absolutely great early 70’s sounding prog/rock with female vocals and musical elements of Julian’s Treatment, Renaissance, Affinty & Babe Ruth. http://www.myspace.com/oceanfieldmusic PARALLEL OR NINETY DEGREES - Andy Tillison’s Pink Floydish band. PARSONS PROJECT, THE ALAN SHADOWLAND - Came across a small handful of this out-of-print neo prog album with Clive Nolan and Karl Groom. Last chance! SOFT MACHINE TEA & SYMPHONY USA ANCIENT VISION - Excllent new prog/symph concept album after a 14 year hiatus. ANTRILON - Electronic/ambient music at a super price! ATAVISM OF TWILIGHT DJAM KARET - Back in print! FERNWOOD - Beautiful acoustic dual-guitar music by Gayle Ellett (Djam Karet) and Todd Montgomery with Greek & Irish Bouzouki, sitar, harmonium, ruan and mandolin. http://www.myspace.com/montgomerytsingh OTHER SIDE, THE - Instrumental keyboard-heavy prog rock with a tad bit of fusion thrown in. Kenso meets Happy The Man. Recommended! http://www.myspace.com/theothersideprog SLYCHOSIS - http://www.myspace.com/slychosisprog & www.myspace.com/slychosis TRUTH & JANEY VARIOUS ARTISTS CD’s COLOSSUS PROJECT - Tribute to Star Wars by Alfio Costa (Tilion) and friends. www.myspace.com/colossusproject DANTE'S DIVINE COMEDY - Coming this next week. Write for price. IT’S CHRISTMAS TIME - PFM, Latte E Miele, New Trolls, Sinestesia, Fish, Sarah Jane Morris, Slow Feet, Ania, Vic Vergeat, Paddy Moloney The Chieftains & Guests. LIVE AT HOF HUHNSTADT - Colosseum, Van Der Graaf Generator, Kraan, Pavlov’s Dog, Sahara, Areknames, Manfred Mann’s Earth Band, Quantum Fantay, Bernd Witthuser, Chris Farlowe featuring Hamburg Blues Band, Pete Brown featuring Herzberg Blues Allstars 007. JAPANESE MINI LP SLEEVE CD’s PARSONS PROJECT, THE ALAN PORCUPINE TREE SAGRADO CORACAO DA TERRA PROGRESSIVE METAL CD’s DAEDALUS - (Italy) - www.myspace.com/progdaedalus DVD’s AINUR COLORSTAR INDEX K2 PFM SCHULZE, KLAUS TRYO BOOKS ITALIAN PROG - 780 pages in English. Bonus CD includes previously unreleased tracks by Raccomandata Ricevuta Ritorno, Il Paese Dei Balocchi, Edgar Allan Poe, Barbat E Maiozzi (ex-Officina Mechanica), Gli Esseri, Dalton, Latitudine 45, I Numi, Breznev Fan Club, Estate Di San Martino. SCHULZE, KLAUS - 320 pages LP’s BALLETTO DI BRONZO, IL CITTA’ FRONTALE EQUIPE 84 FESTA MOBILE GRAIL KINGFISHER SKY MAHOGANY FROG NASCITA DELLA SFERA NO-MAN PLJ BAND PORCUPINE TREE |