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THE FLOWER KINGS
ABOUT THE FLOWER KINGS ...from progarchives.com The Flower Kings biography Founded in Uppsala, Sweden in 1994 - Hiatus between 2008-2012 It's hard to make a biography about THE FLOWER KINGS, being that there's so much to say about them, so any attempt of telling their history may seem insufficient. This essential Swedish group was born around 1993 as a power trio formed by Roine STOLT (Ex-KAIPA) in guitar and vocals, Jaime SALAZAR (Drums) and Hasse BRUNIUSSON (percussion), and ex-SAMLA MAMMAS MANNA, this lineup worked with Stolt in his solo album "The Flower King" with the participation of Hans Fröberg (Lead and Backing vocals) who would stay with them. Soon they decided to form a band using the name of the solo album so THE FLOWER KINGS was born, the keyboardist Tomas BODIN and Roine's brother Michael in the bass joined and the band was officially born. For 1995 they have their first release ready "Back in the World of Adventures" which impressed the critics very much for their closeness to the style of early bands such as Moody Blues, genesis, Jethro Tull etc, borrowing ideas but not music, so you can easily find their inspiration but a single chord copied, I personally liked the album but found it closer to Neo Prog than to Symphonic but this is only a stylistic precision that has no relation with the quality of the album. The next few years are prolific with few changes and they release "Retropolis" in 1996. Stardust we Are" in 1997 and "Flower Power" in 1998 with no great changes. In 1999 Michael Stolt leaves the band and is replaced by Jonas Reingold so the new formation for "Space Revolver" in the year 2000 also includes Ulf Wallander playing the Sax as a guest that remains for a long period with them. After "The Rainmaker" in 2001 Jaime Salazar leaves the band and the drums are taken by Zoltan Csörsz who stays in the band until the release of "Paradox Hotel" (2005) when is replaced by Marcus Liliequist. As most Swedish bands the quality of their music and the musicianship of their members is impeccable but don't expect the complexity of their most illustrious compatriots like Anglagard or the dark and almost religious atmosphere of Par Lindh Project (With whom Roine worked in Gothic Impressions), being that the music of THE FLOWER KINGS is a bit lighter but not inferior by any means. Hi friends 2023 Work in Progress..ive These are my best tracks of 2023 Track Title-Group or Artist-Album I'm Done with You-RIVERSIDE-ID.ENTITY Life Lines-SUNCHILD-Exotic Creatures and a Stolen Dream Scanning The Dark Horizon-JOHN IRVINE-Scanning The Dark Horizon Memories in a Box-SINGLE CELLED ORGANISM-EVENT HORIZON To_find_the_light_part_two-GREAT WIDE NOTHING-Hymns for Hungry Spirits, Vol. II Ghosts From The Future-OVERHEAD-Telepathic Minds (Disc 1) King_of_the_world-RPWL-Crime Scene(Disc 1) No Man's Land-TNNE-LIFE 3.0 Mysterious Forest, Pt. 1-KARFAGEN-Passage to the Forest of Mysterious Something New-MARTIN MILLER-Maze of My Mind Kill_the_sun_and_the_moon_and_the_stars-THE BLACK CAT'S EYE-The Empty Space Between A Seamount And Shock-Headed Julia Gargantuan.(Part One)-AMPLIFIER-Hologram The Beauty and the Least-MYSTERY-Redemption Scratches-INNER PROSPEKT-Canvas Three All Connected-YES-Mirror to the sky Summer Lies Beyond-COMEDY OF ERRORS-THRENODY FOR A DEAD QUEEN The Sacred Law of Retribution-TRITOP-RISE OF KASSANDRA Ingravita-BUHO ERMITANO-IMPLOSIONES Danger-ELOY-ECHOES FROM THE PAST Naturens katedral-LARS FREDRIK FRØISLIE-FIRE FORTELLINGER Ur askan-AGUSA-PRIMA MATERIA The 11th Chapter: The Nine, including a) The Fire (pt II), b) A Nonagon in Eight -RING VAN MÖBIUS-Commissioned Works Pt II - Six Drops of Poison Journey to the Center of the Mind -MARCO RAGNI-HALLUCINATORY EMBRYO Poker -I VIAGGI DI MADELEINE-TRA LUCE E OMBRA The Gathering-SKY PASSAGE-The Gathering Moving Through Tomorrow-SOUTHERN EMPIRE-Another World Tell Me-KARMAMOI-STRINGS FROM THE EDGE OF SOUND Liquid Suite-LA BOCCA DELLA VERITA-[Un]connected Stronghold -THE FLOWER KINGS-LOOK AT YOU NOW Stronghold-THE FLOWER KINGS https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gKNGE9cMUOE GOOD LISTENING Last edited by nicola : 03-06-2024 at 05:25 AM. 
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09-30-2023, 06:30 AM
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UNITOPIA
ABOUT UNITOPIA ...from progarchives.com Unitopia biography Active since 1996 - Disbanded in January 2014 - Reformed in 2021 Unitopia is the rare case of prog from "down under". The band was formed by Mark Trueack (vocals) and Sean Timms (keyboard, guitar) after they were introduced by a mutual friend who saw that the two had similar tastes in music and the story goes that as soon as Timms heard Trueack sing, he knew they had to do something together. They released their first album, "More Than A Dream" in 2005 after spending 8 years on the albums, and have since been working on material for their second album "The Garden", which was recently released after 3 years of writing, recording and mastering. The band's influences stretch all across the progressive scope and make for a very intriguing sound that has one foot in "retro"-70s style progressive while still being able to sound like other artists in the modern progressive scene. They have a rather large sound to them, which is no doubt helped by their 6-member roster (including Matt Williams (guitar), Monty Ruggiero (drums), Shireen Khemlani (bass) and Tim Irrang (percussion)). They mix a combination of Flower Kings-like symphonic qualities with the soul of Ladder-era Yes and Trueack's unique vocals to make the brunt of their sound. With the band's two first releases they have shown that they're an ambitious bunch. While the first album failed to make waves in the progressive community, their second album, The Garden has received critical praise in many prog circles, and as a double album with multiple epics, it certainly isn't one to be taken as "a flash in the pan". From here, one can only wonder what the band will do next. A promising new entrant into the "retro" scene which should turn the heads of those interested in hearing more modern symphonic prog with various influences. Hi friends 2023 Work in Progress..ive These are my best tracks of 2023 Track Title-Group or Artist-Album I'm Done with You-RIVERSIDE-ID.ENTITY Life Lines-SUNCHILD-Exotic Creatures and a Stolen Dream Scanning The Dark Horizon-JOHN IRVINE-Scanning The Dark Horizon Memories in a Box-SINGLE CELLED ORGANISM-EVENT HORIZON To_find_the_light_part_two-GREAT WIDE NOTHING-Hymns for Hungry Spirits, Vol. II Ghosts From The Future-OVERHEAD-Telepathic Minds (Disc 1) King_of_the_world-RPWL-Crime Scene(Disc 1) No Man's Land-TNNE-LIFE 3.0 Mysterious Forest, Pt. 1-KARFAGEN-Passage to the Forest of Mysterious Something New-MARTIN MILLER-Maze of My Mind Kill_the_sun_and_the_moon_and_the_stars-THE BLACK CAT'S EYE-The Empty Space Between A Seamount And Shock-Headed Julia Gargantuan.(Part One)-AMPLIFIER-Hologram The Beauty and the Least-MYSTERY-Redemption Scratches-INNER PROSPEKT-Canvas Three All Connected-YES-Mirror to the sky Summer Lies Beyond-COMEDY OF ERRORS-THRENODY FOR A DEAD QUEEN The Sacred Law of Retribution-TRITOP-RISE OF KASSANDRA Ingravita-BUHO ERMITANO-IMPLOSIONES Danger-ELOY-ECHOES FROM THE PAST Naturens katedral-LARS FREDRIK FRØISLIE-FIRE FORTELLINGER Ur askan-AGUSA-PRIMA MATERIA The 11th Chapter: The Nine, including a) The Fire (pt II), b) A Nonagon in Eight -RING VAN MÖBIUS-Commissioned Works Pt II - Six Drops of Poison Journey to the Center of the Mind -MARCO RAGNI-HALLUCINATORY EMBRYO Poker -I VIAGGI DI MADELEINE-TRA LUCE E OMBRA The Gathering-SKY PASSAGE-The Gathering Moving Through Tomorrow-SOUTHERN EMPIRE-Another World Tell Me-KARMAMOI-STRINGS FROM THE EDGE OF SOUND Liquid Suite-LA BOCCA DELLA VERITA-[Un]connected Stronghold -THE FLOWER KINGS-LOOK AT YOU NOW Helen-UNITOPIA-SEVEN CHAMBERS Helen-UNITOPIA https://unitopia.bandcamp.com/track/helen-2 GOOD LISTENING Last edited by nicola : 03-06-2024 at 06:27 AM.
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10-04-2023, 05:27 AM
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STEVEN WILSON
ABOUT STEVEN WILSON ...from progarchives.com Steven Wilson biography Steven John Wilson - Born 3 November 1967 (Kingston upon Thames, London, UK) STEVEN WILSON, perhaps most widely known for his role as the frontman for the popular act PORCUPINE TREE , is an artist from the UK who, through his various side projects, has spanned a vast number of musical ideas and concepts. Some of the styles he has been known to utilize are heavy prog, psychedelic, electronica, post-rock, ambient music, drone, metal, and art rock. Furthermore, WILSON is intensely focused on production values, dynamic mixing and mastering, and all other sorts of building albums that sound best in high-quality systems. In short, WILSON has always been an artist that appeals to audiophiles and fans of meticulously produced music. This shows up strongly in each of his bands and projects, but it plays even more of a role in his solo efforts. ...the news for 2023 is that Steven Wilson is back making good music.... after having hit rock bottom with the album THE FUTURE BITES which I consider it the worst while Steven Wilson considers it perhaps the best ..... but you can understand his yardstick if you know the character better and I through his interviews that I read I could understand that he created excellent music with Porcupine Tree and as a soloist but what he would like to create is very distant from the music he then composed in a genre that is very close to pop.. .. I hope that he leaves this dream of his in the drawer or that he composes this genre to be interpreted by others..... this is the presentation of the album with Steven's words from his official website Hi friends 2023 Work in Progress..ive These are my best tracks of 2023 Track Title-Group or Artist-Album I'm Done with You-RIVERSIDE-ID.ENTITY Life Lines-SUNCHILD-Exotic Creatures and a Stolen Dream Scanning The Dark Horizon-JOHN IRVINE-Scanning The Dark Horizon Memories in a Box-SINGLE CELLED ORGANISM-EVENT HORIZON To_find_the_light_part_two-GREAT WIDE NOTHING-Hymns for Hungry Spirits, Vol. II Ghosts From The Future-OVERHEAD-Telepathic Minds (Disc 1) King_of_the_world-RPWL-Crime Scene(Disc 1) No Man's Land-TNNE-LIFE 3.0 Mysterious Forest, Pt. 1-KARFAGEN-Passage to the Forest of Mysterious Something New-MARTIN MILLER-Maze of My Mind Kill_the_sun_and_the_moon_and_the_stars-THE BLACK CAT'S EYE-The Empty Space Between A Seamount And Shock-Headed Julia Gargantuan.(Part One)-AMPLIFIER-Hologram The Beauty and the Least-MYSTERY-Redemption Scratches-INNER PROSPEKT-Canvas Three All Connected-YES-Mirror to the sky Summer Lies Beyond-COMEDY OF ERRORS-THRENODY FOR A DEAD QUEEN The Sacred Law of Retribution-TRITOP-RISE OF KASSANDRA Ingravita-BUHO ERMITANO-IMPLOSIONES Danger-ELOY-ECHOES FROM THE PAST Naturens katedral-LARS FREDRIK FRØISLIE-FIRE FORTELLINGER Ur askan-AGUSA-PRIMA MATERIA The 11th Chapter: The Nine, including a) The Fire (pt II), b) A Nonagon in Eight -RING VAN MÖBIUS-Commissioned Works Pt II - Six Drops of Poison Journey to the Center of the Mind -MARCO RAGNI-HALLUCINATORY EMBRYO Poker -I VIAGGI DI MADELEINE-TRA LUCE E OMBRA The Gathering-SKY PASSAGE-The Gathering Moving Through Tomorrow-SOUTHERN EMPIRE-Another World Tell Me-KARMAMOI-STRINGS FROM THE EDGE OF SOUND Liquid Suite-LA BOCCA DELLA VERITA-[Un]connected Stronghold -THE FLOWER KINGS-LOOK AT YOU NOW Helen-UNITOPIA-SEVEN CHAMBERS Actual Brutal Facts-STEVEN WILSON-THE HARMONY CODEX Impossible Tightrope-STEVEN WILSON https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qbGkZ31Fmp8 The conversion of the track into video is excellent VIDEO PRODUCED by Crystal Spotlight There's a lot of good music on the album for now I chose Impossible Tightrope but I could change in the meantime I'll put on these other 2 tracks Actual Brutal Facts-STEVEN WILSON https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4kovhU-utOg Staircase-STEVEN WILSON https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qfhasuWvipM GOOD LISTENING Last edited by nicola : 03-06-2024 at 06:28 AM.
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10-09-2023, 06:45 AM
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SYNTH REPLICANTS
ABOUT SYNTH REPLICANTS ...from official site Per Thomhav and Steve Labrecque are Synth replicants. Thomhav (2019 - Current) Musician, composer and producer. The musical inspiration is found in the old masters of electronic music like Tangerine Dream, Klaus Schulze, Vangelis and Jean-Michel Jarre. Since age 14 I have played, composed and produced electronic music. The old icons have been and still is my biggest inspiration and also characterize the music to this day. Music has always inspired and fascinated me, and I have always had an urge to express myself through music. My first band was put together by my life long friend Flemming Pedersen, who shared and still shares the passion for synthesizers with me. Our band was called "Synthphonic" and during 1980 - 1990, a lot of synth-music was played and produced. My private life took a turn and I moved away from my hometown, and at once my working career took away the time to my music, and for nearly 20 years I didn't touch the music. But I was struck by a gastrointestinal illness that put a temporary halt to my working career. Leaving work and finding my way back to my beloved music. Steve Labrecque (2023 - Current) Guitars, composer, whose style is influenced primarily by 70’s progressive and hard rock with a love for the music of Tangerine Dream and Klaus Schulze I started my life in music as a drummer around 10 years old, and started playing guitar and writing my own songs at 13. For over 40 years I have been the lead singer, guitar player and main songwriter for the hard rock band "Nightrider". I have released solo material under the name "Tavyrn" and have been a member of Synth replicants since 2023. ....I didn't know SYNTH REPLICANTS, I listened to them by chance and they immediately caught my attention in this recent album which shows a genre close to tangerine dream at a good level.... an album with many good tracks which is very pleasant listen from start to finish.... I chose 2 songs but I recommend you listen to the whole album Hi friends 2023 Work in Progress..ive These are my best tracks of 2023 Track Title-Group or Artist-Album I'm Done with You-RIVERSIDE-ID.ENTITY Life Lines-SUNCHILD-Exotic Creatures and a Stolen Dream Scanning The Dark Horizon-JOHN IRVINE-Scanning The Dark Horizon Memories in a Box-SINGLE CELLED ORGANISM-EVENT HORIZON To_find_the_light_part_two-GREAT WIDE NOTHING-Hymns for Hungry Spirits, Vol. II Ghosts From The Future-OVERHEAD-Telepathic Minds (Disc 1) King_of_the_world-RPWL-Crime Scene(Disc 1) No Man's Land-TNNE-LIFE 3.0 Mysterious Forest, Pt. 1-KARFAGEN-Passage to the Forest of Mysterious Something New-MARTIN MILLER-Maze of My Mind Kill_the_sun_and_the_moon_and_the_stars-THE BLACK CAT'S EYE-The Empty Space Between A Seamount And Shock-Headed Julia Gargantuan.(Part One)-AMPLIFIER-Hologram The Beauty and the Least-MYSTERY-Redemption Scratches-INNER PROSPEKT-Canvas Three All Connected-YES-Mirror to the sky Summer Lies Beyond-COMEDY OF ERRORS-THRENODY FOR A DEAD QUEEN The Sacred Law of Retribution-TRITOP-RISE OF KASSANDRA Ingravita-BUHO ERMITANO-IMPLOSIONES Danger-ELOY-ECHOES FROM THE PAST Naturens katedral-LARS FREDRIK FRØISLIE-FIRE FORTELLINGER Ur askan-AGUSA-PRIMA MATERIA The 11th Chapter: The Nine, including a) The Fire (pt II), b) A Nonagon in Eight -RING VAN MÖBIUS-Commissioned Works Pt II - Six Drops of Poison Journey to the Center of the Mind -MARCO RAGNI-HALLUCINATORY EMBRYO Poker -I VIAGGI DI MADELEINE-TRA LUCE E OMBRA The Gathering-SKY PASSAGE-The Gathering Moving Through Tomorrow-SOUTHERN EMPIRE-Another World Tell Me-KARMAMOI-STRINGS FROM THE EDGE OF SOUND Liquid Suite-LA BOCCA DELLA VERITA-[Un]connected Stronghold -THE FLOWER KINGS-LOOK AT YOU NOW Helen-UNITOPIA-SEVEN CHAMBERS Actual Brutal Facts-STEVEN WILSON-THE HARMONY CODEX A Hymn for the Pioneers-SYNTH REPLICANTS-Time of Legends from synthreplicants.bandcamp The album "Time of Legends" is the first in a new constellation of Synth replicants joining founder Per Thomhav (Denmark) with new member Steve Labrecque (America). "Time of Legends" is inspired by and dedicated to the legacy of Tangerine Dream. The songs on the album are a tribute to the legends who shaped Tangerine Dream - Edgar and Jerome Froese, Klaus Schulze, Thorsten Quaeschning and members like the fantastic Iris Camaa on drums / percussion and many more... The song "Home" is dedicated to Vangelis. Hardware synths.: Moog Grandmother, Roland System1, Roland Gaia, Roland SH01A, Roland SH02, Roland JX8P, Roland SH09, Roland VP-03 Vocoder, Roland Organ String 09, Roland TR-8S, Novation Mininova, Novation Ultranova, Arturia MatrixBrute, Arturia MicroBrute, Arturia Spark LE. Korg MS20. Guitars: Schecter Sun Valley Super Shredder FR-S (Diamond Series), Rupert Neve Designs RNDI, UAD apollo X8... more credits released September 22, 2023 All music is written and performed by Per Thomhav and Steve Labrecque. Per Thomhav - Synths and VST´s Steve Labrecque - Guitar A Hymn for the Pioneers-SYNTH REPLICANTS https://synthreplicants.bandcamp.com...the-pioneers-2 Home (Dedicated to Vangelis)-SYNTH REPLICANTS https://synthreplicants.bandcamp.com...ed-to-vangelis GOOD LISTENING Last edited by nicola : 03-06-2024 at 06:29 AM.
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10-24-2023, 04:09 PM
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TREVOR RABIN
ABOUT TREVOR RABIN ...from progarchives.com Trevor Charles Rabinowitz - Born 13 January 1954 (Johannesburg, South Africa) Born in 1954 in Johannesburg, Trevor RABIN started playing guitar at the age of twelve, and within a year he was playing his first local gigs in his brother?s band. From there he formed his first group CONGLOMERATION, and was a session musician by the tender age of 17. His musical career was delayed by being drafted into the army, but on leaving he soon formed RABBITT with former CONGLOMERATION bandmates, Neil CLOUD and Ronnie ROBOT. RABBITT soon became the most successful rock act ever to come from the country, winning multiple awards and having hit albums and singles. He left RABBITT and moved to London in 1978 where he produced bands such MANFRED MANN'S EARTH BAND also released his debut solo album. He moved to LA in the early Eighties, where he came to the attention of Chris SQUIRE who was looking for a guitarist for his new band, which at that time was called CINEMA. However, after Jon ANDERSON joined the band the decision was taken to again take up the name YES, and the resulting album '90125' became the biggest selling of their career. Trevor was with Yes for four albums, and since leaving he has concentrated mostly on film scores, and has continued to work in multiple different styles of music, including progressive rock. At the time of writing he has released five solo albums, with the most recent coming out in 2012 Push, the track I chose takes me back to the best Yes atmospheres with excellent use of choirs I will always be grateful to Trevor Rabin for Endless Dream, one of the best Yes tracks, for having composed it, arranged it and even composed a good part of the bass parts, clashing with the great Chris Squire and getting into arguments and combined with the fact that Talk was the first album released with a independent label was not adequately promoted on the market, reaching position #20 in England and #33 in the United States. and so Talk remains Yes' most underrated album which includes Endless Dream, a masterpiece by Trevor Rabin ...but due to the clash with Squire and the problems of the lack of promotion of the album led Rabin to abandon Yes, creating a void filled by Billy Sherwood who I never liked and it may be a coincidence but the subsequent album OPEN YOUR EYES marks Yes's lowest point Hi friends 2023 Work in Progress..ive These are my best tracks of 2023 Track Title-Group or Artist-Album I'm Done with You-RIVERSIDE-ID.ENTITY Life Lines-SUNCHILD-Exotic Creatures and a Stolen Dream Scanning The Dark Horizon-JOHN IRVINE-Scanning The Dark Horizon Memories in a Box-SINGLE CELLED ORGANISM-EVENT HORIZON To_find_the_light_part_two-GREAT WIDE NOTHING-Hymns for Hungry Spirits, Vol. II Ghosts From The Future-OVERHEAD-Telepathic Minds (Disc 1) King_of_the_world-RPWL-Crime Scene(Disc 1) No Man's Land-TNNE-LIFE 3.0 Mysterious Forest, Pt. 1-KARFAGEN-Passage to the Forest of Mysterious Something New-MARTIN MILLER-Maze of My Mind Kill_the_sun_and_the_moon_and_the_stars-THE BLACK CAT'S EYE-The Empty Space Between A Seamount And Shock-Headed Julia Gargantuan.(Part One)-AMPLIFIER-Hologram The Beauty and the Least-MYSTERY-Redemption Scratches-INNER PROSPEKT-Canvas Three All Connected-YES-Mirror to the sky Summer Lies Beyond-COMEDY OF ERRORS-THRENODY FOR A DEAD QUEEN The Sacred Law of Retribution-TRITOP-RISE OF KASSANDRA Ingravita-BUHO ERMITANO-IMPLOSIONES Danger-ELOY-ECHOES FROM THE PAST Naturens katedral-LARS FREDRIK FRØISLIE-FIRE FORTELLINGER Ur askan-AGUSA-PRIMA MATERIA The 11th Chapter: The Nine, including a) The Fire (pt II), b) A Nonagon in Eight -RING VAN MÖBIUS-Commissioned Works Pt II - Six Drops of Poison Journey to the Center of the Mind -MARCO RAGNI-HALLUCINATORY EMBRYO Poker -I VIAGGI DI MADELEINE-TRA LUCE E OMBRA The Gathering-SKY PASSAGE-The Gathering Moving Through Tomorrow-SOUTHERN EMPIRE-Another World Tell Me-KARMAMOI-STRINGS FROM THE EDGE OF SOUND Liquid Suite-LA BOCCA DELLA VERITA-[Un]connected Stronghold -THE FLOWER KINGS-LOOK AT YOU NOW Helen-UNITOPIA-SEVEN CHAMBERS Actual Brutal Facts-STEVEN WILSON-THE HARMONY CODEX A Hymn for the Pioneers-SYNTH REPLICANTS-Time of Legends Push-TREVOR RABIN-Rio Push-TREVOR RABIN https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0EiNeiz2hdE I found on YouTube this collection of songs written by Trevor Rabin in the years in which he was a member of YES... an excellent collection that I recommend you listen to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zrthdnsRYx4 GOOD LISTENING Last edited by nicola : 03-06-2024 at 06:31 AM.
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11-01-2023, 06:12 AM
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IL BALLETTO DI BRONZO
ABOUT IL BALLETTO DI BRONZO ...from progarchives.com Il Balletto Di Bronzo biography Founded in Naples, Italy in 1969 (before as Battitori Selvaggi) - Disbanded in 1973 - Reformed in 1996 IL BALLETTO DI BRONZO formed with a line-up consisting of Lino Ajello (guitar), Giancarlo Stinga (drums), Marco Cecioni (guitar/vocals) and Michele Cupaiuolo (bass) using initially the name BATTITORI SELVAGGI. Despite avoiding the fate of many other Italian progressive bands of releasing one album and splitting up (they managed two) they still suffered from a lack of interest, the reason cited by some that they were too advanced for the time, which ultimately led to a split in 1973. Their recording career started with the single "Neve Calda" in 1969 followed the following year by the album "Sirio 2222". Not really displaying much in the way of progressive rock at this stage the album was more in the psychedelic/blues rock vein with one foot still firmly in the sixties. 1971 saw a change of line-up with Cecione and Cupaiuolo leaving. They were replaced by on keyboards/vocals, Gianni Leone, who was in the original line-up of CITTA FRONTALE and bassist Vito Manzari, formerly of QUELLE STRANE COSE CHE, a band from Rome who despite doing some recording for RCA never managed to release anything. The addition of keyboards to the band's sound was to prove an inspired move and change the dynamics of their sound drastically. Their second album "Ys", which over time has become to be regarded as a classic by many RPI fans, was a much more sophisticated affair. Bearing no resemblance to "Sirio 2222" it saw a move towards symphonic prog with a very busy playing style containing elements of jazz and classical influences. An English language version was also prepared but didn't see a release until 1992. After the split in 1973 one more release in the form of a single titled "La Tua Casa Comoda" saw the light of day, but only featured Stinga and Leone from the "Ys" line-up. Leone went on to a solo career as LEO NERO and released two albums. Many years later he returned with a new line-up of IL BALLETTO DI BRONZO where he was the only member of the seventies incarnation. He was joined by bassist Romolo Amichi and drummer Ugo Vantini and they released the live album "Trys" in 1999. More live shows with yet another rhythm section featuring drummer Adolfo Ramundo and bassist Marco Capozi later resulted in a DVD being released in 2008 titled "Live In Rome." On the strength of "Ys" alone IL BALLETTO DI BRONZO are regarded as one of the more important and pioneering bands of the Italian prog scene. While it won't necessarily be to every RPI fans taste, it should be at least heard. -Paul Fowler/Nightfly Hi friends 2023 Work in Progress..ive These are my best tracks of 2023 Track Title-Group or Artist-Album I'm Done with You-RIVERSIDE-ID.ENTITY Life Lines-SUNCHILD-Exotic Creatures and a Stolen Dream Scanning The Dark Horizon-JOHN IRVINE-Scanning The Dark Horizon Memories in a Box-SINGLE CELLED ORGANISM-EVENT HORIZON To_find_the_light_part_two-GREAT WIDE NOTHING-Hymns for Hungry Spirits, Vol. II Ghosts From The Future-OVERHEAD-Telepathic Minds (Disc 1) King_of_the_world-RPWL-Crime Scene(Disc 1) No Man's Land-TNNE-LIFE 3.0 Mysterious Forest, Pt. 1-KARFAGEN-Passage to the Forest of Mysterious Something New-MARTIN MILLER-Maze of My Mind Kill_the_sun_and_the_moon_and_the_stars-THE BLACK CAT'S EYE-The Empty Space Between A Seamount And Shock-Headed Julia Gargantuan.(Part One)-AMPLIFIER-Hologram The Beauty and the Least-MYSTERY-Redemption Scratches-INNER PROSPEKT-Canvas Three All Connected-YES-Mirror to the sky Summer Lies Beyond-COMEDY OF ERRORS-THRENODY FOR A DEAD QUEEN The Sacred Law of Retribution-TRITOP-RISE OF KASSANDRA Ingravita-BUHO ERMITANO-IMPLOSIONES Danger-ELOY-ECHOES FROM THE PAST Naturens katedral-LARS FREDRIK FRØISLIE-FIRE FORTELLINGER Ur askan-AGUSA-PRIMA MATERIA The 11th Chapter: The Nine, including a) The Fire (pt II), b) A Nonagon in Eight -RING VAN MÖBIUS-Commissioned Works Pt II - Six Drops of Poison Journey to the Center of the Mind -MARCO RAGNI-HALLUCINATORY EMBRYO Poker -I VIAGGI DI MADELEINE-TRA LUCE E OMBRA The Gathering-SKY PASSAGE-The Gathering Moving Through Tomorrow-SOUTHERN EMPIRE-Another World Tell Me-KARMAMOI-STRINGS FROM THE EDGE OF SOUND Liquid Suite-LA BOCCA DELLA VERITA-[Un]connected Stronghold -THE FLOWER KINGS-LOOK AT YOU NOW Helen-UNITOPIA-SEVEN CHAMBERS Actual Brutal Facts-STEVEN WILSON-THE HARMONY CODEX A Hymn for the Pioneers-SYNTH REPLICANTS-Time of Legends Push-TREVOR RABIN-Rio Labyrinthus-IL BALLETTO DI BRONZO-Lemures Labyrinthus-IL BALLETTO DI BRONZO https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQua2ZzVEnE GOOD LISTENING Last edited by nicola : 11-01-2023 at 06:23 AM.
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Re: 2023 Work in Progress..ive
SEVEN IMPALE
ABOUT SEVEN IMPALE ...from official website Seven Impale was started in the fall of 2009 by Stian Økland. Stian wanted to create a new and exciting sound combining his love for jazz guitar, thrash metal and everything in between. Tormod, Benjamin and Fredrik was part of some of these first line-ups while the band changed form rapidly, coming into its own during the first year. Håkon and Erlend joined the band in the following months and the current members has formed Seven Impale as we know it since the summer of 2010. What became the Beginning/Relieve EP was written and partly recorded in this period, while the band practiced often and performed as much live as possible. From a small “battle of the bands”-like competition in Åsane in Bergen, the first festival gig and connections were made where Seven Impale won and got the opportunity to play the wonderful Utkant festival in the beautiful surroundings of Gulen. These connections and a bit of luck led to an open spot at the local music industry conference Blest, where we got the chance to perform in front of, among others, Ivar Peersen from Enslaved and a long haired King Crimson loving guy named Martin Kvam from Karisma Records. This was love at first sight and Martin invited us on the spot to join their roster, while Ivar put us into contact with our producer-to-be, Iver Sandøy. While getting ready for recording City of the Sun, the band was exited to release some music and decided to finish the old material which was partly recorded earlier, and would not be part of the album anyway. Our friend, Christian Fredrik (currently the bass player in Moron Police), was excited about the music of Seven Impale and offered to help us with the production, which included re-recording everything except drums and saxophone in his apartment in Bergen. After some hundred ours of recording, production and mixing, we had the Beginning/Relieve EP ready for digital release early in 2013. Christian did all of this work for us for free and is a true hero in the mythos of the Seven Impale extended universe. In the fall of 2013, the gang went into Solslottet studio with Iver and recorded City of the Sun, more or less exactly like it was rehearsed but with additional insane layers of synths, percussions and the trusted Roland Space Echo. The album was released in September 2014 and was received very warmly by the international prog audience. Fast forward to late summer/early fall 2015, we had already gotten impatient and again went into Iver’s studio to record Contrapasso. We had a lot of musical material from the previous two years but it was not nearly as refined as our previous album, and this proved to be quite an entertaining challenge. In that sense, Contrapasso is even more a product of the collaboration of Seven Impale and Iver Sandøy, the crazy ideas, tapestry of heavy riffs and insane soundscapes, and we couldn’t be more proud of the result. After Contrapasso was released in September 2016 we went on to play some of our biggest and most important concerts. In 2017 we played the renowned local jazz festival in Bergen, Nattjazz. This had been a dream of ours for a long time and we are very attached to the festival both as volunteers, audience and now finally, as artists. A few months later, we travelled to Germany and played the Night of the Prog festival in the beautiful amphitheater at Lorelei, a legendary venue for prog rock. Going forward from the summer of 2017, a lot has happened in our lives outside of Seven Impale which has made things slow down a bit. Activities with other bands, a couple of master’s degrees, health, work, family, love lives, a baby, a pandemic, the list goes on. In April 2021, Seven Impale played in Bergen again for the first time since May 2017. We played the first song that has been written for our long awaited third album. Everyone lives in Bergen again, everyone is really excited about once again gaining some momentum and showing the world how we have grown in the last five years, as human beings, as musicians, as a collective and individually. Whether the world needs more eclectic, eccentric, electric, elastic heavy jazz-rock is not certain, but it is coming your way. Hi friends 2023 Work in Progress..ive These are my best tracks of 2023 Track Title-Group or Artist-Album I'm Done with You-RIVERSIDE-ID.ENTITY Life Lines-SUNCHILD-Exotic Creatures and a Stolen Dream Scanning The Dark Horizon-JOHN IRVINE-Scanning The Dark Horizon Memories in a Box-SINGLE CELLED ORGANISM-EVENT HORIZON To_find_the_light_part_two-GREAT WIDE NOTHING-Hymns for Hungry Spirits, Vol. II Ghosts From The Future-OVERHEAD-Telepathic Minds (Disc 1) King_of_the_world-RPWL-Crime Scene(Disc 1) No Man's Land-TNNE-LIFE 3.0 Mysterious Forest, Pt. 1-KARFAGEN-Passage to the Forest of Mysterious Something New-MARTIN MILLER-Maze of My Mind Kill_the_sun_and_the_moon_and_the_stars-THE BLACK CAT'S EYE-The Empty Space Between A Seamount And Shock-Headed Julia Gargantuan.(Part One)-AMPLIFIER-Hologram The Beauty and the Least-MYSTERY-Redemption Scratches-INNER PROSPEKT-Canvas Three All Connected-YES-Mirror to the sky Summer Lies Beyond-COMEDY OF ERRORS-THRENODY FOR A DEAD QUEEN The Sacred Law of Retribution-TRITOP-RISE OF KASSANDRA Ingravita-BUHO ERMITANO-IMPLOSIONES Danger-ELOY-ECHOES FROM THE PAST Naturens katedral-LARS FREDRIK FRØISLIE-FIRE FORTELLINGER Ur askan-AGUSA-PRIMA MATERIA The 11th Chapter: The Nine, including a) The Fire (pt II), b) A Nonagon in Eight -RING VAN MÖBIUS-Commissioned Works Pt II - Six Drops of Poison Journey to the Center of the Mind -MARCO RAGNI-HALLUCINATORY EMBRYO Poker -I VIAGGI DI MADELEINE-TRA LUCE E OMBRA The Gathering-SKY PASSAGE-The Gathering Moving Through Tomorrow-SOUTHERN EMPIRE-Another World Tell Me-KARMAMOI-STRINGS FROM THE EDGE OF SOUND Liquid Suite-LA BOCCA DELLA VERITA-[Un]connected Stronghold -THE FLOWER KINGS-LOOK AT YOU NOW Helen-UNITOPIA-SEVEN CHAMBERS Actual Brutal Facts-STEVEN WILSON-THE HARMONY CODEX A Hymn for the Pioneers-SYNTH REPLICANTS-Time of Legends Push-TREVOR RABIN-Rio Labyrinthus-IL BALLETTO DI BRONZO-Lemures Hydra-SEVEN IMPALE-Summit Hydra-SEVEN IMPALE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZaQ5aWxMJNs GOOD LISTENING Last edited by nicola : 03-06-2024 at 06:33 AM.
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