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05-09-2025, 03:55 PM
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Re: 2025 Work in Progress..ive
PATTERN-SEEKING ANIMALS
ABOUT PATTERN-SEEKING ANIMALS ..PATTERN-SEEKING ANIMALS From official website Pattern-Seeking Animals January 2025 Pattern-Seeking Animals comes out of the gate in 2025 with the release of their fifth album Friend of All Creatures due out on February 14th, on GEP Records. The Los Angeles-based quartet have been one of the prog scene’s most prolific and well-received artists, beginning with the release of their self-titled debut album (2019), followed by Prehensile Tales (2020), Only Passing Through (2022) and Spooky Action at a Distance (2023). Originally formed with past members of Spock’s Beard, Pattern-Seeking Animals (P-SA) has long since staked claim to its own identity, forging a strong path in the prog world. The band, named after a quote about human behavior from science historian Michael Shermer, PS-A is Ted Leonard (lead vocals and guitar), John Boegehold (keyboards, guitars, programming), Dave Meros (basses) and the energetic Jimmy Keegan (drums and vocals). Friend of All Creatures (named from a verse in the Bhagavad Gita) contains 7 songs, all written by Boegehold, who also produced the album. It was engineered and mixed at Woodcliff Studio in Los Angeles by Frank Rosato in 2024. About the new album, John Boegehold says, "We're all very proud of this album and are looking forward to everyone finally hearing it". Hi friends 2025 Work in Progress..ive These are my best tracks of 2025 Track Title-Group or Artist-Album King Kong-AMPLIFIER-Gargantuan Night Terror-DREAM THEATER-Parasomnia Panopticon -GHOST OF THE MACHINE-Empires Must Fall The End of Days Suite: 1. The City Lights at Twilight -THE JOHN IRVINE BAND-HERE COME THE ROBOTS! Lucifer, Bringer of Light -MOTORSPSYCHO-MOTORSPSYCHO Marvelous World-CHEAT THE PROPHET-Redemption The-Shoreline-EYE 2 EYE-Lost Horizon End of the Road-KARMAKANIC-Transmutation These Hands That Build-BLACK NARCISSUS-There Lingers One Who's Long Forgotten Objects Outlive Us-STEVEN WILSON-The Overview Far From Here-IQ-Dominion Sleeping on a Cloud-LET SEE THIN-Machine Called Life Gone-BJØRN RIIS-Fimbulvinter Deep Water Suite IX-COSMIC CATHEDRAL- Deep Water Another Holy Grail-PATTERN-SEEKING ANIMALS-Friend Of All Creatures Another Holy Grail-PATTERN-SEEKING ANIMALS https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lI3UJfpwVC0 GOOD LISTENING Last edited by nicola : 06-12-2025 at 12:00 AM. 
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05-10-2025, 12:08 PM
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Re: 2025 Work in Progress..ive
CEN-PROJEKT
ABOUT CEN-PROJEKT ..CEN-PROJEKT from progarchives.com and official website Cen-ProjekT biography From Germany, this is the project of multi-instrumentalist Chirs ENGELS and a trio with bass player Wolfgang KROPF and drummer Marius BOFFGEN. The lyrics are inspired by poems. Chris has also released many studio albums under his name, but these are more on the heavier side. The music here in his 9 albums with the band has some influences from the 70's symphonic prog and bands like GENESIS and PINK FLOYD. I am happy to release the new concept album "The Story of Enja" today :-) I assume it will be released on bandcamp first and then on all the usual platforms in the next few days. This album was important to me. It might be a bit different from the last albums. Sophie Brown and friends are also on it :-) I would like to thank Wolfgang Kropf, who recorded the bass and was a great help with the mixing. Have fun! Dear music friends, As of today, I am withdrawing my music with the projects "Engels" and "Cen-ProjekT" from streaming services. In the future, a new album will be available for one week on platforms like Spotify and will then be exclusively available on Bandcamp. Singles will still be accessible on streaming services. Naturally, I will provide selected journalists and online radio stations with the albums to make the music available to a wider audience. Creating, composing, and recording music is an enormous effort. While Spotify listeners can access a vast library of music for a monthly fee, musicians receive only €0.003 for each stream. This practice allows very few artists to make a living from their music. I produce Neo-Prog-Rock, a non-commercial niche with an audience that still appreciates and enjoys music. I am proud of each of you who is part of this community. Bandcamp will also serve as a platform for communication, and I look forward to your feedback. Thank you for your understanding and support! Best regards, Hi friends 2025 Work in Progress..ive These are my best tracks of 2025 Track Title-Group or Artist-Album King Kong-AMPLIFIER-Gargantuan Night Terror-DREAM THEATER-Parasomnia Panopticon -GHOST OF THE MACHINE-Empires Must Fall The End of Days Suite: 1. The City Lights at Twilight -THE JOHN IRVINE BAND-HERE COME THE ROBOTS! Lucifer, Bringer of Light -MOTORSPSYCHO-MOTORSPSYCHO Marvelous World-CHEAT THE PROPHET-Redemption The-Shoreline-EYE 2 EYE-Lost Horizon End of the Road-KARMAKANIC-Transmutation These Hands That Build-BLACK NARCISSUS-There Lingers One Who's Long Forgotten Objects Outlive Us-STEVEN WILSON-The Overview Far From Here-IQ-Dominion Sleeping on a Cloud-LET SEE THIN-Machine Called Life Gone-BJØRN RIIS-Fimbulvinter Deep Water Suite IX-COSMIC CATHEDRAL- Deep Water Another Holy Grail-PATTERN-SEEKING ANIMALS-Friend Of All Creatures Seraphina Moon-CEN-PROJEKT-Carnival Of Lost Souls Seraphina Moon-CEN-PROJEKT https://cen-projekt.bandcamp.com/track/seraphina-moon GOOD LISTENING Last edited by nicola : 06-12-2025 at 12:00 AM.
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05-13-2025, 11:11 AM
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Re: 2025 Work in Progress..ive
GERALD MASSOIS
ABOUT GERALD MASSOIS ..GERALD MASSOIS from official website biography gerald massois GERALD MASSOIS is a multi-talented French musician, composer and arranger specializing in symphonic progressive rock. Drawing his inspiration from a variety of musical styles (Ange, Peter Gabriel, Dream Theater, Ennio Morricone...), he released in 2018 his first album «Le vol erratique d'un papillon» based on the attacks of the Bataclan. Available exclusively in digital version (bandcamp, artist’s website, streaming platforms), this self-produced opus was written as the first piece of a musical trilogy. At that time, GERALD MASSOIS played all instruments except the drums of his long-time comrade Maxx GILLARD. To celebrate this album, a band is preparing to play at the Prog'Sud festival in May 2019, with JONATHAN TAVAN on bass and his co-producer NICOLAS GARDEL on keyboards. The same year, GERALD MASSOIS begins writing new songs for his second album. Delayed by the pandemic, this album entitled «Demain à l'aube» was released on 12/01/2024 on digital and Digipack and will be available on 01/02/2025 on streaming platforms/ Bandcamp. His music combines complex arrangements, orchestral influences and a mix of acoustic and electric instrumentation to create evocative and concept-driven compositions. Some guests are invited for this album including GIONATAN CARRADONA of PROFUSION. In addition to some orchestrations and keyboards, NICOLAS GARDEL co-orchestrates, mixes and masters the album. The third part of the trilogy is already written... These are my best tracks of 2025 Track Title-Group or Artist-Album King Kong-AMPLIFIER-Gargantuan Night Terror-DREAM THEATER-Parasomnia Panopticon -GHOST OF THE MACHINE-Empires Must Fall The End of Days Suite: 1. The City Lights at Twilight -THE JOHN IRVINE BAND-HERE COME THE ROBOTS! Lucifer, Bringer of Light -MOTORSPSYCHO-MOTORSPSYCHO Marvelous World-CHEAT THE PROPHET-Redemption The-Shoreline-EYE 2 EYE-Lost Horizon End of the Road-KARMAKANIC-Transmutation These Hands That Build-BLACK NARCISSUS-There Lingers One Who's Long Forgotten Objects Outlive Us-STEVEN WILSON-The Overview Far From Here-IQ-Dominion Sleeping on a Cloud-LET SEE THIN-Machine Called Life Gone-BJØRN RIIS-Fimbulvinter Deep Water Suite IX-COSMIC CATHEDRAL- Deep Water Another Holy Grail-PATTERN-SEEKING ANIMALS-Friend Of All Creatures Seraphina Moon-CEN-PROJEKT-Carnival Of Lost Souls Demain a l’aube-GERALD MASSOIS- Demain a l’aube Demain a l’aube-GERALD MASSOIS https://geraldmassois.bandcamp.com/track/demain-laube GOOD LISTENING Last edited by nicola : 06-12-2025 at 12:01 AM.
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05-13-2025, 12:14 PM
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Re: 2025 Work in Progress..ive
THE FLOWER KINGS
ABOUT THE FLOWER KINGS ..THE FLOWER KINGS from official website Biography The Flower Kings A brief history They are regarded by many as one of the leading, if not THE leading, progressive rock outfit of the new millennium. The Flower Kings are led by progrock icon, guitarist, vocalist, composer, producer Roine Stolt into a world of unlimited musical fantasy and flair. Playing it's first ever live date in August 1994 as a result of the interest in Stolt's solo album "The Flower King", the band quickly became somewhat of a phenomenon in the progressive rock community for everyone that once loved bands like Pink Floyd, Genesis, Zappa, UK, Utopia, Yes, ELP, King Crimson or Focus. The band quickly finished the first proper band recording "Back In The World Of Adventures" released 1995 on it's own label "Foxtrot Records" and played shorter tours in Europe the same year, the ball started rolling...just a bit. Building on the success of albums like "Retropolis" & the already classic double CD's "Stardust We Are" and "Flower Power" they toured Europe, Japan & South America and started to build a worldwide following. Successful tours resulted in the recording of the live album, "Alive On Planet Earth", which was compiled from shows in both the USA and Japan -98 & -99. It shows the essence of the textural and emotional offering that is now the trademark of The Flower Kings and shows that this is a band that probably has as much in common with Mozart, Debussy, Andrew Lloyd Webber or Miles Davis as with Pink Floyd, Beatles, Bowie or Yes. There is always an element of soulfulness and drama and the richness of moods and inventiveness has to be heard to be believed. Flower Kings signed to German label in 1999. Roine Stolt is keeping himself busy with numerous sideprojects around the world like TransAtlantic (alongside Mike Portnoy, Neal Morse & Pete Trewavas), plus the reunion of Swedish progrockers KAIPA, his 70's band, Another one is he new highly acclaimed "Tangent" CD featuring Van Der Graaf Generator saxman David Jackson and the obscure "Flying Food Circus" project. With the albums "Space Revolver" 2000 and "The Rainmaker" released in September 2001 The Flower Kings sound shifted to a more accessible level but maintains all the elements that have established this band as one of those most colourful exponents of progressive rock in the world today. In November 2002 Flower Kings released yet another astonishing and adventurous musical statement : "Unfold The Future". A double CD containing everything from classic symphonic rock in pure 70's fashion ( read Yes, Crimson, ELP, Genesis) to weird Zappaesque or Miles Davis like early 70's fusion, there's even the odd pop song. Flower Kings are no simple copycats that merely try to relive the glorious 70's, they rather fuse their sound with a remarkable knowledge of their past but still containing elements contemporary music and of all music history, still looking into the future, always ready to point out new directions and new possibilities, where to take progrock next, always ready to take risks !!! With this comes of course a healthy portion of criticism from the more conservative progfan or prog metal lovers, but Flower Kings still go the way they find most fruitful and rewarding and taylored to stand the test of time, may it be pop or experiment. Not unlike bands like, Phish or Greatful Dead, by incorporating jamming and new twists to every show Flower Kings have built a devoted fanbase of "Flowerheads"that follow them all over the globe, Europe, USA, Japan, Canada, South America. There even seem to be an element of what is "more than music" a way of life that resound the positive music and thoughtful lyrics. Depending more on the soulful elements Flower Kings have left audiences raving for weeks about what seemed to be a highlight of their concertgoing life, EVER !!! With a relatively fresh rhythm section of Hungarian prodigy Zoltan Csorsz and bass madman Jonas Reingold and also presenting labelmates "Pain Of Salvation's " Daniel Gildenlow as a keys, guitar, percussion and vocal sideman together with frontline; leadsinger / guitarist Roine Stolt, keyboardist Tomas Bodin and guitarist /leadsinger Hasse Fröberg they did all embark on the initial leg of a European tour in Nov 2002. Since then they have all continued to florish and blossom in the most spectacular ways, doing another USA tour in June 2003, playing a memorable set at the No.1 US progrock festival "Nearfest". October 2003 saw them embark on the "part 2" of Unfold The Future Tour in conjunction with the release of their first DVD and a Live CD titled "Meet The Flower Kings". The DVD have done remarkably well for the band and there are already plans for another DVD, focusing on interviews with all bandmembers and live sequences of the non-epic songs. A new CD, ADAM & EVE is in the finishing stages for release in July 2004, followed by a European tour. In the meantime everyone in the band keep busy with side projects including a new Tangent CD a new Karmakanic CD "wheel Of Life" and a new project including Roine Stolt and drummer Doane Perry(Jethro Tull), vocalist and bassman Ellis Hall(Tower Of Power/Ray Charles) and keyboardist & LA movie soundtracker Vince DiCola. A new CD by the group "Swedish Family" led by Tomas Bodin is in the making for release late summer 2004, a record of 70's prog inspired by Swedish folkmusic................. These are my best tracks of 2025 Track Title-Group or Artist-Album King Kong-AMPLIFIER-Gargantuan Night Terror-DREAM THEATER-Parasomnia Panopticon -GHOST OF THE MACHINE-Empires Must Fall The End of Days Suite: 1. The City Lights at Twilight -THE JOHN IRVINE BAND-HERE COME THE ROBOTS! Lucifer, Bringer of Light -MOTORSPSYCHO-MOTORSPSYCHO Marvelous World-CHEAT THE PROPHET-Redemption The-Shoreline-EYE 2 EYE-Lost Horizon End of the Road-KARMAKANIC-Transmutation These Hands That Build-BLACK NARCISSUS-There Lingers One Who's Long Forgotten Objects Outlive Us-STEVEN WILSON-The Overview Far From Here-IQ-Dominion Sleeping on a Cloud-LET SEE THIN-Machine Called Life Gone-BJØRN RIIS-Fimbulvinter Deep Water Suite IX-COSMIC CATHEDRAL- Deep Water Another Holy Grail-PATTERN-SEEKING ANIMALS-Friend Of All Creatures Seraphina Moon-CEN-PROJEKT-Carnival Of Lost Souls Demain a l’aube-GERALD MASSOIS- Demain a l’aube - Considerations-THE FLOWER KINGS-Love Considerations-THE FLOWER KINGS https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HEqV...0lK-F&index=15 GOOD LISTENING Last edited by nicola : 06-12-2025 at 12:02 AM.
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05-26-2025, 09:53 AM
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Re: 2025 Work in Progress..ive
JACOB ROBERGE
ABOUT JACOB ROBERGE ..JACOB ROBERGE from progarchives.com Jacob Roberge biography Jacob Roberge is a Québec-based progressive rock musician, singer, songwriter, composer, arranger, and multi-instrumentalist with a background in classical music and orchestration. His work is rooted in the Symphonic Prog tradition, characterized by grand compositions, orchestrations, and instrumental passages. Roberge initially gained recognition through his YouTube channel, where he showcased his vocal and instrumental talents with covers of artists such as Queen and Genesis. His classical influences are evident in his arrangements and cinematic production, blending rock instrumentation with orchestral elements. On January 31, 2025, Roberge released his debut album, The Passing, a six-track symphonic rock odyssey spanning approximately one hour, including the title track epic at 32 minutes. The album features a full sonic palette, incorporating strings (violin, cello), brass (trumpet), and layered harmonies. His music blends orchestral movements with progressive rock complexity, evoking influences from Genesis, Yes, The Enid, Transatlantic, and Änglagård, yet with a modern, cinematic approach. Bio written by ProgRadio These are my best tracks of 2025 Track Title-Group or Artist-Album King Kong-AMPLIFIER-Gargantuan Night Terror-DREAM THEATER-Parasomnia Panopticon -GHOST OF THE MACHINE-Empires Must Fall The End of Days Suite: 1. The City Lights at Twilight -THE JOHN IRVINE BAND-HERE COME THE ROBOTS! Lucifer, Bringer of Light -MOTORSPSYCHO-MOTORSPSYCHO Marvelous World-CHEAT THE PROPHET-Redemption The-Shoreline-EYE 2 EYE-Lost Horizon End of the Road-KARMAKANIC-Transmutation These Hands That Build-BLACK NARCISSUS-There Lingers One Who's Long Forgotten Objects Outlive Us-STEVEN WILSON-The Overview Far From Here-IQ-Dominion Sleeping on a Cloud-LET SEE THIN-Machine Called Life Gone-BJØRN RIIS-Fimbulvinter Deep Water Suite IX-COSMIC CATHEDRAL- Deep Water Another Holy Grail-PATTERN-SEEKING ANIMALS-Friend Of All Creatures Seraphina Moon-CEN-PROJEKT-Carnival Of Lost Souls Demain a l’aube-GERALD MASSOIS- Demain a l’aube - Considerations-THE FLOWER KINGS-Love -The Passing-JACOB ROBERGE-The Passing The Passing-JACOB ROBERGE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7O_4XRnCudM GOOD LISTENING Last edited by nicola : 06-12-2025 at 12:02 AM.
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05-26-2025, 10:38 AM
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Re: 2025 Work in Progress..ive
KARIBOW
ABOUT KARIBOW ..KARIBOW from progarchives.com Karibow biography Founded in Wetter, Germany in 1996 KARIBOW is a German Crossover Prog band founded by Oliver RÜSING in late 1996. In the nineties RÜSING played with multiple projects including LAST TURION, COUNTERPARTS, CHINOOK, MAQUIS, MC WEST AND THE CANADIAN SWELL GUYS and many more, working as a live drummer, drum teacher and studio musician in Europe and North America. As he progressed through his bands, he picked up multiple influences and styles that would eventually create the foundation that would be KARIBOW. The end result is an award winning project with strong roots in Progressive Rock, Electronic Music and Album Oriented Rock. The band originally started as a studio oriented project with RÜSING's influences shown on their earliest albums, "Shush" (released in 1997 as the GREEN WATER PROJECT), "Supernatural Foe" (1998) and "Three Times Deeper" (1999). The band took on a more mainstream rock sound from 2000-2007 recording several albums including "Tribal Avenue" (2001) and a soundtrack for "The Ayganyan Project One" (2005). KARIBOW's progressive past finally showed up again on the concept album "A History of Inorganic Talk" (2007). Three and a half years later, "Man Of Rust" achieved the German Rock & Pop Award in the Best Arrangement category in 2011. KARIBOW's latest album "Addicted" was released in November 2014. The band has focused more and more on live performances, with the current (May, 2015) line up of Oliver RÜSING (vocals, guitars), Chris THOMAS (guitars), Markus BERGEN (keyboards), Gerald NAHRGANG (drums/percussion) and Thomas WISCHT (bass). In December 2014, KARIBOW had the privilege to be honored with the German Rock & Pop Award again, this time as Best Progressive Band 2014. ::Bio written by Oliver Rüsing, edited by Roland113:: These are my best tracks of 2025 Track Title-Group or Artist-Album King Kong-AMPLIFIER-Gargantuan Night Terror-DREAM THEATER-Parasomnia Panopticon -GHOST OF THE MACHINE-Empires Must Fall The End of Days Suite: 1. The City Lights at Twilight -THE JOHN IRVINE BAND-HERE COME THE ROBOTS! Lucifer, Bringer of Light -MOTORSPSYCHO-MOTORSPSYCHO Marvelous World-CHEAT THE PROPHET-Redemption The-Shoreline-EYE 2 EYE-Lost Horizon End of the Road-KARMAKANIC-Transmutation These Hands That Build-BLACK NARCISSUS-There Lingers One Who's Long Forgotten Objects Outlive Us-STEVEN WILSON-The Overview Far From Here-IQ-Dominion Sleeping on a Cloud-LET SEE THIN-Machine Called Life Gone-BJØRN RIIS-Fimbulvinter Deep Water Suite IX-COSMIC CATHEDRAL- Deep Water Another Holy Grail-PATTERN-SEEKING ANIMALS-Friend Of All Creatures Seraphina Moon-CEN-PROJEKT-Carnival Of Lost Souls Demain a l’aube-GERALD MASSOIS- Demain a l’aube - Considerations-THE FLOWER KINGS-Love -The Passing-JACOB ROBERGE-The Passing -Ordinary Gods-KARIBOW-PanTerrania Ordinary Gods-KARIBOW https://karibow.bandcamp.com/track/ordinary-gods GOOD LISTENING Last edited by nicola : 06-12-2025 at 12:03 AM.
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06-12-2025, 01:09 AM
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Re: 2025 Work in Progress..ive
COSMOGRAF
ABOUT COSMOGRAF ..COSMOGRAF from progarchives.com Cosmograf biography Robin Armstrong - Born in Waterlooville (Portsmouth), England COSMOGRAF is a progressive rock project lead by the multi instrumentalist Robin Armstrong. The sound is rooted in 70s classic rock with a contemporary and progressive twist. Robin Armstrong (pictured) plays guitar, keyboards, bass and drums, sings, and records, producing himself and fellow collaborating musicians, in his home studio, 'The Trees', self built at the bottom of the garden. The project is now in it's third incarnation, with a number of talented musicians from the progressive rock community performing and writing on the new album 'When Age has Done it's Duty'. 'Neo prog' is about as close as you can get to a label but the occasional lapse into straight metal or even classical, often dumbfounds a catch all description. I've never been very talented in weaving the genres seamlessly together like 'Yes' would do. It's fairly clear where it's at though, when you listen to it. I've always enjoyed music that polarizes audiences and demands attention. As a teenager I was captivated by Deep Purple's fusion of Heavy Rock with Baroque intros or lead lines. It's just fun, to throw in something that is completely unexpected but yet just fits. I much prefer to write music around concepts. Progressive Rock allows you the freedom to span genres, stop and start in different tempos, insert mad sound effects and generally tell a story or simply create a soundscape with no real meaning. This creates a musical freedom far beyond the commerical rules and constraints of a 3min pop song. These are my best tracks of 2025 Track Title-Group or Artist-Album King Kong-AMPLIFIER-Gargantuan Night Terror-DREAM THEATER-Parasomnia Panopticon -GHOST OF THE MACHINE-Empires Must Fall The End of Days Suite: 1. The City Lights at Twilight -THE JOHN IRVINE BAND-HERE COME THE ROBOTS! Lucifer, Bringer of Light -MOTORSPSYCHO-MOTORSPSYCHO Marvelous World-CHEAT THE PROPHET-Redemption The-Shoreline-EYE 2 EYE-Lost Horizon End of the Road-KARMAKANIC-Transmutation These Hands That Build-BLACK NARCISSUS-There Lingers One Who's Long Forgotten Objects Outlive Us-STEVEN WILSON-The Overview Far From Here-IQ-Dominion Sleeping on a Cloud-LET SEE THIN-Machine Called Life Gone-BJØRN RIIS-Fimbulvinter Deep Water Suite IX-COSMIC CATHEDRAL- Deep Water Another Holy Grail-PATTERN-SEEKING ANIMALS-Friend Of All Creatures Seraphina Moon-CEN-PROJEKT-Carnival Of Lost Souls Demain a l’aube-GERALD MASSOIS- Demain a l’aube - Considerations-THE FLOWER KINGS-Love -The Passing-JACOB ROBERGE-The Passing -Ordinary Gods-KARIBOW-PanTerrania -. Division Warning-COSMOGRAF-The Orphan Epoch Division Warning-COSMOGRAF https://cosmograf.bandcamp.com/track/division-warning GOOD LISTENING
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