Progressive Rock on eMusic
“Revelations of the Flowermind” by Solid Sun. Obscure but great Progressive Rock album that sounds if it so easily could have been made in the late 60s or early 70s but in fact was released in 2015. Try the track “Distance” first - outstanding!
And it’s still on eMusic - 4 tracks lasting over 27 minutes for 99 cents.
https://www.emusic.com/album/6335791/Solid-Sun/Revelations-of-the-Flowermind
And it’s still on eMusic - 4 tracks lasting over 27 minutes for 99 cents.
https://www.emusic.com/album/6335791/Solid-Sun/Revelations-of-the-Flowermind
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The Polish label Metal Mind seems to be a misnomer, as there seems to be at least as much progressive rock on it as metal. Posted a couple examples below already b/c I didn't expect this to keep happening. Also notable for allowing one to listen to the whole song when sampling.
Definitely check out: "Giordano Bruno" - Oak. "The Future Sound of Yesterday" - Implosion Quintet. "Heroe Anonimo" - Prinz. "Anabelas" - Bubu. "Waterfort" - Waleed Ahmed. "Melencolia" - Poly-Math. "S/t" - Iah. "The Serpent and the Dove" - In Gowan Ring. "Vozero" - Phil Manzanera. "Course of the Satellite" - The Vryll Society. "Leda" - Cisne Elocuente. "S/t" - Promesas Temporales. "Romance con la Ira" - La Perra. "Leti Hum Eek Inda Jani Mish Masadi II" - Turbina. "Alebrije" - Alejandro Marcovich feat. Manuel el Loco Valdés. "Dislalia" - Carlos Marks. "Tenquén" - Monstruos del Mañana. "El Hambre" - Los Desastres de la Guerra. "KLY" - IGLY. "S/t" - Inverse. "Pulsar" - Mystic Morrison Visions. "Long Forgotten Tales" & "Live at Mars" - Aton Five. "S/t" - Tiny Taste. "Dasfurtenfaf" - AKX. "Monument" - Tom Ford. "Nostalgia" - Satellite. "The Horse" - Blackout. "Otros Paraísos" - La Rifa del Viento. "S/t" - Ah? "Milk" - PeroPero. "Centipede Wisdom" - HOO.
"Endless" by Fjieri from 2010 is one that's been sitting forgotten in my iTunes library for years, and I just found it sorting through Italian labels and remembered it fitting here. The label it's on, Forward Music Italy Srl, sure sounds like there should be more among its 20+ titles, but I haven't found any yet.
Ouzo Bazooka's "Songs from 1001 Nights" fits the bill, and I'd be shocked if the label it's on, Stolen Body, doesn't have more. "Waiting for a Sign" - Githead (and its label, Swim, seems to have a lot of instrumental rock that's not quite prog but not far off either).
A lot on El Templo ReKords skirts the borders, with Jorge Campos the most spot-on example. Fulano's 2019 EP definitely qualifies, but the rest of their stuff veers more into fusion. I'll go on the record in saying I'm pretty anti-fusion, but I'm not sure what to do with them: https://www.emusic.com/artist/rs_388625/Fulano On closer inspection, I think they're two different bands.
"Reflejo" by Salamandra, the 2019 album by Reality Check, and then most especially "S/t" by Senogul got my hopes up for FAK Records, but the label seems much more committed to folk fusion on the rest of what I sampled, but where there's a few, there's likely to be more, I suppose.
The one band I recognize on 4 Zero is "Really Don't Mind If You Sit This One Out" - Mushroom. Only six titles there, but they look to have potential.
Longer tracks that fit progressive rock better than the rest of their albums: "Паранойя" - Vice Versa. "Family Tree" - Mecca. "Village Life" - Pino Forastiere. Try the longer tracks on "Abandoned Garden" by Yujun Wang & Timer.
Hard for me to stick to pure prog rock, as I always want to slip in psychedelia (probably will anyway), post-rock, jazz (i.e. Sam Gendel, All JaZZera), electronic (i.e. Blood Sport, Lokal Business), and world music (i.e. Olariche and His Guitar Band; Timasniwen; Raúl Cantizano) that's borderline. A lot of stuff listed as Alt./Rock would seem a better fit as prog, though it's rarely crosslisted as such. Long songs would seem to be a good tip-off, no?
Magic Mystic Psychedelic Ride" by The Changes
4 songs lasting over 20 minutes for 99 cents on eMusic. The track to try first is "The Illusion"
https://www.emusic.com/album/146332/The-Changes/Magic-Mystic-Psychedelic-Ride
https://www.emusic.com/album/4216874/Black-Market-Serotonin/Something-From-Nothing
http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=209
https://www.emusic.com/album/4119062/Par-Lindh-Project/In-Concert---Live-in-Poland
Acid Mothers Temple; Jorge Campos; Freaky Fairytale Band; Fulano; Mondo Drag (on RidingEasy...one of their albums has a / after the band name for some reason); Osada Vida; Salems Pot; Shooting Guns;
Rated in the top 100 Prog Rock albums of 2016 by Prog Archives against some hefty competition.
http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=6141
https://www.emusic.com/album/838479/Nine-Stones-Close/Leaves
https://www.emusic.com/label/1036442/Eclipse-Music-Digital
http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=298
https://www.emusic.com/album/5219299/RPWL/Live-Experience
https://www.emusic.com/album/4719281/Osada-Vida/Three-Seats-Behind-a-Triangle
https://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=15938
https://archive.org/details/Sunscraper-16869
Also, some of their albums/EPs are NYOP on Bandcamp.
https://alltheempiresoftheworld.bandcamp.com/
@peterfrederics
Thanks for pointing out the NYP albums on Bandcamp; I might still buy one. I’ve noticed you’re more adept at selecting individual tracks you like from albums. I guess I’m either lazy or extremely old fashioned in taking in or rejecting full albums. I’m sure I miss out on some great songs that might be the only one or two on an album, but I really don’t like skipping tracks.
Keep up the searches and sharing.
https://rateyourmusic.com/artist/deltanaut
https://rateyourmusic.com/artist/firegarden
"Why The Sea Is Salt" by The Gift
https://www.emusic.com/album/61676423/Gift/Why-the-Sea-Is-Salt
http://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=53005
& "Nostalgia" by Satellite
https://www.emusic.com/album/4019196/Satellite/Nostalgia
http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=382
An okay album from 1969. The best track is the 16 minute "Fruk Juice".
https://www.emusic.com/album/61593239/Octopus/Octopus
Journey into the Sun Within by Travellers. 5.49, 6 tracks, 52 minutes. (review) Outstanding prog-rock from the Polish Metal Mind label. Wojtek Szadkowski from Satellites formed this amazing one-time band.Personally, I think the vocalist Robin reminds me a lot of Niall Quin from the Cranberries.
https://www.emusic.com/album/199786252/2051826672/Aton-Five/Long-Forgotten-Tales/track/The-Sun-Thatll-Never-Warm-You
I haven’t been around these parts lately, think my list making days are done, presumably most moved on years ago, but I happened upon a really nice jazzy prog rock album from a Russian band called Settlers this month and think fans of those styles who like female vocalists will enjoy it. https://www.emusic.com/album/234840216/Settlers/--
It starts out more on the jazz side, but tracks 5 to the end are more prog rock, if I’m listening correctly. Or could also pass for post-rock, I’m sure.
I didn’t see it on Bandcamp, but the album streams on their YT channel if you need a full sample to commit:
v. Little info about them in English that I can find, but if anyone finds some links or other info I’d appreciate it.
The kinda neat thing about eMusic possibly screwing everyone out of royalties remains that supporters of Ukraine might not mind screwing Russians?
Spotify, on the other hand...