Avishai Cohen Trio - Gently Disturbed

Acclaimed Israeli bassist (and accomplished pianist) Avishai Cohen brings an impressive list of credits to his first outing with a new trio. Cohen's work defies easy categorization. On bass he's performed with Brad Mehldau and Chick Corea. The long list of musicians he has accompanied on piano includes Bobby McFerrin, Roy Hargrove, Paquito D'Rivera and Nnenna Freelon, which suggests something about his range. Further still, he has performed concert works with the London and Israeli Philharmonics. So what does the music of his newly reconfigured trio sound like? Featuring eight original compositions (written either by Cohen or by the trio collaboratively) and one traditional Israeli song, Gently Disturbed is a blend of melody, groove, complexity and simplicity that is beyond definition. The opening tune, "Seattle," begins with a bucolic piano interlude by Shai Maestro that is very gradually augmented by Mark Guiliana's brushes. What seems to be almost a chamber piece gradually shifts to Latin-style melody and rhythm as Cohen joins in. With a subtle ease, the pastoral evolves into something sensual.
The title tune begins with a dark and repetitious series of bass notes. Think shades of Ravel meet Philip Glass. The mood is lulling and just at the edge of ominous. If where we're going is uncertain, it is about the journey. What follows immediately is "The Ever Evolving Etude." The trio kicks the mood up to vibrant as Bach goes mucho mambo. Although they sound nothing like the Modern Jazz Quartet, like MJQ, their sophisticated ways tantalize and require attentive, open ears.
(Andrew Velez / http://www.allaboutjazz.com)

From in Israel

Jazz- Fusion 

Avishai Cohen Trio - Gently Disturbed - 2008

Tracks.

01. Seattle (2:50)
02. Chutzpan (5:10)
03. Lo baiom velo balyla (5:25)
04. Pinzin Kinzin (6:30)
05. Puncha Puncha (3:53)
06. Eleven Wives (5:16)
07. Gently Disturbed (3:48)
08. The Ever Evolving Etude (6:16)
09. Variations in G Minor (5:33)
10. Umray (5:42)
11. Structure in Emotion (6:20)

Members.

- Avishai Cohen / Bass Guitar

- Mark Guiliana / Drums

- Shai Maestro / Piano 

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Nemrud - Ritual

2. Album from Nemrud Band

From in Turkey
Psychedelic - Space Rock
Nemrud - Ritual
Tracks.
01. In My Mind (10:20) 
02. Sorrow by Oneself (7:45) 
03. Light (2:16) 
04. Ritual (18:25)
Members.
- Mert Göçay / guitars, vocals 
- Aycan Sarı / bass 
- Mert Topel / keyboards 
- Mert Alkaya / drums 

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Kings of Convenience - Declaration of Dependence

Kings of Convenience made headlines last month. No, wait, Leslie Feist did. It's been an eventful five years since the Norwegian duo's previous album, Riot on an Empty Street, featured the Canadian songstress on two tracks. After Erlend Øye and Eirik Glambæk Bøe's recent New York show, that a surprise Feist guest appearance got top media billing underscores just how eventful. Sorry, guys, I guess royalty isn't what it used to be.
No longer does Quiet Is the New Loud, the title of Øye and Bøe's 2001 Astralwerks debut, sound like such an appealing mantra. The hushed politeness that Kings of Convenience and, earlier, Belle and Sebastian reintroduced to indie listeners around the turn of the millennium must've lost its fresh feeling somewhere between Natalie Portman big-upping the Shins and the Decemberists doing a prog-folk rock opera. Then there's the more than 400,000 copies Riot sold in Europe, a number that looks virtually impossible for a group of such modest stature today. Throw in Øye's two mostly solid albums fronting dance-poppers the Whitest Boy Alive, and, well, what do Kings of Convenience have left to say?
"Quieter is the new quiet," apparently. Despite calls for the whisper-folk pair to make Øye's house and techno background more apparent, Declaration of Dependence doubles down on hushed Scandinavian understatement. No drums, unless you count slapped fretboards or squeaking fingers: just two voices, two acoustic guitars, and occasional cello, viola, or one-finger piano plinks. Along with sharper songwriting focus, this go-for-broke softness makes for the most durable, rewarding Kings of Convenience album yet-- a Pink Moon to past efforts' Five Leaves Left. Barring a last-minute José González surprise, it's also probably the best new full-length of its style you'll hear this year.
The songs on Declaration of Dependence reveal everyday tensions with a cool, undemonstrative reserve. You can hear the spare but descriptive verses as about romance, the band itself, or global politics, depending on your preference. Where Riot opener "Homesick" offered the suggestive image of "two soft voices blended in perfection," the new album's first track, tender "24-25", declares, "What we build is bigger than the sum of two." Slowly shuffling "Renegade" uses bold, vivid brush strokes to carry out that old maxim, "If you love something, let it go"; "Why are you whispering when the bombs are falling?" a solitary voice asks, between slightly dissonant strums. "Riot on an Empty Street", a holdover since years before the album of that same name, finds a traveling singer lost for words, but not for delicate melodies.

Rather than become more electronic, Kings of Convenience here choose simply to apply dance music's minimalism and sense of texture more fully to their chosen acoustic-pop form. Bittersweet single "Mrs. Cold" has been compared to Jack Johnson, probably because both use percussive hand slapping, but the popular surfer-turned-singer has never recorded anything so perfectly poised, so deceptively depressing; a ringing lead guitar line repeats like a looped sample. "Boat Behind", a single in other countries, floats a melancholy violin line over a tangled tale about reuniting with someone but never belonging to them, sounding almost like another lost Arthur Russell demo. "Rule My World", which follows Sweden's González into forceful denunciations of theocratic zealotry, has the bouncy upswing of French house. Øye's smoky falsetto fills in for the absent Feist on songs like "Freedom and Its Owner". "Power of Not Knowing" neatly echoes Simon & Garfunkel's "April Come She Will".

Both halves of the duo now live back home in Bergen, Norway, after a multi-year absence by the Whitest Boy Alive singer. Whether inspired by lovers, each other, or the warmongers of the world, Kings of Convenience's latest is ultimately just what its title says: a bold and beautiful assertion that we are better off together than apart. Or, as "My Ship Isn't Pretty" wonderfully puts it: a series of "quiet protests against loneliness." If the album cover had you expecting 2009's umpteenth nu-Balearic cruise, be glad we got this eloquent message in a bottle instead.

— Marc Hogan, October 19, 2009 

From in Norway

Indie Folk-Pop

Kings of Convenience - Declaration of Dependence - 2009

Tracks.

01. 24-25

02. Mrs Cold

03. Me In You

04. Boat Behind

05. Rule My World

06. My Ship Isn't Pretty

07. Renegade

08. Power Of Not Knowing

09. Peacetime Resistance

10. Freedom And Its Owner

11. Scars On Land

12. Second To Numb
13. Riot On An Empty Street

Members.

- Erlend Øye and Eirik Glambek Bøe

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The Final

 Dear Proggers

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Al Stewart - A Beach Full Of Shells

From in UK
Classic Rock - Folk Rock
Al Stewart - A Beach Full Of Shells - 2005
Tracks.
01. The Immelman Turn (4:39)
02. Mr. Lear  (3:00)
03. Royal Courtship (4:10)
04. Rain Barrel (4:00)
05. Somewhere in England, 1915 (6:56)
06. Katherine of Oregon – 3:07
07. Mona Lisa Talking (4:26)
08. Class of '58 (4:10)
09. Out in the Snow (2:51)
10. My Egyptian Couch (2:18)
11. Gina in the Kings Road (3:49)
12. Beacon Street (2:20)
13. Anniversary (2:53)
Members.
- Al Stewart / Acoustic Guitar, Composer, Keyboards, Vocals,

- Laurence Juber / Acoustic Guitar, Percussion, Arranger, Electric Guitar, Programming, Producer, Engineer, String Arrangements, Audio Production

- Jim Cox (Piano)(Organ (Hammond)) (Hammond B3), 

- Richard Dodd / Cello 

- Steve Forman / Percussion (Bodhran)

- Joe Gastwirt / Mastering 

- Dominic Genova / Bass

- Jimmy Hoyson / Engineer

- Michael Jochum / Percussion, Drums

- Steve Lively / Vocals

- Greg Townley / Engineer Mixing, Audio Engineer

- Novi Novog / Viola

- Steve Genewick / Engineer

- Eric Gorfain / Violin

- Daphne Chen / Violin 

- Dave Nachmanoff / Acoustic Guitar, Vocals

- Neville Judd / Photography 

- Leah Katz / Viola 

- Domenic Genova / Bass Guitar
Godspeed!

Genesis - The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway

From in UK

Symphonic Progressive Rock

Genesis - The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway - 1974

Disc 1 time: 45:34
01. The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway (4:50)
02. Fly on a Windshield (4:23)
03. Broadway Melody of 1974 (0:33)
04. Cuckoo Cocoon (2:11)
05. In the Cage (8:15)
06. The Grand Parade of Lifeless Packaging (2:45)
07. Back in N.Y.C. (5:42)
08. Hairless Heart (2:13)
09. Counting Out Time (3:42)
10. The Carpet Crawlers (5:15)
11. The Chamber of 32 Doors (5:40)
Disc 2 time: 48:49
01. Lillywhite Lilith (2:42)
02. The Waiting Room (5:24)
03. Anyway (3:07)
04. The Supernatural Anaesthetist (2:59)
05. The Lamia (6:57)
06. Silent Sorrow in Empty Boats (3:07)
07. Colony of Slippermen (8:13)
a) The Arrival
b) A Visit to the Doktor
c) Raven
08. Ravine (2:04)
09. The Light Dies Down on Broadway (3:32)
10. Riding the Scree (3:57)
11. In the Rapids (2:26)
12. It. (4:15)
Total Time 94:23 

Members.

- Tony Banks / keyboards
- Phil Collins / drums, percussion, backing vocals
- Peter Gabriel / lead vocals, flute
- Steve Hackett / electric guitar, nylon guitar
- Mike Rutherford / bass guitar, 12-string guitar

Godspeed!

The Doors - L.A. Woman

From in US.

Proto Progressive Rock

The Doors - L.A. Woman - 1971

Tracks.
01. "The Changeling" – 4:21
02. "Love Her Madly" – 3:20
03. "Been Down So Long" – 4:41
04. "Cars Hiss By My Window" – 4:12
05. "L.A. Woman" – 7:57
06. "L'America" – 4:37
07. "Hyacinth House" – 3:11
08. "Crawling King Snake" (John Lee Hooker) – 5:00
09. "The WASP (Texas Radio and the Big Beat)" – 4:16
10. "Riders on the Storm" – 7:09
Bonus.



11. "Orange County Suite" – 5:45
12. "(You Need Meat) Don't Go No Further" (Willie Dixon) – 3:41 

 Total Time.  48.52

Members.

- Jim Morrison / Vocals

 - Ray Manzarek / Organ, keyboards, piano and vocals
 - John Densmore / Drums
 - Robby Krieger / Guitar
 Guests:
 - Curtis Amy / Saxophone
 - Jerry Scheff / Bass
 - Marc Benno / Guitar and rhythm guitar

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The Tea Party - Splendor Solis

From Canada
Crossover Progressive Rock
The Tea Party - Splendor Solis 1993
Tracks Listing
1 The River 5:43 
2 Midsummer Day 5:57 
3 A Certain Slant of Light 4:59 
4 Winter Solstice 2:44 
5 Save Me 6:34 
6 Sun Going Down 6:33 
7 In This Time 4:56 
8 Dreams of Reason 6:18 
9 Raven Skies 5:16 
10 Haze on the Hills 2:23 
11 The Majestic Song 4:37

Musicians
- Jeff Burrows/Drums
- Stuart Chatwood / keyboards,bass, cello
- Jeff Martin/Vocals,guitars,mandolin, banjo

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Dear Proggers

I don't write or make something on this blog anymore. I starting a new blog. But there's no share about some albums, just writing. If you wants you can follow my new blog. Already greatings.

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Eris Pluvia - Rings Of Earthly Light

From Italy
Symphonic Progressive Rock
Eris Pluvia - Rings Of Earthly Light 1992
Tracks.
Tracks Listing
1. Rings Of Earthly Light: (17:12)
a) Earthscore
b) Portrait
c) Sell My Feelings
d) Following Her In A Fantasy Lake
e) I Re-Emerged, Ancient Knight, In Presence Of Metal Knights 
2. In The Rising Mist (4:26) 
3. The Broken Path (1:32) 
4. Glares Of Mind (3:56) 
5. Pushing Together (4:40) 
6. You'll Become Rain (2:14) 
7. The Way Home (9:17)
Total Time: 42:37

Members / Musicians
- Alessandro Serri / voice, electric and acoustic guitars, and flute 
- Paolo Raciti / piano and keyboards 
- Edmondo Romano / recorder flute, saxophone, and backing vocals 
- Marco Forella / bass and acoustic guitar 
- Martino Murtas / drums and percussion 
- Valeria Caucino / vocals (1c) 
- Enrico Paparella / acoustic guitar (3) 
- Alessandro Cavatorti / acoustic guitar (4) 
- Sabrina Quarelli / violin (4 & 7)

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Mia - Cornonstipicum

From Argentina
Symphonic Progressive Rock
Mia - Cornonstipicum 1978
Tracks Listing
1. La Coronacion Del Farre (4:20) 
2. Imagen III (4:53) 
3. Crifana Y Tamilstenes (7:43) 
4. Las Persianas No (0:45) 
5. Piedras De Color (2:02) 
6. Cornonstipicum (17:34) 
7. Melusina (7:24) 
8. Joe Pirata (2:56) 
9. Iridio Puro (1:48) 
10. La Caja Del Viento (4:35) 
11. Los Gatos De Zully (5:37) 
Total Time: 59:37

Members / Musicians
- Lito Vitale / piano, organ, synthesizer, mellotron, accordion, clavinet, celeste, percussion, vocals 
- Liliana Vitale / drums, bass, celeste, recorder, contralto recorder, percussion, vocals 
- Daniel Curto / electirc & acoustic guitar, bass, flute, contrabass, organ, mellotron, percussion 
- Alberto Munoz / electric & acoustic guitar, bass, vocals, 
- Nono Belvis / bass, electirc guitar, percussion 
- Emilio Rivoira / tenor sax chorus 
- Kike Sanzol / drums

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Dün - Eros

From France
Zeuhl / Progressive Rock
Dün - Eros 1981
Tracks Listing
1. L'Epice (9:25) 
2. Arrakis (9:36) 
3. Bitonio (7:09) 
4. Eros (10:17) 
5. Bitonio (alternate) (10:20) 
6. Arrakis (alternate) (5:07) 
7. Eros (alternate) (7:11) 
8. Acoustic Fremen (unreleased) (6:17)
Total Time: 65:22

Members / Musicians
- Laurent Bertaud / drums 
- Jean Geeraerts / electric guitar, acoustic guitar 
- Bruno Sabathe / piano, synthesizers 
- Alain Termol / percussions 
- Thierry Tranchant / bass 
- Pascal Vandenbulcke / flutes 
With: 
- Philippe Portejoi /sax

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Crimson Glory - Transcendence

From USA
Progressive Metal
Crimson Glory - Transcendence 1988
Tracks.
01. Lady of winter (4:00)
02. Red sharks (4:52)
03. Painted skies (5:10)
04. Masque of the red death (4:15)
05. In dark places (7:03)
06. Where dragons rule (5:07)
07. Lonely (5:18)
08. Burning bridges (6:32)
09. Eternal world (3:54)
10. Transcendence (4:34)
Total Time: 50:24

Members / Musicians
- Midnight / vocals
- Jon Drenning / lead guitar
- Ben Jackson / rhythm guitar
- Jeff Lords / bass
- Dana Burnell / drums

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Crimson Glory - Strange & Beautiful

From USA
Progressive Metal
Crimson Glory - Strange & Beautiful 1991
Tracks.
1. Strange and beautiful (6:16)
2. Promise land (5:22)
3. Love and dreams (5:29)
4. The chant (3:45)
5. Dance on fire (5:27)
6. Song for angels (5:19)
7. In the mood (5:55)
8. Starchamber (7:28)
9. Deep inside your heart (5:13)
10. Make you love me (4:05)
11. Far away (4:44)
Total Time: 59:03

Members / Musicians
- Midnight lead / vocals, backing vocals
- Jon Drenning / guitars, backing vocals
- Jeff Lords / bass, backing vocals
- Ravi Jakhotia / drums, percussion

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Crimson Glory - Astronomica

From USA
Progressive Metal
Crimson Glory - Astronomica 1999
Tracks.
1. March to glory (3:30)
2. War of the worlds (4:09)
3. New world machine (4:14)
4. Astronomica (4:59)
5. Edge of forever (5:46)
6. Touch of the sun (5:56)
7. Lucifer's hammer (4:25)
8. The other side of midnight (4:29)
9. Cyber-Christ (5:13)
10. Cydonia (5:47)
Total Time: 69:47

Members / Musicians
- Ben Jackson / guitar
- Jon Drenning / guitar
- Wade Black / vocals
- Jeff Lords / bass
- Steve Wacholz / drums

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Crimson Glory - Crimson Glory

From USA
Progressive Metal
Crimson Glory - Crimson Glory 1986
Tracks.
1. Valhalla (3:46)
2. Dragon lady (4:21)
3. Heart of steel (6:07)
4. Azrael (5:42)
5. Mayday (2:59)
6. Queen of the masquerade (5:27)
7. Angels of war (5:23)
8. Lost reflection (4:43)
Total Time: 38:53

Members / Musicians
- Midnight / vocals
- Jon Drenning / lead guitar
- Ben Jackson / rhythm guitar
- Jeff Lords / bass
- Dana Burnell / drums

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Tangerine Dream - Mala Kunia

From Germany
Electronic Prog
Tangerine Dream - Mala Kunia 2014
Tracks.
01. Shadow and Sun (7:54)
02. Madagaskunia (6:51)
03. Madagasmala (7:04)
04. Beyond Uluru (7:49)
05. Vision of the Blue Birds (8:39)
06. Snake Men's Dance at Dawn (5:51)
07. Power of the Rainbow Serpent (8:03)
Total Time 52:14

Musicians
- Edgar Froese / keyboards, guitar
- Ulrich Schnauss / keyboards
- Thorsten Quaeschning / keyboards
- Hoshiko Yamane / violin, cello

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Godspeed!

Visible Wind - A Moment Beyond Time

From Canada
Neoprogressive Rock
Visible Wind - A Moment Beyond Time 1994
Tracks.
01. Behind The Curtain (3:28) 
02. A Moment In Time (4:11) 
03. Soleil d'Aube (vocals: Philippe) (4:24) 
04. Ulysse's Return (5:50) 
05. Seeking The Moon (3:23) 
06. Solitude * (1:45) 
07. The Faded Years (3:40) 
08. A Moment Beyond Time ** (10:30) 
09. ? (0:20) 
10. Running Backwards (vocals: Philippe) *** (4:40) Bonus Track Japan

Total Time: 42:11
Musicians
- Philippe Woolgar / guitar, vocals 
- Luc Hébert / drums, keyboard programming 
- Louis Roy / bass, gurping operator 
- Stephen Geysens / keyboards, vocals

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Sebastian Hardie - Four Moments

From Australia
Symphonic Progressive Rock
Sebastian Hardie - Four Moments
Tracks.
01. Four Moments [1 Glories Shall Be Released (6:40) 
02. Dawn of Our Sun (5:06) 
03. Journey Through Our Dreams(6:43) 
04. Everything Is Real (2:09) 
05. Rosanna (5:59) 
06. Openings (13:01)
Total Time: 39:38

Musicians
- Mario Millo / vocals, guitar, mandoline 
- Toivo Pilt / keyboards, mellotron 
- Alex Plavsic / drums, percussion 
- Peter Plavsic / bass

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Iron Butterfly - Heavy

From USA
Proto Progressive Rock
Iron Butterfly - Heavy 1968
Tracks.
01. Possession (2:45) 
02. Unconscious Power (2:32) 
03. Get Out of My Life, Woman (3:58) 
04. Gentle as It May Seem (2:28) 
05. You Can't Win (2:41) 
06. So-Lo (4:05) 
07. Look for the Sun (2:14) 
08. Fields of Sun (3:12) 
09. Stamped Ideas (2:08) 
10. Iron Butterfly Theme (4:34)
Total Time: 29:17

Musicians
- Doug Ingle / keyboards, vocals 
- Ron Bushy / drums 
- Jerry Penrod / bass guitar 
- Darryl DeLoach / vocals 
- Danny Weis / guitar

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