giovedì 19 novembre 2009

Magnesis - L'Immortel Opera 2006 New Prog ( Francia )


I Magnesis si formano a Digione ( Francia ) nel 1987 da un progetto di due compagni di scuola:
- Federico Przybyl (Autore)
- Eric Tillerot (autore, compositore, Performer)
Amanti dei Genesis, Yes e del progressive rock degli anni '70, hanno deciso di creare una rock band che proponesse una musica concept e teatrale alla “Genesis” periodo Gabriel ed alla “Ange” di Christian Decamps. Il risultato è stupefacente, specialmente dal vivo il gruppo, con un impianto scenico d’eccezione,riesce a meravigliare gli spettatori , con costumi spettacolari,maschere e trucco. Il sound, vicino ai Marillion, riprende a tratti misture tradizionali folk-rock e musica classica , i testi in francese e lo spettacolo,ricordano ,appunto, gli Ange di Decamps ed i Genesis di Gabriel.I magnesis hanno raccolto con cura il messaggio lanciato qualche anno prima dai gruppi inglesi, quali Marillion, IQ e Pendragon, ed oggi,magnificamente , lo trasmettono a noi
L’intera discografia , consigliata vivamente a tutti gli amanti del genere.
Tracks list:
01 - Acte Un - Ouverture
02 - Acte Deux - Le Pacte
03 - Acte Trois - Le Voyage De La Diva
04 - Acte Quatre - Les Fils De Mozart
05 - Acte Cinq - Final

Magnesis - Les Gens De 2001 New Prog ( Francia )

Tracks list:
01 - Le Syndrome De Ravaillac
02 - Anne Flore De Coudreges
03 - Le Règal De Satan
04 - La Bataille Du Marronnier
05 - Par la Main Du Tèmèraire
06 - Chanson Du Mènestrel
07 - La Fontaine Aux Trois Pierres Bleues
08 - La Cape Du Relevant
09 - La Chanson De Merlin
10 - Les Gens Des Villes,Les Gens Des Champs
11 - Lègende
Total:71:74
Line-up
Olivier Gauclin Tétu / guitar - Frédéric Munier / bass- Sylvain Camusat / drums- Jean-Pierre Matelot / keyboards, piano & programming - Eric Tillerot / vocals, chorus - Caroline Ridley / chorus

Magnesis - Etang Rouge 1998 New Prog ( Francia )

Tracks list:
01 - Etang Rouge Ouverture
02 - Le Festin Vermillon
03 - Les Nuits Rouges
04 - Prelude
05 - Le Regard Du Fou
06 - Requiem Pour Altair
07 - Ode A Ludivine
08 - Etang Rouge Final

Magnesis - Absinthèisme 1995 New Prog ( Francia )

Tracks list:
01 - L'anse Pleureuse
02 - Le Bal De Martroy
03 - 1767, L'an De Disgràce
04 - Le Destin Des Maudits
05 - La Fontaine Aux Enfants
06 - Le Gardien Des Etoiles
07 - La Dame Blanche
08 - Le Miracle Des Loups
09 - Comptine Du Revenant

mercoledì 18 novembre 2009

Magnesis - Le Miroir Aux Defaults 1994 New Prog ( Francia )

Tracks list:
01 - La Nuit Des Temps
02 - La Porte Du Diable
03 - Sally Zarrap
04 - Les Jardins De Murezanne
05 - L'heritage Des Mots
06 - La Salamandre
07 - Bouffon Le Miroir Aux Defaults
08 - Delirium Temporal

Link esterno -http://www.priceminister.com/s/magnesis

Magnesis - Les Voyages De Mikado 1993 New Prog ( Francia )


I Magnesis si formano a Digione ( Francia ) nel 1987 da un progetto di due compagni di scuola:
- Federico Przybyl (Autore)
- Eric Tillerot (autore, compositore, Performer)
Amanti dei Genesis, Yes e del progressive rock degli anni '70, hanno deciso di creare una rock band che proponesse una musica concept e teatrale alla “Genesis” periodo Gabriel ed alla “Ange” di Christian Decamps. Il risultato è stupefacente, specialmente dal vivo il gruppo, con un impianto scenico d’eccezione,riesce a meravigliare gli spettatori , con costumi spettacolari,maschere e trucco. Il sound, vicino ai Marillion, riprende a tratti misture tradizionali folk-rock e musica classica , i testi in francese e lo spettacolo,ricordano ,appunto, gli Ange di Decamps ed i Genesis di Gabriel.
I magnesis hanno raccolto con cura il messaggio lanciato qualche anno prima dai gruppi inglesi, quali Marillion, IQ e Pendragon, ed oggi,magnificamente , lo trasmettono a noi
L’intera discografia , consigliata vivamente a tutti gli amanti del genere.
Tracks List:
01 - Ouverture
02 - Philippe Et Marguerite
03 - L'elixir
04 - Duchesse Ensorcelee
05 - Les Voyages De Mikado
06 - La Vengeance De Champmol
07 - Fontaine De Jouvence
08 - Le Geant De Jouvence
09 - Les Enfants De La Nuit
10 - Assassine
Line up:
Eric Tillerot - Vocals
Alexandre Moreau - Keyboards
Denis Codfert - Drums
Fabien Lo Cicero - Bass
Jean Pierre Matelot - Keyboards
Olivier Gauclin Tètu - Guitars

domenica 15 novembre 2009

Colossus Projects - Dante's Purgatorio ( The Divine Comedy part. II) 2009 Various Artists

Tracks Listing
CD - 1
01 - SIMON SAYS (Swe) "Intro",02 - NEMO (Fra) "Canto I",03 - KEYBRIDGE (Ita) "Canto II",04 - OZONE PLAYER (Fin) "Canto III",05 - RAIMUNDO RODULFO (Ven) "Canto IV",06 - TEN MIDNIGHT (Ita) "Canto V",07 - SOULENGINE (Ita) "Canto VI",08 - WILLOWGLASS (Uk) "Canto VII",09 - ATLANTIS 1001 (Ita) "Canto VIII".
CD - 2
01 - CONTRAPPUNTO PROJECT (Ita) "Canto IX",02 - SOPHIA BACCINI (Ita) "Canto X",03 - NEXUS (Arg) "Canto XI",04 - NUOVA ERA (Ita) "Canto XII",05 - SURVIVAL (Hol) "Canto XIII"06 - LITTLE TRAGEDIES (Rus) "Canto XIV",07 - ARMALITE (Ita) "Canto XV",08 - PHIDEAUX (Usa) Canto XVI",09 - TOMMY ERIKSSON (Fin) "Canto XVII".
CD - 3
01 - ENTRANCE (Chi) "Canto XVIII",02 - MAXWELL'S DEMON (Usa) "Canto XIX",03 - RAK (Sui) "Canto XX",04 - COLOSSUS PROJECT (Ita) "Canto XXI",05 - MATTHIJS HERDER (Hol) "Canto XXII,"06 - MAD CRAYON (Ita) "Canto XXIII",07 - TABULA SMARAGDINA (Hun) "Canto XXIV",08 - BLANK MANUSKRIPT (Aut) "Canto XXV,"09 - LADY LAKE (Hol) "Canto XXVI".
CD - 4
01 - GROOVECTOR (Fin) "Canto XXVII"02 - MIST SEASON (Fin) "Canto XVIII"03 - FLAMBOROUGH HEAD (Hol) "Canto XXIX"04 - YESTERDAYS (Hun) "Canto XXX"05 - B612 (Ven) "Canto XXXI"06 - EQUILIBRIO VITAL (Ven) "Canto XXXII"07 - JINETES NEGROS (Arg) "Canto XXXIII"08 - SIMON SAYS (Swe) "Outro"
Bonus Track
09 - PASINI & RAGOZZA (Ita) "Purgatorio

Link esterno - http://www.amazon.com/Dantes-Purgatorio-Divine-Comedy-Part/dp/B002TKOQNG

Colossus Projects - " Inferno " A Progressive Rock Epic 2008 Various Artists

CD - 1
01. Nuova Era - Lasciate Ogni Speranza , Voi Ch'entrate (06:11)02. Yesterdays - Isteni Szinjatek (04:35)03. Little Tragedies - Canto III (06:06)04. Lady Lake - From the Quiet to the Air that trembles (07:28)05. Greenwall - Come Corpo Morto cade (10:09)06. Nemo - Inferno (Six Pieds sous Terre) (07:08)07. Nexus - El Cuarto Circulo (The Fourth Circle) (07:57)08. Atlantis 1001 - Back to Earth (07:12)09. Flamborough Head - Daughters of Night (06:56)10. Colossus Project - Inferno Canto (07:27)
CD - 2
01. Court - Anastasius Epitaph (06:16)02. Willowglass - The Crossing (06:10)03. Wicked Mind - Blood from the Trees (09:18)04. Brightey Brison - Capaneus (05:12)05. Matthijs Herder - Brunetto (07:00)06. Garamond - Canto XVI (06:58)07. Ars Nova - Demon's Forest (07:59)08. Il Castello di Atlante - Malebolge (08:50)09. Groovector - Ainiaan erhe (06:46)
CD - 3
01. Cap - La Danza dei Contrari (09:10)02. Ozone Player - Inferno XXI (06:28)03. Sinkadus - Stuck in Hell (06:41)04.Viima- XXIII (06:39)05. Nota bene - La Profezia (06:43)06. Entrance - Serpientes (09:34)07. Advent - Canto XXVI (05:21)08. Contrappunto Project - Guido da Montefeltro (04:18)
CD - 4
01. Armalite - Scisma (06:41)02. Corte Aulica - Dissolvenza (07:32)03. Raimundo Rodolfo - Falsedad y Castigo (07:06)04. De Rossi & Bordini - Pozzo dei Giganti (07:53)05. Tempano- The IX Circle - Traitors (09:58)06. Nathan Mahl - The Comfort of Tears (06:57)07. Simon Says - Become a Boy (08:53)

mercoledì 11 novembre 2009

Coltsfoot - A Winter Harvest 1995 UK Symphonic Prog

I Coltsfoot sono un'altro gruppo della scena progressiva dei primi anni '80, i loro demo venivano infatti spesso scambiati con i demo di Pendragon e The Lens(IQ). I Coltsfoot si sono ritagliati uno spazio nel New Prog senza suonare brani eccessivamente lunghi , potrebbero per questo motivo essere accostati agli "Haze". Nel 1985 pubblicarono un eccellente nastro"From Within Stone Circles"e soltanto nel 1992 hanno pronto il materiale per un primo ottimo CD, ma come succede spesso per le band amatoriali, ci vollero tre anni ancora per la pubblicazione."A Winter Harvest" è un album veramente interessante e imperdibile, tra i migliori lavori dei primi anni '90 , con orientamento Genesis,Tull;Phillips e BJH.
Tracks list:
01 - A Winter Harvest
02 - Wood For The Trees
03 - Fields Of Elysium Green
04 - Leafless
05 - Lammastide
06 - The Green Man
07 - The Runner
08 - Untitled
09 - Coracles
10 - Walk Between The Lines
11 - Circle Of Elders
12 - Sprite Song
13 - In Retrospect
Discografia:
2 cut EP (85)
From Within Stone Circles - MC (85)
Action At A Distance - MC (87 )
A Winter Harvest (95)

sabato 7 novembre 2009

Third Quadrant - Layered 1988 UK New Prog

Tracks list:
1 - Listen To The Sky (6:57)
2 - Dreamtime (5:31)
3 - With Wings & Sails (9:53)
4 - Chicken Run (6:07)
5 - Famulus (7:32)
6 - Bloodbath (7:00)

Line-up - Musicians

Chris Dunn - synthesizers, vocals Chris Hare - drums Simeon Manners - guitars Dave Forster - bass

Layered è il secondo album dei Third Quadrant, anch'esso come " Seeing Yourself As You Really Are "propone un ottimo New Prog con il sound supercollaudato dei maestri del genere;Marillion-IQ-Pendragon.
Un album da non perdere.
Ristampato in CD nel 1993 dall'Italiana Mellow.

Harlequin Mass - Harlequin Mass 1978 Symphonic Prog USA


Tracks list:
HARLEQUIN MASS
1 - Introit (A Mass For The Harlequin)-(3:09)
2 - Love & Death (7:37)
3 - One Step Home (7:32)
4 - Space Cats (1:00)
5 - Loss Of A Friend (3:39)
6 - A New Song (4:21)
7 - Sky Caller (10:34)
STUBBORN PUPPET
8 - My Place (3:14)
9 - Meantime (4:02)
10 - Fabulous Angel (4:04)
11 - Jeopardy (3:54)
Line-up
Nancy Kaye - Jeff Pike - Lyle Holdahl - John Reagan
Gli Arlequin Mass si formano a Portland,Oregon a meta' degli anni settanta.Diversamente da altre band contemporaree, gli Arlequin Mass influenzati dal progressive anglosassone, indirizzano la loro musica verso sonorità YES ,ELP e RENAISSANCE. L'album omonimo è stato pubblicato nel 1978 e ristampato in CD dall'Italiana Mellow Records.

venerdì 6 novembre 2009

Dr. No - El Bufo De La Cort 2003 New Prog Spagna

Tracks list:
1 - Arlequi (6:21)
2 - Un Somni De Paper (7:23)
3 - Canco D'Esperanca (6:58)
4 - No Se El Tue Nom (6:27)
5 - Jardi DE L'Eden (7:02)
6 - Estacion Pirenaica (3:40)
7 - El Bufo De La Cort (10:48)

Line Up:
Enric Pascual - Vocals,Drums,Keyboards and Percussion
Conrad Dubè - Keyboards,Bass and Vocals
With:
Pere Mestres - Electric Guitars
Jaume Moncusi - Piano,Mellotron and Other Keyboards
Dani Anguera - Classical Guitar(No Se El Tue Nom),Guitars(Estacion Pirenaica)
I Dr. No possono considerarsi i cloni spagnoli dei Marillion periodo Fish.
L'album " El Bufo De la Cort", e senz'altro un ottimo lavoro, con spendidi arpeggi di chitarre e assoli di tastiere degni del miglior Mark Kelly. Disco per certi versi imperdibile per tutti i fan dei Marillion.

domenica 1 novembre 2009

Shadow Circus - Welcome To The Freakroom 2006 Symphonic Prog USA


Tracks list:
1 - Shadow Circus
2 - Storm Rider
3 - Inconvenient Compromise
4 - Radio People
5 - In The Wake Of A Dancing Flame
6 - Journey Of Everyman
a - So It Begins
b - Find Your Way
c- Journey's End
Line up
John Fontana - Guitars,Keyboards
David Lawrence Bobick - Lead & Backing Vocals
Corey Folta - Drums & Percussion
Matt Masek - Bass,Cello,12 String Guitar,Backing Vocals
Zach Tenorio - Keyboards

Steve Hackett - Please Don't Touch 1977 UK

Jazz - Rock - Fusion - Guitar

Please Don't Touch is the second solo album by English guitarist Steve Hackett, and his first after leaving Genesis in 1977.
Please Don't Touch contains a myriad of musical styles that many were either rejected or never put in front of the "democratic process" which Genesis was known for, which also was amongst one of the reasons that Steve would leave the band. This album, of the many he had released, had finally shown the compositional side of Steve's talent and would prove how valuable his contributions to Genesis were. Rumour has it that the title track was rehearsed and but later rejected by Genesis, when drummer Phil Collins said that he "could not get into it".
The album featured a plethora of musical stars, including R&B singer Randy Crawford, American folk icon Richie Havens, the drummer and vocalist for the progressive rock band Kansas (Phil Ehart and Steve Walsh respectively) and Frank Zappa alumni Tom Fowler and Genesis concert drummer Chester Thompson.
In 2005, Please Don't Touch was remastered and re-released by Hackett's Camino Records label. The new edition features updated liner notes and three bonus tracks.
Another excellent Hackett masterpiece. The music on this CD is diverse and yet may be the most accessible of his early recordings. There are guest vocalists on many tracks, which is a plus. The songs are shorter than usual but pack everything from folk ballads to classical guitar."Narnia" features Kansas vocalist Steve Walsh, and is based on C.S. Lewis' books. This is a great tune, very upbeat, with an excellent performance by Walsh; it's catchy enough to have been a radio tune. "Carry On Up the Vicarage" opens with a toy piano and sound effects with Christmas songs being sung; the music is very eclectic, with the vocal having a childlike effect in one ear and a deep vocal in the other."Racing in A" again features Walsh with another excellent performance that is heavy rock with some nice mellotron work, again upbeat, a lot of stop and start at the end."Kim" is a classical guitar piece with flute."How Can I" features the unlikely pairing of Hackett and Ritchie Havens; it's an acoustic guitar piece with Havens on vocals. I really like Havens' singing here."Hoping Love Will Last" is a piano vocal piece, a ballad, and has kind of a R&B feel. Very different from anything he has done before or since for that matter, but a very pretty song, that ends up very well-orchestrated."Land of a Thousand Autumns" and "Please Don't Touch" share the same theme for the most part, the first being atmospheric, and the latter is an in your face instrumental with very powerful guitar, bass pedals, keyboards and sound effects."The Voice of Necam" again uses the theme of the prior, played on a creepy sounding organ again with sound effects, music expands with voice effects and acoustic guitar. "Icarus Ascending" features Havens on vocals, very dramatic and dark at times, lush instrumentally, end is very eclectic with short sections of reggae, jazz, and lots of guitar effects. Of the early Hackett recordings, this one I listen to the least. But this should not take away from the record at all, as it rates up there with his best. review by Eric Porter.Steve HackettTrack listing:1. "Narnia" (Steve Walsh vocal) - 4:052. "Carry on Up the Vicarage" (Steve Hackett vocal) - 3:113. "Racing in A" (Steve Walsh vocal) - 5:074. "Kim" - 2:135. "How Can I?" (Richie Havens vocal) - 4:386. "Hoping Love Will Last" (Randy Crawford vocal) - 4:237. "Land of 1000 Autumns" - 1:388. "Please Don't Touch" - 3:399. "The Voice of Necam" - 3:1110. "Icarus Ascending" (Richie Havens vocal) - 6:27Personnel
Steve Hackettelectronic and acoustic guitars, vocals, keyboards, percussion
John Hackettflute, piccolo, bass pedals, keyboards
John Acock – keyboards, engineer
Maria Bonvino – guest female soprano on "Hoping Love Will Last"
James Bradley – percussion
Randy Crawford – vocals on "Hoping Love Will Last"
Phil Ehart – drums, percussion
Feydor – vocals on "The Voice of Necam"
Tom Fowlerbass
Richie Havens – vocals, percussion
Dave Lebolt – keyboards
Hugh Malloy – cello
Dale Newman – guest vocals on "Icarus Ascending"
Dan Owen – guest vocals on "Icarus Ascending"
Graham Smithviolin
Chester Thompson – drums, percussion
Steve Walsh – vocals on "Narnia" and "Racing in A"