domenica 15 novembre 2009

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"