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  1. 09-23-2014 #26
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    Quote Originally Posted by Reid View Post
    Chris's post just reminded me that Helmet Of Gnats s/t is one of my favorites of the past 10 years.
    I played that CD over and over for about three years!
    Quote Originally Posted by No Pride View Post
    I liked Helmet of Gnats "High Street" a little better, but they're both quite good!
    Thanks guys!

    Who needs vocals ?

    They only get in the way of the guitar solos!
    no tunes, no dynamics, no nosebone
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    Klaus Schulze - X
    Jean-Michel Jarre - Equinoxe
    Return To Forever - Romantic Warrior
    Universe Zero - Ceux du Dehors
    Guapo - Five Suns
    Henry Cow - Western Culture
    Ahvak - s/t
    Aranis - Roqueforte
    Miriodor - Avanti!
    Nik Bartsch Ronin - Live
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    Gordon Haskell - "You've got to keep the groove in your head and play a load of bollocks instead"
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    Quote Originally Posted by rcarlberg View Post
    I don't think "instrumental prog" and "synthesizer albums" are the same thing.
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    Quote Originally Posted by bill g View Post
    that was the only reason I didn't include that stuff on my list.
    Yeah, I did think twice but went ahead anyway; it helps to remind oneself every now and again by actually listening.
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    Excluding fusion, as it tends to dominate:


    PFM - Stati Di Immaginazione
    Änglagård - Epilog
    Maneige - Les Porches
    Gryphon - Red Queen To Gryphon Three
    Steve Hackett - Bay Of Kings
    Anthony Phillips - Private Parts And Pieces III: Antiques
    Hostsonaten - Summereve
    Morte Macabre - Symphonic Holocaust
    Cybotron - Colossus
    Camel - The Snow Goose
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    Quote Originally Posted by Scrotum Scissor View Post
    Wut? Queues has Greaves crooning all through Pyle's "Binoculars", and Hans even sees three-part vocal harmonies in the title track!

    All fantastic stuff, tho.
    They're 98% instrumental so give em a pass.
    no tunes, no dynamics, no nosebone
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    Been a long time since I played any Focus, but surely they have an all instrumental.
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    I like lot's of them but also thought of Albedo 0.39-----Vangelis
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    Quote Originally Posted by Digital_Man View Post
    ^ Tubular Bells has spoken word on it though(the naming of the instruments part).
    Not only that, but the "Caveman" section of the Part Two is an actual song!
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    Quote Originally Posted by NogbadTheBad View Post
    Ahvak - s/t
    Again; vox (part spoken/sung) on one song, dammit!
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    It would be easy to find then Synth albums or ten JR/F albums without vocals, so I'll limit my klist (yet to come) to three of each of those two genres - and one per artiste...

    Quote Originally Posted by Progatron View Post

    Maneige - Les Porches
    La Grosse Torche features mainly vocals, methinks

    There are whspers of vocals on the debut as well, I think
    my music collection increased tenfolds when I switched from drug-addicts to complete nutcases.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Scrotum Scissor View Post
    Again; vox (part spoken/sung) on one song, dammit!
    Have to admit I couldn't remember and couldn't be bothered to check
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    Alan Parsons Project has a compilation called The Instrumental Works which is pretty decent.
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    The Science Group-Spoors
    Phil Miller-Fred Baker-Double Up
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    Oh man, so much great stuff to choose from from the likes of these bands, but yeah, fusion tends to dominate for obvious reasons ...

    Tribal Tech
    Weather Report
    Return to Forever
    Gordion Knot
    Brand X
    Brecker Brothers
    Chic Corea
    Focus (for the most part)
    Mike Oldfield (for the most part)
    Bruford
    Anglagard
    Pat Metheny
    Jean Luc Ponty
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    Haven't made up my list yet, but Steve Rothery's The Ghosts of Pripyat will definitely be on it. Man, this album is just fantastic.
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    Quote Originally Posted by nosebone View Post
    They're 98% instrumental so give 'em a pass.
    Heh. Anality is part of the fun of being a Progga. I guess......
    Hell, they ain't even old-timey ! - Homer Stokes
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    1. Mahavishnu Orchestra - Inner Mounting Flame
    2. Mahavishnu Orchestra - Birds of Fire
    3. Univers Zero - Ceux du Dehors
    4. Return to Forever - Hymn to Seventh Galaxy
    5. Klaus Schulze - Mirage
    6. Present - Triskaidekaphobie
    7. Thinking Plague - In Extremis
    8. Univers Zero - Heatwave
    9. Heldon - Stand By
    10. Embryo - Rocksession
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    Quote Originally Posted by Facelift View Post
    Thinking Plague - In Extremis
    One of the finest progressive records these last 25 years, but it is not instrumental!
    "Improvisation is not an excuse for musical laziness" - Fred Frith
    "[...] things that we never dreamed of doing in Crimson or in any band that I've been in," - Tony Levin speaking of SGM
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    Quote Originally Posted by Scrotum Scissor View Post
    One of the finest progressive records these last 25 years, but it is not instrumental!
    Shit, yeah - what was I thinking?
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    John McLaughlin-Marbles
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    Quote Originally Posted by walt View Post
    John McLaughlin-Marbles
    Is that a retitled reissue of "Devotion?"
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    Quote Originally Posted by No Pride View Post
    Is that a retitled reissue of "Devotion?"
    Yup! By coincidence, I gave it a spin last weekend for the first time in 10-15 years.
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    Quote Originally Posted by No Pride View Post
    Is that a retitled reissue of "Devotion?"

    Yeah.I should have posted "Devotion".Most people know it as Devotion but my issue is titled Marbles.
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    I honestly have to agree with No Pride - 24 Tales (Machacek/Minnemann) is just spectacular! Probably my #1 in recent years.
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