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I'm a Nymph weenie!!
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I'm a Nymph weenie!!
my music collection increased tenfolds when I switched from drug-addicts to complete nutcases.
Supersister, Het Pandorra Ensemble, Groep 1850 (their native nomen), Bonfire, Solution, Finch, Pantheon, Mecano and the 2nd. and 3rd. Focus albums, plus a couple of Golden Earring's and Kayak's releases. I was never much of an Earth&Fire dude myself.
There were some solid folk bands as well, notably Irolt and Fungus.
Of newer Dutch progressive I hardly find anything of interest whatsoever; most of it comes down to little more than cheap pastiches of old-style "symphonic" rock or near-impossibly kitschy pomp-metal to my ears. The grand exception, for me, are the projects of Dirk Bruinsma, such as Blast, Otolithen, Positive Nuns and the quite excellent Brown Vs. Brown - all of it uncompromisingly intricate and vastly challenging stuff.
"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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Yup, add Bonfire and Blast as good Dutch prog to my original post on page 1
my music collection increased tenfolds when I switched from drug-addicts to complete nutcases.
What is Jan Akkerman's relation to Finch?
Finch toured with Akkerman (see: http://www.alexgitlin.com/finch.htm), while Akkerman seems to have said once he was impressed by Finch-guitarist Joop van Nimwegen.
In this clip you see Joop van Nimwegen. some years ago,the grey guitarist.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BGz23D9scho
Finch, Focus, Supersister and Kayak do it for me!!!
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I always found that in the 90s Dutch band Cliffhanger was vastly underrated. I know from having seen them perform live on many occassions that actually their studio recordings don't do them really justice. Here is the massive Bad Dreams from their debut Cold Steel. Sure, the vocals are an acquired taste but I see it more as portraying a character then actually going for a superb vocal performance. BTW, bass player Gijs Koopman was heavily influenced by Finch's Peter Vink. Post Cliffhanger Gijs Koopman became bass player for Dutch neoprog band Knight Area and when he left the bass playing role in Knight Area was taken over by .... Peter Vink !!
A small correction on the above: the album was first released on cassette with different musicians and one other track. See: https://www.discogs.com/Henk-Werkhov...elease/6932317
B.t.w., the traditional "Alan's Song" is probably a reference to Alan Stivell, who played the same traditional on "In Dublin" as"Spered Hollvedel" in a style very much linked to the old Camel-sound:
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Just heard the only album by Sustain for the first time. It's from 1978 and it was a private release (featured in the book Private Dutch).
The LP is hard to find, but Praisley Press made a fine CD-transfer (from an LP) last year.
The music is somewhere between Camel, Solution and Focus; it's mainly symphonic, but there are some jazz-rock moments too.
The band changed it's name into Sustayn, which recorded a single and the LP Time For A Change (1981). No surprise with such a title: the prog had gone.
Sustain would be a good album if it was instrumental. Horrible vocals, IMHO
But then again, Flyte (somehow, I thought these guys were flemish - or is ut Phylter?) is just as bad with their own vocals
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my music collection increased tenfolds when I switched from drug-addicts to complete nutcases.
Confirmed Bachelors: the dramedy hit of 1883...
my music collection increased tenfolds when I switched from drug-addicts to complete nutcases.
I like the first two cd's from Egdon Heath quite a bit( early 90's)
Edgon Heath's Killing Silence is one of the few 90s Dutch Neo Prog Album I still listen to.
Really like the vocalist van der Stempel (who later joined Brassé)
The second SPIN, Whirlwind, was released on CD for the first time in April this year by Big Pink from South Korea: https://www.discogs.com/Spin-Whirlwind/release/19866316
Hopefully they'll go for the first one too!
The first Spin album used to be very easy to find on vinyl in the States. It was one of those where the pressing plant pressed up many more than were actually sold, so lots of sealed copies found their way into used record stores (see also: Motor Motor Motor by the Movies. I was beginning to think I was the only one who ever actually listened to this album, because I never found a copy without the shrink wrap still on!)
Confirmed Bachelors: the dramedy hit of 1883...
I was just listening to Turbulence earlier tonight which is essentially Brasse. The 20 minute track on there in particular is pretty great. The album probably would have been better received if it came out ten years earlier(it was released in 2001)but I still think it's pretty good(especially that epic track).
As for Egdon Heath I never heard them but I remember their killing silence album being described in an old prog catalog as "a near masterpiece" or something to that effect.
Do not suffer through the game of chance that plays....always doors to lock away your dreams (To Be Over)
Lady Lake is a band I became aware of about 15 years ago. Their drummer has told me to expect a new album from them.
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