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post 23 - Skúli Sverrisson was also the bass player on Allan Holdsworth: Hard Hat Area
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post 23 - Skúli Sverrisson was also the bass player on Allan Holdsworth: Hard Hat Area
Ha, this is topical for me! From my massively ignored thread from the other day ( http://www.progressiveears.org/forum...resco-Destrier ):-
Agent Fresco
An excellent mix of pop, art rock and metal, third album Destrier recently released, watch out for the brilliant vocals of Arnór Dan Arnarson. Listen to the whole album on Bandcamp and here's my review at The Progressive Aspect.
Missed it. That's what you get if you skim through a threat a bit to fast.Originally Posted by Zeuhlmate
I asumed folks would know that, but it's oké to mention it. He's also featured in the DVD "Allan Holdsworth" in the Alfred's Artist Series.
I also recommend Skúli's solo-recordings "Seria" and "Seria II".
And while you're searching for more of his work, you could try albums from Laurie Anderson, Theo Bleckmann, Steve Hunt, Itsnotyouitsme, Susan McKeown, Ryuichi Sakamoto + David Sylvian and many more.
Fantastically dark and ultra-complex Univers Zero-influenced avant-progressive. Not exactly for the squeamish out there, but highly recommended nonetheless. Incredibly so.
"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
I did not know that!!! Cool trivia.
The Prog Corner
Mezzoforte also plays on the live CD/DVD "Kaleidoscope" by Árni Egilsson:
I had an LP from an Icelandic band called Þeyr many years ago.
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%C3%BEeyr
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Yup, Theyr were (IIRC) contemporaries of Sugarcubes and almost as big back in the day. Quirky new wave/post-punk stuff, I recall.
"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
Þeyr shared guitarist and drummer with KUKL , and their bassplayer played with Psychic TV
Errattum: Their bassplayer was Hilmar Örn Agnarsson not to be confused with Hilmar Örn Hilmarsson who plyaed with Psychic TV and worked with Sigurd Ros as well.
Last edited by Zeuhlmate; 09-16-2015 at 04:45 PM.
Maybe my fav live album ever (the DVD from that concert is even better)
There is a female Icelandic singer who did an excellent version of Yes' "Soon" in the Icelandic language. I wish I could think of her name.
that was fun!
Why is it whenever someone mentions an artist that was clearly progressive (yet not the Symph weenie definition of Prog) do certain people feel compelled to snort "thats not Prog" like a whiny 5th grader?
^ They're pretty damn good; I just recently got hold of their (AFAIK) only release. Not too far from the playfulness of Thursaflokkur either.
But I'm absolutely sure that if we could only find an Icelandic artist doing Genesis/Yes songs, all others mentioned in here would appear utterly redundant.
Especially if they wear costumes'n'shit.
"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
It ain't prog - so sue me - but I wanted to post something from Johann Johannsson's neo-classical opus Orphée:
because it's lovely.
Last edited by Mascodagama; 07-22-2017 at 02:57 PM.
Lucy in Blue - two very nice albums of nice psychedelic, space and post rock mixture. Plenty of samples on You Tube:
Here is the Bandcamp page: https://lucyinblue.bandcamp.com
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