"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
naaah, because originally all these clones were included inside the neo-prog category/genre. (some of them were moved of genre afterwards)
Adding post rock as a genre was already quite a fight (against the symph-weenies), and the fight to include JR/F was a homeric struggle in 2005
my music collection increased tenfolds when I switched from drug-addicts to complete nutcases.
I'll throw these guys on the pile. For Astronauts And Satellites, an interesting mix of postrock and chiptune. Their music is available on Bandcamp.
Check this one out, from Spain, Toundra. They have a few albums under their belt. This is called "IV" but I am not sure if they already have three full albums released before it.
Which is absolutely fine, but nevertheless completely beside the point; these and numerous other "math rock" acts are progressive bands of today (although a couple of them are defunct now) who for the most part enjoy(ed) a significant reputation among various parts of the independent rock audience - and who toured and sold albums (sometimes surprisingly many of them) without having a todder to to with Genesis or ELP. Progressive rock music was always about what the music states and creates and achieves in the larger scheme of artistic things - not about "fitting a map".
"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'll add:
Field Music
Dungen
Life on Earth!
Tame Impala
Toro Y Moi
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