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Inner Ear Brigade - Perkunas (2024)  Music

Posted by gribovar at Dec. 25, 2024
Inner Ear Brigade - Perkunas (2024)

Inner Ear Brigade - Perkunas (2024)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+.cue+log) - 393 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 206 MB | Covers - 127 MB
Genre: Progressive Rock, Avant-Prog | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Geomancy Records (G1510-CD)

Here’s something in 2024 worth celebrating without reservation or caveat or vague dread that it might go away: a new album from Inner Ear Brigade. It’s been a long time since Dromology, but Perkunas is proof that the band not only still exists, but still has all of the qualities that made that album so great. The band’s mainstays are Bill Wolter (guitar, keyboards) and Ivor Holloway (saxophone, EWI), who have been part of the project since the first album in 2011, and Chris Lauf (drums, percussion), who was with them on Dromology. Many other musicians also take part, some of whom have appeared on previous recordings, though not on every track. Stylistically, IEB is in a class of their own, with complex compositions reminiscent of other avant progressive bands like Thinking Plague, Cheer-Accident, and MoeTar, but also a tinge of jazz in the same way that Canterbury bands like National Health and Hatfield and the North did it…

The Kinks - Low Budget (1979) [Japanese Edition 2013] (Repost)  Music

Posted by gribovar at Dec. 27, 2024
The Kinks - Low Budget (1979) [Japanese Edition 2013] (Repost)

The Kinks - Low Budget (1979) [Japanese Edition 2013]
EAC Rip | FLAC (image+.cue+log) - 402 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 140 MB | Covers - 250 MB
Genre: Classic Rock, Hard Rock | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Universal Music (UICY-25364)

Low Budget doesn't have a narrative like Preservation or Soap Opera, but Ray Davies cleverly designed the album as a sly satire of the recession and oil crisis that gripped America in the late '70s - thereby satisfying his need to be a wry social commentator while giving American audiences a hook to identify with. It was a clever move that worked; not only did Low Budget become their highest-charting American album (not counting the 1966 Greatest Hits compilation), but it was also a fine set of arena rock, one of the better mainstream hard rock albums of its time. And it certainly was of its time - so much so that many of the concerns and production techniques have dated quite a bit in the decades since its initial release. Nevertheless, that gives the album a certain charm, since it now plays like a time capsule, a snapshot of what hard rock sounded like at the close of the '70s…

Elephant9 - Greatest Show On Earth (2018)  Music

Posted by Domestos at June 12, 2019
Elephant9 - Greatest Show On Earth (2018)

Elephant9 - Greatest Show On Earth (2018)
WEB FLAC (tracks) ~ 201.88 Mb | 00:35:58 | Cover
Progressive Rock | Country: Norway (Oslo) | Label: Rune Grammofon Records

After successful studio and live albums with guitarist Reine Fiske as a co-billed guest and touring with über guitarist Terje Rypdal, Norway's most unique instrumental jazz-rock outfit return to their original configuration as a trio. Keyboardist Ståle Storløkken, bassist Nikolai Hængsle, and drummer Torstein Lofthus originally got together to explore music that inspired them – from the cue-driven compositional vamp of Miles Davis' Bitches Brew and Weather Report's Mysterious Traveler and Sweetnighter recordings to the overdriven fusion of Tony Williams' Lifetime and Canterbury-style prog rock. Along the way, they discovered a sound of their own that exists between and outside those reference points.

Uriel - Arzachel (1969) [Collectors Edition, 2007]  Music

Posted by Andi_Deris at Jan. 10, 2014
Uriel - Arzachel (1969) [Collectors Edition, 2007]

Uriel - Arzachel (1969) [Collectors Edition, 2007]
EAC Rip | FLAC: Tracks+Cue+Log | 367.03 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps | 160.98 Mb | Scans | 118.95 Mb | Time: 1:00:20
Genre: Rock, Psychedelic Rock, Progressive Rock, Canterbury Scene | Label: Egg Archive | Cat.№: CD69-7201

Formed in 1967 at the height of the UK psychedelic scene, Uriel consisted of Steve Hillage (guitar/vocals), Dave Stewart (organ), Mont Campbell (bass/vocals) and Clive Brooks (drums). When Hillage left the band Uriel continued as an organ trio, later changing their name to Egg. Arzachel ~ Collectors Edition is a re-mastered version of the legendary 1969 psychedelic album recorded under a pseudonym by Uriel, featuring the amazing 17-year old Steve Hillage on guitar throughout. The CD also contains four unreleased, ultra-rare Uriel studio demos, a spoken-word message from the past and a live snippet recorded in 1968. Steve Hillage plays on two of these bonus tracks.

Soft Machine - Original Album Classics (2010) 5CD Box Set  Music

Posted by Designol at Sept. 3, 2024
Soft Machine - Original Album Classics (2010) 5CD Box Set

Soft Machine - Original Album Classics (2010) 5CD Box Set
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 1.46 Gb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 637 Mb | Scans ~ 69 Mb
Label: Sony Music | # 88697781442 | Time: 04:28:31
Canterbury Scene, Jazz Fusion, Prog-Rock, Art Rock, Psychedelic Rock

2010 five CD box set containing a quintet of albums from the British Art-Rockers. Box includes Soft Machine Third, Fourth, Fifth, Six & Seven.

French TV - 14: All Our Failures Are Behind Us (2021)  Music

Posted by gribovar at Feb. 22, 2022
French TV - 14: All Our Failures Are Behind Us (2021)

French TV - 14: All Our Failures Are Behind Us (2021)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+.cue+log) - 322 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 114 MB | Covers - 64 MB
Genre: Instrumental Progressive Rock, Avant-Prog | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Pretentious Dinosaur Records

French TV is a Louisville, Kentucky based progressive rock band that has been in existence since 1983. Over the years, members have come and gone, but founder, bassist and main composer Mike Sary continues to drag the band into the next millennium. The band deftly nod to prog-masters like National Health, Soft Machine, Zappa, Brudford, Brand X, Happy the Man, and Samla Mammas Manna, among others. The history of French TV is complex, filled with lineup changes, missed opportunities, delays, and disillusions. And yet, a growing body of work testifies to one man's sagacity and stubbornness. Blending elements of progressive rock, fusion, cartoon music, and Rock in Opposition (RIO), the music of his group has been described as being "simultaneously hilarious and highly challenging, making it one of the most original American prog rock outfits."
Rascal Reporters - Redux, Vol. 2:  Rascals Revenge and the Great Reset (2021)

Rascal Reporters - Redux, Vol. 2: Rascals Revenge and the Great Reset (2021)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 409 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 158 Mb | 01:08:12
Progressive Rock, Avant-Garde Rock | Label: Self-Released

Rascal Reporters return on March 5th with an album of new music for the Avant-progressive / Rock In Opposition canon - 'Redux, Vol. 2: Rascals Revenge and the Great Reset'!
Picchio Dal Pozzo - Camere Zimmer Rooms [Recorded 1977-1980] (2001)

Picchio Dal Pozzo - Camere Zimmer Rooms [Recorded 1977-1980] (2001)
EAC Rip | FLAC (image+.cue+log) - 274 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 103 MB | Covers - 3 MB
Genre: Progressive Rock/Canterbury Scene | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Cuneiform Records (Rune 153)

This album from the Italian progressive rock group was recorded live in studio after their debut but never released until 2001. Camere Zimmer Rooms presents a set of live-in-the-studio recordings from 1977-1980. It chronicles the five-year interim between the group's studio albums. The quality of sound and performance is above what could be expected from archival recordings. Picchio dal Pozzo was one of a kind. Their music belonged to the Italian sound, but was also strongly influenced by Canterbury outfits like Hatfield and the North and National Health.
However - 2 Studio Albums (1981-1985) [Reissue 1993-1995] (Repost)

However - 2 Studio Albums (1981-1985) [Reissue 1993-1995]
EAC Rip | FLAC (image/tracks+.cue+log) - 709 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 304 MB | Covers included
Genre: Progressive Rock/Canterbury Scene | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Kinesis

East coast band with strong Canterbury school besides Muffins or Happy The Man and RIO influences. However delivers a very experimental music rich in wind instruments, acoustic guitars and many vintage keyboards. They use their musical abilities to build upon the Gentle Giant and Canterbury foundation to create a music that can only be described as one of the better American efforts from the late '70s into the '80s.
"Sudden Dusk" (1981) has the feel if not the actual sound of the English Canterbury school married with a detectable American folk influence, producing rock/chamber compositions of unusual beauty and dimension…
Turning Point – Creatures Of The Night (1977) (16/44 Vinyl Rip)

Turning Point – Creatures Of The Night (1977)
Mp3 320 kBit = 111 MB | Scans 300 dpi jpg | rar
Vinyl LP | Gull GULP 1022 | Fusion | UK

Turning Point were a late 1970s fusion band from the UK. The band was formed by Jeff Clyne (bass) and Brian Miller (keyboards), who had previously played together in Isotope, and Pepi Lemer (wordless vocals). Also in the band were David Tidball (saxes) and Paul Robinson (drums). They recorded two albums: Creatures of the Night (1977) and Silent Promise (1978), both on the Gull label. They toured the UK, including supporting National Health in 1977. Their final tour in 1980 included Allan Holdsworth and Neil Ardley.