Kepler Ten

Ben Johnston, Kepler Quartet - String Quartets Nos. 6, 7, & 8 (2016)

Ben Johnston, Kepler Quartet - String Quartets Nos. 6, 7, & 8 (2016)
WEB FLAC (tracks) ~ 323.10 Mb | 01:06:46 | Cover+booklet.pdf
Classical | Country: USA | Label: New World / 80730-2

The ten string quartets of Ben Johnston, written between 1951 and 1995, constitute no less than an attempt to revolutionize the medium. Only the first limits itself to conventional tuning. The others, climaxing in the astonishing Seventh Quartet of 1984, add in further microtones from the harmonic series to the point that the music seems to float in a free pitch space, unmoored from the grid of the common twelve-pitch scale. In a way, this is a return to an older conception of string quartet practice, since players used to (and often still do) intuitively adjust their tuning for maximum sonority while listening to each other's intonation.

V.A. - Prog P51: Beam Me Up (2017)  Music

Posted by gribovar at Jan. 23, 2017
V.A. - Prog P51: Beam Me Up (2017)

V.A. - Prog P51: Beam Me Up (2017)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+.cue+log) - 313 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 115 MB | Covers (3 MB) included
Genre: Progressive Rock | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: TeamRock (ROP73CD-01-17)

Welcome to P51, Prog magazine's first cover CD for 2017. This first CD of the new year is certainly overflowing with promise. We feature former Limelight artist Baltic Fleet alongside Polymatters and Nerissa Schwarz, who seem to veer towards the synth side of prog. Then there are some real prog bangers in the shape of Kepler Ten, Kyros, The Fringe and Seas of Mirth, who can't fail to get the foot tapping and the head nodding. There's some stylish progressive rock from Glass Hammer and Aisles, and also from newbie Bugenhagen. Ten tracks of different styles, maybe, but all of the same level of quality.