Zolar Czack "Digital meditation" EP

Country: Ukraine
Genre(s): Instrumental Progressive Rock, Fusion
Format: digital
Release date: April 21, 2024
Tracklist

1. Be Careful Not To Wear Spiritualism As A Badge To Decorate Your Ego (3:50) 

2. Listen To The Silence Inside The Illusion Of The World (4:05) 

3. Ronin (4:09) 

4. Life Can Only Be Understood Backwards But It Must Be Lived Forwards (2:46) 

5. Night Visitors (4:15) 

6. Followed By Light (2:36) 

Total Time 21:41

Credits
Dennis Fursov (Quiet Observer) - everything

Media/Samples
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Elephant9 "Mythical River"

Country: Norway
Genre(s): Instrumental Progressive Rock, Fusion
Label: Rune Grammofon - RCD2235
Format: CD, digital, vinyl
Release date: April 19, 2024
Tracklist

1. Solitude in Limbo #2

2. Mythical River

3. Party Among the Stars

4. Chamber of Silence

5. Heading for Desolate Wastelands

6. Star Cluster Detective

7. Cavern of the Red Lion

8. Solitude in Limbo #1

Credits
Ståle Storløkken - keyboards
Nikolai Hængsle (Needlepoint) - bass
Torstein Lofthus - drums, percussion

Recorded and mixed by Mattias Glavå

Description/Reviews:

Their previous album Arrival of The New Elders presented a more varied and reflective trio, still as groovy as ever, but more structured and less jam oriented... We´re delighted to confirm that Mythical River is moulded much in the same way and a natural follow-up, with six stellar new compositions by keyboard maestro Ståle Storløkken, bookended by two cosmic snippets. From the hypnotic and magical to the razor sharp and polyrhythmic, this is yet another very strong group effort from a trio on top of their game. Comparisons have been made with bands dating as far back as the sixties, but with Arrival of The New Elders and Mythical River Elephant9 appear as a thoroughly contemporary, timeless and even futuristic sounding band.

Media/Samples
Mythical River

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Cymbalic Encounters "Afrika Mandalika"

Country: Multinational
Genre(s): Progressive Rock
Format: digital
Release date: April 15, 2024
Tracklist

1. The Fire Merchants (4:05) 

2. Rains Of Waimba (6:09) 

3. Black Magic (4:14) 

4. Sacred Trees (4:25) 

5. Shadows From The Past (6:24) 

6. Festival Of Miracles (5:47) 

7. Voodoo Supermarket (15:35) 

8. Windows And Skies (4:21) 

9. Surrounding Shadows (4:01) 

Total Time 55:01

Credits

Mark Murdock (Masheen Messiah, The ID, The New Empire) - drums, synthesizers, percussion

Fernando Perdomo (Dave Kerzner, Dreaming In Stereo) - guitar (1, 6)

Kenta Shimokuni - bass

Joe Berger - guitar (6)

Tim Pepper (The ID) - vocal

Preston Murdock - guitar

Produced, Mixed and Mastered by Mark Murdock at Off-Shore Recordings Tokyo

Eventide Reverb, Delay, and EQ and compression settings by Beam Audio N.Y.C, Joe Berger

All words and music composed by Mark Murdock

Description/Reviews:

Cymbalic Encounters displays its ‘world music’ side with the release of “Afrika Mandalika,” which features nine original progressive rock songs with an African twist of classic tribal and healing chants with rhythmical drums samples to offer authenticity to the tracks which include titles like; “Rains of Waimba, Voodoo Supermarket and even Black Magic.”

Media/Samples
Bandcamp

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Cymbalic Encounters "Eclipsis"

Country: Multinational
Genre(s): Instrumental Progressive Rock
Format: digital
Release date: April 5, 2024
Tracklist

1. The Penumbra Shadow (3:41) 

2. Echo, Delta, Charlie (3:48) 

3. At The Drop Of The Bowler Hat (4:43) 

4. Afterlife Theme Park (5:08) 

5. Eclipsis (2:52) 

6. Futuristic Skylines (4:14) 

7. Electromagnetic Interference (3:17) 

8. Chinatown (5:45) 

9. Disruption Of The Order (4:24) 

10. The Nectar Of Immortality (4:28) 

Total Time 42:20

Credits
Mark Murdock (Masheen Messiah, The ID, The New Empire) - drums, synthesizers, fretless bass synth

Fernando Perdomo (Dave Kerzner, Dreaming In Stereo) - guitar (1, 3)

Dave Sturt (Gong) - fretless bass (1, 7)

Joe Berger - lead guitar (8, 9, 10)

Tim Pepper (The ID) - vocal (6)

Charles Lambiase - fretless bass (8, 9 & 10)

Daniel Kubota - guitar (4) 

Media/Samples
Bandcamp (available)

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Môr "The Wisdom of Simple Things"

Country: Multinational
Genre(s): Progressive Rock, Art Rock
Format: digital
Release date: April 4, 2024
Tracklist

1. Night Light (6:36) 

2. The Wisdom Of Simple Things (4:05) 

3. Room For Another (5:59) 

4. Circles (3:43) 

5. Out Of Place (6:26) 

6. Rivers (5:26) 

7. Interior Man (4:06) 

8. The Fortunate Ones (3:40) 

9. First Here (3:51) 

10. Hymn To The Ordinary (7:26) 

11. Downstream (3:08) 

Total Time 54:26

Credits

Ramlee Oak - Lyrics, Vocals, Bass, Drums

Chris Matthews - Guitars, Mixing, Music, Production

Peter Rand - Guitars, Keyboards, Music

Media/Samples
Bandcamp

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