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Showing posts with label French TV. Show all posts
Showing posts with label French TV. Show all posts

Friday, April 24, 2026

French TV "The Spanish Caper"

Country: USA
Genre(s): Progressive Rock
Label: Cuneiform Records
Format: CD, digital
Release date: April 24, 2026
Tracklist
1. Entrance of the Small-Faced Man
2. Who Is X-35?
3. Just Another Tapdance on the Frying Pan of Life
4. The Eyes Roll for Thee
5. In Pursuit of Element 'Z'
6. An Unusual Tolerance for the Detrius of Memorabilia
7. The Spanish Caper 
8. Forest of Forgotten Skulls
9. break between disc 1 and disc 2

10. 20th Century Man
11. Nantucket Sleigh Ride
12. Goin' a Little Crazy
13. Fresh Garbage
14. Butterfly Bleu
15. Dead Man's Dream
16. Take a Look Around
17. Funky Judge
18. Freedom Rider 
19. Days and Nights
20. A Million Miles Away
21. Renegade

Credits
Disc One:
Mike Sary : bass
Katsumi Yoneda (TEE) : guitar
Jeff Gard : drums
Nico Fabre : keyboards
Ludo Fabre : violin
Karl Ledus : sax, weirdophone

Disc One majority tracking at Pen de Ceros Studios, Oviedo, Spain July 2024.

Disc Two
Mike Sary : bass, vocals
Katsumi Yoneda (TEE) : guitars
Pat Stawser (Volare) : keyboards
Jeff 'The Funky Judge' Gard : drums
Gregory Acker : sax, flute

Disc Two recorded, mixed and mastered at Louisville Recording Arts, Louisville KY by Howie Gano 2023-2024

Description/Reviews:
Disc One is new songs. The second disc is a collection of somewhat-obscure rock covers from the late 60s-early 70s. 
Blending elements of progressive rock, fusion, cartoon music, and Rock-in-Opposition, the music of French TV can be simultaneously hilarious and highly challenging, making it one of the most original American prog rock outfits and also one of the longest lived, having created 16 albums as well as having toured Europe and the US, along with many major festivals since their formation in 1983.

Media/Samples
Bandcamp

Links:
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Progarchives
Proggnosis

Friday, November 17, 2023

French TV "A Ghastly State of Affairs"

Country: USA
Genre(s): Instrumental Progressive Rock
Label: Cuneiform Records
Format: CD, digital
Release date: November 17, 2023
Tracklist
1. Every Morning I Wake Up and Take My Hat Off To All The Beauty In The World
2. Baby, You Fill Me With Inertia
3. Drunkard's Train to Westchester
4. The Mayor of Ding Dong City
5. My Boys Awake At Night 'Cuz They Nocturnal

Credits
Mike Sary : bass, loops, samples
Katsumi Yoneda (TEE): guitars
Patrick Strawser (Volare): keyboards
Fenner Castner : drums
   With
Kenji Imai : flute
Warren Dale : saxes
Ludo Fabre : violin

Description/Reviews:
The new album displays their ingenious knack for tricky arrangements, blazing solos, surprising left-turns, and their ability to tell a well-crafted yarn musically without words. Blending elements of progressive rock, fusion, cartoon music, and Rock-in-Opposition, the music of his group can be simultaneously hilarious and highly challenging, making it one of the most original American prog rock outfits.
Media/Samples
Bandcamp

Links:
Web page
Facebook
Progarchives
Proggnosis

Tuesday, April 20, 2021

French TV "Stories Without Fingerprints"

Country: USA
Genre(s): Instrumental Progressive Rock, Fusion
Label: Pretentious Dinosaur Records
Format: CD, digital
Release date: April 20, 2021
Tracklist
1. Desire And Consequence (6:44) 
2. The Secret History Of The Fez (8:14) 
3. Los Idiotas (7:49) 
4. Sadly, Time Travel Is Not An Option (6:58) 
5. From Trunk To Tail (9:38) 
6. The ¡ÓXÖ! Lesson (8:38) 

Total Time 48:01

Line-up
Mike Sary: Bass, Loops, Samples
Katsumi Yoneda (TEE): Guitars
Patrick Strawser: Keyboards
Jeff Gard: Drums
    With:
Ludo Fabre: Violin
Warren Dale: Woodwinds, Accordion
Apolline Pailler: Voice (5)

Media/Samples
Bandcamp

Links:
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Proggnosis

Monday, May 25, 2020

French TV "Stories Without Fingerprints"


Country:  USA
Genre(s): Instrumental Progressive Rock, Fusion
Label: Pretentious Dinosaur Productions
FormatCD, digital
Release date: May 24, 2020
Tracklist
CD1: 45:01
1. Unexpected Secrets Of The House Of Mystery At The Witching Hour (8:33)
2. This Decadent Poetry Is Awful (5:01)
3. Stubby Index Finger (7:55)
4. The Museum Of Worthless Inventions (7:44)
5. That Jigsaw Puzzle Is Tearing Our Family Apart (6:25)
6. A Cornucopia Of Riches (9:23)

CD2: 62:59
1. Ghost Zone/Noble Obelisk (8:31)
2. This Decadent Poetry Is Awful. (5:01)
3. The Odessa Steps Sequence (9:44)
4. Look At The Bears! Look At The Bears! Look At The Bears! (9:20)
5. Conversational Paradigms (7:44)
6. That Thing On The Wall (8:52)
7. Black Pit (3:56)
8. A Cornucopia Of Riches (9:51)

Total Time: 108:00

Line-up
Mike Sary: Bass, Loops, Samples
Katsumi Yoneda (TEE): Guitar
Patrick Strawser: Keyboards
Jeff Gard: Drums (1/3-1/5; 2/1-2/8)
Mark L. Perry: Drums & Percussion (1/1, 1/2, 1/6)
    With:
Ludo Fabre: Violin (1/1, 1/3)

Description/Reviews
Disc One is a new studio effort continuing the meticulous twists and turns of their last two releases, with essentially the same players. Disc Two is a (mostly) live-in-the-studio affair, BBC-style, containing the set they performed at Chicago's "Protoberfest" in 2018.
Media/Samples 
Bandcamp

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Wednesday, September 13, 2017

French TV "Operation: MOCKINGBIRD"


Country:  USA
Genre(s): Instrumental Progressive Rock, Fusion
Format: CD, digital
Release dateSeptember 13, 2017
Tracklist
1. Ghost Zone (2:29)
2. Noble Obelisk (5:37)
3. Urgent Fury (8:32)
4. Tree Incident (7:40)
5. Golden Pheasant Of The Infinite Reach (10:41)
6. Nimrod Dancer (8:33)
7. Vigilant Sentinel (10:40)
8. Silent Years (3:48)

Total Time 58:00

Line-up
Mike Sary: bass, loops, samples
Katsumi Yoneda (TEE): guitars
Mark L. Perry: drums
Patrick Strawser (Volare): keyboards
   With
Ludo Fabre: violin
Karl Ledus: sax, flute
Nico Fabre: keyboards

Media/Samples 
Bandcamp

Links:
Web page
Facebook
Progarchives
Proggnosis

Tuesday, April 5, 2016

French TV "Ambassadors of Good Health and Clean Living"


Country:  USA
Genre(s): Avant Prog, Symphonic
Format: CD, digital
Release date: April 5, 2016
Tracklist
1. We're Putting On Our Bulldog Faces (and Hoping Something Good Happens) (9:29)
2. Friendly Pursuit (5:46)
3. Rocka-Saggy-Baby-Bubba-Shaggy-Baba-Boo (9:39)
4. Gee, I Wish We Had One'a Them Doomsday Machines (7:43)
5. Shemp Vs. Classical Economics (6:32)
6. Metronome Crisis (10:46)

Total time 49:55

Line-up
Mike Sary -  bass, loops, samples
   With
Katsumi Yoneda (TEE) - guitars
Ryuji Yonikura (TEE) - keyboards
Takao Kawasaki (Flat122) - keyboards
Mark L. Perry - drums, percussion

Media/Samples 
Bandcamp

Links:
Web page
Facebook
Progarchives
Proggnosis