The Snozzberries "The Snozzberries"

Country: USA
Genre(s): Progressive Rock, Psychedelic,Funk
Format: CD,digital,vinyl
Release date: October 11, 2024
Tracklist

1. Darkness
2. Return
3. Grundle
4. Living Without You
5. Circling the Drain
6. Guepardo Morado
7. Hide
8. The Storm
9. Biting Through

Credits

Ethan Heller – Vocals, Guitar

Ian Taylor – Vocals, Keyboards, Synth

Josh Clark – Vocals, Bass

Paul Gladstone – Vocals, Drums

Description/Reviews:

Combining hi-energy psychedelia, progressive rock, and deep-fried funk, The Snozzberries deliver a powerhouse, genre-bending sonic journey.

The Snozzberries  is an emotional cosmic journey, channeling dark psych rock, thrash metal, funk and soul to weave a tapestry of love, loss and redemption.  This progressive yet cohesive release encapsulates the new era of the Snozz.

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Choreomanic "Choreomanic"

Country: Netherlands
Genre(s): Progressive Rock, Funk
Format: CD, digital
Release date: February 18, 2022
Tracklist

1. This is not a drill

2. Spun Sugar

3. What you get

4. Red flags

5. Choreomanic

6. Walk with urgency

7. Off with the figurehead

8. Time to let it out

9. Calling God

10. Take the money give it to me now

11. Story about the moon

12. Away from the sun

Line-up
Joost W. van der Graaf: Bass, Sampling, Voice & Percussion

   With

Thijs Ronteltap: Keys

Jeroen Verberne: Trombone

Tommie Freke: Saxophone

Gidon Nunes Vaz: Trumpet & Bugel

Koen Herfst: Drums

Description/Reviews

Dutch project Choreomanic are out with the album "Choreomanic", and this is a production that for me at least feels like a natural fit into a progressive rock context. Funky basslines is a core foundation throughout here, delivered in a manner that reminds just as much of Les Claypool than Red Hot Chili Peppers, and just about as important as the bassline are liberal amounts of brass bursts of the kind, character and nature that adds something of a jazzrock feel to the proceedings. Song structure and development, rhythms and various effects all come in to be a natural and fit and sometime adding a subtle emphasis on the expressive, experimental and playful nature of it all. That the majority of the songs are short, tight and vibrant affairs also needs to be stated I suspect. An album for those who enjoy progressive rock of the kind that is a bit more out there, expressive and experimental in nature. (Olav M Bjornsen at progressor.net's facebook)

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Zolar Czack "Where silence lives"

Country: Ukraine
Genre(s): Instrumental Progressive Rock, Fusion, Funk
Format: digital
Release date: January 28, 2022
Tracklist

1. 7:00 a.m. (3:58) 

2. Chicken Wants To Be A Cow (3:11) 

3. Coconut Groove (3:39) 

4. Voice Inside (2:07) 

5. Ghost (4:25) 

6. Redneck Godzilla (4:52) 

7. Worm Hole (4:25) 

8. Where Silence Lives (3:05) 

Total Time 29:42

Line-up
Dennis Fursov (Quiet Observer) - everything 

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Uranus Space Club "Another Planet, Another Love"

Country: Poland
Genre(s): Instrumental Psychedelic, Stoner, Space Rock, Funk

Label: Piranha Music (name your price)
Format: CD, digital
Release date: July 2, 2021
Tracklist

1. Mercury (4:14) 

2. Venus (3:20) 

3. Mars (4:01) 

4. Saturn (4:33) 

5. Jupiter (7:50) 

6. Earth (6:25) 

7. Uranus (4:06) 

8. Neptune (4:20) 

9. Pluto (Is A Planet) (8:08) 

Total Time 46:57

Line-up

Marcel Hryniewicki - bass

Janek Pudłowski - drums

Przemek Banaszek - keys

Kuba Ściślak - sax

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Rostro del Sol "Rostro del Sol"

Country: Mexico
Genre(s): Psychedelic, Retro Prog, Fusion 
Label: LSDR Records - LSDR024 
Format: CDr, digital
Release date: January 29, 2021
Tracklist

1. Effect Of Creation (8:53) 

2. Solar Flare (2:51) 

3. Backyard's Blues (6:28) 

4. Bop C Sketches (7:08) 

5. Tales... a) Awakening of Illusions b) Delirium c) Endless and Beyond (7:24) 

Total Time 32:44

Line-up

Mitch Balaant - Guitar

Demian Burgos - Drums

Israel Mejía - Bass

Baruch Hernandez - Keys

   With

Dan Samhain - Sax

Anton - Djembe (3)

Jorge Trejo - Bass on Cynical Mind

Description/Reviews:

The debut Album from Mexico City's Rostro del Sol, is a musical collage of Blues, Jazz, Funk, Progressive and Psych rock from the golden eras of the 60's and 70's, which offers unexpected moments, developed trough diverse sonorities & intensities as the music goes on, each song is intended to tell a history on it's own.

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Universal Sigh "Cherish"

Country: USA
Genre(s): Progressive Rock, Fusion, Funk
Format: CD, digital
Release date: January 10, 2020
Tracklist: 
1. Bedrock & Paradox (5:19)
2. The Latter (3:51)
3. Blindside (5:18)
4. Leftovers Life (5:40)
5. Sunday Painters (4:28)
6. Peaceful Lee (6:01)
7. Calypso (6:28)
8. Cherish (5:02)

Total Time 42:07

Line-up: 
Steve Terry - Guitar, Keys, Vocals
Pace Maynard - Guitar, Vocals
Austin Parker - Bass, Vocals
Jones Maynard - Drums, Percussion
   With
Will Clark - Additional Percussion
Jacob Selvagi - Saxophone (6)
Jennifer Zuiff - Backing Vocals (7)
Joshua Seckman - Synthesizers

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The Old Prospectors "Eureka!"

Country: USA
Genre(s): Instrumental Progressive Rock, Funk, Psychedelic
Format: digital
Release date: November 24, 2019
Tracklist: 
1. Quasiguana (10:42)
2. Executive (Hors D'oeuvres) (5:17)
3. Sweet Molasses (4:35)
4. Eureka (4:32)
5. Oasis (3:28)
6. Channel The Chicken (6:19)
7. Gold Rush (5:29)
8. Hindsight (7:39)
9. Memory (9:40)
10. Ningishzida (10:21)

Total Time 68:02

Line-up: 
Frank Bufe - Guitars, Keyboards
Bob Daly - Bass
Dan Dahl - Drums

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feat. Esserelà "Disco Dooro"

Country: Italy
Genre(s): Progressive Rock, Jazz-Rock, Fusion
Label: Joe Frassino Records - JFR 002, Lizard Records - LIZARD CD 0149
Format: CD, digital
Release date: June 1, 2019 
Tracklist: 
1. Lauto grill (1:16)
2. Kajitemeco (7:32)
3. Servi della klepa (6:05)
4. Sahara... (2:24)
5. ...svegliati è primavehera (6:49)
6. La Nascita di Lodovico Svarchi (0:24)
7. Lodovico Svarchi (8:51)
8. Popoloto (7:02)
9. La fine di Lodovico Svarchi (fake title, see notes) (0:04)
10. [...]aio (6:25)
11. Intro (by Intronyo) (6:30)

Total Time 53:22

Line-up: 
Renato Minguzzi - guitars, backing vocals
Francesco Ciampolini - keyboards, piano, synths, fretless bass, vocals, Lauto tune
Lorenzo Muggia - drums, cell phones, drum machines, vocals
   With
Lorenzo Musca - tenor sax
Dario Nipoti - trumpet
Michele Tamburini - baritone sax
PPT1 - beautiful vocals
Arty Party - bass vocals
MuCe - Bosnian vocals

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L'Eclair "Sauropoda"

Country: Switzerland
Genre(s): Instrumental Fusion, Funk, Krautrock, Psychedelic
Label: Beyond Beyond is Beyond, Bongo Joe
Format: CD, vinyl, digital
Release date: May 24, 2019
Tracklist: 
1. Still Steeve   
2. Endless Dave   
3. Castor MacDavid   
4. Suite No. 2   
5. Parapluie Bulgare

Line-up: 
Sébastien Bui – Keyboards
Elie Ghersinu –  Bass
Stefan Lilov – Guitar
Yavor Lilov – Drums
Quentin Pilet – Bongos
Alain Sandri – Mellotron, Cowbell, Congas
   With
DJ Laxxiste - 440 FX

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Step In Fluid "Back In Business"

Country: France
Genre(s): Instrumental Fusion, Funk
Label: Klonosphere
Format: CD, digital, vinyl
Release date: May 17, 2019
Tracklist: 
1 - Booty Shake (2:58)
2 - Streets Of San Francisco (4:19)
3 - Westside Step (4:37)
4 - The Funk Bot Dance (3:44)
5 - The Stranger (3:43)
6 - From a friend (2:14)
7 - Sex à pile (4:58)
8 - Sex in an Elevator (3:37)

Total Time 30:10

Line-up: 
Harun Demiraslan - Guitars
Aldrick Guadagnino - Guitars
Stéphane Dupe - Bass
Gérald Villain - Keyboards
Florent Marcadet (Klone) - Drums, Percussion
   With
Matthieu Metzger (6)
Rémi Dumoulin (8)

Description/Reviews: 

What you get here is jazz/fusion/metal that’s FUNKY as all hell. Unlike most fusion/instrumental releases, there’s no long song with 5 minute solos. Instead of that, each track is built upon a principal groove, and the band just plays around with it for max 4 minutes until we’re onto the next track. It’s paced exquisitely, with a couple slower jams being placed in between all of the funkiness and jazziness. Each instrument is played perfectly, and mixed perfectly. Ranging from awesome synth work all the way to a bass guitar which has massive presence, every performance is a stand out. 

Read the full review by Dylan at theprogressivesubway.wordpress.com

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Shob "Solide"

Country: France
Genre(s): Fusion, Funk, Jazz-Rock 
Format: CD, digital
Release date: May 3, 2019
Tracklist: 
1. Hostile (4:30)
2. Primal Fear (5:01)
3. Vertige (4:03)
4. Mémoire(5:06)
5. La brèche(6:12)
6. Solide (5:56)
7. Turbo Zülü(3:58)
8. What Now? (5:43)
9. Totem (5:12)
10. Cure (6:20)
11. Dr Gros zozo (4:07)

Total Time 56:08

Line-up: 
Shob - Bass, Guitar, Additional  Percussions
   With
Morgan Berthet - Drums
Johary Rakotondramasy - Guitar (1, 2, 3, 5, 8)
Jean Loup Siaut - Guitar (6, 7, 9)
Christophe Maroye - Guitar (10)
Tony Lavaud - Keyboards
Célia Marissal - Vocals (6)
Hugo Senbei - Vocals (9)
Scratch - Vocals
PJ Ley - Trumpet
FM Moreau - Sax
Ludovic Lesage - Jumbe, Congas

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Magic Munchbox "Intergalactic Fantastic"

Country: USA
Genre(s): Instrumental Progressive Rock, Funk
Format: CD, digital
Release date: May 3, 2019
Tracklist: 
1. Into The Box (0:49)
2. A Day In The Garage (7:09)
3. Binary Fractal Self-Replicating Algorithm (4:23)
4. Premonition Pt. I (5:24)
5. Premonition Pt. II (5:17)
6. Bastard Toots (6:45)
7. Tides Of Life (8:56)

Total Time 38:43

Line-up: 
Skeeter - Guitars
Gilson Machtolff - Guitars
Michael Vaughan - Bass
Robby Andersen - Drums

Description/Reviews: 

While the band audibly draws from progressive rock, Magic Munchbox is just as likely to credit retro video games for its sound as it is to cite Rush or Frank Zappa as influences. The group's genre-pushing tendencies manifest in funky guitars and kinetic rhythms that blend in sweet, sweet (and sometimes sour) psychedelia-tinged sonic atmospheres.
Whether it's a mind-melting guitar solo that nearly resembles a 1970's jazz flute or an out-of-nowhere blues breakdown, the constantly shifting grooves of Magic Munchbox never cease to keep listeners' ears on their toes.

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The Ben Phelps Project "Wake Up The Guards"

Country: USA
Genre(s): Progressive Rock, Fusion, Funk
Format: digital
Release date: March 15, 2019
Tracklist: 
1. Burn For You, Pt. 1 (3:22)
2. Rendezvous (3:17)
3. Broken Clocks (4:42)
4. King Couyan (1:41)
5. That Dog Don't Hunt (3:37)
6. Sluddin' (2:16)
7. Trust & Believe (3:25)
8. Groove In France (5:18)
9. B-Girl (5:25)
10. Formaldehyde (2:59)
11. Towards The Sun (3:38)
12. Do What Feels Right (4:12)
13. Some Folks Say (3:21)
14. Sophia (4:17)
15. Burn For You, Pt. 2 (7:01)

Total Time 58:31  

Line-up: 
Ben Phelps - Vocals, Rhythm Guitars
Matthew Summitt - Bass
Michael Adams - Drums, Percussion, Backing Vocals
Mike Bartusiak - Horns, Woodwinds
Jeff Conley - Lead Guitars
Eric Lewis - Keyboards, Piano

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Deezer

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3 Crows "It's a Murder"

Country: Multinational
Genre(s): Fusion, Funk, Jazz-Rock
Format: CD, digital
Release date: February 14, 2019 (digital), March 1, 2019 (CD)
Tracklist: 
1. It's A Murder (3:20)
2. Raven's Way (5:22)
3. Islave (5:44)
4. Psychedelic Prelude (3:45)
5. Bird (5:24)
6. Tres Quervos (6:15)
7. The Light (1:40)
8. The Rhythm (4:52)
9. Franqy (3:50)

Total Time 40:12

Line-up: 
Chris Buck - Bass Guitar, Sound Design, Lead and Harmony Vocals
Marco Minnemann (Mike Keneally, Steven Wilson, The Aristocrats) - Drums, Percussion
Brett Garsed - Acoustic Guitars, Electric Guitars, Sound Design

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Tauk "Shapeshifter II: Outbreak"

Country: USA
Genre(s): Instrumental Progressive Rock, Fusion, Funk
Format: CD, digital, vinyl
Release date: September 28, 2018
Tracklist: 
1. Prelude. (0:47)
2. Recreational Outrage. (5:16)
3. CMF 9000. (6:04)
4. Checkmate. (5:26)
5. Convoy. (5:42)
6. Not Your Nemesis. (5:03)
7. Let It Ride. (5:11)
8. Ratchet. (4:12)
9. Pioneer. (5:59)
10. Pitter Pattern. (6:26)
11. Upside Down. (6:10)

Total Time 56:16

Line-up: 
Matt Jalbert - Guitar
Charlie Dolan - Bass
Alric “A.C.” Carter - Keyboards
Isaac Teel - Drums

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L'Eclair "Polymood"

Country: Switzerland
Genre(s): Instrumental Fusion, Funk, Krautrock, Psychedelic
Label: Beyond Beyond is Beyond
Format: CD, vinyl, digital
Release date: September 7, 2018
Tracklist: 
1. Taishi Koto Pt. 1 (2:29)
2. Sisi La Fami (3:35)
3. L'Arrivée Au Port De Lagos (6:37)
4. Disco Dino (5:48)
5. Suite (1:24)
6. Coke Mountain (8:35)
7. Si O No (4:31)
8. Taishi Koto Pt. 2 (4:19)

Total Time 37:18

Line-up: 
Sébastien Bui – Keyboards, Synthesizer
Elie Ghersinu –  Bass
Stefan Lilov – Guitar
Yavor Lilov – Drums
Quentin Pilet – Bongos
Alain Sandri – Mellotron, Cowbell

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Detieti "Frogressive Punk"

Country: Russia
Genre(s): Progressive Rock, Punk, Avant Garde, Funk, Jazz
Label: [addicted label]
Format: CD, digital, cassette
Release date: May 19, 2018
Tracklist: 
1. Cocaintro (9:15)
2. Lazy Madonna (4:55)
3. Rasta Fear (5:23)
4. Dream Of Little Forest Animals (1:24)
5. Murat-Zlurad (3:45)
6. Im.Pokh (3:00)
7. Diemback (6:24)
8. In Latrine (Cocaintro Revisited) (2:15)
9. Threeptile (11:25)

Total Time 47:46

Line-up: 
Han - bass, backing vocals, percussion (7), field recordings (4,8)
Viktor Tikhonov - drums and percussion, acoustic guitar (4,8), glockenspiel (4), ::vtol:: synths (1,9), brass arrangement, backing vocals, samples
Alexander Kosarenko - electric guitars, percussion (7), backing vocals, kalimba (9)
Petr “Peyote-R” Bolotov - synth, samples, backing vocals, percussion (7)
   With
Ramille Mulikov - brass (3,5,6,8)
Vanish - solo-guitar (2,9), backing vocals (2)
Roman Karandaev - vocals, screams (2,6,7), spoken word and beatbox (8)
Ilya Borodin - falsetto vocal (1)
Nikolai Samarin - electric double bass (4,9), samples

Description/Reviews: 

They also like to associate themselves with the term pronk, which stands for progressive punk and has been made popular – well, more or less – by British band Cardiacs. Where these pronk pioneers usually had very strict songwriting, Detieti prefer to dabble more in freeform exercises, which can best be heard on the first and last track on the album, which both are about ten minutes long. The opener Cocaintro is not so much an intro but a nine minute long elaboration of different motifs that use all kinds of elements, from Black Sabbath influenced doom riffs to classical music. The overall impression if quite funky, as if the Spin Doctors had been let loose after the intake of unspecified hallucinogens.

Read the full review at disagreement.net

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Unaka Prong "Salinity Now!"

Country: USA
Genre(s): Jazz, Funk, Fusion, Progressive Rock
Format: digital
Release date: April 20, 2018
Tracklist: 
1. You Want Me To Do What Now? (5:38)
2. Misinterpretive Clues (2:45)
3. Slow Dance (6:02)
4. Aibohphobia (7:04)
5. Come On Back (5:47)
6. Fine Leather Shoes (5:17)
7. Blue Mountain (6:30)
8. Fluvial Landscapes (7:30)
9. Lake Jam #3 (5:24)
10. All Aglow In The Golden Hour (4:24)
11. Colossals (5:07)
12. Irma (7:57)

Total Time 69:25

Line-up: 
John Hargett - Drums, Vocals
Daniel Stevenson - Guitar, Vocals
Mike Welsh - Guitar
Jonathon Sale - Bass, Vocals
Chris Pope - Keys

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Unaka Prong "Salinity Now!"

Country: USA
Genre(s): Jazz, Funk, Fusion, Progressive Rock
Format: digital
Release date: April 20, 2018
Tracklist: 
1. You Want Me To Do What Now? (5:38)
2. Misinterpretive Clues (2:45)
3. Slow Dance (6:02)
4. Aibohphobia (7:04)
5. Come On Back (5:47)
6. Fine Leather Shoes (5:17)
7. Blue Mountain (6:30)
8. Fluvial Landscapes (7:30)
9. Lake Jam #3 (5:24)
10. All Aglow In The Golden Hour (4:24)
11. Colossals (5:07)
12. Irma (7:57)

Total Time 69:25

Line-up: 
John Hargett - Drums, Vocals
Daniel Stevenson - Guitar, Vocals
Mike Welsh - Guitar
Jonathon Sale - Bass, Vocals
Chris Pope - Keys

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MetaQuorum "Witchcraft Jazz"

Country: UK
Genre(s): Jazz-Rock, Fusion, Progressive Rock, Electronica, Funk
Format: CD, digital, vinyl
Release date: February 22, 2018 (CD, digital), April 2018 (vinyl)
Tracklist: 
1. Crimson Dreams (5:13)
2. Jonathan Vingston (3:46)
3. Socket Swing (3:22)
4. The Bartender (5:06)
5. Swagger (6:19)
6. Seven Dwarfs Rock (4:25)
7. Witchcraft Jazz (6:11)
8. Limping Mathematician (4:27)
9. Parallax (9:52)
10. Chicken & Egg (3:45)
11. Autumn Groove (4:04)
12. Goldfinch Charm (3:59)

Total Time 60:29

Line-up: 
Dmitry Ermakov - keyboards, key-bass, key-guitar, synth and percussion programming, synth-brass, sound-scape, tambourine, shaker, voice
Koos van der Velde – drums, jembe
Victor Mikheyev – bass, rhythm-guitar, percussion & synth programming, sound-scape
Carol Ermakova – vocal (3)
George Mikheyev – cello (7)
Andrew Guerin – trumpet (11)

Description/Reviews: 

12 tracks – that’s one minute short of an hour! – in the ground-breaking style the band calls Meld – a blend of jazz, fusion, rock, funk, electronica, even baroque, this album includes spontaneous improvisations, funk jams, and creative compositions finished off with state-of-the-art production techniques

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