Dikajee "Forget​~​Me​~​Nots"

Country: Russia
Genre(s): Progressive/Art Rock, Neo-Classical, Folk
Format: digital
Release date: August 13, 2021
Tracklist

1. Forest (5:07) 

2. Lily Of The Valley (5:57) 

3. Millions Of Flashes (6:38) 

4. River Rite (7:13) 

5. Dead Garden (4:10) 

6. Misery (2:32) 

7. Scriptwriter (3:11) 

8. Glorious Beautiful Magical (5:40) 

9. Gloomy Flowers Blooming (8:16) 

10. Something Mystique (5:55) 

Total Time 54:39

Line-up

Dikajee: vocals, backing vocals, Nord piano/grand piano (3,4,5,9,10) synths (4,5,6,7,8), glockenspiel (3, 4), Wurlitzer (10), strings arrangments

Artis Orubs: drums (1,2,4,5,6,8,9,10) 

Benjamin Baert: drums (3,7) 

Zoltan Renaldi: bass, fretless bass, double bass

Fiona Rüggeberg (Faun): bagpipes (9) 

Guillaume Bernard (Klone): electric guitars (5) 

João Filipe: acoustic guitars, electric guitars, beautiful noises (2,6) 

Alex Nekrasov: acoustic guitars, electric guitars (1,3,7,8) 

Gulia Naumova; violins (1, 2, 4, 8, 9) 

Victor Sankov: acoustic guitars, vocals (9)

Gulia Naumova: violins

Dmitriy Irinovich: Wurlitzer (1), synths (3,8), priceless advice

Alexander Kozlovsky: cello

Ilya Razin: guitar (4)

Description/Reviews:

Now the artist works as a collaborative effort with the aforementioned to showcase the weavings of folk, neo-baroque, neo-classical, progressive rock and more with her new album Forget~Me~Nots.

With all of the musical influences coming together, it’s easily distinguishable that this album is a journey of experimentation and being able to piece the variables together to create something unique. From the off with opening track Forest, DIKAJEE‘s voice is an elegant display of something ethereal, it’s got a delicacy about it that sits subtly under the surrounding instrumentation. 

Read the full review by Jessica Howkins at distortedsoundmag.com

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Fair Wind Pleases "The Wind of the Season"

Country: Russia
Genre(s): Instrumental Chamber, Neo-Classical, Avant Prog
Format: digital 
Release date: January 18, 2021
Tracklist

1. The Unpredictable Autumn (Part I) (6:21)

2. 7 (5:24)

3. The Unpredictable Autumn (Part II) (6:54)

4. Waltz of Meek Lady (5:47)

5. The Unpredictable Autumn (Part III) (5:40)

Total Time 30:06

Line-up

Yury Khomonenko - drums and percussion

Anatoly Nikulin - guitar, recording of guitar, mixing, mastering

Leonid Perevalov - bass clarinet, recording of bass clarinet

Ivan Rozmainsky (Roz Vitalis) - digital piano

AndRey Stefinoff - clarinet

Description/Reviews:

One thing I especially love about this album is how much clarinets dominate proceedings. ... Clarinet and bass clarinet are almost constant in the mix, and conspicuous in their absence – so that when either returns it never fails to make me smile...  I have no idea how I would describe the music. The band say it’s a mix of the “neoclassical, avant-garde, ambient, progressive, post-jazz, chamber music, modern creative and other genres”

Read the full review by Nick Hudson at theprogressiveaspect.net

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Lemmings Suicide Myth "Lemmings Suicide Myth"

Country: France
Genre(s): Instrumental Neo-Classical, Jazz-Rock, Fusion, Progressive Rock
Format: digital
Release date: May 18, 2018
Tracklist: 
1. Le Fou / The Fool (11:04)
2. Le Diable / The Devil (5:21)
3. L'Étoile / The Star (4:07)
4. L'Hermite / The Hermit (8:18)
5. XIII (4:23)
6. Le Monde / The World (11:57)

Total Time 45:10

Line-up: 
Benjamin Bentz: Piano
Philippe Isenmann: Drums, Glockenspiel

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Aesthesys "Achromata"

Country: Russia
Genre(s): Instrumental Progressive Rock, Post Rock, Neo-Classical
Label: Narshardaa Records (vinyl)
Format: vinyl, digital
Release date: April 3, 2018 (digital), July 7, 2018 (vinyl)
Tracklist: 
1. Grauer Wald (5:17)
2. Filis Aureis (4:26)
3. Marea (5:16)
4. Himmelbarn (7:10)
5. Melanocardia (6:33)
6. Sapatha (5:39)
7. Apogeion (6:22)
8. Eosfyllon (5:44)

Total Time 46:27

Line-up: 
Sasha Coudray — bass guitar
Victor Krabovich — electric guitar, keys
Eldar Ferzaliev — electric guitar
Nik Koniwzski — violin, keys
   With:
Maximilian Maxotsky — drums
Jamie Ward — mellotron, additional synths

Description/Reviews: 

The musical style is a bit hard to nail down accurately.  The album has this modern progressive rock feel to it, though prog rock is far from the primary genre here, if present much at all.  While prog rock is obviously an influence to some degree, the album is primarily driven by keys and especially by violin, giving it an overall neoclassical atmosphere.  The voluptuous drumming and somewhat shoegazey guitars also provide the album with a post-rock vibe, especially through the band’s climactic style of song writing.  On top of that, there is a hefty helping of electronic music here.  It’s like this great big mix of genres that feels both classical and modern at the same time, impressing even further because of the emotions that all of this produces.

Read the full review at theprogmind.com

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Aesthesys "Achromata"

Country: Russia
Genre(s): Instrumental Progressive Rock, Post Rock, Neo-Classical
Label: Narshardaa Records (vinyl)
Format: vinyl, digital
Release date: April 3, 2018 (digital), July 7, 2018 (vinyl)
Tracklist: 
1. Grauer Wald (5:17)
2. Filis Aureis (4:26)
3. Marea (5:16)
4. Himmelbarn (7:10)
5. Melanocardia (6:33)
6. Sapatha (5:39)
7. Apogeion (6:22)
8. Eosfyllon (5:44)

Total Time 46:27

Line-up: 
Sasha Coudray — bass guitar
Victor Krabovich — electric guitar, keys
Eldar Ferzaliev — electric guitar
Nik Koniwzski — violin, keys
   With:
Maximilian Maxotsky — drums
Jamie Ward — mellotron, additional synths

Description/Reviews: 

The musical style is a bit hard to nail down accurately.  The album has this modern progressive rock feel to it, though prog rock is far from the primary genre here, if present much at all.  While prog rock is obviously an influence to some degree, the album is primarily driven by keys and especially by violin, giving it an overall neoclassical atmosphere.  The voluptuous drumming and somewhat shoegazey guitars also provide the album with a post-rock vibe, especially through the band’s climactic style of song writing.  On top of that, there is a hefty helping of electronic music here.  It’s like this great big mix of genres that feels both classical and modern at the same time, impressing even further because of the emotions that all of this produces.

Read the full review at theprogmind.com

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Mistheria "Gemini"

Country: Italy
Genre(s): Instrumental Neo-Classical/Symphonic/Progressive Metal
Label: Rockshots Records
Format: CD, digital
Release date: December 15, 2017
Tracklist: 
01 - Hands Of Fire
02 - Angels In The Shadow
03 - Fight Of The Bumblebee
04 - Moonlight Sonata
05 - Air "The Day After"
06 - Devil's Step
07 - Prayer To God
08 - Prog Fantasy
09 - Falling Stars
10 - My Dear Chopin
11 - Asturias
12 - Adagio in G minor
13 - Metal Piano Sonata op.13

Line-up: 
Mistheria - keyboards
Roger Staffelbach - guitar
Leonardo Porcheddu - guitar
Ivan Mihaljevic - guitar
Steve Di Giorgio - bass
Dino Fiorenza - bass
John Macaluso - drums
   With
Christopher Caffery - guitar
Roy Z - guitar

Description/Reviews: 

"GEMINI" is an instrumental metal album which collects 13 songs composed and/or arranged by MISTHERIA in the metal, neo-classical, prog-metal genres.

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The Arborist "Acrylic Road"

Country: USA
Genre(s): Post Rock, Art Rock, Neo-Classical
Format: digital
Release date: June 20, 2016
Tracklist: 
1. The Fifth Acre (5:15)
2. Acrylic Road (4:59)
3. The Lost Continent Of Mu: Part 1 (3:19)
4. The Lost Continent Of Mu: Part 2 (8:01)
5. Aphonic (7:44)
6. The Valley Beneath The Waves Ft. Yala Rhone (9:58)

Total time 39:16

Line-up: 
Carson Schnackenberg

Description/Reviews: 

Acrylic Road started out as a practice template, in every conceivable way, for The Arborist's Carson Schnackenburg. Schnackenburg is a drummer, by trade, and tracks like album opener "The Fifth Acre" were created solely for Schnackenburg to play drums along to. You'd never know it, from the wispy, neo-classical, prog-and-metal infused art rock. It's sensitive, delicate, intuitive and personal - not what you would expect from a bash-along backing track.

Read the full review by J Simpson at nomoredivision.com

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Corde Oblique "I Maestri Del Colore"

Country: Italy
Genre(s): Neo-Classical, Prog Folk
Label: Infinite Fog Productions, Audioglobe
Format: digital, CD
Release date: April 25, 2016 (digital), May 2, 2016 (CD)
Tracklist:
1. Suono Su Tela (4:28)
2. I Sassi Di Matera (feat. Irfan) (5:11)
3. Violet Nolde (feat. Sineterra) (3:58)
4. Il Cretto Nero (3:18)
5. Giallo Dolmen (feat. Synaulia, Sineterra & Aktuala) (5:05)
6. Amara Terra Mia (3:09)
7. Papavero E Memoria (feat. Argine) (3:29)
8. A Fondo Oro (feat. Micrologus) (5:00)
9. Rosa D'Asia (2:42)
10. L'urlo Rosso (feat. Quartetto Savinio) (5:09)
11. Blu Regale (3:47)
12. Blubosforo (4:30)
13. L'occhio Bianco (5:07)

Total time 54:53
 
Line-up: 
Riccardo Prencipe - electric, classical and acoustic guitar, ebow, medieval lute
Edo Notarloberti  (Ashram, Argine) - violin
Umberto Lepore - bass, double bass
Alessio Sica (Argine) - drums
Annalisa Madonna - voice (6, 8, 9)
Caterina Pontrandolfo - voice (4)
Luigi Rubino - piano, synth
Davide Afzal - bass (3, 12)
Alssandro D'Alessandro - diatonic accordeon
Michele Maione - percussions
Manuela Albano - cello
    With
Peppe Frana (Micrologus) - oud
Denitza Seraphimova ( Irfan) - voice (2)
Walter Maioli (Synaulia, Aktuala) - ney, dual Tibetan flute, aulos, pan flute, bells (5)
Charles Ferris (Sineterra) - trumpet
Lorenzo Ceriani, Alberto Maria Ruta, Rossella Bertucci, Francesco Solombrino (Quartetto Savinio) - cello, violins, viola (10)

Description/Reviews: 

The sixth album by Corde Oblique was conceived as a wooden palette used for mixing colors with sounds, the sounds of the colors are evoked by using lot of different musical instruments and musical styles. Almost all existing music tonalities have been used for the songs; moreover, every title refers to a different color and the graphic design is inspired to one of the most famous italian art history encyclopedias printed in the '60s.
The album includes 13 unreleased songs written and produced by the mastermind Riccardo Prencipe. Over 50 minutes of refined Progressive-Ethereal-Folk music.

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Trans-Siberian Orchestra "Letters From The Labyrinth"

Country: USA
Genre(s): Symphonic, Neo-Classical, Prog Related, Rock
Label: Universal Music
Format: CD, digital
Release date: November 13, 2015
Tracklist: 
1. Time & Distance (The Dash) (3:44)
2. Madness Of Men (4:11)
3. Prometheus (3:39)
4. Mountain Labyrinth (3:15)
5. King Rurik (3:11)
6. Prince Igor (3:04)
7. The Night Conceives (3:38)
8. Forget About The Blame (Sun Version) (4:15)
9. Not Dead Yet (3:28)
10. Past Tomorrow (3:22)
11. Stay (2:58)
12. Not The Same (3:41)
13. Who I Am (2:49)
14. Lullaby Night (2:44)
15. Forget About The Blame (Moon Version (Bonus Track)) [feat. Lzzy Hale] (4:16)
16. A Mad Russian's Christmas (Live) (3:58)

Total time 56:13

Line-up: 
Paul O'Neill - Guitars
Jon Oliva - Keyboards, Guitar, Bass
Al Pitrelli - Lead, RhythmGuitars
Luci Butler - Keyboards
Chris Caffery - Guitars
Roddy Chong - Violin
Angus Clark - Guitars
Joe Hoekstra - Guitars
Mee Eun Kim - Keyboards
Vitalij Kuprij - Keyboards
Jane Mangini - Keyboards
Asha Mevlana - Violin
John Lee Middleton - Bass
John O. Reilly - Drums
Jeff Plate - Drums
Derek Wieland - Keyboards
David Zablidowsky - Bass
Dave Wittmann - Drum, Guitar and Bass inserts

Jeff Scott Soto - Vocals (3)
Adrienne Warren  - Vocals (11), Background Vocals (1)
Jenifer Cella - Vocals (10)
Kayla Reeves - Vocals (7, 12), Background Vocals (1)
Robin Borneman - Vocals (15)
Russell Allen - Vocals (9)
Lzzy Hale - Vocals (15)

Lucille Jacobs, Minni W. Leonard, Keith Jacobs - Background Vocals (8)
Danielle Sample, Erika Jerry, Chloe Lowery, Dari Mahnic, Bart Shatto, Andrew Ross, John Brink, Natalya Piette, Jodi Katz, James Lewis, Georgia Napolitano, Tim Hockenberry  - Background Vocals (13)
Danielle Sample, Chloe Lowery, Ava Davis, Andrew Ross, Chris Pinella, Rob Evan, Parker Cipes, Phillip Brandon, Dustin Brayley, April Berry, Autumn Guzzardi - Background Vocals (1)

Roddy Chong, Lowel Adams, Asha Mevlana, Nancy Chang, Lei Lui - Strings
Jon Tucker, Kenneth Brentley, Jay Coble, Ashby Wilkins - Horns

Description/Reviews: 

'Labyrinth' is TSO's first album of individual, unconnected songs, the 14-track set is knit together by the serious underpinning of the songs, whether it's the sweeping overview of humanity on 'Time & Distance', the concerns of world banking irregularities on 'Not Dead Yet', the anti-bullying message of 'Not The Same' (which O'Neill co-wrote with his daughter) or the learn-from-the-past studies of 'Prince Igor and 'King Rurik'. In some ways it's a straight ahead album, and in some ways it's not. It's blatantly out of the box more music-driven as opposed to story- and music-driven. The world is a mess right now, so 'Letters From the Labyrinth' examines some of the problems we're facing now. You can enjoy them as songs, but they're there to make you think.

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Kauan "Sorni Nai"

Country: Russia
Genre(s): Atmospheric Post Rock, Doom, Ambient, Neo-Classical
Label: Blood Music
Format: CD, digital, vinyl
Release date: October 20, 2015 (CD, digital), December 2015 (vinyl)
Tracklist: 
1. Sorni Nai (52:01)
   a. Akva (7:56)
   b. Kit (7:07)
   c. Khurum (7:49)
   d. Nila (7:17)
   e. At (7:19)
   f. Khot (8:20)
   g. Sat (6:13)

Total time 52:01

Line-up: 
Anton Belov - Guitars, Vocals, Keyboards, Programming
Alex Vynogradoff - Bass, Backing Vocals
Anton Skrynnik - Drums
Alina Roberts - Keyboards, Backing Vocals
Anatoly Gavrilov - Viola

Description/Reviews: 

Sorni Nai is a single song, 52 minutes in length, and progresses from some really beautiful ambient and folk music to much harsher doom metal, paired with some of Kauan’s always powerful heavy vocals. But let’s not get ahead of ourselves; it’s one song, so we can talk about it from beginning to end.
As I said, the beginning of the song is very beautiful. Kauan knows exactly how to play this kind of music. Some light synths floating in the background, acoustic guitar, piano, even some strings, and all of it backed by their vocalist, Anton Belov, who in my opinion has one of the most beautiful voices ever. His Russian accent is strong, but he is singing in Finnish, with all the lilts and trills of one of the most beautiful languages there is. It’s haunting and poignant, and it has always been part of Kauan’s signature sound. They also include female vocals at times, but these are light touches of sound rather than lyrically focused.

 Read the full review at fetiddead.wordpress.com

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Phourist & The Photons "In Infinite Indigo"

Country: USA
Genre(s): Art Rock, Prog Folk, Neo-Classical
Label: SonaBLAST! Records
Format: CD, digital
Release date: April 16, 2015
Tracklist: 

1. Here's Some Moonlight For Your Day 04:03
2. Like the Lost City 03:07
3. Visitations 04:25
4. Constantly, Constantly, Constantly 04:06
5. the Light Won't Lie To Me 03:54
6. Midnight 04:31
7. Sky 06:05
8. When the Whistle Blows 03:42

Line-up: 
Nick "Phourist" Hill - vocals, piano, guitar
Scott Boice - drums
Stuart Wicke - bass

Description/Reviews: 

The trio's new LP, "In Infinite Indigo," is a theatrical, melodic, stripped-down affair that continues to experiment with neo-classical themes in an album rock paradigm.  

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IWKC (I Will Kill Chita) "Evil Bear Boris"

Country: Russia
Genre(s): Instrumental Neo-Classical, Progressive Rock
Label: Long Arms Records
Format: CD, cassette, digital, vinyl
Release date: April 3, 2015 (CD, cassette, digital)
Tracklist: 

1. Point Of No Return 23:05
2. Alles Unter Kontrolle 06:40
3. Ned Hoper 03:49
4. Keine Rationale Erklärung 01:50
5. The Music Will Play In Your House But You Won't Hear It 06:04

Line-up: 
Nikita Samarin – drums & percussion
Andrey Silin – keyboards, theremin
Artem Litvakoskiy – cello
Nick Samarin – keyboards, bass
Alexandra Ramazanova – cello
Ksenia Pluzhnikova – violin
Ramil Mulikov – trumpet, trombone
Ekaterina Voronkova – french horn
Anton Ponomarev – saxophones
Konstantin Podgorbunskiy – tuba

Gnesin State Musical College Choir:
Alexandra Zotova
Pavel Zotov
Evgenia Mazur
Vera Nikshetchieva

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Pandora Snail "Война и мир (War And Peace)"

Country: Russia
Genre(s): Instrumental Progressive Rock, Fusion, Neo-Classical
Label: ArtBeat
Format: CD, digital
Release date: February 2015
Tracklist: 

1. Дилемма / Dilemma
2. У берега горной реки / By the Mountain River
3. Догнать ветер / To Catch the Wind
4. Субмарина / Submarine
5. Джеймс Понт / James Pont
6. Слезы матери / Mother’s Tears
7. Красные реки / Red Rivers
8. Имена камней / Stones’ Names
9. Танец под пулями / Dance under the bullets
10. После войны / After the War
11. Сатори / Satori

Line-up: 
Ulyana Gor - keyboards, vocals
Oleg Gorgadze - guitar, electric guitar, noises, vocals
Kirill Klyushin - bass guitar, contrabass
Artem Garejev - violin
Igor Cheridnik - drums, percussion
   With
Yanina Podrezova, Demyan Titov, Yulia Alexandrova, Nikita Sokolov - noises

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Rhythm Of Mars “Window of Destiny”

Country: USA
Sub Genre: Instrumental, Progressive Rock, New Age, Neo-Classical
Release date: December 11, 2013
Tracklist: 

1. Houdini (3:45) 
2. Love Spell (4:30)
3. Pleiadian (3:59)
4. Labyrinth (3:46)
5. Window of Destiny (5:01)
6. La Noche (3:37)
7. Masquerade (4:56)
8. Evolve (2:40)

Line-up: 
Patti Unruh – Keyboards
Aaron Straub – Guitars
  With
Todd Frost – Drums
David Bayles - Bass on "Labyrinth"
Mike Bailey - Drums on "Labyrinth", Percussion & Engineering on "Pleiadian"
Bryan Burkhart - Hand Drums & Engineering on "Masquerade"
Paul Humphreys - Drums on "Houdini"
John Burnett - Bass on "Houdini"
Chris Moore - Bass & Engineering on "Window Of Destiny"

Description/Reviews: 

Rhythm Of Mars is a Progressive Rock, New Age & Neo-Classical band hailing from Fayetteville (Arkansas, USA). Its third album - “Window of Destiny” - surprised me with some wonderful and melodic Progressive Music that is rare today, being very reminiscent of early days of Prog, when musicians searched for enchanting melodies and magical harmonies that could be combined in nice-sounding arrangements that would reach the listener’s soul and feelings. As I prepared this text, I spent pleasant moments at Rhythm Of Mars’ website, not willing to leave, listening to their wonderful music – and I advice everybody to do the same. For my (second) surprise, the photo that the band posted on their site showed a poster of “Opeth” hanging on the wall behind them! Well, if something can be said about Rhythm of Mars, is that their music is totally “anti-Opeth”: it is light, delicate, sensitive, diaphanous, moving, elevating, inspiring, and relaxing, without being soporiferous or pretentiously pompous. The guitar is the main solo instrument, being generally supported by a classical layer of keyboards (pianos and New Age-sounding synths, more discretely and elegantly played than bombastically), and some acoustic guitar passages and soft drumming. The bass is also soft, played by different bassists, always melodically. Two pieces are basically guitar-driven: the opening track “Houdini” (3:45) – which is also the album’s heaviest - comes with the strength of a mild Neo-Classical Rock blended with Space-Rock chords, all supported by joyful pianos that have the mood of the 50’s Rock; yet, the title track “Window of Destiny” (5:01) is a placid ballad on which Straub shows his emotional side when playing the instrument, alternating modern guitar-playing styles (like “Satriani”, “Bonamassa”) with old-school weeping-guitar style (“Moore”, “Beck”) – achieving magnificent results. A couple of tracks are more keyboard-oriented, having emphasis on Unruh’s pianos. Such are “Pleiadian” (3:59), that blends soft Symphonic-Prog classical piano and delicate New-Age flutes in Pastoral soundscapes immersed in Medieval choirs; and “La Noche” (3:37), a Chopin-inspired Nocturne accompanied by the organ. A number of pieces lean to the New-Age with World Music influence, and have arrangements that bring to mind names like “Yanni”, “Vollenweider”, “Paco de Lucia”, “Santana”, “Mike Oldfield”, and “Gordon Giltrap”. The eerie “Love Spell” (4:30) follows the Hindu trend, having psychedelic sounds, great progressive soaring bass, and soulful guitar solo; “Labyrinth” (3:46) is a musical maze that leaps from India to fall down into the joyful North-American Country & Folk, bringing frantic and lively acoustic guitars, violins, and Straub going wild on his final guitar solo; finally “Masquerade” (4:56) is mysterious and seductive, driven by Latin moods that unroll underneath a mattress of Spanish acoustic guitars (as a mix of “Paco de Lucia”, “Santana”, and “Gordon Giltrap”). The last track is “Evolve” (2:40) – which is beautiful and relaxing, being driven by the free-flowing dialogue between acoustic guitars and a soaring electric guitar. Rhythm Of Mars is really an amazing band to be discovered, for it teaches us a lesson about the universal and spiritual quality of Music: it does not need to be complex to be enjoyed, just beautiful and heart-touching. Rhythm Of Mars is highly recommendable for lovers of soft Progressive Rock blended with New-Age & World Music. (Marcelo Trotta at progressiverockbr.com)

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These New Puritans "Field of Reeds"

Country: UK
Sub Genre: Art Rock, Post Rock, Neo-Classical
Label: Infectious Music
Release date: June 10, 2013
Tracklist: 
1. This Guy's In Love With You 3:02
2. Fragment Two 4:30
3. The Light In Your Name 6:03
4. V (Island Song) 9:14
5. Spiral 6:02
6. Organ Eternal 5:32
7. Nothing Else 7:46
8. Dream 4:10
9. Field of Reeds 6:26

Line-up: 
Jack Barnett - vocals, piano, electric piano, organs, bass guitar, vibraphone, chromatic gongs, unpitched percussion, magnetic resonator piano, sound design, field recordings
George Barnett - drums, percussion, glass
Thomas Hein - bass guitar, roto-toms
    With
Elisa Rodrigues - vocals
Adrian Peacock - basso profondo
Elizabeth Turner - field recording vocal
Nicholas Ellis - clarinet and bass clarinet soloist
Henry Lowther - flugelhorn and trumpet soloist
Lindsay Kempley - french horn soloist
Daniel West - tenor trombone and bass trombone soloist
Pete Smith - tuba soloist
Elspeth Hanson - viola soloist
Chris Laurence - double bass soloist
Toby Kearney - vibraphone soloist
Faith Leadbetter - piano and electric piano soloist
Ben McLusky - additional pipe organ
Andrew McPherson - magnetic resonator piano setup and calibration
Shiloh - hawk
Alan Vaughan - hawk handler
Roy at TGM Glazing - glazier
Stool Trinovante - saxocone
     Stargaze Ensemble:
Andre de Ridder - conductor
Nikolaus Neuser - flugelhorn, trumpet
Matthias Gödeker - french horn I
Stefan Most - french horn II
Florian Juncker - tenor trombone
Till Krause - bass trombone
Sebastian Kunzke - tuba
Paul Valikoski - violin I
Daniella Strasfogel - violin II
Justin Caullet - viola
Zoe Cartier - violoncello
Kristjan Orii Sigerleifsson - double bass
       Synergy Vocal Ensemble:
Micaela Haslam - director, soprano
Julia Wilson-James - soprano
Heather Cairncross - alto
Rachel Weston - alto
Phillip Brown - tenor
Andrew Busher - tenor
Children of St Mary's Church of England Primary School: Charlie Dyer, Daisy Farthing, Maddie Farthing, Amber Motti, James Norris, Jacob Scotford, Bethany Scriven

Description/Reviews: 

With Field Of Reeds, These New Puritans present 'post-rock' in its purest and most vital form. Their third album is one of staggering ambition even in the context of its predecessor, 2010's sleeper hit Hidden. It sits closer to the baroque majesty of Her Name Is Calla, or even the more fragile moments of Kayo Dot's back catalogue, than the discordant, preening art-rock of their earliest material. But more accurately it stands alone. Yes, there will be many comparisons drawn to the aforementioned Talk Talk, but bar the occasional moment (such as the way the brass of opener 'The Way I Do' eerily echoes their shadowy forefathers' epic 'Taphead') the main thing that ties the two bands together is silence, and their expert use of it.

Read the full review by Jordan Dowling at contactmusic.com

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Gerald Krampl "Wonder Way"

Country: Austria
Sub Genre: Ambient, Chamber, Neo-Classical, New Age
Label: Indigomusic
Release date: November 12, 2012
Tracklist: 
01. Flight Of The Gondolfiers
02. On A Rainy Monday
03. Last Rays Of Summer
04. A Winter's Tale
05. Beyond The Horizon
06. Childhood Days
07. A Walk In The Park
08. Mirror Images
09. Regrets
10. Come Sun, Come Rain
11. Farewell Song (For B.)
12. By The End Of The Day (For H.)

Line-up: 
Gerald Krampl: Piano, Electronics, all Compositions
Peter Sagaischek: Viola & Violin

Description/Reviews: 

Some may remember Krampl as one of the founding members of the 70s' progressive rock groups Kyrie Eleison and Indigo. The 1976 Kyrie Eleison album "The Fountain Beyond The Sunrise" was an superb Genesis styled album propelled by the impressive synthesizer arpeggios and majestic keyboard work of Gerald Krampl. But since 2006 his music has taken on a decidedly different tone, gradually moving away from keyboard driven prog to new age minimalism, as with his subsequent solo projects. With "Wonder Way" Krampl has made the transition complete, flipping the switch from the energetic multi-keyboardist of Kyrie Eleison to a mature introspective new age pianist. 

Read the whole review by  Joseph Shingler at prognaut.com

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iamthemorning "~"

Country: Russia
Sub Genre:  Symphonic, Chamber, Neo-Classical
Release date: April 27, 2012
Tracklist: 
1. ~ (Intermission I) (2:48)
2. Inside (4:15)
3. Burn (4:39)
4. Circles (3:18)
5. ~ (Intermission II) (0:51)
6. Weather Changing (3:04)
7. ~ (Intermission III) (0:48)
8. Scotland (3:52)
9. Touching II (4:03)
10. ~ (Intermission IV) (0:47)
11. Monsters (3:58)
12. Serenade (2:27)
13. ~ (Intermission V) (0:55)
14. Would This Be (4:20)
15. ~ (Intermission VI) (1:46)
16. I.B.Too (11:41)

Line-up: 
- Marjana Syomkina / vocals
- Gleb Kolyadin / piano
- Diakov/ violin
- Filipp Buin / viola
- Alina Shilova/ cello
- Maxim Rudenko/ bass
- Mikhail Istratov / drums
- Evgeniy Abzalov / guitars

Description/Reviews: 

Russian based outfit iamthemorning describe themselves as ... a neo-classical vocal indie band... that ...combine non-typical but easily perceived vocal parts of progressive rock with a distinctly classical musical approach. All band members have a higher education in classical music and are still studying this craft as of 2012.

 The songs are well written, and it has a great mellow quality that is lacking in a lot of new music these days. I love the very effective use of piano as the main instrument: very little (if any) synthesizer to be found. The female vocals are very well done, and not distracting at all from the music. My favorite track is probably the more upbeat "burn", but all of the "intermissions" are right behind.Overall a great listen. -  Apollo2112 (progarchives.com)

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