Echo Us "Inland Empire"

Country: USA
Genre(s): Progressive Rock, Ambient
Label: Absolute Probability Recordings
Format: CD, digital
Release date: March 7, 2023
Tracklist

1. Across The Star (3:49) 

2. Echo Us (9:37) 

3. Dark Shock (8:35) 

4. It's Time For Winter (3:43) 

5. Inland Empire (7:43) 

6. Nest Egg (2:11) 

7. From The Furthest Memory (1:14) 

8. Far Above The Sky (5:19) 

9. Solarium (6:33) 

10. Singing With You (10:45) 

Total Time 59:29

Credits
Ethan Matthews - lead vocals, acoustic & electric guitars, synthesizers, programming, percussion, glockenspiel

    With:

Aaron Bell - bass (2)

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It's Time For Winter

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Tommy Talamanca "Atopia"

Country: Italy
Genre(s): Progressive Rock
Label: Nadir Music
Format: digital
Release date: January 21, 2022
Tracklist

1. Atopia (3:01) 

2. Darkling Glades (4:03) 

3. Get In, Get Through (3:17) 

4. The Flow (3:18) 

5. The Crack (3:50) 

6. Narrowing World (3:03) 

7. Grace In Heaven (3:21) 

8. Anapestic Dimeter (3:58) 

9. Fog (3:16) 

10. The Floating Space (2:59) 

11. Holy (3:07) 

Total Time 37:13

Line-up
Tommy Talamanca (Sadist) - all instruments

    With:

Gloria Rossi - vocals (2, 3, 4, 6, 7)

Media/Samples

Streams

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Hipgnosis "Valley of the Kings"

Country: Poland
Genre(s): Progressive Rock, New Age
Label: Lynx Music
Format: CD, digital
Release date: November 17, 2021
Tracklist

CD 1

1. Macbeth (10:26) 

2. Love (3:43) 

3. Hyde Park (9:15) 

4. Puls Life (5:23) 

5. Heavy (8:18) 

6. Depart Like A Tree (4:24) 

7. Traveller Part 1 (10:58) 

CD 2

8. Traveller Part 2 (44:18) 

Total Time 96:45

Line-up

Sławek SEQ Ziemisławski - drums, keyboards,  sequencers,  virtual synthesizers

Anna KUL Batko - lead vocal, vocals

Piotr PITU Nodzeński - bass, vocals

Radosław THUG Czapka - keyboards

Przemek PRZEMO Nodzeński - vocals (1, 6)

   With

Ewa Jabłońska - electric violin

Filip GODDARD Wyrwa - electric guitar

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Bandcamp.com/album/valley-of-the-kings

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Max Hunt "Hope"

Country: Germany
Genre(s): Progressive Rock
Format: CD, digital
Release date: October 13, 2021 (digital), November 8, 2021 (CD)
Tracklist

1. Out Of Time (4:44) 

2. Prelude (5:35) 

3. Ascent (6:43) 

4. Voices (UnendlichVorwärts Bewegen) (4:01) 

5. Dark Age Techno Dream (6:57) 

6. Limitless (5:52) 

7. Ikaros (7:23) 

8. Christian & The Toad (6:33) 

9. Original Design (9:20) 

10. Shining Light (9:53) 

Total Time 67:01

Line-up

Max Hunt (Fragile) - Vocals, all instruments

Gerlinde Hunt - Backing vocals (2,9,10)

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Echo Us "The Windsong Spires"

Country: USA
Genre(s): Progressive Rock, New Age
Label: Absolute Probability Recordings
Format: CD, digital
Release date: June 22, 2021
Tracklist

1. We Seek The Descending Levers - (8:06) 

2. If You Can Imagine - (5:29) 

3. The Night Sky - (3:18) 

4. When The Windsong Spires - (5:49) 

5. Squals - (3:52) 

6. Fly You Home - (4:40) 

7. And When They Dance At Dusk - (4:15) 

8. I'll Wave You In - (4:53) 

9. And Acquiesce - (5:41) 

10. If We Can Breathe Again - (3:38) 

11. Under The Smallest Sky - (11:39) 

Total Time 61:20

Line-up
Ethan Matthews - vocals, all instruments

   Except
Andrew Greene - drums, percussion 

Charlotte Engler - vocals

Description/Reviews:

Starting with We Seek The Descending Levers, the 8-minute opener sets off on an ethereal journey of distant chimes, ambient electronica and settled flows. With a gradually building drone that sporadically rises, the track explodes in fits of subtle prog-rock instances that welcomes in a vocal track of naturalistic and psychedelic wordplay: “She erases the sun, puts him to sleep to never repeat.” It’s a brave opener that really only comes out of its shell midway through but allows you to appreciate the slow-burning style Echo Us were going for.

Read the full review by Jamie Parmenter at vinylchapters.com

Also read the review by Jon C. Ireson at music-news.com

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Matelo Mantra "Architects of Fantasy"

Country: Canada
Genre(s): Instrumental New Age, Progressive Rock
Format: digital
Release date: April 12, 2021
Tracklist

1. Blue Snow (3:50) 

2. Flight Of A Feather (4:36) 

3. The Maze (4:40) 

4. Illusions (4:28) 

5. Giant Strides (4:22) 

6. Bounds Of Time (4:11) 

7. Moon Theater (5:31) 

8. Skylark (4:15) 

9. Whimsical Sea (4:49) 

10. Be Water (5:23) 

Total Time 46:05 

Line-up
Mathieu Loiselle - everything

Description/Reviews:

There are moments throughout these ten instrumental tracks that reminded me favorably of 90s and 2000s era, Mike Oldfield. Most of that comparison is based on the entertaining way that Mantra weaves electronic sounds with organic instruments. This combination also helps in avoiding some of the more generic electronic or new age music trappings. Things do come close to that territory at times, but the majority of the album is significantly more compelling.

Read the full review by Patrick McAfee at dprp.net

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Roland Bühlmann "Crucial"

Country: Switzerland
Genre(s): Instrumental Progressive Rock, Fusion, New Age
Format: CD, digital
Release date: May 18, 2019
Tracklist: 
1. Kaiilen (6:11)
2. Higgayon (6:33)
3. Buzzing (6:38)
4. Arabon (12:19)
5. Crucial (7:32)
6. Uvkal (5:24)
7. Miserere (5:38)
8. Subconsciously (11:00)

Total Time 61:15

Line-up: 
Roland Bühlmann: Electric and Bass Guitars, Aeon Sustainer (1, 2, 4, 8), Grasses (3, 6), Guitalele (1, 4), Hanottere (1), Kinnor (1, 6, 7), Mandola (5), Shofar (4), Voice (7), Whistle (3), Wine Glasses (1, 8).
Percussion: Branches, Knifes, Leaves, Oil Tank, Stones, Udu (6), Wrenches

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The Gateless Gate "A Wider View"

Country: Canada
Genre(s): Instrumental Progressive Rock, Krautrock, Ambient, New Age
Format: CD, digital
Release date: May 1, 2019
Tracklist: 
1. I See Everything (8:15)
2. The Earth We Once Knew (5:32)
3. Landsat (5:33)
4. For David Attenborough (3:46)
5. Wise View (4:38)
6. Lake Land (5:47)
7. So Vast (5:06)
8. Urban Landscape (4:13)
9. Volcanoes Of Kamchatka (5:56)
10. Plateau (12:30)

Total Time 61:16

Line-up: 
Allister Thompson - all instruments

Description/Reviews: 

First, this an eclectic and diverse collection that encompasses and expands upon all genres of instrumental music that the Gateless Gate has created since 2012: progressive rock, psychedelic pop, post-rock, ambient, new age, and Krautrock/kosmische.
Second, as the album cover indicates, the music suggests we take a wide-screen view of the beauty of our home and consider how lucky we are to live here...to live at all on this wonderful, (currently) habitable planet. 

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Neil Campbell "Last Year's News"

Country: UK
Genre(s): Instrumental New Age, Classical, Progressive Rock
Format: CD, digital
Release date: April 13, 2019
Tracklist: 
1. Chi (2:37)
2. The Fat Of The Land (2:33)
3. Rainbows (3:04)
4. Get Reel (2:37)
5. Wish You Were There (2:52)
6. Break The System (3:57)
7. The Reich Of Strings (1:04)
8. Tubular Rainbows (7:09)
9. Last Year's News (1:53)
10. Missing In Inaction (4:02)
11. The Gloaming (3:28)
12. There, Again (5:10)

Total Time 40:26

Line-up: 
Neil Campbell (Bulbs) - guitars, bass, keyboards and sundry percussion
   With
Joey Zeb - drums (2, 4, 8, 10, 11)
Roger Gardiner - Overwater bass (6)
Jon Lawton - additional percussion

Description/Reviews: 

This album is a more personal album than its two predecessors and is drawn into two halves, the first half light and positive, and the second half (side 2 if you like) slightly edgier and more introspective. Within this set there is a high degree of improvisation and the compositions were to a very large extent completed quite intuitively and quickly in the studio over a very small number of sessions.

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Bob Katsionis "Prognosis & Synopsis"

Country: Greece
Genre(s): Instrumental Progressive Power Metal, Electronica
Label: Symmetric Records
Format: CD, digital
Release date: February 17, 2018
Tracklist: 
1. Prognosis (4:00)
2. Secret Of The Nomads (4:00)
3. Tomorrow Starts Today (4:30)
4. Dark Matter (4:00)
5. Asymmetric Parallels (4:10)
6. Aegean Sunset (4:02)
7. The Messenger (4:55)
8. Cold Embrace (5:00)
9. Amnesia (5:00)
10. Synopsis (6:00)

Total Time 45:37

Line-up: 
Bob Katsionis (Revolution Renaissance, Ioannis Anastassakis) - all instruments
   except
Vangelis Moraitis - drums

Description/Reviews: 

Style-wise, “Prognosis & Synopsis” is mostly prog metal but also has elements of New Age and power metal, albeit not at the same time. 

Read the full review by Rob at progressivemusicplanet.com

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Bob Katsionis "Prognosis & Synopsis"

Country: Greece
Genre(s): Instrumental Progressive Power Metal, Electronica
Label: Symmetric Records
Format: CD, digital
Release date: February 17, 2018
Tracklist: 
1. Prognosis (4:00)
2. Secret Of The Nomads (4:00)
3. Tomorrow Starts Today (4:30)
4. Dark Matter (4:00)
5. Asymmetric Parallels (4:10)
6. Aegean Sunset (4:02)
7. The Messenger (4:55)
8. Cold Embrace (5:00)
9. Amnesia (5:00)
10. Synopsis (6:00)

Total Time 45:37

Line-up: 
Bob Katsionis (Revolution Renaissance, Ioannis Anastassakis) - all instruments
   except
Vangelis Moraitis - drums

Description/Reviews: 

Style-wise, “Prognosis & Synopsis” is mostly prog metal but also has elements of New Age and power metal, albeit not at the same time. 

Read the full review by Rob at progressivemusicplanet.com

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Mundusmurum "Márpico"

Country: Spain
Genre(s): Instrumental Progressive Rock, New Age
Label: Jesiisma
Format: CD, digital
Release date: January 15, 2018
Tracklist: 
1. Introducción (3:55)
2. Márpico (6:49)
3. Buscador De Estrellas (5:01)
4. El Faro (3:04)
5. El Desvanecimiento De La Extension Imaginaria (4:20)
6. El Paso De La Tormenta (3:30)
7. Bruma (2:53)
8. La Máquina Infinita 2 (3:02)
9. Detrás Del Horizonte (10:10)
10. Tierra Efímera(5:00)
11. El Artefacto (2:59)
12. La Máquina Infinita (3:06)
13. Bitácora De Un Viaje Sin Retorno (2:19)
14. Piedra Viva (3:51)

Total Time 59:59

Line-up: 
Ezequiel Rodríguez: All instruments

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Mundusmurum "Márpico"

Country: Spain
Genre(s): Instrumental Progressive Rock, New Age
Label: Jesiisma
Format: CD, digital
Release date: January 15, 2018
Tracklist: 
1. Introducción (3:55)
2. Márpico (6:49)
3. Buscador De Estrellas (5:01)
4. El Faro (3:04)
5. El Desvanecimiento De La Extension Imaginaria (4:20)
6. El Paso De La Tormenta (3:30)
7. Bruma (2:53)
8. La Máquina Infinita 2 (3:02)
9. Detrás Del Horizonte (10:10)
10. Tierra Efímera(5:00)
11. El Artefacto (2:59)
12. La Máquina Infinita (3:06)
13. Bitácora De Un Viaje Sin Retorno (2:19)
14. Piedra Viva (3:51)

Total Time 59:59

Line-up: 
Ezequiel Rodríguez: All instruments

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Echo Us "To Wake a Dream in Moving Water"

Country: USA
Genre(s): Prog Folk, World Music, New Age
Label: Absolute Probability Recordings
Format: CD, digital
Release date: November 29, 2017 (USA), December 6, 2017 (Europe)
Tracklist: 
1. Awakening Current (7:42)
2. Aeriel (Satre Dance) (4:40)
3. Begin to Remember V1 (4:55)
4. Begin to Remember V2 (6:11)
5. May Morning Dew (4:17)
6. From the Highlands (15:27)
7. Doina (5:25)
8.To Wake a Dream in Moving Water (14:59)

Total ime 62:16

Line-up: 
Ethan Matthews - Guitars, Vocals, Hammered Dulcimer, Glockenspiel, Bodhran, Spoons, Synthesizers, Sound Programming
Teri Untalan - Viola (3,6,8), Violin (3)
Chris Smith - Flute (3,6), Piccolo Flute (3), Contrabass Flute (1)

Description/Reviews: 

Although Celtic influenced and comprised of a number of re-workings of Irish folk tunes and Breton aires, the album is still in large part new and original Echo Us music that fits right in the Echo Us ‘canon’. “Wake” is a natural progression from  “A Priori Memoriae”, which was released to critical acclaim in Europe in 2014.

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Stream
Begin to Remember

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Michell Guzman "Desplazamiento al Rojo"

Country: Ecuador
Genre(s): Instrumental Progressive Rock, New Age
Format: CD, digital,
Release date: August 1, 2017 (digital), September 1, 2017 (CD)
Tracklist: 
1. Dromomania (Parte 1) (4:28)
2. Dromomania (Parte 2) (4:01)
3. Hereda Las Estrellas (5:16)
4. Conticinio (Parte 1) (2:02)
5. La Belleza De La Simetria (5:22)
6. Petricor (5:19)
7. El Viento Del Sol (4:18)
8. Cuadrantidas (5:16)
9. Atlantropa (7:33)
10. El Valle Inquietante (5:35)
11. Conticinio (Parte 2) (5:16)

Total Time 54:26

Line-up: 
Michell Guzman: guitars, bass, keyboards, percussion and programing
Pedro Narvaez: bass (2, 3, 5, 6)

Description/Reviews: 

"Desplazamiento al Rojo" (Redshift) is a concept album inspired by astronomy and interstellar travel. The story is told (in English) through dialogues extracted from science fiction films of the 50s. 11 instrumental songs include this work, which musically reflect Michell's cultural and musical influence. An eclectic sample of the different stages as a musician and a person, going through rock, ambient, progressive rock, funk, electronic music and new age.

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Corciolli "Ilusia"

Country: Brazil
Genre(s): Instrumental Progressive Rock, New Age
Label: Azul Music
Format: CD, digital
Release date: May 19, 2017
Tracklist: 
1. The Man Who Disappeared In The Painting (5:54)
2. Secrets Of The Invisible (6:47)
3. Distant Living Memories (5:24)
4. Ghosts Of The Perpetual Mansion (6:20)
5. The Imaginary Principle (5:58)
6. The Misery Of Fear And The Battle Against The Immortal Dream (6:20)
7. Light Spheres In A Stephen King Mist (6:11)
8. Midnight Of The World At The End Of Time (5:44)

Total Time 48:38

Line-up: 
Corciolli - keyboards
Ramon Montagner - drums
Mauricio Oliveira - bass (1, 3, 4)

Description/Reviews: 

Corciolli is reunited with his rock roots, in vigorous and intriguing performances on synthesizers, using samplers of guitars, string orchestras and epic percussions.
Featuring 8 instrumental tracks, Corciolli created, played and produced the layers and textures of each song, inviting drummer Ramon Montagner and bassist Mauricio Oliveira to participate in the recordings. For the drum sounds he added sound intensity in the audio and ambience processing, complementing the performance with overlapping orchestral percussion tones and Japanese taikos.

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Corciolli "Ilusia"

Country: Brazil
Genre(s): Instrumental Progressive Rock, New Age
Label: Azul Music
Format: CD, digital
Release date: May 19, 2017
Tracklist: 
1. The Man Who Disappeared In The Painting (5:54)
2. Secrets Of The Invisible (6:47)
3. Distant Living Memories (5:24)
4. Ghosts Of The Perpetual Mansion (6:20)
5. The Imaginary Principle (5:58)
6. The Misery Of Fear And The Battle Against The Immortal Dream (6:20)
7. Light Spheres In A Stephen King Mist (6:11)
8. Midnight Of The World At The End Of Time (5:44)

Total Time 48:38

Line-up: 
Corciolli - keyboards
Ramon Montagner - drums
Mauricio Oliveira - bass (1, 3, 4)

Description/Reviews: 

Corciolli is reunited with his rock roots, in vigorous and intriguing performances on synthesizers, using samplers of guitars, string orchestras and epic percussions.
Featuring 8 instrumental tracks, Corciolli created, played and produced the layers and textures of each song, inviting drummer Ramon Montagner and bassist Mauricio Oliveira to participate in the recordings. For the drum sounds he added sound intensity in the audio and ambience processing, complementing the performance with overlapping orchestral percussion tones and Japanese taikos.

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Earnest Woodall "Pondering"

Country: USA
Genre(s): Instrumental Classical, New Age, Avant Garde
Format: digital
Release date: October 10, 2016
Tracklist: 
1. A Pondering Reflection (7:08)
2. Crack In The Briny Deep (2:06)
3. Crack In The Briny Deep 2 (4:06)
4. Crack In The Briny Deep 3 (3:58)
5. Visions Of My Father (1:50)
6. The Gate (6:48)
7. Visions Of My Father 2 (1:08)
8. Plow My Fields (6:28)
9. Visions Of My Father 3 (1:58)
10. Cornelia (5:26)

Total Time 40:56

Line-up: 
Earnest Woodall - Everything
   With
Guy Mandic - Narration

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Rémi Orts Project "We Are Not Alone In This Universe"

Country: France
Genre(s): New Age, Progressive Rock
Format: digital
Release date: April 15, 2016
Tracklist: 
1. Intro (2:20)
2. We're Gonna Be Ready (4:05)
3. July 1947 (5:20)
4. The Crash (4:39)
5. We Are Not Alone In This Universe (3:37)
6. Witnesses (5:43)
7. Operation Blue Fly (5:44)
8. Som1-01 (5:25)
9. Majestic 12 (4:23)
10. The Nurse (4:12)
11. E-B-E Examination (5:42)
12. Birthplace World Of The Domain (6:11)

Total Time 57:21

Line-up: 
Remi Orts - all instruments
   With
Mandala Chakras, Alina, Gary Purifory - voices

Description/Reviews: 

UFO enthusiast, fascinated by the mysteries of the cosmos, Rémi Orts embarked on the track of this global event to turn it into a universal and electronic ode. His new album, “We are not alone in this universe” sets out the artist’s theory in 12 musical themes directly inspired by authentic audiotaped testimonies, which can be listened to throughout the album. The CD artwork was created by Jean-Luc Galiana, cartoonist. It is precisely his latest comic book released in 2013 that inspired the composer. “Heubeheu” tells on a humorous tone the story of the surviving Roswell creature.
Rémi Orts also asked Alan B. to write the prologue. Mandala Chakras and Alina from Radio Arcadia lent their voices for the French narratives, and Gary Purifory fromMTR Radio for the English ones. With this new album, Rémi Orts invents a new art form: the musical documentary.

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Deezer

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Martin Neuhold feat. Guy Beeri Mauseth & Colin Powell "The Fool's Tale"

Country: Germany
Genre(s): Progressive Rock, New Age
Format: digital
Release date: March 3, 2015
Tracklist: 
1.Act 1-1: Fool's Observations 05:55
2.Act 1-2: The Dark Ones 06:34
3.Act 1-3: Retreat 05:16
4.Intermission No. 1 01:49
5.Act 2-1: The Vision 06:23
6.Act 2-2: What If? 05:01
7.Act 2-3: The Long Road 05:02
8.Act 2-4: The Seventh Son 05:58
9.Intermission No. 2 02:02
10.Act 3-1: Stuck In The Haze 03:52
11.Act 3-2: Clarity 05:29
12.Act 3-3 Fool's Awareness 07:07

Line-up: 
Martin Neuhold: keyboards, synthesizers, drum programming
Guy Beeri Mauseth: bass and taurus
Colin Powell: guitars

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