Kanoi "Buru Haze"

Country: Austria
Genre(s): Psychedelic
Label:  Gasstation Rainbow Records (CD), Clostridium Records (vinyl)
Format: CD, digital, vinyl
Release date: July 1, 2015
Tracklist: 
1. Naeco II (5:44)
2. Buru Haze (6:28)
3. The Golden Country* (2:52)
4. Windchild (4:23)
5. Song Of Distance (7:46)
6. By The Sunrise (6:48)
7. Quokka (2:13)
8. A New Beginning And The Sprawling Sky (14:22)

Line-up: 
Benjamin Kantschieder - all instruments, vocals

Description/Reviews: 

The songs on "Buru Haze" feature a more relaxed and spaced-out sound inspired by "Meddle" to "Obscured By Clouds"-era Pink Floyd and Benjamin's interest in science-fiction literature which becomes especially apparent on the 14-minute closing track "A New Beginning And The Sprawling Sky", a song inspired by Ann Leckie's book "Ancillary Justice".

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Marquette "Human Preparation"

Country: Germany
Genre(s): Progressive Rock/Metal
Format: CD, digital
Release date: July 1, 2015 (digital), July 2015 (CD)
Tracklist: 

1. Mystery Train (4:56) 

2. Awaken In A New World (5:15) 

3. Adam und Eva (3:02) 

4. The Mirror (9:27) 

5. Syncope Of Obscure Nature (4:06) 

6. Mass Hysteria (6:04) 

7. Cancer (8:22) 

8. My Green Garden (4:06) 

9. Last Kiss (7:11) 

10. La Grande Vallée (3:40) 

11. Lost At Sea (18:00) 

12. Grandmother`s Musicbox (4:28) 

Total Time 78:37

Line-up: 
Marquette aka Markus Roth - keyboards, vocals
Achim Wierschem  (Flaming Bess, Mindmovie) - guitars

Description/Reviews: 

Human Reparation is the debut solo album by Markus Roth aka Marquette. This CD shows that if you combine progmetal, retroprog, jazz elements and new artrock in the right way, it sounds solid but still with a lot of variation. What you get here is 79 minutes bombastic keyboards, epic guitars and strong vocals on a high international level. 

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Mystery Train
Syncope Of Obscure Nature

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Mytho "Earthrise"

Country: Italy
Genre(s): Progressive Rock/Pop
Format: digital
Release date: July 1, 2015
Tracklist: 
1. Vittoriosa (5:31)
2. Mindscape (3:44)
3. Zero Hour (6:12)
4. Giants (4:17)
5. Watermoon (5:44)
6. Distance (4:30)
7. Earthfall (5:08)
8. Arctic Rainbow (4:28)

Line-up: 
Enzo Ferlazzo: guitars, guitar synth
Marco Machera: vocals, bass
Fabrizio Machera: drums
Antonio Machera: guitars, guitar synth

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Bandcamp

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O.R.k. "Inflamed Rides"

Country: UK/Italy
Genre(s): Eclectic Progressive Rock, Math Rock
Format: CD, digital
Release date: July 1, 2015
Tracklist: 

1. Jelly Fish
2. Breakdown
3. Pyre
4. Funfair
5. Bed of Stones
6. No Need
7. Vuoto
8. Dream of Black Dust
9. Funny Games
10. Black Dust

Line-up: 
Lorenzo Esposito Fornasari (aka Lef) - vocals, keys
Colin Edwin (Porcupine Tree) - bass
Pat Mastelotto (King Crimson) - drums
Carmelo Pipitone - guitars

Description/Reviews: 

Debut album "Inflamed rides" fuses primordial energy with playful acoustic psychedelia and precise math rock, but with an added seasoning of intense ambient electronica. Across the ten tracks, O.R.k illuminate a deep subconscious landscape, rich with controlled chaos and populated with archetypal forms and characters. Highlights include the mesmerising 'Pyre', accompanied by a stunning animated video from Oktopus Productions and the jarring urgency of "Funfair" which promises entertaining rides in the most intimidating manner.
Imposing, but also encompassing a hypnotic, powerful beauty, O.R.k. is a forward thinking, mischievous slap around the head of complacency, and a captivating listen from start to finish.

Also read the review by at themusicalmeltingpot.com

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Pyre
Jellyfish

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This Oceanic Feeling "Universal Mind"

Country: UK
Genre(s): Art Rock, Progressive Rock/Pop
Label: Cherry Red
Format: CD, digital, vinyl
Release date:  July 1, 2015 (digital), July 17, 2015 (CD, vinyl)
Tracklist: 
1. Lie Detector
2. Put Down The Gun
3. Radio
4. Logotherapy
5. Universal Mind
6. Intensive Care
7. Wake Up
8. I Play Debussy
9. Johnny Tragic
10. Karma Camera
11. Season Of Light
12. Finale

Line-up: 
Chris Braide (The Producers/DBA)
Lee Pomeroy (It Bites/Headspace/Archive/Rick Wakeman) - bass
Ash Soan (The Producers) - drums

Description/Reviews: 

The themed album features 12 songs about dualism and ego death, and features some brilliantly dynamic musicianship. Combining strong melodies with meaningful lyrics, the album offers a cinematic sound that skirts the edges of Progressive, 1980s Art Pop and FM Rock. Braide compares the album's sound to 'The Police or YES 90125 era, big shiny new wave pop music with rock trousers on and occasionally prog sandals!'

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Radio (Single Version)

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Bear Success "Brevira"

Country: USA
Genre(s): Instrumental Progressive Rock, Post Rock
Label: Downport Records
Format: CD, digital
Release date: July 1, 2015
Tracklist: 
1. Intro (3:56)
2. I Knew Mexico (8:08)
3. Alex's Party (4:26)
4. Kyle's Party (3:16)
5. Divides (7:23)
6. Geoff (4:48)
7. I've Heard It Both Ways (Written By D. Nastasi) (4:03)
8. Five, For Three, Too (7:31)
9. Did You Hear About Pluto? ...That's Messed Up, Right? (8:16)

Line-up: 
Alex Roth - Guitar
Jeff Morris - Bass
Dom Nastasi - Drums, Percussion

Description/Reviews: 

The Post-rock label references sit well with their amorphous style, as they build intense walls of sound routed in shimmering groves and ambient pastures, at the expense of traditional tension busting solos.
Guitarist Alex Roth’s ethereal sounds could at times be mistaken for keyboards, but effectively fill the album with contrasting moods. It’s not so much shoe gazing music as brooding, restless ambient an grungy rock with fleeting, nightmarish sounds that the band find imaginative ways to circumnavigate.

 Read the full review by Pete Feenstra at getreadytorock.me.uk

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Clive Nolan "Hidden Treasure"

Country: UK
Genre(s): Musical, Rock Opera, Progressive Rock
Format: CD
Release date: July 2015
Tracklist: 

1. Overture (Victoria Bolley)
2. Journey of Life (Clive Nolan & Noel Calcaterra)
3. Vulnerable (Agnieszka Swita)
4. The Magician (Orchestral Demo)
5. Closer (Gemma Louise Edwards)
6. Amelia (Matthew Ronchetti)
7. Job's Lament (Ian Baldwin)
8. Desperate Days (Becky Carter)
9. In Aeternum (Agnieszka Swita)
10. Unwelcome Guest (Verity Smith & Ross Andrews)
11. History (Chris Lewis)
12. Share This Dream (Gemma Louise Edwards)
13. The Awkward Path (Orchestral Demo)

Line-up: 
Clive Nolan
Noel Calcaterra
Victoria Bolley
Agnieszka Swita
Gemma Louise Edwards
Matthew Ronchetti
Ian Baldwin
Becky Carter
Verity Smith
Ross Andrews
Chris Lewis
and others

Description/Reviews: 

'Hidden Treasure' is a collection of demos, oddities and unreleased material from 'She' and 'Alchemy'. All songs on this album are never-heard-before versions performed by the stellar cast of singers and instrumentalists involved in both projects over the last 10 years. 

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Urban Killas "Down On Earth"

Country: Italy
Genre(s): Instrumental Jazz-Rock, Fusion, Avant Prog
Label: Aut Records
Format: CD, digital
Release date: June 30, 2015
Tracklist: 
1. Voices (6:02)
2. Suspension Points (7:34)
3. Circus (The World Belongs To The) (8:52)
4. Icecream (5:35)
5. X-Virgin Forest (6:01)
6. Acid Rain (8:34)
7. Gas Panic (6:26)
8. 417 (Home) (9:15)

Total time 58:19

Line-up: 
Yuri Argentino – tenor/baritone sax
Andrea Vedovato – guitar
Riccardo Di Vinci – bass, doublebass
Simone Sferruzza – drums
   With
Danilo Gallo – doublebass (3)
Tony Cattano – trombone (3, 6)
Laura Copiello – voice (8)
Emanuele Wiltsch Barberio – electronic interludes

Description/Reviews: 

Down on Earth is a concept album on climatic and environmental drift, in our time. It’s a non-stop flow of music, in which solid grooves alternate with etheral soundscapes, and where catchy melodies can suddenly turn themselves into fierce sonic textures.
In their compositions Urban Killas break up conventions, exalting their improvisatory instinct and espressive tension always in balance between writing and improvising in an amalgam of unconventional jazz, rock, psychedelia and noise.
They reside in the shadow, finding balance in destroying pre-packed schemes and wraping ’em up following their voluntary insanity.

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Bandcamp  (3 tracks)

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Mind's Doors "Rusted World"

Country: Spain
Genre(s): Progressive Rock/Metal
Label: RockCd records
Format: CD, digital
Release date: June 30, 2015
Tracklist: 
1. Australis World I. Faded Sun (9:32)
2. Australis World II. Rusted World (7:01)
3. Our Breeders (7:11)
4. The Perfect Circle (5:10)
5. Rusted Love I. Silver Monsters (5:20)
6. Rusted Love II. Remembrance (5:45)
7. Melting Into One (7:49)
8. Misty Eyed (16:14)

Line-up: 
Alberto Abeledo - Guitars
César Alcaraz - Vocals
Jose Bernabeu - Drums
Julio García - Bass
Marcos Beviá - Keyboard

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Bandcamp

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Sparrow "Skin And Bone"

Country: USA
Genre(s): Progressive Metal
Format: CD, digital, vinyl
Release date: June 30, 2015
Tracklist: 
1. A Mountain Ahead (3:34)
2. Sisyphus Was Late Again (3:23)
3. Out Of Reach (3:56)
4. Life's Passengers (4:09)
5. 476 (3:21)
6. Skin And Bone (4:13)
7. Regret (3:38)
8. Waiting In Line (3:43)
9. Icarus (5:34)
10. Secular Haze [orig. By Ghost] (5:19)

Total Time 40:50

Line-up: 
Alex Duddy - Vocals
Timbus - Guitar, electronica
Kevin Dixon - Bass
Tyler Frenzel - Drums

Description/Reviews: 

"Skin and Bone," the debut album from L.A. band Sparrow, combines multiple elements and styles, to form an infectious blend of melody and heaviness. The album stands out in a sea of repetitive, overproduced, and overdone technical instrument wankery.
 Opening with a synth carnivalesque theme, accompanied by heavy guitar, bass, and drums, the album instantly draws in the listener. The vocals are clean and audible, with an edge that fits the musical stylings very well. A haunting intro soon bleeds into punk and rock styles within the first song "A Mountain Ahead."

 Read the full review at ultimate-guitar.com

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