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Tuesday, January 2, 2018

Lunar Cape "Lunar Folk Tales"/ Мыс Луны "Лунные Народные Сказки" (instrumental version)


Country: Russia
Genre(s)Progressive RockFolk, World Music, Ethnic
LabelArtBeat Music ‎– AB-CD-01-2018-128
Format: CD, digital
Release date: January 1, 2018
Tracklist
1. History Of The Moon (2:43)
2. Nymph Syrinx Amidst The Stars (5:37)
3. Doughball's Travels (3:56)
4. Old Man Srawley And Wood Goblin (5:10)
5. Blacksmith (2:55)
6. Who Brought The Berries? (6:15)
7. Greedy Cousin Leprechaun (4:29)
8. What The Peacock Is Silent About (Oriental) (7:34)

Total Time 38:39

Line-up
Olga Scotland – flute, recorders, tin whistle, mandolin, spring drum, sound effects, VSTi
Andrey Shashkov – bass guitar, basso recorder, vocals
Roman Smirnov – guitars, washboard old school custom, vocals
    With:
Paul Bulak – keyboards (3)
Grigory Shelehov – drums (3, 7)
Alexander Koval – drums (4, 8)
Shahid Rashid – vocals (8)

Description/Reviews
In January 2018 the russian music label ArtBeat Music  launched the release of the second album by the “Lunar Cape” instrumental band  – “Lunar Folk Tales”. The album will contain three versions – instrumental, Russian-language and English-language. Currently the band introduces its first part – instrumental.
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Lunar Cape "Lunar Folk Tales"/ Мыс Луны "Лунные Народные Сказки" (instrumental version)


Country: Russia
Genre(s)Progressive RockFolk, World Music, Ethnic
LabelArtBeat Music ‎– AB-CD-01-2018-128
Format: CD, digital
Release date: January 1, 2018
Tracklist
1. History Of The Moon (2:43)
2. Nymph Syrinx Amidst The Stars (5:37)
3. Doughball's Travels (3:56)
4. Old Man Srawley And Wood Goblin (5:10)
5. Blacksmith (2:55)
6. Who Brought The Berries? (6:15)
7. Greedy Cousin Leprechaun (4:29)
8. What The Peacock Is Silent About (Oriental) (7:34)

Total Time 38:39

Line-up
Olga Scotland – flute, recorders, tin whistle, mandolin, spring drum, sound effects, VSTi
Andrey Shashkov – bass guitar, basso recorder, vocals
Roman Smirnov – guitars, washboard old school custom, vocals
    With:
Paul Bulak – keyboards (3)
Grigory Shelehov – drums (3, 7)
Alexander Koval – drums (4, 8)
Shahid Rashid – vocals (8)

Description/Reviews
In January 2018 the russian music label ArtBeat Music  launched the release of the second album by the “Lunar Cape” instrumental band  – “Lunar Folk Tales”. The album will contain three versions – instrumental, Russian-language and English-language. Currently the band introduces its first part – instrumental.
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Monday, January 1, 2018

Ryan Parmenter "One of a Different Color"


Country: USA
Genre(s): Progressive Rock
Label: Split Difference Records
Format: CD, digital
Release date: January 01, 2018
Tracklist
1. Please Don't Hurt Us (3:06)
2. Sin of Forgiveness (5:04)
3. Seller (3:50)
4. Give 'n' Take (4:06)
5. Capitalism (8:24)
6. Side Two Load Screen (2:02)
7. One of a Different Color (9:54)
8. For All Tomorrows (5:51)
9. September (9:26)
10. Up Above (7:28)

Total Time 59:11

Line-up
Ryan Parmenter (Eyestrings) - keyboard, sequencing, vocals
   With
David Dawkins - guitar (1,2,4,5,7)
Matthew Parmenter (Discipline) - violin (7)

Description/Reviews
A progressive "manic/depressive" rock album spanning the hellish dark to the pinnacle of light. Very much in the progressive vein of Eyestrings, Parmenter's 59-minute "One of a Different Color" is his first LP since "Sad Men" (2009).
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Ryan Parmenter "One of a Different Color"


Country: USA
Genre(s): Progressive Rock
Label: Split Difference Records
Format: CD, digital
Release date: January 01, 2018
Tracklist
1. Please Don't Hurt Us (3:06)
2. Sin of Forgiveness (5:04)
3. Seller (3:50)
4. Give 'n' Take (4:06)
5. Capitalism (8:24)
6. Side Two Load Screen (2:02)
7. One of a Different Color (9:54)
8. For All Tomorrows (5:51)
9. September (9:26)
10. Up Above (7:28)

Total Time 59:11

Line-up
Ryan Parmenter (Eyestrings) - keyboard, sequencing, vocals
   With
David Dawkins - guitar (1,2,4,5,7)
Matthew Parmenter (Discipline) - violin (7)

Description/Reviews
A progressive "manic/depressive" rock album spanning the hellish dark to the pinnacle of light. Very much in the progressive vein of Eyestrings, Parmenter's 59-minute "One of a Different Color" is his first LP since "Sad Men" (2009).
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Soniq Theater "Squaring The Circle"


Country: Germany
Genre(s)Instrumental Progressive Rock, Electronica
FormatCD-R, digital
Release date: January 1, 2018
Tracklist
1. Squaring The Circle (6:21)
2. Circus Ponies On The Run (5:00)
3. The Unbearable Lightness Of Being (5:50)
4. Strange Times And Odd Days (5:42)
5. Kissing The Sun (2:27)
6. Pink Panda (5:46)
7. Flying Dolphins (4:40)
8. Spirallels (4:17)
9. Welcome To Absurdistan (2:24)
10. Paradox (6:00)
11. April Snow (3:08)

Total Time 51:35

Line-up
Alfred Mueller (ex-Rachel's Birthday) - everything

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David Barrett "The Mysticism of Sound and Music"


Country: Canada
Genre(s)Instrumental Progressive Rock
Formatdigital
Release date: January 1, 2018
Tracklist
1. Monarch (2:46)
2. Bright Night (3:11)
3. Green Light (4:24)
4. The Last Mile (3:42)
5. Fifty (3:42)
6. Seascape (4:41)
7. The Divided Line (3:08)
8. Narrow (3:24)
9. Woodworking (3:35)
10. Neon (3:16)
11. Cicada (4:04)
12. The Distance (6:23)

Total Time 46:16

Line-up
David Barrett - 6 and 12 string electric and acoustic, classical, steel guitars, laud, mandolin

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David Barrett "The Mysticism of Sound and Music"


Country: Canada
Genre(s)Instrumental Progressive Rock
Formatdigital
Release date: January 1, 2018
Tracklist
1. Monarch (2:46)
2. Bright Night (3:11)
3. Green Light (4:24)
4. The Last Mile (3:42)
5. Fifty (3:42)
6. Seascape (4:41)
7. The Divided Line (3:08)
8. Narrow (3:24)
9. Woodworking (3:35)
10. Neon (3:16)
11. Cicada (4:04)
12. The Distance (6:23)

Total Time 46:16

Line-up
David Barrett - 6 and 12 string electric and acoustic, classical, steel guitars, laud, mandolin

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David Younger "Here & Now"


Country: UK
Genre(s): Neo-Prog
Format: CD, digital
Release date: January 1, 2018
Tracklist
1. Head In The Clouds (7:36)
2. Here & Now (9:22)
3. Hope (5:44)
4. Human (8:32)
5. InstrumentAL 143 (6:44)
6. Nowhere To Hide (9:31)
7. Already Dead (4:12)
8. Calmer, Karma (11:06)

Total Time 62:47

Line-up
David Younger - all instruments, vocals

Description/Reviews
...I ... wanted to classify his music under the neo prog label, but quickly I realised this would be reductive, since his use of instruments made popular in the 70's ... often gives his music rich ambiances reminding more of Genesis than IQ.
Still it's not just Genesis, Younger's guitar sound and style are much closer to David Gilmour than Hackett, his voice (and singing style) similar to Nick Barrett, and his song writing should also please fans of Pendragon.
Read the full review by Marc Roy at proggnosis.com

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Parafulmini "Tenere Fuori Dalla Portata Dei Bambini"


Country: Italy
Genre(s):  Jazz-Rock
LabelLizard Records (LIZARD CD 0134)
FormatCD
Release date: December 2017
Tracklist
1. Intro: Il Professor Magnifizio (1:36)
2. T'araffo e T'aruffo (2:39)
    Parafulmini Suite:
3. Allegro Un Po'troppo (1:29)
4. Andante Al Mare Con Ruspe (1:07)
5. Allegro Siberiana (1:11)
6. Finale Cacciucco (0:21)

7. Stati D'alimentazione Progressiva (3:13)
8. Dunque? (2:45)
9. Spavento (4:21)
     Idraulici in vacanza:
10. Acqua A Pedale (3:39)
11. Pedale Ad Acqua (3:22)

12. Intemezzo Con Zamperoni (0:14)
13. TFDPDB (3:59)
14. Il Clan Dei Pappianesi (3:01)
15. Miracolo A Vecchiano (2:45)
      Una settimana di bonta:
16. Dentisto (3:06)
17. Gitarella (2:14)
18. Polpetta (3:39)

19. No, Grazie (2:37)
20. Cornacchiaia (3:41)

Total Time 50:59

Line-up
Marco Bigliazzi - drums, cymbals
Stefano Masoni - electric guitar
   With
Patrizio Fariselli (Area) - keyboards (7, 11)
Luca Cantasano - bass
Fabrizio Asmagheddon Bondi - electric metal guitar (9)
Alfonso Capasso (Aliante) - electric bass (1)
Filippo Brilli  - bass saxophone (18)
Riccardo Zini - baritone saxophone (16, 20)

Description/Reviews
Parafulmini [Lightnin' Rods] is an unique Surf-Prog-Punk-Jazz Rock Band from Pisa, Italy, that plays its own music, that they define as a "Prurf Band", Prurf meaning from prog to surf rock and everything in between: punk, alternative, jazz – you name it. Tenere Fuori Dalla Portata Dei Bambini lasts 51 minutes subdivided in 20 tracks, some of wich grouped into suites, such as Parafulmini Suite in four movements, and however all linked each other by a cheap, absurd sci-fi sort of story : Parrucchieri all'Ultraspazio (Hairdressers From Outer Space).
Tenere Fuori Dalla Portata Dei Bambini is mainly an instrumental album, made of a wide variety
of meters, melodies and harmonies, with some special guests.
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Sunday, December 31, 2017

Vitral "Entre as Estrelas"


Country: Brazil
Genre(s): Instrumental Symphonic
LabelMasque Records
FormatCD
Release date: December 2017
Tracklist
1 Pétala de Sangue ( 6:49 )
2 Entre as Estrelas ( 52:22 )
3 Vitral ( 5:12 )

Total Time 64:23

Line-up
Claudio Dantas (Quaterna Réquiem): Drums, perucussion
Eduardo Aguillar: Keyboards, bass
Luiz Zamith: Guitars
Marcus Moura (Bacamarte): Flutes

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