Checking For Echo Project "Life & Other Short Stories: Vol II"

Country: UK
Genre(s): Progressive Rock
Format: digital
Release date: April 7, 2022
Tracklist

1. Where Are Your Gods? (7:14) 

2. Black Mist (7:25) 

3. Laid Low/Breathtaker (7:32) 

4. The Second Fall (6:18) 

5. Finally Free (5:26) 

6. Forty Summers (Out Of Range) (3:06) 

7. In The End (6:06) 

8. Time (22:39) 

9. Enigma (7:21) 

10. The Cliff's Edge (6:45) 

11. The Distant Sunrise (10:52) 

Total Time 90:44

Line-up

Jon Farley

    With:

Andy Nixon (Freedom To Glide): vocals (1, 7, 8 parts III, IV, V, VI), guitar (7, 8, 10)

Mikey Brown: vocals (2)

Yael Shotts (Fearful Symmetry): vocals (3, 9)

Elaine Samuels:  vocals (6)

Martin Haggarty (Long Earth): Spoken voice (5)

Chris Martini:  vocals (10)

Paul Dews (How Far To Hitchin):  vocals (11)

Lisa Farley:  vocals (8 parts I & VII)

Pat Sanders (Drifting Sun): keyboards (10)

Trev Turley (Random Earth Project): additional bass (7)

Media/Samples
Bandcamp

Links:
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Poll version 2

Yesterday I described my situation with newprogreleases and started a poll not knowing that the script allows only 25 people to vote. Below is another version of poll. Those, who have already voted in the previous version, please don't vote in this. Your votes are already taken into account.

I ask all of you (who didn't vote yesterday) to take the poll below in this post to help me decide if the idea is realistic. Please answer honestly: if you don't want or are able to pay for visiting this blog, don't vote as if you will. The script for voting may be slow a bit, please wait a little for it to load.

Upd. Thank you. The poll has ended.

James Norbert Ivanyi "Sigil"

Country: Australia
Genre(s): Instrumental Progressive Rock
Format: digital, vinyl
Release date: April 5, 2022
Tracklist

1. A Spectre Departed (10:48) 

2. The Clairvoyant Coil (10:02) 

3. Our Revenant Sigil (11:04) 

Total Time 31:54

Line-up

James Norbert Ivanyi - guitar, synthesizer & keyboards

David Horgan - drums

Liam Horgan -  bass

Media/Samples
Bandcamp

Links:
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Il sogno di Rubik "Stati equivoci dell'essere"

Country: Italy

Genre(s): Progressive Rock

Label: M.P. & Records - MPRCD101
Format: CD
Release date: April 4, 2022
Tracklist

1  Stati Equivoci dell'Essere (9:25)

2  Animali Sintropici (5:30)

3  Frattali e Santi (4:02)

4  Chanson Balladée (L'Almanacco di Rubik) (2:53)

5  Con le Mani Legate (3:31)

6  Jerofante (10:24)

Line-up

Cosimo D'Elia: voice

Francesco Festinante: guitars, bass, mellotron, synth, drum machine, programming

    With

Richard Sinclair (Caravan, Camel, Hatfield & the North): bass solo (2)

Vito Rizzi: synth, hammond, mellotron (2)

Carmine Fanigliulo: violin (1, 5), viola (4)

Vincenzo Vitti: cello (1,4)

Mino English: trombone (6)

Roberto Sacco: synth (4)

Media/Samples
Teaser

Links:
Facebook
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The Poll

Hello, 

First of all, I'm very grateful to everybody who wrote to me with words of support or tried to help me with the blog.

I'm ok. I'm relatively safe (unless some ballistic missile or its shot parts fall from above). 

However the war continues, the damage already done to my country is huge and will only increase. The problem that I as well as most Ukrainians may face in the nearest future is loss of job. Something like 70-80% of businesses have stopped and most of these will hardly survive even if the war stops right now. The salaries dropped sugnifically. I will have to work much more and will have little to no time to spend on the blog. I almost surely will have to leave it.

The alternative is to make newprogreleases paid. It was never the idea. I never even tried to place ads here. It is a hobby, which however takes time - at average at least several hours per day not counting the time of listening to everything I publish and also to albums that I refuse to publish. If my efforts spent on this blog are paid, I can go on. Otherwise I almost surely won't be able. Sorry.

I ask all of you to take the poll below in this post to help me decide if such idea is realistic. Please answer honestly: if you will not want or be able to pay for visiting this blog, don't vote as if you will. The script for voting may be slow a bit, please wait a minute for it to load.

For my part, I can say that if this blog becomes my job, I will be able to develop it.

Unfortunately I found out that the poll script I used, allows only 25 people to vote. Below is another version of poll. Those, who have already voted in previous version, please don't vote in this. Your votes are already taken into account.

Upd. Thank you. The poll has ended.

Cratophane "Cratophane"

Country: France
Genre(s): Instrumental Avant Prog
Label: Baboon Fish Label
Format: CD, digital
Release date: April 1, 2022
Tracklist

1. Intro (1:39) 

2. Amer Béton (9:16) 

3. Arzach (6:57) 

4. Negalyod (7:11) 

5. Omega Baron (5:20) 

6. Psychopompes (7:48) 

7. Vuzz (4:31) 

Total Time 42:42

Line-up
Ronan, Aymeric, Simon

Media/Samples
Bandcamp

Links:
Facebook

La Société des Timides à la Parade des Oiseaux "Romanciel"

Country: France
Genre(s): Avant Prog
Label: ADN Records
Format: CD, digital
Release date: April 1, 2022
Tracklist: 

1. Roman (19:45) 

2. Dictionnaire (1:48) 

3. La Diminuée (6:58) 

4. Rien Qu'un Ciel (23:43) 

Total Time 52:14

Line-up: 

JimB : guitar, voice, tubaga

Patrice Babin : drums, percussions, voice

Sébastien Desloges : bass, violin, voice, cymbal

Christophe Gautheur : synth, e.piano, sax, clarinet, voice, tubaga

Pascal Godjikian : lead vocals, lyrics

   With

Iomai : oriental flute, bugle (pocket trumpet)

Media/Samples 
Bandcamp

Links:
Web page
Facebook
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Country: Poland
Genre(s): Instrumental Jazz-Rock, Fusion
Format: CD, digital, vinyl
Release date: April 1, 2022 (CD, digital)
Tracklist

1. Argot (3:37) 

2. Praga (6:46) 

3. Przeniesienie (5:00) 

4. Puste Łąki (5:35) 

5. Chmury (8:29) 

6. Ciała (6:47) 

7. Niechęć (10:00) 

8. Epilog (4:14) 

Total Time 50:28

Credits

Michał Kaczorek - drums

Maciej Szczepański - bass

Rafał Błaszczak - guitar

Michał Załęski - piano

Maciej Zwierzchowski - saxophone

Composition by: Maciej Zwierzchowski, arranged by: Niechęć

Music production: Sebastian Witkowski, Rafał Błaszczak

Recorded live at Monochrom Studio (Gniewoszów) on 16-20 June 2020, by Sebastian Witkowski

Mix, mastering: Sebastian Witkowski // Soundmaking

Media/Samples
Bandcamp

Links:
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Bryan McAllister "I'll Meet You There"

Country: USA
Genre(s): Jazz-Rock, Fusion
Label: Redhill Records
Format: CD, digital, cassette
Release date: April 1, 2022
Tracklist

1. Mr. Henderson Saves The World (5:32) 

2. Bullseye (5:58) 

3. The First Arrow (1:12) 

4. The Path (5:43) 

5. Rain On The Mountain (6:48) 

6. The Second Arrow (1:29) 

7. Broken Window (6:41) 

8. Redhill (105) (6:33) 

Total Time 39:56

Credits

Casey Lipka - voice

Levi Saelua - alto saxophone

Brandon Sherman - trumpet

Gregory Uhlmann - guitar

Bryan McAllister - keyboard

Zack Teran - bass

Greg Lewis - drums

Horns recorded by Tristan Dolce at BIG EGO in Long Beach, CA

Mixed by Colin Christian

Mastered by Will Borza

Produced by Bryan McAllister and Chris Luard

Album art by Shweta Mahajan

All music and lyrics by Bryan McAllister (ASCAP)

Media/Samples
Bandcamp

Links:
Facebook

Andromida "Wrath of the Vanguard"

Country: USA
Genre(s): Instrumental Progressive Metal
Format: digital
Release date: April 1, 2022
Tracklist

1. Digital World Order (3:45) 

2. Artificial Life (5:12) 

3. The Serum (3:35) 

4. Vanguard Transpires (3:31) 

5. Salvation (3:14) 

6. Extirpate (3:00) 

7. Terrene Hunter (3:52) 

8. Veracity Found (3:09) 

9. Wrath Of The Vanguard (3:47) 

Total Time 33:05 

Line-up
Ramon Gutierrez

Media/Samples
Bandcamp

Links:
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