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Mark’s Quick Review: Roz Vitalis’s – The Hidden Man of the Heart0 (0)
ROZ VITALIS was created by composer and keyboardist Ivan Rozmainsky in 2001 and I am just now hearing about them. Thanks to Ivan sending me the latest album. Now I don't deny that there is quality work done here but it just not my cup of tea. If you check out my last.fm link below and determine that we have don't have similar taste then maybe you should give this album a try. We also have a link to a song below you can click on and try it out right here. The good news is this instrumental album is very diverse. The bad news is I couldn't find...
Mark’s Quick Review: Magenta’s – We Are Seven.0 (0)
The year was 2005 and I was just getting into progressive rock where my wife and I made a road trip down to Phoenixville for our first Prog Festival. We went to see Kino and Arena of all things and left there being a huge fan of Magenta who were touring seven. The album, Seven is featured in its entirety for disc one. Disk two is a dream set list including two epic tracks from We Are Legend. Christina's voice is in perfect form and sound of the recording is superb as well. If you have heard Magenta and didn't like them I am not particularly...
Mark’s Quick Review: Karfargen’s – Messages from Afar: First Contact0 (0)
Karfargen does not list Pink Floyd as an influence but the vocal tracks are straight out of Pink Floyd's Momentary Lapse of Reason. This atmospheric mostly instrumental album check all the boxes for me. Nice melodies, nice changes, some drama in places and an epic track. For fans of neo/crossover prog. ALBUM HIGHLIGHTS: Request Curious Talk Here Click above to purchase at Amazon US or Amazon UK and we'll get a little referral bonus on your whole order. Even if you don't order this album If you have never read the key for my ratings below...
Mark’s Quick Review: Audio70’s – ElectRockProg(con)Fusion0 (0)
This debut instrumental album from Vento region of Italy is a one man show with Luigi on the keyboards has above average song writing and the each song I like. There is some drama too with the 10 minute track Hypersequence. This is about as good as a one man band can do. This might be for fans of Brian Eno and people looking for very mellow sound and nice melodies. The only problem is with so much great music out there it might be tough to make time for this smart but less polyphonic than I would like album. Give it a shot I have a link to...
Mark’s Quick Review: Riverside’s – Wasteland0 (0)
One of the stand out performers of any genre, Riverside has released a new album this year and although I think that the hard core fans of the band are not very excited by it, I think it is another great album by this Polish prog band. Granted the loss of Piotr is certainly a loss for the band but they have persevered. We did see them live at Night of the Prog which they chose not to play any songs from this album so I was wondering if maybe they were not too excited about the album either. Mariusz Duda's voice and the arrangements from this...
Mark’s Quick Review: El tubo Elástico’s – Impala0 (0)
There isn't an abundance of prog coming from Spain, but when it does come its usually pretty good. This album is no exception. This instrumental album is multi layered thanks to two guitars and keyboards. The song writing is top notch and songs are unique. And if you have read my other reviews you know I am not that keen on instrumentals but this album avoids the tropes of some instrumental bands that rely on shredding guitars and tons of notes. This album is full of groves and atmosphere and is a welcome edition to your library. ALBUM...