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Oblivion Sun is the new prog band featuring Frank Wyatt and Stan Whitaker, founding members of Happy The Man. Their self-titled debut shows a band that can prog-n-roll and throw down the funk! Fanfare & Noodlepoint have all the bombast and majesty one expects from proggers, while No Surprises & re:Bootsy show a band which could just as easily share a bill with Kings X as they could Mahavishnu. For fans of Spock's Beard, Battles, King Crimson, Gentle Giant, etc.
Oblivion Sun: Stan Whitaker (vocals, guitars); Frank Wyatt (saxophone, keyboards); Bill Plummer (keyboards, Moog synthesizer); Dave DeMarco (bass guitar); Chris Mack (drums, percussion).
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Purchase Oblivion Sun CD To buy, Click on price to add to cart | Hatfield & The North Rotters' Club CD (1975)
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$8.75 Hatfield and the North's second LP stands as a high watermark for the prog rock associated with England's Canterbury scene and, while filled with stunning musicianship, demonstrates both the strengths and some of the weaknesses of the Hatfield style. Dave Stewart on keyboards, Phil Miller on guitar, Richard Sinclair on bass and vocals, and Pip Pyle on drums (supplemented by a few guest instrumentalists and the ever-ethereal Northettes with their "la la" backing vocals) generally show an admirable sense of restraint and, like their Canterbury peers, are careful to avoid the pomposity and bombast of better-known prog rockers of the era, such as Emerson, Lake & Palmer and Yes. But the Hatfields might actually have been light to a fault, particularly whenever a segue from one of their convoluted instrumental passages into a Richard Sinclair vocal vehicle occurred. Sinclair shares a bit of Robert Wyatt's singing approach, or at least Wyatt's more whimsical side, but his polite and mellow croon, while pleasant, is less idiosyncratic and ultimately rather bland. And, don' t look for much importance from the songs' nearly empty lyrical content; perhaps this was another conscious attempt to steer clear of the pretentiousness of the typically overbearing prog rock song style, but the words leave precious little to sink the listener's teeth into. Things actually get off to a relatively strong start with "Share It," a catchy little number with Sinclair expressing some idealistic and hard-to-criticize ...
| | Porcupine Tree In Absentia CD (2002)
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$9.89 There's a breed of (post-1980s) bands with the same degree of grand rock experimentalism as Pink Floyd and Yes, who simultaneously adhere to the concept of concise songwriting. Porcupine Tree is one such band--their sound is a balance of lush ambient textures, charming vocal harmonies, rock & roll directness, and acoustically- and electronically-generated sounds. Their debut IN ABSENTIA shows all these elements in place, rich with the likely possibility of them becoming a contemporary counterpart to Pink Floyd.
Hailed by Billboard as 'cinematic...simple gorgeous', Porcupine Tree are unquestionably one of the UK's most inspired and inventive rock groups. In Absentia is their eagerly anticipated Lava Records debut. Digipak. 2002.
Recorded at Avatar Studio, New York, New York between March & April 2002.
Porcupine Tree: Richard Barbieri, Colin Edwin, Gavin Harrison, Steven Wilson.
Personnel: John Wesley (guitar, background vocals); Julian Leaper, Perry Mason, Warren Zielinski, Mark Berrow, Katherine Shave, Dave Woodcock, Rebecca Hirsch, Paul Willey, Ben Cruft, Boguslaw Kostecki, Rita Manning, Everton Nelson, Johnathan Rees, Gavyn Wright, Jackie Shave (violin); Gustav Clarkson, Peter Lale, Kate Musker, Bruce White (viola); ...
| | Flower Kings Adam & Eve CD (2004)
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$11.69 If there was a prize for most ambitious and, at the same time, the most versatile band on the prog rock scene, then The Flower Kings would surely be the front runner for it. Since their 1994 debut, Roine Stolt "The Flower King" the Swedish progressive rockers have released a new album almost every year, often even in the form of a double CD with extended playing times and different styles. With "Adam & Eve", the band present their latest work, which more than ever represents an overflowing interface of progressive rock, melodic rock, blues, ...
| | Porcupine Tree Deadwing CD (2005)
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$10.99 Considering their cinematic scope, it's fitting that the songs on DEADWING were actually inspired by a film script written by Porcupine Tree mastermind Steven Wilson. Not that this should come as any surprise to longtime fans who know the UK act's reputation for churning out epic progressive rock so sonically descriptive that it's practically visual.
Porcupine Tree creates works with complex structures that do not alienate or obscure the songs themselves, pieces that are dark and psychedelic without being sinister. On the 12-minute opening title track, weighty guitar riffs and spacious synths immediately recall Nine Inch Nails, but swooping melodic changes give way to ambient passages, making it plain that this is no industrial-rock rip-off. "Arriving Somewhere But Not Here" begins with processed backwards guitar, building into a harmony-fueled crescendo before dropping off completely to reveal sparse picking over loops and ...
| | Marillion Somewhere Else CD (2007)
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$10.05 With 'Somewhere Else' Marillion have played to their strengths and cut one of their very best records. With their innate sense of drama and pomp tempered by a winning melancholy, Marillion have produced a set of rich and vivid soundscapes. 'Somewhere Else' is a genuinely ...
| | Genesis 1970-1975 CDs (2008) With DVD; Box Set
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$107.99 Produced by founding members Tony Banks and Mike Rutherford along with Phil Collins, this set collects 5 of the group's studio albums from their seminal Gabriel-fronted era, presenting them as expanded DVD/CD editions in 5.1 Surround Sound mixes, rare and previously unissued bonus audio and video, new interviews, and more. The 7-CD, 6-DVD box also includes extras: 1970-75 spotlights: Trespass, Nursery Cryme, Foxtrot, Selling England By the Pound, and the double ...
| | Nusound Erotic Moods, Vol. 2 CD (1999)
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| | Condemned 84 Face The Aggression CD (2001) Import
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| | Chicos Quieren Rock CD (2008) (Import)
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| | Cole NeSmith Band Letting Go CD (2003)
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| | Daz Dillinger Gangsta Party CD (2007)
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$12.99 After a smoothed-out, R&B-influenced excursion on Jermaine Dupri's So So Def label, ...
| | Cornell Hurd Beyond The Purple Hills CD (2007)
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$12.95 "The Pride of South Austin, Texas" has done it again. Beyond The ...
| | BETCHADUPA Aiming For Your Head CD (2004)
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| | Cyclone Brutal Destruction CD (2007) (Import) Digipak
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