prog

Strong contender for the best album of the year In the Country’s “Whiteout” is transcendal music at its best. Norwegian trios third album on Rune Grammofon is a one-of-a-kind mixture of contemporary jazz (or post-jazz) progressive music and classical composition.

Alamaailman Vasarat is known for their own breed of progressive folk music with accordeons, violins and a healthy dose of distorted guitars and macabre humour, and they’ve just released their 4th album Huuro Kolkko.

Just a quick reminder that our favourite Canadian / French turbo folk prog punk husband & wife duo Vialka will be playing live today in Peyote, Istanbul.

Here we are with #74 and the first thing you’ll notice is that the mix is uploaded to soundcloud. It looks better, plays better and you can leave comments on the timeline! So much gem unearthed by Can mostly this time, Nico Fidenco & Food of the Gods unbelievable stuff. Enjoy and leave feedback if you like it!

From Jimi Tenor to Alamaailman Vasarat, the Fins have a monopoly on bizarre music. I’ve always wondered the reason to their connection with Sun-Ra’s cosmic vibes resulting in the maddest alchemy of orchestral jazz, noise and progressive rock.

Remember the time when you were a kid and your attention span was 4 seconds. You’d chase one stimulus after the other with utter amazement. Now, you can go back to that instance and remember what kind of music was accompanying your adventures! The lovable Ben Jacobs aka Max Tundra has got his third one six years after his amazing sophomore “Mastered By Guy At The Exchange“.

And then, the Earth being small, mankind will migrate into space, and will cross the airless Saharas which separate planet from planet and sun from sun. The Earth will become a Holy Land which will be visited by pilgrims from all the quarters of the Universe. Finally, men will master the forces of Nature; they will become themselves architects of systems, manufacturers of worlds.

Chicago’s Them, Roaring Twenties take this year’s “wacky math/prog rock band who amazed us with their debut” award. Perhaps, silly lyrics, 90’s mathrock and 8bit electronics don’t get on your nerves like the average guy, which is a prerequisite for enjoying Future Sandwich.