Just bought the new Mars Volta album 'Frances The Mute' today. Absolutely stunning. If this isn't progessive rock then I don't know what is. This is the second album from them following up 2003's 'De-loused in the Comatorium'. Anything by this band must be included in the session.

I am looking forward to this session because I've never heard of half the newer bands mentioned on the site! I've heard bits of Radiohead, Dream Theater and Ozric Tentacles but would like to hear lots more, the rest I must leave to your excellent taste.

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Excellent recommendations Silver. Some I already have and some I have heard but don't (yet !) have.

I'm curious to hear some post-2000 'IQ' and 'Neal Morse' ...

Just thought of 'The Beta Band' as well.

IQ's last album 'Dark Matter' from last year has had some very favourable reviews, although I haven't heard all of it myself, only one track.

Nice find!

Just had a listen to a couple of the clips and they sound very good.

More of a traditional sounding prog band without being progressive themselves if you know what I mean. Still good though.

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Definitely !!

IQ-from Dark matter cd

anything porcupine tree(Recordings)-or ozric tentacles(become the other!!)

the Mars Volta

Mostly Autumn

RPWL-world through my eyes cd

Tangent -Music that Died alone cd

Glasshammer-shadowlands cd

pain of salvation -12:5 cd

Magnification

new Ian anderson?

Agent 22

Ambient Temple of Imagination

Anubis Spire

Atomic Opera

Elders of Zion

Karda Estra

John Fiore

Mike Keneally

David Odegaard

Solaris

Sonus Umbra

Space Junk

Zoltabrane

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A lot of new names to me on that list that will hopefully be included. That was the whole point of the session in the first place.

Are bands like Tool and Opeth too metal to be included?

Excellent!

Which albums did you get.

My favourite Tool albums are Lateralus and Aenima and Opeth albums are Damnation and Blackwater Park.  8)

So come on, spill the beans. What things have you got in store for us on this session?

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Was supposed to be 9pm GMT...

DC, where are you? 

The ProgMaster he speak!

Apologies for the late kick-off people ...

However, we now have lift off !! 

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The bar at the hotel at the end of the road will be open...

the session sounds great 

Aphrodites' Child
Steel Eye Span
Captain Beyond

Deadwing isn't released untill the 28th March, but i have got the single Lazarus which is excellent.

is that it ? what happenned?

People,

I hit the sack in the small hours of this morning and the session was still running.

I had my eye on both servers and unfortunately not a huge amount of people were tuning-in. Before I turned-in, I had set 'regular programming' to kick-in automatically if the bandwidth usage fell below 40 %.

Unfortunately, this happened at around 5:00am (ish) (GMT).

Personally, I was pretty excited about this session. I plan to 'give it another go' soon. The next time, with some more pro-active advertising on some of the discussion boards out there ...

In the meantime, I'm going to be adding some of the newly acquired music to the regular playlists.

Cheers for now.

Dee

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Thanks Silver - I couldn't agree more  

Whilst groups such as 'Radiohead' have always distanced themselves from being placed under the 'Prog Banner' it is still undeniable that a lot of their material appeals to fans of other more 'established' acts. The same can also be said of a great deal of other 'newer' acts. 'Arena' being another excellent example.

Again, a lot of the more recent acts do have a 'heavier' edge in their music which can (I suppose) 'scare-off' some regular listeners. The notable acceptance of 'Dream Theatre' to the Prog fold - whose main 'Prog credentials' seem to be their support slot for 'Yes' on tour in the States a couple of years ago.

A large number of listeners find 'Stellar Attraction' by simply browsing through the 'Internet Radio Yellow Pages' where it is advertised as a 'Progressive Rock Radio Station'. These (first time) listeners having tuned-in last night were probably expecting the usual fodder of ELP, Yes, Pink Floyd et al, may well have tuned-out when confronted by the likes of 'Tool' and 'Pallas'.

Like I have said, this 'session' will have a re-run soon and in the meantime, future playlists will include more recent releases and contemporary 'Prog' groups.

Cheers.

Dee

My apologies that I did not listen to this 24 hour block.  While I'm open to new possibilities (and have found that Marillion is now regularly on my playlist), I still am a bit reserved about new tunes versus older ones.  I have heard some played during normal programming in the past, and found that they were mostly not matching my taste.

Baby steps though!  I'll accumulate more new bands as I listen to them on a normal basis (a 24 hour block may a bit too much for me!)

Just thought I'd give my feedback on that.  I don't know if it represents more than myself.

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On the basis of what you have said I would say you are more of a traditional prog rock fan. In which case, newer bands for you check out (and it's good to see Marillion on your own playlist) that may appeal to you would include: IQ, Spocks Beard, Arena & The Flower Kings. If you like Pink Floyd then try the Porcupine Tree album 'The Sky Moves Sideways'.

Having said all that I think we have all suffered from the "If you like this band then you'll love this band" syndrome (and often unsuccessfully) at some point, but the main thing is to keep an open mind and give things a try. We can't like everything, but there is good new music being made.

One of my all time favourite bands is Yes. If you take their first 5 albums you can see a band developing and experimenting and yes, progressing. But after Close to the Edge have they progressed? Answer this honestly. They continued to produce, and still do, quality music (Relayer, Going for the One, Magnification), but they don't push the boundries like they did in the early seventies. But I don't love them any less for it!

A band I can't seem to get into are Gentle Giant no matter how much of their music I hear. For some reason it just doesn't click with me. So for all of us there is good and bad music, whether it's old or new.

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I would say honestly that Yes progressed continually until about the time of Abwh-Talk 
but still made great music up til now
There are pieces like That That Is  or mind drive
that still were Progressive , in the prescense of
and several cuts from the ladder
I certinly take issue with the statement
especially where Relayer- Tales From Topographic oceans - and Tormato are concerned
Yes progressed to more of a Rock Sound
but still employed alot of prog features during the time Trevor Rabin was playing with them .

true enough on keys -ladder -and Mag
there are some weak songs

but the first two Yes Albums were only about Half good each
I certinly prefer Mag-the ladder-Tales- Relayer-and keys
over YES and Time and A word

I deleted the rest of your Quote because I agree totally with your opinions of the other bands

on a similar note
I never thought of Dream Theater as being a Prog Band -in fact I hate them with a passion
but I do like gentle Giant and Marrilion -Ptree and IQ

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well again I love tool alot but what they have in common with Prog bands escapes me
I cant stand Radiohead or Brian Eno or most of wakemans solo stuff -for that matter a good bit of Mike oldfield sounds the same to me .I think that others certinly disagree and so I dont mind if they are indulged as well
I can allways tune out
and come back later
I will be Glad to see this session return as I have found many new Bands/artists that I like as much as the old Porcupine Tree being my Favorite

I think a good mix of the old and new is the way to go
and your doing it well -and allways fine tuning what you do for your audience as much as your "Prog format"