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Review of 2013
11^th Dec, 2013 at 7:36pm

Review of 2013

Yes Ladies and Gentlemen it’s that time again when we look back over the past year and listen to some of the fine music from the progressive genre that has surfaced over the past 12 months. We have managed to assemble a show of just over 12 hours with 71 different artists and 71 different albums. Not a show that pretends to bring you the best albums of the year, we all have our opinions on the best albums of the year, but it does showcase the range and quality of the music that we are fortunate to hear from the great bands of the genre. Some of the top names are not
here, I can hear screams and howls of derision as albums by Dream Theater, Ayreon, BJH and Fish are not featured, and on reflection of this I am leaving tomorrow for a small bothy in the Scottish Highlands to avoid the wrath of the fans of these artistes. Never mind I say, the big names are represented by Spocks Beard, Riverside, Steven Wilson, Moon Safari and Big Big Train and the veterans by Deep Purple, but there are a whole host of less well known bands that have come up with some corking music throughout 2013.

Just a word to say that there are four tracks which were released right at the end of 2012 and missed last years show but have been included now and are thus marked (

2012

), these are albums by Nine Stones Close, Lo Fi Resistance, The Minstrel’s Ghost and Shadow Circus and very fine CDs they are too. The play list is included here, but that is just in alphabetical order of artist and Mr. Progmaster (Darran) is going to play the show with SAM on random play, so you don’t know what’s coming up in what order ha ha !! And if anybody is interested, my favourite album of the year is by Comedy Of Errors, however the standard is so high and there are a host of other albums just a millimetre behind. Please post your opinions of the year in general and your favourite albums, and if they are by Dream Theater, Ayreon, BJH or Fish then I’m sorry and I’m leaving soon for Corrour Bothy in the heart of the Cairngorms !!!!

The show will be broadcast on the following days and times (British Time)

* Sunday 22nd December at 8.00 PM
* Tuesday 24th December (Xmas Eve) at 6.00 PM
* Thursday 26th December (Boxing Day) at 3.00 PM
* Saturday 28th December at 6.00 PM

Hope you can catch some of the show at some time over Christmas and may I wish you Seasons Greetings. Smiley

Playlist Part One:

01 “Redemption” -

Airbag

(7.01). From the album “The Greatest Show On Earth”
02 “A Lonely Idea” -

Also Eden

(7.18). From the album “[Redacted]”
03 “Extra Vehicular” -

Amplifier

(12.11). From the album “Echo Street”
04 “The Dream Child Behind The Mask” -

Anima Mundi

(9.05). From the album “The Lamplighter”
05 “East Coast Racer” -

Big Big Train

(15.42). From the album “English Electric Part 2”
06 “Tragic Penguin” -

Birds And Buildings

(7.08). From the album “Multipurpose Trap”
07 “A Purple Memory” -

The Black Noodle Project

(10.32). From the album “Ghosts And Memories”
08 “The Answer” -

Comedy Of Errors

(9.58). From the album “Fanfare & Fantasy”
09 “The Man Left In Space” -

Cosmograf

(9.57). From the album “The Man Left In Space”
10 “Beautiful Nightmare” -

Crystal Palace

(11.00). From the album “The System Of Events”
11 “Heading For Disaster” -

Cyril

(6.51). From the album “Gone Through Years”
12 “In Extremis” -

Days Between Stations

(21.37). From the album “In Extremis”
13 “Machine In The Garden” -

Dead Heroes Club

(10.00). From the album “Everything Is Connected”
14 “Uncommon Man” -

Deep Purple

(6.59). From the album “Now What ?”
15 “AUM” -

Disperse

(9.27). From the album “Living Mirrors”
16 “Walls I Build” -

Echoes Of Giants

(8.39). From the album “At The End Of Myself”
17 “Starboard” -

Elephants Of Scotland

(8.54). From the album “Home Away From Home”
18 “Damage Done” -

Flamborough Head

(10.56). From the album “Lost In Time”
19 “Tower ONE” -

The Flower Kings

(13.37). From the album “Desolation Rose”
20 “The Claustrophobia Of Time” -

Fright Pig

(8.28). From the album “Out Of The Barnyard”
21 “Falling Back To Earth” -

Haken

(11.51). From the album “The Mountain”
22 “I Am Lion” -

Half Past Four

(6.36). From the album “Good Things”
23 “The Red Room” -

Haze

(6.43). From the album “The Last Battle”
24 “Alice Krige, Pt. 1” -

Herd Of Instinct

(5.54). From the album “Conjure”
25 “Sometimes” -

Hoggwash

(8.24). From the album “Spellbound”
26 “Finale” -

Ingranaggi Della Valle

(9.34). From the album “In Hoc Signo”
27 “Flight Through Eternity” -

The Inner Road

(10.17). From the album “Ascension”
28 “Kubrick Moon” -

KingBathMat

(11.37). From the album “Overcoming The Monster”

Playlist part 2 on next post

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Re: Review of 2013
Reply #1 - 11^th Dec, 2013 at 7:41pm

Playlist part 2

29 “Dreamweaver” -

Knight Area

(7.22). From the EP “Between Two Steps”
30 “Poseidon‘s Wrath” -

La Tulipe Noire

(6.23). From the album “Matricide”
31 “Insects” -

Leap Day

(11.12). From the album “From The Days Of Deucalion Chapter 1”
32 “State Of Grace” -

Legend

(13.38). From the album “Spirit”
33 “Echo” -

Leprous

(9.41). From the album “Coal”
34 “Carousel” -

Lifesigns

(11.48). From the album “Lifesigns”
35 “Oort” -

Little Atlas

(8.55). From the album “Automatic Day”
36“Face Another Day” -

Lo-Fi Resistance

(14.29). From the album “Chalk Lines”

2012

37 “Welcome Change” -

Long Distance Calling

(7.06). From the album “The Flood Inside”
38 “The Devil At The Crossroads” -

Magenta

(14.46). From the album “The Twenty Seven Club”
39 “The Root, The Leaf and The Bone” -

Manning

(11.57). From the album “The Root, The Leaf and The Bone”
40 “Invincible” -

Maschine

(10.01). From the album “Rubidium”
41 “Camelot” -

The Minstrel‘s Ghost

(6.02). From the album “The Road To Avalon”

2012

42 “Sugar Band” -

Moon Safari

(9.33). From the album “Himlabacken Vol. 1”
43 “Please” -

Mr. So & So

(10.21). From the album “Truth, Lies and Half Lies”
44 “Arma Diania” -

Nemo

(17.18). From the album “Le Ver Dans Le Fruit”
45 “Sorrow By Oneself” -

Nemrud

(7.46). From the album “Ritual”
46 “One Eye On The Sunrise” -

Nine Stones Close

(12.08). From the album “One Eye On The Sunrise”

2012

47 “Holographic Rain” -

Ontofield

(7.08). From the album “Sleeping With Fractals”
48 “Children” -

Orphaned Land

(7.08). From the album “All Is One”
49 “Ithaca” -

Poor Genetic Material

(9.13). From the album “A Day In June”
50 “Pain Of A Promise” -

Projected Twin

(9.57). From the album “Earth vs. World”
51 “The Golden King” -

The Psychedelic Ensemble

(9.34). From the album “The Tale Of The Golden King”
52 “Deprived (Irretrievably Lost Imagination)” -

Riverside

(8.25). From the album “Shrine Of New Generation Slaves”
53 “A Life To Die For” -

Royal Hunt

(8.38). From the album “A Life To Die For”
54 “The Weight Of The World” -

Sanguine Hum

(14.51). From the album “The Weight Of The World”
55 “Uriel” -

Shadow Circus

(5.51). From the album “On A Dark And Stormy Night”

2012

56 “Revolutions” -

Sky Architect

(8.00). From the album “A Billion Years Of Solitude”
57 “Waiting For Me” -

Spock‘s Beard

(12.36). From the album “Brief Nocturnes And Dreamless Sleep”
58 “The Watchmaker” -

Steven Wilson

(11.42). From the album “The Raven That Refused To Sing”
59 “Swimming Home” -

Subsignal

(7.58). From the album “Paraiso”
60 “The Aftermath Of Silence” -

T

(18.07). From the album “Psychoanorexia”
61 “Third Movement - Afternoon Malaise” -

The Tangent

(19.20). From the album “Le Sacre Du Travail”
62 “Of Sparks And Spires” -

Thieve‘s Kitchen

(12.49). From the album “One For Sorrow Two For Joy”
63 “Transcend” -

Thought Chamber

(9.38). From the album “Psykerion”
64 “Barefooted Man” -

Toxic Smile

(8.28). From the album “7”
65 “Das Geheimnis II” -

Traumhaus

(13.25). From the album “Das Geheimnis”
66 “Lost In A Green And Blue Sky” -

25 Yard Screamer

(9.00). From the album “Something That Serves To Warn Or Remind”
67 “Aeons (Part 1 & 2)” -

Verbal Delirium

(12.44). From the album “From The Small Hours Of Weakness”
68 “Dreams Presage” -

Vienna Circle

(13.20). From the album “Silhouette Moon”
69 “A House Of Cards Pt. 2” -

Willowglass

(9.06). From the album “The Dream Harbour”
70 “The Masque” -

The Windmill

(12.50). From the album “The Continuation”
71 “Awaken” -

Zenit

(12.05). From the album “The Chandrasekar Limit”

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Re: Review of 2013
Reply #2 - 11^th Dec, 2013 at 10:31pm

Please let me be the first to say "thanks !" in advance for putting this show together, Mick. Excellent stuff indeed ! As I'm sure that all of the listeners will already agree, your broadcasts are extremely popular and a welcome "injection" of fresh, new music. This round-up of the year looks like it's going to be a real treat.

Thanks again !

Darran

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Yes Phreak Squonk Offline Posts: 694 Manchester, England Gender:	Re: Review of 2013 Reply #3 - 12^th Dec, 2013 at 1:12am Good stuff cheers Mick.
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Macros the Black Life Seeker Offline You shouldn't do that ! Posts: 210 Uden / N-br / The Netherlands Gender:	Re: Review of 2013 Reply #4 - 13^th Dec, 2013 at 8:55am Intresting stuff try to be there
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pno74 Stellar Patriot Offline Posts: 460 Valjouze (France) Gender:	Re: Review of 2013 Reply #5 - 13^th Dec, 2013 at 9:22am Thanks Mick
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fish_head Sound Chaser Offline Posts: 303	Re: Review of 2013 Reply #6 - 18^th Dec, 2013 at 11:04am No "Feast of consequences" ?!?!?! I will track you down in Scotland!!! Thanks Mick.Your sessions are great.
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Re: Review of 2013
Reply #7 - 18^th Dec, 2013 at 5:50pm

fish_head wrote on 18^th Dec, 2013 at 11:04am:

No "Feast of consequences" ?!?!?! I will track you down in Scotland!!!

Ha Ha thats fine just bring a bottle of Glenfiddich and some spring water. Actually I'm nice and warm in our dining room in Sheffield listening to Echoes of Giants.

Here's one persons view of the Prog year 2013 at Progarchy

And talking about Corrour bothy. Read this article at BBC News

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Macros the Black Life Seeker Offline You shouldn't do that ! Posts: 210 Uden / N-br / The Netherlands Gender:	Re: Review of 2013 Reply #8 - 20^th Dec, 2013 at 10:12am Not sure I am going to make it
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Janey Starship Trooper Offline Posts: 175 Gender:	Re: Review of 2013 Reply #9 - 22^nd Dec, 2013 at 8:37pm Great session mick!!!
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Janey Starship Trooper Offline Posts: 175 Gender:	Re: Review of 2013 Reply #10 - 23^rd Dec, 2013 at 12:40am Thx for playing Lo-Fi Resistance Mick.
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alan sharkey Stellar DJ Offline What 70's hackers become when they grow up Posts: 323 Rochdale, UK Gender:	Re: Review of 2013 Reply #11 - 24^th Dec, 2013 at 5:03pm I am really looking forward to this assuming my wife doesn't storm in and turn it off:-)
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ProgMaster Stellar Owner Offline Stellar Attraction Posts: 3,777 British Isles Gender:	Re: Review of 2013 Reply #12 - 24^th Dec, 2013 at 6:33pm Good to see you online again, Alan. I hope that you enjoy the session.
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ProgMaster Stellar Owner Offline Stellar Attraction Posts: 3,777 British Isles Gender:	Re: Review of 2013 Reply #13 - 24^th Dec, 2013 at 6:33pm ... which is running again right now !
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alan sharkey Stellar DJ Offline What 70's hackers become when they grow up Posts: 323 Rochdale, UK Gender:	Re: Review of 2013 Reply #14 - 24^th Dec, 2013 at 7:12pm Hoggwash is good. Steve Wilson also.
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