Tag Archives: Avant-Prog

Probably one of the most organic and exciting avant-garde rock and roll groups from holland, Palinckx, the creature of brothers Jacques and Bert Palinckx, can be very frustrating to check out. The group has truly gone from a post-psychedelic Zappa-fied ensemble for an avant-punk quartet, puzzling enthusiasts on every recording …

Also for aficionados of European avant rock and roll from the ’70s and ’80s, certainly a specialized batch of listeners, the Swiss ensemble Débile Menthol could possibly be considered a cult music group. One might believe their rather user-friendly make of avant-gardism could have resulted in a fairly sizable viewers, …

Reed participant Peter A. Schmid was created in 1959 and presently makes his house in Uster, Switzerland. His desire for the bass end of deep reed devices offers led him to take part in dozen of tasks that blur the margins of jazz, free of charge improvisation, and traditional music, …

Belgian saxophonist Michel Mast can frequently be heard using tenor in avant-garde jazz and rock albums, and he continues to be featured about baritone and soprano saxophones aswell. Mast began showing up on recordings in the first ’80s, as an associate of Luc Houtkamp’s saxophone quartet Hommage within the group’s …

The annals of French TV is complex, filled up with lineup changes, skipped opportunities, delays, and disillusions. Yet, an evergrowing body of function testifies to 1 man’s sagacity and stubbornness. In the center of French TV’s chamber of 32 revolving doorways stands bassist/composer Mike Sary. Mixing components of prog, fusion, …

A French-speaking singer and storyteller of international popularity, Michel Faubert is a one-of-a-kind entertainer as well as the perfect mover with regards to the storytelling revival from the later ’90s in Quebec. An in depth relative from the folk group La Bottine Souriante nearly off their origins, he also befriended …

Hailing from Tallin, Estonia, Ne Zhdali was probably one of the most fascinating rock bands to go up from your soviet underground following a fall from the Communist regime. Mixing punk energy using the intricacy of true intensifying rock (believe Henry Cow), periodic funk rhythms and Balkanese folk melodies, the …

If we’re able to give a award towards the most effective Ambiances Magnétiques sideman (or girl), it could head to drummer Pierre Tanguay. Despite the fact that he is not just one from the nine primary members from the collective, he shows up on even more albums released by its …

Italian avant-prog ensemble Yugen came together by the end of 2004 beneath the impetus of guitarist Francesco Zago and music festival organizer and AltrOck label head Marcello Marinone. Zago envisioned an organization uniting prog rock and roll and chamber music components, and began composing compositions for Yugen, whose account by …

Chilean prog rockers Abrete Gandul received their widest worldwide attention to day using the release of 2011’s Enjambre Sismico about Fading Information, an affiliate from the Italian AltrOck imprint. However the Abrete Gandul that released Enjambre Sismico was significantly unique of the band of the same name that got its …