RIO/Avant-Prog
BelgiumOfficial WebsiteEn 1970 Daniel Denis (batería) tenía 17 años y junto a su amigo Jean-Luc Manderlier y otro músico, formaba el trío Arkham, una agrupación de rock vanguardista. Buena técnica habrán visto en Daniel y Jean-Luc, que tras abrir telón a Magma, fueron invitados a ser parte de ese monstruo conceptual con quienes interpretaron en conciertos en 1972. Después de eso Denis se unió a Supersister para un único concierto en 1973 y fundó una nueva banda con Claude Deron (trompeta): Necronomicon (nada que ver con las bandas alemanas del mismo nombre ni con la canadiense ni con la japonesa ni con quién sabe cuántas más con este nombre…), grupo que evolucionaría en Univers Zero (UZ) en 1974, como un esfuerzo colectivo cuyas influencias musicales estaban definidas por el jazz eléctrico, pero cuando los metales fueron remplazados por instrumentos como el oboe y el fagot interpretados por Michel Berckmans, una diferente orientación musical fue definida, en pro y característica distintiva para UZ, un grupo cuya música, cargada en su principio de expresiones personales sobretodo de Daniel Denis y Roger Trigaux (guitarra, posterior fundador de Pesent), sería digna representante de un rock contemporáneo culto y único, terminando de alinearse para la grabación de su primer álbum (iba a ser epónimo pero acabó llamándose "1313") en 1977 con Marcel Dufrane (violín), Christian Genet (bajo), Patrick Hanappier (violín, viola, chelo) y Emmanuel Nicaise (teclados). Pocos grupos han logrado ser originales y UZ pertenece a una reducida lista donde bandas que sí lo han hecho están escritas. Con su entrada a un círculo que se conoce como Rio, compartiendo consideraciones con grupos como Henry Cow y Art Zoyd, Univers Zero se levanta y yergue un estandarte de conceptos hechos música que piensa y no se prostituye.Univers Zero / 1313 (1977) 
Heresie (1979) 
Ceux Du Dehors (1981) 
Triomphe Des Mouches (1981)
Uzed (1984) 
Heatwave (1986) 
The Hard Quest (1999)
Crawling Wind (2001)
Rhythmix (2002) 
Implosion (2004) 
Live (2006)
Relaps (2009)
Clivages (2010) 
Psychedelic/Space RockSwedenOfficial WebsiteBaby Grandmothers fue uno de los grupos de rock-psicodélico de más corta existencia de su época, en Suecia.Nacieron en 1967 y aunque procedían de Estocolmo, publicaron un único sencillo en Finlandia.Provenían del grupo de beat- psicodelia- garaje T-Boones, grupo al que se había unido en 1965 Kenny Håkansson, uno de los guitarristas más prestigiosos de la escena musical sueca.En 1967, el co-fundador del club Filips de Estocolmo, rebautizó al grupo como Baby Grandmothers.En este club, de corta vida también, actuaron grupos míticos como Hansson och Karlsson, Pärson Sound, Jimi Hendrix, The Mothers of Invention, ... Baby Grandmothers fueron de los asiduos a este club aunque la carrera de Kenny Håkansson con el bajista Bengt “Bella” Linnarsson y el batería Pelle Ekman duraría poco porque el primero se iría para formar Kebnekajse y los otros pasarían a formar parte de Mecki Mark Men.Guitarras ácidas y distorsionadas, jams interminables, experimentación y psicodelia.Turn On, Tune In, Drop Out (1967)
Baby Grandmothers (1969)
Heavy Prog / 70sSwedenOfficial WebsiteAbramis Brama (Latin for carp bream) formed in 1997 when Dennis Berg and Fredrik Jansson got together to start a band. Jansson was originally slated to play bass in the new band but shifted to drums when a drummer could not be found. The band solidified by 1998 when they recorded their first demo. The band recorded their first album later that year. Dansa Tokjävelns Vals (Dance the Mad Devil's Waltz) was released the following year. All the lyrics for this album are written in Swedish. Following the release of this album original vocalist Christian Anderson left the band and was replaced by Ulf Torkelsson. A second demo, Mamma Talar, was recorded in late 1999 and was not widely distributed. The band's second album, När Tystnaden Lagt Sig... (When Silence Is Here...), was released in early 2001. During the recording of this album the band recorded three covers, all in their native language. The Pretty Things "Cold Stone" ("Kall Som Sten") made it onto the album while November's "Men Mitt Hjärta Ska Vara Gjort Av Sten" and Captain Beyond's "Mezmerasation Eclipse" ("Förtrollande Förmörkelse") were saved for a split single and a tribute compilation respectively. Later that same year the band recorded their third album, Nothing Changes. They reused music from previously released songs but added completely new lyrics, this time in English. All the songs on this album except "All Is Black" have entirely new lyrics. The lyrics to "All Is Black" are a straight translation from the song "Svart". In early 2005 the band released their fourth album, Rubicon. The release party performance saw the first appearance of live guitarist Robert "Rabbi Rob" Johansson. Shortly afterwards Jansson left the band and was replaced by former Grand Magus drummer Trisse. In 2007 the band released a live album simply entitled Live! on Transubstans Records.(Fuente - Wikipedia)-Line up:Peo Andersson / guitarDennis Berg / bass & vocalsUlf Torkelsson / vocalsTrisse / drumsRobert Johansson / guitarSmakar Söndag(2009)
-TrackList:1. Kylan kommer inifrån2. Sista morgonljuset3. Smakar söndag4. N.E.J.5. Långsamt6. Vägskäl7. Enkel resa8. Med ont försåt9. Öga för öga10. Förbjuden frukt11. Kommer hem
Neo ProgressiveSpainExcellent neo progressive band from San Sebastian, joined in the middle 80's with a basis in the days of glory of Van Der Graaf Generator, King Crimson or Genesis. The music is symphonic with full keyboard arrangements. "The Meaning" is made of three long suites: a very composed Progressive music, with complex constructions alterning sung sequences and instrumental ones. The vocals are in English, Spanish and French.(Fuente - Progarchives)-Line up:Tono Cruz / guitarsJuantar Perez / drumsOscar Bello / keyboardsJosemari Aguirrezabala / bass, wind instruments-Tracklist:1. – 06. La Telarana [6 Parts]7. – 18. The Meaning [12 Parts]19. – 21. L'art Brut [3 Parts]
Symphonic ProgFranceOfficial WebsiteLa historia de Shylock se remonta a 1974, para ser precisos, a finales de junio de ese año, cuando el teclista Didier Lustig y el baterista André Fisichella, a la sazón integrantes de una banda de Niza, se hartan de interpretar covers de Deep Purple y Uriah Heep, y abandonan el grupo para dedicarse a crear música en el idioma del rock progresivo. Al mismo tiempo, el guitarrista Frédéric L’epee buscaba músicos que se unieran a su proyecto para crear una banda de progresivo con composiciones propias, y todo cuadró a la perfección. Los tres compartían las mismas ambiciones estéticas y la nueva banda quedó oficialmente fundada el 2 de Julio de 1974. El nombre del trío fue escogido en un diccionario, por su sonoridad, y nada tiene que ver con el despiadado usurero de "El Mercader de Venecia" de Shakespeare. El catálogo de influencias que reunieron entre los tres incluye a Yes, King Crimson, Gentle Giant, Led Zeppelin, VdGG, Robert Wyatt y Henry Cow, además de jazz-rock y música clásica. La música que crearon sintetiza de manera admirable todas estas influencias, sin ahogar la personalidad propia de la banda, que rápidamente ganó una gran reputación por su estilo dinámico y complejo, y sus atmósferas emotivas. Sus composiciones instrumentales casi siempre son vibrantes y llenas de contrastes, con abundantes solos donde cada uno de los integrantes demuestra su virtuosismo. Aunque solamente grabaron dos álbumes, figuran como una de los grandes representantes del progresivo sinfónico francés, y han dejado una profunda influencia en bandas actuales como Minimum Vital y Xaal. (Fuente - Manticornio)Gialorgues (1977)
Ile de Fievres [Fever Island] (1978)
RIO/Avant-ProgUSAOfficial WebsiteMySpacePaul Mavanu was born in Mentor Ohio on August 26, 1975. He moved with his parents to Venice, Florida when he was two years old. At the age of seven, his mother started him on a Casio keyboard and a Hammond Organ. By the age of nine, she had him going at the trumpet. Paul switched to the guitar when he was thirteen years old. He auditioned for a performing arts school but failed the audition. Even though he could play the better part of "Eugene's Trick Bag" by Steve Vai, his lack of musical theory led to the judge's refusal.Paul has said that he was an absolute academic failure in high school. While he drudged through four years of high school, he spent most of his time creating song and album titles for his future works and reading Ayn Rand books. He was eventually put in a class of delinquents where he flew through three years of high school education in six months. After biding his time for a few years, Paul, then 21, set out with his Atari 1040STe to dominate the world of art and musical composition as the Manatee Community College in Florida. Three months in his courses, he had learned everything he needed to know and began to doodle his way through his classes while everybody else struggled through the courses. Finally, Paul dropped out due to boredom and decided to put out an album. Using the alter ego of Sir Millard Mulch, Paul released 50 Intellectually Stimulating Themes From a Cheap Amusement Park for Robots & Aliens, Vol. 1 CD in 1998. After mailing tons of free copies to everywhere he could think of, he got hardly any response to the album at all. In 1999, he followed that release with To Hell With All of You, I Just Wanna Grow My Vegetables which was an outright failure. His live shows were booed off stage and Paul, eventually, returned to Florida. It was there that he met a girl who dragged him down into a state of such submission that after several years it got to the point where, shortly after the release of The De-evolution of Yasmine Bleeth, he quit music.(Fuente - Progarchives)-Line up:Sir Millard Mulch: Guitar, Bass, Sequencing, VocalsJohn Citron: Drums on 2, 3 and 6Morgan Agren: Drums on 5Devin Townsend: Voca;s on 7Dank Gurbaine: Cello on 7Left-Handed Mike: Additional Percussion on 4Harold: Additional Guitar and Vox on 5Dale!: Additional Vocals on 5Brad Fries: Eh-Heh, Ni-Na-No*Morgan Agren also plays drums on Green Milk Conspiracy.The De-Evolution of Yasmine Bleeth (2001)
-Tracklist:1. Radio Promo is the Answer to all my Problems...2. Tiki Bar Revolution3. The Mysteries of the Universe are Revealed to Morons. Pt. 14. The De-Evolution of Yasmine Bleeth5. James Pitts on Bondage Y2K6. While They Were Rockstars7. The Greatest Strength of Our Order8. Green Milk Conspiracy **Track appears on the 2006 Remastered version released on Mutant Mall
