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| A PASSING FANCY - Psych from 1968 AMISH - Heavy progressive with heavy organ from 1972 ANOTHER ROADSIDE ATTRACTION - Dual keyboard symphonic rarity from the late 70’s BAIRD, KEN - Reminiscent of Mike Oldfield with a bit of Genesis. Really great stuff! BENT WIND - German import of legendary psych from 1969. Includes 5 bonus tracks in nice digipack BREGENT - Wonderful album from 1979 with dramatic vocals and music that ranges from symph/prog to avant-garde and dark minimalism CANO - 70’s melodic prog with folk leanings CAPHARNAUM - Fantastic guitar-led instrumental progressive. Recommended! CHRISTMAS - Psych/rock legends COCHRANE, STEVE - Very classical inspired symphonic music CONNOLLY, ROBERT - Masterpiece of symph/prog with mellotron, moog, bass pedals etc… Essential! CONTRACTION - Long awaited reissues of classic French/Canadian progressive/jazz CONVENTUM - Classic 70s’ prog/folk/chamber/classical group COUSINEAU - Symphonic folk with loads of female vocals D PROJECT, THE - Side project from Sense guitarist with Martin Orford, Tomas Bodin and Fred Schendel as guests. In the Pink Floyd direction DAGMAHR - Fantastic new prog rock with Crimson as well as Marillion influences DIONNE · BREGENT - 70’s electronic progressive with some minimalistic sounds DIONNE, VINCENT - Half of Dionne · Bregent but this time completely electronic. Very good! DIONYSOS - First album from 1970 by this seminal Canadian progressive group DIRECTION - Prog/symph with French vocals and 21 minute track that lies somewhere between Morse Code and Ange EDEN - Classic mid-seventies symph/prog led by the synth playing of Robert Boileau ERE G - Brilliant mellotron prog in Harmonium style ET CETERA - Classic 70’s prog gem. If you like Gentle Giant then this is a must ETERNITE - Wonderful symph/prog from 1977 featuring Michel Le Francois and Claude Peloquin EXISTENCE - Melodic progressive with an insight of things to come. FIORE/SEGUIN - Wonderful folk rock by these two well-traveled musicians FIRST AID - Excellent fusion FM - Classic prog! FRANCOIS, MICHEL LE - Symph/prog with mellotron and occasional orchestration. Great! GAROLOU - Folky prog GAUTHIER, DANIEL - Pink Floyd & Yes influences GILMOUR, JIM - More proggy album by the Saga keyboardist GREY MATTER - Heavy Instrumental prog fusion. Excellent debut! GREYLEVEL - Excellent melodic progressive in Pineapple Thief and mid-period Porcupine Tree style HAMADRYAD - Great heavy symphonic band HARMONIUM - Killer mellotron dreamy progressive. Start with Les Cinq Saisons http://www.myspace.com/unmusicienparmitantdautres HEON - Electric guitar explorations creating some interesting sounds and guitar landscapes HOUSE OF NOT – Like Pink Floyd. Very good! INDISCIPLINE - Very similar to Crimson as you would imagine INTERFERENCES SARDINES - A bit like Conventum. http://www.myspace.com/interferencesardines IRRGARTEN - Reminds me of early Marillion and IQ JACKAL - Heavy prog in Deep Purple mode JACKS, SCOTT - Solo effort by First Aid keyboard whiz JULIEN, PAULINE - Singer/songwriter JUPITER 9 - Instrumental light symphonic and melodic fusion KACZYNSKI, CHARLES - French version of this long lost 70’s classical, folk, prog, chamber gem. Just beautiful all the way around! KAOS MOON - Neo prog in Marillion/IQ style KARCIUS - Instrumental blend of prog/fusion/jazz rock/prog metal KLAATU KOSMOS - Instrumental progressive space rock in Hawkwind, Amon Duul, Ozric Tentacles style. L’ENGOULEVENT - Stunning mix of folk, prog, chamber and classical L’ORCHESTRE SYMPATHIQUE - Progressive jazz outfit’s first release from 1979 LAFERRIERE, YVES - Relatively unknown album from 1978 with members of Contraction and Convention. Mainly instrumental with an overall jazz rock feel LANGLOIS, JEROME - Founder of Maneige alongside members of Maneige, Conventum and Octobre. Sounds similar to Conventum. Great! LASTING WEEP - Pre-Maneige that blends progressive with psych and progressive. Lots of great flute work throughout LEBLANC, GUY - Nathan Mahl keyboard player with Scott McGill. If you are a Mahl fan then you need this LEGGAT - Post-A Foot In Cold Water early 80’s prog led by the Leggat brothers LEITMOTIV - Excellent symph/prog freshman effort with fantastic piano work and vocals that remind me of a young Peter Nicholls LEMAY, BRUNO - Singer/songwriter acoustic guitar folk MAHEUX CIRCLE, MARTIN - Spaced Out percussionist. Instrumental mix of jazz rock, fusion and RIO MAHL DYNASTY - Nathan Mahl counterpart. Instrumental jazz/fusion/prog MANEIGE - Classic French-Canadian progressive mixed with folk, jazz, classical and RIO. MELIA - Duo led by acoustic guitars, mellotron and the wonderful voice of Claudia Cote. Fantastic! MILKWEED - Very obscure progressive with side long track MIND GALLERY - Great Instrumental prog MIRIODOR - Great complex prog fusion MORSE CODE - Fantastic 70’s symph/prog with mellotron MUNDI DOMINI – Brilliant symphonic folk with sitar, accordion, flute, piano, acoustic guitars. A must! MYSTERY - Neo prog NASH THE SLASH - FM’s violin player NATHAN MAHL - Killer prog fusion NEURAL MASS - Hard & heavy space rock www.myspace.com/neuralmass NIGHTWINDS - Very sought after progressive rock in Genesis style from 1979 NORDSTROM, MONTE - Half of Ptarmigan and half as good. Does have some nice mellotron throughout O’HARA, WITTOX - Amazing dark classical rock OCTOBRE - Seminal Quebec progressive group. 34 tracks OPUS 5 - Top 70’s Canadian prog recordings. A must! ORIOXY - Instrumental mix of prog, jazz & eastern music. Real good! OSMOSAIC - Folk/progressive with male/female vocals. Somewhat like Harmonium PANGLOSS - Theatrical progressive rock in Ange style. Wonderful! PHOENIX EYE - Symphonic rock with ELP, Marillion & Genesis influences PLASTIC CLOUD, THE - Classic psych from 1969 POLE VOLT - Instrumental space rock with Ozric Tentacles, Pink Floyd and Porcupine Tree influences POLLEN - New remaster of one of the very best symph/prog albums to ever come out of the French/Canadian 70’s prog scene PTARMIGAN - Classic west coast dreamy progressive folk from 1972. New issue with nice booklet including biography and photos. Fantastic! QUARTIK - Very similar to Pierre Moerlen's Gong with predominant vibraphone. Instrumental QWAARN - Symph/prog like a blend of Genesis and IQ REBEL WHEEL, THE - Blend of progressive rock and fusion. Nice album! RED SAND - Neo progressive Marillion style REIGN GHOST - Pre-Christmas/Spirit of Christmas psych RIVEST, JACQUES TOM - 1st solo album by Pollen leader and is basically the 2nd Pollen album. Has a folk edge to it. Brilliant! ROUGE CIEL - Mixes classical, rock and jazz SADLER, MICHAEL - Saga front man SAGA http://www.myspace.com/sagaca SALEM - Very much like Jethro Tull SENSE - New group on the scene that ranges from light prog to heavy symphonic SEX - Heavy guitar rock from 1971/1972 SLOCHE - 70’s progressive fusion at its best SIGNS OF ONE - 3rd album by agressive proggers in Rush and Saga style. Very Good! http://www.myspace.com/signsofone SPACED OUT - Progressive fusion rock SPIRIT OF CHRISTMAS, THE - Post-Christmas seminal prog SYLVAIN, FRANCOIS - Grey Matter guitarist in a similar style SYMPHONIC SLAM - Classic symphonic rock album from 1976 SYRINX - John Mills-Cockell prog/electronic work TALISMA - Superb instrumental progressive trio a bit like Crimson TEMPS, LE - 70’s classical prog/folk rock. Gryphon meets Harmonium THIRD PERKINS - Nice symphonic with a heavy edge at times TOUBABOU - Mid-70's blend of prog, jazz & funk with Contraction and Harmonium members. Includes video clips from 1974 TRANSCENDENCE - Heavy prog a la 3rd and the Mortal with female vocals TROYKA - Guitar driven heavy progressive from 1970 TRUE MYTH - Great progressive/symphonic and one of the first ever digital recordings UNISPHERE - Wonderful Pink Floydian progressive with quite long tracks UPRIGHT - Jazz rock with a touch of prog VEBB VILLE EMARD BLUES BAND – 70’s mix of prog rock, jazz fusion and rock with members of Contraction & Harmonium VISIBLE WIND - Solid neo prog with mellotron VOS VOISINS - Classic progressive with organ, piano and guitar standing out WARPIG - Heavy rock from 1970 WOOLGAR, PHILIPPE - Acoustic guitar, flute with occasional synth and percussion like the mellow side of Harmonium. Good stuff! |