Raw, precise, and inspiring, “Second Flight: Live at the Z7” is yet another taste of the virtuosity that Morse, Morse, Portnoy, LaRue, and McPherson provide for Flying Colors.
http://theprogmind.com/2015/11/05/flying-colors-second-flight-live-at-the-z7/
Ian Oakley posted this fascinating backstory on Facebook and very kindly gave me permission to repost here. Thank you, Ian!
Ok I may be totally biased as I tour managed the week and financed the CD – but this really is a remarkable live album – There was just something magic that night, it just seemed that for one reason or another that night everything came together at once and the band were firing on all cylinders. Then we had the enormous good fortune to have a venue sound engineer who was sympathetic to the music; because what you are hearing on that CD is basically a direct feed from the desk into a portable 4 track machine – which only really worked once on the whole tour – this night. No overdubs – just a raw live band doing only the 5th date of their entire career! Atmosphere wise there is only one other live ‘Prog’ album that I think captures a time and a place so well – Twelfth Night’s ‘Live and let Live’. So I totally agree with you Bradley, this is a real 3rd wave classic and I would go as so far to say it contains a far better performance of the material from ‘The World That We Drive Through’ than the studio album itself. . . . I would add that this was also recorded just a week after some members of the band had actually physically met for the very first time – let alone played together! (I remember having to introduce Andy to Jonas at a TFK gig after TMTDA was recorded: “Hi Jonas” – “Hi you are?” – “Ahh I’m Andy we just recorded an album together”…
For Christians, today is the Feast of All Souls, a day dedicated to praying for those trapped in a purgatorial state, somewhere between this existence and the next.
Yesterday, I posted “Calling All Angels” for the Feast of All Saints.
Try as I might, however, I can’t for the life of me think of any prog songs directly related to purgatory? Am I missing some? The closest I can think of would be Glass Hammer’s album, PERILOUS. I don’t think Steve Babb, however, would see this album as purgatorial. Maybe Big Big Train’s THE DIFFERENCE ENGINE? Gazpacho’s NIGHT? Maybe LIGHTDARK by Nosound?
Maybe “Arriving Somewhere But Not Here” by Porcupine Tree comes the closest.
Or, possibly, Anathema’s “Dreaming Light”?
Thoughts?
Great news from Kinetic Element’s Mike Visaggio:
I guess we can let the cat out of the bag since Michel up in Quebec has posted on the website. We are the Church of Prog for next year at Terra Incognita! Our first festival on a main stage after doing the Prog Day Pre-Show twice. What else might happen between now and then!
http://www.terraincognita.quebec/english.html
Keep an eye on this because the lineup is pretty awesome.
For up to date information, go here: http://www.terraincognita.quebec/english.html
The American Journal of Semiotics (TAJS) is a peer-reviewed academic journal that is currently seeking contributors to a special issue on Music and Semiotics to be published in 2016.
TAJS has some contributors lined up for the topics of:
Grunge
Punk
Post-Punk
Alternative
Progressive Rock
Heavy Metal
TAJS invites your manuscript submissions, on these (or other) musical topics, by the deadline of January 1, 2016.
All submissions should be directed to the Managing Editor at: https://www.pdcnet.org/ajs/Editorial-Team
John Bassett (the singer, songwriter and producer of UK Progressive Rock BandKingBathmat) has announced the forthcoming release of ARCADE MESSIAH II
Arcade Messiah II builds upon the elements of the first release with the genre blending of Metal, Stoner, Doom, Prog, Math rock, and ambient post rock continuing into an ever increasing dynamic storm of controlled chaos.
John Bassett: “after the surprise success of last year’s original Arcade Messiah album and after receiving feedback from fans of that album I decided to make a sequel, a continuation of that album, that is hopefully bigger, better, more refined and more dramatic, but which didn’t lose the vibe and atmosphere that was created on the original Album”
Continue reading “More John Bassett/Arcade Messiah Information Just Released”
Ok, nothing scientific about this. I’m sitting in my blue reading chair, drinking coffee, and just thought: why not make a list, totally out of a stream of consciousness. So, I just let the titles fly. I did 1) correct for spelling errors; and 2) alphabetize. Otherwise, this is pretty much straight out of my brain. Scary! I’m sure I’m missing a few. I intentionally left out jazz albums. I also limited the number of Rush albums in the list.
V
2112
Aerial
Afraid of Sunlight
I’m extremely excited by this. John is a wonder–as interesting and creative as he is intelligent and kind. The three albums that came out at once–his first solo album, the last Kingbathmat album, and Arcade Messiah–proved that the man is a force of musical beauty.–Brad
Arcade Messiah II Album Preview
Hi everybody, I will soon be releasing the follow up to last years Arcade Messiah album. “Arcade Messiah II” will be released end of November/early December, I have just uploaded a 2 minute Album Preview Video at
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-telQs5IP7E
There will be a Pre-Order for both digital download and CD starting next week.
Thanks for your continued support
John Bassett and all at KingBathmat HQ
http://arcademessiah.com/
https://arcademessiah.bandcamp.com/
facebook – https://www.facebook.com/arcademessiah
Anathema, A SORT OF HOMECOMING (KScope, 2015). Blu-ray, DVD, and 2 CD book edition. Recorded live at Liverpool Theater, March 7, 2015. Film by Lasse Hoile.
Songs: The Lost Song, Part 2; Untouchable Parts 1 and 2; Thin Air; Dreaming Light; Anathema; Ariel; Electricity; Temporary Peace; The Beginning and the End; Distant Satellites; Take Shelter; Internal Landscapes; A Natural Disaster; and Fragile Dreams.
I don’t think I could explain why, but I find myself always getting emotional when I think of Anathema. Let me clarify. I don’t weep or anything like that. But, I find myself increasingly impossible to separate myself from the music of the band. It grabs me—for better and for worse—at the deepest levels. This said, I think UNIVERSAL is quite possibly the greatest concert film I’ve ever seen. And, I’ve seen quite a few. And, I’ve seen quite a few brilliant ones. So, this is not feint praise. By no means. UNIVERSAL never grows old. The setting, the lighting, the intensity—all of it reaches towards the absolute heights of beauty, goodness, and truth. The band just radiates integrity.
Continue reading “Anathema’s Latest Masterpiece: A Sort of Homecoming (Live, 2015, in Liverpool)”
Erik Heter’s grand interview with Mariusz Duda this past summer, The Duda Abides, reawakened (or least reminded me of) much of my love of Riverside. And, that love is and never has been a shy love. I first heard Riverside sometime between 2005’s SECOND LIFE SYNDROME and 2007’s RAPID EYE MOVEMENT. I was immediately riveted by their music. Not only do I love the Polish people and culture, I love prog and rock—so what a perfect mix of things.
Frankly, if you measure Poland’s prog and art rock output through Riverside and Newspaperflyhunting, it’s hard not to think of Poland as one of the most important countries in the world when it comes to producing modern music.
Continue reading “Our 2001st Post: Celebrating the Book of Riverside and Mariusz Duda”
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