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CHEAT THE PROPHET
ABOUT CHEAT THE PROPHET ...CHEAT THE PROPHET From progarchives.com CHEAT THE PROPHET is a progressive rock project involving the core members of a former band called NEPENTHE, which split up in December 1999 after releasing just a single album in 1997. Multi-instrumentalist brothers Matt and Todd Mikenzo, along with drummer Jamie Boruch, have been making music together for a long time, beginning in the early 1990s with some gigs in the New York/New Jersey club area playing a mix of Euro Pop and Neo Prog under the name ARS NOVA, and releasing an album called 'Turning The Tide' in May 1993, before changing the name of the band to NEPENTHE and releasing an album called 'Everything Was Beautiful and Nothing Hurt' in March 1997. They have been joined by other musicians at various stages of their musical journey - some for longer than others - but the core of the group has remained intact throughout. Just before the turn of the century however, despite some critical success as NEPENTHE, it seemed that commercial success would forever elude the trio, and the stresses of life began affecting them both physically and mentally. Patience and tempers began to wear thin, and they found that the bond they once had as a bunch of twenty-somethings had begun to wane. Despite this, they stayed in touch, saw each other from time to time, and kept making music individually. Then, towards the end of the COVID-19 pandemic, Jamie and Matt met up in Idaho for a weekend of mountain biking, and they decided that many of the changes that had occurred as a result of Covid meant it might be worth them taking another shot at making music together as a trio, despite them living many miles apart from each other. Todd subsequently agreed, leading to the beginnings of what eventually became CHEAT THE PROPHET. Demos and songs in various stages of completion were swapped via Google Drive, and the collection of samples was eventually whittled down down into the basis of just six songs. Two years or so later, the songs were finally finished, which might seem like a long time, but after waiting twenty years to even begin the project in the first place, maybe it wasn't after all. The album was called Redemption firstly because the trio felt to some degree that their final recordings and shows from twenty years earlier weren't as good as they might have been. They also thought that they'd left what was possibly some of their best material unrecorded, and decided it would be a shame to leave those songs unfinished. The 'Redemption' album was released on 7th February 2025. Hi friends 2025 Work in Progress..ive These are my best tracks of 2025 Track Title-Group or Artist-Album King Kong-AMPLIFIER-Gargantuan Night Terror-DREAM THEATER-Parasomnia Panopticon -GHOST OF THE MACHINE-Empires Must Fall The End of Days Suite: 1. The City Lights at Twilight -THE JOHN IRVINE BAND-HERE COME THE ROBOTS! Lucifer, Bringer of Light -MOTORSPSYCHO-MOTORSPSYCHO Marvelous World-CHEAT THE PROPHET-Redemption Marvelous World-CHEAT THE PROPHET https://cheattheprophet.bandcamp.com...-losing-season GOOD LISTENING Last edited by nicola : 04-09-2025 at 07:44 AM. 
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03-08-2025, 12:16 PM
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EYE 2 EYE
ABOUT EYE 2 EYE ...EYE 2 EYE From official website The Story Eye 2 Eye is a French progressive rock group from the Paris area, created by Philippe Bénabès (Keyboards) and Didier Pègues (Drums and Keyboards) at the beginning of 2003, following the dissolution of their previous group, ADN. Three musicians also orphans of their ex-group, Limelight, come to lend them a hand: Benoit Derat (Vocals and guitars), Médéric Colas (Guitars) and Cécile (bass). Médéric Colas quickly left the group for personal reasons and was replaced initially by Bruno Pègues, brother of the drummer then at the beginning of 2004 by Amirouche Ali Benali. The first efforts of the group are based around a cover of a title by David Gilmour, guitarist of Pink Floyd, entitled "Near the End". This piece will be used for a cover album in tribute to Pink Floyd: "None of us is Pink", at the beginning of 2006. During this period, the group is offered to participate in an album in tribute to the Dutch group. Ayreon. Eye 2 Eye decides to cover "Back on Planet Earth", from the album "Actual Fantasy", released in 1996, in a more "ambient" mood than the original track. This same cover will be used on the group's first album, "One in Every Crowd", which will be released on October 26, 2006 at Musea. Benoit Derat and Cécile will leave the group, shortly before the release of this album. In 2007, new compositions were put in place. A new bass player was found in the person of Aymeric Delteil in May, then in December of that same year, Jack Daly became the new singer. Texts are quickly written and recording continues. During 2008, the group, initially called Eye to Eye, was forced to change its surname slightly, following the request of another homonymous group. A version of "You", taken from the first album is re-recorded at the end of the year, with the voice of Jack. "After All ..." was released on February 9, 2009, at Musea. As soon as it left, the group enjoyed glowing reviews. The group will even be named at the Prog Awards in Italy, in the category "Best foreign album". EYE 2 EYE decides to start writing a concept album whose working name is "Wax", on an original idea from Jack. But opinions diverge and finally, Jack decides to leave the training to pursue a solo career. Djamel Zaidi (Leader of Transperception) comes to offer his services to the group in December 2009. EYE 2 EYE decides to continue with the idea of a concept album. They embark on an adaptation of Oscar Wilde's novel: "The Picture of Dorian Gray". In early 2011, this album is being mixed and "The Wish" was released on December 9 of that same year at Musea. Etienne DAMIN replaced Aymeric DELTEIL, late 2011. Djamel Zaidi left the group in May 2012 for other musical projects ... With "The Light Bearer" (Musea, 2017), EYE 2 EYE finally emerges from a silence that lasted five years. The neo-progressive influences of yesteryear are less obvious, to make way for others, more symphonic. The song, now held by Michel CERRONI, turns out to be deep and lyrical, while the arrangements are always more careful. A string quartet also brings something new... The track, initially called "Ghosts" inspired them, and quickly needed a sequel. The title became “Ghosts – Pt.1”, and it was decided the following album will tell the following parts of that story. EYE 2 EYE began to work on it just before the release of “The Light Bearer”, and ideas came quite quickly. But the following year, Michel CERRONI decided to leave the band during July, because of professional obligations. Fortunately, Jack DALY decided to rejoin the band in September. When he heard the demos, he became motivated as never before. From there, the recording sessions continued. Some new guests came to help: Thierry LALET (Feadog) and Claudine ISTRIA (Backing Vocals) from HELIANTHE, and Marie Pascale VIRONNEAU (Violin). The recording sessions finally ended, in the beginning of 2020. The mixing sessions had to begin, when the Covid stopped everything... Etienne DAMIN decided to mix the album in his own new mixing Studio during the spring lockdown. And in the beginning of July, all the tracks were sent to PROGRESSIVE PROMOTION RECORDS in Germany. The Label decided to sign EYE 2 EYE and the Band is proud to tell you the new Album, called “Nowhere Highway” will be released on December the 4th!!.... In the end of 2020, Djam ZAÏDI and Didier PEGUES worked on a brand new version of the long time sold out album "The Wish". They totally remixed and remastered the album, and add some new parts on it. Djam ZAÏDI re-recorded the voices, the Bass parts and the Guitar Parts. The drums were boosted too... On February 2021, this New Album is called "The New Wish", and was re-edited by PROGRESSIVE PROMOTION RECORDS. A brand new album began to be composed and written at the same period... When Jack DALY heard the demos, in the end of 2022, he was enthusiastic. Everything seemed ok... But when the recording sessions started everything went from bad to worse... Jack DALY could not find the time to record his voices, and a few months later, Etienne DAMIN decided to leave the band, in the middle of the recording process, around April of 2023.... EYE 2 EYE had no singer (once again) and no Bassist.... The remaining members tried new singers, but were not really satisfied of the results... Anyway, Elise BRUCKERT came back to put her magical violin on the new tracks, And Djam ZAÏDI accepted to do the lacking bass parts. In the beginning of July 2023, Didier PEGUES talked of that singer problem with a long time Band Friend : Paul "Hilrant" TILLEY. Paul was a long time fan and was on charge to correct the Lyrics since "The Light Bearer". He also has a huge solo career under the name of "HILRANT". He naturally proposed Didier to put his voice on that new album... EYE 2 EYE not only found a singer....They also found an incredible Storyteller as Progressive Rock needs !!!! Paul lives the Lyrics he sings, and everyone in and around the Band was positively surprised !! Recording sessions continued and in the middle of 2024, everything was recorded. Djam ZAÏDI proposed the band to mix and master the album which was over in November 2024. Audio Files and all concerning the cover was sent to PROGRESSIVE PROMOTION RECORDS in the beginning of December 2024..... The Album "Lost Horizon" has been released on Friday, February the 28th !! To be continued.... Hi friends 2025 Work in Progress..ive These are my best tracks of 2025 Track Title-Group or Artist-Album King Kong-AMPLIFIER-Gargantuan Night Terror-DREAM THEATER-Parasomnia Panopticon -GHOST OF THE MACHINE-Empires Must Fall The End of Days Suite: 1. The City Lights at Twilight -THE JOHN IRVINE BAND-HERE COME THE ROBOTS! Lucifer, Bringer of Light -MOTORSPSYCHO-MOTORSPSYCHO Marvelous World-CHEAT THE PROPHET-Redemption The-Shoreline-EYE 2 EYE-Lost Horizon The-Shoreline-EYE 2 EYE https://eye2eye1.bandcamp.com/track/the-shoreline GOOD LISTENING Last edited by nicola : 04-09-2025 at 07:45 AM.
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03-15-2025, 02:27 PM
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KARMAKANIC
ABOUT KARMAKANIC ...KARMAKANIC From Progarchives.com Karmakanic biography Founded in Malmö, Sweden in 2002 THE FLOWER KINGS family, one of the wonders of the world. It seems that nearly every member has his own solo project. But not only solo projects, their members have enough power to take part in projects like THE TANGENT or innumerable other projects. Countless as well are their guest apperances. KARMAKANIC is a kind of solo project from Sweden's finest bass player Jonas REINGOLD. But how could it be any different (anyway we are talking about the FLOWER KINGS), many of his band mates are featured in this project, it seems as if they can't live without each other. KARMAKANIC is one of the better side projects and released two albums so far, "Entering the Spectra" and "Wheel of Life". The difference between these two albums is Roine Stolt's influence. The first one sounds like the FLOWER KINGS with exception of some bass dominated parts. You will get Roine Stolt on vocals and guitar. Unlike "Entering the Spectra" Roine plays a very small role on the new album "Wheel of Life". It sounds more independent and disengages a little from the typical FLOWER KINGS sound, maybe because Roine just plays some guitar parts and Krister Jonzon took over the main guitar work. What both albums have in common is the dominating bass, not really astonishing because we are talking about a project that is led by Jonas Reingold. So if you like the FLOWER KINGS you will love KARMAKANIC, but will also like them if you never heard of the Kings. I recommend to start with the second album "Wheel of Life" because it has not so many similarities to their main project like the first release. : : : Martin Dietrich, GERMANY : : : Hi friends 2025 Work in Progress..ive These are my best tracks of 2025 Track Title-Group or Artist-Album King Kong-AMPLIFIER-Gargantuan Night Terror-DREAM THEATER-Parasomnia Panopticon -GHOST OF THE MACHINE-Empires Must Fall The End of Days Suite: 1. The City Lights at Twilight -THE JOHN IRVINE BAND-HERE COME THE ROBOTS! Lucifer, Bringer of Light -MOTORSPSYCHO-MOTORSPSYCHO Marvelous World-CHEAT THE PROPHET-Redemption The-Shoreline-EYE 2 EYE-Lost Horizon End of the Road-KARMAKANIC-Transmutation End of the Road-KARMAKANIC https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MAavyLQTMrE Cosmic Love-KARMAKANIC https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQjzF3IzAMU GOOD LISTENING Last edited by nicola : 04-09-2025 at 07:46 AM.
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03-19-2025, 09:53 AM
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BLACK NARCISSUS
ABOUT BLACK NARCISSUS ...BLACK NARCISSUS From By Killjoy on February 17, 2025 in Reviews It’s often impossible to convey feelings with words, so it’s sometimes better not to try. This certainly appears to be the philosophy of Black Narcissus, an instrumental post-rock duo from Belgium comprised of bassist Jesse Massant and drummer Thomas Wuyts. While instrumental groups are hardly uncommon, especially in this genre, Black Narcissus is unique in that bass and drums are the only tools they use to construct their interpretation of the relationship between man and nature. These two vital, stalwart instruments can often be overshadowed by the flashy vocal and multi-guitar antics commonplace in rock and metal. How bright can they shine in a setting where they possess the spotlight by default? Black Narcissus’ main goal is to cultivate an environment where individual emotional responses can freely blossom. There Lingers One Who’s Long Forgotten is teeming with ethereal, evocative melodies sounding like the result of cross-pollination between earlier Explosions in the Sky and Alcest’s Les Voyages de L’Âme era.1 As this description might suggest, there is little resembling heaviness aside from stray blast beats and thick, reverb-drenched bass chords. But those who share our Overlord’s cynical views regarding the role of reverb in atmospheric music needn’t worry; in this case, it’s not a crutch to force a specific mood. Rather, the rich moods naturally wax and wane through masterful musical arrangements, developed enough to easily latch onto yet ambiguous enough to leave room for personal interpretation. Black Narcissus recognizes that, like in nature, there is beauty in simplicity, and all are welcome to partake. Mother Nature may recycle her resources but Black Narcissus doesn’t recycle ideas. Both players continually explore different melodies and tempos, like walking past one tree after another, each unique but part of a singular forest. Massant’s bass lines gently cascade during “In Throes of Increasing Wonder” and ripple in “Draped in Ivy, Guilded by Time” as if in response to Wuyts’ syncopated crashes like raindrops hitting a pond surface. I can’t stress enough how much the drumming thrives in this partnership. Wuyts takes full advantage of the music’s free-flowing character to play one intricate rhythm after another, seemingly using the entirety of his drum kit on a regular basis. The music is further enriched by the warm and whimsical tones of an upright bass—Massant proving to be an expert bassist in more than one sense—which cast a folksy cinematic tint onto tracks such as “On This Twilight Evening” and “These Hands That Build.” The reluctance of Black Narcissus to linger long in any one place does not mean that they abandon streams of thought prematurely. They provide ample space for each musical passage to gradually bloom and disperse seeds to transition to the next as effortlessly as the passage of time. Time, though, is largely irrelevant here. There Lingers One Who’s Long Forgotten lasts for exactly one hour, but it could have been either half or twice as long and remained equally entrancing. Therefore, it works best if the listener is willing to surrender any dispositions toward customary song structures and witness a forest grow at its pleasure with no concern for the orderliness of man. To this end, the production sounds fantastic. The bass lines, often layered atop one another, are easily audible; each cymbal tap, tom beat, and snare hit sounds crisp and satisfying. My only minuscule grievance is when a spoken word sample in “At the Mercy of Men with No Mercy at All” interrupts immersion by lasting too long, but the other samples throughout the album are used more sparingly. There Lingers One Who’s Long Forgotten is an aural treat I could never have been prepared for. I selected an instrumental album because I thought it would help me focus during a busy period in my day job, but it gave me way more than I bargained for. While it does make for pleasant background music, it becomes increasingly rewarding the more time and attention are invested. It’s truly an album to become lost in, each hauntingly beautiful song a great companion for many different moods and activities. After five paragraphs of inadequate efforts to describe its majestic sound, I have to admit that Black Narcissus is correct: words are of little value in this realm. So, if you haven’t already, press play and hear the magic for yourself. Hi friends 2025 Work in Progress..ive These are my best tracks of 2025 Track Title-Group or Artist-Album King Kong-AMPLIFIER-Gargantuan Night Terror-DREAM THEATER-Parasomnia Panopticon -GHOST OF THE MACHINE-Empires Must Fall The End of Days Suite: 1. The City Lights at Twilight -THE JOHN IRVINE BAND-HERE COME THE ROBOTS! Lucifer, Bringer of Light -MOTORSPSYCHO-MOTORSPSYCHO Marvelous World-CHEAT THE PROPHET-Redemption The-Shoreline-EYE 2 EYE-Lost Horizon End of the Road-KARMAKANIC-Transmutation These Hands That Build-BLACK NARCISSUS-There Lingers One Who's Long Forgotten These Hands That Build-BLACK NARCISSUS https://blacknarcissusband.bandcamp....nds-that-build GOOD LISTENING Last edited by nicola : 04-09-2025 at 07:46 AM.
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03-19-2025, 03:20 PM
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STEVEN WILSON
ABOUT "The Overview" the inspiration for Steven Wilson's new album started from the Overwiew effect that astronauts have once they find themselves observing the infinite immensity of the universe and you understand how irrelevant we are and how unstable our presence can be and instead of enjoying the fortune of this passage .... on earth the populations spend most of their time waging wars and other things ... the same meaning of the Overwiew effect I have always wanted to insert it in the background of my Work in Progress..ive without ever having been an astronaut ..... never put a Wilson album on the turntable thinking you know in advance what you could expect ... the personified eccentricity and a creativity that has few equals in the progressive scene will always make you get your feelings wrong ... The Overview is the classic album that should be listened to several times and is made up of two suites of 23'.17'' and 18'.27'' I like them both my first listening didn't give me positive feelings... now the more I listen to it the more I like it... then I have a particular preference for the suites and long tracks Well done Steve STEVEN WILSON ...STEVEN WILSON From Progarchives.com Steven Wilson biography Steven John Wilson - Born 3 November 1967 (Kingston upon Thames, London, UK) STEVEN WILSON, perhaps most widely known for his role as the frontman for the popular act PORCUPINE TREE , is an artist from the UK who, through his various side projects, has spanned a vast number of musical ideas and concepts. Some of the styles he has been known to utilize are heavy prog, psychedelic, electronica, post-rock, ambient music, drone, metal, and art rock. Furthermore, WILSON is intensely focused on production values, dynamic mixing and mastering, and all other sorts of building albums that sound best in high-quality systems. In short, WILSON has always been an artist that appeals to audiophiles and fans of meticulously produced music. This shows up strongly in each of his bands and projects, but it plays even more of a role in his solo efforts. Though some of his earliest musical recordings were demos that predated even Porcupine Tree, his solo releases did not truly start appearing until his "Cover Version" singles began in 2003. Essentially releasing one a year, each "Cover Version" contained a particularly unconventional song that WILSON chose to reproduce and one original song by WILSON. Also, in 2004, WILSON put out his experimental electronic album "Unreleased Electronic Music Vol. 1." Neither the "Cover Version" singles nor "Unreleased Electronic Music" feature any other performers, aside from some input from THEO TRAVIS on the latter. That trend changed at the end of 2008, however, when WILSON released his first full-length, proper solo album, "Insurgentes." Featuring, among others, PORCUPINE TREE drummer Gavin Harrison, Prog bass legend TONY LEVIN, current DREAM THEATER keyboardist JORDAN RUDESS, and saxophonist/flautist THEO TRAVIS, "Insurgentes" proves rather quickly that it is not simply another ambient or electronic release. Toying with many of the styles that can be seen in PORCUPINE TREE, "Insurgentes" is a mature, laid-back album marked by less metal and more noise than PT's later albums. WILSON has stated that the album draws a lot of influence from shoe gazer, post-punk, and drone music. Essentially, before "Insurgentes," WILSON used his solo moniker for a final catch-all for some of his music, making it difficult to draw comparisons to other bands. Nevertheless, "Insurgentes" makes it possible to site some bands with similar sound. Of notable similarity or inspiration are RADIOHEAD, JOY DIVISION, GODSPEED YOU! BLACK EMPEROR, THE MARS VOLTA, and other WILSON projects such as BASS COMMUNION and PORCUPINE TREE. thanks to Spence (LiquidEternity) for the biography Hi friends 2025 Work in Progress..ive These are my best tracks of 2025 Track Title-Group or Artist-Album King Kong-AMPLIFIER-Gargantuan Night Terror-DREAM THEATER-Parasomnia Panopticon -GHOST OF THE MACHINE-Empires Must Fall The End of Days Suite: 1. The City Lights at Twilight -THE JOHN IRVINE BAND-HERE COME THE ROBOTS! Lucifer, Bringer of Light -MOTORSPSYCHO-MOTORSPSYCHO Marvelous World-CHEAT THE PROPHET-Redemption The-Shoreline-EYE 2 EYE-Lost Horizon End of the Road-KARMAKANIC-Transmutation These Hands That Build-BLACK NARCISSUS-There Lingers One Who's Long Forgotten Objects Outlive Us-STEVEN WILSON-The Overview Objects Outlive Us-STEVEN WILSON https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5P3Ukihr7iQ GOOD LISTENING Last edited by nicola : 04-09-2025 at 07:47 AM.
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03-28-2025, 09:09 AM
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IQ
ABOUT IQ ...IQ From Official Website BAND HISTORY With a 44-year history, IQ are widely regarded as one of the world’s most highly respected progressive rock bands. The group was formed in 1981 by guitarist Mike Holmes and keyboard player Martin Orford. They recruited bassist Tim Esau that year, followed by vocalist Peter Nicholls and drummer Paul Cook in 1982, when they released their first cassette album ‘Seven Stories Into Eight’. Constant gigging throughout the UK led to them becoming a regular fixture at London’s legendary Marquee Club. Their first vinyl album ‘Tales From The Lush Attic’ was released in 1983, with the classic ‘The Wake’ in 1985 and the live set ‘Living Proof’ in 1986. Tensions within the band, plus a punishing live schedule, resulted in the departure of Peter Nicholls in 1985, at the end of a UK tour with Wishbone Ash. With new singer Paul Menel, the band secured a lucrative record deal with Phonogram and released studio albums ‘Nomzamo’ in 1987 and ‘Are You Sitting Comfortably?’ in 1989. Both albums were promoted by extensive European tours, with Magnum and Mike And The Mechanics, respectively. Dissatisfied with the lack of support from Phonogram, Paul Menel and Tim Esau left IQ in 1990. The remaining members recruited Les 'Ledge' Marshall on bass. That year, Peter Nicholls rejoined the band but tragedy struck when Les died suddenly and unexpectedly in the summer. The 1991 release of the live and rarities album ‘J'ai Pollette d'Arnu’ was a significant event, being the first release on Giant Electric Pea, a new label founded by members and associates of IQ. This year also saw the arrival of John Jowitt as the band’s new bassist. With a stable line-up once more, IQ resumed live work in the UK, Europe and North America while also writing new songs which would form the basis of ‘Ever’ (1993). The sumptuous live box set ‘Forever Live’ was released in 1996, followed in 1997 by the band’s magnum opus, the monumental double concept album ‘Subterranea’. This was supported by a completely new multi-media live presentation, featuring the album performed in full, which earned the band unanimous acclaim. In 1998, IQ re-recorded their first cassette album as ‘Seven Stories into ’98’ and released the rarities album ‘The Lost Attic’ in 1999 which was followed by concerts in North America and, for the first time, South America. New studio album ‘The Seventh House’, released in 2000, received much critical acclaim and saw the band tour extensively throughout Europe. 2002 saw the release of ‘Subterranea: The Concert’ DVD. The release of 2004’s ‘Dark Matter’ and the ‘IQ20’ 20th Anniversary Concert DVD recorded two-years earlier before a packed house in Holland, saw IQ back at the very top of the progressive rock tree. ‘Dark Matter’ was voted Album of the Year in countless music magazines around the world. In 2005, Paul Cook left IQ after 23 years’ service and was replaced by Andy Edwards (ex-Robert Plant Band) who features on the 2-DVD live set ‘Stage’, filmed in the USA and Germany that year. Another line-up change followed in 2007 with the departure of Martin Orford after 26 years. The band enlisted Mark Westworth, formerly with Darwin’s Radio, and, after a short hiatus, work continued on IQ’s ninth studio album, ‘Frequency’, released in 2009. It was a musical tour de force which received universally positive reviews. Andy Edwards’ decision to leave the band to focus on his teaching career soon after led to the return of original drummer Paul Cook, and in 2010 IQ marked the 25th anniversary of their seminal album ‘The Wake’ with the release of a deluxe four-disc collector’s box set featuring a host of previously unheard studio outtakes, demos and live tracks. The accompanying tour resulted in a live DVD of the album performed in its entirety, filmed in Holland. At the end of the year, Mark Westworth and John Jowitt both announced their departures from the group. 2011 was IQ’s 30th anniversary year. With the arrival of keyboard player Neil Durant and the welcome return of original bassist Tim Esau, the band were able to celebrate this landmark in their illustrious career with four original members in the line-up. IQ performed successful live shows throughout Britain and Europe. In 2012, IQ celebrated the 15th anniversary of ‘Subterranea’ by re-staging the original show in full, updated with improved technology and production values, taking the show to mainland Europe and America at a special show at the Rite Of Spring Festival (ROSfest) in Pennsylvania. They also released a full performance CD recorded on the previous year’s 30th anniversary tour. While in the US they were approached by independent film maker Matthew Miller who wanted to make a full-length feature film based on the story of ‘Subterranea’. To celebrate the 30th anniversary of their debut album, a deluxe edition of ‘Tales From The Lush Attic’ was released containing a remix of the album, a plethora of writing sessions, rehearsals, demos and unused ideas as well as a concert DVD featuring most of that landmark album. IQ’s eleventh studio album, ‘The Road Of Bones’, was released in 2014 and once again received universal acclaim gathering numerous ‘album of the year’ awards from progressive rock media. This was followed in 2015 by the double ‘Live On The Road Of Bones’ album recorded at The Met in Bury, a venue that had seen the band perform annual sell-out shows since the ‘Subterranea’ show was debuted there over two nights some 17 years previously. The film based on ‘Subterranea’ was commercially released in 2016 after gaining a couple of prestigious awards at film festivals the year before. The soundtrack to the film by Mike Holmes was also released which included a specially recorded new IQ song written exclusively for the film. 2017 saw the release of the first IQ BluRay ‘Scrape Across The Sky’. Recorded at a concert on the ‘Road Of Bones’ tour, the disc featured over three hours of bonus features. To celebrate 20 years of the infamous IQ Christmas Parties, the band gave away copies of ‘Tales From A Dark Christmas’ seasonally-themed CD to everyone attending the 2017 Xmas concerts in London and Holland. The band spent 2018 writing a recording material for a new album but also found time to celebrate the 25th anniversary of ‘Ever’ at concerts throughout Europe and North America. A deluxe three-disc version of ‘Ever’ was also released featuring remixes, surround sound, live versions and ‘further listening’ tapes. In 2019, IQ released their epic double album ‘Resistance’, claimed by many to be their best album to date, no mean feat for a band 38 years into its career. IQ supported its release by continuing to play concerts throughout Europe and the UK, but the arrival of Covid-19 in 2020 brought with it the cancellation of all the band’s live work. In its place, IQ arranged online streaming events of previously unseen shows, as well as releasing the 2-CD live set ‘A Show of Resistance’ and the ‘Live Like This’ Blu-ray, both recorded at the Colos-Saal in Aschaffenburg, Germany. 2021 marked the 40th anniversary of the band’s inception in 1981 and with it came the release of ‘The Archive Collection 2003-2017’, a deluxe 12” x 12” package comprising a 52-page hardback book and 11 CDs of rare material, plus an exclusive Blu-ray featuring two complete concerts, ‘Subterranea’ and ‘IQ30’, filmed in 2011. Selling out of its original limited edition pressing almost immediately, a further limited pressing likewise sold out in no time at all. With the resumption of the band’s live work, 2022 saw the release of the 2-CD live set ‘IQ40: 40 Years of Prog Nonsense’ and in 2023, IQ set about beginning work on their next studio album, slotting writing sessions and rehearsals around their live commitments. Recording sessions began in November that year and would continue for the next 12 months. The 2024 release of the 4-CD live set ‘The IQ Weekender 2024’, recorded in Aschaffenburg, was a commemoration of the band’s by now immensely popular annual Weekender events. While touring Europe, the band continued to work on the new album, and recording was finally completed in December that year. 2025 sees the release of ‘Dominion’, IQ’s 13th studio album and one of which the band are justifiably proud. The year will see them promoting the album by playing an unprecedented number of live shows around the world, including UK, Europe, Canada and the prestigious Cruise To The Edge in the USA. Hi friends 2025 Work in Progress..ive These are my best tracks of 2025 Track Title-Group or Artist-Album King Kong-AMPLIFIER-Gargantuan Night Terror-DREAM THEATER-Parasomnia Panopticon -GHOST OF THE MACHINE-Empires Must Fall The End of Days Suite: 1. The City Lights at Twilight -THE JOHN IRVINE BAND-HERE COME THE ROBOTS! Lucifer, Bringer of Light -MOTORSPSYCHO-MOTORSPSYCHO Marvelous World-CHEAT THE PROPHET-Redemption The-Shoreline-EYE 2 EYE-Lost Horizon End of the Road-KARMAKANIC-Transmutation These Hands That Build-BLACK NARCISSUS-There Lingers One Who's Long Forgotten Objects Outlive Us-STEVEN WILSON-The Overview Far From Here-IQ-Dominion Far From Here-IQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zD3cJxOx3Yo GOOD LISTENING Last edited by nicola : 04-09-2025 at 07:47 AM.
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04-15-2025, 03:28 PM
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Re: 2025 Work in Progress..ive
LET SEE THIN
ABOUT LET SEE THIN ..LET SEE THIN. From Official Website BIO We are a Polish music band established in 2018 in the city of Lodz, playing rock/art rock, spiced up with electronic accents. In our music, we try not to hold on to any specific music genre – we simply play what we feel comfortable with, connecting our classic rock foundations with some new ideas and influences. Since the first official performance in front of a wider audience, which took place at the beginning of 2019, we have been performing throughout the country as a part of all kinds of festivals, outdoor events and club stages. During the pandemic we focused on recordings in the studio, which resulted in the release of the debut album entitled „2 Years 2 Late”, which includes eight original compositions. In April 2021, the album was released in the physical form (CD) by the Irish record label Progressive Gears Records and was very positively reviewed by music journalists and critics, not only in Poland, but also in many European countries. Premiere of our second studio album „MACHINE CALLED LIFE” took place on the 15th of January 2025. „MACHINE CALLED LIFE” is a collection of eight stories about life, transience and how our view of the world has changed over time. In the musical layer, we remain faithful to our original guideline, which can be described in one simple word – „OPENNESS”. Open to experiments, searching and combining different genres, we flow freely. Listen and flow with us… MEMBERS Łukasz Woszczyński (vocals) Przemek Kaźmierski (drums/percussion) Michał Dziomdziora (bass) Paweł Wężyk (keys) Maciej Włodarczyk (electric guitar) Hi friends 2025 Work in Progress..ive These are my best tracks of 2025 Track Title-Group or Artist-Album King Kong-AMPLIFIER-Gargantuan Night Terror-DREAM THEATER-Parasomnia Panopticon -GHOST OF THE MACHINE-Empires Must Fall The End of Days Suite: 1. The City Lights at Twilight -THE JOHN IRVINE BAND-HERE COME THE ROBOTS! Lucifer, Bringer of Light -MOTORSPSYCHO-MOTORSPSYCHO Marvelous World-CHEAT THE PROPHET-Redemption The-Shoreline-EYE 2 EYE-Lost Horizon End of the Road-KARMAKANIC-Transmutation These Hands That Build-BLACK NARCISSUS-There Lingers One Who's Long Forgotten Objects Outlive Us-STEVEN WILSON-The Overview Far From Here-IQ-Dominion Sleeping on a Cloud-LET SEE THIN-Machine Called Life Sleeping on a Cloud-LET SEE THIN https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tM0m9oa1h8U GOOD LISTENING
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