The Season Standard - Squeeze Me Ahead of Line

German born Progressive monster right here.  The Season Standard issue forth heavy jazz, funk and electronic elements. Rhythms bring it in a math rock sort of bent but that shouldn't be of concern. Reason being that this is some excellently thoughtful musics that while technical retains its sense of fun.

production? clutch brah.

Trey Gunn also shows up on a track to play touch guitar. unfamiliar? he's just from some up and coming group called King Crimson.

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metaghostin' Vol. XII - Film School on Paper

Film School on Paper - 32'01"

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1. Possessed / The Great Unraveling / The Great Unraveling (1997)
2. Several Circles / Tidal Arms / The Sun Exploding (2011)
3. Frame by Frame / King Crimson / Discipline (1981)
4. Behaving Badly / Animals as Leaders / Animals as Leaders (2009)
5. Let's Get Tired / Zona Mexicana / 3 Song EP (2009)
6. Landscape with Gun and Chandelier / Upsilon Acrux / Radian Futura (2009)
7. There's Nothing More / Jonny Classic and the Classic Johns / Your New Favorite Record (2005)

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When you listen to music in public, is that music a diagetic soundtrack to your own experiences or an extra-diagetic score for the world around you?

Shining - Blackjazz

Norwegian avant prog metal. Yes your right that could make it sound like anything really so here is the skinny. Heavy use of keyboards along side the guitars give it a more approachable nature but still guitars are heavy and everywhere. Vocals are varied and move from hushed creep outs to the typical metal screams. If you want to talk structure as this is progressive metal we are talking about here take out the metal elements and add a mess of horns (sax also crops up in this release) and youve got yourself a damn fine jazz record. I guess it shouldn't be surprising to know then that these gents used to be an acoustic jazz group. Oh and one last thing there's a pretty flipping awesome cover of King Crimsons "21st Century Schizoid Man" that is absolutely crushing.

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The Cancer Conspiracy

                                                                   Prog-Rock

 This group has a deep and true love of King Crimson, from an instrumental standpoint that is. A short lived group that left an influential mark on many, its hard to believe that its a trio playing at times. Any fan of rock music would enjoy this. The guitars are hard hitting and the drums are too restless to pin to any one style. A dear dear favorite of mine for awhile now. Both releases are worth taking a look into. Audio Medium is way more adventurous but doesn't always hit the mark. When it shines though it really is perfection. Omega is solid throughout but lacks the highs that Audio Medium achieves.


Audio Medium (2002)

Omega (2008)