François Thollot "Happy Lockdown"
Country: France
Genre(s): Instrumental Canterbury, Avant Prog, Zeuhl
Format: digital
Release date: January 13, 2021
Tracklist
1. The Flying Postman (5:11)
2. Picnic With An Alien (4:47)
3. Three Dead Swallows Including Two Alive (4:21)
4. Positive Squirrel (4:37)
5. 21st Century (3:49)
6. Leave In Time To Walk Around Looking At The Sky (4:50)
7. The Useless Little Ventriloquist (5:11)
8. Moving Wave (4:30)
9. Variable Geometry Travel (6:54)
Total Time 44:10
Line-up
François Thollot (Scherzoo) - everything
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Оргия Праведников "Время будить Королей" / Orgia Pravednikov "Time To Wake Kings"
Country: Russia
Genre(s): Progressive Eclectic Rock/Metal
Format: CD, digital, vinyl
Release date: October 1, 2020 (digital)
Tracklist
1. Время будить королей (2:46)
2. Звёзды идут сквозь нас (6:37)
3. Advaita (2:12)
4. Om Tat Sat (4:28)
5. Выше облаков (6:24)
6. In Nomine Patris (2:23)
7. Прыгай в огонь (4:09)
8. Мыс Брана (1:49)
9. Танец Казановы (8:02)
10. От Бога до Земли (6:10)
11. Солнце из небытия (2:20)
12. Северный ветер (10:27)
13. Стоп, (1:29)
14. Женя, стоп! (3:26)
Total Time 62:42
Line-up
Sergey Kalugin - vocals, acoustic & electric guitars, banjo, charango, backing vocals
Aleksey Burkov - electric & acoustic guitars, mandolin, percussion, charango, backing vocals
Yuri Ruslanov - flutes, winds, keyboards, percussion, mandolin, programming, vocals, backing vocals
Artemy Bondarenko - bass, double bass, programming, vocals (growls), backing vocals
Aleksandr Vetkhov - drums, percussion, bells, backing vocals
With
Igor Burmistrov - Irish violin (1)
Daniil Danilenko - piano (1-3, 5)
Alona Yurkina - soprano vocals (2, 4-7, 9, 12)
Yekaterina Dukhovskaya - soprano vocals (2, 9)
Tatyana Severinova - soprano vocals (2, 9)
Yevgeniy Kulmis - bass vocals (2)
Natalia Khmelevskaya - cello (2, 5, 10, 12)
Matvey Burkov - viola & violin (2, 3, 5, 10)
Khristos Kholikias - violin (2, 5, 10)
Miloslava Semonova -violin (2, 5, 10)
Vladimir Cheboksarov - violin (2, 5, 10)
Sofya Iglitskaya - organ (2)
Mikhail Iglitsky - organ (2)
Margarita Revati - vocals (4)
Yuliya Belousova - tabla & tanpura (4)
Artom Smirnov - sitar (4)
Nikolay Bystrov - voice (6)
Ivan Traore - beatbox (7)
Mikhail Smirnov - bodhrán (8)
Anastasiya Papisova - celtic harp (8), vocals (4)
Alevtina Leontyeva - vocals (10)
Darya Savvateyeva - harpsichord (12)
Maya Sobotsinskaya, Svyatoslav Burkov, Nikolay Bystrov - voices (12)
Boris Plotnikov - mouth organ (14)
Choir made up of the band's fans (2, 4)
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Perfect Storm "No Air"
Country: Netherlands
Genre(s): Progressive Rock
Label: Glassville Records
Format: CD, digital
Release date: January 8, 2021 (streaming), March 19, 2021 (CD, download)
Tracklist
1. Strength (8:18)
2. The Search (6:55)
3. Sun For Life (8:08)
4. Hope (7:41)
5. No Air (6:55)
6. Mind's Eye (6:15)
7. How It Ends (9:34)
Total Time 53:46
Line-up
Gert-Jan Schurer - Guitars
Ard Offers - Vocals, keys
Adel Saflou - Vocals
Hiske Oosterwijk - Vocals
Jesse Bosman - Drums
David Klompmakers - Bass guitar
Description/Reviews:
The band plays a progressive rock in the vein of Porcuptine Tree. In fact, they remind me at times of a lesser-known band named DeeExpus. Anyways, they certainly have their own sound, which includes meaty guitars, voluptuous bass and drums, and intricate keys. You’ll hear some electronic portions, as well, and there are both male and female vocalists. They can get fairly heavy at times, but other moments are pure melody. All of this comes together seamlessly with great songwriting and overall feelings of freshness and newness.
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