#Progressive Electronic

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Joel Vandroogenbroeck, Mac Prindy, Marc Monsen - Biomechanoid, 1980

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Tracklist:

Give Life Back To Music • The Game Of Love • Giorgio By Moroder • Within • Instant Crush • Lose Yourself To Dance • Touch* • Get Lucky • Beyond • Motherboard • Fragments Of Time • Doin' It Right • Contact

*The opening to this song is a reference to a scene from the movie Phantom of the Paradise, in which the main character has his voice digitally modified and enhanced whilst performing his cantata. The antagonist of the film, Swan, is played by Paul Williams, who is featured on the track.

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Endlessness, Nala Sinephro (2024)

Can Nala Sinephro concoct as much magic over several tracks on Endlessness as she did on the singular piece of Space 1.8? Silly question – of course she can. Somehow Sinephro manages to conjure musical worlds just as lush and expansive, just as captivating and transportive as before, not just in each track but as an overall album impression. Masterful. 

Pick: ‘Continuum 1’

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Hainbach’s Breve

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EPIC ALBUM COVER #117

Jon Anderson - Olias of Sunhillow

Released: 1976 (Atlantic)

Progressive rock

Suggested by anon.

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kraftwerk if they fucking sucked: cis europe express

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Bumble’s Music Reviews Special Edition: Recommendon’tions

As you may recall, some time ago I began searching for songs that sound bad. Today I finally listened to the suggestions I received: “Yours is No Disgrace - Live at Academy of Music, New York, NY, 2/19/1972” - Yes; “Woodpecker No. 1” - Merzbow; “I Hate CD’s” - The Legendary Stardust Cowboy; Troll - James Ferraro; and Never Mind the Gap - Negative Øhio!

“Yours is No Disgrace - Live…” - Nominated by The Knight, who mentioned that her distaste for this song might be due to its contrast with the original recording, and yeah. This is a good song, and I haven’t listened to the original yet so I had nothing to be disappointed by. I thought it was quite a good performance, actually. Sorry. Song is a 4/5, recommendation 0/5.

“Woodpecker No. 1” - Nominated by The Hater, this is the clear winner. Is it enjoyable? Absolutely not. Is it good? I have no idea. It sounds like a robot hamster being tortured. I almost like it, in a way… but not quite. Song ?/5, recommendation 5/5.

“I Hate CD’s” - Nominated by The Unicorn. This song is so fucking stupid. I’m obsessed with it. I really thought surely it must be satire, but no. This is real. He doesn’t really sing so much as yell. Have you ever heard a trumpet mumble? You have now. Bruce Springsteen catches strays for no apparent reason. They threw in some vocal chopping, too, just for fun. The rhymes are… really something. This is art and I mean it.

The song does not fit the prompt, being extraordinarily enjoyable, but I can’t even be mad about it because I love it so much. I need everyone to listen to this. Song 5/5, recommendation 3/5. His cowboy boots have a lot of power, you guys. And I think he hates CDs.

Troll - Nominated by a friend of Neo’s. I actually quite like this. I can understand the thought process behind the nomination - songs like “Cyber Bile” have some discordant tones that most people would probably find unpleasant. But others, like “Bio Sewer”, are rather lovely. And I really like the choice to feature Miku! Conceptually fitting and well executed. EP 4/5, recommendation 3.5/5.

Never Mind the Gap - Nominated by Neo darlingdistantplaces. Now here’s a really fun one! It’s harsh, unfriendly, and, at least at the beginning, a little unpleasant - but not enough so to make me stop listening. Around the halfway point, though, I began to see the vision. I actually quite liked the frantic video-game energy of “Everybody Who Built the Carpal Tunnel Went Blind Afterwards. - Unisexy Mix”, and “Enema Nosebleed - Toxic Tuxedo Mix” and “127 Inches of Midi Dick” go hard.

Do I like it? Not exactly. Then again, digital hardcore was never going to be my thing. But I do think it’s very interesting - I would never think to combine sounds in this way - and genuinely really cool. Also the album cover goes hard. This is the queer art Megami wanted us to protect. Album 4/5, recommendation 4.5/5.

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[ionokosmband]

We are IonoKosm, an avant-garde music duo formed in October 2023 at the Performing Arts Forum, located in Saint-Erme-Outre-Et-Ramecourt. This group is the fruit of a meeting between Julien Lemaire, an experienced bassist with a highly rhythmic style, and Upsilon Nova, a synthesist and true sound craftsperson.

We are delighted to announce the release date of our first album, entitled The Early Sound. The project will be released on March 1, 2025 on all platforms (YouTube, Bandcamp, Spotify, Apple Music, Deezer...).

It is a reworking of the best compositions we've produced since the duo was founded, plus a few exclusives. As a result, the sound palette is highly eclectic, blending progressive, electronic, avant-garde, spoken word, industrial and funk.

The Early Sound is structured as a narrative, following a reflection articulated around awareness and protest against repressive powers in society.

We won't reveal more, to leave you the joy of discovering it all by yourself.

You can also find us on other social networks:

https://linktr.ee/ionokosmband

We also have a website with more information:

https://ionokosm.neocities.org/

More content to come on YouTube (clips, making-of, performances...).

Thanks to Kahleiyuu for their digital reproduction of the IonoKosm logo.Thank you for your attention, see you soon.

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Tracklist:

Plantasia • Symphony for a Spider Plant • Baby's Tears Blues • Ode to an African Violet • Concerto for Philodendron and Pothos • Rhapsody in Green • Swingin' Spathipyllums • You Don't Have to Walk a Begonia • Mellow Mood for Maidenhair • Music to Soothe the Savage Snake Plant

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Kraftwerk - Uran From Kraftwerk - Radio-Aktivität (Kling Klang, 1975)

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Quite good.

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96 Back’s tender, exit

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Take the Train to Manchester

The new Corduroy Institute album is finally available for download on Bandcamp—link in bio. This record contains nine songs which were created between December of 2019 and August of 2023— the longest span of time we have ever devoted to any of our releases.

Take the Train to Manchester coalesced around the principle of discontinuity. Every piece was crafted intermittently over a period of years, thus allowing audio recordings from different moments of our past intermingle to create compositions which we ourselves could have never foreseen. The end result is a document of alienation written to and from the forgotten.

As with previous efforts, the music was created through multitracked improvisations and the lyrics were derived from cut-ups taken from across the gamut of print media. During the course of our sonic research we employed the Bass VI, synthesizers, guitars, drum machines, samplers, guitar pedals, loopers, digital modular synthesizers, and even a microcassette recorder to create the sonorities on these recordings.

We invite you to listen, download, and provide your peer review.