"10 prog tracks loved by hip-hop kids"

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  • Rock + Classical = Artrock


    To call Emerson Lake and Palmer prog

    simply sounds




    to me as prog usually is on the low side of experimental rock.



    Serious psyche collectors often look down on prog as "boring"
    but use it as a good source for making money
    as it keeps a sometimes hard to understand request by rock heads.



    Then please tell me what the point is in seperating
    a bands national origin from the musical category they work in ????


    As for example i would call Babe Ruth simply Hard Rock -
    Can def. is another league with a wide
    variety of sounds/ideas/backgrounds
    which is quite comparable to other European and even US
    hall of fame rock albums (prog/psyche wise).


    The most interesting Brassrock/Prog/Artrock/Whatever band album for hip hop kids
    for me stays Blood Sweat and Tears with the much sampled "spinning wheel"

    Greetings
    Seb

  • related to this ...... i did a 15 minute mix yesterday for a cd that a night my mate runs and i dj at will be giving out free . my one was "around the world in 15 minutes with phillius prog".

    >>>get it here<<<<

    here's the tracklist:
    KONCZ ZSUZSA - "visz a vonat" (Hungary)
    SUPERSISTER - "judy goes on holiday" (Netherlands)
    BO HANSSON - "wandering" (Sweden)
    CAN - "im so green" (Germany)
    JON LORD - "organ" (England)
    MARTIN CIRCUS - "poeme" (France)
    SAN UL LIM - "a2" (Korea)
    GOBLIN - "snip snap" (Italy)
    CZERWONE GITARY - "coda" (Poland)
    POOKAH - "ha ha i can fly" (USA)
    APHRODITE'S CHILD - "the beast" (Greece)

    i know that there may be some quibbling as to whats prog and whats not but its just a bit fo fun ...

    That seems like a great mix with a witty title, except I think it should be "Philleas Prog".



  • That seems like a great mix with a witty title, except I think it should be "Philleas Prog".

    bugger.

  • 10 progs that should appeal to hip hopperers

    1.bo hansson-excursions in a complicated mind (much sampled)
    2.goblin-death dies
    3.amon duul 2-yeti talks to yogi
    4.king crimson-one more red nightmare(double up the intro for pure dark bboy/breaker vibes)
    5.atomic rooster-the rock
    6.soft machine-save yourself
    7.man-puella puella/erotica
    8.paladin-dance of the cobra
    9.east of eden-have to whack it up
    10.guru guru-immer lustig

    yes a couple are a couple of krauties there but to me most kraut is more similar to prog than psych... to me it seems the germans were more interested in playing simple stuff but all over the top of each other while prog(english and italian especially) is more solo based with one instrument taking the main lead and with more noodley bits than kraut stuff..

  • hemolhemol 2,578 Posts
    So, what would Osibisa be? They're form Afirca, and there record covers look a lot like Yes record covers.

  • So, what would Osibisa be? They're form Afirca, and there record covers look a lot like Yes record covers.

    mostly tepid afro rock -- surely!!

  • So, what would Osibisa be? They're form Afirca, and there record covers look a lot like Yes record covers.

    man, you are tryin TOO hard with that one!

  • spivyspivy 866 Posts
    absolute elsewhere-in search of ancient gods



    pretty much the whole record.

  • DB_CooperDB_Cooper Manhatin' 7,823 Posts
    what about CAN?
    Can is Kraut rock!!!

    what is kraut rock? i only know the one called soul rock.

    I think in Germany you just call it "rock."

  • RAJRAJ tenacious local 7,779 Posts
    Always stood by this record... killer french can prog with lasers and shit.



  • DuderonomyDuderonomy Haut de la Garenne 7,778 Posts
    Was that on Royal With Beats? Sounds familiar.

  • RAJRAJ tenacious local 7,779 Posts
    Was that on Royal With Beats? Sounds familiar.

    It's been almost 15 years, but as I recall now... yes.

      


  • DuderonomyDuderonomy Haut de la Garenne 7,778 Posts
    bull_ox said:
    "progressive rock" is a pretty broad term and thats how I apply it, some may feel differently but...

    where I'm coming from a lot of mainstream 70s rock was proggy, and there's plenty of underground stuff too... space rock and kraut are both subgenres as far as I'm concerned.

    extended soloing, unconventional instruments, songs that don't conform to the patterns associated with rock before then, often long tunes...

    I agree with these points; noodling solos, very long tracks, often a lot of flute, usually experimental. When looking for breaks/loops, prog is absolutely the worst genre. An LP track might be 15 minutes long, and constantly changes tempo, timing, instruments, atmosphere - there are no clues when needle-dropping as to what you'll find... which also makes prog a rich seam of material IMO.

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