Sound Chaser Progressive Rock Podcast

The Sound Chaser Progressive Rock Podcast is on the air. The show this time returns to its usual format. I will be catching up on some of the new music that has come out in the last few months, with tunes from IQ, echolyn, Massimo Pieretti, Rosalie Cunningham, Jay Danley, Sykofant, and Silver Nightmares. There are some tunes from the classic era of prog as well. All that, plus news of tours and releases on Sound Chaser.  Playlist 1. Steven Wilson - Salvaging, from Insurgentes 2. echolyn - Boulders on Hills, from Time Silent Radio vii 3. Manoel Macia - Torres de Hielo, from Cielo Profundo 4. Kenso - The Stone of Golden Hair Village, from Sparta 5. Edhels - Egyptian's Matter, from Universal 6. Brian Auger's Oblivion Express - Compared to What, from Live Oblivion Vol. 2 7. Supersister - Judy Goes on Holiday, from Memories Are New 8. Discus - P.E.S.A.N., from ...Tot Licht! 9. Jay Danley - Poker with Tarot Cards, from Great Googly Moogly 10. Rosalie Cunningham - Denim Eyes, from To Shoot Another Day THE SYMPHONIC ZONE 11. Massimo Pieretti - The Next Dream, from The Next Dream 12. Landmarq - All Performers Stand Alone, from The Vision Pit 13. Tempus Fugit - Lord of a Thousand Tales, from Tales from a Forgotten World 14. Lands End - Love Forever, from An Older Land 15. Lands End - The Last Word, from An Older Land 16. The Ajjency - Stairway to Ashes, from To Be Arranged 17. IQ - The Unknown Door, from Dominion LEAVING THE SYMPHONIC ZONE 18. Sykofant - Ashes, from Red Sun 19. Sykofant - Red Sun, from Red Sun 20. Sykofant - Embers, from Red Sun 21. Robert Rich - Calling by Stormlight, from A Troubled Resting Place 22. Brady Arnold - Daymares Ending, from Daymares 23. Collegium Musicum - Burleska, from Live 24. NeBeLNeST - Absinthe, from NeBeLNeST 25. Maximum Indifference - Botched Civilian, from Progwest: The Official Live Bootleg 2001 [compilation] 26. Silver Nightmares - The Blue Light, from Roxy Passion 27. Rafael Pacha - Del Viento, from En un Lugar de Nadie 28. Tiles - The Wading Pool, from Fence the Clear 29. Mike Oldfield - Five Miles Out, from Five Miles Out

The Sound Chaser Progressive Podcast is on the air. The show this time is Part 2 of The Great Engineers sequence, music to showcase the work of some of the producers and engineers who contributed to the progressive rock sound. As with Part 1, most of the music will be from the classic prog era, which was a kind of heyday for the music producers. We will also be listening to music from some latter-day producers. There is plenty of great sounds ahead on Sound Chaser.  Playlist [Paul Samwell-Smith] 1. Illusion - Madonna Blue, from Illusion 2. Amazing Blondel - Safety in God Alone, from Fantasia Lindum 3. Jethro Tull - Seal Driver, from The Broadsword and the Beast [Jean Ristori] 4. Patrick Moraz - Kabala, from Out in the Sun 5. Shylock - Himogène, from Ile de Fièvre 6. Terpandre - Histoire d'un Pêcheur, from Terpandre [Gary Martin] 7. Isotope - Honkey Donkey, from Isotope 8. Soft Machine - 1983, from Six 9. Gentle Giant - In a Glass House, from In a Glass House [Conrad "Conny" Plank] 10. Jane - Rock 'n' Roll Star, from Jane III 11. Kraan - Stars, from Andy Nogger 12. SBB - Rain, from Welcome [David Hitchcock] 13. East of Eden  - Gum Arabic / Confucius, from Snafu 14. Caravan - Songs and Signs, from Waterloo Lily 15. Curved Air - Everdance, from Live [Beppe Crovella] 16. Il Castello di Atlante - Chrysalis, from L'ippogriffo 17. Calliope - Non Ci Credo Più, from La Terra dei Grandi Occhi 18. Tower - There Is Music Left To Be ... Write!, from Tales from a Book of Yestermorrow [Bob Drake] 17. Knifeworld - I'm Hiding Behind My Eyes, from The Unravelling 18. Hamster Theatre - Vermillion Hue Over Lake Lausanne, from Carnival Detournement 19. Miriodor - Mme X, from Live at NEARfest 2002 [Steven Wilson] 20. Ange - Cadavres Exquis, from Culinaire Lingus 21. Paatos - Reality, from Kallocain 22. Tim Bowness - Dark Nevada Dream, from Butterfly Mind [Anton Matthews] 23. The Neutrons - Dance of the Psychedelic Lounge Lizards, form Black Hole Star 24. Gracious - C.B.S., from This Is ... Gracious!! 25. The Graeme Edge Band - Human, from Paradise Ballroom [Rupert Hine] 26. Camel - Eye of the Storm, from I Can See Your House From Here 27. Anthony Phillips - Regrets, from Wise After the Event 28. Rush - Heresy, from Roll the Bones [John Anthony] 29. Van der Graaf Generator - Afterwards, from The Aerosol Grey Machine 30. Roxy Music - For Your Pleasure, from For Your Pleasure 31. Genesis - The Knife, from Trespass

The Sound Chaser Progressive Rock Podcast is on the air. Today’s lesson is about the producers and engineers, those behind the sound desk, who make the musicians sound even better. To a large extent, these people have been as much contributors to the progressive rock sound as the musicians, so on this show and the next one, we will take a listen to the sound design aspects of the prog genre. Also, in here will be an In Memoriam sidebar for singer Neil Lockwood. All that, plus news of tours and releases on Sound Chaser.  Playlist [Eddie Offord] 1. Emerson, Lake & Palmer - The Barbarian, from Emerson, Lake & Palmer 2. Yes - To Be Over, from Relayer 3. Pallas - Ark of Infinity, from The Sentinel [Alan Parsons] 4. Pink Floyd - Alan's Psychedelic Breakfast, from Atom Heart Mother 5. Ambrosia - Make Us All Aware, from Ambrosia 6. Ambrosia - Lover Arrive, from Ambrosia IN MEMORIAM NEIL LOCKWOOD 7. Alan Parsons - I Can't Look Down, from On Air END IN MEMORIAM [Derek Varnals] 8. The Moody Blues - In the Beginning, from On the Threshold of a Dream 9. The Moody Blues - Lovely to See You, from On the Threshold of a Dream 10. The Moody Blues - Dear Diary, from On the Threshold of a Dream 11. The Moody Blues - Send Me No Wine, from On the Threshold of a Dream 12. The Moody Blues - To Share Our Love, from On the Threshold of a Dream 13. The Moody Blues - So Deep Within You, from On the Threshold of a Dream 14. The Web - Blues for Two T's, from Theraphosi Blondi 15. Justin Hayward - Doin' Time, from Songwriter [Tony Visconti] 16. Strawbs - Flight, from From the Witchwood 17. Caravan - Feelin' Alright, from Better By Far 18. Gentle Giant - Wreck, from Acquiring the Taste [Dieter Dierks] 19. Ash Ra Tempel - Day-Dream, from Starring Rosi 20. Wind - Springwind, from Seasons 21. Haze - Fast Career, from Hazecolor-Dia [Jan Erik Kongshaug] 22. Terje Rypdal - Men of Mystery, from Descendre 23. Bill Connors - Theme to the Guardian, from Theme to the Guardian 24. Gateway - Soft, from In the Moment [Simon Heyworth] 25. Gong - Perfect Mystery, from You 26. Steve Hillage - Fish, from Fish Rising 27. Steve Hillage - Meditation of the Snake, from Fish Rising 28. Magma - Köhntarkösz Part One, from Köhntarkösz [Terry Brown] 29. The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Bold as Love, from Axis: Bold as Love 30. Rush - Bastille Day, from Caress of Steel 31. Klaatu - We're Off You Know, from Hope [David Hentschel] 32. Van der Graaf Generator - House With No Doors, from H to HE, Who Am the Only One 33. Renaissance - Jekyll and Hyde, from Azure D'Or 34. Genesis - Many Too Many, from ...And Then There Were Three [Brett William Kull] 35. Chromatic Aberration - The Incidence of Memory, from The Trial of the King 36. 3RDegree - You're Fooling Yourselves, from The Long Division 37. Fractal Mirror - Tabula Rasa, from Close to Vapour

The Sound Chaser Progressive Rock Podcast is on the air. The show this time is Part 2 of my birthday gift to myself episodes, in which I choose some of my favorite progressive music tracks to share with the audience. This time around, I have selected music offered on the Bandcamp music hosting website, with a fine selection, if I do say so myself, of music that you can get right now. Here now you get another selection of excellent music from the Bandcamp site.  Playlist 1. The John Irvine Band - Solar Winds, from Scanning the Dark Horizon 2. Verbal Delirium - The Losing Game, from From the Small Hours of Weakness 3. Matt Stevens - Glide, from Ghost 4. Egg Helmet Ensemble - Synergy, from Inner World Music 5. I Am Your Autopilot - Five Lanes, from Robots in the Orchestra 6. Jack o' the Clock - ...And Who Will Tell Us?, from The Warm, Dark Circus 7. Arnaud Quevedo & Friends - Découverte, from Roan 8. Alex Machacek, Raphael Preuschi, Robert Pirker - Studio Swing, from FAT 9. Vasil Hadžimanov Band - Mr. MoonJune, from Lines in the Sand 10. Dewa Budjana - Kunang Kunang, from Dawai in Paradise THE SYMPHONIC ZONE 11. Isobar - Objet, from Isobar III 12. Ian Neal - Solaris, from Astro 13. Yesterdays - Elmehetsz, from Senki Madara 14. Glass Kites - Intro, from Glass Kites 15. Glass Kites - Terra, from Glass Kites 16. Mike Dickson - Serendip, from Domus 17. Residuos Mentales - A Series of Self-Correcting Errors, from A Temporary State of Bliss 18. Tiger Moth Tales - Beauty Awakes, from Story Tellers Part One 19. Rick Miller - The Trial, from Belief in the Machine 20. Monarch Trail - Twenty K, from Four Sides LEAVING THE SYMPHONIC ZONE 21. Dynamo Bliss - And Forever, from Poplar Music 22. Dynamo Bliss - Over the Rolling Hills, from Poplar Music 23. Melange - Rio Revuelto, from Viento Bravo 24. Once and Future Band - Deleted Scenes, from Deleted Scenes 25. Owane - Born in Space, from Yeah Whatever 26. Sproingg - The Aliens Have Landed, And I'm One of Them, from Sproingg 27. The Tangent - Le Massacre du Printemps (Part 1), from A Place on the Shelf 28. Billy Bottle & The Multiple - Fog, from Unrecorded Beam 29. Billy Bottle & The Multiple - Mere Smoke of Opinion, from Unrecorded Beam 30. John Demarkis - Atmos...Dawn, from Imagine That 31. Farmhouse Odyssey - Space Revealed, from Rise of the Waterfowl 32. 3RDegree - Logical Conclusion, from Ones & Zeroes: Volume 0

The Sound Chaser Progressive Rock Podcast is on the air. The show this time is the first of two special birthday gift to myself shows. Part two gets released in two weeks. This time around, I have decided to highlight some of my favorite finds from Bandcamp. The podcast has been using Bandcamp for many years to find independent artists, and to give them some of the support they need to keep providing the music we love. So, this time and next time, we will hear just a bit of the great music I have found. I also have an In Memoriam feature for the late Jamie Muir. All that, plus news of tours and releases on Sound Chaser.  Playlist 1. Druckfarben - Dead Play Awake, from Druckfarben IN MEMORIAM JAMIE MUIR 2. King Crimson - Easy Money, from Larks' Tongues in Aspic 3. King Crimson - The Talking Drum, from Larks' Tongues in Aspic 4. King Crimson - Larks' Tongues in Aspic Part Two, from Larks' Tongues in Aspic END IN MEMORIAM 5. Drifting Sun - Diogenes, from Planet Junkie 6. Emily Bezar - Falling Up, from The Rococo B-Sides 7. Carlo Celuque - Pulsating Particles, from Berlin Walk 8. Chromatic Aberration - Lord of the City, from The Trial of the King 9. WIZRD - Lessons, from Seasons 10. Zombi - Thoughtforms, from 2020 THE SYMPHONIC ZONE 11. Andrew Rubin & Jon Anderson - Movement 1 - Part One, from Guitar Concerto 12. Steve Cochrane - Swans, from With or Without [2023 remix] 13. Aisles - Melancholia, from 4:45 AM 14. Kant Freud Kafka - Vida y Muerte, from Orinoco 15. Chris - Towards the Stars, from Snow Stories 16. Kotebel - Lento Cantabile, from Concerto for Piano and Electric Ensemble 17. Lodger Wright - In the Winter Heat, from This One's for the Fans 18. Karfagen - Solitary Sandpiper Journey, from Solitary Sandpiper Journey 19. Emperor Norton - Arrow, from Emperor Norton LEAVING THE SYMPHONIC ZONE 20. Elephant Gym - Strong Ladder, from Angle 21. Eyes of Etherea - Electosaurus, from Mood Adjuster 22. SAWCE - Mouth Noises, from Bedtime Stories 23. Hiata - Shallow Chemistry (oxygen), from Vessel Receptor 24. Hiata - Cleansing Gandharvas (praña), from Vessel Receptor 25. Myriad - Outside Smile, from Sea of the Sinking Sun 26. All India Radio - Vega, from Space 27. Tohpati Ethnomission - Let the Birds Sing, from Save the Planet 28. Elle PF - Perennial Bygones, from She Wrote It 29. Lost Crowns - Sound as Colour, from Every Night Something Happens 30. Gleb Kolyadin - Kaleidoscope, from Gleb Kolyadin