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An Abstract Disillusion - Different Kinds of Hiveminds
Season 2 · Episode 40
Wednesday, December 21, 2022 • Duration 50:03
For this year’s End of the Year episode, we assembled an illustrious round again: Karl Westerlund, Robert Stenvall & Christian Berglönn (An Abstract Illusion), Andy Schmidt (Disillusion), Colin MacAndrew (Ashbreather) & Rioghan Darcy, talking about all of their own 2022 records as well as our favorite albums of the year.
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Main Hosts: Dario Albrecht, Rune Belsvik Reinås
Produced by Dario Albrecht, Vanessa Kirsch and Rune Belsvik Reinås
All graphics and animations by Vanessa Kirsch
Intro theme by Giuseppe Negri - Follow: https://youtube.com/user/Skybladeprogmetal
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Bach & silent movies: Dirt Poor Robins mastermind Neil DeGraide talks about Queen of the Night
Season 2 · Episode 39
Wednesday, December 14, 2022 • Duration 49:40
There must have been something in the water in Providence, Rhode Island around 2004: Dirt Poor Robins emerged parallel to The Dear Hunter to go on a separate, but similarly artistic journey, culminating in their latest record and silent film, “Queen of the Night”. Mastermind Neil DeGraide told us everything about it!
Chapters:
03:30 A brief history of Dirt Poor Robins
13:18 Making a movie as an extension of the album
15:58 The Dear Hunter connection
17:40 Queen of the Night: Soundtrack vs. Score
22:30 The hybrid approach to orchestration
25:33 Komm Jesu: layering choral arrangements and adapting Bach
30:45 The average prog fan
32:00 Making a DIY low budget movie
37:04 The entire timespan until completion of Queen of the Night
42:28 The Patreon Community and upcoming plans
🎵 Dirt Poor Robins is:
Neil DeGraide
Kate DeGraide
💿 Discography:
The Cage (2007)
Last Days of Leviathan (2010)
The Raven Locks (Act 1) (2013)
The Raven Locks (Act 2) (2014)
The Raven Locks (Act 3) (2017)
The Raven Locks (Complete Record) (2019)
Dead Horse, Alaska (RED) (2019)
Revisiting the history of Conception: Norwegian Prog Metal Legends Roy Khan & Tore Østby!
Season 2 · Episode 30
Wednesday, October 12, 2022 • Duration 55:38
What does “epic” mean? What is “progressive”? Roy Khan and Tore Østby of Norwegian Prog Metal Legends Conception ponder the big questions while reminiscing about their 4 classic albums that just got a proper Deluxe Reissue treatment. We also talked about the successful reunion, future plans and the “Conception Camp” they just returned from.
Chapters:
01:20 Introducing Roy Khan and Tore Østby of Conception
02:14 The beginning of Conception and The Last Sunset
05:44 The Last Sunset to Parallel Minds
11:30 Introducing a classical timbre into metal
14:25 Tore’s & Roy’s favorite song on The Last Sunset
18:02 Tore’s & Roy’s favorite song on Parallel Minds
21:15 Bonus demo tracks on the new Deluxe Editions
25:36 Growing up as a (Prog) Metal band in the 90s
29:30 In Your Multitude
34:43 Tore’s & Roy’s favorite song on In Your Multitude
36:20 Flow(ing into grooviness)
43:18 My Dark Symphony & State of Deception: the most diverse Conception releases to date!?
47:05 The spark for the reunion
50:35 Upcoming plans in Camp Conception
🎵 Conception is:
Roy Khan - vocals
Tore Østby - guitars
Ingar Amlien - bass
Arve Heimdal - drums
“What if all the weird stuff actually is the album?” - Simen & Magnus of Maraton talk Unseen Color and more
Season 2 · Episode 29
Wednesday, October 5, 2022 • Duration 33:24
The chances of a huge social media platform re-naming itself after your album vs. a brain appearing out of nowhere: big Boltzmann Brain times with Simen Hundere Ruud & Magnus Johansen of Norwegian prog shooting stars Maraton talking about their impending sophomore album “Unseen Color” and more.
Chapters:
02:55 A quick history of Maraton
07:30 The difference between Meta and Meta+
11:30 Choosing the singles for Unseen Color
14:25 What is a Boltzmann Brain?
17:50 Going from Meta to Unseen Color: letting go of songwriting constraints
24:50 Vocal melodies and arrangements
27:20 Putting together the string arrangement on A Body of Your Own
30:00 Upcoming live plans
🎵 Maraton is:
Fredrik Bergersen Klemp – Vocals
Simen Hundere Ruud – Guitar
Frank Nordeng Røe - Drums
Magnus Johansen – Keys
Ruben Aksnes – Bass
💿 Discography:
Meta (2019)
Unseen Color (2022)
✔️ Follow Maraton:
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/maratonband
Saved by Mom’s power generator: Avandra bring Prog form Puerto Rico
Season 2 · Episode 28
Wednesday, September 28, 2022 • Duration 30:30
Avandra Mastermind Christian Ayala called from Puerto Rico shortly before boarding the plane to ProgPower Europe to talk about power blackouts after hurricanes, the magic of discovering bands live first before diving into their studio recordings, the new album “Prodigal” coming in November and more upcoming Avandra plans.
Chapters:
01:00 Welcoming Christian Ayala
03:00 How does Avandra sound
06:50 Avandra’s progression from album to album
10:40 Putting together a band
22:55 The difference between the live feel and studio recordings
🎵 Avandra is:
Christian Ayala - Guitars/Vocals/Synths
José Miguel Vázaquez - Bass
Luis Javier Rivera - Guitars
Adrián Arroyo - Drums
Recurring Guest Synths - Vikram Shankar
💿 Discography:
Tymora (2017)
Descender (2022)
Skylighting (2020)
Prodigal (2022)
✔️ Follow Avandra:
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/avandraPR
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/avandrapr/
Bandcamp: https://avandra.bandcamp.com/
Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3RW3KRV
You don’t get that organic band sound unless you play the songs and feel the pain! Abraham Sarache
Season 2 · Episode 27
Wednesday, September 21, 2022 • Duration 32:50
“You don’t get that organic band sound unless you play the songs and feel the pain!” Electric Cuatro player Abraham Sarache and bassist Tristan Turner talk about how to play the famous Melkweg in Amsterdam for the first time three times, fast moving chats at The Progspace Online Festival, the upcoming ProgPower Europe Pre-Party and more…
Chapters:
00:55 Welcome Abraham & Tristan
02:15 Abraham Sarache: the band and the sounds
06:10 From the Gardener to Kaleidoscope of Fears & Dreams
13:10 Completing the trio: Jan Kohrt on drums
14:30 Participating in The Progspace Online Festival
17:15 Finally playing Melkweg in Amsterdam
20:10 Preparing for the ProgPower Pre-Party presented by The Progspace
22:25 The new custom-made electro-acoustic Cuatro
26:35 Upcoming plans
🎵 Abraham Sarache is:
Abraham Sarache - Electric and Acoustic Cuatro, Guitars
Tristan Turner - Bass
Jan Kohrt - Drums
💿 Discography:
The Gardener (2016)
Kaleidoscope of Fears EP (2018)
Kaleidoscope of Dreams (2020)
Live at the Progspace Online Festival EP (2021)
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No Bossa Nova: Feather Mountain on their way To Exit A Maelstrom!
Season 2 · Episode 26
Wednesday, September 14, 2022 • Duration 24:58
Danish prog newcomers return with a very. personal sophomore album in the form of “To Exit A Maelstrom”. We talked to vocalist Mikkel A. Lohmann and drummer Christian Dahl-Blumenberg about increasing the heaviness, why they don’t play Bossa Nova and the challenges of playing emotionally heavy music live. Don’t miss out on their performance at ProgPower Europe in the Netherlands on Oct. 1st!
Chapters:
01:00 Welcome (back) Feather Mountain
02:25 Making “To Exit A Maelstrom”
04:45 Composing “To Exit A Maelstrom”
07:35 Increasing the heaviness
09:20 Going instrumental in ‘Air Hunger’
10:25 What is it with prog bands and long songs at the end of albums?
12:30 The music video for ‘Sincere’
15:00 Picking the singles
17:55 Presenting the new songs live
18:30 Finally going to ProgPower Europe!
20:00 Playing emotionally challenging music in a live setting
🎵 Feather Mountain is:
Andreas Dahl-Blumenberg - Bass, Vocals
Christian Dahl-Blumenberg - Drums
Jens Baalkilde Andersen - Guitar, Vocals
Mikkel Aaen Lohmann - Lead Vocals
💿 Discography:
Nidus (2019)
To Exit A Maelstrom (2022)
Memories, Patreons & Ronnie James Dio: Toehider is back with a 47-minute epic!
Season 2 · Episode 25
Wednesday, September 7, 2022 • Duration 25:32
The Progtalks are back after the summer break, and we have Australian multi-instrumentalist Mike Mills, sole (musician) member of Toehider calling and talking about his new album “I Have Little To No Memory of These Memories”, adequately rated artists and advantages and disadvantages of being a one man band.
Chapters:
01:30 Recalling some memories recording “I Have Little To No Memory of These Memories”
06:30 Solo project vs. full band: advantages and disadvantages
09:30 The importance of the Patreon community during the pandemic downtime
11:00 Streaming shows: prepared or spontaneous?
13:30 Which artist is adequately rated?
16:20 New merch!
17:50 Live plans?
22:10 The Australian Prog scene
🎵 Toehider is:
Mike Mills - all instruments and vocals
Andrew Saltmarsh - illustrations
💿 Discography:
To Hide Her (2011)
What Kind Of Creature Am I? (2014)
Good (2017)
I Like It! (2020)
I Have Little To No Memory of these Memories (2022)
✔️ Follow Toehider:
Website: https://toehider.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/toehider
Population Three in Porcupine Tree land: Richard Barbieri on Closure/Continuation, sound design and attention spans
Season 2 · Episode 24
Wednesday, June 22, 2022 • Duration 21:30
One last Progtalks episode before our summer break: Porcupine Tree’s Richard Barbieri talks about different approaches to composing, sound design and of course the most anticipated album of the year in the Prog world: “Closure/Continuation”. Don’t miss out on the last Progtalks episode before our summer break!
Chapters:
00:55 Porcupine Tree’s growing popularity during the hiatus
02:15 Closure/Continuation: the songwriting origins and process
05:25 exploring ambient sound design worlds in a more metal environment
09:25 combining electronics & acoustics
11:00 combining the melancholic pop era with the abrasive metal riffs: is “Closure/Continuation the definite Porcupine Tree album?
14:25 upcoming live plans
17:30 RIchard’s favourite Porcupine Tree songs
18:48 more Closure? Or more Continuation?
🎵 Porcupine Tree is:
Steven Wilson - guitars, bass, vocals
Richard Barbieri - keyboards, sound design
Gavin Harrison - drums
💿 Discography:
On The Sunday of Life (1992)
Up the Downstair (1993)
The Sky Moves Sideways (1995)
Signify (1996)
Stupid Dream (1999)
Lightbulb Sun (2000)
In Absentia (2002)
The High Castle Teleorkestra is hatching: Tim Smolens & Chris Bogen talk “The Egg That Never Opened”!
Season 2 · Episode 23
Wednesday, June 15, 2022 • Duration 33:17
Tim Smolens & Chris Bogen, the driving duo behind the newly founded High Castle Teleorkestra, talk about the creation of “The Egg That Never Opened”, the first part of a planned trilogy based on Philip K. Dick’s novel “Radio Free Albemuth”, out July 17 on Art As Catharsis.
Chapters:
02:45 the spark that initiated the creation of High Castle Teleorkestra
07:30 dissecting the first chapter of Philip K. Dick’s Radio Free Albemuth
11:00 mashing up genres that don’t seem to fit together on paper
16:35 Estradasphere and HCT: integrating folk music from around the world into heavy music in an interesting way
19:30 playing Metal while not being a Metal band
23:30 live plans with High Castle Teleorkestra?
26:40 the all-star Teleorkestra line-up on The Egg that Never Opened
🎵 High Castle Teleorkestra is:
Tim Smolens (Estradasphere, I.S.S., Don Salsa, Secret Chiefs 3 etc.) (Colorado): bass, chief producer, keyboards, cello, vox
Chris Bogen (Doc Booger) (New Orleans): guitars, co-producer, analog synths, noise collages
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The Progtalks produced by The Progspace
Main Hosts: Dario Albrecht, Rune Belsvik Reinås
Produced by Dario Albrecht, Vanessa Kirsch and Rune Belsvik Reinås
All graphics and animations by Vanessa Kirsch
Intro theme by Giuseppe Negri - Follow: https://youtube.com/user/Skybladeprogmetal
Outro themes by Zach Munowitz - Follow: https://zachmunowitz.com/
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Produced by Rune Belsvik Reinås, Dario Albrecht, Vanessa and Matthias Kirsch
All graphics and animations by Vanessa Kirsch
Intro theme by Giuseppe Negri - Follow: https://youtube.com/user/Skybladeprogmetal
Outro themes by Zach Munowitz - Follow: https://zachmunowitz.com/
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Produced by Rune Belsvik Reinås, Dario Albrecht, Vanessa and Matthias Kirsch
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Intro theme by Giuseppe Negri - Follow: https://youtube.com/user/Skybladeprogmetal
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Produced by Rune Belsvik Reinås, Dario Albrecht, Vanessa and Matthias Kirsch
All graphics and animations by Vanessa Kirsch
Intro theme by Giuseppe Negri - Follow: https://youtube.com/user/Skybladeprogmetal
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Main Hosts: Rune Belsvik Reinås, Dario Albrecht
Produced by Rune Belsvik Reinås, Dario Albrecht, Vanessa and Matthias Kirsch
All graphics and animations by Vanessa Kirsch
Intro theme by Giuseppe Negri - Follow: https://youtube.com/user/Skybladeprogmetal
Outro themes by Zach Munowitz - Follow: https://zachmunowitz.com/
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Main Hosts: Rune Belsvik Reinås, Dario Albrecht
Produced by Rune Belsvik Reinås, Dario Albrecht, Vanessa and Matthias Kirsch
All graphics and animations by Vanessa Kirsch
Intro theme by Giuseppe Negri - Follow: https://youtube.com/user/Skybladeprogmetal
Outro themes by Zach Munowitz - Follow: https://zachmunowitz.com/
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Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/Toehider
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Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3KGgAAR
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Produced by Rune Belsvik Reinås, Dario Albrecht, Vanessa and Matthias Kirsch
All graphics and animations by Vanessa Kirsch
Intro theme by Giuseppe Negri - Follow: https://youtube.com/user/Skybladeprogmetal
Outro themes by Zach Munowitz - Follow: https://zachmunowitz.com/
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Main Hosts: Rune Belsvik Reinås, Dario Albrecht
Produced by Rune Belsvik Reinås, Dario Albrecht, Vanessa and Matthias Kirsch
All graphics and animations by Vanessa Kirsch
Intro theme by Giuseppe Negri - Follow: https://youtube.com/user/Skybladeprogmetal
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💿 Discography:
The Egg That Never Opened - Radio Free Albemuth Part 1 (2022)
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All graphics and animations by Vanessa Kirsch
Intro theme by Giuseppe Negri - Follow: https://youtube.com/user/Skybladeprogmetal
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