22-06-2016, 16:15
To that list I would add
David Gilmour - On an Island
It's a pretty laid back album for the most part, but by no means bland, and there are overtones of The Division Bell.
I have the feeling though you may have been wanting to know about other music that affects you the same way as Pink Floyd, since the band itself of course no longer exists. In which case, there is quite a lot of progressive music being made, but it just doesn't get on radio, you have to put in a bit of work to seek it out. I doubt you'll find anyone who sounds just like Pink Floyd, but IMO that's a good thing, because why buy something that's a stylistic carbon copy of the original when you can hear the original?
The problem is that at a certain point in time, around the late 1970s or early 1980s, punk and new wave were taking over and progressive or "prog" became somewhat of a dirty word. It's only since about the turn of the millenium that it has become slightly respectable again. Radiohead can probably take a lot of credit for that. While OK Computer sounds nothing like Dark Side of the Moon, it is most certainly progressive, a fact that many people did not realise until after the event, by which it was too late, they had already bought it.
Some of my recommendations:
- Almost anything related to Steven Wilson - solo releases, Porcupine Tree, Blackfield, No-man, Storm Corrosion.
- Anathema (began as a doom metal band, but there is absolutely nothing doom or metal in the later albums). Try the albums We're Here Because We're Here and Weather Systems.
- Opeth (same applies, though their sound is quite different to anathema). Try Damnation, Heritage, Pale Communion.
- Riverside
- Katatonia (I'm not so keen on them, but some people rave over them)
A good place to start is here: http://www.kscopemusic.com/
There is a monthly podcast, and all the old podcasts are available. It shocases lots of the artists who fall under the "neo-prog" umbrella. Sure it's only artists on Kscope or related stuff, but this label is a major supporter of this kind of music.
David Gilmour - On an Island
It's a pretty laid back album for the most part, but by no means bland, and there are overtones of The Division Bell.
I have the feeling though you may have been wanting to know about other music that affects you the same way as Pink Floyd, since the band itself of course no longer exists. In which case, there is quite a lot of progressive music being made, but it just doesn't get on radio, you have to put in a bit of work to seek it out. I doubt you'll find anyone who sounds just like Pink Floyd, but IMO that's a good thing, because why buy something that's a stylistic carbon copy of the original when you can hear the original?
The problem is that at a certain point in time, around the late 1970s or early 1980s, punk and new wave were taking over and progressive or "prog" became somewhat of a dirty word. It's only since about the turn of the millenium that it has become slightly respectable again. Radiohead can probably take a lot of credit for that. While OK Computer sounds nothing like Dark Side of the Moon, it is most certainly progressive, a fact that many people did not realise until after the event, by which it was too late, they had already bought it.
Some of my recommendations:
- Almost anything related to Steven Wilson - solo releases, Porcupine Tree, Blackfield, No-man, Storm Corrosion.
- Anathema (began as a doom metal band, but there is absolutely nothing doom or metal in the later albums). Try the albums We're Here Because We're Here and Weather Systems.
- Opeth (same applies, though their sound is quite different to anathema). Try Damnation, Heritage, Pale Communion.
- Riverside
- Katatonia (I'm not so keen on them, but some people rave over them)
A good place to start is here: http://www.kscopemusic.com/
There is a monthly podcast, and all the old podcasts are available. It shocases lots of the artists who fall under the "neo-prog" umbrella. Sure it's only artists on Kscope or related stuff, but this label is a major supporter of this kind of music.