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Avant-prog

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Avant-prog (short for avant-garde progressive rock) is a style that appeared in the late 1970s as the extension of two separate progressive rock sub-styles: Rock in Opposition (RIO) and the Canterbury scene. [1]

33 relations: AllMusic, Alternative Press (magazine), BBC, Birdsongs of the Mesozoic, Bob Drake (musician), Canterbury scene, Circle (band), Closure in Moscow, Europe, Experimental rock, Forever Einstein, Free improvisation, Guapo (band), Henry Cow, Japan, Miriodor, Motor Totemist Guild, News from Babel, Nick Didkovsky, Pitchfork (website), PopMatters, Progressive rock, Rock in Opposition, Sound collage, The Muffins, The Quietus, Thinking Plague, Tiny Mix Tapes, Tomahawk (band), United States, Washington City Paper, Zeuhl, Zs (band).

AllMusic

AllMusic (previously known as All Music Guide or AMG) is an online music guide.

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Alternative Press (magazine)

Alternative Press is an American music magazine based in Cleveland, Ohio.

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BBC

The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is a British public service broadcaster.

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Birdsongs of the Mesozoic

Birdsongs of the Mesozoic is a musical group founded in Boston, Massachusetts in 1980.

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Bob Drake (musician)

Bob Drake (born December 6, 1957) is an American multi-instrumentalist musician and recording engineer.

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Canterbury scene

The Canterbury scene (or Canterbury Sound) is a subgenre of, or sibling to, progressive rock.

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Circle (band)

Circle is a Finnish experimental rock band formed in Pori in 1991.

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Closure in Moscow

Closure in Moscow is an Australian progressive rock band that formed in Melbourne, Victoria in 2006.

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Europe

Europe is a continent located entirely in the Northern Hemisphere and mostly in the Eastern Hemisphere.

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Experimental rock

Experimental rock (or avant-rock) is a subgenre of rock music which pushes the boundaries of common composition and performance technique or which experiments with the basic elements of the genre.

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Forever Einstein

Forever Einstein is an avante-garde band formed in 1989, and described as a, "very smart trio," The band consists of original members John Roulat (drums and percussion) and Charles O'Meara, aka C.W. Vrtacek (guitars, keyboards).

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Free improvisation

Free improvisation or free music is improvised music without any rules beyond the logic or inclination of the musician(s) involved.

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Guapo (band)

Guapo is a British experimental rock/art rock band formed in the mid-1990s by drummer/percussionist Dave Smith and guitarist/vocalist Matt Thompson, though the band gained a wider audience with the contribution of multi-instrumentalist Daniel O'Sullivan.

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Henry Cow

Henry Cow were an English avant-rock group, founded at Cambridge University in 1968 by multi-instrumentalists Fred Frith and Tim Hodgkinson.

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Japan

Japan (日本; Nippon or Nihon; formally 日本国 or Nihon-koku, lit. "State of Japan") is a sovereign island country in East Asia.

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Miriodor

Miriodor is a Canadian musical group in the field of what is known as Rock in Opposition; the band combines jazz, progressive rock and chamber music into a powerful sound reminiscent of better known artists like Univers Zéro or Art Zoyd.

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Motor Totemist Guild

Motor Totemist Guild is an American rock band, formed in 1980 in Orange County, California by band leader James Grigsby.

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News from Babel

News from Babel were an English avant-rock group founded in 1983 by Chris Cutler, Lindsay Cooper, Zeena Parkins and Dagmar Krause.

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Nick Didkovsky

Nick Didkovsky (born 1958) is a composer, guitarist, computer music programmer, and leader of the band Doctor Nerve.

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Pitchfork (website)

Pitchfork is an American online magazine launched in 1995 by Ryan Schreiber, based in Chicago, Illinois and owned by Condé Nast.

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PopMatters

PopMatters is an international online magazine of cultural criticism that covers many aspects of popular culture.

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Progressive rock

Progressive rock (shortened as prog; sometimes called art rock, classical rock or symphonic rock) is a broad genre of rock music that developed in the United Kingdom and United States throughout the mid to late 1960s.

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Rock in Opposition

Rock in Opposition or RIO was a movement representing a collective of progressive bands in the late 1970s united in their opposition to the music industry that refused to recognise their music.

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Sound collage

In music, montage (literally "putting together") or sound collage ("gluing together") is a technique where newly branded sound objects or compositions, including songs, are created from collage, also known as montage.

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The Muffins

The Muffins are an American Maryland-based progressive rock/avant-jazz group.

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The Quietus

The Quietus is a British online music and pop culture magazine, focusing on arts news, reviews, and features.

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Thinking Plague

Thinking Plague is a United States avant-garde progressive rock group founded in 1982 by guitarist/composer Mike Johnson and bass guitarist/drummer Bob Drake.

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Tiny Mix Tapes

Tiny Mix Tapes (also TMT or tinymixtapes) is an online music and film webzine that focuses primarily on new music and related news.

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Tomahawk (band)

Tomahawk is an American rock supergroup.

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United States

The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a federal republic composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions.

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Washington City Paper

The Washington City Paper is a U.S. alternative weekly newspaper serving the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area.

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Zeuhl

Zeuhl is a style of progressive rock that originated in France in the 1960s.

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Zs (band)

Zs (pronounced) is a Brooklyn, New York-based experimental band.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avant-prog

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