Progressive Reverberations in Echoes Top 25

Ulrich Schnauss Falls to the Top of Echoes Top 25

Music with Progressive Rock roots dominates the Echoes Top 25 for February.  Ulrich Schnauss’ A Long Way to Fall was the Echoes CD of the Month. His inspirations are in 70s German space music and Krautrock as are all the musicians on the Manikin Records Second Decade 2002-2012  collection as well as Ian Boddy and Bertrand Loreau.  Brian Reitzel, the soundtrack composer  looks to Pink Floyd for adapting “Moonlight Sonata” to a post-rock sound on his score to Boss, while Jon Durant & Colin Edwin are the children of Genesis, King Crimson and the Mahavisnu Orchestra, not to mention that Edwin is a member of the progrock band, Porcupine Tree.   Check out the rest of the Progressive evolution in the Echoes Top 25 for February.

ECHOES FEBRUARY TOP 25

1. Ulrich Schnauss – A Long Way to Fall (Domino)
2. Brian Reitzel – Boss (OST) (Lakeshore)
3. v/a – Manikin Records Second Decade 2002-2012 (Manikin)
4. Jon Durant and Colin Edwin – Burnt Belief (Alchemy)
5. Scott August – Hidden Journey (Cedar Mesa Music)
6. Jesse Cook – The Blue Guitar Sessions (Entertainment One)
7. Tom Griesgraber & Bert Lams – Unnamed Lands (Inner Knot)
8. v/a – Focus Features 10th Anniversary – A Collection of Film Score (Focus Features)
9. Ludovico Einaudi – In a Time Lapse (Ponderosa Music & Art)
10. Anawaty/Russell – Analog Universe (Anawaty/Russel)
11. Banco de Gaia – Apollo (Disco Gecko Recordings)
12. Koan – Argonautica (Section Records)
13. Ian Boddy – Sepulchre (DiN)
14. Ric Hordinski – Arthur’s Garden (Ol Kentuck Recordings)
15. Ballake Sissoko – At Peace (Six Degrees)
16. Gandalf – Dreamweaver (Real Music)
17. Helen Jane Long – Intervention (BLE Records)
18. Spiro – Kaleidophonica (Real World)
19. Jean Baudin – Mechanisms (Jean Baudin)
20. Orenda Blu – Sacred Chants (Paradise Music)
21. Sumner McKane – Select Visual History (Sumner McKane)
22. Tina Malia – The Lost Frontier (Tina Malia)
23. Kaki King – Glow (Velour)
24. Chronotope Project – Chrysalis (Relaxed Machinery)
25. Bertrand Loreau – Journey Through the Past (Spheric Music)

~John Diliberto ((( echoes )))

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